There’s a secret method in rural areas that isn’t openly shared. When raising pigs in the countryside, if you want them to give birth, you have to isolate the sow in advance and keep her in separate, special rearing for a period of time. The key word is: starve! During this time, you feed the sow very poorly—just watery broth and thin, diluted feed—keeping her like that for one or two months. Afterward, the sow enters her heat period. The thinner the sow, the easier it is to conceive; once she becomes pregnant, she can have a litter of 13 piglets. Conversely, the fatter the pig, the harder it is to mate,