In order not to waste time, An Jingzhi asked about the construction of the pigpen, and after returning to the team, he immediately arranged for people to start preparing the pigpen.
The team is also building pig pens, but they are not suitable for large-scale breeding.
When building a pigpen, the surrounding environment must be sterilized and disinfected, otherwise unclean insects and other things will crawl onto the piglets and make them sick.
The entire Changyun Brigade was originally going to have a short period of leisure after the autumn harvest, but because of the pig farm, things became busy and everyone was working hard.
In fact, the best way to build a pigpen is to use bricks, but now even villagers can only live in mud houses, so where can they get bricks for pigs?
We can only make do with it temporarily. A mud brick is still a brick.
The brigade members chatted while working.
"It's a pity that we started raising pigs too late this year, so we won't be able to slaughter them in time for the New Year."
"Yes, even if we feed it carefully, it will take at least six months."
"It's okay. The pigs are there anyway. We can wait a little longer to market them."
“These days are really full of hope.”
The pigpen was the most important thing in the team. Generally, the team would not assign important things to that group of educated youth. After all, they did the work without any sense of importance and were unreliable.
The educated youth were also happy to do less work, but Qin Xuemei felt a little uncomfortable.
When we walked to the place where the brigade was building a pigpen and looked at the busy Changyun Brigade, the name that appeared most frequently among the villagers was An Jingzhi.
They originally thought that the other party had no future because he failed to stay in the city after graduating from high school, but they did not expect that he could do so well in the team. Even though they looked down on him, they had to admit in their hearts that he was indeed excellent.
…
The day Sun Meihua and Li Jiangang returned was the day when Fu Ernai's son got married.
Not to mention that the villagers were eagerly waiting for An Jingzhi to bring back the people and pigs, mainly the pigs, even Fu Ernai's family was a little absent-minded.
We rented an ox cart to bring the piglets and people back. The piglets sat on the cart and people could only follow below, holding the cages of the piglets on the ox cart as they walked. These piglets had bad tempers and kept making hoarse sounds while trying to escape. They would struggle out if we were not careful.
"We're almost to the village." Li Jiangang wiped the sweat from his forehead. He was exhausted from being busy watching over the pigs along the way.
Not to mention him, An Jingzhi and Sun Meihua were not idle either. They were all in a mess and sweating profusely.
Just when we were relaxing for a moment, a piglet took the opportunity to struggle, ran down from the ox cart, and ran towards the road ahead with a hoarse sound.
"The pig ran away! Catch it! It ran away!" Li Jiangang was so anxious that he was sweating profusely. He wanted to run to catch the pig, but he was afraid that if he let go, more pigs would run away.
Seeing this, An Jingzhi took over the cage he was holding and said, "Go and chase it. I can't run as fast as you."
…
Zhang Wumei heard a hoarse sound coming from afar and asked curiously, "What's that sound? Why does it sound like a pig? Could it be a wild boar coming down the mountain?"
Others also heard it and looked towards the road at the village entrance with curiosity and vigilance. After a while, a black little pig appeared in everyone's sight.
Behind the piglet followed a slightly disheveled young man.
Grandma Zhang Wu narrowed her eyes and looked carefully. Who else could the boy chasing the pig be but her son?
Seeing his own team ahead, Li Jiangang shouted at the top of his voice, "Catch that pig!"
Hearing the other party's voice, the people at the entrance of the village suddenly panicked, "What's going on? Did the pig escape?"
"Oh my god, how did the pigs get out when all hell broke loose? Quick, quick, quick! Round up the pigs!"
Finally, all the old ladies at the entrance of the village joined in and finally caught the escaped little black pig.
An Jingzhi, who followed behind, put the pig into a cage. Li Jiangang sat on the ground, panting.
Grandma Zhang Wu was so busy catching the pig that her hair was disheveled. She complained to her son in a panic, "What did you do? Why did you let the pig escape? This pig is worth a lot of money. Can you afford to pay for it if it is lost?"
An Jingzhi explained, "Fifth Grandma, don't blame Jiangang. These pigs are too strong and they didn't stop all the way. The three of us were busy looking after them." For him, his legs would usually be tired after walking back, but this time he didn't feel anything in his legs at all because his attention was completely on the pigs.
Grandma Zhang Wu didn't really want to blame her son, she was just afraid that the villagers would say something about her son, so she complained first. After seeing An Jingzhi's explanation, she let it go.
The piglets were safely escorted to the newly built pigpen by the entire team.
The entire brigade came to see the novelty, but they couldn't get too close because these pigs had just arrived and hadn't adapted to the environment yet. People brought a lot of bacteria with them and couldn't infect the piglets.
But even from a distance, the group of people watched with great interest. They were so happy that their gums were showing when they saw those energetic piglets locked in the pigsty and trying hard to jump out.
"You can tell at a glance that these pigs are in good health and will definitely grow up."
"Wow, these pigs are jumping so high! Fortunately, our wall is strong, otherwise they would have broken it down."
It was obviously very useful for An Jingzhi to send Sun Meihua and Li Jiangang to learn. As soon as the piglets arrived, the two of them immediately got into the role. After checking the pigpen and making sure it was correct, they began to prepare pig food.
"These five pigs are our team's most valuable assets. I leave them to you two," said An Jingzhi.
Sun Meihua and her partner were a little nervous. Although they had studied at the breeding farm for a few days, it was their first time handling the brigade's most precious "treasure", and they couldn't help but feel excited and scared.
"I..." Sun Meihua's voice trembled a little, "I will definitely raise them well!"
Li Jiangang also nodded in agreement.
An Jingzhi watched them work for a while before he felt relieved. Director Wu must have asked someone to teach Sun Meihua and the other one carefully.
The two of them attached great importance to hygiene and even refused their old lady's request to take a closer look.
Suddenly, the village was filled with lively sounds.
The villagers who were watching the pigs finally realized that today was the wedding day of Fu Ernai's son.
I've seen the piglets too, they're all from the same brigade, so of course I have to go join in the fun.
So everyone rushed to Fu Ernai's house.
Li Sannai walked to the pigpen and called Sun Meihua from a distance, "Meihua, come here quickly."
Sun Meihua put down what she was holding and stopped when she was a certain distance away from Li Sannai. This was to avoid transferring the virus from Li Sannai to herself and then passing it on to the pigs. This was something they learned at the pig farm. "What's going on?"
"There's a happy event in your second wife Fu's family, and I'm going to help. You stay here and take care of the piglets. I'll save some delicious food for you when I come back." She looked at Sun Meihua with satisfaction.
Sun Meihua nodded and replied obediently, "Okay, Grandma, you go ahead. Brother Jiangang and I will take care of the piglet."
No matter how the entire team got along with Fu Ernai's family, they were all willing to go to their big wedding to show their support. So apart from the educated youth site, only the two people from the pig farm did not go.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com