FTTW: Chapter 18 – Pig Farm Ideas

Back to the rental apartment.

Cheng Zhou taught Ye You how to use ** (tablet) and sent Ye You off to watch TV shows.

Ye You is full of curiosity about everything in this world. He held the ** and watched with delight.

After settling Ye You, Cheng Zhou ran to the kitchen to process the wild boar.

There are still more than half of the wild boar that have not been eaten. Cheng Zhou intends to keep some, and the rest will be made into meat jerky.

The kitchen knife was a bit dull and couldn’t cut through anything, so Cheng Zhou chose to use the longsword he got before to cut the pork.

Cheng Zhou cut the pork skillfully. In reality, it was not easy to cut pork. However, Cheng Zhou had awakened his fighting force and is already a bronze knight. Cutting pork is much easier than ever.

After working in the kitchen for a long time, Cheng Zhou came out and saw Ye You watching the news.

“In recent years, the desire for love between men and women has declined, resulting in a continuous drop in marriage and fertility rate, and the birth rate of newborns has fallen below 1. At present, urban men and women are not very enthusiastic about consumption, and they are at risk of entering a low desire society.”

Cheng Zhou walked out, gave Ye You a somewhat odd look, and said in his heart: It’s rare for Ye You to be so concerned about the current affairs and news of this world.

“What does it mean when the birth rate falls below 1?” Ye You turned his head and asked enquiringly.

“There are too few children born, and in the future, they will face the problem of an aging population and retirement.” Cheng Zhou said.

Ye You asked intriguingly: “Aging?”

“There are more old people in their seventies and eighties, fewer young people, and the vitality of the society becomes weaker.” Cheng Zhou explained.

Ye You tilted his head and questioned with interest: “Can the commoners on your side live up to seventy or eighty years old? Many serfs in noble territories live to their forties, and they will be thrown away to feed the beasts in the forest when they lose their value.”

Cheng Zhou: “…… Our side is a civilized society that pays attention to human rights.”

Ye You pressed on with some confusion: “Why you foreigners don’t like having children?”

Cheng Zhou shrugged and said: “Because the pressure is too great.”

Ye You asked inquisitively: “Are you also under a lot of pressure?”

Cheng Zhou nodded and said: “Yes! I’m also under a lot of pressure. Nowadays, many people are under a lot of burdens.” Modern people are generally in anxiety.

“Are people stressed because they don’t have enough to eat?” Ye You asked.

Cheng Zhou shook his head and answered: “It’s easy for us here to eat our fill……”

Ye you said feeling puzzled: “If that’s the case, why the stress when you’re well-fed?”

Cheng Zhou answered somewhat helplessly: “After society has developed, there will always be more and more things you want.”

Ye You blinked and exclaimed: “The young people don’t want to have children. Your leaders at the top are very worried!”

Cheng Zhou bobbed his head and said: “Pretty much so. If there are no newborns, the future will face serious issues of an aging population and insufficient labor force.” However, these have nothing to do with him. He is gay and is destined not to contribute to the country’s fertility rate.

Cheng Zhou asked curiously: “Can commoners only live to their forties or so?”

Ye You nodded and said: “It’s around there. Those with more money in the family can live longer.”

Cheng Zhou pondered for a while and thought that the physiques of the people on both sides were actually similar. In ancient times, people did not have enough to eat and wear. Their average life expectancy was only forty to fifty years old. Now, medical technology is very advanced and the food has also improved! Life expectancy has increased.

“What about the knights? Is a knight able to live longer the stronger they are?”

Ye You confirmed and said: “Yes, a powerful bronze knight can live to be about hundred twenty years old, a silver knight can live to be about hundred fifty years old, and a gold knight can live to be two hundred years old.”

Cheng Zhou heard the words and said excitedly: “So that’s how it is.”

He knew that having fighting force could prolong his life. After cultivating fighting force, Cheng Zhou found that his constitution had improved a lot.

Ye You looked at Cheng Zhou and said: “Don’t rejoice too early. Eighty percent of the knights don’t live to the end of their lives and died early on the battlefield.” The nobles need resources for cultivation. It’s too slow to accumulate on their own, so they can only rely on looting.

Cheng Zhou: “……”

Ye You looked towards the windowsill and asked with great interest: “Are these the clovers from your side?”

When Cheng Zhou moved home, he brought several pots of alfalfa of different varieties. “Yeah! Is there a problem?”

Ye You shook his head and said: “No problem.”

“Spiritual insects can stimulate the growth of crops. When crops grow well, they can also contribute to their own growth. Take the rye worm from the head of Black Wheat Village as an example. The rye worm can stimulate the growth of wheat seedlings in Black Wheat Village, and the growth of wheat seedlings can also drive the growth of the rye worm. If the crops grow well, it will help the spiritual insect to convert the crops into elixir. Black Wheat Village only has wheat. In fact, if there are several different varieties of wheat, it may also promote the rye worm’s growth. However, this is not easy since Black Wheat Village is occluded.”

Cheng Zhou glanced at Ye You and said: “You mean, I should nurture several different varieties of alfalfa in order to stimulate Little Lucky’s growth?”

Ye You affirmed and said: “You can try.”

Cheng Zhou rubbed his chin and considered the possibility of contracting a piece of pasture land to raise pigs.

Cheng Zhou gave it a second thought and dismissed the idea. Although he made more than 500,000 yuan in a short period of time, it was still not enough! Now, people don’t like farming anymore, and there is a lot of idle land in the countryside. It’s not difficult to rent a few pieces of land, but it’s troublesome to hire someone to take care of it, and there’s still the expensive labor cost to factor.

It’s better to raise pigs in the other world. Although the conditions in the other world are a bit backward, the labor costs are cheap! The beginning of everything is difficult, but you still need to plan well.