kingnovel Chapter 212: Piglets are valuable
Chapter 212: Piglets are valuable
Zhou Guo looked up at him. The young man pursed his lips tightly, tears flashed in the corners of his eyes. She pulled his big hand down and held it, pointing at everything in front of her and said, "Uncle, look how fast we are. We can build the wall after we put up the scaffolding tomorrow. If we are faster, we can cover the roof tomorrow. In this way, we can bring the livestock in the day after tomorrow. Then we can pave the yard together. With so many people, the yard can be paved in one day. After the well is dug, we have to dig a cellar. We have to dig our cellar again and move the vegetables and other things into the cellar before winter comes..."
He talked a lot and made Zhou Dacang and others laugh.
"Once you finish these things, what do you want to do next?" Zhou Dacang asked with a smile.
Zhou Guo said one by one: "There are many things that can be done. There is not enough firewood, so we need to prepare more before winter comes. The land needs to be turned after the autumnal equinox. I also want to go into the mountains to hunt more prey and find some wild mushrooms. We can't live without vegetables in winter. I also need to practice martial arts..."
After things at home are settled, she will have to go out and prepare to look for someone. Now she practices martial arts whenever she has free time. Her master said that she can put other things aside for now, but she must practice Qinggong more. If she encounters dozens or hundreds of people, no matter how strong she is, she will not be able to defeat four people with two fists. She still has to run for her life. Qinggong is the most practical when she is outside. As the old saying goes, among the thirty-six strategies, running away is the best one.
Zhou Dacang said softly, "These are not just your problems. Don't forget that you still have your uncle and so many brothers. Which one of them is older than you?"
Zhou Gu said, "Yes, Guoguo, you should leave some work for us brothers. You said you are the only one rushing to do it. What are we brothers supposed to do? It's like we are eating for free."
Zhou Guo tilted his head back and said with a smile: "Brothers, of course you have something to do."
I can go to school in the spring.
When Zhou Dacang and the others heard her tone, they really planned to arrange work for them, as if everything had already been arranged. They were all very curious, "What are the brothers going to do?"
"Is my uncle alive?"
Zhou Guo nodded with a smile, "All of them."
My younger uncle and elder brother may not want to go, so they can do what she did and study at home as a group. Anyway, they don’t expect to pass the imperial examination or anything.
"What exactly are they?" Several people were very curious.
Zhou Guo waved his hand and turned to leave. "You'll know when the time comes. I'm going to sleep first."
Zhou Dacang and the others looked at her small figure, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "This is unbelievable, she has become a housekeeper at such a young age."
The housekeeper worked for a whole day and disappeared after a short while after going into the shed.
The next day, several people spent half a day to erect the frame. In order to save trouble, Zhou Guo directly opened a thin groove on the load-bearing column, thinned the ends of the crossbeam, and inserted it into the thin groove. Then, one piece of wood was fastened onto it one by one, and the wall of the cowshed was built in this way.
Zhou Mi and Zhou Mai built a thatched roof on top. After the old man finished transporting the stones, he came over to help her with the wood. The four of them worked for a whole day and finished the basic work on the two livestock sheds. The rest could be completed in just half a morning.
The next day, Zhou Dacang and Zhou Gu didn't have to go out to work. After breakfast, they started to work at home.
Zhou Guo and the old man were busy with the shed in the backyard, while Zhou Gu and Zhou Mai were busy cleaning the yard, sweeping out the manure and piling it on the manure pile. They could move the livestock to the backyard today.
Zhou Dacang and Zhou Mi drove the ox cart out to drag the plaster. Originally, yellow mud could be used, but it was not as good as plaster after all.
Zhou Guo looked at the two sturdy and tight sheds in front of her and was very satisfied, but it took her a lot of effort and wood.
When Li heard that the sheds were completed, she came over to take a look and saw two solid thatched huts made of wood. She was stunned and said, "… These look better than the one we live in."
Zhou Xing nodded, "Yes, it looks nice and comfortable to live in. I want to move in. The cowshed is better than our home."
Li smiled and said, "Guoguo, the cowshed doesn't need to be built so well. Our shed used to have only a roof, a few pillars, and a few beams, so that the cows wouldn't run out. Yours is so solid and well built, better than most people's houses."
Zhou Guo looked up and down and said, "No, mother, it's not as good as you say. This beam is made of wood, not boards. Look at those cracks, each one is so big. In winter, the wind will blow them to death. The winter here is different from ours. It is said that it often snows heavily. The shed is not built so tightly. I'm afraid they will freeze to death."
Yes, they thought it made sense, and looked at the cracks and became worried again, "Then we have to plug these cracks when winter comes."
Zhou Guo nodded, "Yeah!"
At this time, Zhou and Mai each led a horse in and drove the horse into the shed. The horse stuck its head out of the window, snorting. No one knew whether it disliked it here, but there was nothing it could do even if it didn't like it.
Zhou Guo ran to lead a few pigs to the backyard and tied them next to the cowshed. Now he didn't have to worry about dirtying the front yard.
Zhou Xing looked at the three little pigs and said hesitantly, "Look, have these little pigs grown taller?"
"Ah? It's grown so fast?" Several people said in unison, looking at the lively piglet.
"Well, it seems to be a little bigger. It has grown so fast in just a few days. If I feed it until the end of the year, how many pounds will it weigh?" Li was delighted. "If I feed it until the end of the year, I can kill one and sell two. I can make a lot of money, right?"
Zhou Xing nodded, "Yes, two pigs should be able to sell for two strings of cash?"
When Zhou Mai and the others heard the two strings of coins, they couldn't bear to eat them. Two strings of coins were enough to buy all the new tables, chairs, benches, basins and other things at home. If they could feed these two pigs until the end of the year, they could get so many things for the family. It was worth it just thinking about it.
Zhou Guo poured cold water on him, "Feed them until the end of the year? What to feed them with? Hay? Or husks? Let me tell you, these piglets are only valuable when they are this big. They are worthless when they grow up. One little wild boar sells for one tael, and three little wild boars sell for three taels. It's a waste of food to raise them to this size."
Several people obviously didn't believe it.
Li said, "How could that be? The piglets are so small, and the meat is not edible. How much does a piglet cost? One tael of silver can buy three or four. Our family has raised pigs in previous years."
Zhou Gu and the others all agreed, "That's right, eat meat, eat meat, more meat is more enjoyable, how can we eat a piglet that is so small and skinny."
Why didn't the group of people believe Zhou Guo's words? Why should a piglet be worth so much money? When it grows up to that size, it is only worth so little. Wasn't all the effort in raising it in vain?