The groom was kidnapped on the wedding day? Fine! I'll marry someone else.

Xu Kui then said, "The higher-ups have issued a document encouraging everyone to raise more poultry next year, and those who are able can raise pigs."

Xu Jianping continued, "Most families in our village choose to raise pigs collectively, so when we held a village meeting, most people agreed with me raising more pigs, but..."

He hesitated for a moment before continuing, "We didn't raise many pigs before, and we didn't think about raising more sows for piglets. So after the New Year, if our village wants to raise more pigs, we have to go to other villages to buy some piglets. But many families are unwilling to spend the money..."

At this point, he looked at Jiang Yi and asked, "I'd like to put up some money myself first. What do you think?"

Hearing this, Xu Yu frowned. She suddenly felt that her second brother was a little stupid. He was raising collective pigs, and he paid for it himself and spent a lot of time and effort, and then others would reap the benefits. If it succeeded, it would be fine, but if it failed, his loss would be huge.

In fact, Xu Kui and Zhang Hongmei also had this idea, but they didn't want to discourage their second son's enthusiasm too much, so they came to ask Jiang Yi for his opinion.

So everyone looked at Jiang Yi.

Jiang Yi didn't answer immediately. After thinking for a while, he said, "If you're the one who's paying in advance, then you have to agree with everyone first on how to divide the profits when the pigs are raised and sold. The money you paid in advance must be returned to you after the pigs are sold. Most importantly, raising pigs is risky. To be on the safe side, you shouldn't raise too many pigs in your first batch. Also, when negotiating the payment, everyone needs to sign and put their fingerprints on it."

Xu Yu also thought this was the best way.

After all, individuals were not allowed to develop the breeding industry at that time. If the second brother wanted to develop the breeding industry, he had to do it as a village collective. Even though he knew that many people only wanted to get benefits and did not want to bear the consequences, he could only bear it.

Xu Jianping nodded hurriedly, then looked at Xu Kui.

He has to step in on this matter.

Xu Kui didn't nod immediately and asked him, "First, tell Xiao Jiang how many pigs you plan to raise in the first batch, how many piglets we have in the village, and how many more we need to buy?"

"There are two sows in the village. They will give birth before the New Year. Each litter will have five or six piglets, so there will be eleven or twelve piglets. I want to buy twenty more. I happen to have more than two hundred yuan in my hand, so I can buy twenty pigs."

Piglets are now ten yuan each.

After hearing this, Jiang Yi had a good chat with him about this matter.

The four of them didn't leave until after ten o'clock.

When they left, Jiang Qingyun and his team asked them to take some mutton with them, and Xu Yu and Jiang Yi could just go there directly tomorrow.

After seeing off their parents and brothers, Xu Yu and the others prepared to rest.

After washing up and lying on the bed, Xu Yu leaned on Jiang Yi's arms and said, "I feel that raising more than 30 pigs is a bit too few, but I'm also worried that I won't be able to sell them."

After saying that, he looked up at Jiang Yi's chin and asked, "Brother Yi, what do you think we should do if the pigs raised by our second brother can't be sold?"

Jiang Yi lowered his eyes to look at her, placed his large palm on her back, and said, "Next year, I will take Jianping to the county town more often to find sales channels."

"All factories have fixed suppliers. What if we can't find them?"

"Then let's go to the city."

Seeing Jiang Yi so confident, Xu Yu opened his mouth, and the worries he had originally had suddenly disappeared.

She inexplicably felt that Brother Yi had the ability to help her second brother sell all the pork.

So she leaned her head on his chest and said with a smile: "Well, when the time comes, we will all work together. After these two years, maybe my second brother will be able to develop the pig farming business under his own name."

When Jiang Yi heard this, he looked at her deeply.

But he didn't say anything, just hummed.

Then he talked about another matter: "Xiao Yu, I have to go out in a few days."

When Xu Yu heard this, he looked up at him and asked, "Where are you going and how long will you be gone?"

Jiang Yi was silent for a few seconds before he said, "Going to the provincial capital will take at least half a month."

Xu Yu stared into his eyes for a few seconds, feeling that he was going to do something important, so he didn't ask. Although he was reluctant, he nodded and leaned his head on his chest again. His fingers slid across a scar on his abdominal muscle and asked again: "When are you leaving?"

"In a few days."

Xu Yu thought for a moment and said, "I'll make you some medicine to carry with you. I just finished reading the medical book that Grandpa Huang gave me. I want to make some medicine that is easy for you to carry and can help you in special situations."

Jiang Yi hugged her tightly, a warm feeling welling up in his heart: "Okay."

Then he asked, "What do you want? I'll bring it to you when I get back."

This time Xu Yu didn't refuse. She thought for a moment and said, "I want some glass jars for medicine, both large and small. I also want some containers for soaking wine. If there are any in big cities..."

She listed several things in a row, and finally asked, "Are these okay to take back?"

Jiang Yi hummed and said, "There are jars for soaking wine in the county town. I'll go buy some and ask Jianjun to bring some when he comes back. For the rest, please make a list for me when the time comes. I'm afraid I'll forget."

"it is good."

Xu Yu then instructed him: "You can go out, but you have to ensure your own safety. Also, come back early, I will miss you very much."

These words were met with a tighter hug from Jiang Yi.

Xu Yu simply put his arms around his neck, raised his head and kissed his chin.

Her kiss was like a fire starter, directly igniting the fire in Jiang Yi's body.

He lowered his head and captured her lips.

After a passionate kiss, he let her go, letting her feel his excitement, and asked quietly: "Xiaoyu, is it okay tonight?"

Last night Xu Yu was annoyed by his endless talk and said that he would not come tonight, so he asked this.

Xu Yu held down his impudent hand and panted softly, saying, "Then promise to only come once tonight."

"Okay, I promise."

The next moment, her lips were kissed again.

The wind is howling outside the window, but it is warm like spring inside...

The next day, Xu Yu and Jiang Yi went to Hongxing Village after breakfast.

Jiang Yi went to help Xu Jianping reinforce the pigpen fence, and Xu Yu followed.

The pig farm in Hongxing Village has several pig pens built of stone and thatched houses, surrounded by a fence.

Since Xu Jianping wants to expand the number of pigs, the current pig farm area is definitely not enough.

There is no rush to build a new pigpen. Xu Jianping wants to reinforce the fence before slaughtering the New Year pig, and then arrange the fence on the widened area at the back.

"We'll remove this fence when the piglets grow a little bigger. We're going to enclose the wider fence now, so even if something happens, we'll have two layers of protection."

Although the thickness of the snow here is not as thick as in the north, and each snowfall does not last long, the temperature on the mountain is much colder than at the foot of the mountain. Every year, the mountain is closed to snow for nearly a month. At that time, hungry wild boars or wolves may run down and break into the pigpen.

Once these wild animals break in, they not only destroy the pig pens and fences, but also take away the domestic pigs, causing huge losses.

Including Xu Jianping, there are five breeders in the pig farm, all men, but today there are also a few educated youth who came to help.

Among these people is Wang Yanni, who likes Xu Jianping and is pursuing him madly.

Wang Yanni was too obsessed with Xu Jianping. She followed him wherever he was busy and asked him from time to time if he was thirsty. When she saw sweat on his forehead, she handed him a handkerchief to wipe it.

Xu Jianping remained as clueless as ever: "Not thirsty."

"Don't rub it."

"If you're here to help, then help well. If you don't want to help, then don't make trouble here."

Xu Yu shook his head sympathetically and simply asked Wang Yanni to come over.

Wang Yanni is talkative and loves gossip. After coming over, she first talked about the use of the medicine given by Xu Yu during this period.

She pointed at her face and asked with a smile: "Xiaoyu, do you think I have become a little whiter?"

Xu Yu nodded, and she became even happier. She praised Xu Yu highly and said that if she saw educated youth from other villages, they would help her sell her products.

After saying this, she started talking about the gossip in the village.

Of course it belongs to Zhang Yang and Liu Fengjuan.

"Xiaoyu, have you heard? Zhang Yang slept with the village widow Li."

Xu Yu pretended to be shocked. "Has Liu Fengjuan known about this? And what does Zhang Yang think? Doesn't he like Liu Fengjuan so much? Why did he still look for Widow Li? Liu Fengjuan must be heartbroken."

"When Liu Fengjuan found out, she threw a tantrum, saying she would divorce Zhang Yang if he dared to betray her... Zhang Yang refused to admit it, saying it was a rumor and threatening to punish anyone who spread it again. Zhang Yang's family also joined him in the criticism, especially his mother, who was extremely harsh in her abuse."