Love in the Siheyuan: Starting from Jia Dongxu

It seems that I am still too greedy. It is enough for me to be able to grow vegetables and raise pigs.

Dongxu seemed easy to talk to before, but it seems Jia Daya has made him look very unpleasant this time.

Jia Zhenye muttered to himself, it seems like he can only talk about it later.

When Jia Dongxu heard what Jia Zhenye said just now, he felt annoyed. It seemed that he was too easy to talk to. Jia Zhenye wanted him to help.

But I have already given you the idea of ​​growing greenhouses, and you can make good money from it. Aren’t you satisfied with that?

"Dongxu, the reclaimed land is now planted with vegetables. This time when you go there, you can eat the first crop of vegetables." Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit cold, Jia Zhenye quickly started talking.

"By the way, second uncle, how do we water those fields?" Jia Dongxu asked after thinking for a while.

"We carry water over to irrigate the plants," said Jia Zhenye.

"Should we divert the water to the foot of the mountain? This will make watering and raising pigs more convenient?" Jia Dongxu asked after thinking for a while.

If you carry water to grow vegetables, it will be very labor-intensive if the distance is far. You can dig a ditch from the riverside. It doesn't need to be too big, half a meter wide will do.

"Yes, yes, but we have to do it one by one. Men, women, old and young, we will work hard to open up the land and build the greenhouse."

Jia Zhenye said, "We have only cultivated seven or eight mu of land. At this rate, it will take two months to complete the cultivation, and we have to build a greenhouse. There is not enough time."

"We build greenhouses while clearing wasteland. As long as we grow vegetables, we can sell them to the factory and get money. This will motivate everyone."

"Well, without a greenhouse, we can't grow vegetables on the land that's been cleared in the winter."

"What will the piglets eat then?" Jia Zhenye asked.

"The husks of millet, boiled grass, or some tree leaves will do." Jia Dongxu thought for a moment and said.

"I will look at everything we can use to raise pigs these days, so that we can find something to feed the pigs."

"It's getting cold, what should we use to feed the pigs?" Jia Zhenye asked.

You can store some of it first, then plant more sweet potatoes and feed them to pigs. You can also chop up wheat straw and corn stalks and feed them to pigs.”

Jia Dongxu thought about the pig-raising methods given to him by the pig farm, including the methods of making pig feed, and explained some of them.

"Now for 30 piglets, you can build one house first, and then build more houses when you have time,"

Jia Dongxu thought about it and decided that it would take a year for these 30 pigs to grow up, so there was no rush to build more pig houses.

"Okay, if we want to build a house, we have a lot of land to reclaim now and there are plenty of stones. They are ready-made materials. If we don't have to live in it, it will be done quickly." Jia Zhenye said after thinking for a while.

"Okay, we have to build it well. We don't want strong winds to collapse the pig house, otherwise the pigs will run away or be crushed to death." Jia Dongxu said after thinking for a while.

"Okay, don't worry about that. Even if my house collapses, I won't let the pig house collapse."

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Along the way, the two talked about many topics such as growing vegetables and raising pigs, talking about whatever came to mind.

In the end, the two even talked about raising chickens, ducks, and cattle.

In Jia Dongxu's words, make the best use of labor and resources.

These words made Jia Zhenye's heart surge again.

What Jia Dongxu meant was that in the future, people would use oxen to plow the land instead of using hoes like they do now.

Jia Zhenye pointed to the horses in front and said, "Once the land is cleared, we can use the horses to plow it, and use the horses to pull water when watering, saving manpower."

When Jia Dongxu heard this, he thought this was a good idea. He could just pull the water to the foot of the mountain using a horse-drawn carriage and then have people carry it up.

Jia Zhenye said on the spot that as soon as he made money, he would organize everyone to buy cows and horses, so that there would be more people to do other things.

Jia Dongxu nodded, feeling like he was eating from the same big pot in advance.

But there is nothing at this moment. It would be great if we could mobilize manpower to work together to do things one by one. After a few years, everything will be done.

Anyway, the money earned will be divided according to the work done.

They arrived at Jiajia Village after dark, and the two carriages went directly to Jia Zhenye's house. His house had a yard, and early in the morning they had set aside an open space for the piglets.

Several people checked the piglets carefully and fortunately none of them showed any discomfort.

He hurriedly threw in the pig feed prepared in advance and fed the piglets.

The families who were originally waiting to share the piglets, when they heard that they would not be shared anymore and that they would be joining together to build a pig farm, stayed where they were and were unwilling to leave.

I also heard Jia Dongxu say that I could come to the pig farm to work and learn how to raise pigs, and that my working hours would be paid with the money I earned from the vegetable farm.

I also heard that there were 15 little piglets here, and I was so happy.

With so many sows, there will be a lot of pigs in a few years, and there will definitely be extra pigs for everyone to raise. They all decided to learn how to raise pigs first.

Then I will raise pigs at home too!

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Several people were eating the pancakes that Jia Dongxu brought from home at noon in the yard, watching the villagers surrounding the piglets.

"Dongxu, you see, with these piglets, everyone has more hope." Jia Zhenye said happily.

"Let's go choose a place and build the pigsty for the little pig tomorrow."

"Second uncle, after the fight, you have to leave someone to watch over it." Jia Dongxu said with a smile.

Jia Zhenye said happily, "Okay, Da Zhuang and I will keep an eye on it at night. I think we should just live there."

After hearing what Jia Zhen said, Jia Dongxu jokingly said, "Second uncle, why don't we just rebuild the house at the foot of the mountain and use the land we are building the house on to grow crops."

After listening to this, Jia Zhenye thought about it seriously and said, "Well, it's not impossible. The area in front of and behind the house, plus the house, is not small. If every family has an extra piece of land, there will be a lot more food."

"Well, let's mark out a place to live at the foot of the mountain. My family will take the lead and move our house there."

"Uncle, are you really going to do this?" Jia Dongxu asked in surprise.

"How could it be false? Now that the mountain has been cultivated, we have no suitable place to cultivate, so we can move the house and make room to grow crops."

Qin Dahe nodded and agreed immediately, "Zhenye, I'll go with you, and we'll be neighbors."

"Go away, Dongxu and I will live next to each other, and you can build your house at the foot of the mountain near Qinjia Village." Jia Zhenye said with a smile.

"I want to move too?" Jia Dongxu said, pointing at himself.

"That's right. Your piece of land is so large that it would be a waste if you don't move it. I will take charge and move it for you." Jia Zhenye said.

"When are we moving? Is there enough manpower to build the house this year?" Jia Dongxu asked puzzledly.

"Never mind. Let's mark out the area for each household first, and then build or move slowly. By next winter at the latest, everyone will be moved out, and then we can plant the land, and we can get food the year after next." He said.

Uncle Jia, who was smoking in the back, heard this and stepped forward to slap Jia Zhenye on the head, "You son of a bitch, I worked so hard to build you a house, and now I want to tear it down again."