EBE Chapter 101: Building a Pig Farm
Chapter 101: Building a Pig Farm
When they returned to the farm, it was already twelve o'clock. Aunt Liu and her friends had already prepared lunch and were waiting for them to come back for the meal.
It takes time to process these wild games. Zheng Sisi also needs to prepare some seasonings and medicinal herbs and save them for eating in the evening.
After lunch, Zheng Sisi checked the rice again. It had basically sprouted and should be ready for planting tomorrow. Zheng Sisi directed the soaking again.
In this case, she still had a lot of things to do in the afternoon, so after waking up from a nap, Zheng Sisi arranged for Uncle Li to take people to prepare the rice field.
Just like planting vegetable seeds, she divided the field into rows, leaving an aisle in the middle. She gave Uncle Li the measurements and let him get to work.
She found Sun Zhuangtou again and told him that she needed to arrange a few people to split the bamboo and cut it into bamboo sticks. She gestured how long they were approximately and also needed to make a few bamboo brooms with bamboo branches. Sun Zhuangtou immediately went to make the arrangements after receiving the order.
Zheng Sisi spent the rest of her time preparing dinner. The bamboo rat had already been processed by Aunt Liu and the Third Prince and several others. It required skinning, a technical job that Zheng Sisi didn't know how to do.
She also asked Captain Liu to ride to the pharmacy in the nearby town to buy medicinal herbs and meat according to the list she wrote. Everyone in the mansion knew that the girl bought medicinal herbs to make food, and dishes that used medicinal herbs must be delicious. It was a treat for the taste buds, so Captain Liu happily drove away in his carriage.
After Zheng Sisi finished the arrangements, she took a few maids to peel bamboo shoots. The maids had never done it before and didn't know where to start.
Zheng Sisi took a knife and cut a cut on the outside of the bamboo shoot shell, then pulled the bamboo shoot leaves off one by one along the cut.
The maids watched and started to work. Zheng Sisi said, "After peeling the bamboo shoots, don't get the bamboo shoots dirty. Spring bamboo shoots cannot be washed in water. The bamboo shoots will be bitter and astringent if washed. They are not tasty."
Zheng Sisi originally wanted to make a dish of fried bamboo shoots with bacon, but there was no bacon here, so she had to make do with fried bamboo shoots with meat.
Thinking of bacon, Zheng Si thought about planting sweet potatoes in the future. The sweet potato tips that grew could be used for cooking, and the sweet potato vines could only be fed to livestock. Cows and horses could not eat so much, so he could raise more pigs on the farm, and slaughter the pigs in winter to make bacon, sausages and other cured products, which he could then sell in his own restaurant, killing two birds with one stone.
Zheng Sisi sent someone to find Sun Zhuangtou and Aunt Liu to discuss the pig farming. After the two arrived, Zheng Sisi told them the situation. Although Sun Zhuangtou had doubts, he still had to carry out the arrangements made by the boss.
After discussion, Zhuangzi built a pigpen at the foot of the mountain, away from residential areas, and hired a family to raise pigs there.
In the early stage, when the sweet potato vines have not grown out, the children in the village will provide pig feed, one copper coin for a basket of pig feed. After the pigs are sold, 20% of the total price will be taken out and distributed to each household, giving them some opportunity to generate income and improving everyone's living standards.
Zheng Sisi also suggested that everyone raise more chickens and ducks. She buys chicken and duck eggs at market prices. Her only requirement is that they must be fresh.
Zheng Sisi also made a plan for building a pig farm. She drew a blueprint of the pig farm and required that it be built according to the blueprint.
When Sun Zhuangtou saw the boxes on the pig farm drawing, he was puzzled because Zheng Sisi drew the layout of a modern pig farm and also drew a large septic tank outside the pig farm.
Zheng Sisi explained: "This pig farm is paved with blue bricks. Three to four pigs are kept in each cubicle. There is a water trough in each cubicle. The pig manure is washed with water every day, and then flows into the large pool outside through the trough. After fermentation, the pig manure can be used as fertilizer in the fields."
Sun Zhuangtou was stunned after hearing what he said, and just nodded in confusion.
Sun Zhuangtou said, "Boss, I'll go find the people who are repairing the house. You can tell them the details."
Zheng Sisi understood his helplessness and could only nod and say, "Okay!"