Seeing his granddaughter's coquettish look made Mr. Chen laugh out loud. The children's obedience, sensibility and filial piety were like drinking a bowl of honey water just now, and their hearts were sweet.

Mr. Chen stood by with a bowl on his back and watched Xiaoxi and Chen Yubin work quickly, knowing that this is a habitual work. Alas~ the oldest of the two children is only ten years old, but they all work well, and they are forced by life. Children from poor families have long been the ones.

Since the two children were able to walk smoothly, they helped their families pick up a piece of grass and then weaved a small carpet. They started to carry things during the busy farming period, regardless of anything, carrying corn cobs, rapeseed, pea vines, soybean vines, seedlings, and rapeseed seedlings. From a few pounds at the beginning to more than ten pounds, to fifty or sixty pounds now, it is no problem.

As time enters the twelfth month, every household starts to pass the pigs. Mr. Chen thought that his pigs had grown big enough and stayed for a few more days, and was sorry for the food they had eaten. Although there was a lot of food at home, it could not be wasted. So he discussed with several nearby companies, inquired about the price of pigs, and determined the time uniformly, so he asked the pig dealers to come and pull the pigs.

The pig dealer came here in advance and said hello, which was an unwritten rule. The pig food cannot be fed this morning when the pigs were fed. Because the pig food was fed, the meat could not be grown at that time, and it was gone as soon as it was pulled. This was a scam.

Although this is an unwritten rule, everyone knows that some people will feed some pig food in advance in order to sell more money. They are afraid of being seen, so they feed less. After a few times of being fooled, they will develop a pair of fiery eyes and golden eyes. You can tell whether you are feeding them at a glance. So everyone gradually realizes and no longer acts smart.

That morning, Mr. Chen had just had breakfast, and the people who bought the pig drove to the car. The first one was to the big brother in the innermost place. It was also very lively when passing the pig, so most people nearby would go to watch and help.

The pig dealer came alone, and he was responsible for weighing. The eldest son's family was only a middle-aged labor force (the aunt was a woman after all, and her strength was limited), so the youngest man, Grandpa Chen and uncle both helped, and they would also help themselves later. This is called changing jobs.

"Ah...ah..." A thick hemp rope was folded through the pig's abdomen, and two buckles were used to pass through the spine, and a thick wooden stick was passed through. As soon as the big brother and Mr. Chen lifted it, the pig came out of the pigpen. Although the pig was only two or three hundred kilograms, it was difficult to carry it. Maybe he knew that he was going to be sold and could never enjoy such a kind of food to open his mouth. He struggled desperately after eating and drinking all day.

The two worked together to lift a pig to the yard and put it down, then pulled out the thick stick. The pig dealer hooked the hook of the big scale on the rope, and then passed the thick stick through the rope buckle of the big scale. The two also lifted it up again. The pig dealer held the scale rod and moved the weight.

The large rod scale has a length of about 120 cm, a rod diameter of three or four cm, and a hook with a thick side and a thin back, which is about 250 kilograms of load bearing.

Press the scale rod flat, "Okay... I can raise this pig, I can press the scale a little, 121 kilograms." I signaled to put the boil down and replace it with another scale.

A scale means that the scale rod is slightly pressed downward, which means that the pig dealer puts some water for the seller and gives more pounds.

"Look..." He gave the scale rod to both the big brother and everyone, "Yes, press the scale slightly, 121 kilograms, everyone is optimistic."

The reason for using two-bar scales is that in order to spend less money to collect pigs, some pig dealers do some tricks on the scale and lack some pounds. Using two-bar scales is to avoid these tricks.

That big scale was taken by a pig dealer on the pig collection cart and was always carried by. After all, not every family has a big scale when collecting pigs. The other scale was brought by Mr. Chen just now.

Only Mr. Chen’s house has a large scale nearby. It has been a few years and is very accurate in weight. For example, if any company wants to weigh grain, they have to borrow a scale from his house. Today, I know that I have to use my own large scale, so I brought it with me when I came here.

"Oh~ You come to us to buy pigs every year during the Chinese New Year. We all know each other in the same township. Are we still afraid that you will lie to us?"

"Yes, yes, no one else lie to us, you won't lie to us." The people around agreed, but they said that, but they stretched their necks, widened their eyes, looked at the scale rod in the pig dealer's hand, and then counted it several times, and then they confirmed that it was correct, and then they smiled with confidence.

You know, the money for selling pigs is a considerable income for farmers. They serve them carefully three times a day and wait for these days to pass, and they can earn a considerable income.

"That pair, 121 kilograms, put them in the car." The pig dealer took out the small book he carried with him and wrote on it which year and month the pigs had collected how many kilograms.

The big brother and Mr. Chen worked together to lift the boil onto the car and untied the rope. The pig cart was a blue-skinned cart that contained sand. It also had a railing welded in one circle, and the pig could not escape.

The two of them turned around, and the eldest son came to the pig dealer. When he saw that he had accurately recorded the pig's pounds, he stood aside and waited for the next one. There were two pigs to sell in his family.

The second head should be a little thinner, with 115 kilograms, totaling 236 kilograms.

After both pigs were loaded into the car, the pig dealer kept the account, collected the pen, and said to the big brother: "The pig (price) has increased a little more in the past two days, 7.5 yuan (per kilogram), you have a total of 236 kilograms, and a total of 1,770 yuan."

As he said that, he took out a stack of red tickets from his handbag, counted eighteen pieces and handed them to him. He took them and counted them twice again with saliva. Seeing that it was right, he smiled and put them in his inner pocket of his shirt, which was close to his chest, and took out thirty yuan of change from his trousers and handed them to the pig dealer.

At this point, this family has been collected, and drove to the next one, and the crowd followed it to the next one. Anyway, in this winter, there is no work to do, and I am idle, so I will join in the fun and learn about everyone’s income this year.

The second family is Xiaoxi Yaoye's house. When the person arrives, the Yaoye who is at home opens the pigpen door and has to let the pig dealer come in and see the quality of the pig. Although this pig is a precious thing, everyone is carefully serving it, but most of the pigs still have to check it out when collecting it.

"I can't collect you pig." The pig dealer said in a deep voice to Xiao Xi, who was accompanying him.

"Ah?" When Mr. Xiaoxi panicked when he heard that the pig was not receptive. Why didn't he receptive yet? He asked in a trembling voice: "What's wrong? Why didn't he receptive yet?"

The panic flashed in the eyes of the young lady on the side, and her feet couldn't help but move backwards, holding her hands to death. The people blocked outside the door were also puzzled. This family is famous for being diligent, 365 days a year, and 360 days are all working outside. They either serve crops in the fields or grazing cattle on the mountain to pick up firewood, and their feet do not touch the ground for a day. If this is said that his pigs are not fine, they will not believe it.

Because the pig dealer was watching the pig inside, Xiaoxi Yaoye and Yaomo were accompanying him, and several people who helped carry the pig were also standing aside to wait and give orders and started working. The space was only so big, and everyone else was crowded at the door, unable to see the situation inside, so they could only look inside in wonder.

The pig dealer looked at the pig's trough in the pig's pen again, then looked at the pig's belly, and said angrily: "You pig, have you fed it in the morning?" Although it was a question, it was a positive tone.

"How could it be? You gave me some days in advance. Besides, even if you didn't give me instructions, we knew this rule. It was just a meal last night." Knowing that it was the reason, the old man quickly promised that farmers were honest people and didn't act like deceiving methods.

"But look at the pig's trough, it's still wet. It's obvious that I've just fed it in the morning. Am I still lying to you?" The pig dealer pointed at the pig's trough and said to the old man.

"How can I do it? I personally fed the pig last night. I came to see it in the morning. The pig trough is dry, how could it be..." As soon as the pig dealer let him go, the old man came to the side of the pig sty railing and looked at it. No, the pig trough is still wet. It was obvious that it had just been fed for a while, and the next half sentence was blocked, so why can't I say it again?

I remembered that when I left just now, I took a look. It was still dry at that time. Why did the pig's trough become wet after a while? There was only one person in the family. I couldn't help but look at my mother-in-law in anger.

Seeing her husband looking at him with anger, the young lady stood up and whispered: "I... I just heard the pigs screaming so hard that I couldn't bear to pour two scoops of water. It was true, just two scoops of water, not much..." Seeing that her husband's anger became more obvious, she couldn't help but stop speaking embarrassedly.

Knowing that it was his own fault, the old man smiled embarrassedly and said to the pig dealer: "Look, my family is indeed feeding... Then I won't sell it today. You will come and collect it in two days. Then, you will definitely not do this again, I'll watch."

The pig dealer didn't want to make a fuss, after all, everyone knew each other, so he nodded and said about the next time he came back, and walked out.

"No..." When I heard that I was going to collect it next time, my wife was anxious. She had to know that the pigs in the past few days were priced at one day. In two days, who would know whether the pig prices would rise or fall. Today, I would sell pigs, so everyone would sell them together. If the pig dealer came in two days, they would only charge their own family. Who knows if the price he mentioned was true?

"Well, Boss Wang (pig dealer), I just fed two scoops of water, and didn't feed the others. You should collect it today. I will save you the money from coming here alone in two days." The young lady rubbed her hands and said with a shy face.
Chapter completed!