Regardless of the subsidy provided by the meat processing plant, it is all linked to the finished pigs. The subsidy is not returned to the pig farm immediately after purchasing a piglet. As long as the farm completes the task of raising 2,000 finished pigs within a year according to the contract, the meat processing plant will settle the payment in one lump sum according to the contract.
If the contractual tasks are not completed, the relevant provisions of the contract shall be followed. Sugarcane is always bitter at one end and hard at the other. The meat processing plant cannot allow the pig farm to only pick the crisp and sweet part in the middle.
The meat processing plant relies entirely on its large-scale pig farms for its survival each year. If it relied entirely on farmers raising pork, the plant would have closed down long ago. The meat processing plant has such strong support policies to encourage pig farms to raise more pigs and produce high-quality pigs. Only with a continuous supply of pigs can the meat processing plant have substantial profits. The interests of both parties are closely intertwined.
The piglets in the pig farm are all of the long white carcass breed. This type of pig is white, long-bodied, and tall, and the finished pigs are large.
Dong Qing looked at the finished pigs at the pig farm, and they all weighed over 300 jin (150 kg), some even over 400 jin (200 kg). Seeing the finished pigs of other people gave him a sense of accomplishment.
The breed of pig was so tempting that Dongqing ordered an extra 600 pigs. Some of them would be kept as sows at home, and a few boars would be kept for breeding. These pigs would give birth to piglets before the end of the year. Dongqing really invested heavily this time.
Li Yuzhu and Su Weila brought lime and stone powder back to the pig farm, unloaded the truck, drove back to the stone quarry, and brought back two more truckloads of stone powder before dark.
After Dongqing returns, I still need to deliver goods. Tomorrow I need to haul cement, bricks, and stone powder. The pigsty needs sand for leveling the floor, building walls, and plastering. Moreover, sand will be the main material used starting tomorrow, so I must bring the sand back tonight.
Before leaving get off work, after unloading the truck, Li Yuzhu said, "You ten, work a little harder. We'll work overtime to haul two more truckloads of sand from the river. Each of you will get one yuan for overtime."
Anyone would be willing to do it if there was money involved, and ten people climbed onto the tractor in response.
Shahe is more than ten kilometers from my home, and I arrived before dark.
The beach here is very large, and there is a dirt road running through the Shensha River. This dirt road makes it easy for farmers to cross the river by boat. This is the small ferry dock on the Shahe River. During the busy farming season, carts can also be taken on the boat to cross the river and harvest the crops on the other side.
Tractors could drive directly from the dirt road into the beach, which was covered in sand. In those days, no one cared about the beach, and no one charged for it; anyone who wanted to haul sand could do so.
Because in those days, rural houses were still built with adobe bricks, and the amount of bricks used was very small. Many walls were made with raw materials on the inside and raw materials on the outside. In fact, bricklaying was done by applying white lime, and sand and stone powder were not needed at all. Therefore, no one used sand and stone powder when building houses in rural areas in those days. This is the main reason why sand and stone powder from stone quarries were not charged. If no one used them even though they were not charged, why would they charge for them?
To put it simply, a wall with an inner layer of raw bricks and an outer layer of adobe bricks is essentially a double wall. The outer layer is made of bricks, while the inner layer is made of adobe bricks. The walls are reinforced with boulders to connect the adobe bricks and bricks, forming a single unit.
What is meant by "pulling stones"? It means using long strips of stone, the length of which is the same as the thickness of the wall, which is about three inches square. Every section of the wall is pulled together with a pulling stone to make the wall a single piece. Otherwise, the bricks and adobe bricks would be two separate pieces. The purpose of this type of wall is to save half the number of bricks. To be more precise, people in those days were poor, and the houses they built were only good on the outside and not on the inside.
At that time, there were people in the mountains who specialized in stone removal, and farmers building houses could simply pay the stonemasons to buy the stones.
In rural areas, there is another type of tiled house called "three-flower face". What is "three-flower face"? The area below the windows in front of the house is made of tongue, the area above the windows is made of bricks, and the area above the bricks is made of adobe.
The roof of the house was made of bricks on both sides, and the bottom was made of adobe. The back wall was also made entirely of adobe. This is called "three-faced house construction". It shows how poor the rural economic conditions were at that time and how hard the lives of farmers were.
Back then, walls were built using lime plaster. Many people weren't used to using sand and lime for building walls, so building materials like stone powder and sand were rarely used, at least in rural areas. Anyone who wanted to haul sand from the riverbank could do so. In those days, many building materials didn't really need to be bought; you just needed to have a vehicle to haul them back.
Li Yuzhu parked the car on the beach and said, "Gentlemen, let's put in some extra effort and fill the car before dark."
Only one vehicle can be loaded onto the beach at a time. A tractor heavily loaded on the sand cannot move at all. If you try to pull it out, the tractor wheels will slip on the sand and it won't move forward an inch. If you keep dragging it, the tractor wheels will get stuck in the sand. At that point, not only will the trailer be unable to get out, but the tractor head will also get stuck in the sand and won't be able to drive out. Dragging it on the beach will not be able to move the bucket of sand at all.
In such a situation, another vehicle must be parked on the dirt road, and the heavy-duty vehicle must be towed out of the sand using a steel cable; otherwise, the tractor will get stuck in the sand.
When the ten people were loading the truck, Su Wei turned the tractor around and parked it on the dirt road. She took a steel cable from the truck and connected the two tractor trailers together.
Half an hour later, the truck was full. Li Yuzhu and Su Wei started the tractor at the same time, but they couldn't move it.
Su Wei reversed the tractor a little and used the momentum to pull it sharply. Taking advantage of the momentum from Su Wei's pull, Li Yuzhu released the clutch and stepped on the gas. The two tractors slowly started moving. The sand kicked up by Li Yuzhu's tractor wheels scattered in the air like rain. Without the driver's cab, it would be impossible for anyone to sit on the tractor.
Once the tractor starts moving, it can pull the vehicle off the beach. Two tractors, billowing thick black smoke, tow the heavy-duty tractor to the dirt road and park it.
Li Yuzhu's car was parked at the edge of the beach; she would tow Su Wei's car later.
If a truck comes to the river to haul sand, there's no way to get it out; even if it's only half full, it can't get out.
Before dark, Su Wei turned her car around and drove it onto the beach. She stopped three meters behind the car in front of her and used a steel cable to connect the front and rear of the two cars together. By this time, it was completely dark.
Loading sand at night was no problem. Ten of them loaded the truck, and Li Yuzhu and Su Wei walked towards the river.
The water in the Shahe River wasn't deep, but it was wide. The two of them squatted by the river to wash their faces.
After washing their faces, the two women sat on the beach chatting. The conversation revolved around mundane matters, such as how many people were in their family, how much land they received after the land was distributed to individual households, how the year's harvest was, and how their ex-boyfriend broke off their engagement, etc.
After a long while, someone called out, "Aunt Yuzhu, the cart is full!"
"Here you are."
After Li Yuzhu finished speaking, she and Su Wei stood up and walked towards the tractor.
After the two got into the vehicle, following their previous experience, Li Yuzhu suddenly started the engine and gave it a tug. With Su Wei's cooperation, the momentum pulled Su Wei's tractor off the beach.
The sand kicked up by Su Wei's tractor rear wheels was like rain, making it impossible to see clearly at night. The kicked-up sand could shoot up to ten feet high, making it impossible for anyone to stand around. Both tractors had their accelerators floored, otherwise they really couldn't pull it out.
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