The excitement of the other five people faded.
The old village chief looked at the children and realized that they genuinely wanted to raise them.
Come to think of it, what young person doesn't crave meat? The old days were indeed too hard. It's one thing to never have seen a good life, but now that we have, and with Jin Xiaozi and Shui Qing's lives getting better day by day, who would want to go back to the hard days of the past?
If you want to live a good life with plenty of meat and eggs, you have to work hard yourself.
"If it doesn't work in the village, what about outside?"
Li Wenwang, Guifen, and the others stared blankly at their father. "Outside? What does that mean?"
The old village chief was invited to a feast on the day Jin Xiaozi moved in. While the women toured the house, the old men stayed outside, looking after the chicken and duck pens, rabbit pens, and pig pens.
That place is really good. He came back and thought about it carefully. What should he do if it were his own situation?
"I was thinking, could we make use of those little hills we have? Isn't it a waste to just leave them there to cut grass and firewood every year?"
Li Wen, Wang Guifen, and the others' eyes immediately lit up, and the corners of their mouths turned up.
Yes, of the several small hills at home, only one was planted with kudzu before! But even if they planted kudzu, it wouldn't affect raising pigs, especially since they had several other hills.
“Jin Xiaozi lives on high ground, and the pig manure is discharged into the manure pit below for composting, which is not as good as what we have here. But we can build the pigsty at the foot of the mountain and dig a big pit behind it as a manure pit. It's the same as composting directly there. It's remote there, so even if there is a smell, it won't matter.”
There's a stove next to the pigpen. After cutting pig feed, you can cook it directly on the stove to feed the pigs. We can do that too. It'll save us the money for a big iron pot and save us the trouble of cooking the pig feed and carrying it over to feed them.
There are no wild animals around here, and I reckon the other villagers will follow our method. Most of the hills are connected, so once the piglets are old enough, each family can send someone to take turns watching over them at night.
Listening to their father's clear and logical explanation, the three Li brothers were stunned.
Did their father already have this planned out?
Zhang Hui reacted quickly, asking in return, "Dad, have you ever thought about raising pigs?"
The old village chief smiled faintly.
How can one not be tempted after seeing what others do well? Naturally, one would want to learn from them.
In the past, we didn't have much money and dared not try, because if we failed, it would have a huge impact on our family's life. Everyone would have to live frugally, and it would also dampen the enthusiasm of the children in the family to work.
But now that they've brought it up themselves, it's okay to say it. Even if they fail, it's still an attempt for them.
Wang Guifen and Zhao Lan felt that if they weren't so old, they would really want to jump up and cheer like children!
My father-in-law is really far ahead of his time, and he only brought it up after they brought it up!
They can always give them useful advice at crucial moments.
"I can't live like this anymore!"
"Mother, Mother, please don't sell my sister! We can't live without her!"
"You wicked woman, how could you even think of selling your daughter! I'll divorce you!"
The commotion echoed throughout most of the village, mixed with cries and wails.
The old village chief frowned immediately.
Wang Guifen and the others looked at each other and walked out of the house.
Today, Shuiqing's family slaughtered a pig. Everyone was overjoyed after receiving the pork. They went out to collect soil a little later than yesterday. Whose crying and commotion is this?
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