Once Uncle Tian and his family returned to the village, they immediately set about selling their piglets and buying breeding sows. Although their village was rather remote, it had its advantages—most notably, almost every family had a hill of their own, where they could plant trees or raise livestock without anyone interfering.
"Dad, I think the hill behind our house is just right for raising pigs," Tian Cuicui's younger brother, Tian Weijie, said as he pointed to the slope behind them. "We can build a few pigpens, fence off the hill, and keep the pigs in the pens most of the time, letting them out to roam the hillside occasionally."
"That sounds like a plan," Uncle Tian replied. "As long as we do this right, your future will be much easier. You need to learn from me carefully. Raising pigs isn't as simple as it looks; the thing to fear most is disease. It's just like raising chickens and ducks—once an illness breaks out, you lose everything. You need to memorize all the herbal remedies. Tomorrow I'll take you up the mountain to gather them so you can learn to identify them. From now on, you'll need to put a lot of heart into this pig-raising business."
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