Although raising pigs does not have to use their own food to hunt pigweed, but when they can't eat enough, they must be thinking about how to earn more food and how to keep their families from going hungry.

Even if you can let the children who can't do any farm work, but this pig is not so easy to raise, in case of a disease or a plague or something, it is a year in vain, and then you have to spend a sum of money to hold the piglets, rather than taking the risk of raising pigs, it is better to raise a few more chickens and ducks, you can have eggs and ducks to save money on weekdays, and you can sell the chickens and ducks at the end of the year to make a profit, the most important thing is that the chickens and ducks do not eat much, and they can also be released during the day to let them find their own food, and raise them to save food and trouble.

Therefore, there are not many households in Xiatang Village that raise pigs, which is why Xiuniang thought of raising chickens and ducks after she had money in her hands, but she didn't expect to be able to raise pigs.

At this time, when she heard Aunt He say that Ma Ye could raise pigs, Xiu Niang was a little moved, after all, the silver obtained from selling an adult pig is still very considerable for ordinary people.

"Aunt He, can this hemp leaf really feed pigs?"

Aunt He replied with a smile, "Yes, madam, we used to help raise several pigs in the Qiu family, and every time the hemp harvest was completed, when we fed them with hemp leaves, we ate very happily and grew very fat." ”

The eldest girl had an idea, "Is that also able to feed chickens and ducks?" ”

Aunt He smiled and nodded, "The eldest lady is right, but the leftover vegetable leaves from the daily food at home are enough to feed those chickens and ducks, and Xiaowei and the two nephews often drive them to the river to eat some small fish and shrimp, and this hemp leaf is a little useless." ”

Xiaowei is the six-year-old grandson of Aunt He, the little guy is still young, can't do any work, but can help grandma put chickens and ducks, at the beginning Han Yuhai and Han Yuxiao also disliked him and robbed his own work, and then the three babies played together, often together to drive chickens, ducks and geese to Guangyuan River to eat food.

The habits of chickens, ducks and geese are different from pigs, pigs eat good things does not mean that they will follow the top good, for chickens, ducks and geese, they can peck some earthworms and insects, eat some small fish and shrimp are more beneficial to them, and the Han family has a few vegetable plots, and there is no shortage of vegetable leaves to feed the chickens on weekdays, so Aunt He will have this.

The eldest girl used to be a person who was used to housework, and she fed the chickens of the Han family in the past, so she naturally understood that what Aunt He said was right, but it was a pity that she couldn't use this hemp leaf.

Looking at their pity and tangled looks, Han Chuxue couldn't help but smile, "Sister, mother, although this hemp leaf can't feed chickens, ducks and geese, but it's not useless, Master Huang said, when the time comes, throw them back into the hemp field, one can protect the moisture of the hemp field, and the other can also be used as fertilizer for the growth of two hemp, which can't be wasted." ”

Now it is about to enter the dog days, it is the hottest time of the year, after the hemp is cut, the hemp field will have no cover, and the hemp field is too dry but not good, it will affect the growth of the two hemp, spread these hemp leaves in the field, just solve this problem, and at the same time wait for the leaves to be dried and mildewed, and can become fertilizer, it can be said to kill two birds with one stone, there is no need to worry about waste.

Xiuniang was a little surprised, "Erya, really?" ”

Han Chuxue nodded, "Really, that's what Master Huang said." ”

At this time, Han's daughter-in-law seemed to remember something, and laughed, "So, it's true, think about it, when we turn the ground, don't we just throw the grass out of the hoe to the side and pile it up, and when they are wilted in the sun, they will be put back into the field to be used as fertilizer?" ”

When everyone thought about it, it was really like this, and they couldn't help laughing, as long as it wasn't wasted, it would be good, so they were much happier to work.

Hearing the eternal daughter-in-law mention the matter of the field, Xiuniang remembered that no matter how late it was, the rice in the village should be able to be cut.

"Sister-in-law, Qinzi, when are you two going to cut the rice?"

Last year's autumn grain has been struggling until now, and basically every family is going to be green and yellow, and once the rice is ripe, they can relieve their breath and eat a few full meals, so the eternal daughter-in-law and Aunt Qin are happy to laugh when they talk about their own land.

The eternal daughter-in-law smiled, "Dad only went to the field two days ago to take a look, and said that the rice would be ready to be cut in another ten days." ”

The situation of Aunt Qin's family is similar, that is, the five acres of land that came back from Han Yongzhu and were subleased to her by Xiuniang were planted later, so it had to be delayed for a few days, but it was impossible to pay the summer tax.

Hearing that she couldn't make a mistake, Xiuniang breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, we're afraid that it will be too late to plant the seedlings at that time, and we will miss the business and harm your family." ”

Aunt Qin laughed, "I can't make a mistake." ”

In response, she seemed to remember something, and pouted, "But our family can't make a mistake, let's see, some people are just afraid that they are going to miss a big thing." ”

"Who's home?"

A bunch of women gathered together, inevitably gossiping, and when they heard Aunt Qin's words, they listened to gossip, and immediately followed her words and asked.

Aunt Qin snorted disdainfully, "Who else, the person who reads the most in our village." ”

Xiuniang blinked and reacted, "You mean the third cousin of our family?" ”

Aunt Qin nodded, "Isn't it his family, when the spring ploughing, their family was already late, and finally planted the seedlings, but he always didn't go to serve, let's see that he didn't even chase the fat, didn't their family have a few acres of land near the acres of land that your family rented to our family, the rice grew long and sparse, and it was thin and sloppy, how much rice you said you could harvest." ”

Xiuniang opened her mouth unexpectedly, and finally burst out, "Why is this happening." ”

The eldest girl also looked incredulous, "The land over there is all good land, why would the third uncle spoil that land like this." ”

Aunt Qin snorted contemptuously, "What's so strange about this, people have always thought of themselves as scholars, and they have always looked down on us mud legs, and they are not happy to do mud leg work, and they can carry a hoe to plant that land is already considered diligent, and they can expect him to squat in the field every day." ”

Aunt Qin's words are a bit directly hurtful, but they are true.

The eternal daughter-in-law shook her head and sighed, "The third uncle did raise the third brother, didn't he originally have to go to Shangtang Village to help, but the widow disliked him and was not as good as herself, and finally rushed back. ”

"If you don't go to help others, he doesn't even care about his own land, he and the third uncle add up to a total of ten acres of paddy fields, but looking at the situation of the rice, I don't know if he can afford to pay the summer tax this year."

Han Xiucai doesn't have to pay taxes, but Han Yongsong has to pay taxes, and the two of them have no surplus grain, if this grain is destroyed again, I'm afraid it will be sad this year. (To be continued.) )