Rebirth in Famine: She Thrives by Lucky Space

Chapter 1181: Resolved

"Hmm, just to prevent them from doing something desperate. Their selfish desires are our leverage. Don’t worry, they’re all being obedient now. It’s best to kill the chicken to warn the monkey.""Hmm, that’s fine. It’ll be easier to talk in the future. Xiao Wei, do you think this is useful?"

"The parents have come over. We can’t just rely on empty words from us, right? If they’re unwilling to give food, then other things can’t fall short, Village Chief Li. Think about it; this is also your bargaining chip to ask for money."

Li Yungui wanted to refute but stopped. He thought Xiao Wei made a good point. In any case, just ask for double in return. "Then three meals a day."

Li Yunqiao nodded. Even in battles, prisoners are not mistreated.

"Xiao Wei, we’ll have to wait a bit for lunch. How about we go check out the pig farm?"

Wei Kaiyun had no objection, letting them come over mainly to show Li Yunqiao their records so he could be informed.

Shi Xian heard they were going out and immediately started making noises.

Finally, Wei Kaiyun pushed the three little ones to follow them to the pig farm.

When Li Yunqiao arrived at the pig farm, Li Yunqiang ran over, as he already knew the situation had turned out safely.

Li Yunqiao walked around the pig farm, seeing the individual stalls, all with concrete floors. The fences were as thick as a finger.

Especially with openings for cleaning manure, this made things much more convenient.

"Really good. The design of this pig farm is very reasonable."

It was almost dry. Although there wasn’t hot air blowing inside, the temperature was noticeably higher than outside.

Li Yunqiao was in awe, thinking it would be hard for this design to fail.

"Xiao Wei, I heard from Yun Gui that Xiao Jiang has a pig feed formula."

"Yeah, it’s actually not much of a formula. It’s pretty much just chicken feed, but with more fish meal. Two truckloads have already been sent out from the coast. Later, when everything here is set up, we’ll have Guodong and Red Army head to the coast."

"Can they really be ready for slaughter in six months?"

"Raising them to over two hundred pounds in six months is no problem."

"That’s great news. The leaders have been paying close attention to this."

"Big brother, the rules for the pig farm are the same as the chicken farm. Once feeding officially starts, outsiders won’t be allowed in."

"The leaders said they wanted to come and take a look."

"Then let them come now, because we’ll start disinfecting soon. It’s still better to let the older folks and resettlers do the hardest work together."

"Alright, I’ll go inform the leaders."

Li Yungui didn’t want others to come and see. One reason was not wanting others to benefit, and another was having to cater to them.

He took another look at the two manure pits outside.

"Now there’s a lot more manure for the fields."

"Exactly, now there’s no need to worry about the manure issue anymore."

When planting winter wheat this year, we used a lot of chicken manure. Anyway, spreading manure gives us peace of mind.

"Won’t this place smell really bad then?"

"Not at all. Jin Jianwen, the resettler, mentioned that using lime would help the manure decompose and when spread on the field, it won’t attract insects and the smell will be lessened."

Wei Kaiyun was quite happy to hear this. From the start, the pig farm was located here. If it were near his own home, he definitely wouldn’t do it. After visiting the pig farm in M City, the smell there was just unbearable.

"Alright, as long as you have an idea in mind. Otherwise, nearby families might have issues with it."

"Yeah, I’ll make proper arrangements."

The three of them wandered over to Uncle Li’s house, which had its doors closed. The old man was weaving baskets in the yard.

"I’m doing well."

"Uncle, sorry for the trouble you had to go through."

"What trouble? Don’t worry, it’s nothing."

Uncle Li never was much of a talker, so after spending a while there, the three left.

"Second brother, did you send eggs to Uncle Li?"

"How could I forget about Uncle Li?"

Jiang Xinyu and Zhang Qiu’e were at home cooking meat. The chunk was a solid ten pounds, and with so many people, a small amount wouldn’t suffice. Since we’re inviting people to eat, we can’t be stingy.

There’s also carrot scrambled eggs. After cooking the meat, a big pot was made with potatoes, eggplants, and green beans stewed together.

The meat broth was used to stew kelp strips too. This was about enough.

With so many people, elaborate dishes couldn’t be made.

There were two types of flour for the steamed buns for lunch, definitely not enough, so they made rice. Three big pots were filled. Lastly, an entire pot of steamed egg custard was made.

The three little ones wanted to eat, and the three older ones also liked it.

Besides, egg custard isn’t something usually made, so it was thought the Li family’s kids could have some too. Better to have extra than not enough.

By the time the three of them got home, the work bell had rung. Shang Zhenkun returned with a bunch of kids.

They opened three tables right away—one for the men, one for the women and little kids, and one for the older children.

Changhe ran to deliver food to his mom, but not to Yan Shuping. Everyone in Li Family Village hated her, so why give her food? Getting just one beating was already too good for her.

The older children at their table waited for Changhe to return. Although they drooled at the sight of the dishes on the table, no one touched their chopsticks.

Li Yungui joined Shang Zhenkun for a drink. He knew his limits, and since he had to go to the county in the afternoon, he only drank two ounces.

Yan Shuping, smelling the rich aroma of meat, felt even more miserable.

Two conflicting feelings battled inside her: one of regret, true regret, and another of anger.

Why should they get to eat meat while she, a city person, couldn’t compete with these country bumpkins?

Qu Xiaoli simply ate by herself, ignoring Yan Shuping, knowing full well her outcome wouldn’t be good. Having vented anger yesterday, there was no need to dirty her hands again.

She knew the whole family was eating at Teacher Jiang’s place. Without seeing, she knew they were having a feast.

Da Guo’s wife had also come over. Not only did she bring food for Zhou Qiang, but also for Qu Xiaoli?

"Smells so good? Wow, they’re stewing meat?"

"Yeah, our whole family is eating at Teacher Jiang’s place."

"Then I’ll take back what I brought you. It can’t compare to theirs."

"Isn’t that true? Both of them are highly capable. Did the food for that house get delivered?"

"It was delivered, but they were looking down on it. Made me so angry I almost took it back."

"Alright, I’m off. I haven’t eaten yet."

After finishing lunch, Li Yungui had Guodong drive him to the county.

Coincidentally, Li Yunqiao also took the car to the township.

Qu Xiaoli took Yan Shuping to gather her belongings.

"Get everything together; don’t come back to Li Family Village. Otherwise, you’ll get beaten every time you’re seen."

The other young members just quietly ate, with no one speaking to Yan Shuping.

Qu Xiaoli closely followed Yan Shuping everywhere, making sure nothing went wrong. She also called in some female members, "Keep a close watch. Make sure she doesn’t take your stuff. If that happens, you’ll have to sort it out yourselves."