My village can't be like this

Chapter 172 Fragrant Pig
Seeing Zhou Yang shrinking at the door and not daring to come in, Zhang An knew that he was afraid of being stung by bees before.

"Where can there be bees that don't sting, don't fool me."

Zhou Yang didn't believe Zhang An's words, as there were no bees in this area that didn't sting.

"What are you afraid of? Look at me sitting here, they don't even ding."

Zhang An stood up, stretched out his hand, turned around to show him, and Zhou Yang walked in suspiciously.

When he came to Zhang An's side, a swarm of bees began to surround him.

He thought he was about to be stung, but he didn't expect that the bees would fly to Zhang An after just sticking to him for a while.

"Look, what am I coaxing you to do? These bees in our family, if you don't mess with them, they won't sting. But if you shoot one, there may be a group of bees chasing you."

Zhang An is absolutely confident in his own bees, otherwise he would not dare to keep them near the house.

"This rapeseed has just bloomed, so there is already so much bee sugar?"

Two boxes of bees, Zhang An received three or four catties of honey.

"This should be last year's Chen Mi. I confiscated them in case they were not enough to eat in cold weather. I didn't expect that there were so many of them left before I finished eating them."

In the original two boxes of bees, Zhang An found three queen bees, so he divided them into three boxes.

Now that the rapeseed fields are blooming, many bees have gone out to gather honey and have not yet returned.

Zhang An planned to put them in the cherry grove first, and wait for other bees to come back after collecting honey in a few days.

Wait until the number of bees in each box is almost the same, and then move to the river.

"Uncle, do you have any mutton left? I want to buy some."

"There are still some, you can go and get them later, why do you suddenly think of getting mutton?"

Zhang An was very curious. Everyone in the village liked pork more than mutton, even Zhou Yang's family was no exception.

"Hey, my aunt will bring Chen Wenwen and her parents over tomorrow, and she says she wants to see how our family is doing."

Chen Wenwen was the girl in Maomaoqing Village who had a blind date with Zhou Yang. Zhang An raised his eyebrows when he heard this.

"Yo, this thing is done."

Generally, on a blind date, two people randomly choose one side to meet first.

If both parties are satisfied, the introducer will tell both parties.

Then the two families will go to each other's house to check the situation, and if they are satisfied, they will start to discuss the conditions and decide on them.

The relative who told Zhou Yang that he was dear was Zhou Yang's dear aunt.

Zhou Yang's nephew's lifelong event, she must regard it as the top priority.

After the two had a blind date last time, they both saw each other right.

This girl didn't think Zhou Yang was fat like everyone else.

Some cooks are not fat.

Although Zhou Yang stays in the village, he has a good cooking skill and made a lot of money in the village last year.

So Chen Wenwen's parents are quite satisfied with him. In other words, if he can't make money in the village in the future.

You can also rely on this cooking skill, go outside to help others cook or open a small restaurant by yourself, there is a way out.

Such a family can be regarded as a good family, and the daughter will not live too hard after marrying.

So under Aunt Zhou Yang's lobbying, the two families settled the matter.

This time the Chen family came to visit Zhou Yang's house, mainly for a formality.

Later, we will talk about conditions such as bride price and dowry, as long as they are not too excessive.

Zhou Yang and Chen Wenwen were basically a sure thing.

"This is a good thing. If you want to make any dishes tomorrow, just go to our house and get them. Don't be polite to me. I'm waiting for wine."

According to the situation of Mrs. Zhou's sister-in-law's family, Zhang An reckoned that Zhou Yang must be close to a good thing, and they got to know each other on a blind date like this, and they would get married soon.

Zhang An finished the work of sorting the bees, and moved the beehives to the nearby eaves.

"Okay, I've finished here, so I'll go back first, and you can come and get what you want."

Zhang An locked the door of the old house, greeted Zhou Yang, and prepared to run away with a bucket.

On the way home, Zhang An saw several tricycles pulling things into the village from a distance.

Although it was far away, Zhang An could still see clearly that what was pulled on it was cement, sand and bricks.

Which family is preparing to build a house again, bringing in so many materials.

But building a house is a big deal. Even if it is someone you don't know well, the news should have spread throughout the village.

"Mom, I brought back a few catties of bee sugar, remember to filter it later."

"I'm going to filter it now."

When Wang Fang heard her son shout, she came out and took the bucket of honey from Zhang An's hand.

"What's the situation with the bees? I didn't see them pawing outside the box last year."

"It's nothing, but there are a few big queen bees in the box, and they are arguing about dividing their families. I divided them into several boxes and put them in a box, and everything will be fine."

"It turns out that the bees will separate when they grow up. I thought something had gotten into our beehive, but they didn't dare to go in."

Wang Fang didn't know about the bee fever. Zhang An told her about it, and she knew it.

In the past two days, more and more swallows have returned to the north, and they can be seen everywhere in the sky.

I don't know if the swallow will promote it or what, since the family rescued the swallow couple that day.

The number of swallows in the house increased, and when Zhang An came back, he found that several pairs of swallows had been coming in and out of the yard.

Busy figures were carrying mud and grass under the eaves of Zhang An's house, busy with building nests.

When he first woke up to wash in the morning, Zhang An hadn't seen them yet.

It was only now when I came back from the old house that I found them.

"Mom, we have a new swallow coming to our house."

"It came in the morning, but you didn't notice."

Swallows are no better than thieves from home, and Wang Fang's face is very happy.

As the saying goes, "Swallows are rich and honored, and birds do not fall into mourning families".

It is said that a spiritual bird like a swallow only likes to build a nest in a harmonious and clean house.

They are unwilling to go to houses that often quarrel and quarrel.

Because this is very noisy, it will affect the breeding of swallow offspring.

This is really true. When Zhang An first heard this sentence, he observed it carefully.

Most of the families with swallows nesting in the village are quite harmonious, and even quarrels happen only occasionally.

Instead, it's those families who like to scold the street every day, such as Li Laifu and several other families in the village.

Those old women like to scold the street in the yard every day, either scolding outsiders or their own family members every day.

Under the eaves of such a family, those swallows really didn't think about building nests.

When it was almost time for lunch, Zhang Jianguo came back from buying piglets.

When Zhang Jianguo got up this morning, the old uncle came over with the village and asked him to go to the town to buy piglets.

Zhang An originally wanted to go with him, because it was convenient to drive the piggy.

But the old uncle said no, he drove a carriage and could bring back what everyone bought, so Zhang An didn't go with him.

Zhang An saw at a glance that among the piglets in the pigpen, three were particularly eye-catching.

Because these piglets are very small, like a puppy.

This is a local breed in Guizhou Province, called Fragrant Pig.

"Hey, this is a fragrant pig bought by someone."

Zhang An saw it at this time, and then remembered that there was such a thing. I really didn't remember it in the past two years.

Now that I saw it, I actually wanted to raise it a little bit.

Fragrant pigs are small in stature, and many people in later generations buy them back and keep them as pet pigs.

"Hahaha, this is your family, who else in the village is willing to raise this thing."

The old uncle listened to Zhang An's question and answered him with a smile.

"Xiao An, this is bought by our family."

Zhang Jianguo said, still looking helpless, it seems that there are other things involved.

When carrying the pig, he told Zhang An the story.

It turned out that when Zhang Jianguo and the others went to see the piglets, they saw a little fragrant pig next to them.

Then everyone gathered together to look at it, and Zhang Jianguo asked a price casually.

Unexpectedly, the boss who sold the piglets, upon hearing Zhang Jianguo's inquiry, immediately chatted with him enthusiastically.

He was worried that these little fragrant pigs would not be sold, and many people came to see them in the morning.

But no one asked the price, and Zhang Jianguo was the first one to ask.

So the boss didn't want to let go of such a potential customer, so he hooked up with him right away.

Zhang Jianguo was originally not good at talking, so he met this businessman who could speak like a lotus flower.

How could he be the opponent of Boss Pig, and he was soon caught by others.

He kept trying to sell him this little fragrant pig, although Zhang Jianguo tried to refuse several times.

But before he could say anything, he was robbed by Boss Pig.

Changing someone might just leave, but Zhang Jianguo really felt embarrassed to leave.

In the end, in order to let Zhang Jianguo buy these fragrant pigs, the boss even took the initiative to cut the price.

Without him, their family specializes in selling piglets, so they definitely don't want to keep the piglets for themselves.

Moreover, the batch of small fragrant pigs in Boss Pig's house has already sold a lot, these are the last few, and those who are sold are all profitable.

Seeing that the pig owner sold it so cheaply, Zhang Jianguo suspected that there was something wrong with the piglet.

The boss who sold the piglets hurriedly explained.

He has been selling piglets in Hongyan Town, but it can't be because of this bad reputation.

In the end, I told Zhang Jianguo that it was because these were the last few, and Zhang Jianguo was the one who took the initiative to ask for the price.

In the past, Zhang Jianguo bought piglets from him every year, so it was a discount for old acquaintances.

For this reason, Zhang Jianguo was given a preferential price even with the native piglets he was optimistic about before.

The pig owner has repeatedly assured that these pigs are absolutely healthy, and if there is a problem with the pigs, they will go to their house directly.

Zhang Jianguo thought so too, anyway, their family is there, so it's easy to find problems.

And Zhang An really likes to fiddle with these things, anyway, these little piggies don't cost much.

The boss lowered the price so much, so he just bought it directly.

This kind of fragrant pig is used in the roast suckling pig that people often say.

Its meat is much tastier than pork, and many people like it.

Although this fragrant pig is a local breed, there are really few people who are raised by local people.

Because of this thing, every time I eat, I eat less, and basically don't grow every day.

Not to mention watching it the next day, even if you watch it every other week, you may not be able to tell that the pig has grown.

Moreover, the adult pigs of this pig are not big in size, and the biggest one only weighs about [-] catties.

Now ordinary people raise pigs for what, not for their own food.

Most of them are for fattening pigs and selling them to dealers to make money.

So this fragrant pig grows so slowly, it definitely does not meet everyone's requirements.

Basically, normal people will buy pork piglets for raising pigs, and even prefer to buy native piglets instead of fragrant pigs.

Because the pigs are casual and easy to take care of, they are locked up and fed a few meals of pig food every day, and the meat on their bodies grows fiercely.

As for the fragrant pigs, they cannot be raised in lockup.

The quality of captive fragrant pork is not elastic, and it must not be able to compete with other fragrant pigs.

They have to be raised in the mountains. This is called running mountain pigs, and the meat raised is of the highest quality.

So this is one of the reasons why people don't want to raise them.

The last factor is the marketing problem.

Pork from hogs is the most eaten meat, not one of them.

So when pork dealers come to collect pigs, they always come for the meat pigs.

There is no shortage of sales for the meat pigs that everyone raises, and people ask to come to buy them when they are closed at home.

Fragrant pork is different. Fragrant pork is very expensive, and few people can afford it.

Generally, people who specialize in raising fragrant pigs have their own special sales outlets, so they don't have to worry about it.

It is really not easy to sell if a normal family raises it.

"This pig is a good buy. Our family doesn't sell it, so we raise it for ourselves. Anyway, our family doesn't lack a place for it to run."

Looking at the three little fragrant pigs, Zhang An was very satisfied.

I just took a closer look, one male and two females, and they haven't been gelded yet.

Now Zhang An is even happier, so that they can use the space in the future to keep them breeding.

In my own home, whenever I want to roast suckling pig, I can roast suckling pig.

And there are sheep at home, roast whole sheep, roast suckling pig, all live together.

Seeing Zhang An so happy, Zhang Jianguo felt that the money was not wasted.

My son likes to play tricks, so it doesn't matter if he doesn't grow up.

Zhang An was at the far end of the enclosure, and chose a room for the little pigs to lock them up first.

Zhang An would not let them out now without being domesticated by space.

At night, train them.

At that time, there is no need to worry about it. Anyway, there is a large area behind Zhang An's enclosure.

There are no trees here, but all are covered with grass.

It is the place where Zhang An specially stayed to entertain the animals at home.

Before that, Zhang An had made a large fence to enclose the open space behind.

After finishing Zhang An's pig cage, the old uncle was going to drive into the village to distribute the pigs to other families.

"Uncle, don't go yet, drink some tea before going."

Zhang An had already poured out a cup of herbal tea, and when he saw that the old man was about to leave, he yelled.

Zhang Jianwen was also polite, tied the reins, and drank a glass of water at Zhang's house first.

When they went out in the morning, they didn't bother to buy some water on the street.

So now I am very thirsty, and I have already arrived in the village anyway, so it is okay to send the pig there slowly.

The old uncle's family still has the old rules this year. They bought two piglets to raise, killed one for the New Year, and then sold the other at the end of the year.

Last year when Zhang An's family slaughtered pigs for the New Year, Zhang Jianwen got some and went home to eat.

He found that the local pork tasted much more fragrant than the white pork.

So this year, I will not buy white pigs at all. I will raise native pigs like Zhang An's family, and I will also eat native pork during the Chinese New Year.

(End of this chapter)