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Chapter 84, Difficulties in Pig Farms

The piglets I bought were more than a month old, and they already weighed more than 20 catties. Xiaoqing had no experience before, and Lei's pigpen was not divided into pens. Yesterday, he only had time to add a barrier in the middle to separate the new year pigs from the piglets.

The pigs in this farm are kept for one year, because the pigs grow best in this year, and after one year, it is a waste of food.

So in order to be cost-effective, the farmers raise pigs for one year. Within this year, the sows will be pregnant and give birth. At the end of the year, they will be killed and sold for meat, and the piglets will be kept for raising in the next year, and so on.

The forty or so young pigs left by the Zhou family were indeed bred. Except for a few boars, the rest were sows, and many of them had cubs.

Xiao Qing felt that this was not worthwhile.

After counting, there are thirteen sows kicking their cubs, and these few will wait until the cubs are born, and the rest will be killed and eaten!
Xiao Qing inspected the very crowded pigsty. The piglets are still small. If they grow up, they will need to cover a few more, not to mention the tons of pig food every day.

Now most of the villagers raise one or two pigs for the New Year, and even eat and sell them for the New Year.

A pig can be sold for one or two taels of silver at the end of the year, which is considered a big income for the farm family.

"Why does each family only raise one or two pigs? Wouldn't it be good to raise a few more pigs a year and earn tens of taels of silver?"

"Silly boy, how can so many people buy meat? Pigs are slaughtered at the end of the year every year. People in the city buy some and go back to make New Year's goods. They take out dozens of pigs at a time, but no one buys them. In winter, the feed is not good. If you find it, the pig will lose fat, and after a winter, you will have to sell it for a hundred yuan at a low price.”

"But, what about the meat that everyone eats on weekdays?"

"It's from someone like Mr. Zhou who specializes in raising pigs. You can see that the extra pigs he kept are all sold at a high price before the winter. Except for the end of the year, the price of this pig is also two cents more expensive."

Zhao Liushi looked at the piggy who couldn't see the end with a sad expression, her daughter-in-law had recovered recently, but what happened this time was really frightening.

How much money is this!

"Besides, many people barely make ends meet. They only eat fine grains once during the Chinese New Year. How can they have extra money to buy meat? A bowl of lard can be used for a year."

"It's so difficult?!"

"Silly boy, if you don't go out, how would you know this?"

Zhao Liushi patted her daughter-in-law's hand lovingly, without any resentment.

"Mom, speaking of it, we haven't eaten meat for a long time..."

Xiaoqing swallowed, showing yearning:

"Tomorrow I invited Aunt Wang's father to butcher the pigs, Li Zheng said that there will be twenty tables, and tomorrow we have to eat meat, so that we can work hard!"

Twenty tables of pig-killing rice is a big event that hasn't happened in the village for a long time. It's not because her family kills pigs, but because her family buys pigs.

For such a big event, having a banquet with the village is considered a matter recognized by the whole village. The villagers will take care of whatever happens in the future. You can’t get bored and make a fortune by yourself regardless of others. People poke the spine.

"Don't worry, my mother has spent her whole life around the stove, if nothing else, this pig will still burn."

Zhao's family was in a good situation, even if it wasn't during the holidays, there was always meat on the table, but it wasn't enough for Sifang's family to eat, or the children wouldn't be so skinny.

Tomorrow, besides the feast, Xiaoqing has more important plans, but unexpectedly, the whole village will witness the collapse of the Zhao family.

(End of this chapter)