59 years after its opening, people are still in Nanluoguxiang.

Chapter 345 Considering Pig Farming

In this day and age, it is not common to bring children with you to eat.

It was not until the 80s and 90s that weddings and funerals in the countryside would see one adult from each family attending the banquet, and at least bring one child with them.

The old patriarch brought Zhou Xiaoya here out of selfish motives and because he loved his granddaughter.

"Brother, my grandson brought me some deer blood health wine from Sijiu City. I usually don't want to drink it. But now that you're here, we can't leave until we're drunk."

Grandpa brought out a bowl of medicinal wine.

"Go away! You want to get drunk with just one bowl of wine?" The old patriarch said unhappily, "Why don't you bring out the wine jar?"

"Don't!" said the grandmother, "Be careful he might add water to the wine."

"Hey, hey, why do you say that? How can our family help outsiders?" Grandpa put a bowl of wine on the table, found a small bowl, and gave half of it to the old patriarch.

"Giving wine as a present when meeting, it must be bad news, what do you want to do?" The old patriarch smelled the wine and praised, "The best Xinghua Village, there are still many medicinal herbs, but I can't smell them anymore."

"Why smell it so much? Just drink it directly."

"That makes sense. Come on, let's go!"

He said it with great pride, and then the two old men took a sip at the same time.

"Grandpa, is my father really going to be an official?" Zhou Dinghai carried the dishes on the plate and placed a plate of mutton in the middle of the table, which made the old patriarch want to grab it with his hands.

He hasn't eaten mutton for a long time.

However, in the past two years, I ate a lot of pork, chicken and duck in the commune.

Zhou Fubo passed the chopsticks to everyone and looked at the old patriarch.

“Don’t be impatient, let me taste the meat first.” The old patriarch picked up a piece of mutton with chopsticks, put it in his mouth for a long time, and finally bit it into pieces.

"This mutton is well stewed and just the right size for me to chew."

"Come and try this, the spicy meat sauce my grandson brought, which is also made of lamb." Grandpa poured some of the spicy sauce in the bottle onto the empty plate.

"No, you can't eat spicy food now. It will give you a stomachache." The old patriarch said with a wry smile.

"Haha, I can eat it." Grandpa said happily.

His stomach wasn't in very good condition before, but after drinking a lot of well water and medicinal wine, these symptoms disappeared.

After drinking a few sips of wine and eating a few pieces of mutton, the old patriarch started talking about business.

"The commune has agreed to let Ajing be the warehouse manager. After the meeting in two days passes, he can start working."

The old patriarch took another sip of wine and felt his whole body warming up, and the cold wind of March was gone.

"This wine is really good. After a few sips, you will feel refreshed. You are so lucky to have such a filial grandson. You can enjoy your life in the future."

I feel envious.

It is really a blessing to have good in-laws and a good grandson.

"Haha, good luck, good luck!" Grandpa said happily: "Xiao Ya is not bad either. When she grows up and finds a live-in son-in-law, you will be blessed."

"what--"

Zhou Xiaoya, who was happily eating, exclaimed in a low voice, not daring to raise her head.

Everyone at the table laughed.

Zhou Fubo laughed the happiest.

"Dad, when I get married, I'll ride our bicycle to pick her up."

"Dad, me too!"

Zhou Dinghai quickly raised his hand and said.

"You two shameless kids, you are only a few years old and you already want to get married?" Grandma couldn't help laughing.

"Hehe, we have married Xiaoya, Ali and the others several times!" Zhou Dinghai said proudly.

"That was just playing house, not a real wedding." Zhou Xiaoya blushed and argued, "And it happened when we were kids."

"Alas, when it comes to this, I worry about my family." The old patriarch was also tired and said, "Back then, I couldn't bear to let her marry out, so I invited a son-in-law to come in."

"Now that I think about it, if I had found someone in the city, maybe I wouldn't have to suffer in the village now."

"Why are you talking about this? You already have a child." Grandpa picked up the bowl and said, "Drink, drink well, eat well."

The two old men ate, drank and chatted.

Several children ate with all their might.

White rice is not common, and eight main dishes like today's are even rarer.

After eating, grandpa and the old patriarch sat on chairs and talked about the feasibility of raising pigs.

The two cousins ​​rode their bicycles and took Zhou Xiaoya for a stroll in the village.

“It’s hard to say.”

The old patriarch is not like Chen Feng. He is skeptical about the higher-ups.

"How about you buy one and try it out first. There's plenty of pig grass outside the village, but no one is harvesting it. Let Xiaoya, Dinghai, and Fubo cut the pig grass after school every day."

"If the policy really changes, the village will kill the pig, have a pork feast together, and return the favor privately."

"Xiao Feng, what do you think?" Grandpa was unable to make a decision and looked at Chen Feng.

"Two, one male and one female. And I firmly believe that this policy will not change, at least not in the next one or two years."

Chen Feng still chose to cheer them up.

There is no way. Collectivization has seriously damaged everyone's enthusiasm, especially the collectivization of important means of production.

"You still want to buy a sow?" the old patriarch asked, "You don't want to give birth to piglets, do you?"

Chen Feng smiled and nodded.

"It's impossible. The boars you buy will be killed. It's useless if you buy sows." The old patriarch advised: "Just buy boars, raise them and sell them for money and food."

Chen Feng explained: "I can catch wild boars and let them mate with sows to give birth to piglets."

Later records show that wild boars and domestic pigs successfully mated and gave birth to healthy wild boar babies. These piglets are not only cute in appearance, but also show the vitality of wild boars.

The old patriarch was moved when he heard this.

The price of pig breeds is not low.

If Chen Feng can do it, the tribe will not have to spend a high price to buy pig breeds, and everyone may be able to buy enough supplies and food by raising pigs.

However, this matter still depends on the pig farming situation and needs to be kept confidential.

A sow cannot give birth to too many pigs, so only a few with the tightest mouths can be selected.

"Okay, you buy the boars and I'll buy the sows."

"When you bring the wild boar and it gives birth to piglets, we will each have half."

"Brother, this is not a disadvantage for you!" Grandpa said quickly.

When the boar grows up, its meat can be sold.

The taste of sow meat is not good after cooking and is not suitable as food, which is far worse than boar meat.

"Haha, I'm the eldest brother, so what's wrong with me being at a disadvantage?" The old patriarch changed the subject and said, "If you feel sorry for me, give me a bowl of medicinal wine and I'll take it back and give them a sip."

"That's easy." Grandpa agreed immediately.

Zhou Jing used the sugar that Chen Feng had given him earlier and made a few cups of sugar water for everyone.

"Uncle, when are we going to buy the pigs?"

"Wait a few days. It's still cold now, so it's not suitable to buy piglets. Wait until spring comes, and then the grass outside will be grown and they can be raised."

At around 1 o'clock, the two cousins ​​came back, put away their bicycles, and went to school with their schoolbags.