The happy little days of the Ye family

The Ye family now has ten sows and two breeding pigs for breeding.

There are two large pig pens in the backyard. Ye Xilin divided ten sows and two breeding pigs into two groups.

Each pig pen houses five sows and one breeding pig.

When the sow becomes pregnant, she will be arranged by Ye Xilin alone to give birth to piglets in the pig pen on the homestead next door.

Ye Xilin built five large pig pens on the homestead next door, specifically for sows to give birth to piglets and to raise piglets.

Now the five pig pens in the backyard are full, and two of them contain sows with a litter of piglets.

The other three pig pens are occupied by pregnant sows, who will give birth to piglets in a month or two.

The two litters of piglets are now one month old.

Under Ye Xilin's careful care, all of them are white, tender and chubby, and they look very pleasing to the eye.

These piglets have been weaned long ago and now eat pig food with the sow.

Every time Ye Xilin came over to feed the pigs, the piglets were very excited and rushed over to them as soon as the pig food was poured into the basin.

The two litters of piglets were actually just a few days apart, but they looked about the same size.

The litter of piglets born earlier had a total of 8 piglets. There was another litter of piglets born a few days later, with a total of 7 piglets.

People in the village have opened up a lot of fields, and every household wants to raise more pigs to fertilize the fields.

These piglets of the Ye family have long been targeted by people in the village, and people often come to the door wanting to buy piglets.

However, everyone who came to the door was rejected by Ye Xilin. Their family has 53 acres of paddy fields, 15 acres of slope land, and 2 acres of dry land.

The Ye family doesn't have enough fertilizer at home, so Mr. Ye asked Ye Xilin to raise more pigs some time ago.

Moreover, these piglets from the Ye family not only provide for their own use, but also provide for the Tang family.

After breakfast, Ye Xilin and Mr. Ye brought several large bamboo baskets to the pig pen.

Ye Xilin planned to send these little piglets to the pig pens on the small back mountain to raise them today.

These 15 little piglets were caught by the grandfather and grandson and put into four bamboo baskets.

Then these little piglets were moved onto a cart, and one cart could just hold two bamboo baskets.

Mr. Ye and Ye Xilin each pushed a cart and sent these piglets to the pig pen in Xiaohoushan.

The pig pen in Xiaohoushan has been cleaned long ago, and the 15 piglets were divided into two pig pens.

A few days ago, a batch of big pigs happened to be ready for slaughter. 14 big fat pigs were all made into bacon.

The Ye family's long-term workers are all found in Dashan Village. These people can make bacon, and their skills are pretty good.

The Ye family is famous for being very economical, and now they no longer spend money to go to Dashan Village to have people make bacon.

Ye Xilin directly bought the spices for bacon from his family's long-term workers, and then asked his family's long-term workers to kill pigs to make bacon.

The family's long-term workers are all happy to have an extra income from selling spices, and they don't have any objections to the extra work of making bacon.

Now the Ye family has a total of 6 pig pens at the foot of Xiaohou Mountain, and each pig pen raises about seven or eight pigs.

The pigs were killed a few days ago and the two pig pens were vacated, so Ye Xilin sent the piglets at home to the pig pens here.

There are now 13 long-term workers in the family, and the three extra long-term workers are dedicated to taking care of the pig pen.

The daily tasks of these three long-term workers are to weed pigs, cook pig food and clean pig pens.

Ye Xilin sent the piglet to the pigsty, then turned around and picked up a cart full of pigweed.

There are now 12 large pigs in the family, and several of them are pregnant sows. They eat two carts of pigweed every day.

Ye Xilin takes care of the sows and piglets at home every day, and is so busy that he never touches the ground.

He was a little tired, but Ye Xilin took care of his family's pig farm and rabbit farm in an orderly manner.

In the past two years, Ye Xilin's wallet has become increasingly rich.

Ye Xilin had the long-term workers make bacon from the pigs raised in the pig farm, and Ye's father sold them to merchants at the dock.

Ye's father took [-]% of the money from the bacon sales as labor fee, and the rest went to Ye Xilin.

The rabbits from the breeding farm are sent to Dashan Village to be made into wax rabbits and rabbit skins.

Father Ye sold the wax rabbits directly on the dock, and the rabbit skins were made into various fur jackets and coats, which were then sold to merchants in the north at the end of the year.

All the money for the rabbit belongs to Ye Xilin, and the rabbit skin belongs to Ye's father.

Ye Xilin earned a lot of money from bacon and rabbits, and was very motivated every day.

After returning to Ye's house, Ye Xilin hurriedly went to feed the pigs.

The pigs in the Ye family are fed three times a day, and the big pigs in the farm are fed four times a day, eating better than humans.

Although they eat a lot, the pigs raised by the Ye family are big and have very thick fat.

The bacon made from the family's pigs is particularly beautiful, and merchants on the dock are vying for it.

The two litters of piglets have been transported to Xiaohoushan, and the two sows Ye Xilin were not immediately sent back to the backyard for breeding.

Ye Xilin plans to raise them well for 10 days and a half, and then send them to the backyard for breeding when they are better.

This is what Aunt Liu taught him. If the sow is in good health, the piglets she gives birth to will be stronger and less likely to get sick.

Ye Xilin raised sows and often asked Aunt Liu for advice.

In order not to affect Aunt Liu's family's sale of piglets, Ye Xilin did not plan to sell piglets in the village.

The piglets given birth to by the sows at home are kept and raised to be sold as bacon.

After returning from Xiaohoushan, Ye Xilin felt that the pig pens in Xiaohoushan were not enough and wanted to build two more pig pens.

Ye Xilin returned to the house at night and locked the door first.

Then he rummaged through the boxes and cabinets in the house, and Ye Xilin found a lot of money from various places in the room.

Ye Xilin is very good at hunting for treasures, and even better at hiding money. He is probably even better than Mrs. Ye.

Ye Xilin earned all this money by raising pigs and rabbits from dawn to dusk every day. If he wanted to steal his money, it would be absolutely impossible.

Ye Xilin poured all the money he found on the table.

The money earned from selling bacon and rabbits was basically large amounts of silver ingots, and Ye Xilin quickly counted them all.

Ye Xilin's small treasury contains a total of 68 taels, 573 coins.

The pig farm only had the first batch of large pigs for slaughter in the spring of last year.

As for the rabbit breeding farm, Mr. Ye took it over last year after seeing that Ye Xilin was raising pigs well.

Ye Xilin earned these 68 taels in the past year and a half.

Ye Xilin planned to use 8 taels of silver to build two more pig pens and a rabbit shed at the foot of Xiaohou Mountain.

Ye Xilin left 573 silver coins for daily expenses, and hid the remaining 60 taels of silver in different places.

Nowadays, the pigs in the breeding farm are getting bigger one after another. A few days ago, a batch of pigs were killed to make bacon.

Thinking that there would be another income soon, Ye Xilin became happier and happier.

From now on, every month or so, a batch of fat pigs will come out of the pen, which can be made into bacon and sold for money.

Ye Xilin is a complete fan of small money. When he dreams at night, he always sits on the pile of silver and counts the money.

When Ye Xilin woke up the next day, he was still smiling, and his hands still felt a little tired.