After hearing this, Yang Chunyan did some calculations and found that the meat yield of a pig was only 70%. Not counting the cost, it would take more than a year to see any money.
Since there is no other way to make money, pig farming is not for the meat, but an important source of income to buy cloth, salt, and other necessities of life.
The few people were busy until Zhou Huairong sent Luo Haili over to pick vegetables, and then they stuffed the sausages and marinated Zhou Yiding's bacon.
It was almost ten o'clock when the group returned. Zhou Huaishan would deliver the vegetables to Ning'an the next morning, so they left the bamboo baskets at his house.
When Yang Chunyan and her friend arrived home, Zhou Huairong and his two brothers and the old man had already put all the truffles that had been dried in the afternoon into the drying room, and the dried truffles had filled several baskets.
When the old man saw the two of them coming back, he pointed at the mutton hanging under the eaves and said, "The sheep tripe and sheep intestines have been washed out. What are you going to do with them?"
"Pickle the lamb leg and hang the mutton to stew it tomorrow." Zhou Huaian took the lamb leg off and said, "Yan'er, what should we do with this?"
"Cut a bamboo stick and poke some small holes in the lamb leg. I'll get the gloves. Put them on and rub the pepper and salt my mother gave me on it for a while. Marinate overnight. I'll rub it again tomorrow morning. Marinate it for a few days and hang it up to dry before sending it over there for smoking."
Zhou Huaian was dumbfounded, "Is it so troublesome?" He thought it would be enough to just sprinkle pepper and salt on it.
The old man laughed and said, "Skinned mutton is not as thick as pork leg, so it's not difficult to pickle it. Your mother pickled ham, which is really troublesome. She has to peel off the thick skin, pickle it overnight to squeeze out the blood in the blood vessels, and then apply salt and massage it..."
Zhou Huaian felt overwhelmed after hearing this, "Oh my god, it's more convenient to smoke bacon."
The old man sat down, took out his pipe and took a few puffs, "Bacon and ham have two different tastes. When I was young, I had a friend who was a peddler. I once had ham stewed with pig's trotters that he brought back from Xuanwei, Yunnan Province."
The old man gestured and said, "Just cut a piece this thick, about 300-400 grams, and stew two pig's trotters. The stewed pig's trotters taste really good. I heard that the aged ham there can be eaten raw."
Seeing the old man's nostalgic look, Zhou Huaian said, "Grandpa, Brother Huang and his guesthouse also purchased ham. I will go and ask the day after tomorrow. If they also purchase the one you mentioned, I will ask him to bring back two legs and buy pig's trotters to stew for you."
The old man smiled and shook his head after hearing this. "When I was young, I had nothing to eat, so everything tasted good. Now I have everything at home, and everything I eat is delicious. Why should I bother others?"
"Grandpa! I have money, you don't have to save it for me!" Zhou Huaian leaned close to his ear, "I have saved tens of thousands of dollars, and I plan to go to the flower market with Ding Ding Cat before the New Year to buy a gold ring for you and me!"
The old man looked at him in surprise after hearing this, "You made so much money again?"
Zhou Huaian looked at him with a smile, "Well! I plan to buy a bigger piece of land and build more houses there. When you have lived in the countryside for a long time, you can move to the city. We can take turns!"
The old man smiled and rubbed his head, "Okay, don't buy gold rings or anything like that. Old farmers are not used to wearing them. Grandpa will wait until your house is repaired and then go live with you in the city for a few days."
Zhou Huaian put down the bamboo sticks and looked up at him, "Okay! When I make more money and have the chance to buy a house in the provincial capital, we'll live there then."
The villagers had truffles to sell this year, and everyone made some money, but it was nothing compared to the youngest's family. What if this kid showed off like before? Having a lot of money is not a good thing, but a disaster!
The old man patted him on the shoulder when he thought of this, "You kid, remember this: don't be too ambitious. You have to be down-to-earth and take things step by step. That's the long-term solution!"
Then he gave a serious warning, "Remember, don't show off your wealth. Just keep it in your mind. Don't show it off. Otherwise, people like the Xiong family who are jealous and ruthless will use some tricks to harm you!"
"I know. Old Bear is paralyzed with anger now. That bastard grandson of Youngest Bear must hate me to death. I don't know what tricks he will use to harm me!"
"Don't have the intention to harm others, but be on guard against others. It's always better to be careful."
"I will be careful. Secretary Xu has taught me."
The old man looked at him with satisfaction, "Grandpa has become much stronger in the past six months, and can still help you for a few more years. Don't worry too much. You are now much stronger than your three brothers and the people in the village."
"We are real farmers. We were lucky enough to make some money and build such a big yard. We saved tens of thousands of dollars at home and bought two plots of land in the city to build a house. We should be content."
"Also, a place like the provincial capital is not a place for country bumpkins like us to stay. There are more scammers there, so don't get cheated!"
Zhou Huaian smiled and nodded, "Don't worry, I won't go to the provincial capital to buy a house now. I haven't even told my mother and husband about buying land and building a house in the city, except for you."
My eldest brother-in-law has not yet told his family that he has shares in the business. My eldest brother and his family thought that the business was started because of the relationship between my father-in-law and Dr. Wang.
The old man thought for a moment and said, "When the house is repaired, bring your mother and husband to see it and let them be happy too!"
"Well! Once it's repaired, I'll take them over to have a look."
Yang Chunyan came out with gloves and saw the grandfather and grandson leaning against each other and talking with smiles on their faces, "Grandpa, what happy things are you talking about?"
The old man said cheerfully, "The youngest one told me that you guys are planning to buy some land again. Keep an eye on him to prevent him from showing off outside!"
"Ouch!" Zhou Huaian leaned back in his chair and lamented, "Look, I poured my heart out to Grandpa, but in the end he doesn't trust me at all!"
"You're acting weird again!" The old man smiled and patted him on the back of the head, then stood up and said, "I'm going to lie down for a while. When you guys have marinated the mutton, call me to get up."
The old man only slept in the first half of the night, and he felt a little sleepy because he drank one more glass of wine tonight.
Zhou Huaian nodded, "Okay! Just go to sleep, I'll marinate the meat and take a shower!"
"Yeah!" The old man walked towards the front yard.
"Huaian, let's marinate the mutton first." After saying that, Yang Chunyan picked up a bamboo stick and stabbed it into the mutton leg in the basin.
Zhou Huaian also picked up a bamboo stick and started piercing it. "It's done. Let me apply salt on it. You go wash up and go to bed first!"
"Hmm!" Yang Chunyan pointed at the bones and thick meat. "Apply a little more salt to these parts. Put a few bamboo sticks in the basin to let the blood in the meat seep down."
"Got it!" Zhou Huaian stabbed the bamboo stick for a while, until it became a little bald, so he sharpened it with a knife, "Yan'er, use this one!"
"Yeah!" Yang Chunyan said, remembering Zhang Xiuxiang asking him to help buy land, and repeated it to him.
Zhou Huaian thought for a moment and said, "I bought it for my second brother. My eldest and third brothers will definitely gossip about it when they find out. I'll ask them when I get back tomorrow night. If they want to buy it, we can buy it together."
"And Third Sister-in-law, I think if there is a suitable old yard, let Third Brother buy one. It would be best to hide there and give birth to the third child in the future."
Yang Chunyan nodded, "Of course this is the best."
Zhou Huaian remembered what Zhou Yiding said, "Yan'er, has my little sister found a partner?"
"No, she said she likes mature and steady guys." Yang Chunyan glanced at him and said, "She has a lot of ideas, so it's best to stay out of her business."
Zhou Huaian smiled and said, "She used to dislike me, but now that she's finally getting better, I don't dare to care about her! Ding Dingmao said that Doctor Xiao Wang and Xiaomei are a good match, and I told him so."
Yang Chunyan looked at her with a smile, "My younger sister also said that you seem to have changed into a different person, becoming more confident and more energetic than before."
Zhou Huaian felt so happy that he moved to her side and said, "I think Doctor Xiao Wang is really good. Although he is a little dull, his character and appearance are both first-class."
"While my younger sister is helping out at the clinic, as the old saying goes, those who are close to water will get the moon first, and good things should be kept within the family. Please persuade my younger sister to take in Doctor Xiao Wang!"
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Yang Chunyan glared at him. "Marriage is about fate. If they are destined to be together, they will naturally get together without our help. If they are not destined to be together, no matter how much we do, it will be useless."
My younger sister and her brother-in-law from her previous life lived a good life after marriage, and Wang Zhen also seemed to have lived a good life in his previous life.
The two of them had their own destiny in their previous life, so in this life, they should just obey God's arrangement and not interfere.
"Hehe!" Zhou Huaian laughed dryly, "I just think it's a pity that Dr. Xiao Wang, such a good man, doesn't become my brother-in-law."
"If my sister-in-law goes to see Dr. Xiao Wang, he is a nice guy and easy to get along with. But if she goes to see someone who is fake, it will be annoying!"
"You are the only one who has too many wrong ideas!" Yang Chunyan patted him with a smile, "The emperor is not anxious, but the eunuch is. Don't worry about the affairs of these two young people!"
"Okay, I'll listen to you and not worry about it!" Zhou Huaian turned the tied lamb leg over, "Grandpa said the ham in Yun Province..."
"Then ask Brother Huang to help buy a few more pieces of aged ham. Aged ham has medicinal value!"
"Really?"
"Well! My husband said that medical books have written that old ham can cure indigestion in adults and children..."
The production of ham goes through winter and summer, and after fermentation and decomposition, the various nutrients are more easily absorbed by the human body.
It is warm in nature and sweet and salty in taste. It has the effects of strengthening the spleen and appetite, promoting body fluid and benefiting blood, nourishing the kidney and replenishing essence. It can be used to treat symptoms such as fatigue, palpitations, spleen deficiency, poor appetite, long-term diarrhea and dysentery, and soreness of the waist and legs. It is said that ham also has the effect of accelerating wound healing.
However, eating too much can easily lead to high blood pressure, so it is recommended that patients with hyperlipidemia and hypertension use it with caution. Eating too much can easily lead to oral ulcers and sore throat.
Zhou Huaian smiled and said, "No wonder the old man said that food supplements are worse than medicine supplements. The old ham has so many benefits, so I have to buy it."
The two chatted and it didn't take long for them to pierce all four lamb legs with small holes. Zhou Huaian said to Yang Chunyan, "You go and have a rest first. I'll take care of this."
Yang Chunyan stood up and held her waist, "Can you do it?"
Zhou Huaian looked at her with a smile, "Didn't you just tell me how to do it? Apply salt and rub it for a while to let it absorb the flavor. What's so easy about this!"
Yang Chunyan glanced at him with a smile, "I know you have a good memory!"
"Having a good memory is a skill, isn't it?" Zhou Huaian smiled and walked towards the stove. "I'll add some water for you. It's cold, and you just took a bath last night. Just wipe it casually tonight."
Yang Chunyan nodded with understanding, "Yes!"
Zhou Huaian brought the water to the bathroom, "Be careful, don't bolt the door."
"Got it!" (End of this chapter)
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