After the marriage was severed, I fled with my golden finger to protect my mother

"Then your master will kill a lot of pigs this year. I heard the pigs screaming for a long time yesterday."

Zheng Zhuangtou looked at the people in the carriages, his eyes full of envy.

They did raise pigs, but there were only about ten pigs in total, which was nothing compared to the newly built farm.

Because their master Xu Qinghe was still there, they didn't say much. After a few simple greetings, they set off amid the envious eyes of the people from the neighboring farm.

In fact, the other village is very close to here if you walk in a straight line. However, because there are two other villages in between and there is a forest, you have to take a long detour.

"If the two farms in the middle were mine, we wouldn't have to go through such a long detour. What a pity..."

Xu Qinghe lifted some of the car curtains and saw very flat fields on both sides of the road. One side was his own, and the other side was the land planted by those people who had just planted it.

"Master, it is said that one of these two manors belongs to the Luo family, one of the five great families, and the other one seems to belong to the Zhou family, a third-rank official."

Perhaps he heard Li Qinghe's muttering, Li Qingshi, who was riding a horse outside, hurriedly whispered the news he knew.

What he meant was that those people were all big shots in the capital, and they wouldn't be short of such a small amount of money. Unless something unexpected happened, they would not be able to sell their land.

Xu Qinghe had heard of the names of these two families and knew that it was indeed the case, so he nodded and smiled gently.

Just go around in a circle, it’s not a big deal anyway.

After a while, they arrived at another farm. The people on the farm guessed that they might come to slaughter pigs today, so Bao Laogen asked people to prepare the necessary things.

As usual, they dug a few holes for pots beside the ditch, placed a few large iron pots on them, and piled a lot of firewood next to them, just waiting for people to come so that they could boil water.

The women cleaned the bamboo baskets and bamboo plates and placed them on racks to dry.

The kitchen knives and other items they used were all sent by Yuxiu before, and now they were all sharpened to an unusual level, ready for use.

There are only sixteen pigs that can be slaughtered here, and as for the other group of slightly smaller pigs, everyone unanimously decided to feed them for a while and it would be about time to slaughter them before the New Year.

With yesterday's experience, everyone's cooperation today was even more seamless.

Whether they were pressing down the pigs or tying them up, their hands and feet were very skillful. In a short while, the big fat pigs that were roaring and running around just now had their four hooves tied up and could not move.

The water in the big pot was already boiling, and everyone was busy with the work, slaughtering the pig, scalding its hair, and cutting open its stomach...

After a while, the yard was filled with steaming pork.

Seeing that these people were busy in an orderly manner, Xu Qinghe called aside several managers at home.

"It looks like it's going to snow heavily soon. With so many people in the village, it will take a lot of food and drink. We will find a way to solve the problem of food, but you have to quickly prepare more firewood for making fire and heating the kang."

There is no need to go to other mountains to chop firewood. There are many messy trees on the barren mountain that their family bought, as well as low shrubs and so on, which can all be cut down, dried and used as firewood.

By then, they can buy charcoal in the city and mix them together to make it almost the same.

"Master, don't worry. After a busy day today, we will take everyone to the mountain to chop firewood tomorrow. It will also be a good opportunity to clean up the barren mountain. The last time the young lady came over, she also said that she would send saplings after the New Year, so it would be more convenient to plant trees then."

Several managers had already taken people to the mountain to check several times. Now they happened to be free, so going up the mountain to cut trees became the next big thing.

When spring comes and flowers bloom, they can dig holes and plant trees directly.

"Just make your own arrangements. If anything comes up, have someone look for me at home."

They were all people who were used to doing the work, so there was no need for their master Xu Qinghe to say much. Everyone proposed a few things that needed to be done and discussed how to arrange them.

The newly built manor has a wall, and according to Yuxiu's suggestion, some sharp stones and broken porcelain were inserted at the top of the wall, making the safety factor much higher than before.

Two thick wooden doors are installed at the main entrance, which need to be closed and locked from the inside at night.

Xu Qinghe thought about it and asked them to lock the door during the day. Anyway, whether they needed to go up the mountain or go to the fields, they could go out through the small door on the side. They could just arrange a few people to guard there.

Because recently most of the men in the village have gone to build the kang, and most of the people at home are the elderly, the weak, women and children who have no fighting ability. If someone breaks in to cause trouble, these people will be no match for the other person.

Seeing Xu Qinghe's serious expression, some people who had originally not taken it seriously began to take it seriously.

Although they had lived here for many years and had never encountered any robbery or theft, they were all very poor at that time. Although the gang leader did the work in the fields, he never cared about their lives.

After paying the rent with the harvested grain, it was still not enough to feed the whole family.

On weekdays, they also have to help grow vegetables and melons, raise chickens, ducks and pigs. These are their jobs.

Although we still have to do similar work nowadays, our lives have changed a lot.

Not only did they have a new house to live in, but the owner of the pork yesterday also said he would give them some.

Not to mention the pig heads, pig bones, and offal, they also said that after they are pickled, each family will get a portion.

Seeing that everyone understood what he meant, Xu Qinghe didn't say much. He just let them make the arrangements, and then asked Zhang Dazhui to drive back to the capital.

These things will be left to these people in the future, and he has to make time to accompany his wife who is about to give birth.

Not long after he left, there was a knock on the gate of the farm. It was a few women from the farm next door.

"I just heard a series of pig squeals. It turns out you guys killed the pigs."

Several women were holding a basket in their hands. They were tenants on the neighboring farm of Lord Zhou. On weekdays, the fields of the two families were next to each other, and they would chat while working.

Since all the guests were women, it was inconvenient for the men to entertain them, so they called Miao, the wife of Mr. Yang, to go and deal with them.

"The owner has asked us to feed the pigs until they are almost full, so we should kill them together. Otherwise, they won't grow much meat if we feed them any more, and it will only waste more food."

Miao was directing everyone to cut meat. When she saw these people coming into the yard, she quickly led them to a side yard.

"Sisters-in-law, please come in and sit here. The cold wind outside is giving us a headache."