After the meal, Zheng Changhe and Yang Family went to the fields as usual. Juhua washed the dishes first, then ladled the dishwater into the pig feed bucket. She also chopped up some Shanyu vines, mixed them with acorns, and prepared the slop to feed the pigs.
There were six pigs in the sty—three large and three small. She had to make three trips back and forth to get them all fed.
The big pigs ate with gusto, their large ears flapping and their little tails wagging. Every now and then, one would scratch its rump against the wall. These pigs were fairly well-behaved. They didn't fight at feeding time, only occasionally nudging each other with their snouts.
Juhua thought, 'I probably feed them so often that they're rarely hungry. Of course they wouldn't exert themselves fighting over a mouthful of food. They're living up to their lazy nature.'
