But the little guy didn't cooperate. He kept kicking his legs in Cao Shujie's arms, looking at Cao Zhenghu behind him, and shouted: "Grandpa, help me!"
Cao Zhenghu followed him home with a smile. He stretched out his hand to grab Mengmeng's little hand and said, "Mengmeng, be obedient. Grandpa will take you to play later."
He wanted to go to the village to see how many of those old brothers were left.
For example, he is 81 years old. There are not many people in the village who are still alive and well at his age.
Because of this, Cao Zhenhu actually cherishes these people in his heart.
After sitting at home for less than half an hour, Cao Zhenghu said this. Cao Jianguo originally wanted to let his father have a good rest at home today, but his father did not cooperate.
After a final discussion, Cao Shujie drove his grandfather around Caojiazhuang for a whole morning. During this morning, Cao Zhenghu was reminiscing with his old brothers, and Cao Shujie played the role of a driver perfectly.
When he took his grandfather and drove back to his home in the north end of the village, the expression on his grandfather's face did not look calm.
"Grandpa, are you okay?" Cao Shujie asked him.
Cao Zhenghu waved his hand and said: "I'm fine, but there are not many old brothers alive."
"Grandpa, our family's life will definitely get better and better. What do you want to do?" Cao Shujie slowly persuaded him.
Hearing his daughter's cute yelling, Cao Shujie wondered, what's the problem again?
He pointed to the room and said, "Grandpa, listen, that cute kid is making trouble again."
When he said this, Cao Zhenghu was curious: "Why did I go to see Mengmeng?"
Not to mention him, even Cao Shujie was curious about what happened to his daughter to make his wife so angry.
Cao Shujie and his grandfather entered the house one after another. Before he saw Mengmeng, Cao Shujie heard his wife's roar: "Mengmeng, why don't you throw your toothbrush into the trash can? You are such a waste. I
Look what you use to brush your teeth."
Cao Shujie became even more curious. When he saw his wife and Mengmeng, the little guy was standing in front of his mother with his head lowered, looking very honest: "Honey, what happened?"
"Shujie, look at the good things your daughter has done." Cheng Xiaolin was furious when she saw him.
She pointed to the puddles of water on the ground and said, "Did you see that water? Mengmeng sprayed it out with her mouth."
"With your mouth?" A picture instantly appeared in Cao Shujie's mind. Her daughter had a mouthful of water in her mouth, pouted her lips, and sprayed all the water on the ground.
Maybe she sprayed more than just one. Just thinking about that scene, Cao Shujie was so angry that he wanted to hit someone, not to mention how angry his wife, as the person involved, was.
"What else did she do?" Cao Shujie was curious.
Then he heard his wife say: "What else can I do? I just bought a toothbrush for your daughter. I am teaching her how to brush her teeth. Who knows if she is brushing the soles of her shoes with a toothbrush. Do you think it is irritating or not?"
Cao Shujie was so angry that he wanted to beat his daughter.
But Cheng Xiaolin said, "This isn't over yet. After your daughter finished brushing the soles of her shoes, she put her toothbrush into the bucket where the mop was washed. Shujie, do you think she is dirty?"
"Snapped!"
Cao Shujie saw his daughter standing in front of her mother, her little head drooped, as if she had admitted her mistake, but the joyful expression on her face betrayed her true thoughts.
Not paying attention to anything else, Cao Shujie raised his hand and slapped his daughter's little butt.
Mengmeng was stunned by her father's slap. She never expected that the first person to slap her was her father who loved her the most.
"Wow!" Mengmeng cried loudly.
Cao Shujie hardened his heart and did not try to coax her.
Cheng Xiaolin looked at her husband with some annoyance, but she didn't say anything to him, but scolded Mengmeng: "I told you just now that you didn't listen, now it's okay, your father is so angry that he wants to beat you, don't cry."
As soon as she finished speaking, Mengmeng's crying stopped abruptly.
There were tears in her eyes, she pouted, and while wiping her tears, she looked at her mother and then her father at a 45-degree angle. When she finally saw Cao Zhenghu, she seemed to have found a new supporter. She ran directly to Cao Zhenghu, feeling aggrieved.
He shouted with a cry: "Grandpa, dad beat me."
While crying, I was sobbing again and again, it really looked like that.
"Hey, whoever dares to hit us Mengmeng, grandpa will make the decision for you, you go and beat him back." Cao Zhenghu said with a smile.
Mengmeng came to him and asked him to help make the decision, which made him very happy.
When Mengmeng heard what her grandfather said, she immediately stopped crying, looked at her father and then her grandfather secretly, and finally said with a pursed lips: "Grandpa, I don't dare to hit my father."
"Yeah, then Mengmeng, let's play with grandpa, let's go find toys." Cao Zhenghu took Mengmeng's hand and walked outside.
Cao Shujie looked at an anime toothbrush with an orange-red handle thrown on the ground. He knew that this must be his daughter's toothbrush.
"Where did you buy it? Buy a new one for her." Cao Shujie said to his wife.
Cheng Xiaolin nodded: "This is the only way."
She also said: "This brand of toothbrush is very valuable. Who would have thought that I had just unpacked the package and wanted to let Mengmeng play with the toothbrush for a while, but she took the toothbrush to clean her shoes and washed the toothbrush with dirty water from washing mops."
"I'm so angry that my stomach hurts."
Cao Shujie said with a smile: "Wife, give me the link and I will buy a new one for her."
"Forget it, I bought two in total. I originally thought of using them interchangeably, so let her use this one first." Cheng Xiaolin felt much better after she said that.
After his grandfather came back, Cao Shujie spent less time in the orchard. He spent most of his time with his daughter and grandfather, and often walked around Caojiazhuang with his grandfather.
Some old people I met on the road looked enviously at Cao Zhenghu.
Who doesn’t want to find someone in the younger generation who is successful and promising when they get older?
"Brother Hu, you're out for a walk again." Cao Zhengyin, the accountant of Caojiazhuang, started to say hello even before he arrived.
He is the same generation as Cao Zhenghu, but there is an age difference of more than ten years.
"I have nothing to do at home, so I came out for a walk." Cao Zhenghu asked him, "Zhengyin, what are you doing?"
"Brother Hu, isn't it the end of the year soon? The village committee is settling the accounts. I will go over and review the orders with Secretary Jiangang." Cao Zhengyin said.
When it comes to money, Cao Zhengyin never dares to be careless.
In particular, the village committee has three large incomes this year. After getting rich, there will be many projects carried out in the village. At this time, Cao Zhengyin became more and more cautious.
After all, these three sums of money were deposited through his hands. If problems arise later and the accounts are not accounted for, he will be the first responsible person.
Cao Zhenghu didn't know the details, but he could see that Cao Zhengyin was really anxious. After chatting for a few words, he said: "Zhengyin, go get busy."
"Okay, Brother Hu, when I'm done, I'll go find you for a drink." Cao Zhengyin said.
Cao Zhenghu agreed wholeheartedly.
The weather in December is like the temper of a child. One moment, he is laughing and laughing, and the next moment, he is lying on the ground, rolling around and crying.
Cao Shujie never expected that the second snow in December would come so quickly, but this snow was not heavy and stopped just after covering the ground.
It was too cold in winter and there was nothing to work in the fields, so people from house to house were hiding in their homes to seek some leisure time.
Cao Shujie and his wife Cheng Xiaolin were making mutton dumplings and were about to call his parents over for a meal.
It is worth mentioning that his grandfather Cao Zhenghu has been living here since he came back.
The main reason is that the heating here has a boiler and constant temperature return water. Like his parents, the temperature will drop as soon as the heating is stopped. This kind of hot and cold temperature is the most troublesome.
Afraid that his grandfather would not be able to withstand the alternating hot and cold temperatures and might catch a cold or eventually cause other abnormalities, Cao Shujie and his father Cao Jianguo had a serious negotiation and left his grandfather with him.
After the couple finished making dumplings, Cheng Xiaolin said to her husband: "Shujie, please call our parents and ask them to come over for dinner."
"Okay, I'll call right away." Cao Shujie said happily.
Stand up and walk out.
His grandfather is playing beast chess with Mengmeng. Let's not talk about Mengmeng's chess skills. She can't even recognize the chess pieces. Sometimes she will take two moves of her grandfather's chess confidently.
Cao Zhenghu wanted to correct her, but Mengmeng covered her ears with her hands and refused to listen, still going her own way.
There are no boundaries in this game of chess, and naturally there is no relationship between victory and defeat.
After Cao Jianguo and Wang Yuelan came over, Cao Shujie was busy cooking vegetables and dumplings.
They haven't eaten yet, but Cao Jianhua came over with two bottles of wine, a box of milk and a box of eight-treasure porridge?
Cao Shujie was a little confused, why did his Uncle Hua come here?
Before he could say hello, he heard Cao Jianhua shout: "Uncle Tiger, why didn't you tell me when you came back? If I had known earlier, I would have made time to come and see you a few days in advance."
"It's okay, Jianhua, just come over and play. Why bring anything with you?" Cao Zhenghu asked him to sit in the room.
In the past few days, Cao Jianhua was not the only one who came here. In addition to him, there were many people of Cao Jianguo's generation in the Cao family compound who came to visit Cao Zhenghu.
Cao Jianhua held Cao Zhenghu's hand and never let go. He and Cao Zhenghu chatted about what happened in Caojiazhuang, and also listened to Cao Zhenghu talk about what happened in Anyi City.
Even though Cao Zhenghu is so old, he can run back and forth between his two sons' homes. He is really not comparable to those little old men in Caojiazhuang who have never seen the world.
No, Cao Zhenghu is now talking about the construction of the elevated highway in Anyi City.
But the elevated thing touched Cao Jianhua's blind spot, and he didn't understand what it was at all.
Seeing Cao Zhenghu's enthusiasm, he did not interrupt Cao Zhenghu's words and kept listening quietly.
After Cao Shujie finished frying the vegetables, he invited Cao Jianhua to sit down and eat together.
Cao Jianhua was polite and sat down as well.
"Jianhua, I heard that you not only open a supermarket, but also raise a lot of pigs?" Cao Zhenghu took the initiative to ask about this matter.
This is what his grandson said.
Cao Jianhua was worried about how to bring up this matter. When he heard Cao Zhenghu take the initiative to talk about it, he quickly said: "Uncle Tiger, to tell you the truth, I raised 300 of them."
"But it was unlucky. When I bought the piglets, the price happened to be at its highest. Less than a month after I bought it, the price plummeted." When Cao Jianhua went back to describe that scene now, he said
Very interesting.
His statement made Cao Zhenghu laugh out loud: "Jianhua, there is an old saying that goes, if a family has a lot of wealth, it does not include those with hair."
"Uncle Hu, you are right. I really didn't take this seriously before. No, I will suffer a big loss this time. It can be considered a lesson." Cao Jianhua was indeed very low-key this time.
"The Chinese New Year is almost here, prices should have gone up?" Cao Zhenghu asked him.
Cao Jianhua nodded and said with a smile: "Uncle Tiger, you are still right!"
"Hey, there's nothing wrong with this. It's just experience." Cao Zhenghu said modestly.
Cao Shujie has not been paying attention to this aspect recently. He asked: "Uncle Hua, how much does a pound of pig cost now?"
Hearing this question, Cao Jianhua said happily: "Some time ago, it was 16.51 kilograms, which is 8 yuan more per kilogram."
Upon hearing this number, Cao Shujie nodded and said, "Uncle Hua, this price is really not cheap."
Cao Jianhua also means the same thing. Each of his 300 pigs now weighs close to 200 kilograms.
According to the plan, Cao Jianhua wants to keep it until the Spring Festival next month and find a time to sell it at a good price.
But he also did some calculations. The amount of feed they eat every day is not a small amount. If he raises them for another 10 days or so, the feed expenses incurred in the process when he sells them next month are not small, and every day
The rising price of a pound of pork may not even out the cost of feed.
Because of this incident, Cao Jianhua was very confused, what should he do?
He thought about it and took advantage of the fact that you came to see Cao Zhenghu today and came over to have a chat with Cao Shujie.
"Shujie, what do you think I should do?" Cao Jianhua asked seriously.
After several twists and turns, he has no keen intuition about the market at all. After selling this batch of pigs, what should he raise in the next batch?
Or simply stop raising pigs and see if you can find someone to cash them out of the pig farm and get some of the investment back.
But the second thought was just an idea that occasionally flashed in his mind. If he didn't have to, Cao Jianhua didn't want to do it.
Several people were drinking together, and Cao Shujie played the role of pouring wine most of the time. But when Cao Jianhua mentioned the price of pigs, cattle, and sheep, Cao Shujie said directly: "Uncle Hua, I dare not say if there are too many.
There is a 60% certainty that prices will continue to rise about 10 days before the holiday, but it’s hard to say during or after the new year.”
This statement is in line with Cao Jianhua's own considerations. He asked: "Shujie, do you think it will be better to raise pigs or cattle in the next year?"
"Uncle Hua, the price of beef has been rising now. I haven't asked about the price of calves yet, but it should not be low," Cao Shujie said.
"In addition, the growth cycle of cattle is longer than that of pigs." Cao Shujie stretched out four fingers: "You can raise at least three crops of pigs a year, and if more, you can raise four crops, but the fastest way to raise cattle is one.
It can take a year to be ready for production, or if it’s slow, it will take a year and a half, and there will be a lot of investment in the meantime.”
What Cao Shujie said is his true experience. He said: "My plan is to buy a batch of calves after the new year. In addition, I will also buy some lambs and some piglets and feed them together."
"In addition to this, I am also considering starting to plant pasture in the new year to reduce the cost of feeding feed."
Cao Jianhua: "..."
The more he listened, the more confused he became.
From what Cao Shujie said, he also wanted to start raising pigs after the Chinese New Year. Does this mean that he is optimistic about the future pig market?
But he still wants to buy calves and lambs. Cao Jianhua's interpretation is that Cao Shujie will continue to be optimistic about cattle raising in the future.
He began to think about these things in his mind and thought about what he should do to be better.
As for the idea of selling off the pig farm, Cao Jianhua subconsciously ignored it.
To put it bluntly, he was still unwilling to give in and wanted to try again.
Cao Shujie finally said something crucial: "Uncle Hua, don't think of me raising this or raising that. In fact, my cost is much lower in comparison."
Cao Jianhua didn't understand, so he asked: "But what you just said about planting forage?"
"Yes, in fact, not only forage, breeding is also a very systematic knowledge. Uncle Hua, if you really want to go further in this area, I suggest you take a closer look at the relevant content." Cao Shujie said.
said.
Cao Jianhua gets a headache when he hears that he needs to study. Even though this knowledge is closely related to his making money, Cao Jianhua has not yet settled down to study it carefully.
When he left, he was actually still a little confused and didn't understand some things yet, but he was too embarrassed to ask Cao Shujie.
But he also kept in mind what Cao Shujie said when he was drinking at night, thinking about finding a notebook to write it down when he got home, and then study it carefully when he sobered up.
With less than 20 days left before the Spring Festival, Cao Shujie received a call from his sister Cao Huifang.
Cao Huifang told him on the phone that Yiling University was on holiday, because several universities, vocational colleges, and vocational high schools in Yiling City were all on holiday together. In addition, it was nearing the end of the year and there was no chance to buy tickets for two days in a row.
, Cao Huifang was too lazy to buy a ticket and wanted to ask her brother if he had time to go to Yiling City to pick her up and take her home.
"Okay, just wait in the school and I'll pick you up." Cao Shujie agreed immediately.
As the end of the year draws to a close, he wants to take his whole family around Yiling City to buy some clothes, gifts and other supplies for the New Year. Unfortunately, his car is too small and there are not enough seats for the whole family to travel together.
At this time, Cao Shujie wanted to get a 7-seater business car more and more, but it was too late to buy a car at the end of the year.
"After selling the fruit after the New Year, I'll buy a suitable car first." Cao Shujie thought to himself.
This time he made up his mind.
Ignoring this matter for the time being, Cao Shujie drove towards Yiling city with his wife and children in his car.
On the way, he was still discussing with his wife what to buy. Mengmeng only thought about buying toys for her and did not think about anything else.
Cao Shujie also teased her: "Mengmeng, do you want to buy you some firecrackers?"
"I don't want it, I don't dare to let it go." Mengmeng shook her head.
I still owe 1,000. I will write tomorrow. Good night!
