When Qin Suyun was building a house, she specifically asked Luo Dahai to help build a livestock shed to raise pigs, cows, chickens, ducks, etc.
She had already decided on the types of food she wanted before she drove over. She planned to buy not only chickens, ducks, and geese, but also some pigs and sheep.
Poultry such as chickens, ducks and geese grow fast and can be served on the table after a few months. She had seen on TV programs before that ordinary broiler chickens can be released from the cage in a month, while ducks can be served on the table in one and a half months. As for geese, although Qin Suyun had never heard of any news that they could be taken out of the cage and eaten as meat in a month, these three are all poultry, so they should be about the same.
After the end of the world, these poultry may grow slower without feed, but they should still grow faster than big creatures like pigs, cattle and sheep.
For pigs, cattle and sheep...
Qin Suyun actually only likes to eat pork and cattle, and is not very interested in sheep. However, the cows are too big, and she is the only one in her family. It is not suitable to raise them unless they are used for plowing the fields.
In fact, Qin Suyun was a little worried about the pigs that could easily weigh two or three hundred pounds. She was a little worried about whether she would be able to cut so much pig food every day in the future.
For an ordinary farmer's family of three, raising fifty or sixty chickens, ducks, geese, and three or four pigs is already very troublesome. She is alone now, so it must be even more difficult.
Qin Suyun sighed helplessly. Sometimes, she would always think very long-term about certain things. For example, when it comes to the livestock at home, if she only raised two or three pigs and sheep, it would definitely not be easy for them to continue to reproduce healthily and eat meat for a long time. Breeding alone is not something that can be solved with two or three pigs, but she does not have the ability to raise more pigs and sheep alone.
"Forget it, there's no point in overthinking it. Everything will work out in the end... If one day in the apocalypse, everyone ran out of food to raise pigs and sheep, even if I could afford it because of the jade pendant, I definitely wouldn't dare to do it... It's just too conspicuous." Living in the same village, the others couldn't even get enough wild vegetables. And yet, she was able to not only eat her fill but also eat meat. Without absolute strength, this situation would definitely attract the envy and hatred of many.
The pig, cattle and sheep farms here are connected to the chicken, duck and goose farms. The distance between the two farms is less than 300 meters, so this trip for purchasing is very convenient.
In addition to the various poultry and livestock cubs that she planned to take home for breeding, Qin Suyun also wanted to order a batch of processed meat here.
Qin Suyun bought more than 20 chicks, more than 20 ducklings, 6 fluffy gray geese, and about 30 adult broiler chickens and ducks. She drove to the nearby pig, cattle and sheep farm with them. Compared with chickens, ducks and geese, which are fluffy and only the size of a palm, pigs and sheep are much larger.
However, it was enough for her to put so many things in a rented truck. Qin Suyun selected four piglets and six lambs from these things, and made an appointment with the owner of the farm to come again tomorrow morning.
"I want a yellow cow and three pigs. Please help me slaughter them and I will drive over to pick them up later." After giving the farm owner her phone number and deposit, Qin Suyun prepared to take the spoils she bought today home.
Piglets, lambs, chickens, ducks, and geese are light in weight and not too expensive until they grow up. Even so, the price has more than tripled. In total, these cubs cost almost 50,000 yuan.
The price of the beef cattle and three pigs that were later determined cost Qin Suyun 160,000 yuan.
Looking at the prices of pork and beef which had quadrupled, Qin Suyun had to shake her head and sigh. She had originally thought that the heavy snow during this period had caused the price of meat to drop, but she didn't expect to find out until she came to the farm.
The prices of these meats have not only not dropped, but have continued to rise.
"If you come to pick up this cow and these three pigs tomorrow, you'll need to put down a 20,000 yuan deposit. The remaining 140,000 yuan will be paid when you come tomorrow morning." The farm owner rubbed his red, frozen fingers and said with a smile, "Don't worry about these cows and pigs. I'll make sure they're cleaned up for you tomorrow!"
Their farm not only buys live pigs and cattle directly, but also helps customers slaughter and process them according to their requirements.
After all, they still often receive regular business like restaurants. If they don’t help them handle it, how can they place orders with them?
"Okay, thank you then!" Qin Suyun smiled, asked someone to help put the packed piglets and lambs into the car, chatted with the farm owner for a few words, and then planned to go back.
Today's purchasing task is almost completed. She wants to go back and pack up and come out again tomorrow.
Her goal now is to spend all the money she has before the natural disaster strikes, so that the money will not become a piece of waste paper in her hands.
However, before Qin Suyun could even step out of the farm, a middle-aged woman in dark blue farm clothes rushed over here in a hurry. She seemed not to see Qin Suyun, and said anxiously to the farm owner: "Boss Jia! Go and have a look, go and have a look at those little pigs in the pig house over there! Those little pigs are in trouble again! Now they are all lying in the pig pen, refusing to eat or drink. What do you think we should do now!"
The middle-aged woman spoke with a thick accent and an anxious look on her face, which almost scared Qin Suyun. She was stunned and subconsciously looked at the farm owner.
The farm owner thought Qin Suyun was afraid that all his pigs were sick, so he waved his hands and hurriedly explained to Qin Suyun, "Sister, it's not what you think! The pigs on our farm are very healthy! Didn't you see how well our pigs eat when you bought them? ... Those little fragrant pigs are raised separately from the other pigs, so you don't have to worry about our other pigs getting sick!"
"That's right! This is the first time we've raised those fragrant pigs in our piggery. We're completely unfamiliar with them. When the piglets were shipped here from the neighboring province, they weren't in very good condition. They weren't infected by a disease in our farm!" The middle-aged woman seemed to have just noticed Qin Suyun. She wiped the sweat from her forehead and nodded in agreement. "We heard that the pork from these fragrant pigs tastes good and sells for a high price, so we thought of trying to raise some. But we didn't expect these fragrant pigs to have trouble acclimatizing after they arrived. We had 38 piglets, but now there are only 17 left! ... Ouch... hiss!"
The middle-aged woman was about to continue, but the owner of the nearby farm kicked her and glared at her fiercely. "Are you trying to help explain this, or are you making things worse for me? Why are you bringing up the fact that half of them died?! Isn't this even more taboo?"
What if the woman in front of me doesn’t want to buy it?
The farm owner was torn. If the other party didn't want the farm anymore, should he return the deposit or hold on to the 20,000 yuan?
Qin Suyun had no idea what Mr. Jia, the owner of the farm, was thinking. Her attention was completely focused on the word "fragrant pig".
If you haven't eaten pork, has it ever been like you've seen a pig run?
Although Qin Suyun had never studied the types of pigs before, she had heard of the Xiang pig breed. Xiang pigs are also called mini pigs. Not only is their meat quality much better than ordinary pork, but their body size is also much smaller than ordinary large white pigs.
She didn't care about anything else, but she was very concerned about the size of the pig. She was alone at home, and she wouldn't kill such a big pig. When she asked others for help, they would definitely find out that they had a lot of livestock at home. But this little pig was different, she should be able to handle it alone.
What's more, the pig is big now, and it is not appropriate to keep so much meat in the refrigerator. It is better to kill it and eat it immediately. After all, there are many other things stored in her refrigerator.
Of course, the most important point is that she once heard a colleague from the TV station mention during an agricultural program that the genes of the Xiang pig are extremely stable, and even inbreeding is possible, which is much less troublesome than ordinary large white pigs.
"Boss, can I go and see your little pigs?" Qin Suyun wondered if she could buy these little piglets.
I heard that this batch of little pigs fell ill and most of them died, but Qin Suyun always felt that since her magical jade pendant could cure Dahei and Heidou, it should be no problem to cure this batch of piglets.
If there is no way to save it after buying it home, then she will know that the jade dew dripping from the jade pendant is not omnipotent.
Qin Suyun made up her mind to buy back this batch of fragrant pigs and see if the jade dew could cure them. If it could, she was thinking about whether she could order another batch from the boss.
Although there was only one barn in their backyard, it was quite large. She had divided the barn into six stalls in advance so that she could raise more livestock.
As for what these poultry and livestock eat?
If she really doesn't have the energy, then she can only eat feed... If that doesn't work, she still has a trump card!
When Qin Suyun thought of her green jade dew that could make plants mature and grow in an instant, she felt relieved. Pigs and dogs are different. Dogs need to eat meat, but pigs only need to eat some grains, vegetable leaves and rice bran. These jade dews can definitely do the job.
"Little fragrant pig? Why are you looking at it? Those pigs are not good-looking and they smell bad. Let me help you put all these things on the car!" The farm owner said with a smile. He knew his own pigs well. Those pigs were not only skinny, but their skin looked dull. If other people saw their sickly appearance, they would probably not buy pigs from their family anymore.
"It's okay. I just want to see what this fragrant pig looks like. I've never seen a fragrant pig before! Don't worry, boss. I will never change the order I placed. I will come to get the meat tomorrow morning. If you are worried, I can pay the balance of 50,000 yuan as a deposit." Qin Suyun knew the concerns of the farm owner and said with a smile. She did not mention the fact that the little fragrant pig was sick at all, so as to avoid making the farm owner unwilling to take her over.
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