Originally, Chen Gang hadn't planned to announce the news he'd heard in the county so soon.
However, now, looking at the villagers with their gloomy faces as they drink porridge.
Then I recalled how happy the villagers were when they were able to eat fish these past two days.
After much thought, he decided not to bring up the issue of whether or not he was seeking personal gain.
Over the past two days, everyone has definitely had a full stomach.
When did the matter of having enough to eat have to give way to other things?
Adding to this, Lin Mo's face was so dark it was almost dripping with oil, and Xu Zhenting was acting so arrogantly because he had connections.
It looked like the two were about to start fighting.
Why not just announce it now? That way, we can also divert attention from the physical conflict.
"There are new changes in the county's agricultural bureau."
"Starting today, families can start raising livestock in the village."
The news shocked the villagers in the canteen to the point of utter astonishment.
"Really? You mean we can raise anything?"
"Wow! That's great! We can do animal husbandry! We can raise our own meat to eat!"
The happiest people were Miao Qingsong's parents, who had been thinking about this for a long time.
Previously, I had to figure out how to keep it hidden, but now I only need to focus on breeding it, without having to worry about hiding it!
At most, it can only prevent theft from happening again.
Miao Wang's parents were in a similar state, laughing heartily with excitement, unable to stop.
"Captain, now that we can raise them at home, when will we distribute the seedlings?" Wang Yanli, A-Jun's aunt, asked directly.
Chen Gang was stunned by what he heard.
It took me a moment to realize what she meant.
A few years ago, the county also encouraged animal husbandry, but that time it wasn't that private breeding was allowed, but rather that private individuals were allowed to raise animals for the public.
The government provides seedlings and feed to private individuals, and once the livestock have grown up, the government takes them away in a unified manner.
But that aquaculture campaign failed.
Because after each household received the seedlings and feed, the feed, mainly consisting of beans and corn, was eaten by people, and the seedlings starved to death.
After a year, the entire village was wiped out, and since then, the county has never made any further moves.
"What are you thinking about? Distinguishing between seedlings?" Chen Gang immediately corrected him.
"The higher-ups mean that each household can engage in private breeding; if they want to raise livestock, they can find their own way to do so."
Lin Mo helped his mother prepare to leave the cafeteria and go home. As they left, he turned back and said something:
“I have rabbits and pheasants at home, you can buy them from me.”
"Five yuan each."
"What the hell? Five yuan? Are you robbing me!" came a protest from behind, shouting that it was too expensive.
Lin Mo ignored her and helped his mother away.
Buy it or not, it's up to you.
Once the door is opened, I can raise them myself; it's not like I have to sell the seedlings.
If we can't finish all the rabbits we hunt, we can make them into meat jelly. I've heard that foreign visitors from the north really enjoy this.
If you go to the foreign guest store in the county town one day and squat there, you're sure to find a white-skinned pig who wants to buy meat jelly.
Xiao Hua has recovered in the past few days.
They ate rabbit and fish, and Lin Mo also cooked two meals of bird eggs these past two days, and every meal consisted of rice.
Her complexion had become slightly rosier, but she was still very thin.
There are also ten rabbits and five pheasants at home. Selling them all to the village chief would only bring in 75 yuan, which is far too little.
We'll stockpile it first; there's no rush to cash it out with the village chief right away.
Let's continue hunting through the night!
Wild rabbits are typical nocturnal animals, and the number of rabbits that can be smoked out of their burrows at night is about half that of those during the day.
But he dug a lot of pits yesterday, so now he's going to check if any wild game is trapped in them.
They groped their way to the marked location.
Oh my goodness, a big gray rat froze solid in the first pit! This thing is a high-grade raw material for fur coats!
The white pigs in the north also really like fur coats.
Use a shovel to dig out the gray squirrel and the muddy frozen block, and then tap the gray squirrel's head against the tree twice.
The gray squirrel had long since frozen to death.
Then they went to look for other traps.
There was no game in the first few pits, but in the sixth one, oh my, there was a rabbit sitting there, all hard.
Forget it, small traps won't catch big game. Let's go back to catching rabbits and pheasants!
I went to look for the pheasant flock the same way I did last night, but the pheasants don't learn their lesson; they didn't even notice that one of them was missing.
They remained in the old chicken coop, without being moved to a new place.
This is a boon for Lin Mo.
They dug up the chicken coop again, the one they had dug up the night before, and then dug it up once more on the way back.
That night, ten pheasants were caught!
As he walked home at the crack of dawn, he saw two people loitering around his yard as soon as he reached the front door.
One tall and one short, they were villager Lin Gangtie and his son Lin Changliang.
Lin Mo wasn't familiar with them; at most, they knew each other, but they hadn't really interacted before.
But I have a general understanding of their situation.
Lin Changliang is only fourteen years old this year. His father, Lin Gangtie, was thirty years old when he got married and had him.
His mother died from postpartum hemorrhage, leaving him and his widower father to fend for themselves.
Anyway, my family is very poor.
"Lin Mo, you went out yesterday morning. It was so cold outside before dawn."
Lin Gangtie saw Lin Mo return from outside and greeted him with a smile.
Lin Mo merely responded with a slight smile, without uttering a sound.
This level of politeness was never used before; when I was walking around the village, passing by under anyone's nose.
Behind his back, they might be rolling their eyes at him and looking down on him.
"What is it?" Lin Mo asked indifferently, opening the door and entering the courtyard.
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