The happy little days of the Ye family

Ye's father and Ye Donglin are not interested in raising pigs. Mr. Ye plans to focus on training Ye Xilin and let him inherit the family's pig-raising skills.

Moreover, the fields and hills at home also need to be taken care of. Although he is in good health now, there will be a day when he can no longer work, and someone will still have to take care of the fields at home.

Although there is a lot of money to be made from doing business, it is still not safe after all. Today, the status of businessmen is low, and future generations cannot take scientific examinations.

Mr. Ye thought it would be better to just be a small landowner, raise dozens of pigs, have money and land, and have no worries about food and drink, and be free and easy.

Mr. Ye looked at Ye Xilin happily and said, "Xilin, you don't have to go to school now. Why don't you just stay at home and raise pigs with me and your grandma."

"We will raise these pigs this year first, and then keep one male and one female as breeding pigs at the end of the year. They will be able to give birth to piglets in the second half of next year."

"Okay."

Ye Xilin agreed immediately without any reluctance. Since he was a child, he has followed Ye Donglin to weed the family's pigs. In fact, he is quite interested in raising pigs.

After Ye Donglin and Father Ye went to set up a stall on the dock, he often fed the pigs and cleaned the pig pens with Mr. Ye and Mrs. Ye. Raising pigs was not difficult for him.

Ye Xilin had no problem with his eldest brother setting up a stall on the dock while he stayed at home to raise pigs. Pig raising was also a good craft, and the Ye family made their fortune by raising pigs.

Ye Xilin is full of confidence and feels that if his elders can make a fortune by raising pigs, he can naturally make a career by raising pigs.

But is it too few to keep only one male and one female breeding pig? There are 50 acres of paddy fields at home waiting for fertilization.

Ye Xilin was a little dissatisfied, "The Liu family also raises three sows. It's just that our family only has one male and one female breeding pig, which is too few. We should keep at least five or six sows."

Mrs. Ye said angrily: "You haven't learned how to raise pigs now. You don't have to worry about how many breeding pigs you want to keep. Let's raise the pigs first."

Ye Xilin wanted to refute, but when he saw Mrs. Ye's fierceness, he swallowed what he was about to say.

Those who know the current affairs are heroes. The Ye family is still headed by Mrs. Ye, so they cannot offend the old lady.

Tang Xiaojing, who was devouring food on the side, felt that although Ye Xilin was young, he was quite thoughtful, and he appreciated his usually gluttonous and naughty brother-in-law a little more.

But I also felt a little more stressed. The rabbits at home had to be raised well, and I couldn't let my brother-in-law, who was several years younger, compete with me.

Tang Xiaojing was secretly struggling in his mind, planning to build more rabbit sheds and go to the mountains tomorrow to catch more breeding rabbits and bring them back to give birth to little rabbits.

Father Ye also thought it would be good for Ye Xilin to stay at home and raise pigs. With so many fields at home, Mr. Ye couldn't take care of it alone, so he happened to stay at home to help Mr. Ye.

Of the two brothers, Ye Donglin is more like him. He is smooth and smiles at others. He also likes to join in the fun. He is a business material.

Ye Xilin is more like Ye Mu. She looks greedy and naughty, but at heart she is more conservative and hard-working. She is suitable for taking care of the fields at home and being a stable small landowner.

From now on, Ye Donglin will run a small business on the dock, Ye Xilin will raise pigs and take care of the fields at home, and the two brothers will divide their labor to support the family. The Ye family will only get better and better.

Moreover, there is no conflict of interest between the two brothers. At least the two brothers will not fall out because of their interests in the future.

At this time, Ye's father had a clearer idea about the future path of his two sons, so he strongly agreed with Ye Xilin to stay at home and raise pigs.

Father Ye looked up at his youngest son who still looked childish, "Since you want to stay at home and raise pigs, then you don't have to go to the county to set up a stall every day."

"Anyway, there is a big market in the town, and it's close to home. It's good for you to set up a stall at the big market in the town every five days."

"The rest of the time, I help raise pigs at home and help take care of the fields and hills at home."

"Okay, I can definitely carry forward my grandparents' skills in raising pigs. I will raise the pigs first this year and then raise a few sows to give birth to piglets at the end of the year. I will also help take care of the fields at home."

Ye Xilin set up a stall at the county fair for a while years ago. The county was really far away. It took more than an hour to go there, and the road was bumpy. He actually didn't want to suffer this.

Ye Xilin patted his small chest and said confidently: "The pigs at home will give birth to piglets next year, and we will soon be able to raise piglets born from our own pigs."

Then he raised his head and glanced at Tang Shan and Tang Xiaojing, and said cheerfully: "Uncle Tang, Brother Jing, I will also take care of the future piglets of your Tang family."

Tangshan liked Ye Xilin, a confident and thoughtful junior, and patted him on the shoulder and said boldly:

"Our family's piglets next year depend on you. Uncle Tang is optimistic about you, so work hard."

Tang Xiaojing and Tang Shan have already discussed it. This year, the main focus will be on raising rabbits. They will raise rabbits first this year and then raise pigs next year.

After all, my family has newly opened up 50 acres of paddy fields. It really can’t survive without fertilizer. The soil in this wasteland is really too barren.

If you raise dozens of big fat pigs, your family's fields will not be short of fertilizer, and the pork can also be sold for money. It's really two birds with one stone.

The next day, Ye Xilin got up early. After washing, he actively helped Mrs. Ye cook pig food.

The Ye family started by raising pigs. Mrs. Ye also learned the art of raising pigs from her mother-in-law, and she was very confident in the Ye family, so she attached great importance to the pigs in the family.

Mrs. Ye carefully told Ye Xilin how to cook the pig food, and how much pig grass, grain and bean dregs should be added.

"Pigweed is free and can be found everywhere in the village, but if you only feed pigweed, the pigs will grow slowly. They will still be skinny by the end of the year, and they won't be sold for much money."

"Grain is precious. Even coarse grains such as sweet potatoes and pumpkins cannot be fed too much. Bean dregs cost money to buy at the oil shop. If you feed too much, the cost will go up. Therefore, the ratio of pig grass, grain and bean dregs must be controlled well."

"Pigs don't eat much when they are young, so you can feed them more bean dregs. If they eat well, they will grow strong and they won't get sick."

"When the pigs grow older, they can be fed more grass, and when they grow meat later, they need to be fed more okara and grain, so that the pigs can grow fat."

Old Mrs. Ye told Ye Xilin one by one the things to pay attention to when raising pigs.

Ye Xilin listened very carefully, and quickly cut the pigweed into sections and the sweet potatoes into small pieces, then added the bean dregs and cooked them in a large iron pot.

Ye Xilin was cooking pig food carefully in the stove in the yard, while Mrs. Ye went into the kitchen to cook breakfast for her family.

After breakfast, Father Ye and Ye Donglin went out to set up a stall on the pier. Mr. Ye took the ducks at home to the creek on the side of Xiaohou Mountain, and watched the long-term workers building a rabbit shed.

Ye Xilin carried the cooled pig food and went to the pig pen with Mrs. Ye to feed the pigs.

The 10 little piglets that were captured were divided into two pig pens, and each pig pen raised 5 little piglets.

Ye Xilin poured the warm pig food on the feeding wooden basin. The piglets, who were still howling with hunger, smelled the pig food and rushed over to eat the pig food.

Ye Xilin felt very happy when he saw these round, chubby little piglets eating enthusiastically.

Looking at these cute little guys happily, "Eat more, eat more, and you will grow white and fat in the future."