Chapter 46 Helping the Village Raise Pigs
"The production team doesn't have much work today. We adults just have to go to work. Awu and you guys pile up the pig manure and vomit the fertilizer. The fields will need top dressing in a while," his father Li Deyou arranged.
"I know, Dad," Li Wen and others said as they quickly drank the porridge.
"Second brother, Xiaowen, let's go. Let's dig up the pig manure in the backyard," Li Wu shouted to the two people sitting aside to rest while holding a shovel.
"Awen, you little piggy is growing up so fast. It's only been less than three months and you're already over a hundred pounds. I think you'll catch up with sophomore Hei in another month or so," Li Quan said
Lying on the pig pen, looking at the piglets eating grass, he smiled and said.
"That's impossible. If Da Erhei keeps feeding as before, he can still catch up. But since the beginning of the month, he has been eating the same food as the little pigs. There are still more than four months of Chinese New Year, and the weight of these two pigs will definitely exceed 200 by then.
Jin," Li Wen patted the head of the big black pig looking at him and said with a smile.
"In that case, our family will be sharing a few hundred kilograms of pork this year. It's crazy," Li Quan said in surprise.
"There are also people who have invested. Awen caught the piglets for ten yuan. I recently spent almost ten yuan on pigweed and a big vat of bran. I will definitely sell most of them during the Chinese New Year, otherwise the villagers will be jealous to death."
Li Wu smiled and said.
"Yeah, what does the book say? It's not about scarcity but about inequality," Li Wen said with a smile.
"No matter what you say, our family will definitely need pork during the Chinese New Year this year," Li Quan smiled and touched the pig's head in the pig pen.
Li Wen and Li Wu both nodded when they heard this, "Yes, I will definitely have a good year this year."
The three brothers worked on the pig manure for more than two months, and there was still some left over.
After lunch, Li Wu said with a smile: "Xiao Wen, this is all we have left in the afternoon. You don't have to do it. Your second brother and I will finish it. It's better for you to catch a few fish when you have time than to stay here."
"Yes, Xiaowen, you go ahead. My eldest brother and I will finish this work. You get some fish and let's have fish soup tonight. We haven't had it for a while. It smells weird," Li Quan said with a smile.
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"Okay, you two, please wait," Li Wen smiled and threw down the iron handle in his hand, returned to the room, took out the fishing line and hook he made and walked out the door.
"Wen Wazi, come and hang out with me for a while. We are passing by the breeding farm," Master Jiu, who was enjoying the cool weather at the door, waved to Li Wen.
"Okay, I'll accompany you, Mr. Jiu, for a while," Li Wen put down his backpack, pulled a few leaves from the tree, spread them on the steps at the entrance of the farm, and sat down with a smile.
"You are a skinny monkey, you are very smart. Why haven't I seen you writing newspapers recently?" Li Junfeng asked with a smile.
"Hey, I haven't been able to write much lately, I don't have much ideas," Li Wen said perfunctorily with a smile.
"I think they are frightened by the idiots in the village," Li Junfeng laughed.
Li Wen smiled and said nothing, which was regarded as acquiescence.
"Alas! In these days, people's hearts are all in disarray. A few decades ago, if there was a great talent like you in our clan, who would dare to reach out? The clan would just stop him."
"Now the village is in charge and no ancestral temple is allowed to be built. It's a pity that you have a baby. But don't blame the villagers. Everyone is having a hard time these days. It is inevitable that they will have ideas," the old man patted Li Wen's shoulder to comfort him.
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"Master Jiu, don't worry, we are all members of the village party, and we are all members of the Li clan. Although I have some resentments, I don't blame you."
"Some time ago, Li Shoucai asked people from other villages to fight, and the villagers all came to help, which was touching. In these days, everyone doesn't have enough to eat or wear warm clothes. Suddenly, things are different for me. Everyone has their thoughts, and I understand, so I don't
I blame everyone," Li Wen said with a smile.
"Hey, okay, your kid said it right, they are all from a family named Li!"
"And that bastard Shou Cai actually teamed up with outsiders to run rampant in the village. If this happens in the past, he will be dragged to Shentang. I met this little bastard some time ago and beat him hard with a cane," Master Jiu
Li Junfeng said and Li Shoucai cursed.
"Master Jiu, please don't do anything with others. What if you bump into someone?" Li Wen smiled and looked at the elder and said.
"Okay, don't tell me. If you have any questions in the village, please contact Master Jiu. Grandpa, I know some people," the old man patted Li Wen's hand and said with a smile.
"Well, thank you, sir," Li Wen said with a squinted smile.
"I wonder what you are doing now with a basket on your back and a bamboo pole in your hand," the old man asked.
"My eldest brother and I vomited pig manure today, and we don't have much to do in the afternoon. I said I would go to the reservoir to catch some fish and make soup for dinner in the evening," Li Wen said with a smile, weighing the bamboo pole in his hand.
"Boy, how did you catch the piglets at the farm last time? Did you raise them to death?" the old man said with a smile.
"Looking at what you said, how can I raise such a big piglet to death? It's well-raised and now weighs more than 100 kilograms. It can eat a lot," Li Wen said with a smile.
"Ha! It's more than a hundred pounds. It's true. It's fake. There are two more piglets in the same litter as your piglet. They only weigh more than sixty pounds. You good guy, your weight has doubled.
How did you do it?" Li Junfeng stood up and asked hurriedly.
Li Wen talked about how he collected pig grass, stored green storage, and fed bran to the pigs. After hearing this, the old man thought for a while.
"Awen, let's go to your house first to see the pigs and green crops. If it's true, I want to try it on the breeding farm. If it succeeds, our village's annual pigs will produce a lot more meat in winter.
Big livestock can also have young crops to eat," the old man said.
"Okay, I'll take you to have a look," Li Wen directly picked up his backpack and stood up.
"Okay, this attitude is like that of a soldier, just do what you say, not bad," the old man said as he stood up from the couch.
"Second daughter-in-law, I'm going out for a while, please keep an eye on me," the old man shouted to the second aunt who was helping in the farm!
"Uncle Jiu, go away, it's okay, I'm watching!" A woman's voice came from inside the door.
"Let's go, you kid, walk slower, the old man is calling!"
"Grandpa, my legs are useless. If I had been young, I could have walked two hundred miles in a day on a hasty march, beating you by a long way!" the old man recalled, looking at Li Wen who was walking in front.
"Okay, I'll slow down," Li Wen shook his head gently and walked in a row with the old man.
"Your little pig is growing really well. It has grown from 20 pounds to more than 100 pounds in three months. I think these two big pigs are about 160 pounds. They are ready for slaughter!" The old man said.
The pig looked at the two pig pens and said in shock.
"Well, this little piglet has been fed according to my method. The two big pigs only started to be fed according to my method at the beginning of this month, but they have also grown to nearly 20 pounds," Li Wen said lightly.
"It's very good. If you keep these pigs like you do, it will be no problem for the two big pigs to weigh more than 200 kilograms, and the little pigs will be no problem to weigh about 180 kilograms," the old man nodded and said.
"Master Jiu, look at the five large tanks that I use to store pigweed," Li Wen pointed to the five large tanks under the shed in the backyard.
"It takes at least one month of fermentation for more than three kilograms of pigweed to produce one kilogram of green storage, and this tank can store more than two hundred kilograms of green storage. Depending on the size of the pig, I feed several to more than ten kilograms of green storage every day, and then
Feed some bran appropriately, and the pig will stop barking when it is full, and it will naturally grow faster," Li Wen said with a smile.
The old man opened a large tank that Li Wen was feeding, grabbed a handful of green corn and smelled it. It was sour with a grassy smell, which was the smell of fermentation.
"Well, this green crop looks good. I'm going to try it in our breeding farm to see if it works. You have to give Master Jiu some guidance," the old man said, looking at Li Wen and smiling, pointing to the big vat.
"Yes, it's no problem at all. The production team will have a good harvest during the New Year, and everyone will have a good New Year," Li Wen nodded and agreed happily.
"Master Jiu, let's move some green pigs from my house first, feed them and give them a try. It will take a month before you can use the green pigs. That's too long, and it will take a lot of time. I have ready-made ones.
, just give me a tank back then," Li Wen said with a smile.
"Okay, Awen, you are such a good boy, always thinking about the village," the old man was very happy after hearing Li Wen's suggestion.
"Brother, let's help Jiuye drag a cart of green pigs over. The village breeding farm also wants to experiment with feeding our green pigs," Li Wen said, looking at his two brothers who had finished their work and were repairing their own land.
"Here we come," the two people who were working had already seen Li Wen and the old man gesticulating in the pig pen, but they didn't come over. When they heard Li Wen calling them, they ran over quickly.
"Master Jiu, you have fallen in love with my pig grass," the eldest brother Li Wu joked.
"No, your pigweed is different from other people's. Grandpa, I have to search for some," Jiuye Li Junfeng said with a smile.
"You've come to the right place. My green pig is really good. It's easy to feed and there's no need to cook pig food. I can feed the pigs every day with just one child in my family," Li Wu said to Master Jiu with a smile.
"Really, you don't need to boil pigweed, just feed it directly." The old man didn't know that pigweed could be fed directly, and he was very surprised now.
"There is no need to boil pigweed. This green crop really solves a big problem. If it works, the village can raise an extra pig next year," the old man said with a happy smile.
"Qingzhu is indeed very good, but if you want to reach the height of my pig, you have to be mentally prepared for this Jiuye," Li Wen reminded with a smile.
"Why, do you have any other recipes for feeding pigs?" Master Jiu Li Junfeng asked doubtfully.
"Well, we got some swill from the restaurant and fed it during the day, so the pigs raised later in the village will definitely grow slower than my pigs. I tell you this in advance to prevent you from always thinking that I am hiding something secret," Li Wen hehe
Said with a smile.
"You guys really have a lot of channels. The swill-raised pigs do gain weight very quickly, but as long as the effect of green storage makes the pigs in our farm weigh more than ten kilograms less than yours, it will be considered a success," the old man said slightly.
Said with a smile.
Chapter completed!