Chapter 274: Pig farming requires manpower
The next morning, Cao brought Chunni to Tong Huaqiong's house to work.
Tian Fugui and Luo Pozi did not dare to make things difficult for them.
Tong Huaqiong asked Gu Dahan to take Chunni and Cao to work at the pig farm in the temple outside the village.
She also went to the pig farm to check on the growth of the pigs.
Originally, Tong Huaqiong thought that the corn in the field was ripe, so she wanted Cao to go work in the field.
After some thought, I felt that the pig farm needed more manpower.
The manpower required for a pig farm is different from that required for working in the fields. The work in the fields requires physical strength, while the work in a pig farm requires technology.
If Tong Huaqiong wants to develop and expand his breeding business, he needs to train his own breeding technicians.
Now that Cao and Chunni are here, why not train them?
The focus is on training Chunni.
From the jade pendant incident, Tong Huaqiong saw Chunni's awakening and ruthlessness, and this was exactly the person she needed.
Chunni came to the pig farm and took the initiative to pick up a knife to cut grass for the pigs.
Gu Dahan said, "Chun Ni, the knife is very heavy, you put it there, I will do it."
Chunni said, "Uncle Dahan, I came to your house to work. This is what I should do."
Gu Dahan felt both sympathy and distress for Chunni.
This reminded him of Maner.
Chunni was only eight or nine years old and she became a hired worker.
As a man who loves his daughter, Gu Dahan despises Tian Fugui's behavior.
A grown man doesn't work hard, but lets his daughter go out to earn money.
"Chun Ni, this is not your job. Go back after you finish today. Your father should do this job." Gu Dahan said.
Tong Huaqiong felt a headache when he heard this.
It’s right for Gu Dahan to sympathize with Chunni, but that doesn’t mean he should send Chunni back home and let Tian Fugui work as a hired worker.
Tong Huaqiong looked at Chunni, who looked anxious and obviously afraid of being kicked out.
"Dahan, I asked Chunni to come here. Don't you know who Tian Fugui is? Chunni does the same work at home, even harder than this, and her father still beats her. At least no one beats her when she works in our house. If you let her go back from our house, aren't you pushing her into the fire pit?" Tong Huaqiong said to Gu Dahan.
Gu Dahan was so concerned about Chunni that he forgot about her situation. After hearing this, he cursed Tian Fugui.
"Okay, listen to mother, Chunni will stay. If Tian Fugui comes here to ask for someone, he can't come in as long as I am here." After Gu Dahan figured it out, he decided to protect Chunni.
Tong Huaqiong nodded with satisfaction.
Cao picked up the bucket and started cleaning the pigsty.
She had heard from others that Tong Huaqiong's pigpen was different from other pigsties and was usually kept very clean.
It is said that pigs are less likely to get sick if the pigpen is clean.
Tong Huaqiong came to the pigsty and saw more than twenty pigs crowded together at the trough, eating. Each of them was plump and white, and she was very satisfied.
These pigs will be money at the end of the year.
"If you work in our house, you will be provided with one meal a day. You only need to eat the meal and are not allowed to take it home. If I find out, you can ask Chunwang to pay for it with silver and jade pendant." Tong Huaqiong specifically instructed Cao before leaving.
The meals Tong Huaqiong provided to the hired workers were not bad, and many of them would put the steamed buns in their pockets and bring them to their own children to eat.
Tong Huaqiong turned a blind eye to this as long as it didn't delay her work.
But Cao and Chunni cannot do that. If they are taken back, they will end up in Chunwang and Tian Fugui's stomachs.
Tong Huaqiong would rather feed the dogs than give them anything.
Cao paused and agreed, "I'll listen to Aunt Tong."
When she came to work in the morning, Tian Fugui and Mrs. Luo did remind her that she and Chunni should save the food provided by Tong Huaqiong and take it home.
Cao felt sorry for her son Chunwang, so she agreed to her mother-in-law's request.
Now Tong Huaqiong doesn't allow her to save food and take it home. Although she feels sorry about it, she still has to listen to Tong Huaqiong.
She now wanted to use her wages to pay off the eighty taels of silver as soon as possible, and save all the money she earned in the future for Chunwang.
Tong Huaqiong gave a few more instructions and then left the pig farm.
There is wind in the morning of late autumn, the air is permeated with chill, and the leaves begin to turn yellow and fall.
But Tong Huaqiong didn’t feel the autumn wind was bleak at all.
"Mother-in-law, where are you from?" When they met Liu Yue'e's mother, Zhao, on the way, Tong Huaqiong greeted her warmly.
"Where are you going from the pig farm?" Tong Huaqiong asked.
Zhao smiled brightly and said, "You are confused. The corn is ripe. Some people have started to break it in the past few days. My family will start breaking it today."
There were many villagers picking corn in the fields on the village road.
They all greeted Tong Huaqiong.
"Tong Da Jiao, thanks to your medicine, my family has a good harvest of corn this year."
"The corn harvest has never been as good as this year. My family will sell some of it and keep the rest for food. We won't have to worry about it this winter."
Tong Huaqiong became excited when she heard that someone wanted to sell corn.
Her pigs will be sold at the end of the year, and she plans to expand the pigpen and buy some piglets.
This means that the consumption of pigs is astonishing, especially in winter when there is no grass, and raising pigs requires a lot of corn.
The corn in my own field is enough for the pigs to eat. If I raise more, it will not be enough. Moreover, if I don’t buy more corn and store it in a good year, who knows when a disaster will hit.
Now that both humans, livestock, and peach blossom desserts needed corn, she had to prepare for a rainy day and stockpile corn in advance.
It doesn't matter whether you buy it from somewhere else or in your own village. Buying it in your own village also saves on transportation costs.
Tong Huaqiong said, "If you want to sell your corn, don't sell it to others. Sell it to me. My pigs will eat it in the winter."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, after all, she is Aunt Big Foot, she is willing to spend so much money to raise pigs." The young and strong laborer who wanted to sell half of the corn harvest sighed, "That's great, I don't have to take them to town to sell."
"When the time comes, you can help me talk to people in the village. If anyone wants to sell corn, they can sell it to me." Tong Huaqiong said with a smile.
The young and strong laborer readily agreed.
The villagers will definitely be willing to sell corn to Tong Huaqiong.
Not only did the pesticides Tong Huaqiong prepared lead to a good harvest of corn, but more importantly, the prices Tong Huaqiong offered were fair. She bought many of the eggs, wheat flour and other ingredients needed for her peach blossom desserts in the village, and she never cheated or pushed down the price too much.
The villagers are very confident in Tong Huaqiong.
After Tong Huaqiong gave instructions to the young laborers, she said to Zhao, "This autumn, Dashu and Yue'e will not be able to work for your family. The store has been busy recently, and your daughter-in-law and granddaughter may not have time to go home to break corn. You two plus Liu Shan may not have enough manpower. If you need it, I will ask my hired workers to help you break corn."
Zhao waved her hand and said, "We don't need Dashu and Yue'e to help. They are more helpful than us. My family can finish this little work. My eldest daughter and her family plan to come and help for a few days."
Now that the second daughter and second son-in-law have finally found their way onto the right track, especially since the son-in-law has been sent by his mother-in-law to the capital to open a pesticide and seed shop, Zhao dare not waste their time.
Seeing that Zhao had someone to help her, Tong Huaqiong no longer insisted.
The whole village was in the bustling autumn harvest, and it was time to harvest Tong Huaqiong's corn field.