"Dad, okay!" Cao Shujie nodded and continued eating.
After finishing, Cao Shujie saw that there was still no movement from Cui Jingguo's side, so he took the initiative to call Cui Jingguo to ask about the situation.
Just like what Cao Shujie said to his father just now, the calves over there are fed before loading into the truck. This has to be done one by one into the truck, which is very troublesome and wastes time.
"Mr. Cao, I estimate that we will arrive at noon at the earliest." Cui Jingguo said.
Cao Shujie knew it in his heart and said, "That's just right. I'll prepare lunch and wait for you."
After hanging up the phone, Cao Shujie explained the situation to his father, and Cao Jianguo said directly: "Don't delay, let's go to the mountain to clean up now, and then drive the car directly there."
"Let's go." Cao Shujie simply took the tools with his father and rode an electric tricycle to the orchard on the mountain.
Mengmeng still wanted to go with her, but Cao Shujie didn't agree. He was very busy today and he really didn't have time to take care of his daughter.
Cheng Xiaolin also knew that her husband had something serious to do today, so regardless of Mengmeng's crying, she stopped her: "Mengmeng, let's go to the mountain later, okay?"
"Really?" Mengmeng asked, wiping away tears.
Cheng Xiaolin nodded: "Really!"
"Okay!" Mengmeng nodded.
After she helped her mother-in-law wash the dishes, Wang Yuelan said to her: "Linlin, you watch Mengmeng at home. I will also go to the mountain to have a look. I will come back later to prepare lunch."
"Mom, it's such a hot day, so don't be too busy. I'll call the restaurant in town and book a table later." Cheng Xiaolin said: "It saves trouble and doesn't cost much."
Wang Yuelan thought for a moment and nodded and said: "That's okay!"
She turned around and went to the old couple's bedroom, took out five hundred yuan and asked her brother to give it to her daughter-in-law, but Cheng Xiaolin refused: "Mom, there's no need, I still have money here."
"You have a lot of money there, take it quickly." Wang Yuelan also has a stubborn temper.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law pushed and pushed each other, but Cheng Xiaolin finally refused to ask for the money.
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On the other side of the mountain, father and son Cao Jianguo and Cao Shujie came over and started working.
Driving up from the foot of the mountain, there is a turning platform on top. After exiting the platform, there is a dirt road directly leading to the breeding area. If you drive over, there is no U-turn inside.
Cao Jianguo also saw this problem. He said: "This is not a big deal. You can unload the truck on the platform and drive the calf over."
Cao Shujie nodded. This was the only solution for now, but he would still have to consider this issue as time goes by.
"Dad, I plan to contract the land opposite and build a road directly leading to the orchard. Farmers can come up directly from there." Cao Shujie pointed to the mountainous land opposite him and said.
"It depends on yourself, I can only help you with some odd jobs anyway." Cao Jianguo was self-aware of his own abilities, and he did not blindly promise anything to his son.
But he also mentioned a problem: "Shujie, please recruit a few more people to help later. I'm afraid we just won't be able to handle it. What if we let the calf run around and damage the fruit saplings in the field?"
It’s not worth it.”
"Okay, I'll go to the village committee and shout." Cao Shujie knew that his father was right.
The two men discussed for a while to see if there was anything else that needed to be added. After everything was done, Cao Shujie wasted no time. He rode an electric tricycle down the mountain and went directly to the home of the village party secretary Cao Jiangang.
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Cao Jiangang usually has nothing to do. He just lies back on a chair and drinks tea when he is alone at home.
Seeing Cao Shujie coming, he quickly stood up and said, "Shujie, why are you free to come to my place today?"
"Uncle, I have something to ask you." Cao Shujie said.
Cao Jiangang thought to himself: "You kid, I can't count you. Let's just tell you what is going on."
"Uncle, I want to ask you for the key to the village committee and shout twice on the loudspeaker." Cao Shujie explained the reason to him.
When Cao Shujie said that he had bought 50 more calves and would be looking for someone to help unload the truck later, Cao Jiangang became a little lost.
After a full minute, Cao Jian just said: "Shujie, are you going to engage in breeding again?"
"Yes, let's do it on a small scale first and gain experience. Later we should do large-scale breeding." Cao Shujie didn't hide it from Cao Jiangang. He still had to contract the mountainous land!
Following this topic, I also expressed my thoughts on continuing to contract mountains in the next step.
"You still want to contract?" Cao Jiangang really couldn't figure out why Cao Shujie was so bold and invested so much money and still hasn't seen any money back. Isn't he afraid that all the money will be wasted?
Thinking of this, Cao Jiangang asked cautiously: "Shujie, have you thought about it? This will cost a lot of money?"
"Haha, don't worry, uncle, I definitely have a plan."
Hearing Cao Shujie's affirmative tone, Cao Jiangang stopped persuading him.
He took the key off the wall and handed it to Cao Shujie: "You have done it once or twice anyway. Take the key and shout a few times yourself. I won't go."
"Okay, sir, let's have some drinks together later." Cao Shujie took the key and left.
Cao Jiangang looked at Cao Shujie's back with mixed feelings in his heart.
Not long after, the people in Caojiazhuang heard the very familiar Peking Opera singing, and then heard Cao Shujie's voice coming from the loudspeaker: "Dear young and old men in Caojiazhuang, Cao Shujie is now looking for 10 people to help unload the truck and cut the grass.
It costs 35 yuan for 8 hours. I will wait at the village committee for half an hour at most. If anyone is willing to work, just come to me."
After shouting, he shouted again, and the rest was waiting.
He thought that on such a hot day, not many people would come to take his job, but the facts proved that he was wrong.
Even after 10 minutes, it was already full with 10 people.
Later, there were still people walking this way. After arriving at the village committee, they saw that Cao Shujie and the others had not left yet, so they blocked Cao Shujie on the spot and refused to leave no matter what Cao Shujie said.
"Okay, since all the folks are here, you all give me Cao Shujie face. You can cut more grass later. That's no problem." Cao Shujie said.
There is a lot of grass in his orchard. He hasn't gotten calves or lambs for a while, so he hasn't had to deal with them on a large scale. The 50 calves were delivered at noon today, just in time to cut the grass to feed the cattle.
Hearing what Cao Shujie said, those who came after him became happy and said good things about Cao Shujie one after another.
The last count was 16 people, a full 6 more than he thought.
After arriving at the orchard on the mountain together, 16 people went to work in the orchard.
Cao Jianguo was working in the breeding area, and he was a little confused when he saw so many people coming at once.
He waved to his son from afar, and when his son came to him, he asked: "Shujie, what's going on?"
"Dad, these uncles and aunts all gave me face and couldn't persuade them to leave. So I thought about letting them stay and mow the grass. First, I would clear out the weeds in the orchard and stock them to feed the cattle." Cao Shujie explained.
For a moment.
After hearing what his son said, Cao Jianguo didn't say anything else.
More than 18 people worked hard, and the efficiency was really high. Before Cui Jingguo could bring the calf over, a large area of weeds had been cleared.
If you look down from high in the sky, you will feel that the ground seems to be bare.
We worked from morning until almost 1pm, when two high-rail trucks loaded with calves came over.
Cui Jingguo also followed the car. The two cars drove directly along the slope road to the turning platform. Seeing the design above, Cui Jingguo seemed to have seen a new world.
Looking at the huge orchard here, full of fruit saplings, he thought that Cao Shujie was really good at playing!
"Boss Cao, you've done really well here." Cui Jingguo said sincerely.
"Haha, it's not bad!" Cao Shujie said with a smile, "It's just messing around."
Cui Jingguo was not a reckless man who didn't know anything. He shook his head: "Let's just say that Boss Cao put all his thought into what we saw. How could he do it casually?"
Cao Shujie didn’t say much about this.
After the two cars parked, Cao Shujie called his uncle who was mowing grass in the orchard to come over, and together they helped drive the calves to the breeding area.
"Slow down, don't be in a hurry." Cui Jingguo simply tied the calves with a rope and led them one by one. These calves were well fed before they came, and nothing happened that Cao Jianguo was worried about.
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Fortunately, there were many people and the efficiency was very high. In less than an hour, all 50 calves were moved from the car to the breeding area.
"Boss Cao, please see if there is any problem with these little guys. If you have any problem, just come to me directly." Cui Jingguo was very open-minded on this issue.
Cao Shujie and his father Cao Jianguo had just seen it, and there seemed to be no problem.
Cao Jianguo also believed what his son said. The quality of the calves here in Cui Jingguo was indeed very good.
We had dinner at Cao Shujie's house at noon. Cui Jingguo didn't have to drive back home, so we had some drinks at noon.
By the time Cui Jingguo and the others left, it was already past four o'clock.
But at the same time, the story of Cao Shujie raising cattle spread completely in Caojiazhuang, and everyone admired Cao Shujie extremely.
After Cao Shujie sent Cui Jingguo away, he and his father returned to the orchard. They looked at the 50 calves running back and forth in the field on the other side of the barbed wire fence, and felt very happy.
"Dad, what do you think?" Cao Shujie asked his father.
Cao Jianguo observed for a long time before nodding: "Very good, Shujie, this man is truly worthy of being called the 'Ox King', and he really doesn't have a bullshit nickname."
"Yeah, Song Zhichao definitely wouldn't dare to give me a random introduction. If I lose all my money, how will the bank collect the money?" Cao Shujie started laughing as he spoke.
Before leaving, Cao Jianguo remembered something and said, "Shujie, your place is too big. I think it would be better to set up a few lights, otherwise it will be pitch black at night, which is very inconvenient."
Cao Shujie thought about it for a while. His father's suggestion was very pertinent, so he said, "Okay, I'll find someone to install it later."
The orchard began to accumulate bit by bit, developing in a more perfect direction.
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This night, the world outside did not stop rolling and was still developing at a high speed.
But Caojiazhuang seems to have fallen into a brief silence, starting their own slow-paced nightlife.
People going from house to house are discussing Cao Shujie's raising of cattle, and some people are also discussing whether they should raise some of their own.
You don’t have to raise 50 animals just like Cao Shujie, but you can raise three or five animals!
"Hey!" Some people sighed.
After watching Cao Shujie return from the capital, they were taking care of their family's business in an orderly manner bit by bit, but when they thought about it carefully, they realized that they couldn't keep up with Cao Shujie's pace at all.
In the past, there were still people who made random remarks in private: "I could do this well even if I covered dozens of acres of mountainous land."
But when it really happened to them, they knew very well that in a short period of time, none of them could do what Cao Shujie did.
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At Cao Jianhua's house, there are fewer people coming to buy things at night.
After Cao Jianhua and his wife Gao Hong finished eating, they began to discuss breeding matters.
As a native of Caojiazhuang, Cao Jianhua always felt that planting was too troublesome and he had never thought about planting fruit trees, but he thought he could start farming as a side job.
His wife Gao Hong frowned: "Is it possible? Invest hundreds of thousands, don't lose everything by then."
Cao Jianhua was unhappy when his wife said this: "Look at you, you're getting cold feet before you even start. How can this be possible?"
"Besides, if Cao Shujie can do it, why can't I?" Cao Jianhua chose to ignore Cao Shujie's advice. He felt that raising cattle and pigs was a very simple job, and there were not so many things involved.
There are also people who raise chickens and rabbits in the village, and there have been no incidents.
"You also want to take over the mountainous areas?" Gao Hong asked him.
Cao Jianhua nodded: "We must contract it. When the time comes, we can let it roam free in the mountains. It will also save food. It's no better than anything else!"
"Besides, if you haven't read the news, it says that free-range meat has better quality and sells for a higher price."
Gao Hong thought for a long time, then shook his head: "Jianhua, don't think it's easy for him to do it, but Shujie invested 700,000 to 800,000 yuan. I heard that this time he spent tens of thousands of yuan just to buy calves.
The money for feed is also a big expense, how can our family have so much money for you to mess around with?"
When Cao Jianhua heard what his wife said, he was very unconvinced: "Why am I just messing around? Am I just trying to make more money for our family?"
"But have you ever thought about it. Your son will graduate from college in a year. When we buy him a house and get married, the money we have saved is valuable. If you use it to engage in breeding, it will be okay if you make money, but what if?
I really have to pay it forward..."
Before Gao Hong finished speaking, Cao Jianhua scolded her: "You old lady, can you stop farting when you open your mouth? I haven't done it yet, and you say I'm the loser. It's wrong. You're still not convinced that you have long hair and short knowledge."
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Gao Hong became anxious when she heard this. She stood up and was about to start a fight with her husband. Fortunately, she was stopped by her son, who was resting at home during the summer vacation.
Their son Cao Ming said: "Dad, I support you. As for the house where I will get married, I will buy it myself when I get a job, so you don't have to worry about it."
Cao Ming will graduate next year. He is full of hope for the future. He feels that after he steps out of campus and enters the society, it will not be a piece of cake to make money, and buying a house will be a piece of cake.
"Did you see that our son supports me?" Cao Jianhua said proudly.