Chapter 40

As soon as they arrived at the cow shed, everyone heard a sound of chickens flying and dogs jumping. Professor Rao laughed, "These guys are quite lively."

Zhao Zhongfu said, "Yes, especially those wild boars, their tempers are quite fierce."

This litter of wild boars had a total of eleven, two big ones and nine small ones. They were locked in a relatively large cow shed. The cow shed was fed with some grass, sweet potatoes, and other food. The two big ones were naturally one male and one female, and their weight looked to be over a hundred jin each.

The two big pigs were very energetic, running and clashing in the cow shed every moment, and from time to time they would ram the brick wall of the cow shed, as if they wanted to knock the wall down so they could escape. Fortunately, the cow shed was relatively sturdy when it was built, so they couldn't knock it down.

Everyone stood outside the iron fence door to watch the situation of the litter of wild boars. When the male pig saw that someone had come, it rushed toward the iron door with its long tusks, which was indeed full of power. However, the fence door was made of iron, so it naturally couldn't ram it open, but it also gave everyone a fright.

Zhao Zhongfu talked about the process of capturing this litter of wild boars. They dug a large trap on the path where the wild boars often passed. They first caught the big male wild boar with the trap, then followed the boar's tracks to find its nest, and then caught the whole family in one net.

In the two adjacent cow sheds, pheasants and bamboo rats were raised, also more than a dozen each. Because the walls of the cow sheds were only a little over a meter high and the top was empty, these two were temporarily locked in wire cages, which could ensure they couldn't run out. Food was also fed in the cages.

For the villagers of Yezhugou, these wild animals were treasures now, and they were the hope for them to embark on the road to prosperity in the future.

Professor Rao nodded repeatedly after seeing these wild animals and talked about some technical points of raising them, such as how to build a farm, how the male wild boar should mate with the female wild boar, how pheasants should be brooded and weaned, and what temperature range bamboo rats should live in.

Several village cadres listened very intently, while Zhang Xiaochuan, the technician from the township Livestock Station, took out a pen and paper and kept recording what Professor Rao said.

Su Xinghui stood behind the crowd. Xia Lan walked over and smiled at Su Xinghui, "College student, you are quite capable, finding experts and bosses so quickly."

Su Xinghui laughed, "Not at all, I was just lucky."

Xia Lan asked, "Then is there any progress on finding a sales path for the bamboo weaving factory?"

Although the farm matter could also bring benefits to the village, the bamboo weaving factory was directly related to Xia Lan's work, so she was more concerned about this.

Su Xinghui nodded and said, "There is indeed some progress. I contacted a manager of a crafts store in Jiangcheng. She looked at those bamboo weavings and was very interested. She said she would come here to inspect on-site in a few days. If the conditions are suitable, she will sign a contract with you."

Xia Lan was overjoyed, "Are you telling the truth?"

Su Xinghui said, "Of course it's true. Why would I lie to you?"

Xia Lan said, "Then thank you so much! Xia Zhu, come here!"

Xia Zhu had been watching this with concern from outside the cow shed. As soon as she saw Xia Lan beckoning to her, she hurried over.

Xia Lan said, "Xia Zhu, you must thank Cadre Little Su properly. This time he went to Jiangcheng, he not only handled the farm matter but also contacted the sales path for the bamboo weaving factory! There's no problem with getting our bamboo weaving factory up and running!"