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The village chief immediately assured Liu's father: "Brother Liu, are we going to start building the house now? Are the adobe bricks we have just made a few days enough? Didn't you say before that you would buy some adobe bricks from the villagers? Do you still need them now?"

The village chief is a good one, always wanting to improve the welfare of the villagers. I heard that their family made their own adobe bricks, and I wondered if they were short of money.

Yes, they built houses and bought land as soon as they arrived. They fled all the way here and still have so much money, which makes them a wealthy family.

It's a pity, but every household is still making adobe bricks even though they have nothing to do. The Wang family had bought almost all the adobe bricks in the village last time, and every household had almost used up their stock.

When I have nothing to do, I always make some and stockpile them. If my family or others need them, I can exchange them for some silver, or if the villagers don’t pay for them, I can exchange them for something.

Seeing the village chief so excited, Father Liu couldn't help but comfort him, "Of course, we saved some money to build it first. We caught two piglets at home before, but we had no place to raise them, so we raised them together with the cows at home. We used to run a breeding farm, so we have experience, so we will continue to run it."

"Farm? Are you raising pigs? Brother Liu, do you have any secret recipe for raising pigs? Pigs are not that easy to raise."

Father Liu didn't know how people raised pigs at that time, but with the advancement of modern technology, not to mention pig farms, even every farmer could raise a pig weighing two or three hundred kilograms. However, he couldn't be exposed.

"Yes, my family is in this business. We can raise dozens or even hundreds of pigs every year! Are there any difficulties, folks? We can help if we can, but some secret recipes cannot be passed on to others."

"Yes, yes, I'm sorry. Villagers usually raise one or two pigs. It's good enough if they can grow to more than 100 kilograms in a year. They are usually sold at 80 or 90 kilograms. Are your two piglets boars or sows? Do you have any solution for the boars' estrus? Everyone in the village wants to raise sows, but where can we find so many sows?"

The village chief was also worried. The reason why fewer and fewer people in their village were raising pigs was that they could not get good sow piglets. In addition, they were close to the county town, so it was more cost-effective to work there than to raise pigs.

So now every family in the village just needs to raise some chickens.

Raising pigs is only done by those who have little labor at home. After all, if you raise a pig to about 100 kilograms with the mountains behind you, you can make some money.

Father Liu also realized what the village chief was talking about. Could it be that people here didn’t know that they needed to sterilize boars?

"Village chief, don't you castrate the boars after you catch them?"

The village chief was unable to react for a moment. "Castrated? What does that mean?"

"Just give it..."

Father Liu didn't know how to explain it. He thought for a while before saying, "Just cut off that thing..."

He put his mouth close to the village chief's ear and whispered quietly, "Just like a eunuch..."

The village chief immediately looked at Father Liu in surprise. He was speechless for a long time. After a while, he asked, "Can the piglets survive? I'm afraid we need to call a doctor. This will be very expensive. Can we earn back the money by selling them when they grow up?"

It turns out that there is no veterinarian or person who specializes in castrating pigs now, but he can do it.

"We have a craft that has been passed down from our ancestors. Let's put it this way, Village Chief. You may not believe me when I say this. Wait until our farm opens and if the piglets are well raised, we can talk about this matter again."

"Do you charge a lot for helping to castrate pigs? What if the piglets die?"

"I can't guarantee that the piglets won't die, but the mortality rate is very low. Maybe one out of a hundred pigs has a problem? I'm not sure, I can't guarantee, and I'm not responsible."

The village chief was quite satisfied after hearing that only one out of a hundred pigs had a problem. He nodded and said, "That's good. I'll tell the villagers about this when you succeed. If you can really succeed, everyone in our village will thank you. I'm telling you the truth. If your family is willing to submit the solution to the higher authorities, you will definitely be rewarded. You should know that there has never been such a thing in the government's pig farms. They still raise boars and sows separately, and the boars are killed and sold immediately when they are in estrus."

"I see. I will consider what you said. Thank you for reminding me, village chief. But my family used to live in the mountains, and this is a craft passed down from our ancestors. I didn't expect that there were no such methods outside. I thought every household had their own methods, so I didn't pay much attention to this matter."

"Just because your family was fine in the mountains before doesn't mean it's fine now. If someone powerful knows about this method, you won't be able to keep it. Finding a backer for yourself can also bring you some benefits."

Father Liu thanked him sincerely. Village Chief Wan was an honest man with a good heart. He really cared about their family. "Thank you for your reminder, Village Chief. I will think about it carefully when I get home. I'll leave the matter of finding someone to you. We also need to buy adobe bricks. I'll trouble you to help. When the time comes, I'll still ask you to help with the construction of our house. The starting fee will be the same as before. Don't refuse, Village Chief. I really feel uneasy without you. I'm counting on you."

Seeing that Father Liu was sincere, the village chief stopped refusing. However, since they had just arrived, they felt much more at ease with him around. Although he had chosen people from the village who were honest and hardworking, some things were bound to go wrong, and with him around, these people didn't dare to do anything out of line.

"Okay, I'll bring the person here tomorrow morning."

Father Liu thanked him again and left with Liu Xiaolu. Liu Xiaolu was about the same age as the second granddaughter of the village chief. They had known each other before. The two little sisters had just chatted in private for a while. The second granddaughter of the village chief was also lively. She would be thirteen years old in the second half of this year. Her name was Wan Xinyao. At this time, her age would be calculated according to this year's age after the New Year. Her family had already arranged a blind date for her.

When Liu Xiaolu heard her father calling her, she said to Wan Xinyao, "Xinyao, I'm home. Come to my house when you're free!"

"Okay, can you teach me how to draw next time? Then I can draw some patterns and embroider them accordingly."

"Okay, no problem. Just bring your own paper and take the drawn patterns home with you."

"Don't worry, I'll ask my brother for two pieces of paper when he gets home from school."

On the way home, Liu Xiaolu told her father what she had heard from Wang Xinyao.

The village chief’s eldest grandson is studying in the town’s academy, and two other grandsons are studying in the village’s elementary school. The other two are not yet of age, so he has a total of eight grandchildren.

There are quite a lot of people in the family. The eldest son has a regular job in the city, and the other two sons work at home during the busy farming season, and go to the village to find work during the slack farming season.

Generally speaking, the conditions in the village are good, but the burden is also heavy. The village chief is not young anymore, but he still does his best to serve the village. This is because he receives a subsidy of more than 100 coins from the county every month, which means he earns more than one or two taels of silver a year.