The happy little days of the Ye family

Thinking of coming back to feed the pigs, Li Guoer and Ye Xilin got up and left when the sun just started to set.

The Yang family reluctantly sent their daughter to the door.

After Li Guoer got on the donkey cart, he waved to several people:

"You don't need to send it off. We have a donkey cart at home. It only takes half an hour for me to come back from Ye's house. I will come back often."

Li Orion looked at his daughter and whispered:

"Although the Wolf Mountain in your village is rich in products, there are wolves on it. Don't go deep into the mountain. Just wander around the outside."

"I know, my sister-in-law should give birth soon. Remember to tell me when she gives birth. I will come back to see my nephew and niece."

Li Feng supported his wife and walked over slowly, "I can't forget it. Just prepare the meeting gift."

When the young couple returned to Ye's house, Mrs. Ye and Mother Ye had just cooked the pig food.

After being out for most of the day, while feeding the pigs, Ye Xilin checked the situation of each breeding pig in the pig pen.

These breeding pigs are well fed and housed every day, and they look quite energetic.

These little guys only recognize food and not people. As long as they have food, they don't care whether Ye Xilin is there or not.

Two of these breeding pigs had given birth to piglets a year ago, one was just 10 days old, and the other was more than 20 days old.

In addition, there are 6 sows who are already pregnant with piglets, but the months are different.

Three of the sows should be able to give birth to piglets within two or three days.

The other three are smaller in months and will probably have to wait until around spring plowing to give birth to piglets.

Two sows that had given birth happened to be in two adjacent pig pens.

After pouring the pig food into the basin, the two of them did not leave, but stood in front of the pig pen and looked at the piglet.

There were 10 piglets in the litter that were just 12 days old.

Li Guoer liked these little guys very much because they looked pink and tender. She would come over and watch them when she had nothing to do.

The sow was eating, and the little guys who were still drinking milk could only grunt and crawl around on the ground.

The cubs that are more than 20 days old have grown chubby and are competing with the sows for pig food.

No matter what it is, it tastes best when you eat it quickly.

Seeing these little guys eating with gusto made Ye Xilin and Li Guoer beside them feel hungry.

Li Guoer looked at the big piggy for a while, and then at the little one, feeling that both eyes were not enough.

After watching for a while, Li Guoer asked a question that had troubled her for several days.

"These two litters of piglets, one gave birth to 5 piglets, and the other gave birth to 12 piglets. There is a huge difference. Why is this?"

Li Guoer silently calculated in her mind, 220 yuan for a piglet, 5 piglets would be 1100 yuan.

And 12 is 2 taels of 640 Wen, which is a full , or yuan more. This difference is still very big.

Ye Xilin had actually been thinking about what Li Guoer was thinking about years ago.

But at that time, he was thinking about getting married, and he put it aside before he had time to think carefully about what to do.

Now that his wife is married, Ye Xilin is preparing to save more money to raise children in the future, so he should think carefully about what to do.

He raises a total of 18 breeding pigs, 12 of which are old breeding pigs that he first raised a few years ago.

The other six are young breeding pigs that were just raised in the past two years.

The first batch of old breeding pigs raised at the beginning basically had 6 to 10 piglets in their first litter.

After the first litter, the number of piglets gradually increases, and basically each litter can give birth to about 10 to 12 piglets.

However, in the past two years, the number of piglets has decreased significantly. The old sows that got pregnant last year basically gave birth to about five or six pigs in one litter.

The group of young sows raised later can now basically give birth to 10 to 12 piglets in each litter.

The most obvious ones are the two litters of piglets given birth to two years ago. The old sow gave birth to 5 piglets.

The young sow gave birth to 12 cubs. Although she looked a little thin when she came down, she is still in good spirits after raising them for a while.

Ye Xilin talked to Li Guoer about his thoughts:

"The sows that gave birth to five piglets were old sows. In the past two years, the first batch of old sows raised did not give birth to many piglets."

"The ones that gave birth to 12 were the young sows raised later. Basically, they can give birth to 10 to 12 in each litter."

"I have also been thinking about whether to replace all the old sows and raise a new batch."

Li Guoer was very excited, "We must replace them. The difference between 5 and 12 pigs is one to two and five cents. For 10 old sows, that's 15 taels of silver."

A sow can give birth to about two babies a year, and that's 30 taels a year, all of which are just money. Li Guoer was heartbroken.

In the past two years, these old sows have given birth to fewer and fewer piglets. In fact, Ye Xilin has not thought of replacing them.

But at any rate, after raising him for a few years and earning him so much money, he was somewhat sentimental, and Ye Xilin was a little reluctant to let go.

However, since last year, most of the old sows have only given birth to five or six piglets. This will definitely not work.

"Two old sows are going to give birth to piglets in the past few days. Let's look at the situation. If there are still only five or six, then the entire batch of breeding pigs will have to be replaced."

Ye Xilin's heart was soft, and he was somewhat reluctant to let go of these old friends he had raised for several years, and he still had a glimmer of hope in his heart.

In the evening of the next day, after Ye Xilin finished feeding the pigs, he discovered that a young sow was about to give birth.

At this moment, Ye Xilin couldn't care about eating anymore and couldn't get out of the pig pen.

After Li Guoer had dinner, she also went into the pig pen to help.

Li Guoer was not squeamish and was quite interested in sows giving birth to piglets. She curiously pulled Ye Xilin to ask around.

Ye Xilin did not hide his secrets, and carefully taught her how to deliver a sow and what to do with the piglets after birth.

With the help of the two, 11 lively little guys were finally born.

Li Guoer was so excited when she delivered a sow for the first time. She looked at the piglets as if they were her own.

Two days later, the other two old sows also gave birth one after another.

But one gave birth to 5 cubs, and the other gave birth to 6 cubs.

Seeing that Ye Xilin was not in a good mood, Li Guoer wanted to persuade him to replace this batch of old sows.

But before she could speak, Ye Xilin brought it up at the dinner table.

"The old sows I raised a few years ago are now older and give birth to fewer and fewer piglets. I plan to eliminate them and replace them with a new batch of breeding pigs."

People in the Ye family don't know much about raising pigs, but everyone knows that these breeding pigs are giving birth to fewer and fewer cubs.

Everyone has already guessed that it will be a matter of time before they are eliminated and replaced with a new batch.