As for finding pig grass, it was not a difficult task for her, but she didn't know which ones were suitable for pigs to eat.
There are many kinds of pigweed. She only knows that mulberry leaves are one kind of pigweed and she doesn't know the others. She has to ask Liang Jinxiu for advice.
"The pigsty only needs to be cleaned once a day, usually in the afternoon, but you can clean it earlier if you want. You can decide the cleaning time freely. You can clean it as soon as there is a lot of pig manure in the pigsty, otherwise the smell will be too strong to bear...
As for pig grass, I go out to look for it early in the morning. I have to look for five baskets of pig grass a day. Because there are many pigs, they eat a lot, so I need a lot of pig grass. "
"Pigs need to be fed twice a day. A big pig needs to eat ten kilograms of grass in one meal, and a small pig needs to eat about five kilograms in one meal. So all the pigs together need to eat more than seventy kilograms of grass in one meal. If they are fed twice a day, they will need about one hundred and fifty kilograms of grass in total, which means five backpacks of grass," said Liang Jinxiu.
"I don't think the job of finding pig grass is hard, it just takes time, Zhixin, don't be afraid."
"I'm not afraid!" Xu Zhixin smiled, "Even if it's hard, I'm not afraid. I can endure it... Sister Jinxiu, where do you usually find pig grass?"
"We go to the big woods more than a mile north of the village to find pig grass... Most people in rural areas go up the mountain to find pig grass. But even though there is a big mountain next to our village, there are wolves and no one dares to go up the mountain, so we go to the big woods more than two miles away to find it," Liang Jinxiu replied.
It’s more than two miles away? Fortunately, it’s not very far.
But compared to the big forest more than two miles away, the mountain that can be seen from the village is obviously closer. I can go to the mountain to find pig grass in the future, so I can walk less. Xu Zhixin thought to herself.
"Zhi Xin, I'll take you to see the delivery room where a mother gives birth, and then I'll take you to the big woods to find pig grass. I'll teach you how to find pig grass and which ones can be used as pig grass."
Hearing Liang Jinxiu's words, Xu Zhixin's eyes flashed with a smile, and she nodded immediately. "Okay. Thank you, Sister Jinxiu... I was also thinking of asking you which grass can be used as pig grass. I heard that there are several kinds of pig grass."
"Yes, there are several kinds of pigweed. The most common ones are mulberry leaves, Bidens pilosa, Chickweed, and morning glory." Liang Jinxiu said with a smile.
"Morning glory can also be used as pig feed for pigs!" Xu Zhixin was a little surprised. It was the first time she heard that morning glory could be used as pig feed.
"Yes. Morning glories can not only be eaten by pigs, but my grandfather once said that they can also be eaten by cows. Pigs and cows love to eat morning glories... As long as you find morning glories for pigs to eat, they will be very happy."
Thinking of feeding such beautiful morning glories to pigs, Xu Zhixin felt it was a bit of a waste of resources, but she didn't say it.
Liang Jinxiu then took Xu Zhixin out of the pigsty and went to the small house next to it. The inside was very clean and there was no smell at all. There was a small wooden window on the south wall and a stove under the window. Liang Jinxiu told Xu Zhixin that the stove was used specifically for cooking pigs.
Liang Jinxiu then pointed to Xu Zhixin where the basin for cooking pig food was. Xu Zhixin found that the basin was quite large, as big as a laundry basin.
The things used to clean the pigsty, such as brushes, dustpans, and other things, were also placed in the shed.
There were also two large backpacks, two sickles, and some things in the hut that Xu Zhixin didn't recognize or know what they were. She asked Liang Jin curiously and learned that they were things used by sows for giving birth.
After looking at the hut, Liang Jinxiu took Xu Zhixin to look for pig feed. She asked Xu Zhixin to follow her example and carry a large backpack. She gave Xu Zhixin a sickle and she also took a sickle.
Xu Zhixin had no problem bringing the backpack and sickle. She knew that the backpack was for carrying pig grass and the sickle was for cutting the pig grass.
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