When Liu Xu heard that Liang Yujin would be coming to work every day, she couldn't help but worry, "This is Liang Zhiqing's first child. What if something happens?"
She had three miscarriages in a row before she gave birth to Suonier. When Suonier was born, she was thin and small, and she was afraid that she could not be raised, so she named her Suosuo.
I hope to lock her life and not leave her.
Chen Tan smiled and raised his chin towards the sanitation point. "We have Grandpa Xie here, so it'll be fine. Sister Yu Jin is well-educated, so she can teach you how to read. We might be able to raise these pigs in half a year. In the second half of the year, let Secretary Fang buy fifty more, and let Wei Xiao come and raise pigs with you, how about that?"
After we get through this year, the policy for next year will become clear.
It was just the right time to expand the animal husbandry industry and increase the collective income. At the same time, a large amount of manure was also produced, and the crops in the fields could be harvested more, so the members could get more food.
Children like Goudan's sister will no longer be beaten for a black steamed bun.
In addition, Wei Xiao can read and has experience in pig farming. If they lead Liu Xu and Shen Jinquan in raising pigs, they can achieve twice the result with half the effort.
Liang Yujin smiled happily upon hearing this, "Great, Wei Xiao is very strong and works just as well as Brother Jin Quan. He will definitely be able to raise the pigs well."
These days at the farm, she saw that Shen Jinquan didn't work that hard. He just cleaned the farm once in the morning and evening, cooked and fed the animals three times, and cleaned the house. He could rest in the remaining time and he didn't have to separate from his wife.
What a great job.
Liu Xu and Shen Jinquan were more than happy to have one more man to help with the work.
Chen Tanwang saw that they had no objection. He was brewing a pig-raising plan in his mind, and his hands were not idle either.
She picked up the cooked pig food and fed the pigs herself.
I've been busy these days and haven't fed them any spiritual spring water. It seems like they haven't grown any weight.
"Hey, are there eggs there?" Liang Yujin followed her to feed the chickens and saw a few white balls under the wooden rack at the innermost part of the chicken coop.
Chen Tan looked over and saw that it was indeed the case. "I'll go in and take a look."
She jumped into the chicken coop and walked to the end. She picked up eight eggs in the chicken manure near the corner of the wall, and there were a few crushed eggs next to them.
"What a pity! A few of them are broken." Chen Tan scooped out eggs with her bib and looked at Shen Jinquan with resentment, "Nineth Brother, you didn't even take a look."
"Hehe, I've only raised them for two months. I didn't expect them to lay eggs."
Shen Jinquan scratched his head in guilt, feeling extremely sorry for the broken eggs.
There wasn't much chicken manure, so he basically cleaned it up only once every four or five days, and he hadn't really noticed them laying eggs.
Liu Xu ran over in surprise, "She laid eggs so quickly. Captain Liu will be so happy when he sees them tonight."
Chen Tan raised his finger, made a "hush" sound, and winked at Shen Jinquan, asking him to close the door.
Shen Jinquan didn't understand what he meant, but he did it anyway.
After the gate was closed, Chen Tan called the three of them to the noisy pigpen and whispered, "The brigade requires that we start handing over eggs in four months, but there are only two months left. This means that the eggs we pick up in the remaining two months are ours."
"What? You want to take it for yourself?" Liu Xu turned pale with fear. "No, this isn't ours. This belongs to the whole community. You can't do that."
"Sister-in-law, I didn't say I wouldn't pay, but I can't pay the eggs in March."
She didn't want to learn from Ge Erdan to embezzle things. She was afraid that if outsiders knew about this, they would definitely think she was weird. After all, a chicken needs to be raised for at least a hundred days before it can lay eggs.
It's only been two months and it's already laying eggs. It must be haunted or there's an evil spirit.
Even though superstition is not allowed now, some people will still think about it in their hearts.
If those things that happened in the mountains were exposed again, she would probably be regarded as a monster by Qin Li.
Liang Yujin asked in confusion, "Why? Isn't this a good thing?"
"It's not a good thing," Chen Tan explained seriously. "We raised the chickens for two months this year and they laid eggs. But if they don't lay eggs for four months next year, will people outside say we're greedy for the eggs?"
The three of them became nervous instantly after hearing this.
Yes, the egg-laying rate of the chickens in the past two months was indeed abnormal. When we reported it, the brigade cadres were very happy and bought more chickens.
What should I do if they don’t lay eggs so early?
Liu Xu looked at the egg and said, "The shell looks so thin. I guess it was laid just two days ago. What should we do with it?"
Chen Tan smiled brightly: "Eat it. You and Sister Yu Jin have two each, and Brother Jiu and I have one each. The remaining two are for Suonier. From now on, you should always pay attention to them and pick up the eggs when you see them. Don't let outsiders find them."
"I'll make a chicken coop in there."
Shen Jinquan went to look for the broken basket, but was stopped by Chen Tan, "Don't do it, you'll be discovered."
Liu Kaishan, Fang Desheng, Shi Wenju and others often come in to take a look. If they discover something, they will have to waste time explaining it.
"Little sister is right. If we put up a chicken coop, the captain will know."
Liu Xu glared at the man, then happily took the eggs to the big pot where the pigs were cooked. She ate breakfast and felt at ease.
The eight eggs were cooked quickly and the four of them shared them, leaving two.
Liang Yujin looked at Chen Tan with warm eyes. She didn't expect that she would encounter such a good thing when she came to the farm to help.
There was no food left in the mountains, and their family’s morning meals became bland.
Now I can eat two eggs here without worrying about the baby in my belly.
Liu Xu had the same idea as her. If he ate two eggs every day, his child would not be as dry as his sister when he was born.
After finishing his work at the farm, Chen Tan went to Xie Junqian.
"Girl, is your grandma's leg healed?" Xie Junqian asked her suddenly.
The question made Chen Tan startled, then she reacted in the next moment and nodded hurriedly, "Okay, okay, your ointment is really effective."
She almost forgot about the lie she had told.
Xie Junqian was slightly proud. "My Xie family's stuff is excellent. You haven't gone to collect herbs for a long time. Take Shui Jun for a walk in the mountains."
"Okay."
Chen Tan was just about to go to the mountains to see if Shang Yuantang's men were there.
She took Xie Shuijun home, brought Heizi with her, went to the mountains, and then let Heizi go to the valley to take a look.
Heizi came back soon, wagging his tail and shaking his head at her.
[Mistress, the valley has collapsed, there is no one left, all the hard work of the master is gone, wuwuwu.]
Chen Tan couldn't understand its inner thoughts, he only understood one thing: there was no one in the valley.
She wanted to go and take a look, but it was inconvenient to bring Xie Shuijun with her, so she had to give up.
At this time, Artemisia capillaris was everywhere. She and Xie Shuijun picked two full baskets. They wanted to pick some wild vegetables, but they walked around many hills but couldn't find any.
The children in the village had picked all the elm seeds, toon and noodles, and even the newly emerged locust flowers were picked by them.
Since they couldn't pick any wild vegetables, Chen Tan took Xie Shuijun to the orchard behind their house and picked six small green pumpkins.
Looking at the pumpkin vines crawling on the ground and the green pumpkins hidden in the big leaves, Xie Shuijun was very surprised, "Sister, how come there are so many small green pumpkins?"
He and his grandfather had grown pumpkins before, but they had never grown so many.
"I, your sister, was blessed with a pair of blessed hands. Whatever I plant will grow."
She also picked a few large green pumpkins to feed the pigs, but they continued to bloom and bear fruit.
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