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After dinner, everyone sat around and chatted for a while. Wu Jiaxing said goodbye and left. Mr. Lu also returned to the study. Wulang was about to follow him, but was stopped by Lian Man'er.

"Although you are going to take the exam, brother, you want to work harder, don't stretch the strings too tightly." Lian Man'er told Goro to take care of rest.

"I know." Goro nodded.

"Also, brother, try to use your eyes as little as possible at night, use your ears more, and ask Mr. Lu to explain it to you more." Lian Man'er told Goro again, "No matter how bright the light is at night, it is not as good as during the day, and it still costs your eyes."

Lian Man'er didn't want Goro to suffer from bad health and his vision declined for the sake of the exam.

"Mom, I have to pay more attention to the daily meals these days before the exam." Lian Man'er discussed with Zhang again. Preparing for the exam is definitely a mental labor, and it is not enough to not keep up with the nutrition. This money can't be saved.

"This is certain." Zhang agreed, "I have planned everything. I will prepare meat and vegetables for your brother every day these days."

"It's not enough to have meat alone," Lian Man'er said, "and you have to buy some fish often, and you also need to have lamb liver."

Lian Man'er discussed with Zhang what food to prepare for Wulang every day. Eating fish to nourish the brain and eyes, and sheep liver is an indispensable part of nourishing the liver and protecting eyesight.

"You can't be careless in the morning. My brother is late to read books at night. We should also prepare a midnight snack."

Lian Man'er discussed with Zhang and made a list of them all.

Xiaoqi came over with envy.

"Sister, I want to study with me." Xiaoqi suddenly flashed his big eyes and said to Lian Man'er.

"I know, you can't do that." Lian Man'er couldn't help laughing and pinched Xiaoqi's chubby face. Xiaoqi is an unconcealed foodie. He gave Wulang a small meal. How could he miss Xiaoqi? Even if he didn't bring a portion for Xiaoqi, Wulang wouldn't eat alone, and would still give it to Xiaoqi.

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The spring is chilly. Goro is preparing for the exam nervously, and no other people at home are idle.

After lunch that day, Zhang made an appointment with Zhao to go to Wang Shiliu's house to catch pig lambs, and Lian Man'er and Lian Ye'er naturally went with him.

"Ye'er, how many pigs will your family catch this year?" Lian Man'er asked Lian Ye'er.

"My father and my mother discussed yesterday and caught all the money that Aunt Fourth had given me to feed my mother during the Chinese New Year." Even Ye'er said. "Anyway, we don't have any land to grow this year. My father went to work in the mountain. My mother and I worked in the shop, and we washed clothes. We raised pigs, chickens and ducks for the rest."

Lian Man'er nodded. Without land planting, he would concentrate on developing side jobs and would not make less money.

Last year, Lian Man'er followed Lian Shouxin and Zhang to Wang Shiliu's house to catch pig lambs. This year, he is naturally familiar with it. Zhang picked three pig lambs, a total of 59 kilograms, and each catty is still fifty cents, and the price of silver is 2,950 cents. Zhao also picked three, weighed them and weighed them 56 kilograms, and the price of silver is 2,800 cents.

Zhang originally planned to catch five little piglets. He gave two to Zhao, but only three were caught.

Wang Shiliu and his wife helped the two families send the piglet home.

Lian Ye'er still uses the pigpen in the old house of Lian'er, and Lian Man'er's house is naturally the pigpen in the new house across the courtyard.

"Ye'er, are you enough money? If it's not enough, I can give you a quotation first." Lian Man'er whispered to Lian Ye'er.

"Enough, Sister Man'er. You don't need to give me a cushion." Lian Ye'er said. During the Chinese New Year, Zhang's money to feed Zhao's pigs was 2,700 yuan, and the wages earned by the three of them were enough to pay for the money to buy pig lambs.

"You still have to buy chickens and ducks, and you have to live a life. If you don't pay for money, just tell me." Lian Man'er told Lian Ye'er. She wanted to help Lian Ye'er and his family make their lives.

"Let's use our own money first. If it's really not enough then, I'll talk to Sister Man'er." Lian Ye'er thought about it and said.

"That's fine." Lian Man'er said, "Ye'er, you don't plan to move out this year, are you?"

"My father said he wouldn't move." Lian Ye'er lowered his head and said, "It would be a waste to say that such a large yard is empty. Even if you move out, you have to take care of it back and forth. It's better not to move it first. My father said that when you save enough money to build a house and build the house, we will move it."

Lian Man'er said oh, it was like Lian Shuli's idea, conservative, save as much as possible.

Moreover, Lian Shouli, like Lian Shouxin, was reluctant to leave the old house. Didn’t Lian Shouxin decide to move until he found out that he could not live in the old house? And Lian Shouli, because he had no son to inherit the incense, his ideas about the old house were even more complicated.

In this regard, even Man'er could only remain silent.

It was certainly not enough to catch three little piglets. The next day, Lian Shouxin got into a calf cart and took Zhang and Lian Man'er to Zhaojia Village.

Zhao Lao Geda's family in Zhaojia Village also raised piglets this year. Even Shouxin said hello in advance. Zhao Lao Geda kept all the eight piglets without selling them, so he asked Lian Shouxin to pick them first.

Unlike Wang Shiliu’s pig with white belt and black flowers, Zhao Lao Geda’s piglet is a black-haired pig with water.

"...You can inquire in our village. Anyone who has bought my pig lambs is not good....Food, grow fast, feed them well. During the Chinese New Year, it can grow at least 200 kilograms." Zhao Lao Geda introduced his pig lamb very enthusiastically, while using branches to drive the pig lamb lying in front of the sow.

Seeing the piglet growing strongly and running happily, even Shouxin and Zhang were very satisfied.

The three of them picked two piglets and left only the thinnest two to Zhao Laogeda's family.

"Come on, we'll support ourselves." Zhao Laogeda smiled.

The six little black pig lambs were weighed and weighed, and the total was 103 pounds and 4 pounds. After erasing the fraction, the total price of silver was 5,150 cents.

The next day, Lian Shouxin went to the big market in Qingyang Town to buy six pig lambs. The six came from two nests of pigs, a total of 111 pounds, and cost 5,550 cents.

There are a total of fifteen little piglets. Even if you keep your trust, you will find someone to build a wall. You will divide a large piglet into three small piglets. Each piglet has a pig food bowl and a water basin. This is because you are afraid that the fifteen little piglets will be squeezed together, and some will not be able to eat and grow well. If you separate them, you can effectively avoid this situation and reduce the incidence of swine fever.

After buying the piglet, Lian Man'er took the lead and calculated the accounts. The total cost of the fifteen piglets was 13 taels and 6 cents of silver. After raising them for the same year, one of them was left at the end of the year and killed them to eat meat. The rest were sold, and it was estimated that they could get at least 44 taels and 2 cents of silver.

When feeding pigs, you mainly use the remaining slurry in the shop. This is not considered money. If you remove the cost of buying pigs and lambs, the net profit of raising these pigs is about thirty taels of silver in a year, plus the pork of a pig.

Thirty taels of silver are nothing to wealthy families, but it is a big income for the merchants.

After buying the piglet, he was fed by Da Liangzi's wife. Without having to worry too much about Lian Shouxin and Zhang, Zhang found a broken basket to lay hay and cotton wool inside, built a nest at the end of the kang in the landlord's house, and grabbed a hen that was holding the nest into the house.

"Mom, why did you carry it into the house?" Lian Man'er asked Zhang when she saw the wilted hen in Zhang's hand.

"The chickens hold a nest and hatch eggs, so they can't be cold. If they don't come with the house, the chickens can't hatch outside." Zhang put down the hen, then carried a basket of eggs and sat on the kang.

"Then put it in the kitchen in the front yard, wouldn't it be fine if it was placed in the shop or not? Why do you have to put it in this room?" Lian Man'er said.

"I can't watch other houses often, I'm not at ease. Besides, other houses are not as warm as this one. If I hadn't known that you were too lazy, I would have put them in your house. You and your sister's house are the warmest." Zhang raised an egg, narrowed his eyes and looked at the sun.

After hearing what Zhang said, Lian Man'er said nothing.

"Don't look at it like this. The chickens holding the nest do not eat or drink, and they will not be buried at all." Zhang continued to pick the eggs.

Lian Man'er climbed onto the kang and sat next to Zhang.

"Mom, what are you doing?" Lian Man'er asked Zhang.

"Pick the eggs for hatching chickens." Zhang took two eggs and asked Lian Man'er to look at the sunshine. "This can hatch chickens, but this can't."

Zhang asked Lian Man'er to see the nuances between the two eggs and yolks.

Lian Man'er blinked and nodded to show that she understood. In fact, she didn't understand it very well, but she knew in her heart that not every healthy egg can be used to hatch chickens, only fertilized eggs can be used. Lian Man'er's family has a rooster, but not every egg is qualified.

Zhang only picked up ten eggs, then carried another basket to the kang, which contained goose eggs. Each goose egg was bigger than Lian Man'er's palm.

Lian Man'er held a slippery goose egg and couldn't let it go.

"... I bought it from Xiaoqi's family and said it could hatch, so I'll take a look." Zhang looked at each of the goose eggs to the sun again and nodded with satisfaction. Then he put ten eggs and ten goose eggs carefully into the chicken coop, and then carried the hen to let it lie down.

"Okay." Zhang asked Lian Man'er to help again, put a gate on the end of the kang, concealing the chicken coop behind the gate, and separating it from the outside space, and then clapping his hands.

During the hen hatching eggs, not only should the temperature be appropriate, but it is also best to choose a quiet and hidden space to avoid disturbing the hen. This can ensure the chick's shell rate.

"Mom, when will these eggs be hatched?" Lian Man'er asked Zhang again.

"It usually takes twenty-one days, and there are two days earlier and two days later." Zhang said.

"Twenty-one days, my brother had just finished the exam at that time." Lian Man'er calculated and said.

"Absolutely." Zhang nodded.

At noon, Goro and Xiaoqi came back from the private school, and Goro took out a letter from his schoolbag.

"My master's letter."

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