"We're here! Zhixin, this is the pig farm."
Liang Jinxiu came to a pigpen surrounded by stones and pointed.
Because Xu Zhixin was going to raise pigs with him in the future, Liang Jinxiu started to address Xu Zhixin in a more intimate way. She no longer called Xu Zhixin "Xu Zhiqing", but called her Zhixin affectionately.
"This pig farm is made of stone!" Xu Zhixin was a little surprised. It was the first time she saw a pigpen made of stone, and also the first time she saw a pigpen with her own eyes.
The only pig pens I had seen before were on TV.
Xu Zhixin looked around the stone-built pigsty in front of her. It was more than 30 square meters, which was considered large. Xu Zhixin looked inside the pigsty and immediately saw a bunch of big and small pigs. There were exactly five big and five small ones, three black and seven white.
I heard that black pork is more fragrant, but I’m not sure if it’s true.
These pigs are quite leisurely, some are sleeping, some are strolling around.
"Well, I heard that the stones for this pig farm were specially collected by my father, my husband, and several young men. I heard that pig pens built with stones are good. Although I don't know what's good about them, the pig farm of our team is also built with stones." Liang Jinxiu said.
Hearing this, Xu Zhixin asked curiously, "Where did Captain Uncle and Brother Cheng go to collect the stones?"
"Stone Factory."
"Where is the stone factory? We didn't see it on the way here." Xu Zhixin asked after hearing Liang Jinxiu's answer.
"It's more than a hundred miles to the east, not on the way you came to the team, so you didn't see it." Liang Jinxiu replied with a smile.
"I heard from mom that during the three-year natural disaster, our brigade also suffered from the disaster. The fields could not produce enough food and there was famine. Dad took the men in the brigade to the stone factory to talk to the factory director. After working in the stone factory for a while, we earned money and went to the city to buy expensive food. That's how we prevented anyone in the brigade from starving to death."
"Speaking of the stone factory, because the work is very hard, tiring and dangerous, not many people are willing to work there. The factory is often short of people and is often recruiting workers."
"Captain uncle is really amazing. He led the whole team through the food shortage crisis and prevented anyone from starving to death." Xu Zhixin praised.
"My father is really amazing and very capable. Everyone in the team praises him. They all say that the people in our team can live better than those in other teams thanks to him." Liang Jinxiu nodded and immediately began to praise her father-in-law.
After praising Cheng Guozhong, Liang Jinxiu continued to introduce the pig farm to Xu Zhixin. She pointed to the thatched hut made of earthen bricks next to the pigpen and told Xu Zhixin that it was specially used for sows during childbirth.
When the sow is about to give birth, she will be allowed to go to the hut to give birth.
"Come on, I'll take you into the pigsty first, and then I'll take you to the small house." Liang Jinxiu said, and reached out to pull Xu Zhixin, leading her towards the door of the pigsty.
Xu Zhixin found that the door of the pigpen was locked, but it was normal when she thought about it. If it was not locked, the pigs would run out and run around everywhere, which would be difficult to deal with. She also had to be on guard against someone sneaking in and stealing the pigs.
Although Cheng Guozhong said that there were no thieves in the brigade under his management, human hearts were unpredictable and who knew if someone would suddenly become greedy and steal pigs.
Pigs at this time are very valuable, after all, pork is so expensive.
After Liang Jinxiu took out the key and opened the door of the pigsty, Xu Zhixin entered the pigsty and looked around carefully. It was not as dirty as she had imagined, and there was no pig manure. But it was naturally not clean either. After all, it was a pigsty. She could smell a foul odor, but it was not strong and was still within the tolerable range.
"From now on, your daily tasks will be to clean the pigpen, find grass for the pigs, cook food for the pigs, and I will be responsible for other work." Liang Jinxiu assigned tasks to Xu Zhixin.
"Okay." Xu Zhixin immediately nodded in agreement.
The job Liang Jinxiu gave her was not hard. It was just cleaning the pigpen, which required sweeping up pig manure and so on, which would be quite smelly. But there were masks in the space, so she just had to take them out and put them on. It wasn't a big problem.
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