211 Beginning to Raise Pigs
The arrival of his younger cousin livened up Uncle's home, and Uncle himself became more determined to make money and support his family by following Zhao Dong's lead. Their pigsty was the first to be constructed in the village.
As spring arrived, the pig-raising project was about to commence. Zhao Dong picked up a pen, lit a lamp, and began planning.
He first calculated that there were now fifteen households interested in raising pigs together.
In Zhao Village, there were a total of sixty-nine households, so fewer than half of them planned to participate.
If the money they made from selling pork provoked jealousy from other villages and caused them trouble, it was likely that those in their own village who didn't profit wouldn't help. They might even add insult to injury. Lacking power and connections at this time, their best chance to endure was to stick together.
