It's not just about thinking; the most important thing is to actually put it into action.
Yes, I have thought about raising pigs and sheep to sell and make money in the past, but I don't have the capital and I can't afford the risks. If they die, I will lose everything, and the money I spent on buying piglets will be wasted.
Secondly, they were afraid of not being able to sell their products or get a good price. They couldn't possibly work hard all year only to have their efforts go to waste.
Why is it different now? To be honest, it's because having money in hand gives me confidence.
A piglet costs between seven or eight hundred coins and one tael of silver. Since they died, it was something they could afford. Losing a few hundred coins wouldn't mean they would go hungry. Besides, even if they couldn't sell them, it wouldn't matter; they could feed their families and supplement their diet.
It would be even better if we could sell them. A pig can be sold for about four or five taels of silver. After deducting the cost of buying piglets, we can make a net profit of about three taels. If we raise two or three pigs, we can earn six to nine taels a year just from raising pigs!
If we raised more, like a dozen or so... Hold on, hold on, we wouldn't even have time to gather enough pig feed.
However, with a large family, raising around five head of cattle would be quite manageable. If they raised five head of cattle, they could earn fifteen taels of silver a year!
They keep some for their own consumption, such as cured meat, smoked meat, sausages, and lard, which can replenish their bodies from time to time.
Aunt Wu was getting happier and happier. After discussing it with her family, they delayed for a while before heading to Shuiqing's house.
When she arrived, she saw that many women from the village were gathered outside Shuiqing's pigsty!
Shuiqing was pointing to the piglets in the pigpen to confirm.
She quickly stepped forward, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and asked anxiously, "Shuiqing, do you still have any piglets? I want to buy five or six to raise at home."
"Hey, Wu's daughter, you're too greedy! We only dare to think of two or three at most, but you've already asked for five or six. That's too much!" Aunt Li said with a calm smile as she finished talking about the piglets.
Aunt Wu and she were on good terms, so she wasn't annoyed by the teasing. She replied, panting, "Hey, isn't it because I earned money at the herbal medicine shop? I've got enough to eat, winter clothes made, and shoes. Now I'm just thinking about improving the family's meals so they can eat better too, right?"
She worked at the herbal medicine shop. She ate a good meal at noon, but when she went home and ate dark flour porridge and other bland food, she could feel the difference even more!
If you want your family to eat well, you have to be diligent, right?
Earn money diligently, raise livestock diligently! A good life is something you create yourself.
"That one is enough to eat, but yours is all gone too. You'll have to wait for the next batch." Aunt Zhang didn't want to discourage them, but she had no choice; they would find out eventually.
Aunt Wu was stunned. She opened her mouth, then asked, still unwilling to give up, "What? Not a single one is left?"
She remembered that Shuiqing had a lot of piglets. She had thought that it was fortunate that her family had many servants, so that even during the busy farming season, they could easily gather a few cartloads of pig feed to bring back for the pigs to eat.
"Am I late? You've all made your reservations?" She came as soon as she heard the news, no, that's not right, she discussed it with her family for a while before coming.
But it only took a little over half an hour, and it was all gone?
Shuiqing confirmed: "Yes, that's all. I promised Sister Guifen that her family would arrange three meals, plus all the aunties and grandmas present."
Aunt Li and the others chimed in, "It's still not enough to go around! I originally wanted to order three heads, but we don't have that many. Two heads is still pretty good though."
"When I heard that Guifen was raising pigs, I came over immediately. Luckily, I ran fast and managed to get two pigs!"
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