dtnovels Chapter 403 Piglet
Chapter 403 Piglet
Li Chunhong was weeding in the field. When she saw her coming, she raised her head and said, "Wen He, your family is going to have a wedding soon."
"Of course, Aunt Li, I'll invite you to the wedding banquet then."
"Okay, I'll definitely go."
Ji Wenhe walked over and said, "Now that they are married, things will be easier for me and Brother Shen."
"Yes, we should live our own lives from now on. We can have a meal together occasionally, but not every day. Cooking for a whole family is exhausting."
"Your aunt He's family also said that after the three sons get married, they should live separately and not eat together. It will be difficult to cook for too many people."
She nodded in agreement: "You can make whatever you want to eat without having to consider other people's tastes. By the way, Aunt Li, go back and tell Mo Xin and the others that we will stop making puppets at the end of May."
"All the cloth I brought back has been made. If things go well, I think it won't take until the end of May to deliver it. This is the last time. I won't bring any more cloth back for making next time."
I had originally planned to finish it until the end of June, but my family is planning to buy a few pigs, so I’m very busy and wanted to finish it early.
Li Chunhong said regretfully: "Okay, I'll talk to them when I get back. I really don't want to let them go."
"There's nothing we can do. Boss Yang said they can't draw anymore, so let them go to Jinxiufang to get the purses and embroider them."
If no one asked who drew the puppets, she would have liked to keep doing it.
Unfortunately, Yang Yun can't hold on for much longer.
"Wen He, use the remaining fabrics to make the current style. We will stop making them after we are done, right?"
"Correct."
"Okay, I understand. I'll go back and tell them later."
"Aunt Li, I'm going back to fetch manure and water the fields. You keep busy."
"Hey, let's go."
The grass in the field was cut two days ago and the land was just turned over.
We will have to wait until the beginning of next month to raise seedlings, and then plant vegetables and corn, which will take several days of hard work.
Around three o'clock in the afternoon, Shen Rongshan and several others came back with the piglets.
Ji Wenhe was watering manure on the wasteland and watching them carry the pigs into the pigsty.
There were two pigs in a basket.
Zhao Sanniang heard the pigs squealing and came out holding the child: "Wen He, you bought ten piglets, right?"
"Yes, I bought ten."
"Why don't you buy five more? There's only one pigpen left. I think we should raise all of them."
"Keep one room as a backup. When the pigs grow bigger, they can't fit in one pigpen and can be spread out." Ji Wenhe put the dung bucket on the edge of the ground and clapped his hands. "If we raise too many, two people won't be able to take care of them."
"That's true. Pigs eat a lot, and thinking too much is tiring."
But I'll be happy when I sell it.
He Yuxiang walked over and said, "Wen He, your family's life is getting better and better. You sell goods, raise chickens, and raise pigs. Do you want to become a breeder?"
Zhao Sanniang turned around and continued with a smile: "They can't take care of too many children, so they have to hire someone."
"Please ask our villagers. The business of selling goods will be difficult in the future. You can ask Wenshan and Yuanshan to come back and the three brothers can raise pigs together."
Ji Wenhe smiled and said, "We can only raise so many for now. We don't plan to raise more in the future. We don't want to be too tired. As long as the money is enough, it's fine."
"Money is not enough. No matter how much money we make, it is never enough. If my family had money, I would like to buy dozens of acres of land, hire people to farm it, and become the landlady."
"Aunt He's family is rich, so they can definitely afford to buy seven or eight plots of land."
He Yuxiang shook her head: "No money, I bought three residential plots, how can I have any money left? I am very poor now."
Zhao Sanniang said, "Your family has so many people, and they all earn money. Except for the youngest son, you are not that poor. It's not like our family, where Shen Ping is the only one earning money."
"What are you doing? Are you comparing who's poorer?" Miao Zhaodi walked over with a smile. "No matter how poor you are, you're still poorer than us. In the whole village, we're the poorest."
"Wen He, I think there are only two bags of wheat bran left. We need to ask Rong Shan to go to town to buy more. We bought ten pigs now, so it's definitely not enough to eat."
"Okay, I'll go back and tell him later, but he should have seen it himself."
He Yuxiang asked: "Wen He, when did your family buy the pig?"
"July, what's wrong Aunt He."
She calculated: "In July, by the end of June, I can sell ten pigs here, which is exactly one year."
Ji Wenhe looked over and said, "I want to raise the pig for two more months. I wonder if the pig will weigh about 130 kilograms by the end of June."
"Yes, there must be." Miao Zhaodi said, "People feed pigs with pig grass, which makes the pigs unwilling to grow. If they can grow to 90 kilograms, they are considered to be well fed."
"You feed them pumpkin, winter melon, and wheat bran, and keep them well fed morning and night. I see they weigh more than 90 kilograms now."
Zhao Sanniang nodded: "I think so. If it's not 130 kilograms, it can grow to about 120 kilograms. As long as you are diligent in raising pigs, it's very rare that you can't sell them for money."
"If you want them to grow bigger, feed them three times a day for the next two months."
Ji Wenhe thought what she said was feasible. If he could feed the baby three times a day for the last two months, no, the last month, the baby should be able to gain two or three kilograms.
He Yuxiang stroked her chin and thought: "Do you think we can raise pigs?"
Miao Zhaodi looked at her and said, "Yes, I can, but I don't think your father-in-law and mother-in-law can help much. Your mother-in-law can't keep her waist bent all the time. I'm afraid you will have to do it all by yourself today to cut grass for the pigs, produce pig manure, and clean the pigsty."
"Sister Miao is right. I am already busy enough with housework. If I raise a pig, I won't even have time to rest. I'd better not raise one. I'll think about it after I get married."
With a daughter-in-law, she can help cut grass and feed the pigs, and she can have less worries.
Ji Wenhe was carrying the dung bucket: "You guys can chat, I'll take the dung bucket back."
The three nodded.
After she walked away, He Yuxiang spoke up: "Wen He is so lucky. Her life is getting better and better. I think her family will have the best life in our village in the future."
It has only been a short time since they started living in a cave. They didn't have any good clothes to wear, and they couldn't even get meat to eat.
Look at today, whenever you want to eat meat, you can go to the town to buy it. There are so many new clothes to wear, and each person has several cotton-padded jackets. Anyone who sees this would be envious.
Zhao Sanniang held the child in her arms and said, "We are all the same, but we have different fates. Anyway, none of us can be so optimistic. Let's just live our own lives. You guys can chat while I take the child back."
She was not envious. Her current life was already very good for her. She did not ask for more and just wanted to live a good life with Shen Ping.
"Yuxiang, I'm going to go take a look at the pigpen. Do you want to come with me?" Miao Zhaodi asked.
"I'm not going. Sister Miao, you go."
She wanted to go home to make lace and embroider purses to earn money.
Tsk, when will she be able to buy whatever she wants?
Ji Wenhe put the dung bucket behind the house, went home, washed his hands, and went to the pigpen.