Li Shi was distressed again, and muttered, "How good it is to kill pigs today and make dumplings with your own meat, it's good to endure it for a day without buying meat yesterday, and spending money in vain." ”

Zhulan couldn't help but roll her eyes, why didn't she say it when she bought meat yesterday, why didn't she say it when she ate dumplings, an afterthought, "Your own meat is not money?" ”

Seeing that his mother was unhappy, Li Shi hurriedly lowered his mouth and changed the topic, "Mother, how much meat will you keep this year?" ”

Zhulan really didn't think about it, in previous years, there were not many people left at home, who let the family have two holes to burn money, and the two fat pigs raised every year left more than a dozen catties of meat in the sky, Zhulan calculated the time of winter and the time of thawing, she is a person who has no meat, and her own meat is cheaper than the one she bought, and she will save more money if she stays more, "Leave a pig's whole ribs, four elbows, a pair of pigs, and then leave sixty catties of meat is enough." ”

Excluding the weight of pig blood, a 250-pound pig can sell less than 100 pounds of meat.

Li was happy to keep more meat to eat, but he couldn't help but replenish his brain, "Mother, won't the third brother go to private school in the coming year?" ”

"Who told you? The third child himself said he couldn't go? ”

Li Shi hurriedly waved his hand, "I guess, my mother was reluctant to keep meat in previous years, I thought that my mother felt that the third brother was a waste of money to study." ”

Zhulan exhaled, thinking that the third son was tired of studying, and explained: "In the past, my mother thought badly, and I will not be reluctant to eat in the future, after a serious illness, I would rather eat well than spend money to buy medicine. ”

Li Shi thought about it, in previous years, the child had to get sick in winter, this year he ate well and dressed well, and the child's body was not born of a disease, so he did save money on medicine, "Mother is right, mother, do you want to keep more meat?" ”

Zhulan was a little moved to eat sausages and sausages, but unfortunately Wang Ru didn't get them, she didn't dare to do them, as if fresh meat was best for making sausages, and it was useless to keep more, "I know it in my heart, so don't worry about it." ”

Li butcher came with a guy, the male labor in the family is enough, there is no need to invite outsiders to kill a pig quickly, the other pig just rushed to Li Butcher's house, the whole pig sells for five wen and five pounds, the slaughtered pure meat butcher charges seven wen a catty, and the two pigs of Zhulan's family are more than two taels of silver.

Zhulan calculated, raising pigs to give up some coarse grain to grow very fast, a pig can make some silver money by removing the cost, not willing to grain, the pig does not grow big meat or fat, a pig is not sold at a high price but can also make some, Zhulan's two pigs do not count the pork and earn a tael.

It's a pity that the mortality rate of pigs in ancient times without vaccine is quite high, there is really no one in the village who specializes in raising pigs, most of the families raise one in order to make less money without buying meat for the New Year, no one expects to make a fortune from raising pigs, the risk is too high.

Of course, there are also people who can't eat enough, and their families are not rich, so they can't afford to raise pigs at all.

Zhoujia Village is a good village in ten miles and eight townships, because Zhoujia Village has a large ethnic group with the surname of Zhou in ten miles and eight villages, and there are a few Xiucai in the ethnic group, and only one Xiucai can be tax-exempt from 20 acres of land, and the old Xiucai of the Zhou family has five new ones, and the small 100 acres of land do not need to be taxed, and they can earn a lot of more money every year, which is richer than other villages.

Of course, the days of having Xiucai in the family are still tight, and Xiucai burns more money when he goes to the exam, but the clansmen who put the land in the name of Xiucai have spare money in the hands of those who do not have scholars at home.

Boss Zhou sent away the Li butcher, Zheng came with Sun, Zheng took advantage and said: "Sister-in-law, I killed the pig, I heard it very clearly at home, it was a big fat pig, and the sister-in-law pig was really good, look at the pig blood in a basin, sister-in-law pig blood is so much to give a point." ”

Zhulan sighed in her heart, her face was so big, "Don't give it." ”

Zheng Shi couldn't hold back his face when he was pouted, and snorted, "Stingy." ”

Zhulan won't be angry unnecessarily, when she didn't hear it.

Wang Ru touched her hair, she hadn't raised it well for so long, looking at the pig's blood, she remembered that the pig's blood was good and cheap, but she knew that the Zhou family would not sell it to her, she didn't bother herself, it was better to go to Li Butcher's house to buy some later, she came here for a purpose, "Grandma Zhou, I remember that Aunt Li's family sells spicy cabbage, why hasn't there been any movement for more than half a month?" ”

The brush in Li's hand fell, "Oops, how did I forget this stubble!" ”

Zhulan, "........"

I have to admit that the Li family is really big!