Xue Ling said goodbye to Wang Qing, turned around, took the key, and left with Liu Xiaoyu.
In the evening, she came back.
Cheng Tianyuan was cutting the mutton for the sauce and asked: "Where did you and Boss Liu go? I was worried that you wouldn't be able to eat the mutton slices!"
Xue Ling glanced at the big leg of lamb and couldn't help but ask: "Uncle Chang is here? Did he kill the sheep again?"
"Yes." Cheng Tianyuan explained: "He killed him and gave us one leg. He also gave some to his son. The others were sold to the villagers."
At this time, Sanbo and Xue's father came back with Xiao Ranran in hand.
"Chen Min took his wife back to his parents' house this afternoon. Mu Hai went to help. He said he would come back in the evening and we didn't have to wait for him to have dinner."
Liu Ying and Mama Xue helped in the kitchen.
Xue Ling couldn't see his youngest son, so he quickly asked: "Where is the second son? Why didn't you see him?"
"I just drank milk and fell asleep." Xue's mother explained: "The weather was already a bit cold, so we gave him a bath at around three o'clock in the afternoon. The boy was very happy playing in the water, and always refused to sleep. He was very excited.
I just fed her milk and fell asleep when I felt sleepy."
Liu Ying said with a smile: "I guess he won't sleep for too long. He will only fall asleep in the middle of the night."
Sanbo smiled and said: "These two children are good children. I have never heard them cry once in the middle of the night."
Xue Ling listened carefully and couldn't help but ask: "Uncle San, you don't always have insomnia at night, do you? Otherwise, how do you know if you are crying?"
Sanbo laughed and said: "I sleep well every day, how can I have insomnia! It's very quiet here at night. If the child cries, I will definitely be woken up. If I am not woken up, doesn't it prove that they
Didn't you cry?"
Everyone laughed.
San Bo looked at Cheng Tianyuan cutting the mutton slices and clicked his tongue twice.
"This sheep is so fresh. The food here is delicious and the most valuable thing is its freshness. Over there in the Imperial Capital, if you want to eat something like this, you sometimes have to put it away for a long time before buying it home. When you go back and wait, it's all the same when you eat it.
She’s a queen, she can’t be fresh anymore.”
Cheng Tianyuan smiled and said: "This was slaughtered in the afternoon, about three hours ago. It is still fresh."
"It's fresh enough." Xue's father said, "Plus the cold weather means things don't go bad easily and the meat quality doesn't deteriorate."
The third uncle sat down and said with a smile: "I have been here for more than ten days, and I feel that I may have gained several pounds. I gained weight faster than a pig!"
Everyone laughed.
When Xue Ling heard the word "pig", he explained: "I went to the riverside with Liu Xiaoyu earlier to look at a place and found it very good. I plan to invest in his brother-in-law to build a farm to raise pigs."
"Pig farming? Farm? The kind that specializes in raising pigs?"
"How big is the place? How many pigs can be raised?"
"You only eat pork, how do you know how to raise pigs? You are messing around!"
Xue Ling suppressed a smile and explained: "The place is quite big. After calculation, it should be able to raise three to four hundred heads. If the space is used well and an extra row is built, it may be able to raise five hundred heads."
"That's pretty big." Sanbo nodded.
Xue Ling said: "I have already agreed with him that I will withdraw the money to invest tomorrow. I will pay the capital, and he, his wife and a pair of elderly people will be responsible for raising and taking care of it, and the money earned will be 50-50."
"The investment cost is not big, right?" Xue's father asked.
"About 30,000." Xue Ling explained: "Their family is too poor and does not have that much capital investment. They usually live by raising pigs. They are good at raising pigs, but there are more people eating and fewer people working, so it is economical.
It has never been good. There are seven children in the family, almost one every year, which is amazing!"
"Thirty thousand is not too much." Dad Xue said: "If the quantity is large, the cost can be recovered in one or two years. However, the initial investment is relatively large, and it takes about a year to raise a group of pigs, so unless you have extra money
People invest, otherwise it would definitely be difficult.”
"That's the reason." Xue Ling said: "So when I offered 50-50 points, they agreed immediately. It's just that I have to pay for the usual pig food and so on. I said I trust Liu Xiaoyu and asked him to help me take notes.
When you sell the pig, you also write it down, and you divide the money after the pig is sold."
Cheng Tianyuan couldn't help but remind him: "Liu Xiaoyu is usually very busy."
"His wife wants to go over and help feed the pigs." Xue Ling explained: "His wife knows a few words and can count simply. He can just help with the calculations. This is not a big company, and there must be income, tax deductions, etc., so there is no need for it.
trouble."
Cheng Tianyuan saw that she had already discussed and made arrangements, so he didn't stop her.
"If you think it's good, go and vote. Maybe we can have fresh pork to eat. If you want to eat roast suckling pig any day, just go and find one."
Everyone laughed.
"Yes, there will be free pork to eat from now on!"
"I just talked about roasted suckling pig, and I was attracted by it as soon as I heard it. It's a very good dish! By the way, I wonder if Ahu's mother knows how to roast it?"
Xue Ling chuckled and took her son to wash his hands.
"You haven't even written these horoscopes yet, and you've already discussed eating pigs! Haha!"
After washing the child's hands, she dried the millet porridge and fed him little by little.
Cheng Tianyuan heated up the oil and started frying the mutton slices. For a moment, the whole kitchen was filled with the smell of cumin and fried meat, and the aroma was tangy.
Some people ate, some fried, everyone chatted and ate happily, the atmosphere was harmonious and cheerful.
…
After eating, everyone suggested going for a walk along the river.
Mother Xue and Liu Ying stayed behind. They helped clean up the kitchen and also stayed to look at little Yangyang who was still sleeping.
Others went downstairs and planned to go for a walk by the river.
"No, the river wind over there is too strong and it will be too cold at night." Xue Ling suggested: "Let's walk along the road in the community. There are street lights, the road is flat, and there are not many cars."
"That's okay." Father Xue agreed.
Cheng Tianyuan threw his son on his shoulders, and the father and son walked forward happily.
Xue Ling walked beside San Bo and his father, chatting in a low voice.
Sanbo squinted his eyes to look at the stars that were appearing vaguely in the sky, and whispered: "The winter evening is really too short, it feels like it will get dark in the blink of an eye."
Xue Lingxiao asked: "Uncle San is homesick?"
"Ghost!" Sanbo chuckled and said, "When people leave home, they always miss home. As I get older, I always think of the days when I was young. How carefree I lived then.
ah!"
Xue Ling suddenly thought of the big house in his hometown and couldn't help but ask: "Uncle San, the old house in the east of the city is very dilapidated, right? No one lives in it anymore, right?"
"It's gone." Uncle San explained: "The house is too old and in disrepair. There is no one to take care of it. It is no longer habitable. It is too dangerous!"
Xue Ling thought of Cai Yunyan and asked curiously: "San Bo, you already live in the east of the city. Do you know a family named 'Cai'?"
"We know each other." Sanbo said, "It's right behind our old house. It's very close and we can be considered neighbors. The Cai family is also a prosperous family with many younger generations. They are younger than us and similar to Zhilan and the others.