The stomach, which had been kept in suspense by Chen Gang, suddenly shot out of the throat and into the sky.
The village chief was so excited he wanted to jump for joy!
This guy! He's hit the jackpot!
I just bought a wild boar cheaply!
It's happening now! Family farming is possible! No need to hide it anymore!
He was overjoyed!
Our family is going to be the first in the village to raise pigs!!!
Chen Gang traveled back from the county, a journey that takes several hours, and it's been several hours already.
He still couldn't quite believe that the county's agricultural officials had actually made this exception.
"Hey, village chief, how do you think Lin Mo knew about this?"
"And another thing is, why don't the people in charge of grain know about this? All they do every day is urge people to pay grain."
"Encouraging family farming is a big deal, but the people in charge of grain production seem to know nothing about it."
Chen Gang was filled with doubts, unable to understand why his tone changed so completely when it came to a different person.
Wu Fengshou had no interest in worrying about the county's affairs; all he wanted to do was become the first person in the village to raise pigs.
Moreover, they raise them openly and legitimately.
"Anyway, you don't need to worry about raising livestock, and you don't need to worry about the private land either."
"The team only provides 30 jin of grain per household per month. Every household has to buy grain from the resale grain. Those who don't have money or ration coupons end up owing the supply and marketing cooperative a huge amount of famine."
"It's a miracle that no one in the village has starved to death right now."
"Figure it out yourself."
After sending Chen Gang, who brought good news, away, the village chief couldn't sit still and immediately began cleaning the yard.
Clear out the entire right half of the yard and build a row of pigsties against the wall!
He has a cousin who works at a livestock farm in An County. With this connection and the endorsement of the county's agricultural officials, he's sure he can get piglets!
The first pig farmer!
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The Lin family's empty courtyard was suddenly filled with truckloads of black coal.
Even coal packed in snakeskin bags is susceptible to getting wet.
Aside from a kitchen knife and a basket of hunting tools, the family was so poor that they had no other equipment.
Lin Mo borrowed an axe from the production team, chopped some wood nearby, and set up half a wooden shed in the yard.
Pour out all the coal from the burlap sacks, then flatten the burlap sacks and sew them together.
The waterproof tarpaulin was used to completely cover the shed.
Xiaohua noticed the changes in the family.
She sat on a small wooden stool, resting her chin on her hand, watching Lin Mo bustling around with wide eyes.
I think my brother has finally come to his senses and become a human being again, after being a beast.
There were still some snakeskin bags left. Xiaohua quietly got up, picked them up, washed them clean, and planned to make them into pants and a jacket for next summer.
"Brother, have you eaten yet?"
Seeing her brother busy at work, Xiaohua realized she hadn't seen him eat, and couldn't help but suppress her resentment towards him and ask him a question.
This reminder made Lin Mo realize that he hadn't eaten lunch yet, and it was already evening.
"Xiaohua, you and your mother move to the west room. I'll bring a bucket of coal and put it in the corner. We'll add more when we run out. Don't let your mother get cold."
After giving his instructions, Lin Mo went into the kitchen and wolfed down two large bowls of white rice porridge before leaving home with his basket on his back.
All the hard work before wasted, and I even brought along an ungrateful wretch because of my kindness.
From now on, I'll hunt on my own and try to make my home feel like a proper home as soon as possible.
Let's try our best tonight! Let's hunt some pheasants! Let's snag some rabbits!
I'll only have something to take to Su Xiaoxiao's house tomorrow to exchange for some narrow-mouthed bamboo baskets to scoop up fish with Uncle Su!
With everyone working hard, the mountains didn't feel so cold at night.
As you travel along the Nenjiang River deep into the mountains, you can only hear the sounds of wild game, but not see them.
Lin Mo picked up a shovel and dug a hole in the area where wild animals were making a lot of noise.
The pit doesn't need to be very deep, about half a meter is enough.
Then, mix some mud with water from the nearby riverbank and pour it into the pit to create an artificial mud pit. Once it's set up, cover it with some dead branches and fallen leaves for concealment.
Make sure to mark it.
On the way back, we followed the markings to search for the traps, and catching some wild game was an extra bonus.
The main harvest still comes from using slingshots to hunt pheasants and burning fires to smoke out rabbit burrows.
I don't know if it's true that honest people always get the favor of God, or that the diligent bird catches the worm.
Rushing westward through the pitch-black ridge, Lin Mo soon spotted a large flock of dark pheasants.
The pheasants were huddled together in a low-lying ditch, sleeping soundly.
"Slurp..." If only there were a net.
Pheasants typically congregate during mating season, seeking safe, low-lying areas to dig burrows and live together in groups for a period of time.
After the spring and autumn seasons, pheasants will revert to a solitary lifestyle, incubating eggs and raising their young alone, much like in a matriarchal society.
At most, people can only see small groups of pheasants, such as a mother pheasant with a few chicks.
If you have nets, you can lay large nets above the pheasant colony in advance, when the pheasants go to the river to drink water or forage elsewhere during the day.
Once they all come back at night, we'll catch them all in one fell swoop!
He had a beautiful dream, but in reality, all he had was a slingshot.
Moreover, at most only one pheasant can be caught at a time. Regardless of whether you hit it or not, the other pheasants will be startled and scatter.
aim!
"call out!"
"Bang!"
"Splash!"
A pebble flew out decisively, and the sleeping pheasants were startled and scattered in an instant.
Only one pheasant, which had been accurately hit in the head, remained, still thrashing about in disarray.
Seize them and tie them up.
Keep moving forward!
Crouching low with their faces pressed to the ground, they slowly made their way forward and soon spotted the rabbit hole again.
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