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Chapter 198 Watching Pigs
Every true soldier hopes to die on the battlefield. They have seen too many lives and deaths on the battlefield. Living with disabilities and thinking about their sacrificed comrades is really not the life they want, so many people will hide their life experiences until they grow old.

"After all, my parents were also soldiers. You can't change that unique temperament of yours. You can tell from the way you stand that you are definitely a veteran, especially that look in your eyes. It's murderous, and you've killed more than one person. Don't dwell on it. Those who sacrificed their lives are for us to live better. Only by living well can we be worthy of their sacrifice. Their sacrifice has at least laid the foundation for peace for several generations to come."

Although Wang Luo has never been a soldier, some of his family members have been, such as his father in his previous life, who was an absolutely iron-blooded soldier who came back from the battlefield in the 80s. Their ways of dealing with people and their styles are exactly the same as this old soldier's. They never mention things on the battlefield and are content to farm at home, so Wang Luo can only comfort him in this way.

"You're right. Their sacrifice was to keep us alive. But you're not a simple guy either. Hehe, you have a murderous aura, and it's very strong. You must have killed someone, right? You don't need to explain. We are the same kind of people. I can smell it on you."

The old soldier narrowed his eyes and said with a smile.

"I kill some animals, so I can't help but have a bit of murderous aura. I don't know how many wild boars and rabbits have died on me!"

As expected of an old soldier, he has a sharp nose and eyes and can spot problems at once. No wonder when he came back from the notebook, Li Jun and the others kept sniffing him as if they had seen something rare. It turned out that they smelled a scent similar to theirs. Wang Luo thought he had covered it up, but in fact they were just too lazy to ask. Who doesn't have some little secrets?

This is a rather metaphysical matter. People who have been to the battlefield can definitely tell the difference between a living person on their hands and a dead person on their bodies. They have experienced these things themselves and are too familiar with this aspect. It's like a butcher who has his own smell on his body, just like cats and dogs. People will stay away from them when they see them.

However, this is the first time that someone else has said this. Wang Luo absolutely denies it. He just asks me if I have killed many animals. Those bastards in the little notebook are not human beings. In Wang Luo's eyes, they are also animals, even worse than animals. Otherwise, how could they do such bad things?

"You kid, just pretend to be confused. That's right, maybe those are really beasts. Just do what you want. I believe you can't do anything bad. Can someone who can help the people be a bad person? What's the matter? You have nothing to do. Do you plan to stay in school and have fun all day? Young people need to do young people's things. Don't wait until you reach my stage where you can't do anything you want!"

The old soldier changed the subject and no longer mentioned murderous intent or human life.

"I'm a spontaneous person. I do whatever comes to my mind. Maybe I'll go to another school and learn some new knowledge. But to be honest, I haven't decided what to do yet. By the way, how are your pigs? Can I see them?"

At this point, Wang Luo thought of Yan Sanfen. That guy raised cattle, and he raised the best cattle in the world. So why not start a breeding business himself? Raising cattle may be difficult at the moment, but it does not prevent him from raising pigs. They are all meat, so why not raise them? What's more, there are so many dinosaur bones thrown in the wild in Jurassic World. Wouldn't it be a waste if they are not processed? You won't need so much to make medicinal wine. Why not make some use of the waste?

"Yes, of course I can, kid. I'm really good at raising pigs. They're big and fat, and they grow fast. Come on, I'll take you to see them!"

When it comes to raising pigs, the old soldier became very excited and immediately pulled Wang Luo to the pigpen.

There were two pigs in the pigpen, snuggling in the sand and humming comfortably. There was little odor in the pigpen and it was kept quite clean. It was obvious that they were taken care of carefully every day. When they saw Wang Luo and the other two coming, they thought they were going to be fed again, so they stood up and moved forward, humming their noses and asking for food.

"How are they? Are they fat? I treat them like my own children every day. In addition to cleaning the pigsty for them, I also go outside to let them out every day. As long as there is fresh pig grass, I will feed it to them. Together with the pig grass you students bring in, it is enough to feed them well. Do you see that sow? She is pregnant and will give birth soon!"

The old soldier had a proud look on his face when he said this, and no longer had the lost look on his face like before. He probably wanted to use his pig-raising job to forget his past!

"What kind of breed is this? Is it prone to disease? How much meat can it grow in a year? Do you feed it anything other than pig grass?"

Seeing these two black brothers, Wang Luo had a lot of questions to ask, mainly because he really didn't know about this traditional black pig. It was rarely seen in later generations. It seemed that he had only seen such a plot in the TV series "Ordinary World": Sun Shaoping went to Yuanbei County Middle School to find a job and was asked to participate in slaughtering pigs. The pig in the play was a black pig native to Longguo. This plot can prove that the TV series is very sophisticated, because at that time, the pigs raised in Longguo were indeed mainly black pigs, which are different from the snow-white pigs we have now.

These pig breeds are all black pigs, and the most prominent disadvantage of native black pigs is the long market life, or as the saying goes, "slow growth of meat". It generally takes nearly a year for domestic black pigs to be weaned and marketed. In the era of meat shortage, this disadvantage is very prominent. Imagine if the 7 million pigs raised in modern China were all slow-growing native black pigs, then the per capita pork supply in China would probably be less than half of today's.

In the era of "Ordinary World", that is, around the 80s, people's demand for meat was more urgent. Therefore, black pigs could not meet the demand at that time, which led to the large-scale introduction of "foreign pigs" in Longguo.

However, there were large white pigs in this era. Longguo began to introduce "foreign pigs" in the 50s. The new Longguo, which had a friendly relationship with Mao Zedong, introduced a small number of white "foreign pigs". However, the scale of this batch of pigs was small, and their resistance was poor. They only had the nature of a "symbol of friendship" between countries, so they did not change the Longguo pig breed.

Longguo's large-scale introduction of excellent Western pig breeds such as Landrace, Large White, and Duroc can be traced back to the 80s, during the period of reform and opening up.

The most prominent advantage of these large white pigs is that they "grow meat quickly". The slaughter cycle of about four months, coupled with the advantage of piglet size, has led to earth-shaking changes in the pig breeds raised in Longguo in just a few decades.

Along with the introduction of fine-breed pigs, large-scale industrialized breeding models were also introduced. Industrialized feed feeding, large-scale use of antibiotics for health care, hormone fattening, and the creation of a constant temperature and humidity environment have all led to a surge in Longguo’s pork production, but have also changed the taste of pork.

Industrially raised Changbai and Large White pigs are marketed quickly, but their drawback is that as the pigs fatten quickly, the taste of the pork deteriorates. Although the content of flavor substances such as various amino acids is almost the same as that of domestic black pigs, there is a big difference in fat, another key indicator that affects the taste of pork (especially the aroma).

Foreign white pigs are mostly lean, and their fat accumulation efficiency is not as good as that of domestic black pigs. Secondly, since they are slaughtered quickly at four months old, the time for fat accumulation is not as long as that of black pigs fed by traditional methods, so people feel that white pigs do not taste as good as black pigs.

When slaughtering a pig, the older generation would judge whether it is a good pig by looking at the fat. For example, three fingers of fat means that the pig is well raised. The aroma of the meat from killing a black pig can be smelled from ten miles away, which is really exaggerated. But if you cook this kind of meat at home, your neighbors will definitely be able to smell it. You don’t need to use any seasonings. Just add some aniseed, peppercorns, and salt and it will be very fragrant. It is delicious and sizzling with oil when you take a bite.

That’s why in the TV series, whenever Shazhu cooks meat dishes, Banggeng will know the taste. It’s because of the smell, which has spread so widely.

"The Northeast Min pig is an old breed. We usually feed it here, as well as the Laiwu pig. It grows quite well. According to my method, it can grow to about 200 kilograms in days, which means it can grow about one kilogram of meat a day. It usually eats pig grass and not much grain. Food is so precious. Just be diligent. I'm afraid that they will be lazy and not take good care of it. Anyway, I don't have much to do, so I'll be responsible for taking care of them and managing the school's vegetable garden!"

Seeing that Wang Luo was interested, the veteran patiently explained to him. The main reason was that Wang Luo usually had no one to talk to, and it was impossible for the students at school to discuss pig farming with him.

"It takes about 200 days to grow to 200 kilograms. According to what you said, it only takes a year to grow a pig?"

The large white pigs in later generations are really too big. They can be slaughtered in half a year, not to mention nearly a year, and can grow to nearly 300 kilograms. No wonder they are rare in later generations. Raising this thing would be a huge loss!
"That's still slow! They're growing really fast. All the pigs in Dragon Country are the same, and they can't even catch up to the good ones I raise. You've also been to the countryside. The pigs there are far worse than mine!"

The old soldier immediately became dissatisfied. He thought Wang Luo disliked his poor performance!

"Uncle, I'm not complaining about your poor pig breeding, I'm just saying this breed of pig grows slowly. I've read reports that the pigs in foreign farms are white pigs that can grow to over 200 pounds in half a year. However, although those pigs grow fast, they don't seem to be as tasty as ours, and they don't have much fat. How much fat can the kind you raise have?"

Wang Luo quickly explained to him.

(End of this chapter)