We had hotpot that night. Xiao Lan was in such a state that she would miss hotpot if she didn't eat it for a day. This time we had chicken soup. MSG was added to the chicken soup, and the soup was stewed until it was shiny and clear. Xiao Lan's appetite was aroused at the sight of it.

Xiao Lan first scooped a spoonful of chicken soup, which was very delicious and made people feel warm when drinking it.

Xiao Lan was so happy with the soup that she kept praising Zhang, "Mom, your chicken soup is really delicious."

"If it tastes good, drink more. This soup nourishes the body." Zhang said with a smile. The chicken soup that Zhang stewed was made with an old chicken sent by Bao, who was said to have been raised for three years. The soup base of this hot pot was made with this old hen.

The family talked and chatted.

"I still want to raise pigs." Zhang went out to visit friends and relatives these days, and saw that many wives in the village had the idea of ​​raising pigs. This made Zhang feel relieved, but she became restless again.

"How many pigs do you plan to raise, mother?" Xiao Lan asked. Tomorrow the family will raise rabbits, and they will raise them on a large scale. Xiao Wen and the others have to focus on their studies, so they probably won't have much time to help with the pigs. There are farmhands in the family, and this year Da Jiang and Xiao He have been added. Just the food for so many people in the family is enough for Zhang to take care of. Now she has the idea of ​​raising pigs again, which will only make her already busy housework even busier.

"I think our new pigpen can easily raise more than a dozen pigs." Zhang said with a smile.

"Then let's catch fifteen and raise them," Sheng Xuan and Zhang discussed, "When the big market in town opens, we'll go to the market and catch the piglets."

"Yes." Zhang said with a smile.

It seems that the couple did not consider the lack of manpower in their family. Raising more than a dozen pigs is a big project, and Zhang would have no free time all day long, because she not only needs to buy food for the pigs, but also for the people.

When Shen heard that the family was going to catch piglets, she smiled and said, "After you catch the piglets, I will help feed them."

Xiao Lan was silent for a while, then after thinking for a moment, she smiled and suggested, "Mom, let's add some chickens, ducks and geese. This year, we can also stock our fish pond with fish fry. After the spring, our farm will definitely be green and lush. The place is also large, so there will be no shortage of room for chickens, ducks and geese to move around and food."

"Of course." Zhang said with a smile, "I plan to add another fifty chickens and fifty ducks. We have plenty of them here, including feed and other things. After all, there are plenty of bean dregs from tofu factories. But geese are hard to buy."

There are many people raising chickens and ducks around Shengjiatun, but very few raising geese, so there are not many goslings for sale.

"I'll ask Brother Yugui to help find out about this. He knows a lot of people and maybe he can find a way to buy it," Sheng Xuan said.

"That's good. Uncle Yugui should be able to do it. There is no place in our area that he hasn't been to." Xiao Lan quickly provided emotional value. In her impression, geese are very fierce and can guard the house. The reason why she knows this is because in her previous life, during the winter and summer vacations, she lived at her grandmother's house. Her grandmother's family raised geese. The geese at her grandmother's house were very fierce. Their long necks were much taller than hers at that time. At that time, she was chased and bitten by a big goose.

Not only are geese big in size, but they also lay big eggs. A goose egg can be as big as three chicken eggs and is rich in nutrients.

"Mom, can you handle so much chores?" Xiao Lan took the opportunity to ask.

"Uh..." Zhang was silent for a while, then said, "How about we hire someone at home? But we have to find someone who is not sneaky or talkative."

"Mom, the pigs, chickens, ducks and geese are all raised on the farm. We can hire a wife to take care of it. But you and my grandmother need to pay more attention to the inner courtyard." She was not confident in hiring people to work in the inner courtyard. The inner courtyard was the core area of ​​their family. If it was not a bought-out population, she would never use it. Otherwise, if someone hired had an affair, she would have to worry about it.

"The person hired doesn't have to stay at her house all day. He just needs to feed the pigs, chickens, ducks and geese on time." Xiao Lan added.

Alas, they still have to wait until Xiaowen passes the imperial examination and becomes a scholar or a juren, then their family will have a person to buy out. If Xiaowen can become an official in the future, then she won't have to be so timid and cowardly.

Xiao Wen immediately received Xiao Lan's look and understood immediately, "Second sister, I will work hard, don't worry."

Zhang was very pleased to see Xiaowen so motivated. She smiled and said, "Then let's find a wife in the village. She can just do some housework and take care of the family. I think many people would be willing to come."

"Mom, you have to be aware of the situation when we hire people. We should look for people who are honest and behave properly. It's best not to hire relatives. It would be bad if people criticize us for letting relatives do the work." Xiao Lan said.

Xiao Lan is worried that the money is spent, but the hired people don't do the work. If the relatives come, she will act like the boss at home. There is nothing you can say about it. This is just making things difficult for herself and she is just asking for trouble.

Zhang nodded. The family had to pay money to hire people to do the work. They lived in the same village and were close to each other. As long as they could finish Xiaolan's work, they could go home and do their own business. For farmers, this job was quite popular.

"My daughter is right. In the future, we can still be considerate of others when doing things, but we must have a sense of proportion. We can't just agree to something we don't want to do just because we can't get rid of the personal feelings."

The next day, when Zhang went out to visit neighbors, she hinted that her family was going to hire someone.

As long as the first month of the lunar year is still the New Year, there is not much to do at home during these days, except visiting each other.

Soon, Xiaolan's family found a job to hire, and the person they hired was Xiaochun, a woman from the neighboring village of Guihua. This woman was in her forties and was well-known for her ability and efficiency.

Xiaochun's wife has elderly parents and young children at home. Life is very tight. She comes to Xiaolan's house to work for a few hours a day, which does not affect her own work, and she can also earn some money to supplement the family expenses.

Xiaolan's family paid her fifty coins a month, and the festival gifts were the same as those of the tofu workshop. This was a good income for a farmer's family. Xiaolan agreed with his wife that she would come back to work after the first month of the year when they had caught pigs, chickens, ducks and geese.

"Oh, I don't know how our parents are doing in Hejian County? There has been no news since the three of them left last time." Sheng Xuan sighed.

Every festival makes people miss their family. Whenever Sheng Xuan takes a break during the holidays, he misses Old Man Sheng and Cui. Because he is usually too busy to take care of everything, he is busy resting after dinner every day and has no time to think about these things.

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