Qian** was feeling proud, standing in front of a few big fat pigs, listening to the people around him shouting in surprise.
Isn't it a big fat pig? It looks like it must weigh more than 200 pounds.
"Wow, you are so capable!"
"How do you feed such a heavy animal in one go?"
"Hahahaha, my family can get more meat this year!"
"More than that! I think there are twice as many as last year!"
"That's great, we'll get three portions of pork this year!"
"There are still sheep. The captain said that two should be handed over, and the last sheep will be divided at the end of the year."
"How do we divide the sheep? We have people in our team who can kill pigs, so is killing sheep different?"
"It's not much of a difference, right? Never mind! Hurry up and check how heavy these pigs are. Hehe, I'll go back and stew the pork with potatoes later!"
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Even Wang Ying was surprised. Although the fat pig she raised in the spring grew fast, it reached a plateau later on and could not grow any further no matter how much spiritual spring water was fed to it. In the end, the pig weighed only 160 to 170 kilograms.
But the pigs raised by Qian** use less spiritual spring water, but they are all fat and strong, weighing at least 200 kilograms.
Wang Ying thought about it and understood that her spiritual spring water was for keeping healthy, and its biggest function was to maintain the body's balance. But the fatter the pigs, the better, so naturally she couldn't do that. Raising pigs to over 200 pounds was not healthy for them. Didn't you see that these pigs raised by the rich even walked slowly
Cheng Yu said that Qian** would get up before dawn every day to cook pig food, and would rather eat later than let the pigs starve. The sisters Mai Miao and Mai Sui would go up the mountain to look for pig grass every day, carrying at least two or three baskets a day.
As for the plan to plant sweet potatoes and feed pigs with the sweet potato residue, it has only been used in the last two or three months. Before that, Qian** cut the sweet potato vines to feed the pigs.
With such careful care, the pigs will naturally grow better and better.
Qian** often goes to the animal husbandry station to ask questions when she doesn’t understand something. Having raised six piglets, Qian** can now explain everything about pig farming.
Tian Youfu was also shocked when he saw the pigs. He remembered that the last time he went to see them, the pigs were well raised and weighed about 170 to 180 kilograms. How come they could still grow bigger after only two months
"F**k, you've raised such a good pig!"
Tian Youfu looked at the pigs with a deep look in his eyes: "We can get more pigs this year."
The team was bustling with activity and surrounded the area until the people from the animal husbandry station came to collect the pigs.
Seeing a large group of villagers staring at him with eager eyes, the young man who collected the pigs was shocked: "Our car broke down on the way here, so we are a little late..."
“… Who cares about you? Hurry up and weigh our team’s pigs. We’re waiting to distribute them!”
Xiaonian breathed a sigh of relief, but when he saw the fat pig, he was also surprised: "Wow!"
The animal husbandry station can naturally raise pigs that weigh more than 200 kilograms, but the general task pigs cannot be raised. One reason is that the members' pig raising is definitely not as scientific as the animal husbandry station's, and the other reason is that many members cannot even get enough food at home, so they don't know how to use good feed to raise pigs. In the past few years, some families in need were allocated task pigs, but they didn't even feed the pigs. Many of them died and were eaten in the process.
When we weighed it, the number came out was even more eye-catching.
"Two hundred and nine pounds."
Over 200 kilograms!
The members around him suddenly became agitated, and their eyes were glowing green.
This year was the first time that the brigade raised pigs collectively, so it was definitely not the same as before, where the pig farmers were paid after the pigs had been delivered. As for the extra money, it depended on Tian Youfu's opinion, whether to exchange it for money or meat.
Tian Youfu understood everyone's thoughts very well. After weighing the pigs that were to be delivered this time, the difference became even more obvious. The pigs raised by the people who were assigned to raise pigs weighed only a few dozen kilograms, and none of them weighed more than 160 kilograms.
In contrast, the pigs raised by Qian** each weigh over 200 kilograms, and the heaviest one weighs more than 210 kilograms!
After a brief thought, Tian Youfu decided to exchange half of the collectively raised pigs for money and keep the rest for the meat.
This way, everyone will get more pork this year.
The staff at the animal husbandry station did a quick calculation and picked out one of the pigs they had collected: "Here, half of the pork you get will be about the same as this. I'll calculate the money later."
"Huh? In that case, our team will get an extra pig this year!"
"Great! The basin I brought is too small. I have to go back and get a bigger one."
After all the task pigs were handed in, Tian Youfu looked at everyone's faces full of anticipation and finally spoke: "Today we will divide two pigs first, and then we will divide another pig and a sheep before the New Year. But there are some things I want to say in advance..."
"Comrade Qian** raised all the pigs and sheep in our brigade. I've said before that Comrade Qian**'s pig raising would count as full work points. But considering that the pigs are so well raised this year, I suggest giving Qian** an extra ten yuan!"
I thought it was just a favor from Wang Ying, but who knew that Qian** could raise pigs so well. Tian Youfu felt that it was inappropriate to just give people full work points.
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Most people agreed with Tian Youfu's proposal.
"Of course, the pigs are well raised, and we benefit from it."
There wasn’t so much pork in previous years.
"She has three children, so she deserves more."
"That's right, raising pigs is also very stressful, you should give them what you deserve."
Everyone agreed, except for one or two people who were sarcastic.
"Oh, what's so difficult about raising pigs? Isn't it just feeding them grass?"
"If it were me, I could do it too."
The ones speaking were Tian Dazhu's mother and Tian Erzhu's wife.
The two of them were feeling uneasy, seeing everyone praising Qian ** and how Qian ** could get ten dollars for free, their mentality immediately collapsed.
Before Qian** and Tian Dazhu divorced, I never saw her feeding pigs. How could she raise pigs well? Humph, it must be because she raised piglets well. People say that if you raise piglets well, you can raise them smoothly.
She is just a blind cat that catches a dead mouse!
They were both making sarcastic remarks, but were bullied by others.
"What can you say? Didn't you see that the pigs in Widow Sun's house are no more than 170 kilograms? They are all piglets she brought back from the same litter. She just raised them well!"
"Tsk tsk, I think you two are the ones with bad hearts. I am not even a family member to you anymore, yet you are still staring at me and saying sour words to me."
Qian** turned a deaf ear to them, her face flushed with joy. Many people surrounded her and asked her questions, and the topic was not about Tian Dazhu, but how she raised pigs.
"Is there any secret?"
There is no secret, but Qian** has a lot of experience in the actual operation of pig farming. She discussed it with others with great interest, not caring at all about the jealousy of her ex-mother-in-law and ex-sister-in-law.
Tian Dazhu was standing not far away, and Widow Yu did not follow. He looked at Qian ** who was surrounded by the crowd, and for some reason, he always felt very empty in his heart.
Ever since a conflict over changing the child's surname in the first half of the year, Tian Dazhu has never met Qian** again.
Looking at Qian** now, he is thinner than before, but not the kind of frail and pale skinny. Instead, he has rosy cheeks, a loud voice, and looks healthy and thin, several years younger.
Tian Dazhu's eyes were dim. He couldn't describe his mood, but he always felt that money was getting further and further away from him.
The atmosphere of pork distribution this year was more lively than ever before, and Tian Youfu called on each family to come forward and choose.
The first family to receive the distribution was Qian**'s family. As Qian** had made the greatest contribution and had earned full work points, he could get more than ten kilograms of pork at once.
She picked out some lean and fat pork belly, a large pig's trotter, some offal and pig's blood, and the rest was all front leg meat.
She took the front leg meat back to make dumplings. Last year, she could only make vegetarian dumplings for her two daughters, so this year she plans to make more. The mother and daughter, along with Cheng Shufen and Cheng Yu, will eat them from New Year’s Eve to the fifth day of the New Year!
Although Wang Ying had few work points, she and Xu Shuang had already discussed that if there were any work points missing, they would make up for it with money. So it wasn't long before it was Wang Ying's turn.
If Old Mrs. Xu's share and Wang Ying's family's share are combined, they can get about ten kilograms.
Wang Ying: "Give me half a rib, one pig's ear, a pound of pork belly, a pound of pork belly, one pig's trotter, and the rest I want is the buttocks, pig's blood, and pig's stomach."
Last year, some people said that Wang Ying didn't know how to live, but this year everyone was very wise when distributing the pork and no one made a fool of themselves.
What a joke. Wang Ying has a husband who is a chef, so naturally she can eat whatever she wants.
At this time, Wang Ying was already thinking about how to eat the meat.
First, she wanted to make pumpkin steamed pork ribs. The pumpkin seeds she had sown on the wall had grown vines and produced several pumpkins. But it was summer when pumpkins were produced, and there was no shortage of food at that time. Wang Ying had not taken care of them except to try them. When she went to see them again, she found that the pumpkins were scary big. An old pumpkin weighed more than ten pounds! So the family has been eating pumpkins in various ways recently. Wang Ying felt that pumpkin was just so-so when paired with pork belly, but it was perfect with pork ribs!
Whether it is a pot from Northeast China where pumpkin, potatoes and corn are stewed directly with spare ribs, or the pumpkin is steamed under the spare ribs, they are all very good dishes.
Especially the fresh steamed spareribs, the tender and juicy spareribs, paired with the sweet pumpkin, are oily, soft and glutinous, with a sweet and fragrant aroma!
The ribs also need to be made sweet and sour. Wang Ying asked Xu Shuang to get an empty can early. When there are many tomatoes in the summer, she made tomato sauce and sealed it in the can. It can be eaten until the Chinese New Year. This year's sweet and sour ribs can be made with tomato sauce. It comes out sour and sweet, fragrant and boneless.
The tip of the buttocks can be used to make crispy meat, which can be used for hot pot during the Chinese New Year.
Pig ears should be served cold. If the wine made by Xu Shuang is drinkable, it would be best to eat it as a side dish.
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While Wang Ying was taking stock of what to eat, Xu Shuang had already started processing leave arrangements before the winter.
Xu Shuang first went to find Xie Yuejin and asked, "I should still go back to the brigade to spend the winter this year. Should we sign the store contract again according to last year?"
Xie Yuejin's eyes were dark blue. Wen Yan was silent for a while before responding, "Okay."
He has been having a hard time recently. It is obviously not easy to divorce Li Ying, and the rented house is also crowded with people.
Under attack from both sides, Xie Yuejin's condition became worse day by day.
He wanted to divorce Li Ying, and it was only at this time that he found out that Li Ying's family was the victim of the grain hoarding case that had occurred earlier.
This undoubtedly made Xie Yuejin more determined to divorce.
Stockpiling food? You must have been kicked in the head by a donkey.
This shows that this family is really stupid and vicious.
Xie Yuejin wanted a divorce, and Li Ying hesitated for a few days. Finally, it was her fourth brother who came forward to make the request.
Li Ying demanded three hundred yuan before she agreed to divorce.