"Who did I hear saying that they wanted to save a betrothal gift?" Zhou Liang's voice came from the stairs, and not long after, he and Wei Gang arrived beside the three of them.
Wu Zheng explained: "That little girl from the old Gu family has nothing to say about her looks and good temper. Anyway, with my three sons, haha, the chances are very high."
Zhou Liang: "I've known for a long time that Lao Gu is a good boy and has given birth to twins. Our Zhou Tong is also good. Do you want to consider it?"
He only had such a son at the age of thirty, and Zhou Liang's tone was full of doting.
Wang Jianshe glanced at Gu Xingdong's face and laughed loudly: "The children are still young. We only have one precious daughter in our family. Don't worry, don't worry."
Wei Gang felt uncomfortable after hearing this. The daughter of the old Gu family is a treasure, and the two daughters of their family are just making up for it?
But because of the face, he didn't show it.
"I won't go to the cafeteria. I have to go to the military headquarters soon. Whenever you are free, come to my house and let's have a good meal."
After telling everyone, Gu Xingdong went downstairs and left.
Chen Lishu spent another day making the ready-made bottom shirt, and then went to the National Cotton Factory.
The National Cotton Factory was very confident in the clothes she designed, so things went very smoothly. In the end, they were processed at the price of 7 yuan for the bottoming shirt and 8 yuan for the flared skirt, 2,000 pieces for each style. After signing the contract, she paid in advance
A deposit of 5,000 yuan was made, and both parties agreed to deliver the goods before New Year's Day.
In Qingshan Village, Chen Lifei was sitting by the window reading a book.
Ever since Chen Lishu handed over the management of the barren hills to her, Chen Lifei has been trying her best to manage the barren hills well.
Nowadays, not only cash crops are grown on the mountain, but also pigs, chickens, ducks and geese are raised.
There are few technicians in the county, let alone in the townships and villages. If we really encounter any problems, we cannot just rely on the local methods in the villages. Chen Lifei believes that scientific breeding and scientific planting are still needed.
For this reason, she specially borrowed many professional books on planting from the nursery technician Zhao Guangbin and came back to study.
She also made several trips to the animal husbandry station to learn. At first, the master at the animal husbandry station looked down upon her as a young girl. After all, working with animals was dirty, tiring and smelly, and they were all owned by men.
Damn it, how can a delicate girl endure this?
However, after meeting her a few times, I saw that she worked quickly and without being pretentious, so I gradually became willing to explain more.
"Fourth brother is here, sit down in the room." Chen Mandun saw Hu Si'er coming in, and smiled and waved people into the room.
It was snowing heavily outside. Hu Si'er stood at the door, stamped his feet twice, and patted the snow particles on his body twice before raising his head and asking: "Is the third girl at home?"
When Chen Lifei heard the voice, she quickly put down the book in her hand and came out: "Fourth Uncle, are those two sows about to give birth?"
Hu Si'er nodded: "No, I felt something was wrong early on. Didn't you say I was going to give birth to a baby before? But now your uncle Lin is watching over there. If not, I will come over and call you."
"Uncle Fourth, please wait for me for a moment. I will follow you after I put on my coat." The birth of sows is a big deal, which is related to the quantity and quality of piglets in the coming year. Chen Lifei attaches great importance to it, and turns around and runs back to the house to put it on.
You must wear outerwear, it’s cold outside, and you must wear a hat and gloves.
Soon she got dressed and came out of the back room: "Let's go."
"Let me go over with you and take a look." Chen Mandun said, grabbing the hat on the table and walking towards the mountain with the two of them.
This year, 20,000 more fruit trees were planted on the mountain, 50 pig houses and chicken coops were built, and five more people were hired to live on the mountain with Hu Si'er and others.
When Chen Lifei arrived, the others were already waiting at the far side of the sow barn where the sows were about to give birth.
She first looked at the condition of the sow, then checked the surrounding environment before ordering: "The temperature is a bit low, let's burn some more firewood. In addition, the inside of the pig nest is not dry enough, so sprinkle some lime to disinfect it."
Lin Dazhong and others heard her words and immediately started to do it.
Until the afternoon, two sows almost gave birth to two litters of piglets, a total of twenty-one palm-sized piglets.
"Not to mention that Concubine Li is really clever. She didn't waste any of those piggies." Hu Si'er said with some admiration.
In the past, most of the sows in the village only gave birth to eight or nine piglets, and some only had five or six piglets. Some even spoiled one or two piglets after giving birth, so the piglets were quite popular.
"You have to keep people in the pig house for these two days. In addition to ensuring the temperature and humidity, you also need to observe the feeding situation of the piglets and foster them in time. They will be able to eat after a week. You can keep ten of them by yourself, and you can take care of the rest.
Betrayed."
The pig barns and manpower are now limited. Since last month, more than a dozen pigs have been sold out. There are still 35 pigs that are not enough, so we can just add some more.
Some people in the village saw that Chen Lifei was making money by raising pigs, and they wanted to raise a few piglets if they could. In addition, the piglets she sold had a high survival rate and strong bodies, so there were already several reservations.
"Mom, I heard that the pigs served by Li Fei have given birth to piglets again. The current situation of our family is that all the land has been exported by Baozhu's unsatisfactory gambling money. The family cannot grow the land and has no income. The whole family has no income.
I know what to do, so I discussed with Mancang, why not raise a few more pigs next year, and I can make some money back."
Zhang Chunhua said and put a chopstick of meat into Mrs. Chen's bowl: "Originally, my family had no money to buy meat, but Mancang said that you are old and no one can wrong you if you have been wronged. We would rather tighten our belts. Alas.
, it’s all because of that bastard Baozhu and the Liu brothers who didn’t learn well, and suffered a famine. Xiaoying went back to her parents’ home in anger, and threw her into the sea. The child suffered with us.”
"Tai, I want to eat meat." Chen Baozhu's son Chen Dahai said aggrievedly when he saw the meat in Mrs. Chen's bowl.
"I've buried most of it in the soil. It doesn't matter whether I eat that piece of meat or not. Give it to my dear grandson." Mrs. Chen said and gave the piece of meat with chopsticks to Chen Dahai.
Chen Mancang glanced at the pickles, radish strips and porridge on the table, and had no desire to eat them. They were not as delicious as the rice at Widow Liu's house.
Originally, he had always looked down upon Chen Mandun, but now he sees that the gap between the two brothers is getting wider and wider.
Needless to say, Chen Lishu went to school and opened a shop in the provincial capital. The second child, Chen Liyuan, also joined a large factory. I heard that her salary alone was forty or fifty a month. Although the third child no longer went to school, she is now in charge of the mountainous area. The boss
In a mountain, the pigs and chickens raised alone may not be enough to earn thousands of dollars a year, not to mention herbs, potatoes, beets, etc., which can reach tens of thousands.
Then I looked at my son next to me, who was eating with his head down as if nothing was wrong. His breath was stuck in his chest and he couldn't get up or get down.
"My second uncle's family is in good condition now, and they are not short of those piggies. Let me tell them directly. Why can't they give face to the old lady when she asks?" Chen Baozhu wiped his mouth and put down his chopsticks.
He had no appetite for the food that had faded away from the bird.