The happy little days of the Ye family

After Ye Xilin returned, Ye Qingqing looked at Tang Xiaojing slightly worriedly:

"How many piglets are we still short of at home? Is there any way to get them together before spring plowing?"

Basically every household in the village now has more than ten to twenty acres of farmland.

And most of them were created from wasteland, and there is a special shortage of fertilizers.

The crops in the field will not yield high yields without fertilizer.

People in the village often get into fights because your cows pooped in my field.

Now basically every household in the village raises pigs. They started late and couldn't buy good pig seedlings.

Tang Xiaojing nodded calmly and talked to Ye Qingqing about the situation in the pig pen.

“现在家里的猪圈，有11只半大的猪，6只是7个月大的，是5只是5个多月大的。另外还有10只两个多月大的小猪崽子。”

"There are already 21 here. Xilin said before that they could bring 15 piglets before and after spring plowing. I ordered 4 piglets from Aunt Liu two years ago."

"Aunt Liu raised a few more sows last year. There should be a lot of piglets. I'll go over later and see if I can order 10 more."

"Even if Aunt Liu can give us 10 piglets, there will still be a shortage of 5 pigs."

As he said that, Ye Qingqing immediately screened all the people in the village to see whose sows were better. "

Ye Qingqing spends most of her time at home doing embroidery and taking care of her children. She actually doesn't know many people in the village.

But Mrs. Ye is a know-it-all, so she probably knows a lot about the people in the village.

In addition to Aunt Liu's family, Ye Dazhuang's family at the head of the village also raised several sows, and I heard they were doing quite well.

"Uncle Da Zhuang's family is said to raise a lot of sows. I heard from my grandma that they gave birth to piglets some time ago."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Qingqing hurriedly took Tang Xiaojing to Ye Dazhuang's house.

Ye Dazhuang has the skill of making tofu. The tofu he makes is tender, smooth and delicate, and is quite famous in several nearby villages.

The leftover bean dregs from making tofu can be used to feed pigs.

Originally, their family only raised big pigs, but later they saw that there were more people raising pigs in the village, and the price of piglets kept rising.

Seeing that the price of piglets has increased from 210 Wen at the beginning to 220 Wen now.

Ye Dazhuang was quick-witted and planned to raise sows and sell their piglets.

The brick house of Ye Dazhuang's house was built a few years ago and was very conspicuous in the village at that time.

However, in recent years, everyone has opened up wasteland to grow grain, honeysuckle, and red dates, and everyone has become a lot richer.

Several green brick houses have been built in the village, but Ye Dazhuang's house seems inconspicuous.

Ye Qingqing often comes here to buy tofu and has become familiar with their dog Ah Huang.

As soon as they entered the yard, Ah Huang, who was sleeping at the door, immediately walked towards Ye Qingqing wagging his tail.

Just as Ye Qingqing rubbed Ah Huang's big furry head twice, Ye Dazhuang's wife Li came out when she heard the noise.

"Qingqing, do you want to buy tofu?"

Everyone in the village knew that the Ye family raised more than a dozen sows, and the Tang family usually bought their piglets from their house. Mrs. Li thought they were here to buy tofu.

"Aunt Li, we are here to buy piglets. Our family needs about 15 piglets."

Hearing that they were here to buy pig seedlings, Mrs. Li's smile became brighter and she quickly took them to the backyard.

"The two litters of piglets that were born two years ago have been booked long ago. But you are here by chance. A sow just gave birth to 11 piglets last night."

"Now there are six that have been ordered out this morning, and there are five left. You guys can see if you want them."

The three of them soon arrived at the pigsty.

Ye Dazhuang makes several boards of tofu every day, and the okara is used to feed the pigs. The sows at home are fatter than the pigs raised by the Ye family and the Tang family.

The two older piglets were all round and very lively.

As for the cubs that were just born yesterday, they were also very active when drinking milk, and they looked in good spirits.

Tang Xiaojing said on the spot that he wanted all the remaining five piglets.

Fearing that someone would get there first, Tang Xiaojing planned to give the money first.

220 coins each, 5 piglets, a total of 1100 coins.

Tang Xiaojing took out two broken pieces of silver from his purse, one worth one tael, and the other one worth one penny.

Everyone is from the same village, and she watched Ye Qingqing grow up.

Mrs. Li originally wanted to wait until the Tang family came to catch the pigs before collecting the money, but with the money in front of her, there was no reason not to accept it.

Without thinking, Mrs. Li immediately took the money, grinned and assured the two of them:

"Our pigs all eat bean dregs. They grow fat. The milk is enough for these little cubs. They must be raised to be fat and white."

Ye Qingqing has a sweet mouth and always comes with good words.

"Auntie, everyone in the village knows that your piglets are excellent. If we hadn't come by chance, we really wouldn't be able to buy these piglets."

Mrs. Li smiled and said, "My little piglets have been raised with a lot of effort. They are stronger than ordinary piglets."

"Auntie, you are still awesome!"

"You are good at embroidery, I heard..."

The two of them started complimenting each other, making Tang Xiaojing feel very embarrassed.

There were still 10 piglets left at home, so Ye Qingqing didn't stay too long. After chatting for a while, the two got up and left.

After coming out of Ye Dazhuang's house, the two went to find Aunt Liu.

Aunt Liu is a widow with a son who is relatively frail.

But she has the skill of raising sows, and she relies on raising sows to support her mother and her son.

In the past few years, the family's labor force was insufficient, and the Liu family raised few sows, so they could barely make ends meet for the mother and her son.

Later, Father Ye reminded Aunt Liu that she raised pigs well and made more money than farming, so she might as well concentrate on raising pigs.

Aunt Liu also thinks what Father Ye said makes sense. In addition, there have been more people opening up wasteland in the village recently, and more pigs are needed.

The Liu family raised more and more pigs, and their lives became easier and easier.

The Liu family now only cultivates five acres of paddy fields, and the remaining land is all planted with sweet potatoes.

The original four or five sows have now become 20 breeding pigs.

In addition, two women were hired to hunt pig grass and cook pig food.

Aunt Liu's son gave birth to two fat grandsons a few years ago, and the family is now living a prosperous life.

The Liu family is now a well-known large pig farmer and wealthy family in the village.

It was also because of Father Ye's advice that Ye Xilin was able to raise sows with Aunt Liu.

Of course, the Ye family paid the tuition fees and guaranteed that the piglets they gave birth to could only be raised by themselves and provided to the Tang family.

Although both families are pig farmers, there is no conflict of interest. Aunt Liu and the Ye family have always had a good relationship.

Seeing Ye Qingqing and Tang Xiaojing coming to the door, Li enthusiastically pulled them into the hall and brought out two bowls of sugar water.

These days, sugar is a rare thing. Generally, only close people or important guests would drink sugar water. This shows how good the relationship between the two families is.

Knowing that Tang Xiaojing and Ye Qingqing planned to order 10 more piglets, Aunt Liu happily took them to the backyard to watch the pigs.

"The two pig pens in the front have been booked. Only the two pig pens in the back, which were born in the past two days, have not yet been booked."

Aunt Liu looked at these fat piggies with a smile on her face.

"Look at these little piglets, they are chubby and energetic. I guarantee they will be able to eat and sleep when they are brought back."

Aunt Liu is a veteran in raising pigs, so these piglets are naturally good. Tang Xiao immediately ordered ten of them.

Similarly, Tang Xiaojing directly gave the pig seedling's money to Aunt Liu in advance.

15 little piglets cost a total of 3 taels and 3 yuan.