Chapter 364 The first production reduction of Bitcoin (at least 410.01 million)
The first snow in 2012 came a few days later than in previous years.
It is now the end of November, and the year is about to end in one month.
Maybe he is very busy this year, or maybe he is approaching the threshold of 30 years old. Cao Shujie feels that time is not as solid as before and he is too hydrated.
Cao Shujie got up early today and originally planned to walk his dog first and then go to the orchard on the mountain to check out the situation.
After getting dressed, I came out of the bedroom, stood at the window and looked outside. As far as the naked eye could see, everything was covered in silver.
The leaves on the tree had already fallen off, leaving only the bare branches, but looking over now, the branches were covered with thick white snow, as if white flowers were blooming, which looked particularly beautiful.
Cao Shujie followed his gaze to the south and saw that the roof of his neighbor's house in front of him was also covered with thick snow. By visual inspection, if he stepped on it, his calves would be submerged. Under the blanket of white snow, there was no trace of variegated color.
The heavy snow in the sky is still falling, and I don’t know when it will stop.
Cao Shujie came to the yard, and snowflakes fell one after another.
After a while, a thin layer of white flowers hung on his head, shoulders, and arms, but the snow was increasing. If he stood there motionless, I believe that Cao Shujie would be buried soon.
Become a snowman.
"Shujie, what are you doing standing there? Come in quickly, don't catch a cold." Grandpa Cao Zhenghu called to him.
"Grandpa, why did you get up so early?"
"I couldn't sleep and wanted to get up and walk around. It was snowing too hard and I couldn't go out," Cao Zhenghu said.
He wouldn't go out in such a heavy snow, lest he fall to the ground and cause other troubles, which would cause trouble for his son and grandson.
When Cao Shujie heard his grandfather say that he wanted to go out for a walk, he said at that time: "Grandpa, wait until I sweep the snow away and the snow on the ground melts before you come out."
"The snow hasn't stopped yet. What's the point of sweeping it now? It will be covered again later. Come in quickly." Cao Zhenghu called him: "Sweep it again after the snow stops."
"Okay, you rest at home, and I'll go to the farm restaurant to get some beef soup." Cao Shujie said.
Before his wife and daughter got up, Cao Shujie opened the door and went out. He originally wanted to walk over, but he almost slipped after taking a few steps. Cao Shujie finally gave up the idea and drove over in the LaCrosse.
When he arrived at the farm restaurant, he saw that the door was open and someone was talking inside. Cao Shujie stopped the car by the side of the road and walked in.
When people from the farm restaurant saw the second boss coming, they immediately said hello with a smile.
"Weigh three kilograms of whole beef for me, add more soup, less salt, and wrap the coriander and chopped green onions in separate bags." Cao Shujie said his request.
"Okay, boss, please wait a moment. It will be ready soon," the worker said.
He also asked Cao Shujie if he wanted oil cakes to be burned.
"Pack six of Sesame Seed's Huoshao for me." Cao Shujie thought for a while and asked for some.
Carrying a bag full of whole beef, a bag of beef soup, 6 roasted sesame seeds, and a small bag of coriander and chopped green onions, Cao Shujie paid the money and turned around and walked out.
While driving, Cao Shujie clearly felt the tires slipping, so he was not in a hurry and drove back slowly.
When he got home, his wife had already gotten up and was shoveling snow in the yard with a shovel.
Seeing him come in, he also said: "My grandpa just said you went out to buy beef soup, so I didn't make breakfast."
"Here, wife, look, it's still steaming and a bit hot to the touch. Let's eat while it's hot." Cao Shujie called his wife to eat.
Cao Shujie entered the house and didn't find his daughter, so he asked, "Mengmeng hasn't gotten up yet?"
"No, she went to bed after 10 o'clock last night, and she can't sleep until about 9 o'clock today." Cheng Xiaolin said.
"Don't worry about her for now, just give her a small bowl and heat it up later," Cheng Xiaolin said.
Cao Shujie called his grandfather to eat and then went to get bowls and chopsticks.
He wanted a lot this time, and it was still early, so Cao Shujie called his parents again and asked them to come over for dinner.
When his mother Wang Yuelan and father Cao Jianguo came over, his father saw the full bowl of beef soup and said, "Why do you need so much? You can't finish it."
"Dad, eat slowly. On a snowy day, drink beef soup. Your whole body will be warm and comfortable." Cao Shujie said with a smile.
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After eating, Cao Shujie went to the fields. He stood on the top of the field and looked into the distance. There was a vast expanse of white everywhere. After looking at it for a long time, it felt a bit dazzling.
The kiwi fruit saplings that were just planted two months ago were also covered by heavy snow. I don’t know what happened to them.
Cao Shujie squatted down and ran his hands down the roots of the kiwi fruit saplings, preparing to dig a few times to see how well the roots were taking hold. As a result, the ground was frozen solid and he could not dig out at all.
"Director Cao, what are you busy with?" Someone suddenly greeted him from behind.
Cao Shujie turned around and saw that the person coming was Cao Lei, one of the 14 farmers in Caojiazhuang who had grown kiwi fruit before.
"I want to see how well the fruit saplings take root. With such heavy snow, if the roots are shallow, these fruit saplings will freeze to death."
Cao Shujie knocked on the ground and said, "The soil is frozen solid, and I can't dig it out at all."
"Director Cao and I want to go together, and I'm coming over to take a look." Cao Lei, carrying a pointed stick on his back, said, "Director Cao, please step aside while I dig a few times to see what's going on down there.
"
Cao Shujie pointed at a fruit sapling to get out of the way, and watched as Cao Lei swung his head and dug in, digging away the soil in two strokes.
The two of them squatted on the ground together and looked closely at the roots of the fruit saplings.
Cao Shujie felt relieved when he saw that the fruit saplings were still under the dug hole.
He quickly smashed the soil he had just dug up and buried it back.
"It's pretty good. When the heavy snow melts, these fruit saplings will grow even better next year." Cao Shujie's face was filled with joy from the bottom of his heart.
Cao Lei felt the same as him. He was originally worried that these fruit saplings might not be able to withstand frost, but now he is relieved.
I didn't bother to go back to his field, so I took out cigarettes from my body, tore a square hole in the top of the cigarette case, flicked the other side of the cigarette case with my fingers, and after a few bangs, several cigarettes popped out.
He handed the cigarette to Cao Shujie: "Director Cao, it's not a good cigarette, don't dislike it."
"What a good cigarette, thank you." Cao Shujie took the cigarette, and Cao Lei lit it for him smoothly.
The two of them smoked cigarettes and started chatting in the ice and snow, facing the falling snowflakes from the sky.
Cao Lei didn't really have much contact with Cao Shujie. He always thought that a young and successful person like Cao Shujie must have his arrogance, and he wouldn't be able to talk to ordinary people like them.
But while chatting today, Cao Lei knew that his idea was completely wrong. This village director, who was one step younger than him, was very good at chatting and seemed to be able to chat with anyone.
Cao Shujie also shared with him a lot of his own experiences and ideas, as well as his plans for the future of Caojiazhuang.
Cao Lei, an out-and-out fruit farmer, never thought that there would be so much to plant an orchard.
Like what Director Cao just said about scientific planting and scientific management, there will even be intelligent management and intelligent irrigation in the near future.
From human management to robot management.
Including later fruit sales, diversified channel sales, etc.
and even further processing of fruit products in the future.
Cao Shujie said: "If we can do the steps I just mentioned step by step in the next 10 years, no problem will become a problem by then. You can just plant orchards with confidence and boldness, and plant more orchards.
I’m afraid that by the time we have all the shelves put up, we won’t have enough raw materials.”
"It's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice!" Cao Shujie looked into the distance with a worried tone in his voice.
Cao Lei had never thought so far ahead. When he heard Cao Shujie's words, it was like a magical key that suddenly opened up Cao Lei's vision and gave him an instant enlightenment.
After Cao Lei returned from the fields, he told everyone he met that although they were just growing fruits now, they still had a more glorious future.
He also explained Cao Shujie’s four stages clearly.
After hearing this, some people said that he was fanciful, saying that they were just growing kiwi fruit, talking about scientific management, robot planting, etc. Isn’t this all fantasy?
But when Cao Lei said that these were all Director Cao's ideas, and Director Cao told him personally, those who had previously refuted Cao Lei's "daydreaming" were smart enough to say nothing.
Some people even complained about why Cao Lei didn't say it was Director Cao's plan from the beginning. If they had known that it was Director Cao's plan, they would certainly not have thought it was unrealistic!
After all, Director Cao has accomplished many things that they find unbelievable.
After Cao Shujie and Cao Lei separated, he went to other places and found no problems before returning to the village.
At the foot of the mountain, walk slowly up the road up the mountain.
A path had been cleared in the middle of the road, and Cao Shujie thought it was Cao Shuchao and the others who did the work.
Sure enough, after arriving on the mountain, Cao Shuchao and the others continued to clear the snow. When they saw Cao Shujie coming, they all greeted him one by one.
"Brother Chao, how are you doing here?" Cao Shujie asked him.
"Shujie, don't worry, nothing will happen to us here." Cao Shuchao said confidently.
After two years of continuous renovation and upgrading, this orchard has become very mature in both planting and breeding.
We have also done a very thorough job in infrastructure construction, and we don’t have to worry about problems in this area at all.
Cao Shujie went for a walk in the orchard.
In the original old orchard area, all the old kiwi and apple trees were plowed down and sold to farmers for use as fruit wood for barbecue. It is 100% pure fruit wood.
Nowadays, there are newly planted kiwi and apple saplings. Because these fruit saplings have been irrigated with nutrient solution, they are actually growing better than those planted by farmers.
After seeing this, Cao Shujie went to the 50-acre orchard to the east to look around, and then went to see the growth of strawberries.
The temperature has dropped sharply, but the vitality of the strawberry plants is still very strong.
Cao Shujie thought that by the end of March next year, these strawberries would give him another bumper harvest, and he couldn't hide the bright smile on his face.
This is all money.
Cao Shujie is a vulgar person. In this regard, he is naturally not exempt from vulgarity. He also hopes that his pockets will be bulging.
Thinking about the harvest of strawberries next year, Cao Shujie unknowingly came to the deer park. Looking at the sika deer jumping happily in the snow, Cao Shujie also felt happy.
When he bought it, these deer were very small, but after half a year of proper feeding, these deer grew very fast. Cao Shujie thought that starting next year, they would be able to bring him profits.
Whether it's a female deer giving birth to a fawn, a male deer's antler harvest, or deer blood, these are all good things and can generate huge economic value.
It's just that Cao Shujie has just started working here, so the manager may not be able to cash out so quickly.
"Moo!"
"Moo, moo!"
In the breeding area to the north, cows brayed one after another.
Cao Shujie stood there and looked at the situation over there.
The 136 cows purchased at the beginning of the year have all grown up and are almost ready for slaughter.
The 100 calves I bought after Labor Day in May are no longer small now.
The 10 cows were fed by Cao Shuchao and the others so that they were well-proportioned. Cao Shujie was preparing to contact the bulls for breeding.
Everything is developing in a good direction.
Not surprisingly, next year will be better than this year and we will earn more income.
Just as I was thinking about going to the breeding farm in the south to see what was going on there, the cell phone in my down jacket rang.
Cao Shujie was still wondering who was calling him at this time, so he took it out and saw that it was his wife calling him.
Thinking something had happened at home, Cao Shujie quickly answered the phone.
"Honey, what's the matter?" Cao Shujie asked her.
Cheng Xiaolin's urgent voice came: "Husband, something big has happened, please come back quickly."
"What?" Cao Shujie was so frightened that he almost jumped up.
Did his grandfather fall?
Or did Mengmeng fall?
"Come back quickly. I just uploaded the edited video to Youku and accidentally saw a news report saying that Bitcoin production will be halved today." Cheng Xiaolin said anxiously.
"Oh, it's about to be halved." Cao Shujie said, "I'll go back in a moment."
November 28, 2012, is a memorable day for many people who play Bitcoin. This is the first time Bitcoin production has been reduced since its emergence.
Some professionals have done data analysis and found that before this production reduction, about 7,500 to 8,000 new Btc appeared every day. However, when new blocks appeared after today, the daily output was only half of the previous one.
The current price of a single coin is US$13. The price dropped slowly in the past few months, and then rebounded again after hitting the bottom.
Many people are predicting on the Internet that this production cut will cause the price of a single Bitcoin to break through the previous high and create a new high price.
But some people say that this idea is a fantasy, and they say in a weird way that the reason why Bitcoin production is reduced is that it is already finished. People who put forward this argument are crazy to get rich.
When Cao Shujie came down from the mountain and walked home, he was also thinking about the purpose of reducing Bitcoin production, but he was not a professional, he was just trying to figure it out, and he couldn't understand it at all.
After arriving at home, Cao Shujie found his wife standing on the second floor. When she saw him coming in, Cheng Xiaolin waved to him and motioned for him to go upstairs quickly.
When Cao Shujie was about to go upstairs, he saw his grandfather and Mengmeng playing there on the first floor. He even said hello to them, but neither his grandfather nor Mengmeng paid any attention to him, which made Cao Shujie very frustrated.
