sjar Chapter 429 Visiting the Pig Farm
Chapter 429 Visiting the Pig Farm
After walking a few steps, Zheng Zhiyuan asked: "Should we bring a backpack?"
Zheng Zhimin: "Brother, what are you doing with the backpack?"
Zhong Ruiyu continued: "If we come across some wild vegetables later, we can pick them and add them to our meal!"
Zheng Sisi didn't reject their kindness: "Then go get it!"
However, there should be very few wild vegetables at this time, and the ones that are available are old. Whether we can have an additional meal today depends on our luck.
On the way, we passed by a large threshing ground, where there were many sweet potato vines drying. They must have been cut not long ago, and they were going to dry them and feed the pigs in the winter! There were also people carrying loads on their shoulders and constantly coming here.
Everyone I met on the road greeted me warmly. When I arrived at the foot of the mountain, I saw a long row of buildings that didn’t look like houses, and the warehouses didn’t look like warehouses either.
Duke Zheng asked, "Is that row of houses the pig farm?"
Zheng Sisi said, "Yes, I only drew a picture of the house, and I didn't come to see it after it was built. Let's go and take a look first."
When they arrived at the entrance of the pig farm, they saw smoke rising from the small house next to it. They must be cooking pig food. Zheng Sisi didn't go in and went straight to the pigpen.
You can hear a lot of pigs grunting at the door. They grunt even louder before you even walk in. You think they're coming to feed them.
Hearing the pigs squealing, the person in charge of feeding the pigs came to check. Seeing that it was Zheng Sisi, he hurried to salute. Zheng Sisi quickly stopped him and said, "Let's visit the pig farm and see how many pigs there are."
This is a woman in her forties. She introduced excitedly: "Boss, we have raised more than 50 pigs together. Because we can't buy so many piglets at once, the pigs are big and small. When we raise a few sows in the future, the piglets will be much more stable."
Zheng Sisi: "Then let's go in and take a look."
The aunt opened the gate and led a few people into the pig farm. Because there were many windows on the wall, the pig pen was well-lit and bright.
At a glance, everyone saw that the cells on both sides of the corridor were full of pigs. There were six small pigs in each cell in the front row, and the number decreased to four in each cell in the back row. The pigs were also larger.
This way of raising pigs surprised and was novel to the two old people. Although they had never raised pigs themselves, Mrs. Zheng had gone to the border to visit Duke Zheng and sometimes chose to stay at a farmer's house when she couldn't find an inn. She had also seen other people's pig pens and cattle pens, which were completely different from the ones here.
Zheng Laoguo has seen a lot of things outside, but this is the first time he has raised pigs like this.
Old Madam Zheng looked at the pigs and couldn't help but ask curiously, "There are so many pigs here, why don't we smell a strong smell of pig manure?" She frowned and fanned the air around her nose with her hand.
Sheng Zhen smiled and pointed to the grooves on both sides of the grid, explaining, “Grandma, you see, Sisi had already considered this when designing it.
Look at the groove next to it. Every day they use water to flush the pig manure there. In this way, the pig manure will be washed into the septic tank behind along the water flow, so there won't be too much odor in the pigsty. "He proudly showed this ingenious design to Mrs. Zheng.
After hearing this, Mrs. Zheng's eyes lit up and she clapped her hands and praised, "Oh my, this is a great idea! In this way, the pigsty will be clean and refreshing, and the pigs will look more lively and lovely." She couldn't help but imagine how much convenience and benefits it would bring to pig farmers if all pig pens could adopt this design.
Duke Zheng asked like a curious baby, "What is a septic tank?" His face was full of confusion and curiosity.
Zheng Sisi patiently explained: "A septic tank is a pool specially used to collect pig manure, Grandpa. It is a good fertilizer for farming! It is very useful for both spring plowing and later topdressing." Her eyes were shining with excitement, as if she saw the scene of a good harvest.
Then, Zheng Sisi pointed to a wall behind her and said, "The septic tank is behind this wall, Grandpa, why don't we go over and take a look." As she spoke, she walked outside.
The old couple looked at each other with smiles in their eyes, then nodded and followed him up.
Zhong Ruiyu looked at so many cute little piglets in front of him and felt a little lost.
These pigs are still small and will take some time to grow up. Besides, they can’t be eaten yet! He sighed and thought, “Oh, I still have to wait a long time!”
However, he couldn't help but reach out his hand to touch those furry little guys. Unfortunately, the piglets all avoided him, leaving him with nothing to touch.
The people following behind him laughed so hard that they bent over. Sheng Zhen couldn't bear to watch it, so he shook his head and walked away.