Chapter 293 294 Methods of Punishment

There were five or six piglets in the bamboo baskets carried by the farmers. When they arrived at the farm gate, a farmer spoke to Ruyi who was waiting there: "Manager Zhou, our family has sent a total of twenty-three piglets." , as you said, a sow and a boar were left uncut, and they were all picked so that they could eat and sleep. Where is your pigsty? We will carry them there for you."

"Thank you, thank you! Everyone, follow me this way." Ruyi politely led them towards the pig farm built not far from the foot of the mountain.

When he arrived at the pig farm, Ruyi took out a large scale, weighed the piglets, and asked the farmers to help put the piglets into the pen.

Several people looked at the slates paved in the pen and their eyes widened. The farmer who spoke quickly said: "Oh! Look at the slates in this pigsty. Oh! The pigs live better than us!" "

One person looked around and curled his lips and said: "This can't be done! How can we use straw to fatten the pigs?"

"That's right! It's such a pity that so much manure was wasted." The villagers who gave the chickens and ducks also started talking.

"With so much land opened in Zhuangzi, what will we use to water the land?"

"Manager Zhou, it seems you don't know how to farm!"

Someone also taught Ruyi how to put grass and fat on the pigs.

"Thank you all for your kindness," Ruyi pointed to the location of the manure outlet. "Our method of retting is different from yours. Look here. This is where the manure is discharged. A large manure tank was dug outside the wall to collect the manure. Outside There is also a special retting pond, which is much better than letting the pigs step on it. Also, pigs don’t grow fast if they live in a humid pigsty, but they grow faster and are less likely to get sick if the pigsty is clean.”

After hearing this, everyone showed disbelief in their eyes, "Is raising pigs still so particular? Our pigsties are dirty, but we still raise pigs and kill them and sell them for money!"

Ruyi smiled and said, "If you don't believe me, you can just wait and see if my pigs grow fast."

An uncle smiled kindly and said, "Okay, I'll come to Manager Zhou to learn from you when the time comes."

Ruyi smiled and nodded: As long as you are willing to learn, we will teach you. "

Everyone smiled politely. Ruyi knew that it was not easy for them to change their usual breeding methods, and she did not persuade them. After calculating the money for the piglets to several villagers, she also paid for the chickens, ducks and geese. The farmers were happy. took the money and left.

I bought forty chickens and fifty ducks and geese in total. Ruyi asked a few older children to sort them into categories, enclose them with bamboo fences, and raise them in the open space outside the chicken pen.

A few children threw the green wild vegetables they harvested into it to feed the chickens, ducks and geese.

A skinny little girl timidly said to Ruyi: "Uncle, my mother taught me that the vegetable leaves that the chickens eat must be chopped into fine pieces before feeding them."

Ruyi knelt down and touched her withered hair, and said with a smile: "Oh! You know how to raise chickens? What's your name?"

The little girl glanced at Ruyi timidly and whispered: "Uncle, my name is Xiao Zizi."

"Little Ye Zi, can you help my brother and the others take care of the chickens from now on?"

"Yes!" Xiao Yezi looked at Ruyi with bright eyes and nodded heavily in agreement.

Ruyi said to Shuisheng and the others: "Shuisheng, there is a pit behind the chicken coop. You and the little Stutterers can go find some earth dragons and raise them in it."

Shuisheng looked at Ruyi curiously, "Uncle Steward, can we raise earth dragons too?"

"Yes, just leave some rotten vegetable leaves and grass in the pit. The earthworms that are fed to the chickens and ducks must be scalded to death in boiling water and dried in the sun, then minced and mixed in rice bran and vegetable leaves."

Shuisheng remembered it in his heart and said to Ruyi: "I understand, uncle in charge, then I will take my brothers to dig for earth dragons."

"Okay, don't go to the pond, be careful of falling in." Shuisheng agreed cheerfully and ran away with the bamboo basket.

Seeing the children's sensible appearance, Ruyi decided to bring Qijin to Zhuangzi when she had time, so as to play with these children so as not to appear ignorant of suffering.

Ruyi was thinking about returning to Zhuangzi and asked a lame uncle who was weaving baskets in the yard: "Uncle Zou, can you raise pigs?"

Uncle Zou put down the bamboo strips and said with a smile: "Yes, I have fed them before at home."

Ruyi looked at him and asked strangely: "Uncle Zou, where do you live? Why are you living in Xicheng?"

Uncle Zou patted the lame leg with some sadness, "Manager Zhou, my hometown is near Kyoto, and this leg was disabled during the war. Alas! I am a single man and don't want to go back and drag my brothers down, so I am making a living in Xicheng. My legs and feet are not convenient for my age. The older I get, the harder it is to find a job. Fortunately, my wife helps me, so I can live a good life for a few days in old age."

"Uncle Zou, don't worry, as long as everyone is good, life will get better. I will leave the pig farm to you, and I will let a few boys help you."

"Don't worry, I will fatten those pigs."

Ruyi arranged the breeding farm, and when he returned to the field, he saw that the grain seeds had been sown, and everyone was packing up the baskets and bags. He said to them: "Everyone, go back and have a good night's rest. We will go there with the day laborers early tomorrow morning." of wasteland.”

Everyone happily agreed and were very satisfied with the time they spent here. They didn’t have to worry about going hungry if they couldn’t find work when they went out. After work, they would have hot meals when they came back and the place where they lived was clean.

Jixiang looked around the construction site and saw that the people led by Craftsman Zou were working meticulously, so he returned to Zhuangzi from the construction site with confidence.

Zhou Jia returned to the government office from Zuixian Tower and took out 50,000 taels of silver notes and placed them in front of Li Yu, "Yu'er, the meat you asked for has been cut back. I just thought about it and thought it would be better to hand it over before calling the money." It is safer to spend money to repair Xicheng."

Li Yu thought for a moment, nodded and said, "That's what you're considering, so just do as you say!"

Zhou Jia put the banknotes and the written form into the box, and said angrily to Li Yu: "We have to let that bitch go tonight. If Chu Feng hadn't come to say hello, I would have had him cut in half."

Li Yu looked at him and said, "I have asked Zhaocai to follow him, and I will hang him at the door of Wang's house when I find the right opportunity."

After hearing this, Zhou Jia thought for a while and thought of a way, "Yu'er, your method is too risky. I have a way to make the mute Wang family eat yellow lotus, and you can't blame others."

Li Yu looked at Zhou Jia and asked in confusion: "Xiao Xi, please tell me what you can do."

Zhou Jia smiled slyly and said, "Even if that bitch is put back, it won't be honest for a few days. I heard from my husband before about a prescription, which is made from Epimedium, Schisandra chinensis, Cynomorium Cynomorium..." , it is a good medicine to cure diseases when prepared in an appropriate amount. After the increased amount is prepared, an extra secret medicine called yinqishite is added. It is the medicine of tiger and wolf that can cause invisible harm to people. I will ask my husband to help me prepare the medicine and give it to him while he is visiting the brothel. To attract wealth, sneak in and feed him, and let him be your groom all the time.”

After hearing this, Li Yu also felt that Zhou Jia's method was better, "I asked Zhaocai to keep an eye on him and strike when I find an opportunity."

Zhou Jia nodded, "Tell Zhaocai to be careful, and after he succeeds, let him set off back to Tongzhou to accompany Ah Qing to Kyoto to prepare for the exam!"

Speaking of Li Qing's preparation for the exam, Li Yu was a little worried, "It's not long since Ah Qing left the autumn exam, and I don't know how well he is preparing."

"Don't worry, as long as nothing happens, he will definitely hit this time." Zhou Jia patted Li Yu and consoled him.

Li Yu looked at him and nodded, "I know, I'm just worried. You should go to the bank to give this thing away first!"

"That's fine, I'll be right back in no time." Zhou Jia picked up the box and walked out.