Chapter 170 Dealing with the Piglets

It wasn't just Wei Jingyi and the other two who were shocked.
Except for Wei Chengyi who already knew about it, everyone in the hall widened their eyes, including Zhao Yuping and her daughter, who knew nothing about things in the fields. You know, even on the most fertile land, the grain yield per mu is only two or three hundred kilograms at most, but potatoes and sweet potatoes are more than twenty times that, or even more. If this is true, there will be no more people starving to death in the world.

"Ah."

Laughing and shaking his head, Shen Xiangwan hesitated for a moment before saying seriously, "It's a good thing that you're here today. I want to ask for your opinions on something. I'm planning to build a school in the village, but I'm currently short of teachers. I wonder if you'd like to be the teachers in the school and teach the children to read and write?"

They were all officials, so teaching should not be a difficult task. This was why she refused Wei Chengyi's help in finding a teacher. There were ready-made talents in the village, so why bother looking for someone far away? Of course, this was also because they had passed her test. Otherwise, she wouldn't mind spending a little more money to find someone from outside.

"Really?"

The two of them exclaimed again, and then their faces were filled with ecstasy. Wei Jingyi quickly said, "I can. I am willing to be the teacher of the school."

"I would like that too."

Fearing to fall behind, Wei Jinghan hurriedly stated that as teachers, they would have a stable income and at least they would not have to worry about going hungry in the future.

"Then this matter is settled. We will discuss it in detail after the school is built."

Shen Xiangwan had expected that they would not refuse, so he smiled and turned to Zhou Wushuang and said, "Give them the remaining potatoes and sweet potatoes at home, and ask Old Wu to teach them how to grow them."

"it is good."

Nodding, Zhou Wushuang bowed and made a gesture of invitation: "Please follow me, both of you."

"Ah."

After thanking them again, Wei Jingyi and the other person followed Zhou Wushuang and left. Before Shen Xiangwan had time to catch his breath, Yuan Shu walked in with a man who looked to be in his thirties and had a very strong build. With them was Zhao Dashan, who should have been in the field.

"Madam, this is Butcher Yang."

Yuan Shu took them directly into the main room. His wife had asked him to find a butcher in order to castrate the piglets.

"Okay, wait for me."

Giving them a look that asked them to wait a moment, Shen Xiangwan got up and went upstairs. When he came down, he had a wooden barrel in his hand, which contained half a bucket of medicine powder, two bottles of alcohol, rubber gloves and other tools.

"Let's go."

Handing the wooden barrel to Yuan Shu, Shen Xiangwan led them to the backyard. Wei Chengyi did not go with her as he also had his own things to do.

The backyard is very large, with a martial arts training ground in the middle. On the left are several houses of several hundred square meters, which are temporarily used as warehouses for storing various things. In the innermost part are various animal sheds, including pig pens, cattle pens, chicken coops and duck sheds. Currently, only the pig pens and cattle pens are in use. On the right is a huge horse stable with dozens of horses tied inside, all of which are the mounts of the guards.

"Wanwan, why are you looking for the butcher?"

Wei Jingyi, who followed them to the backyard, asked puzzledly. His intuition told him that there must be some special reason. If they just wanted to slaughter chickens and sheep, their cook would be enough. At worst, there were so many guards. Why would they need to look for someone outside?

"You'll find out later."

Deliberately keeping the secret, Shen Xiangwan led them towards the pigpen.

"Why are there so many little piglets?"

Shen Xiangwan brought them to stop in front of the pigpen. Looking at the row of five pigpens full of piglets, Wei Jingyi and Wei Jinghan couldn't help but become even more confused. Although they saw it yesterday when the dental shop came to deliver the goods, they didn't expect there would be so many piglets. You know, pigs grow slowly and it is difficult for them to reach 200 kilograms in two years. In addition, pork has a very unpleasant fishy smell. No one eats pork except for the poor people who are so poor that they can't even afford to eat meat.

"What? Discrimination against piglets?" Shen Xiangwan couldn't help but shake her head, probably guessing what they were thinking. When she raised these pigs, they would know how delicious pork is.

"I want to castrate all these pigs and cut off half of their tails. Can you do this job?"

Ignoring them, Shen Xiangwan turned to ask the butcher. If it really didn't work, she didn't mind doing it herself. It would just be a little more troublesome.

"All castrated and tail-docked?"

What's the point of this?
The butcher was a little dumbfounded for a moment, and Wei Jingyi and the others were also full of questions, completely unable to understand what she meant.

"Yes, castrate and dock all of them. Can you do it?"

Nodding, Shen Xiangwan patiently asked again.

"You can do it, but why are you castrating this healthy piglet? You also have to cut off its tail. What if it dies?"

The butcher meant well. No matter how cheap the piglet is, you still have to spend money to buy it. It would be such a shame if it died!
"Of course I have my reasons. Don't worry, I won't blame you if you die. Besides, I'll give you ten cents for each pig you deal with. What do you think?"

"Okay, let's get started."

Seeing that she wouldn't listen, the butcher didn't bother to say any more. He leaned on the fence of the pigsty with his strong arms and climbed in.

"and many more."

Seeing this, Shen Xiangwan quickly took out the alcohol from the bucket and handed it to him: "Before castration, use this to clean and disinfect the knife."

"Ah good."

The butcher was stunned reflexively, then took the alcohol and disinfected the knives one by one according to her instructions.

"Follow him. Every time he treats a piglet, you disinfect the piglet's wound with alcohol and then apply medicine powder."

Shen Xiangwan called two servants and handed them the wooden barrel. Pigs, like humans, would have a hard time surviving after an infected wound. She was waiting to slaughter the New Year pigs during the Chinese New Year and didn't want them to really die.

"Yes, ma'am."

After taking the wooden barrel, the two servants, like the butcher, turned over and entered the pigsty.

“Chirp…”

When the butcher started to work, the piglets' sharp howls were heard in the pigpen. The butcher was quick-eyed and quick-handed. He grabbed the piglet's butt, inserted the tip of the knife into the meat and gently poked it out. The thing was completely castrated. Then he gave it another backhand cut, and the tail was also cut off. Two servants caught the processed piglet and handled its wound clumsily according to Shen Xiangwan's instructions.

Seeing this, all the men who were accompanying them reflexively clamped their legs together, feeling a chill in their crotches, as if their own things would also be tortured. After a long while, Zhao Dashan asked with a stammer, "Is this all right?"

"Ah."

Shen Xiangwan nodded, seeming to be completely unaware of their abnormality.

【End of this chapter】

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