Chapter 41 Castration of Boars
After Butler He left, the Gu family fell into a strange silence.
"What's the matter? Now that the Zheng family's issue has been resolved, I don't have much to worry about. Everyone should just go do what they should do. Why are you all standing here?" Tong Huaqiong said, waving her hand at a nest of bad guys.
Gu Dashu and the others looked at each other, and then all looked towards the pigpen.
"No, mother, I don't understand, why do you want to castrate pigs for no reason?" Gu Dashu asked with a look of horror.
Where did he hear from someone that castrated boars can be slaughtered quickly? Just like those eunuchs, although he has never seen a real one, the eunuchs played on the stage are all as thin as monkeys.
Come to think of it, how can you have the mood to eat if your eggs are cut off?
"You're bullshitting your father. You're really bullying me. Do you think I'm just looking for trouble with pigs? I heard that castrated pigs are sold faster. How could I think of castrating pigs?"
Tong Huaqiong was very tight-lipped in front of Butler He just now, giving Butler He the impression that she was thinking of castrating the boar because she was not satisfied with the boar's lack of fat.
It was because she didn't want to spread the news that castrated pork was more delicious for the time being.
She also wants to develop the pig farming industry. If she wants to expand her business, she has to seize the opportunity.
In front of her family, she only said that castrated pigs could be slaughtered faster.
"I've never seen a pig being castrated. Mom, this news is probably fake. Don't believe it. It's not easy to raise a pig in our family. It would be so sad if it was killed by a single knife." Gu Dashu said.
Tong Huaqiong understood Gu Dashu's thoughts. After all, a pig was a very important property of the family these days, and the whole family was waiting to sell it at the end of the year.
"Mom, I think my second brother is right. It's not easy for our family to raise a pig. This method that no one has tried may be fake. Mom is worried that the pigs will be slow to market, so let Maner cut more grass and feed more in the future." Chen Sufen, who always believed what Tong Huaqiong said, also expressed her opposition.
"Yaozu also helped us cut grass and raise the pigs fat." Liu Yue'e added.
Gu Taohua did not participate in the speech, as this was an area she did not understand.
But even so, she thought her mother's idea was crazy.
"You also know that it is not easy for our family to raise a pig, which is why I will not joke about a pig. You say this news is false, but what if it is true?"
"You're worried that the pig will not be able to be saved after one cut, but I don't think you need to worry. The castration master can even castrate humans, and the people can still jump around after being castrated, which shows that the castration master has great skills. Can it be harder to cut the balls of a pig than cut the balls of a human?"
"You don't need to persuade me. I am still the head of this family, so I will definitely take the eggs of this boar."
Tong Huaqiong made the final decision and no one dared to object.
Otherwise Tong Huaqiong would say, since you are the one in charge, who dares to be the one in charge when Tong Huaqiong is here?
Gu Dashu felt like he was having a ballache even before the pig was castrated.
At this time Gu Jingzhe spoke.
"I support mom's decision. Every household in our village has a pig. If you pay attention, you will find that boars grow slowly, and even if they are slaughtered, the meat is rather tough. Not only boars, but even sows have a fishy smell. Let's try to castrate our pig first. Not only can we observe the growth of the castrated pigs, but we can also compare the taste of the castrated pork. Maybe the castrated pigs grow faster and taste better."
After saying this, Gu Jingzhe looked at Tong Huaqiong.
Tong Huaqiong simply wanted to give a thumbs up to Gu Jingzhe. It had to be said that the qualifications of this second-rank official of the imperial court far surpassed those of Gu Dashu and others.
He was able to immediately grasp the possible advantages of castrating pigs.
"If castrated pork tastes good, we might as well raise more pigs at home. After all, they can be slaughtered faster and produce more meat than sheep and pigs. Mother, do you think what my son said is right?" Gu Jingzhe asked with a smile.
Tong Huaqiong wanted to say, this boy could actually see through Tong Huaqiong's plan from the matter of castrating pigs. He is indeed a genius boy!
"Yes, that's what I mean." Tong Huaqiong said with a smile.
Tong Huaqiong had nothing to hide from Gu Jingzhe, since they were all in the same boat.
"In this case, let's not tell anyone else and castrate the pig quietly. Mother, do you think this is okay? Let's not invite a castrator to our house. The pig's howling makes too much noise and someone will definitely ask about it, so we'll have unnecessary trouble. Let my second brother and I tie up the pig and use a flatbed cart to pull it to the place where the castrator lives in Pingchuan County to castrate it." Gu Jingzhe said.
Tong Huaqiong thought about it and felt that Gu Jingzhe had considered everything very carefully.
So he nodded.
"Okay, then you two go tomorrow." Tong Huaqiong made the decision quickly and decisively.
There is no time to lose, the pig is only four months old, it will be difficult to castrate it if it is older.
Then he reminded everyone: "Don't tell anyone."
"Don't worry, mom, I won't tell you."
Chen Sufen and Liu Yue'e had the same idea. How could they tell anyone about the castration of the pigs? If people knew about it, they would definitely say that the Gu family was a bunch of idiots.
Gu Taohua thought that she wouldn't tell anyone, so how could a grown-up girl like her talk about Zhugadan?
Gu Dashu looked confused.
He is going to tie up pigs and give them eggs tomorrow. No matter how I think about it, this doesn't make sense.
Since Gu Jingzhe, the most educated person in the family, thinks that the pig's eggs should be cut off, then they have to be cut off.
Gu Dashu cast a sympathetic look at the pigpen and said, "Pig, pig, you will no longer be a real boar tomorrow."
The boar seemed to sense something. He rushed to the trough and grunted as he looked for food.
After arranging the castration of the pigs for the whole family, Tong Huaqiong walked into the house with brisk steps.
Maner was still sleeping, holding a plum blossom grinder in her hand.
Tong Huaqiong lifted the quilt, took the mold from her hand, and then took the mold out of the quilt.
She sighed. Today she had witnessed Gu Jingzhe's intelligence. She thought that sooner or later Gu Jingzhe would find out that she had space.
She is still wondering how to make it happen.
Gu Jingzhe is not as easy to fool as others.
But never mind, we’ll find out when we find out.
After breakfast, the whole family got busy.
Gu Dashu and Gu Jingzhe went to tend the wheat fields, Gu Taohua was rubbing clothes, and Tong Huaqiong took Chen Sufen and Liu Yue'e to make cakes.
With yesterday's experience with the temperature and the help of the molds, baking today was incredibly easy.
Soon, several kinds of pastries were ready.
Chen Sufen and Liu Yue'e were curious about the molds. Tong Huaqiong said that what they found in the house might have been brought by Gu Baishuang.
So the two daughters-in-law believed it without even thinking about it.
Tong Huaqiong thought it was fortunate that they were just curious and not suspicious.
Not only were they not suspicious of the mold, they weren't even curious about the butter.
Tong Huaqiong tore it open in front of them. They smelled it and agreed that the butter must have been bought by Tong Huaqiong from the Hu merchant.
Tong Huaqiong agreed.
In the evening, Gu Jingzhe came back from the fields and Tong Huaqiong called him.
"Write me a name on a piece of paper and I'll hang it on the stall."
Since I'm going to set up a stall tomorrow, I have to have a legitimate reason. My stall must have a name.
Otherwise, when customers who bought her cakes are asked where they bought them, she doesn't want to hear them say that they bought them from Sushiyuan, because that would divert traffic to Sushiyuan.