Chapter 245 The price of cattle is rising (4300) Please vote for me
"Why? Dongdong is your cousin." Cao Shujie was quite puzzled.
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw his daughter shaking her head: "He didn't say anything, it means nothing."
After finishing speaking, Mengmeng pedaled hard on the pink mini bicycle and ran forward.
After passing her grandfather, she turned to look at him and shouted: "Grandpa, hurry up."
"Ouch, my old arms and legs can't keep up with your speed." Cao Zhenghu said this, but he still walked forward faster, barely able to keep up with Mengmeng's speed.
When Cao Shujie saw his grandfather running like this, he might fall down at any time. He quickly ran over and took the red silk cloth from his grandfather's hand: "Grandpa, I will drag her away."
"Please slow down." Cao Zhenghu slowed down as he spoke.
Cao Shujie turned around and smiled at his grandfather and said, "It's okay."
Mengmeng is getting more and more energetic on her bike, but she is small and doesn't have much energy, so she still can't keep up with her father.
Seeing her father pulling her along with the red silk, Mengmeng thought it was quite fun and shouted: "Hurry up, Dad."
"I'm going to catch up with you."
Unconsciously, Cao Shujie took his daughter and ran to the door of the house. Before he entered the yard, he heard the sound of a dog barking from the yard.
There was also an adult's voice: "Dongdong, just go over and take a look. Dogs don't bite."
"Eh? Mom is lying." Mengmeng said.
She said: "Xiaobai just bites people, let's see which fool believes what mom says."
When Cao Shujie heard his daughter judging his wife in this way, he thought that Mengmeng was not far away from being beaten.
The next moment, Cao Shujie dragged the cute pink mini bicycle into the yard with a red silk cloth. As soon as he entered, he saw his nephew Cheng Tiandong standing in front of the doghouse.
His grandmother Li Xiaojuan, Cao Shujie's mother-in-law, is standing behind the little guy to cheer him up.
When Dongdong saw the five little native dogs in the kennel, he couldn't move his eyes away.
He thought the five little native dogs looked so fluffy and so interesting.
However, Daha and his four brothers next to them did not like the little doll that coveted their brothers.
If the hostess Cheng Xiaolin hadn't been watching them at the door, the four Daha brothers would have taught that little brat a lesson no matter what.
However, when they saw Mengmeng, the brothers Daha and Erha immediately narrowed their eyes and shook their heads, looking very happy.
If you look closely, you will find a pleasing expression on their dog's face, which is really incredible.
"Daha, what are you doing?" Mengmeng ran to the kennel and shouted inside.
She then turned around and looked at her little cousin Cheng Tiandong, squinting her face and snorting, as if she was saying, "Look, how awesome I am!"
Cao Shujie couldn't stand it and shouted: "Mengmeng, what's the matter with you? Why don't you shout when you see grandma?"
"Grandma." Mengmeng knew the current affairs very well and quickly called out "Grandma."
"Eh!"
When Li Xiaojuan saw her grandson, she smiled and waved to Mengmeng: "Mengmeng, have you grown taller again? Come here and let me see."
"Grandma, I can eat well, and I can eat a lot of fruits." Mengmeng spread her hands, with a particularly exaggerated expression on her face.
Seeing her amused look, several adults laughed.
Mengmeng looked at her cousin Cheng Tiandong and shouted: "Brother Dongdong, hello."
It's a pity that Cheng Tiandong's eyes kept falling on the little native dog in the kennel, and he didn't react at all to his cousin's cute shouts.
No wonder Mengmeng didn't want to talk to him.
"Mom, let's go inside first and drink some water, and we'll have dinner soon," Cao Shujie said.
Then he turned to look at his wife and asked, "Is the meal ready?"
"The ribs are coming out soon, and my mother is frying the chicken. There is also a Qingjiang fish in the steamer, which will be ready soon," Cheng Xiaolin said.
After finishing speaking, Cheng Xiaolin hurried to the kitchen to help her mother-in-law cook.
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Her mother just arrived about 10 minutes ago.
Her mother-in-law came back from Qingshi Town an hour earlier than her mother after buying vegetables and meat.
After arriving home, her mother-in-law Wang Yuelan began to prepare the dishes, and told her that even if she prepared them in advance, she could not let her mother-in-law come over and wait for the dishes to be cooked.
After Li Xiaojuan took the township bus to Caojiazhuang, according to his daughter, he got off the bus at the first stop just after it entered Caojiazhuang. As soon as he got there, he saw his son-in-law standing outside at the stop sign.
When Li Xiaojuan brought her grandson and son-in-law to her home, she saw that the two-story building was beyond her imagination.
When I was talking to her daughter on the phone, I heard her daughter Cheng Xiaolin mention the newly built house, but I never expected that a house could be built so grand and luxurious in the countryside.
She was almost dazzled by it, and she knew it wasn't cheap at first glance.
When she saw her granddaughter coming back from outside again, longing for Mengmeng flooded into her heart. Li Xiaojuan looked at her granddaughter with growing curiosity.
Hearing her daughter say that her mother-in-law cooked so many dishes, Li Xiaojuan quickly said: "Linlin, tell your mother-in-law quickly and just cook less."
"If you make too much, you won't be able to eat it, and it will go bad easily." Li Xiaojuan said this.
But before Cheng Xiaolin could enter, she heard Cao Shujie say: "Mom, when you come to our house, you can eat and rest in peace, and you don't have to worry about anything else."
When Li Xiaojuan heard what her son-in-law said, she stopped talking about it.
Cao Shujie asked: "Mom, my dad is raising cattle now, how are they doing?"
When Li Xiaojuan heard her son-in-law ask about this matter, she seemed to have a lot to say: "It's good. Your dad is not afraid of being tired or dirty. He is willing to endure hardships. It really allowed him to gain some experience. We watched TV talking about beef nowadays."
The price has increased by more than two yuan compared to the beginning of the year. If it continues like this, it will most likely be sold at a good price by the end of the year."
This is true!
At the beginning of the year, the price of live cattle for slaughter was more than 9 yuan, and now it has almost risen to 11 yuan, and the price is still rising steadily.
If this trend continues, Cao Shujie thinks that when he prepares to sell cattle in June or July, the price of live cattle may rise to about 12 yuan.
Based on the weight of a slaughtered cow at 1,300 to 1,500 pounds, the price of a cow is at least 15,000 yuan. His 50 cows are another huge income.
However, the investment in raising cattle is different from that in his farming. Over the past year, Cao Shujie has continued to purchase feed, corn, and bean cakes, and the expenses required are not small.
Coupled with the labor input, the actual profit from breeding is really not as high as the profit from selling fruits in planting.
But there is nothing that can be done about it. Breeding and planting are two different things. He thinks it is great for Cao Shujie to have the current scale and income.
The next step, in the long run, is definitely to buy cows and breed calves by ourselves.
After coming back to his senses, he heard his mother-in-law say with a look of longing: "If everything goes well, the five calves I bought at the beginning of the year will grow to 1,300 to 400 pounds by the end of the year, which will cost more than 15,000 yuan."
"If you sell all five cows, you will get 70,000 to 80,000 yuan, which is much better than your father working outside."
"In addition, your father and I discussed it and used our family's savings to buy another seven or eight calves, which we can continue to have when the time comes." This is what Li Xiaojuan thought.
But Cao Shujie had to remind his mother-in-law: "Mom, you can't just calculate the price, you also have to include this year's investment."
"I know this. It's nothing more than corn, bean cakes, and feed."
"Your dad often cuts grass and eats less feed. Generally speaking, a cow can earn 5,000 yuan in profit. In one year, it is a little more than what your dad makes working outside." Li Xiaojuan had something in her mind.
account.
She said: "Besides, it's good now. Your dad can help with anything at home. Unlike when he was working outside, he couldn't help with anything at home and had to rent a house while working outside.
, you also have to spend money to eat, but overall you can save a lot of money.”
This was true, Cao Shujie didn't ask any more questions.
"Mom, do you have enough money to buy a calf?" Cao Shujie asked.
"We have enough money, but we can't make ends meet. Your dad has saved some money over the past few years while working. Besides, it doesn't cost much to eat and drink at home. You can get by if you squeeze in."
"Uncle." When the little boy Cheng Tiandong saw that his little sister was ignoring him, he raised his head and called out to Cao Shujie.
"Dongdong, what's the matter with you?" Cao Shujie squatted down and asked with a smile.
Cheng Tiandong pouted, not knowing what to say.
Cao Shujie remembered something and said, "Dongdong, come with me. I'll get you toys to play with."
As soon as the little guy heard about the toy, his originally unhappy face immediately showed a smile, and he followed Cao Shujie and ran into the house.
Mengmeng saw her father and cousin entering the house. She didn't care. The room was full of toys that she had played with and didn't want to play with. There was nothing unusual. Her father said several times that he would sell them to her, just give them away.
People don't matter either.
"Xiaobai, come here." Mengmeng waved to Xiaobai, the pug, and wanted to play with it.
Cao Shujie took his nephew to the room where his daughter kept her toys.
When Cheng Tiandong saw the room full of toys, he was dumbfounded.
I never thought there would be so many toys, I couldn't even dream of it.
"Uncle!" Cheng Tiandong shouted again. When he looked up at Cao Shujie, his eyes were a little timid.
Cao Shujie pointed to the toys in the room and said to him: "Dongdong, see which one you like, just go and play with it."
"Take it home to play when you leave." Cao Shujie glanced outside and saw that his daughter didn't follow, so he knew better.
Seeing his nephew picking out toys, Cao Shujie went to the next room to get some snacks for his nephew.
Originally, he wanted to get some fruit, but when he saw that there were no strawberries at home, Cao Shujie thought that he would take his nephew to the orchard on the mountain to pick some himself.
Cheng Tiandong finally chose a gun and a remote-controlled car, which are basically standard toys for little boys.
I really don’t know why I bought these two toys for Mengmeng at that time?
Li Xiaojuan was also very curious about her daughter's new home. She had just been talking to her son-in-law and mother-in-law and hadn't had time to take a good look at the two-story building. Now that it was fine, Li Xiaojuan thought that she should take a closer look.
Seeing her daughter coming out of the kitchen carrying a plate, Li Xiaojuan went over and said something to her daughter.
"Mom, just go and see her, it'll be fine." Cheng Xiaolin said.
Li Xiaojuan said hello to Cao Zhenhu, and when she walked around the house to look at the upper and lower floors, she was also thinking about when her family would be able to build such a two-story building. Maybe by then, her son and daughter-in-law would both
Would you like to come back?
But there is no way to say this.
Cheng Xiaolin and her mother-in-law Wang Yuelan cooked this meal together, and the dishes were very rich.
While eating, Li Xiaojuan kept talking about so many dishes that she couldn't finish them all.
"Mom, after dinner, I will take you to the orchard on the mountain and pick some fresh strawberries to eat." Cao Shujie said.
This suggestion was great. Li Xiaojuan was also very curious about the orchard that her son-in-law spent millions to build, so she nodded and said, "Okay, I haven't seen what freshly picked strawberries look like."
When Mengmeng heard her father say that she was going to pick strawberries in the orchard, she became even more excited and shouted: "Dad, I want to pick a lot of strawberries too."
Cao Shujie was puzzled and asked her: "Why are you picking strawberries?"
"Give it to Cao Bingbing and the others. I have made an agreement with them. I will give strawberries to whoever gives me toys to play with." Mengmeng thought it was natural.
She will definitely do whatever she promises to others.
This was really the first time that Cao Shujie knew about this. When his daughter said this, Cao Shujie did not stop him and said, "Then I will pick a pot for you. When you go, you will take your brother Dongdong with you."
Let’s play, okay?”
Mengmeng picked her chin with her fingers, thought for a moment and said, "Okay."
"What a good boy." Cao Shujie said with a smile.
Cheng Xiaolin said: "Mom, eat first. After dinner, I will take you up to have a look. The orchard is quite beautiful."
"Okay!" Li Xiaojuan agreed.
After finishing the meal, Wang Yuelan began to clear away the dishes.
Cao Shujie helped his mother wash up, and then they walked towards the orchard on the mountain together.
Li Xiaojuan didn't expect that his son-in-law's orchard was so close.
Walking on the slopes and roads going up the mountain, Li Xiaojuan looked at the road under her feet and asked: "Did you have this mountain road when you contracted it?"
"Oh, the road before was just a bad road. Shujie spent hundreds of thousands to build it, and the road up the mountain in the north cost even more than this."
"Ah!" Li Xiaojuan shouted in surprise. She didn't understand what her daughter said.
"Can you make money by spending so much money on building roads yourself?" Li Xiaojuan asked.
Then she heard her daughter say: "It's not bad. Mainly if the mountain road is not repaired, it will be too difficult to walk. It will be too troublesome to go up and down the mountain. Transportation will be inconvenient. It will delay things and leave people inconvenient. In that case, no one will want to come here."
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"Look at how easy the road is now, and some people just drive up it," Cheng Xiaolin said.
Li Xiaojuan thought it was the fruit collector driving up, and didn't think much about it.
She walked up with her daughter and son-in-law. After walking this slope road, she walked to the turning platform and looked at the flowers planted around her. When she saw the tidy orchard to the north, Li Xiaojuan was so shocked that she couldn't help but wonder.
Described using language.
Before entering the orchard, they suddenly heard the sound of a car coming from behind. They all subconsciously stood aside. Li Xiaojuan then turned around and looked back. Within a few seconds, she saw a car driving directly up.
Stopped not far from them.
"What is this for?" Li Xiaojuan asked.
This kind of small car can't collect fruit, right?
Before Cao Shujie and Cheng Xiaolin could reply, the people in the car had already got out: "Boss Cao, are the strawberries in your orchard still ripe?"
"Yes, you can pick as many as you want." Cao Shujie said with a smile.
The young man opposite him looked familiar, but for a while he couldn't remember his name.
