Chapter 96 Buying Staple Food for Pigs
With Fat Liu around, the pigs were picked very quickly.
Fatty Liu said, "I've been keeping an eye on them for you these past few days. The six I've chosen are the best from the litters. We were planning on using them as breeding pigs. If you raise them well, we can slaughter a batch by the end of the year."
Lu's parents were so grateful that they didn't know what to do.
After selecting the piglets, he taught them how to fatten them, how to check if they were sick, and what vaccines to give the pigs. He spoke eloquently for a full half hour.
Pigs are big animals, and it is not easy for anyone to buy one. For example, this piglet weighs only more than ten pounds, but it is sold for twenty yuan each. If something goes wrong, all the money will be wasted!
Fatty Liu explained it in detail, but it boiled down to two things: "Just don't be hungry or thirsty. I've picked out the best of these piglets for you. If you have any questions, just come to me."
Lu Xiang had 150 yuan in her hand, and her parents also gave her 20 yuan, making a total of 170 yuan. She spent 120 yuan to buy six little pigs, and had 50 yuan left!
Lu Xiang asked, "How much do you sell your feed?"
Fatty Liu said, "Our mixed feed is expensive. A bag of fifty kilograms costs two yuan. The pigs will eat it in a few days. You can buy pure feed and mix it with some rice bran, bean dregs, wild vegetables, sweet potato vines, etc. It will be fine. Some things are more prohibited."
Lu Xiang knew that these were words from the heart and felt somewhat touched. It was thanks to this relationship that she had, because no one else would say these words to her.
Then I bought pure feed and mixed it with the staple food. Just use a little each time and it can be used for a long time.
Fatty Liu gave him a good price. His father was the factory manager, so he had the final say. The pure feed, originally three yuan a bag, was now one yuan. Lu Xiang bought ten bags, and Fatty Liu gave her two for free. He said, "Enough to feed the pigs until they're ready to be slaughtered!"
"I really don't know how to thank you." Lu Xiang's parents have never met such a nice person in their lives.
Fatty Liu said, "It's okay. If you really want to thank me, just make some delicious food for me next time."
The pig farm makes a profit every year, selling both pork and piglets. It is an organization that is not short of money. It is just a bit dirty and not as clean and decent as other factories.
Liu Pang had been good friends with Fu Qinhui since high school. Now that Fu Qinhui had been admitted to university, he had no choice but to come back and follow in his father's footsteps.
The newspapers said that college students are the chosen ones of heaven and they should be treated well. Even his father strongly supported it when he heard about it.
He never knew when he would need her. Besides, Lu Xiang always brought him delicious food. In Liu Pang's eyes, Lu Xiang and her husband were the best people.
Lu Xiang agreed and said, "Come to my house anytime to eat in the future. I'll cook whatever you want."
Fatty Liu has always been a leader in eating. He said, "Then I'm serious about this."
Lu Xiang smiled and said, "I'll make sure you're satisfied with the food!"
After hearing this, Fatty Liu looked at Fu Qinhui with envy and said, "Where did you find such a good wife? Find one for me too."
After hearing this, Fu Qinhui hugged Lu Xiang in his arms, full of possessiveness.
Fatty Liu felt sour at his reaction: "Married people are bad. They just want to provoke us single people who have no place to go."
Lu Xiang was a little stunned and said, "We have something to do, so let's get together next time!" The piglet was locked in the cage, groaning non-stop. It had to be sent home quickly, and rice bran, soybeans and the like had to be bought for it.
Fatty Liu nodded and then escorted them out.
After everyone left, Fat Liu started to eat the dumplings. When he bit into them, the meat filling inside was tightly rolled into a small ball. The skin was chewy and the filling was delicious. With a little bit of vinegar and chili oil on them, they were more attractive than ever before.
Twenty dumplings are enough to fill others up.
But Fatty Liu had a big appetite, and the food was delicious and easy to eat, so his appetite was aroused. After finishing these twenty pieces, he was only half full. He wished he could go to Lu Xiang's house today and eat to his heart's content.
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On the way back, Fu Qinhui took the piglets and feed on a tricycle, while Lu Xiang and her parents took a car.
After buying the piglets, Dad Lu seemed to have endless energy.
It was like a dream, he actually had large livestock himself, and said to Lu Xiang: "There are grain processing plants in other brigades. They have rice bran, bean curd and so on." These things are not valuable. If you want a small amount, you can talk to people, say a few nice words, and you can shovel a few of them away!
Lu Xiang said, "Okay, let's go back and ask." She was also full of anticipation, and said to Lu's father and mother, "Fat Liu quietly told Fu Qinhui that they will buy back the pigs they raise and give them the market price."
The pig farm raises pigs during the Spring Festival every year, but there are not enough pigs to slaughter. If we sell the pigs to them, it can help cover the pig farm's workload.
Mother Lu said, "That's great. We don't even have to worry about selling it."
This time there is absolutely no worries.
Father Lu was also overwhelmed with emotion, and Mother Lu said beside him, "Don't tell this to anyone in the village." If he didn't tell others, they would be jealous. If he told them, they would be jealous and resentful again.
Mr. Lu nodded honestly.
Although he's a bit of a coward, he has one advantage: he's obedient! You can be at ease when you tell him what to do.
They walked all the way back home. The villagers had taken care of the pigs, and if they weren't well-maintained, they'd stink. When the pigpen was built, it was far from the villagers. But it was very close to Lu Xiang's house, less than a twenty-minute walk.
By the time I got home, the cement had dried, and Lu's parents had started cleaning up, ready to release the pigs. There were three pens, a small shed, and an outdoor stove for cooking pig food.
Lu's father and mother also brought a large water tank from their home, but they still felt it was not enough and wanted to buy another one from someone. They spent two yuan to buy one!
This thing looks inconspicuous and bulky, but it is really indispensable in the countryside.
Lu Xiang and the others were working very hard, and soon a lot of people gathered around them.
Lu Xiang's elderly neighbor asked, "Why are you cleaning up now? It's a little too early."
Mother Lu's face was full of smiles: "It's getting late. The piglets have been bought and are on the way." As she spoke, Fu Qinhui's tricycle came over, and sure enough, there were feed and piglets on it.
Although pigs become a bit ugly when they grow up, they are still very cute when they are pink and round.
Half the children in the village came over to see the piglet.
The piglet was very hungry during the journey, so we couldn't give it food right away. We just put some water in the water bowl.
A few little pigs were lying there drinking water, and both adults and children were looking at them with curiosity.
The six pigs are still young, so there is no need to separate them into different pens. They can just stay together.
Lu Xiang was also thinking about buying staple foods, such as rice bran and soybeans, so she went to the processing plant with Fu Qinhui to inquire about the prices.
The person at the grain processing plant said, "Twenty per truck, no matter how much you load."
Lu Xiang said, "But our car is small, can it be charged ten yuan?" A tricycle and a tractor are definitely not in the same league.
But the people at this processing plant were very stubborn and insisted on the price of twenty yuan per truck and refused to budge.
Lu Xiang's persuasion was in vain. She said to Fu Qinhui, "Then stack it." After all, she'd learned physics before, and knew that if the support points were right, she could stack a lot more. Since he was so unkind, she'd teach him a lesson.
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