Chapter 255: This Year’s Pork |
Ji Jianwen and Yun Lili were very happy with their dinner tonight.
“Third sister-in-law, your cooking is really good. No wonder third brother has grown a lot in the past few years,” Ji Jianwen said with a satisfied sigh.
He was not short either. He was about 1.78 meters, but compared to his third brother, he was shorter. His third brother used to be tall, almost 1.85 meters, but now, he has grown to almost 1.9 meters.
He was a big guy!
And his third brother was not ugly. His physique was very well-proportioned, and from a man's perspective, he looked good.
Generally, people as tall as him would be as skinny as a bamboo pole, but because he was well taken care of, he looked strong.
Yes, he had a good physique, and at this moment, he was muscular.
Ji Jianyun was very powerful. With his physique and his skills, if five big men faced him, he would not take long to defeat all of them.
He was busy now and had a lot of work to do every day. During winter, there was nothing much to do. He would go on a walk for more than an hour every morning before coming back. If he didn’t, he would feel weaker and he was afraid of getting rusty.
Yun Lili couldn’t wipe her mouth and try to run away as soon as possible after eating. She went to wash the dishes with Su Danhong. She was also satisfied with the food served tonight.
The pork belly was so tasty. There were also braised pig's trotters. She ate one, and Jianwen ate two.
The other dishes were scrambled eggs with tomatoes and saucy fish.
If they could eat like this every day, she believed that Jianwen would not be that thin right now.
“The price of pork has dropped a lot this year,” Yun Lili said while washing the dishes.
Su Danhong said after hearing this, “It has definitely fallen. Your mother's family has pigs, right? You should sell them now.”
“Does third sister-in-law have any inside information about it?” Yun Lili asked immediately.
This year, her eldest brother's and second brother's families raised pigs because they got the 500 yuan that she paid back. Last year, the price of pork was very high, so weren't they all excited for the price this year?
It was not only her maternal family, there were other families doing this.
A jin of pork sold for only a few yuan. When a pig was fattened, it could weigh nearly 200 jin! How much did a pig cost then? Raising pigs could make a person rich!
Her third brother-in-law’s family must have made a lot of money last year just from selling pigs!
“I don’t know about inside information, but if you sell it now, you won't lose money. But by the end of the year, the situation will be uncertain,” Su Danhong said with a smile.
The price of pork increased so much last year, and everyone was raising pigs this year. It would be strange if the price of pork did not fall this year.
“But now is the time when the pigs are gaining weight, so I'm afraid they won't be willing to sell them,” Yun Lili had to say.
“Just tell them that it was Jianyun who said it,” Su Danhong made it clear to her.
Yun Lili nodded. After that, she went to the village committee to make a call. After waiting for a while, she heard someone answering the phone. After hanging up the phone, she still had to make another call. It took a long time for her family to answer.
Her mother answered the phone over there.
Yun Lili didn't waste any time, and asked without being subtle, “Mother, how many pigs have you raised at home this year?”
“Your eldest brother's family raised eight piglets, but two piglets were lost so that leaves six piglets left. Your second brother's family raised six piglets, but one was lost, leaving five piglets left,” Mother Yun said.
“How big are they now?” Yun Lili asked.
“They’re fed well since you two gave the money back. They are pretty big and weigh almost 80 or 90 jin,” Mother Yun said with a chuckle.
As soon as Yun Lili heard the weight, she knew that her eldest and second brothers had worked hard to raise them. However, they were still not as good as her third brother-in-law. She had just heard today that the ones her third brother-in-law raised in the orchard were about 120-130 jin. When the New Year comes, the big fat pigs weighing 300 pounds would sell. .
“My third sister-in-law said that the price of pork will definitely drop this year. Mother, if you believe that, then have eldest brother and second brother sell the pigs first before the price drops really fast,” Yun Li Li said.
“Sell now? Then it's not worth it, now is the time to make them gain weight. “As expected, Mother Yun disagreed.
“Mother, my third sister-in-law told me personally that during the New Year, the pork price will definitely be terrible. By then, the eldest brother and the second brother will not be able to get even a cent back after working hard for a whole year!” Yun Lili said.
“It was so high last year, so there is no reason why it will drop so much this year,” Mother Yun said. “DId your third brother-in-law kill the pigs?”
“I haven't heard if he did. But mother, don't compare eldest brother and second brother to third brother-in-law. His family situation is better than their situation. Moreover, he raised 30 pigs last year, and this year he raised 10. This is obvious that it won’t be a good year!” Yun Lili was different from her brother.
However, Mother Yun didn't take her seriously. Yun Lili finally said, “Whether they kill them or not, just go and tell eldest brother and second brother about it. Don't try to influence them, otherwise everything will be lost and they will blame you.”
“Okay.” Mother Yun agreed with her.
After hanging up the phone, Mother Yun went back and told them her daughter's words.
Eldest brother Yun smiled and said, “Why sell now? Last year's price was so high. How low can it be this year? Now is the time to fatten them up. How else can I make more money?”
Brother Yun was a cheerful person because he saw hope in everything.
What he said was similar to Mother Yun, he was reluctant to sell the pigs now.
Eldest Yun sister-in-law frowned after hearing this. “Sister-in-law said that her third brother-in-law raised ten pigs this year, and last year he raised 30!”
As soon as he heard this, he was a little stunned. 30 pigs. At that price last year, hw would have sold them for tens of thousands of yuan!
The third brother-in-law of his sister’s in-law family was really generous!
However, he only raised ten this year, which was indeed a bit puzzling.
Mother Yun also told her second son, but as expected, the second son didn't want to sell it either.
The pigs were growing well, wouldn’t it be a pity to sell them? How nice would it be to wait until the end of the year to sell them for a sum of money?
It was not just the Yun family who were thinking in this way, it was the same with the other families.
Meat prices were so high last year, and they would not get any lower this year no matter what.
Ji Jianyun was busy for a while, and he went on a long trip for six or seven days. This was the second time he had been away from home for so long after returning from the army.
The first time was when he went to learn skills to manage the orchard. After that, he never left again.
So Su Danhong was a little uncomfortable with going out around this time. However, Renren and Qiqi were very adaptable and didn't mind not going out.
However, by the time their father came back, the two boys had gotten tired of waiting and had gone about their own business.
This time when he came back, Ji Jianyun brought back a few documents.