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Chapter 45 Selling Pigs
morning.

Duodong Village of Hanhe Brigade.

Dai Chunqing looked at the two big fat pigs happily eating pig food in the pig pen, with a smile on his wrinkled face, and said to his eldest daughter who was feeding the pigs: "Alan, feed the pigs a little bit, wait a minute Take the smaller ones to the food station and sell them, and keep the larger ones for yourself to kill.”

Dai Fanglan, who was wearing patched clothes, nodded and said, "I understand, Dad."

Ten minutes later, both big fat pigs were full.

Dai Chunqing picked up a long stick and, together with his son and daughter, drove the slightly smaller fat pig towards Shuangwang Food Station.

Bobai County has been implementing the "buy one, keep one" pig production and marketing policy since 1970. That is, whether a collective or an individual, after selling a pig to the state, they can slaughter one themselves and sell it on the market at a negotiated price.

After 1962 and before 1970, farmers sold pigs to the state, and each pig was rewarded with 25 kilograms of raw grain, 10 kilograms of chemical fertilizer, and 2 feet of cotton cloth at the national price.

After 1970, the state increased the raw grain reward for selling pigs (other rewards remained unchanged). Based on the gross weight of each pig being 60 kilograms, the raw grain reward was 20 kilograms. For every 1.25 kilogram increase in gross weight, the raw grain reward was increased by 0.5 kilogram.

Although the rewards have increased, it is not more cost-effective to sell pigs to the state than to kill them yourself. After all, there is a big gap between the national price of pork and the market price. The rewards given by the state obviously cannot close this gap.

Therefore, Dai Chunqing drove the smaller fat pig to the food station and sold it to the state, while he kept the larger pig and killed it himself.

Duodong Village is very close to Shuangwangwei. It only took the father and daughter about ten minutes to drive the pig to the door of the food station.

Shuangwang Food Station is very close to the supply and marketing cooperative. When Dai Chunqing and his daughter drove the pigs to the door of the food station, Deng Shirong happened to come out of the supply and marketing cooperative. He saw Dai Chunqing's two children at a glance.

During the recent period, Deng Shirong has been riding his bicycle around Shuangwang Realm when he has nothing to do, asking for detailed information about marriageable men and women in each village to prepare for matchmaking.

These days of running around have allowed him to gain a lot of resources, but Deng Shirong is still deciding which young man should go with which sister.

Marriage is a lifelong matter. It not only affects the parties concerned, but also affects the two families and their future children.

Therefore, from the moment he decided to become a matchmaker, Deng Shirong warned himself in his heart that he must be cautious when setting up matchmakers for others. He must investigate again and again and only then do matchmaking if he feels that he is a good match. He cannot make random matchmaking just to make money as a matchmaker. It will ruin someone else's lifetime happiness.

The two couples that Deng Shirong matched before were all couples who had been proven to be happy in their previous lives, so he did not have any psychological pressure when they matched them. Now that he has to make his own judgment, he will inevitably have psychological pressure.

After all, he had not been able to predict the marriages of any of his children in his previous life, and Deng Shirong did not 100% believe in his own vision.

Of course, as the saying goes, failure is the mother of success. The failed marriages of several children in his previous life also brought a lot of valuable experience to Deng Shirong. In his later years, he has been analyzing the marriages of several children and the marriages of other people in the village, summarizing the reasons for their failed marriages. The reason is that it is more or less rewarding.

Seeing Dai Chunqing's two marriageable children, Deng Shirong, who suffered from an occupational disease, pushed his bicycle over.

"Biao, you raise this pig really well. It must be about two hundred pounds, right?"

Dai Chunqing responded with a smile: "I haven't weighed it yet, but I estimate it is about two hundred kilograms."

Deng Shirong praised: "It's amazing. How do you raise this pig? I've been raising that pig for more than half a year, and it still doesn't grow any more meat."

Dai Chunqing said with a smile: "I raise it as everyone wants. I usually feed it mainly sweet potato seedlings and some sweet potatoes of different quality. As long as the pig has a full stomach and lets it sleep well, it will naturally grow meat quickly."

"That's the truth."

Deng Shirong nodded, then looked at Dai Fanglan, who was standing next to him holding a wooden stick, and asked, "Biao, is this your daughter?" Dai Chunqing hummed and said, "This is my eldest daughter."

Seeing Deng Shirong mention her, Dai Fanglan smiled shyly.

Deng Shirong smiled back at her and asked Dai Chunqing: "Your daughter is not young now. Have you found her husband's family? If you haven't found her yet, I can help introduce you. There are many young people of the right age in our village. There should be a suitable family for your daughter." .”

When Dai Chunqing heard this, he became interested and asked, "Biao, which village are you from?"

"I am from Naye Village of Bangjie Brigade."

"Your village is pretty good. I wonder if there are any girls of marriageable age in your village now. My eldest son hasn't married yet!"

"There must be some marriageable girls, but our village has just been allocated the first batch of fields, and there are still mountains that have not been allocated. If you want to marry a girl from our village, you have to wait until the mountains in the village are allocated. Biao, you Which village is it from?"

"I'm from Duodong Village!"

"It turns out there are many holes. It's very close to here. Have the fields and mountains in your village been divided?"

"There are not many fields and mountains in our village. They were all cleared soon after the crops were cut."

"Biao, how many children do you have?"

"I have three sons and two daughters..."

Deng Shirong and Dai Chunqing, one interested in being a matchmaker and the other interested in marrying his daughter-in-law, started chatting at the door of the food station.

By the time Dai Chunqing's son and daughter brought up the money for selling pigs and state rewards, Deng Shirong already had a basic understanding of their family.

Dai Chunqing took the money handed over by his eldest son and said, "Uncle Jiu, if you have nothing to do, would you like to sit at my house?"

Deng Shirong nodded and said: "Okay, then I won't bother you!"

Dai Chunqing said: "What's the trouble? Aze, you can use the money to cut two or three kilograms of pork and come back. Alan, please hurry up and go back to cook."

Seeing this, Deng Shirong waved his hands and said, "Ah Biao, if you are so polite, I won't go!"

Dai Chunqing smiled and said, "Uncle Jiu, I'm selling pigs today. I originally wanted to buy some pork to satisfy the children's hunger, so I'm really not being polite to you."

This may be partly true, but Deng Shirong knew in his heart that if he was not a guest, Dai Chunqing would not buy so much pork even if he wanted to buy it. He thought about it and said: "Okay, Biao, you wait here. Wait, I'll go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some candies."

"Uncle Jiu, you are too polite!"

"I should. You can't let me visit your home empty-handed!"

After saying that, Deng Shirong left the bicycle here and quickly walked into the supply and marketing cooperative.

(End of this chapter)