Seeing that the four families were absolutely unwilling, Tan Dingguo did not force them.
After calling on the other dozens of households and having them sign an agreement (with those who needed money contributing money and those who didn't contributing labor), they were allowed to go home first.
Since we're going to raise pigs, the pigsties we used to use for raising pigs for special tasks are definitely not enough.
This time, by the end of the month, the money from selling the eggs should be enough to buy about ten piglets.
However, he had to go and say hello to the neighboring Zhao family village, which had an old sow, first.
Without further ado, Tan Dingguo told the accountant to go to the farm to keep accounts this morning and then deliver the eggs to the supply and marketing cooperative in the county town to sell.
He went directly to Zhao Family Village, hoping to bring back piglets before the Lunar New Year.
Upon arriving at Zhao Family Village, Tan Dingguo immediately went to find Zhao Jincai, the village's founder.
Speaking of which, he has some connection with Zhao Jincai; his eldest daughter-in-law, Wang Hui, is a cousin of Zhao Jincai's wife.
If you really want to be honest, Zhao Jincai should call him uncle.
"Uncle Tan, what brings you here?"
When Zhao Jincai saw Tan Dingguo, he was stunned for a moment, then his eyes flashed and he stood up to greet him with a big smile.
"I don't come here without a reason. I've come because of that old sow in your village."
"I wonder if you could leave all the piglets you gave birth to this year to our Xishan Village?"
Tan Dingguo didn't beat around the bush and spoke directly to Zhao Jincai.
"Piglets? All of them? That's over a dozen! Are you sure?"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Jincai's already small eyes widened considerably.
In their Zhao family village, this old sow, which specializes in giving birth, can produce more than ten piglets in one go.
If you want them all, and they're sold at one yuan per kilogram, each piglet would cost around 20 yuan. If you have ten or so, that's quite a lot of money.
Hearing what Zhao Jincai said, Tan Dingguo nodded firmly.
You can't catch a wolf without risking your cub. It's like those chickens and ducks. At first, he thought he was losing money, but now he's making a profit.
The same applies to pig farming; by the end of the year, you can always make some money back.
In fact, Tan Dingguo was thinking that if he could raise these dozen or so pigs to 160 or 170 jin by the end of the year, he would be satisfied!
One can sell for over 100 yuan. After deducting the cost, the older brother can make about 70 yuan. If there are more than ten, then that would be about 700 yuan!
The money and effort contributed this time should be distributed among the people; each household should be able to receive at least several tens of yuan.
Most importantly, each household could also receive some meat coupons. Urban residents had meat coupons, but rural residents did not.
All thanks to the pigs raised each year, each household can get a small share to enjoy.
So, money is secondary!
Meat ration coupons that you can actually get are the real treasures; plenty of people are willing to pay money to buy them from families who have them.
If you add up all the money from selling meat coupons, each household should be able to make a considerable amount of money.
When Zhao Jincai saw Tan Dingguo nod so firmly, he was overjoyed.
You should know that these piglets aren't actually that easy to sell.
The main problem is that too few people buy pigs to raise. These days, farmers are struggling to even feed themselves, so where would they find extra food for pigs?
Basically, they would cut some pig feed, chop it up, and then cook it for the pigs to eat.
How can piglets grow fat if they are fed only this much pig feed?
We need to add some bran, and feed them like this until after the autumn harvest when the grain comes in, then we can give the pigs a slightly better diet.
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