Chapter 326: Making adobe bricks to build pig pens and raise pigs

Chapter 326: Making adobe bricks to build pig pens and raise pigs

"Sister-in-law, did Shui Qing say when the bookstore will open?" Zhang Hui asked with concern.

Is it called opening? She doesn't know much about it, she only knows that shops in Fucheng and towns are called open.

Zhao Lan also looked at Wang Guifen with concern, wanting to get some news from her.

Their family knew the importance of reading, literacy and arithmetic, but it was already a big deal for the family to provide Chang Lin with one baby to study, and they would never be able to afford one more.

If there are many children in the family, even if you have more money now, you can earn more in the future, but with so many children, who will you choose to go to school? No matter who you choose, you will still be left with a lot of books to read.

Now Fan Jin is willing to teach children reading, literacy and arithmetic, and both boys and girls can do it without having to pay for the education. However, they have thought about it. If they don't have money, they can provide some food. If it doesn't work, they still have a lot of energy. You can help with some work, but you can't let others teach you for nothing.

Wang Guifen shook her head, "I also want to know when the bookstore will open, but I'm embarrassed to ask. This is because Fan Jin took the initiative to teach literacy and arithmetic for the children in our village. Asking seemed to be urging, so I asked did not ask."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Hui immediately nodded in agreement: "Yes, sister-in-law, you are right. Let's wait. We have been here for so many years, so there is no shortage of time."

"The study room has been built, but don't we still need to prepare many things, such as tables and chairs? Otherwise, how will the dolls write?" Zhao Lan suddenly thought of it and asked worriedly.

Wang Guifen explained with a smile: "Lanlan, you have been working in the medicine shop during this period, so it is normal for you not to know about the bookstore.

Dad has made an agreement with some of the people in charge of the village. There will be busy farming ahead. He needs to plant medicinal herbs and winter wheat. He is just waiting to go to the mountains to chop down trees and look for stones after that. I think he will have to go up the mountains to look for suitable wood in the next two days. Stone. "

Zhao Lan didn't understand. She knew she was looking for wood. It must be to make tables and chairs. What was she looking for for rocks?

"Hey, there are no carpenters in our village, and we can't afford to build so many tables and chairs. Dad, Fan Qiye, Wang, and several other old men came up with a compromise, which is to saw a few pieces of wood of about the same height as supports and put them in the middle. The bluestone is smooth and smooth. You can also dip it in water and write on it. This saves both pen and ink and paper. Otherwise, how many people in the village can afford paper, ink, pen and inkstone?

Then find stones of different heights to use as chairs. This way, if you are tall, sit on the short stone, and if you are short, sit on the tall stone, it will be easier for you to write. "Wang Guifen knew these things best and talked to the two of them in a clear and logical manner.

She had mentioned it to Shui Qing in the afternoon.

They provide money to buy bricks and tiles, and they also provide people to teach them knowledge. You can’t rely on them to provide you with tables, chairs, pens, ink, paper, and inkstones, right? Isn’t that ungrateful?

This is what her father and the elders in the village thought. It took a lot of brainpower to come up with a solution during this period, and she thought it was very feasible.

Zhao Lan also thought it was feasible after hearing it!

If there is no money, there is a way to do it without money, and this method is very good.

The three sisters-in-law chatted for a while and started preparing dinner.

Their family grows a lot of potatoes, and the people in the village even exchange corn flour for potatoes, so there is no shortage of food at home. These days, people who don't grow potatoes use the money from selling rabbits to buy food, and they don't have to spend this expense.

However, they did not deliberately save money. After they earned more money, the head of the house bought a lot of oil and salt. In addition to the pork that was exchanged from time to time, all the lard from stir-frying was also saved for cooking.

In the past, cooking was done by boiling water, and when it was time to put it in the pot, a few drops of oil were added in. A layer of oil seemed to be floating on the soup. In fact, the food would not taste very good if there was not much oil and water, and the same was true for salt. , reluctant to use more, dare not make salt-consuming dry goods such as pickled fish and meat, or make very little.

With oil and salt, especially if there is enough salt, the food at home will be much more flavorful!

Stir-fried vegetables are also more fragrant than boiled vegetables. There is plenty of water in their mountains and rivers, and there are also many fish accordingly. Those who can fish can have fish all year round, and the head of the house can catch fish. In the past, they could only be boiled, but now they can be fried and stewed. Those Small fish and shrimp can also be fried with corn batter and eaten! It's incredibly fragrant, no worse than meat!

On days when there is no meat, fish or shrimp, take a spoonful of pork and make a stew, and the dish will be delicious immediately.

When the big fish is caught, the fish heads are stewed in fresh soup, while the fish meat is left and marinated with enough salt to make salted fish. Later, when there is a shortage of vegetables, it is steamed in a bowl.

That's it tonight, steam a bowl of salted fish, scramble an egg with leeks, and stew Wuta vegetables with a spoonful of lard.

When scooping out lard, Zhao Lan looked at the shallow layer of lard in the stoneware jar and sighed: "It would be great if our family raised pigs. We would have endless lard all year round."

Her lunch at the herbal medicine shop not only had oil and water, there was enough oil and water, and the water was clearly separated. It was necessary to work hard, but besides working, she ate very well.

The lunch meal must have a meat dish, sometimes it is lard residue, sometimes it is bacon, sometimes it is sausage, stewed with vegetables, and eaten in rotation. There is a lot of meat, which will ensure that everyone can eat at least three or five slices!

Even if there is no meat, there will be eggs. One fried egg per person, paired with vegetables fried in lard, is also very good.

She would try to eat as little meat as possible in the evening, leaving it for the children at home, but sometimes she would like to have pigs at home. A big fat pig weighs more than 200 pounds.

Save the pork suet, pork fat and fat for boiling in lard. A dozen or twenty pounds of lard is enough to feed a whole family for a whole year!

If you don’t have meat to eat, you won’t be afraid of lack of oil and water.

"Don't worry, it's coming soon. The busy farming season is over and we are now free. Can't we make arrangements to build adobe pig pens? Although we won't be able to eat it before the Chinese New Year, we will probably be able to eat it next autumn." Wang Guifen was making the stew soft and rotten. He said happily as he took out the Wutaicai and put it into a stoneware basin.

When they talked about raising pigs, the three of them became obviously excited.

After discussing it for a while, we finally ate our dinner with satisfaction.

In the days that followed, we entered the slack season of winter and Tibet, and the people of Shanshui Village who were once very leisurely were still busy.

First of all, every household has people working in the medicinal materials shop, and these people cannot relax.

The wounds of the dozen or so men who were injured while selling rabbits were not healed and they could not work without exerting their strength. It fell to other men to go up the mountain to find work such as chopping and transporting wood and moving rocks.

The old village chief and his family are particularly busy in the village.

The men were laying adobe bricks, while the women were leveling the land at the foot of their mountain and digging foundations. In less than half a day, the villagers already knew that they were building a pig pen to raise pigs!

I also learned that the little piglet was purchased from Shui Qing.

Suddenly every household was excited!

It’s strange. In the past, when I was poor, I didn’t think about anything else after cultivating the fields. It was really hard and tiring during the busy farming season, and it was really leisurely during the slack season. But since I earned money with Shui Qing, I also watched her raise chickens. They also want to raise ducks, geese, rabbits, sheep, pigs, etc.