Reborn in a small mountain village in 1991

Chapter 70 Something Happened at the Pig Farm

The next morning, Xu Chunsheng had just finished breakfast and was about to go to the pig farm when Xiaowei's mother appeared at the Xu family home carrying an empty basket.

"Boss Xu, you mentioned yesterday that you needed to stock up on pig feed. I'll come and cut some for you for a few days. Which plots of land do you own?"

"Auntie, how could I accept this?"

"Hey, Boss Xu, don't say that. It's nothing. I can't help with anything else, but I'm pretty good at cutting some pig feed."

Xu Chunsheng and Xiaowei's mother discussed paying her for her work, but she stubbornly refused. So for the next few days, Xiaowei's mother came to help them cut pig feed without fail.

It is said that ever since Xu Chunsheng's family started collecting pig feed, Xu Chunsheng's pig farm has never lacked pig feed.

Dry pig feed gradually piled up in the warehouse. In order to store more feed in the future, Xu Chunsheng specially built an earthen house for this purpose.

Within days of the announcement that they were buying pig feed, many people came to the Xu family's pig farm every day to sell pig feed.

Because of the increased number of people coming and going, Xu Chunsheng even shortened the leashes of the two dogs.

At first, Xiao Huang was very excited about the bustling pig farm, calling out to each person who came. But as more people came, it seemed to get used to it and started sleeping soundly next to Xiao Bai.

Some people don't rush to leave after selling their hay; they just stand there chatting for a long time.

Seeing that more and more people were coming to watch the excitement and sell grass, Xu Chunsheng simply made a few more benches and put them in the house. He would also put a pot of tea for them, so they could pour themselves a cup to drink when they were thirsty.

Since his family is the first in the village to open a pig farm and the first to collect pig feed, everyone is curious about how the Xu family's pig farm is doing now.

Xu Chunsheng didn't pay much attention to the many villagers who came to visit his pig farm every day, assuming that they were also interested in opening a pig farm.

He himself is still confident in raising pigs.

He also knew that pork prices would only skyrocket in the future, making it one of the most suitable ways for rural self-employed individuals to make money right now.

But a few days later, some villagers noticed something was wrong when they passed by Xu's pig farm.

"What, another dead rat?"

"I also found a dead rat when I passed by here yesterday."

"Look, there's a dead sparrow here!"

Some villagers also started discussing it as they passed by.

"Chunsheng, something's wrong with your chickens!"

That day, when Xu Chunsheng came to collect pig feed, a villager who came to sell pig feed pointed to a chicken lying on the ground outside his pig farm and spoke to him about it.

Xu Chunsheng looked at it carefully and immediately sensed something was wrong. He instinctively denied it, saying, "This isn't my chicken!"

"Not your chicken?"

"So this dead duck must belong to your family, right?"

At this moment, another villager who had come to sell pig feed to the Xu family pointed to a dead duck that was also next to the pig farm and asked Xu Chunsheng about it.

Xu Chunsheng became even more certain that someone was trying to harm his family!

Because the duck doesn't belong to him either.

This person clearly hates his own family, otherwise he wouldn't have gone to such lengths to secretly gather dead chickens and ducks.

You know, these days, even in rural areas, people are reluctant to kill a few chickens or ducks all year round.

"These aren't my chickens! My chickens are all at home, they wouldn't come here!"

"Someone is deliberately targeting my family."

"Fellow villagers, if anyone knows any clues about who is trying to harm my family, please let me know. If it's verified, I'll give you ten yuan for providing the clue, and if you find the person, I, Xu Chunsheng, will pay you one hundred yuan directly!"

"Please come with me and see, the pigs in the pen are all very healthy, they eat well and sleep well."

Xu Chunsheng spent money to divert the villagers' attention first, and then led them to see the situation in the pigsty.

Xu Chunsheng called out to several senior villagers from the crowd and led them into the pig farm to check on the pigs.

After they came out, they addressed the people around them:

"The pigs look fine; they're plump and healthy."

The villagers who came to sell pig feed started discussing it after hearing this, wondering who was doing it. They were indeed tempted by the benefits Xu Chunsheng mentioned, and they all thought he was the one who had thrown away a dead rat.

But some people didn't believe it, thinking that something must have gone wrong at Xu's pig farm, which was why there were dead rats, sparrows, and even chickens and ducks.

Especially as more and more people learned about it, rumors and gossip began to circulate.

"The Xu family still refuses to admit it. In my opinion, the pigs are probably sick."

As more people learned that dead animals had appeared near Xu's pig farm, some inevitably speculated that the pigs had contracted some disease.

Many people were envious of the Xu family's pig farm, which they had set up, and later even learned how to brew wine and started brewing their own.

Seeing their lives getting better and better, their jealousy grew stronger. Seeing the Xu family in such a state, they couldn't help but have some speculations, and even some schadenfreude.

Normally, no one dares to gossip about their family, but now that they have a reason to do so, and many people have witnessed it firsthand, the rumors spread even faster.

Even the brigade's Party Secretary Li had caught wind of this.

"Have you heard? The Xu family's pig farm is having a disease outbreak!"

"Many people who went to his house to buy pig feed saw dead chickens and rats in the ditch behind his pig farm!"

"Wow, really? So many pigs! If they all get sick, it's just..."

"What do you mean, 'absolutely'?" Secretary Li walked over to the group and interrupted them.

"Has the vet examined it? Did you see it with your own eyes?"

Several villagers who lived near the brigade office were speechless upon hearing Secretary Li's words. They looked at each other, unsure of how to respond.

"We heard it from others; everyone's saying that."

One of them answered, forcing himself to speak.

Judging from their expressions, Party Secretary Li knew he wouldn't get anything out of them, so he just said a few words to them:

"Seeing is believing, and practice is the sole criterion for testing truth. All your guesses now are useless. If you're really curious, why don't you just go to their pig farm and see for yourself?"

After Secretary Li left, the group began to whisper among themselves:

"Who dares to go see it? What if they bring the disease back and kill their own pigs?"

"Exactly, he's speaking up for the Xu family; he's probably received some benefits."

After saying that, the man spat on the ground.

Xu Family Pig Farm.

The older woman squatted down next to the doghouse, stroking Little White's head, and asked:

"Why hasn't anyone come to sell pig feed these past couple of days?"

Xu Chunsheng leaned back in the bamboo chair, also somewhat puzzled:

"It was probably that dead rat who did it a couple of days ago. But didn't we take people to check it out? We clarified it that same day!"

"Yeah, why hasn't anyone provided any clues yet? Who's been throwing dead rats and chickens into our pig farm?"

The siblings were still discussing when they heard Secretary Li asking a question from the side:

"Whom did you take to see a doctor? Did you see a veterinarian?"