Chapter 10: Here Comes the Pig
In the past two days, Tian Fei bought more than 2,000 catties of corn from several households in the village, as well as more than 1,000 catties of rice and a few bales of bran, and then used the machine at home to grind 1,000 catties of flour and prepare the feed.
The feed is 55% corn, 10% rice, 5% wheat bran, 20% dried okara, 4% premix, 6% sugar and fishmeal, and a small amount of salt. Tian Fei knew that this recipe was very beneficial to the health and growth of piglets, and the cost was not high, and the okara fish meal was all homemade.
In addition, the cement of the rice mill has also dried up, the water tower is full of water, the water pipes are normal, and the smell of disinfectant water in and around the room is almost gone. And 1,000 catties of feed were transported to the rice mill and put away.
Now everything is ready, just wait for the pig to come.
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At around four o'clock in the morning of June 18, Tian Fei's mobile phone rang.
"Hey, Xiaofei? I have loaded all your selected pigs, and considering the hot weather, I will send them to you now, and I am expected to arrive at you at eight o'clock. Let me tell you, are you ready?" As soon as Tian Fei answered the phone, Boss Zou's bold voice came from inside, and Tian Fei immediately sobered up.
"That's great, Brother Zou. I'm all ready, I just owe you this east wind, then I'll make breakfast and wait for you, slow down on the road. ”
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Since the rice mill has only one stone road, it cannot be reached directly by car. Therefore, after the pigs are unloaded from the road, people have to rush to the pig farm, which is not an easy job, and it requires the cooperation of five or six people. However, Tian Fei invited people yesterday, all of whom were some neighbors and friends who came to take care of your small work last time. Everyone doesn't need to be paid, just take care of one meal in the countryside.
Tian Ma didn't make tofu today, and started to make breakfast early in the morning, so that everyone had to have breakfast before they had the strength to drive the pigs, especially if some pigs ran around.
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At 7:40, Tian Fei's phone rang, and it was Lao Zou who called, saying that the car had arrived in Zhuzhai Township, and it would take about 20 minutes to arrive. Tian Fei put down the phone and went out to gather a few relatives and friends who had come to help yesterday.
Sure enough, in less than half an hour, a two-story truck loaded with pigs arrived in the village. Tian Fei's guide stopped the car, and then Lao Zou jumped out of the car.
"Xiaofei, I've finally arrived, it's not too easy for you to break the road, but the pig is still quite energetic," Lao Zou said.
"Yes, thanks to you, Brother Zou, I bothered you to come here in person. It is also because we are not rich that the road will be like this. It will be fine in the future", in fact, Tian Fei knew that this road would be built next year.
Tian Fei saw that the pig's spirit was fine, so he planned to put it in the car first, and everyone went to eat breakfast before weighing the pig and driving the pig. This time, Lao Zou and the driver came, but Xu Xiaoming did not come, after all, there was still something to do in Dawang Pig Farm.
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Lao Zou had breakfast with a few people who came to help, and told everyone some suggestions for the next meeting, after all, Lao Zou has the most experience. The unloading truck weighed it, and then rushed to the rice mill in batches.
The first to weigh the sow, two people caught it in the car, and then two people followed below, and Lao Zou commanded beside him. I saw that the people in the car blocked the piglet, and then quickly grabbed the two hind legs with both hands, and lifted the piglet up, and then the people below immediately followed and put it into the cage of the scale. Put eight to nine in the cage at a time, so that three times are weighed. Tian Fei and Lao Zou watched from the side, they were 163kg, 157kg, and 185kg respectively, and Tian Fei recorded them. Since the number of gilts is not large, Lao Zou suggested that it is faster to use a board cart to pull it, and it can be pulled by two board carts. Tian Fei also thought this was good, so he borrowed one from a neighbor and shipped it with his own. In this way, one person pulled the cart in front and one person guarded by the side, and the gilts were transported to the pig farm in less than ten minutes. Tian Fei followed, and then divided the pigs into two pigstys and locked them up.
After unloading the gilts, then there are fattening pigs, which are a little smaller, and the scale can weigh ten at a time. Before weighing ten, Tian Fei put them into a temporary enclosure surrounded by tarpaulins, planning to rush to the pig farm in groups of forty and forty.
This is more difficult, pigs generally only look ahead, so the left and right and back of this group of pigs must be guarded, each holding a small tarpaulin to shake, the piglets will go forward when they hear this sound. Then there were people blocking the fork in the intersection in advance, so that once every half an hour, the pigs were driven to the pig farm very smoothly. There were no piglets running away, and everyone was chasing them all over the village. Then Tian Fei and everyone divided the 120 pigs into ten pigsties. Since these fattening pigs were originally carefully selected by Tian Fei, they are about the same size, and Tian Fei also closes twelve heads in each pigsty, which is also convenient for management in the future. These fattening pigs average 21 pounds.
In the end, there was a breeding pig, this pig was covered with brown hair, it looked like a wild boar, and there was no scale in the end, Lao Zou estimated it at 800 yuan, and Tian Fei agreed with it.
By the time all the pigs had entered the barn, the morning had passed. Tian Fei poured a spoonful of feed into each pigsty, then closed the door and took Boss Zou home, intending to settle the account with him. After all, isn't it just for this moment?
The sow has a total of 505kg, five yuan per catty, a total of 5757 yuan, 1260kg of fattening pigs, four yuan per catty, a total of 10584 yuan, and 800 yuan for breeding pigs, and then give money after breeding, so that a total of 16341 yuan will be paid to Lao Zou. In addition to the previous deposit, Tian Fei paid another 6,300 yuan.
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After having lunch at Tian Fei's house, Lao Zou hurried back to Hongcheng. Sending Lao Zou away, Tian Fei came to the pig farm.
Walking to the gate of the rice mill and looking at the 200-square-meter house, Tian Fei felt that he was one step closer to his dream.
Then the dream is good, and the future is bright, but there are still many things that need to be done to achieve it. First of all, the problem of feed, a few days ago, in order to deal with emergencies, only three or four thousand catties of feed were prepared, which can only be eaten for a month at most, and Tian Fei also plans to go to various towns to buy about 100 pigs, which will consume half of the feed, so that it can only last for half a month. In addition, there is also the problem of the mill, now Tian Fei grinds the flour with the tofu at home, and the power is relatively small, and it can only grind a few hundred catties a day. Besides, the family has to grind tofu every day, so the screen has to be changed back and forth, which is quite inconvenient. Considering the expansion of the scale in the future, Tian Fei plans to launch a large all-in-one machine, including grinding, mixing, bagging, etc. Of course, there must be a supporting mill, and Tian Fei plans to build a mill first in his pig farm in the future.