Upon hearing this, Ye Jun nodded in deep agreement.
"Really? That's what the guy from the pig farm in town told me too."
"Oh dear, last May, a villager in our town raised more than ten pigs. They were kept in one pen, and probably because of poor ventilation, they all died of swine fever."
Ye Jun originally planned to raise at least twenty pigs this year, because there weren't many pig farmers in his village, and there was plenty of pig feed that could be collected from the mountains and fields.
In addition, Li Chunhua and Ye Jianguo would usually help him, and even his nephew Ye Zhenxing would help him cut pig feed after school.
Even little Ye Xiaofeng knew how to help with the fire and cooking pig feed.
Of course, Ye Jun would avoid troubling his family if possible. He specially got an iron pot at the chicken farm to cook pig feed directly there, making it more convenient to feed the pigs.
"By the way, Wan, my brother and his friends really enjoyed the small fish, shrimp, chickens, and ducks they brought back yesterday. Can I buy some of those small fish and shrimp from you to feed them in the future?"
Upon hearing this, Fu Wan remembered the small fish and shrimp that Boss Fu and the others had asked Ye Lin to bring back yesterday.
Those were fish and shrimp caught in the trawl net. Because the trawl takes a long time, the fish and shrimp were already dead when they were hauled up.
And it doesn't look good either.
In the past, Ye Xiaocui would dry the chili peppers and stir-fry them when cooking porridge or when there were no other vegetables to eat.
The weather has been bad these past few days, so we can't let the sun shine on the chickens. We can't release fish and shrimp without a care. We brought back a lot of small fish and shrimp a few days ago, so Boss Fu simply waved his hand and had Ye Lin bring back a snakeskin bag to feed the chickens.
Even when feeding the chickens, Li Chunhua still picked through them all.
Such good fish and shrimp, it's such a waste to feed them to chickens. She picked out some of the larger ones, dried them mostly, and then stir-fried them over a low flame until they were dry. Putting everything else aside, they were still good enough to have on the table as a treat.
Ye Jun wanted to buy small fish and shrimp to feed the chickens, which was perfectly acceptable.
Fu Wan nodded in agreement, "The village dock usually has one in the morning and one in the evening. If you want it, I'll have my parents buy it for you, and then I'll have Brother Jun bring it back."
After saying that, she came up with another idea.
"When the weather gets better in a few days, you can dry these fish and shrimp, crush them up, and mix them into the chicken feed to feed the chickens and ducks. The chickens and ducks raised then will definitely be incredibly fat!"
"Don't even mention chickens and ducks, you can eat pigs too!"
Chickens and ducks raised on just rice bran and vegetables certainly wouldn't have much fat or oil, Ye Jun's eyes lit up when he heard that.
These fish and shrimp are very cheap in Fujia Village. The smallest ones are usually only two or three cents a pound.
They can be dried and used to feed chickens and ducks, or even mixed with pig feed; they provide a lot of protein.
Later generations of animal feed also contained protein, but it wasn't as pure.
The group chatted for a short while before Ye Jianguo returned carrying his basket.
When Fu Wan saw the heavy basket on his back, she guessed that her uncle had made a good harvest.
"Uncle, what did you hit?"
Ye Jianguo laughed heartily, took off his straw hat and raincoat, and then presented the basket to Fu Wan and the others like a treasure.
Bai Qianzhou recognized the wild vegetables at the very top.
"purslane?"
"Hehe, it's not just purslane."
Ye Jianguo dumped all the purslane aside, and when Fu Wan and the others saw it, they were so shocked that their mouths almost dropped open.
"A roe deer?!"
"Uncle, you've gone deep into the mountains?"
Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu had never seen this before, and now they were lying on the side of the basket, curiously wanting to touch it.
Fu Ming pulled the silly roe deer out. The roe deer had been bitten on the neck by something, and it was bleeding profusely, but the roe deer was still warm.
It wasn't shot?
"Uncle, stop being so mysterious, where did you get this thing?"
Ye Jianguo happily washed his hands. Seeing his nephews and nieces all staring at him expectantly, he didn't keep them in suspense any longer.
"I didn't kill the roe deer, but I watched it die."
Ever since Ye Jianguo learned that Fu Wan and the others were coming today, he had been thinking about going into the mountains to hunt some game.
These people are used to eating seafood, so they should like this kind of wild game.
So when he came back yesterday, he rested well for a day, and then around dusk, he took Ye Lin up the mountain and set a few traps.
Putting aside everything else, we should at least catch a few pheasants and rabbits.
Early this morning, he went into the mountains with Ye Lin again, but of the five traps he set yesterday, only two rabbits were caught.
Ye Jianguo felt that two rabbits were not enough to eat, so he asked Ye Lin to take the rabbits back, while he himself carried a hunting rifle into the deep mountains.
I was just trying my luck, but I never expected to be so lucky today.
As soon as they entered the deep mountains, they encountered a silly roe deer confronting a wolf.
The roe deer is naturally not as aggressive as a wolf, but it can run away.
But this guy is having a run of bad luck today. Before he could escape that wolf, he ran into a wild boar that appeared out of nowhere.
Pigs are omnivores, and they also eat roe deer.
But there was only one roe deer, and both the wolf and the wild boar wanted to eat it.
These two were not to be trifled with, and within minutes the wolf and the wild boar were locked in a fierce battle.
During the struggle, the roe deer was bitten on the neck by a wolf. Just as it was about to die and was being dragged away by the wolf, it was then headbutted by a charging wild boar.
Well, with this one arch, it went straight to Ye Jianguo, who was hiding in the bushes thirty meters away.
There's no reason not to pick up a roe deer that falls from the sky. Ye Jianguo scooped it up and stuffed it into his basket, then quickly descended the mountain along the path in a few steps.
Because he was afraid of being seen by his fellow villagers, when he arrived at the chicken farm, Fu Laoda deliberately picked some newly grown purslane from the field. Then, taking advantage of the lunchtime when everyone went home for lunch, he carried the basket home.
"Uncle, you're amazing! Your luck is incredible!"
Fu Wan couldn't help but laugh, and Fu Ming and the others echoed her sentiments.
Roe deer meat tastes quite good. These things are hard to catch, and I never expected to run into one today.
Ye Lin only found out at this moment that his father had gotten a great deal on the mountain.
He was completely distraught. They had all gone up the mountain together, but he hadn't seen a single pheasant along the way, only rabbits caught in snares!
"Oh, Dad, if I had known, you would have let me go to the mountains to take a look. Not to mention roe deer, I might even have been able to bring back a wild boar!"
Upon hearing this, Ye Jianguo rolled his eyes at him.
"You've got to forget it. If you go deep into the mountains today, forget about wild boars and roe deer, I might have to go up the mountain to fish you out!"
Ye Lin chuckled. Well, can't he just dream a little? Although his stamina and ability to hide his feelings are indeed not as good as his father's, it's not right to say that directly!
Because the roe deer needed to be gutted and processed, they naturally didn't get to eat roe deer meat at noon.
After lunch, seeing that the rain had stopped, Ye Lin couldn't help but feel a little restless.
"Ah Wan, Ah Ming, how about we go up the mountain and try our luck?"
"Forget about roe deer or anything, I saw quite a few mushrooms sprouting under the trees on the hillside today!"
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