Originally, the Ke family's conditions were not good. They could not support a large family just by guarding the few acres of thin farmland.
His parents were old, and he and his brother were married. They were crowded into the old house with their children, and all kinds of conflicts and conflicts made the whole family unhappy.
There is no way, everyone can't fill their stomachs, and they all want to give their children one more bite. If an egg is divided too much or too little, they will get into trouble.
Later, the Zhuangzi of the nearby Zhu family set up an experimental field and taught everyone how to raise pigs. The Ke family took the opportunity and learned the technique of castrating pigs, which finally made life easier. They saw that after the pigs were castrated, they could eat
If you can sleep, you can really raise them to be fat and healthy. He and his brother thought about it, how many animals should they raise?
After getting a few piglets, he and his brother built a big pigsty behind their yard and got busy.
Unexpectedly, they really did this.
Castrated pigs not only lose that strange smell, they also grow faster and are well-raised, and can be released from the cage in less than half a year.
Ke Zhengping never knew that "making money" was so easy?!
An acre of the family's original land was set aside to grow food for pigs. Pigs are not picky eaters and will eat all kinds of cabbage and radishes. They don't feed all the pigs, but pick out the better ones and sell them as vegetables.
Or you can eat it at home and feed the remaining bad ones to the pigs.
For a time, the Ke family's life in the village became better and better, and they became one of the richest families in the village.
The two brothers not only built a new yard each, but also renovated the old house and doubled the size of the pigsty at the back.
"Where's Ke Yuan?"
As soon as Ke Zhengping came back, his eldest brother, sister-in-law and daughter-in-law all came over to help unload the things, but they didn't see their son, so they were a little confused.
My daughter-in-law, Mrs. Liu, said: "I was looking at the pig pen in the backyard. I must have been stunned by the pigs again."
Speaking of this son, Mrs. Liu sighed.
The eldest brother and sister-in-law next door are so clever. They run around all day and act like wild monkeys. Her family is very good at this. She has been quiet since she was a child and likes to write and scratch on the ground with a stick. After the family got a pig pen,
Some people even got the job of "looking at the pig pen", picked a piece of land, and could draw on the ground with a stick for a day.
The pigs look quite similar in drawings, but the problem is, people study for the purpose of becoming an official in the imperial examination, so what's going on with you drawing and painting like them all day long?
Can you still support yourself by helping others paint in the future?
"You go and call him. I bought him some drawing pens and some calligraphy paintings. It is said that he is very famous in the city..."
"Oh, so do you. Just dote on me. I finally made some money selling pigs, so you have to buy this kind of thing. If you can't eat or use this kind of thing, what are you buying it for?" Afterwards, the wife said,
Ms. Liu still ran to the backyard and shouted at the top of her lungs for Ke Yuan.
Sister-in-law Ke laughed beside her: "Brothers and sisters, what Ke Zhengping bought is for his children. What's wrong with spending a few dollars? We make money, don't we just spend it on our children? Your Ke Yuan is studying well in the school, buy something as a reward
He deserves it too. Unlike me, he is a mud monkey, and his teacher won’t even hit him, but he just doesn’t learn well... I also discussed with his father that he should finish his last year this year and not waste money on sending him to school.
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"You really don't want to give it away? You should study for a few more years. If you can read, you can also find a factory to work. I heard that the wages in the factory are very high."
"Then it depends on the person. Do you think that with the temperament of my mud monkey, he can stay in the factory? Your Ke Yuan is about the same." Sister-in-law Ke said, "When Ke Yuan goes to work in the factory, my family
If that boy stays at home and helps us raise pigs, we can work less hard."
Mrs. Liu's expression was a little stiff. She knew that her sister-in-law had always been thinking about her own pig pen, but she didn't expect to say it outright.
What does sister-in-law mean?
It was obviously Ke Zhengping and his two brothers who built the pigsty. In the future, the sister-in-law's son will "inherit" it. If her family Ke Yuan joins the factory, who will own the pigsty?
No matter how much you earn in the factory, you are still working for others. How can you be as comfortable as raising pigs at home?
Sister-in-law Ke seemed not to notice Mrs. Liu's expression, she still smiled and picked up a lot of nice words to praise Ke Yuan, saying that he was good at studying and had a quiet temper. Even if he could not become an official in the imperial examination in the future, he would still be able to work in a factory and make a lot of money.
It's not like her mud monkey, who can only earn some hard-earned money at home.
Mrs. Liu didn't argue with Mrs. Ke, but secretly decided in her heart that she would have a good time with Ke Zhengping at night. Now the whole family depends on the pig pen for food, and they can't let the big house take all the advantages. The worst, everyone
Take two shots and let each do his or her own thing.
Ke Yuan arrived late, still holding a stick in his hand, and his body was quite clean, but his expression was a bit unrealistic, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
"Mom, did you call me?"
When Ms. Liu saw him, she became very angry: "Why don't you call me a ghost? I'm almost mad at you and my son. Your father only knows how to pamper you and go to the city. What else?"
I didn’t even buy anything, so I bought you a set of painting tools... Those things can’t be eaten or drunk, so what’s the use?”
Before he finished scolding, he saw Ke Yuan's eyes lit up and he ran up to Ke Zhengping: "Dad?! Did you really buy them for me?! Where are the painting tools? Didn't you come up and say, those
The things are too expensive, why don’t you buy them for me?”
"What kind of colored pencils are new in the city this time? Do you know about pencils? Colored pencils are for drawing... I bought you six. With luck, I even got a drawing book for you in a lottery.
Books..." Ke Zhengping said as he took out the things he bought and stuffed them into Ke Yuan's arms, "Dad knows that you like to draw, and I won't stop you, but you have to promise me that you will pass a test next time you study.
Good grades. If your grades are bad and your husband tells you, dad will not buy them for you in the future. You will come back and raise pigs for me, and you are not allowed to mention painting again."
"Hey!" Ke Yuan seemed to be overjoyed and agreed.
He hugged the package as if he had found a treasure and returned to the house happily.
Mrs. Liu didn't finish venting her anger, so she said a few words to Ke Zhengping.
Ke Zhengping didn't take it to heart at all: "Oh, it didn't cost much, just a few dozen cents, a pound or two. Our family raised so many pigs, how could we make it all back..."
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In the room, Ke Yuan checked the colored pencils and began to draw on the digital crossword painting.
After finishing his first digital crossword painting, Ke Yuan was so satisfied with his work that he almost didn't even hear his mother call him for dinner.
Later, he was scolded by his mother again.
In the evening, Mrs. Liu and Ke Zhengping mentioned what Sister-in-law Ke said and asked him what his plan was. Will he really give up the pig pen to the big house in the future?
Ke Zhengping said: "Let's talk about it later. Ke Yuan is still young. From the looks of Ke Yuan, he doesn't look like someone who can raise pigs. I'm afraid that if I give him a pig pen then, he won't be able to raise it."
"What do you mean, Ke Yuan doesn't look like a pig farmer? Ke Zhengping, what do you mean? You can raise pigs, but Ke Yuan is your breeder. Why can't he raise pigs?" Ms. Liu was dissatisfied and felt that Ke Yuan was not a pig farmer.
Zhengping was doubting himself.
Ke Zhengping looked helpless: "Didn't the newspaper say that everyone has his own ambitions? Ke Yuan was different from his cousin when he was a child, and it was the same in the book school. His teacher also said that Ke Yuan was serious and meticulous in his work. If he is more diligent in his studies,
Just give him some snacks. Let's see. If he can really study and find a way out, we don't have to compete with the eldest brother and sister-in-law for the pigsty. But if he can't read, we will think of a solution when the time comes."
