"But we weren't hungry, and our lives got better and better. We ate delicious food and spicy drinks every few days, and even caught some piglets from the neighbors!"

You are jealous, envious, and unwilling to accept it.

"So you want us to reveal our money-making secrets just because of this incident, right?"

"Alright, I'll be honest with you. We have nothing to hide."

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Yang Ruqing put down the empty bucket in her hand, turned to face the crowd, and said loudly, "Our family does business selling tofu with the tavern in town. My father weaves willow branches to sell for money."

“We earned the money we used to buy piglets by saving bit by bit ourselves. We still owe half the money because kindhearted Uncle Chang-geng and Aunt Guihua are vouching for us!”

“We haven't sold the land. Your grandfather, you can put your heart at ease!”

“Yes, it was both of us who guaranteed it. When the piglet grows up, we'll sell it and pay back the money!”

Seeing Yang Ruqing take the initiative to explain, Chang Geng also immediately stood up and spoke loudly.

The stone in Lao Yang's chest, it finally moved.

Lao Yang knows about Chang Geng's character.

He is also an honest and truthful man, just like Big Bull and Lao San!

Lao Yang took a long, deep breath and his tone softened.

He said to everyone, "Our Yang family ancestors were small landowners. The family business went downhill from my father's generation. It was only in my hands that I managed to revitalize it, bringing back about twenty acres."

“The fields, they are the roots of our old Yang family. I care deeply about these roots, afraid that someone with short-sighted interests would cut them off for immediate gain. That's why I acted hastily. Please forgive me!”

Old Sun turned his back, and the others ignored him. Even Old Good Person Sun pursed her lips and turned her face away.

"Looking at their legs, bodies, and fur, these three piglets are all good ones. Feed them well, and by the New Year, they'll be plump and fat. Then we can slaughter one for the New Year feast and have some meat!" Old Yang said.

This time, no one paid him any attention. Yang Ruqing even hummed a tune dismissively.

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Old Yang twitched his lips, he knew he was unwelcome. He mumbled a few more compliments about the little piglet and then turned back to the front yard.

Tan had remained silent throughout. When Lao Yang returned, she followed suit.

Yang Huaming gave Liu shi a wink, and Liu shi nodded. Yang Huaming immediately followed Lao Yangtou and the others. (Fast Travel) The blackened male lead takes over.
Front yard kitchen door.

Yang Huaming blocked Tan's path.

"What do you mean by blocking my way, Lao Si?" asked Tan Shi.

"Mother, why did you suddenly fall silent just now?" Yang Huaming asked.

"I don't have much to say!" said Tan.

As long as the three houses don't occupy Old Yang's pigsty, everything else is negotiable!

Yang Huaming said again, "Mother, the third house caught three pigs in one go. When the three pigs grow up and are sold for money or slaughtered for meat, won't they become rich?"

"Whether or not they issue it is their business, none of our concern!" Tan waved her hand dismissively.

“Mother, this is unacceptable. They are so unfilial. While you and Father are still here, they’re clamoring to move out and live separately. People who are this disrespectful deserve to suffer!” Yang Huaming said.

Tan didn't say anything more. The fourth son's words had touched her heart.

“What can we do about it? Fatty knows how to make tofu, and we don't. She deserves the money!” Tan said angrily.

Yang Huaming's eyes rolled, "Don't worry, Ma, we'll be making tofu soon too!"

"What?"

"Some things are better left unsaid. Your mother will understand in time." Yang Huaming whispered.

"Mother, right now, I think we should go talk to Third Brother and his wife. They caught a little piglet, and when it grows up, they should show respect to us by giving us one!"

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Tan was surprised, then shook her head.

"Fourth brother, it's not that your mother doesn't want to say anything, but the Third House isn't what it used to be now. With Fatty around, don't even think about showing respect with a whole pig, let alone a single hair!"

Then you have to stand your ground with your father, use your seniority to put him in his place! Yang Huaming suggested.

"Get out of here!" said Madam Tan. "That fat lump, nothing can get through him, stubborn as a rock!"

"What are we going to do? Just watch them raise pigs and get rich?" Yang Huaming was getting more and more anxious.

"Humph, struck it rich?" Tan sneered.

Whether the piglets can grow up or not is another matter! The food in their fields won't be harvested until wheat harvesting in April and May, and rice will be ready in July.

Tan counted out her fingers, figuring the cost with Yang Huaming.

"In between, there were ten months or so. They had to rely on selling grain to buy rice for their survival."

Ethereal Space: "Lao Si, think about it, with five mouths to feed, the money earned from selling tofu wouldn't even cover the food, let alone leave anything extra?"

“Those three pigs grew bigger and bigger each day, with appetites that increased day by day. They simply couldn’t afford it!” Tan said confidently.

She went on with a proud expression, "Unlike others, we have rice, grain and flour in our storehouse, and a full sack of rice bran! As soon as spring arrives, the women and young men at home rush to the fields, ditches, and forests, digging up wild vegetables and pig fodder. This is what a real pig-raising family should have!" Let me know if you have any other text you'd like me to translate! ?

Yang Huaming's eyes lit up.

Then Tan continued, "When we divided the paddy fields among them back then, I paid attention. The two mu of paddy fields we allocated to them didn't have red flower seeds scattered. We kept the paddy fields for ourselves and planted those."

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"When spring arrives, we can harvest the red flower seeds from our fields to feed our pigs. They don't even fart!"

“That pig, you know, your mother raised it for a lifetime, I'm the most familiar with it.”

“Not only does it lose weight, but it also frequently gets sick. When it gets sick, the medicine doesn't work, and there's nothing left but to wait for death!”

Tan said with a mouthful of spit, Yang Huaming listened intently.

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"There are some things, Fourth Brother, that you don't understand, but Mother does."

Tan wiped his lips and continued, "The three piglets brought back by the third house are probably trying to save money, two of them are still male pigs."

“That little pig, when he came back, grew to be forty or fifty pounds, and still had to be castrated.”

For the little pig, castration is like walking through the gates of hell! If it's not done properly, he dies!

"Well, I never knew there was so much to raising pigs! You're really amazing, Mother. That's why you weren't in a hurry when you saw those three pigs earlier," Yang Huaming said flatteringly.

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Tan smiled with satisfaction: "I'm not in a hurry, their little pigs have to be raised before they count. In my opinion, being able to raise one pig is good enough!"

Yang Huaming also gritted his teeth: "It's best if they all die, and let them even lose the money to catch pigs! That would be even better!"

Tan smiled coldly: “Hmph, if that’s really the case, it has nothing to do with us! We have two big pigs in our pigsty, one will be ready to sell in a month, and the other is smaller. We'll slaughter it for meat by the Chinese New Year. This year, we can have a prosperous New Year!”

"Mother's still the best! She plans everything so well. Running a household, she's truly top-notch!"

Flattery followed Madam Tan as she went to the east wing...

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