Chapter 169: Plenty of Fields and Fat Pigs
"From now on, I will let Dahan take care of these fifty acres of land." Tong Huaqiong put away the land deed and said to Gu Dahan.
Gu Dahan was very excited when he heard this.
He likes farming and loves farming.
He doesn't like doing business, and he doesn't know where to put his hands and feet when entertaining customers at Taohua Dessert.
Now that his stepmother has handed over all the family land to him, he feels both a great responsibility and someone who is valued.
"Don't worry, mom. I will definitely take good care of these lands." said Gu Dahan.
"Let's grow crops on these lands," said Tong Huaqiong.
"Our granary will definitely be full next year." Gu Dahan said happily.
Gu Dahan is now full of energy.
Tong Huaqiong not only let him manage the family land, but also let him manage the pig farm.
The Gu family only had five acres of land before, but now they have bought fifty acres, for a total of fifty-five acres.
These 55 acres of land will be used to plant crops first. After all, crops are extremely important in any era.
No matter famine or war, as long as you have food, you can survive.
When her family has more land, she will consider developing cash crops.
She had already searched the space carefully for information, and found that cotton was the most suitable cash crop in this area.
If she bought more land, she planned to grow cotton.
She discovered that most people in this era wore clothes made of linen, and only wealthy people like Mr. Huang could afford cotton.
The main reason was the low cotton production and poor cotton textile technology of that era, which made cotton cloth rare and expensive.
Tong Huaqiong found out Tong Da Jiao's winter clothes and discovered that there were very few cotton-padded clothes and most of the jackets were filled with reed fluff.
Life is so hard in winter!
If she could develop the cotton planting industry and improve the efficiency of cotton textile production at the same time, her career would be able to reach a higher level.
It is not impossible to become the queen of business.
There is no way she could get involved in salt and iron. Becoming a business queen starts with discovering new business opportunities.
Of course, there is the existing pig farming business.
Tong Huaqiong went to the pig farm after dinner.
Tong Huaqiong was very happy watching the pigs struggling to eat in the trough.
The meal was delicious. In addition to money, these pigs could also be used to make delicious dishes such as braised pork, stewed spare ribs, candied pork elbows, and stir-fried pork intestines.
Tong Huaqiong was crazy about eating these delicacies.
There are more than 20 pigs that are fat and strong. Among them, the one bought by Gu Dahan can be slaughtered around the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The twenty pigs that Lu Zhaoyang sent can be slaughtered by the end of the year.
Other people's pigs take more than a year to be marketed, but Tong Huaqiong's pigs take a shorter time to be marketed.
In this era, pigs are mostly fed grass, and even straw is not given to pigs as it is used as firewood.
Not to mention feeding pigs with corn, beans and other grains, you would be accused of being a spendthrift.
After all, in this era, most people eat millet without husking it in order to save food.
Tong Huaqiong was the first person to start raising pigs and feeding them corn and beans in Qinghe Bay.
This move made the villagers smack their lips.
Ever since the family’s pig farm was set up in the temple, villagers have been coming to watch.
Gu Dahan strictly followed Tong Huaqiong's instructions. In addition to feeding the pigs fresh grass, he also mixed corn beans with crushed straw and mixed them in the trough.
The corn and beans really made the pigs fatter, and the twenty or so pigs grew as if they were blown up.
The two pigs taken from Mrs. Yan's house to pay off the debt were obviously more expensive than when they stayed at Mrs. Yan's house.
In addition to corn and beans, Tong Huaqiong also bought pig feed such as blood and bone meal and fish meal in the space, and asked Man'er to carry them out of the space. She gave them to Gu Dahan and asked Gu Dahan to mix them and feed the pigs every day.
Fortunately, Gu Dahan listened to her very much and trusted her, so he fed the pigs whatever she told him to do.
With the help of modern technology, our pigs are growing fatter and stronger.
Tong Huaqiong patrolled the pigpen and was extremely satisfied with the growth of her pigs.
"Sister-in-law Tong."
Tong Huaqiong left the pig farm and met Gu Guangkui on the way home.
Because Tong Huaqiong sent Xu Si into exile, Yan Pozi completely lost her influence in the village, and the situation of Gu Guangkui's family began to change.
Now that he has no worries, he has started taking on furniture making jobs.
At this time, Gu Guangkui had just returned from working in another village.
"Uncle Guangkui is back from work." Tong Huaqiong thought that the two of them just met and greeted each other.
Gu Guangkui nodded, obviously having something to say to Tong Huaqiong, and Tong Huaqiong stopped.
"I have been working in Heilong Village these days and met your brother and sister-in-law. They asked me to give you a message, hoping that you can visit your parents' home when you have time." Gu Guangkui said.
It is not easy to get to Heilong Village from Qinghe Bay. You need to cross two mountains and walk dozens of miles of mountain roads.
Therefore, Gu Guangkui has been living in his employer's home while working in Heilong Village these days.
Tong Da Jiao's brother and sister-in-law learned that he was a carpenter from Qinghe Bay, so they went to find him and told him to let Tong Huaqiong return to Heilong Village.
Tong Da Jiao's parents have both passed away. Her brother and sister-in-law wanted her to go back to her parents' home not for the purpose of visiting them, but to suck her blood.
During the wheat harvest season, my brother and sister-in-law had asked someone to deliver a message, but Tong Huaqiong ignored it. Now they asked Gu Guangkui to deliver a message.
It seems that he won’t give up!
"My parents are dead, so where is my mother's home? There's nothing to see." Tong Huaqiong sneered, thought for a moment and asked Gu Guangkui, "Did they ask you about my situation?"
Gu Guangkui rubbed his hands and said, "I asked about it. Why didn't I ask about it?"
Find out if Tong Huaqiong has done business in town and if he has made money...
In short, no one asked Tong Huaqiong how her life was without her man.
They knew that it was not easy for a widow, but they didn't show any concern for her. Instead, they asked Tong Huaqiong in a roundabout way whether she had made money.
In Gu Guangkui's eyes, such a brother and sister-in-law are inhumane and he looks down on them.
"......Aunt Tong, they asked about your business, and I didn't know what to say, so I just said I didn't know." Gu Guangkui said.
He did not tell Tong Da Jiao's brother and sister-in-law Tong Huaqiong that they had opened a shop.
He knew Tong Dajiao's brother and sister-in-law well, and they knew that since Tong Dajiao had a shop, they were here to suck her blood.
In Gu Guangkui's mind, Tong Dajiao subdued Xu Si and hired Gu Xiaocao, and she was the benefactor of their entire family. He would definitely not let his benefactor get involved in trouble with his brother and sister-in-law.
"Uncle Guangkui, you did the right thing. My brother and his wife and their family wanted to cheat me, but I didn't want them to know that I opened a shop." Tong Huaqiong agreed with Gu Guangkui's approach.
Although he knew that Tong Huaqiong's personality had changed, Gu Guangkui was still a little surprised when he heard Tong Huaqiong say this.
In the past, Tong Da Jiao was very devoted to her parents' home. Everyone in the village knew that she often sent Gu Dashu to Heilong Village to deliver gifts to her brother and sister-in-law.
When her parents-in-law still lived in the village, Tong Da Jiao would quarrel with her mother-in-law every year because she was dissatisfied with Tong Da Jiao taking things from her parents' home.
Her nephew Tong Zhijie has been raised by her for several years. She is closer to Tong Zhijie than to Gu Dashu. Only Gu Jingzhe in the past can be compared to her.
Tong Huaqiong lamented Tong Dajiao's bloody nature towards her brother and sister-in-law.
If a blood bag sucks blood for too long, once the blood bag is drawn out, the party sucking the blood will definitely be very angry.
Tong Da Jiao's brother and sister-in-law repeatedly asked people to ask Tong Huaqiong to go back, but Tong Huaqiong did not take it seriously. It was estimated that her brother and sister-in-law would rush to the house and question her soon.
Tong Huaqiong was in high spirits and ready to welcome the arrival of the vampire.