A Husband Who Traveled Through the Famine and Developed a Chronicle

She is young and the villagers do not avoid her.

She ran back staggeringly, sweating profusely. Although chatting with the big guys was an easy task, she was afraid that people would notice that she was trying to find out information, so she had to pretend to be stupid.

"Miss, I heard about it"

The little girl was panting, so Bai Xia quickly handed her a glass of water.

"Drink some water, don't be in a hurry"

She drank a large glass of water and said coquettishly: "The water is so sweet, I want to drink more."

Bai Xia smiled fondly and poured her another glass.

After drinking two glasses of water, she felt more comfortable and said, "Those people have people at home. I saw that there are many female dolls as old as me locked in the room at home."

"I went under the window and saw them all lying on the bed, covered with quilts."

"I can't see if they are wearing any clothes, but looking at their appearance, I'm afraid they don't have any clothes on."

"Miss, they are even poorer than us. In the past, our family could not afford to eat, but we only had one or two pieces of clothing. I saw the uncles and aunts in the village wearing the same clothes every day."

"They all stink and haven't washed their clothes."

Yun Shu frowned. The life she and her brother Qishan lived was already considered poor, but it was rare for the village to be as poor as this.

A piece of linen cloth costs at least two or three taels of silver. If it is cotton, it costs one, two or two taels.

I can’t even afford to eat, so how can I afford to wear clothes?

"They are too poor. They will get better when conditions get better."

It is precisely because of this that although many children are born, there are actually not many people who can go out to work.

After the cloth was obtained, the men at home were first kept close to them so that they could go out to work and have clothes to wear.

Women have no choice.

The old man is filial.

Boys are young and are not shy, but girls are not. Reputation is also important.

I don't dare to run around naked unless I don't want to get married.

Making a living for a large family is not easy.

On one side, Bai Xia was thinking about how to make the villagers rich, while on the other side, the village chief's wife took advantage of Bai Xia's pigsty to be repaired and returned to her parents' home.

After returning to my parents' house, I asked around to see which family raised pigs and had any piglets.

Not to mention, Dou'er Village is so poor. Although her natal family is also poor, other families in the village are not as poor as Dou'er Village.

A sister-in-law's natal family in the same village is in Gulou Village. I heard that there is a family named Zhang in Diaolou Village. Their sow gave birth to nine piglets.

After receiving this news, the village chief's wife was inspired and asked other sisters-in-law in the same village to go to their natal homes to inquire.

Although it is inevitable to give people some food and drink, fortunately the result is good.

In addition to the Zhang family in Gulou Village, there are nine piglets in Kaner Village, eight in Yueya Village, and eight in Zaiya Village. They are full of piglets. This inquiry led to the discovery of 8 piglets. Woolen cloth.

Coincidentally, the eight piglets in Zaiya Village have not been fanned yet. They are both male and female. They must be kept for breeding.

After receiving the letter, the village chief's wife went to Bai Xia's home with joy on her face.

In the past few days, the pig pen has been repaired and the chicken coop has been built.

It's just that the scale is not too big.

When it comes to raising livestock, if you keep them too much, you will get sick and die if you are not careful.

Bai Xia didn't have much experience raising pigs and chickens, and she didn't dare to raise more than a few dozen pigs.

When the village chief's wife arrived, Bai Xia was measuring the land with the people in the village. The chicken coop was built next to the pig pen, not far away.

"Auntie is here? But do you believe that?" Bai Xia washed her hands and happily welcomed the village chief's wife in.

"Isn't it? Let me tell you, I found a total of 34 piglets here."

"It's just that the price is not cheap either. Each head costs half a tael."

Half a tael of silver per head, 34 heads is 17 taels of silver.

Is this compared to her savings?
Bai Xia murmured in her heart.

"Isn't this... a bit too expensive?" A fat pig only costs seven or eight taels of silver, and this little pig costs half a tael. The price is really not cheap.

"It's a bit expensive, but there are not many people raising pigs now, and even fewer can afford to raise them."

"But raising a pig requires a lot of effort. After the piglet is born, it will take a long time to raise it."

"Can it be cheaper?"

“I’ve already asked, and they said it’s not possible.”

"However, there are 8 pigs here in Zaiya Village that have not been fanned. They can be kept for breeding. If they grow big, it will be possible to raise piglets by themselves later."

The village chief's wife looked at Bai Xiaxiu's pig pen and knew that she definitely wanted to raise more than just these pigs. She was afraid she would also raise more.

She has already seen a business opportunity here.

Of course, she doesn't understand what business opportunities are, and she just wants to try her best to facilitate the transaction of this little piglet so that her eldest daughter-in-law can come here to work.

Bai Xia calculated his money, which totaled 19 taels, 738 taels. He spent 17 taels to buy piglets, so he only had more than [-] taels left.

"Okay, please tell me, auntie, and ask them to send the piglets over tomorrow."

"After the piglet comes, can I ask my sister-in-law to come over and start working?"

The village chief's wife was overjoyed when she heard this. Why was she so busy?Isn't it just to find a job to make money for his wife? Now that I heard Bai Xia's words, I feel that my busy days have not been in vain.

"I have just started raising pigs. I don't know yet whether I can keep them alive or not. I would like to trouble you to tell me what I need to prepare for raising pigs."

The village chief's wife felt suffocated. She didn't know anything but she wanted to raise pigs?
She really is a young lady from a wealthy family.

But this is the best, so that everyone can move forward.

The fact that the village chief's wife was looking for piglets was not publicized to everyone, so many people didn't know that Bai Xia was hiring people to raise pigs.

Early the next morning, before the piglets were delivered, the village chief's eldest daughter-in-law came over.

"Sister-in-law Chunhua"

Her name was Li Chunhua, which was very similar to her mother-in-law Wang Guihua, but she was not from the same village. She was as happy as anything when she heard that she could come to work in Bai Xia.

It was rare that she felt a little guilty for not persuading Bai Xia not to plant radishes. Of course, it was just a little bit.

The person who sent the piglet was also happy and set off early. Even so, he only arrived in the middle of the morning.

Bai Xia didn't come out today, so she gave the money to Yu Dahai, who watched at the door.

Watching people put the piglets into the pig pen, each one was wiped clean and looked very cute.

Many people working in the village dropped their work and came to watch the fun. Seeing so many piglets bought at one time, the villagers were in a daze.

Good guy.

When they were living the best life, they could only raise one pig, but Miss Xia raised dozens of them.

Some people don't know how to count and can't count how many pigs there are. They just know that there are many pigs.

"This is the room where pig food is stored. It's full of rice bran and some coarse flour. You can mix it in and feed it to the pigs."

"The pig manure must be cleaned every day. There is a farm over there. The pig manure is poured out, dried and stored."

Yu Dahai said, looking a little embarrassed. He didn't understand why Xia dried pig manure.