Zhuang Guoliang persuaded the family to seize this opportunity together, because he alone could not afford to pay so much money and could not take care of the family.
"Big brother, second brother, third brother, if you are willing, let's all join in.
After selling the pigs, the money was divided among the households. At least each family could make a few dollars.”
Boss Zhuang was so stunned by this number that he immediately forgot what he had just said. "Of course we have to do it. The brave ones will die of their courage and the timid ones will die of their hunger."
Zhuang Lao Er thought about it and nodded. He and his wife couldn't do any work at home, and they could still goof off when they were away.
Now I rely on my family and my wife's family for food and drink. This Yanyan is going to be gone, and I will spend more in the future.
Only Zhuang Lao San hesitated, "This is a big deal, I have to go back and discuss it with your sister-in-law."
Zhao Xiangyu didn't want to, but was swayed by the words of Zhuang Guoliang's brothers.
Zhuang Guoliang thought for a moment and said, "Everyone, go back and think about it. Give me a definite answer tomorrow morning. They won't be waiting too long."
Zhuang Laosan went back to the house and lay on the kang in the dark. As expected, his wife was still waiting for him.
Afraid of waking the child, Gao Xiuqin lowered her voice and asked, "Why did Mom call you over?"
Zhuang Lao San told Gao Xiuqin about it, "Wife, do you think this can be done?"
Gao Xiuqin also thought about it and sighed, "Boss, listen to me.
Regardless of whether this will work out, I think the pig farming partnership is a suspenseful matter because of the troublesome sisters-in-law. ”
"Think about it, the eldest sister-in-law is sweet on the outside but bitter on the inside, and the second sister-in-law won't even help when she's in trouble. The new one who came in now is stupid and stubborn, and I think she doesn't have a brain."
Zhuang Lao San also believed what he said to his wife. For a good girl to be willing to be someone else's stepmother, isn't that stupid?
"Then we're not going to do it anymore?"
Gao Xiuqin nodded. "Master, I'd rather we live a hard life than worry about anything. We are farmers, and we should just live an honest life. If we take too big a step, we might tear our crotch."
The couple agreed, and Gao Xiuqin said, "Don't say you don't like this idea when the time comes. Say we don't have that much money on hand, and my parents can't lend it to us for the time being."
"I'll ask your eldest sister-in-law to go back to her parents' home and borrow some money. She can get thirty or fifty yuan. Second brother, how much can you give?"
Zhuang Lao Er took a look and said vaguely, "I'm almost there too."
In fact, he had more than 20 yuan in his hand, and his wife had 50 yuan from her own pocket. His wife's family was doing well, so she should be able to borrow 50 yuan, but he was afraid that all the money would go to waste.
What Zhuang Guoliang has saved in the past few months is almost enough to cover his expenses, but he is still short of 40 or 50 yuan.
He looked at Zhuang Lao San and said, "Brother San, how much can you spare?"
Zhuang Lao San frowned and said, "Lao Si, your sister-in-law's baby was injured a few days ago, and she spent a lot of money on medicine.
Now Yingzi is about to start learning, and I don’t have more than five yuan in my hand. I really can’t make up the money, so I’m not going to raise pigs anymore.”
Zhao Xiangyu was unhappy when she heard this, and curled her lips and said, "What can a little girl learn? We give her food and drink, and we also want her to study like the mistress.
In my opinion, it's OK to do some work at home and get married when you are old enough.
If you let your thoughts run wild, I won’t be able to stop you from crying.”
Zhuang Lao San did not refute. He knew that in his mother's eyes, his daughter was not even as important as a finger of Dabao and Xiaobao. No matter what he said, his mother would not even look at Gao Yingzi.
But he thought his wife was right, learning is necessary, those who can't read are blind, and you don't even know when someone is deceiving you.
Zhuang Guoliang frowned. The third brother couldn't come up with the money, and the gap was still several dozen yuan. The matter was over.
"Brother, ask your third sister-in-law to go back to her parents' home and borrow some money. Any amount is fine. Isn't your third sister-in-law's ancestor a vinegar seller? She must have some family assets, right?"
Zhuang Lao San lowered his head, looking ashamed, "My father-in-law didn't ask for a dowry when I got married, and he gave us a lot of money after the wedding. I'm really embarrassed to ask for it."
At this point, Zhuang Guoliang also knew that his third brother absolutely did not want to get involved in the pig-raising business. He was not optimistic about this business and felt that he could not succeed.
Zhuang Guoliang's face showed a bit of being looked down upon, "Third brother, you better think it over carefully. Don't wait until we become rich and say we didn't take you with us."
In the end, the eldest brother Zhuang took thirty, the second brother Zhuang haggled for a whole day and finally gave fifty, and Zhuang Guoliang took out all the ninety he had on him.
The remaining seventy was made up by Zhao Xiangyu, using the little money she had saved over the years, including the savings from her daughter-in-law.
The whole family spread all their money on the kang, like raising an army. Zhuang Guoliang was full of vigor and prepared to do something big.
"Old Four, when are you going to the pig farm? Do you want to ask your eldest brother and second brother to go with you?" Zhao Xiangyu kept urging him in front of Zhuang Guoliang's house before daybreak.
Jiang Hongmei was originally dazed, but she suddenly came to her senses. She saw Zhuang Guoliang put on his clothes and quietly went out. A low voice came from outside, "Mom, it won't be too conspicuous to ask for leave together during the day. Let's go to the pig farm in the middle of the night."
Jiang Hongmei sat up straight, her body throbbing with excitement.
She came. Last night at midnight, she was lying at the old woman's door and heard them talking about something about a pig farm partnership.
Zhuang Guoliang didn't tell her a word about such a big thing, and it was obvious that he treated her as an outsider. Jiang Hongmei hated him so much that she felt like bleeding.
If it were before, she might have been happy because Zhuang Guoliang was going to get rich, but given her current situation, she wished she could drag the entire Zhuang family to death.
No, she couldn't die. Instead, she had to use this as a bargaining chip to live a good life and let Jiang Li next door see that she had made the right choice of man.
Jiang Hongmei waited patiently for several days. That night, several brothers from the Zhuang family and Zhao Xiangyu sneaked out, and Jiang Hongmei followed them quietly.
We groped our way into the valley of Xiaoxingling and found the pig farm.
The pig farm was filled with a stench, and several people were busy working, carrying pig grass, mixing pig food, and shoveling pig manure.
Jiang Hongmei rushed out at this moment and sneered, "Well, you guys are raising pigs here privately. This is the poisonous weed of capitalism. I'm going to report it!"
Zhuang Guoliang's face suddenly changed. He threw away the pig food ladle in his hand and strode over. Zhao Xiangyu rushed in front of her son and said, "You dare to sue me! I will beat you to death!"
But she didn't expect Jiang Hongmei to be more aggressive than her. Her decisive look scared everyone. "Okay, if you have the guts, beat me to death and bury me here, or I'll take your whole family with me to death!"
Zhuang Lao Er was more tactful. He went to call his younger brother and sister-in-law, "We are all family. If you report it, it will also implicate you, right?
Besides, after the pigs are sold, our family will be able to live a good life."
"What does your good life have to do with me? I'm already living a life worse than an animal. Why should you leave me aside and live a good life on your own?"