Chapter 57: The Eighth Year of Wude (2)

  Another summer has arrived, and at this time, Yang Heng's family, as well as the uncle's families' all wasteland have been developed, now the only thing is that each household's house has not been built yet, but this is not urgent, isn't there already a place to live?

  The Yang family then bought several piglets, as well as some chickens, ducks and geese when Old Man Yang returned from his training. This added another task to Feng Bo's responsibilities, which was taking care of the pigs, chickens, ducks and geese. According to the plan, a separate small courtyard was built on the west side of the yard, which served as a farm. Feng Bo also moved into the farm to live, and he even brought that cow over there too. As a result, the Yang family's yard was left with no other living creatures except humans, making it much cleaner and less smelly.

  The little pigs brought back by Old Dad were carefully checked by Feng Bo and found to have both males and females, all of which were intact. This way, when the piglets grew up, they could be used as breeding stock, and there would be no need to continue buying piglets from outside. The chickens, ducks, and geese were not many, only a dozen or so, which was understandable in this era without industrialized incubation work, relying on the birds themselves to hatch their eggs. It was already quite good that Old Dad had managed to buy a few, as this was also the foundation of reproduction. After a few more years, these chickens and ducks would multiply into large groups. Now, Yang Heng's home could truly be considered a real family. The character for "home" was written with a roof on top and a pig below, which formed a complete picture of a family. Although raising pigs wasn't a very important thing in this era, having them was still better than not having any, and they would provide more meat to eat in the future. As a Chinese person, it was really impossible to get by without pork. Yang Heng had gotten used to eating it in his previous life, and wild boar meat was still different from domesticated pig meat. Looking at the pigs in front of him, Yang Heng's eyes saw plate after plate of delicious pork dishes, and he couldn't help but drool at the thought, even though he wasn't a foodie in his previous life.

  "Brother Yang, let's go, we're going to play with the bamboo raft." "Yes, young master, why have you been staring at these pigs for days? The pork really doesn't taste good, it has a weird smell. It's better to go play with the bamboo raft." What, a weird smell? That's not right, Yang Heng remembers that in his past life, the pork didn't have any weird smell. But here, ah, yes, even the wild boar meat doesn't taste good, it also has a weird smell. I understand now. Suddenly, Yang Heng remembered, wasn't it Old Man Feng who said that these pigs haven't been castrated? It seems that's where the weird smell comes from. It looks like after raising them for a period of time, we need to separate the ones that will be used for breeding and those that will give birth to piglets, and castrate the rest. Otherwise, it really can't be eaten."

  "Brother Yang, let's go, let's go." The kids were getting impatient on one side. This was the first time the bamboo raft had been put in the water, and no one knew how to play with it, not even Yang himself. But this was Yang's idea, so he couldn't be left out of guiding them. "Alright, alright, you guys think about having fun, have you all finished reading your books for the past few days?"

  "Brother Heng, are you doubting my teaching abilities? You should know that for the past few months, even Egg Brother has been studying hard. Ever since he and his dad got on the board a few times." Of course, getting on the board refers to that wooden board, and for the first two months, it was always Egg Brother and his dad's names on it, while the reward was indeed given by Lotus Sister. However, over the past few months, Egg Brother and his dad have already fallen off the board, and other people have been taking turns getting on it. This can't be helped; after all, some people occasionally have things that come up, which would delay their studies. But Lotus Sister has consistently been at the top of the list, with no one able to knock her down - truly unstoppable!

  "Alright, alright, our little girl is now unstoppable, and Egg has become serious about studying. In the future, continue to work hard, you know, you still have two younger brothers to teach." "Mmm, that's true, but when will this brother come out? I can't wait any longer." The little girl said with a frown.

  She really can't wait any longer, it's been hot lately, and Yang Heng has also relaxed his restrictions on them seeing their mother and aunt. Every time they enter the house, they just wash their hands clean. As the youngest, she always talks to her mother and aunt, saying "Brother, you have to be good, after coming out, sister will teach you to recognize characters, play games, swim, and play snowboarding." In short, she mentions all the fun things, and her mother and aunt also like her this way. Now she has become the apple of their eye, and she is naturally happy too. Soon she will have two younger brothers, and she won't be the oldest among the children anymore. At her age, she was always the youngest when she was growing up, others were also growing up, but she was still smaller than others, it's really frustrating. After these two younger brothers are born, she must not let them surpass her, she must make them call her sister forever.

  This kid is just a kid, although the little girl can remember many things, they are all recitations, and have not yet formed their own real thinking ability. The child's temper is also very normal. If you let a teenager say this kind of thing, it would be impossible. They already understand some things.

  Two rafts were thrown into the water one after another, and Uncle and Father got on one raft, while Yang Heng and the children got on the other. But they held a long bamboo pole in their hands and grumbled, "Big nephew, what's the use of giving us this bamboo pole? Look, the raft is drifting with the current, how can we get back? You won't make us carry it back when we return, will you?"

  "It's easy, you see, this bamboo pole is used like this, and now it's not called a bamboo pole anymore, but a bamboo oar. With just one push, we can move forward, and even make it stop." To be honest, Yang Heng wasn't skilled at playing with the bamboo raft either, but he had seen pigs walk before, especially in this river where the current was slower. If given a small boat, he wouldn't know how to play with it at all, but the bamboo raft was the simplest to control. In order to prevent accidents, Yang Heng equipped each bamboo raft with two bamboo oars.

  "Hey, fun, fun, Brother Heng, let me play." The kids rushed over, while Xiao Niang and Chou Chou were smartly squatting on the side playing with water, they knew that this thing was not something they could play with, they couldn't even lift that bamboo pole.

  "Come, children, take this opportunity to give you a riddle to guess, see who can guess it. In the mother's home, green branches and leaves, in the wife's home, yellow face and thin skin, don't mention it, it's fine, once mentioned, tears fall like rivers, hit a household item, guess!"