Just as I was enjoying myself, a ding-dong text message came from my phone.
Zhang Chi was happy when he opened it and saw that it was passed down from his mother. It read: Son, yesterday your third aunt... the girl was very nice. I'll wait to see you when you come back.
What follows is the girl’s mobile phone number and her name.
Zhang Chi replied casually: I understand.
Within a minute of replying, my mother’s video call came through.
"Ouch, what's wrong with you? Are you sick?"
Through the phone screen, Li Xiumei saw her son covering his legs with a blanket, and she immediately became nervous.
Zhang Chi explained with a smile: "It's cold now, so I can't do anything if I don't cover myself with something. The weather outside is about minus 20 degrees and water turns to ice."
Although Zhang Chi's hometown is not located in the south of the Yangtze River, it is not far from the south of the Yangtze River. It only takes two hours to cross the Yangtze River.
The temperature there is the coldest of the year, with temperatures reaching minus 10 degrees Celsius. This temperature only lasts for two or three days at most. Generally speaking, the coldest time in winter is about minus 5 or 6 degrees Celsius.
"It's not sick, that's fine. That's fine." Li Xiumei gave a false alarm.
In the blink of an eye, Li Xiumei was talking to her son Zhang Chi about what happened to the girl just now.
In fact, Li Xiumei didn't know what this girl was like. She heard others say that she had some fantasies in her mind, so she naturally improved all aspects of the girl.
"I know, I will make sure to ask someone to meet me when I pass through the Magic City when I go back," Zhang Chi said with a smile.
"Well, talk to people carefully, be attentive, and talk more...".
Li Xiumei was a little worried that her son was still unmarried at such an old age, let alone married and had never even heard of a girlfriend. So now that her son had settled down in the United States, she felt that the most important thing was to have her grandson.
Zhang Chi nodded repeatedly: "I know, I know."
On the surface, he looked serious, but Zhang Chi really didn't take this matter to heart. What is the meaning of blind date?
The first is appearance. Whether you are handsome or not, and whether you are pretty or not determines the success rate of a blind date.
The second is financial resources. Driving a small Toyota is completely different from driving a big Mercedes.
There is nothing to say about this. Everyone loves beauty, and Zhang Chi himself would not like the ugly girl opposite him.
The reason why Zhang Chi acted very seriously was because he knew that his mother valued this aspect very much. If he directly said not to go or something, he would definitely hurt his mother's heart. As a son, he could not accompany her all year round.
If you are not happy to even act beside your mother, what else can you do?
So every time his mother sent something like this about blind dates, Zhang Chi pretended to be happy and made his mother happy, never saying that he didn't have time or anything.
"Remember, be careful, men can't be stingy." Li Xiumei was really anxious, wishing that she could help her son go on a blind date, thinking that she would definitely get her daughter-in-law.
Zhang Chi would not tell his mother that your style is outdated. At the time of his own parents, boys and girls did not have so many requirements. It is different now. Young people have many ideas and are also selective about their partners. In fact, if they want to find a satisfactory partner,
It's getting harder and harder.
"I know, I'll contact her right away," Zhang Chi said with a smile.
After talking about the blind date, Li Xiumei asked her son when he would come back. Zhang Chi and her mother had said this eight hundred times, but her mother would ask again every time.
Zhang Chi said it again happily, and the mother and son chatted before ending the call.
After hanging up the phone with his mother, Zhang Chi stored the girl's number in his mobile phone, checked it with his WeChat contacts, added the girl's WeChat account, and waited for the call to be approved.
When no one came through for five minutes, Zhang Chi put the matter aside.
Remembering what he had just discussed with Cannon, Zhang Chi contacted the veterinarian and made an appointment for him to come and check on the condition of the cattle.
There was nothing else to do next, so I continued reading to warm myself up.
On the morning of the third day, veterinarian Brody came to Zhang Chi’s ranch.
Zhang Chi and Cannon took Brody to the cowshed. The cows were not let out to graze today. They were kept in the cowshed to feed fodder.
Brody was shocked when he saw Zhang Chi's herd of cattle.
"OMG! Your cow is the best cow I have seen this year." Brody looked at the tall and big cow in front of him and couldn't help but sigh.
"No wonder Nell and others say your cattle are very well-raised." Brody came to a gray cow, reached out and patted the cow's back gently.
As a veterinarian, and also a well-known veterinarian nearby, Brody has seen a lot of cows, but the cows like the ones at Zhangchi Ranch are really uncommon. They are all strong and powerful, and they appear to be very energetic.
It seems to be filled with a different kind of vitality.
"We are lucky and the calves we bought are all good," Cannon replied with a smile.
Brody said: "Even if you buy a good cow, you have to feed it carefully. You raised it very carefully. To be honest, I saw such a calf at the Lensodo Ranch in the south."
Yes, but his cattle are very expensive...".
The Lensodo Ranch Brody mentioned raises high-quality cattle. This kind of cattle will never appear on the market. Each cow has a fixed place when it is tagged.
The most critical thing is that the pasture is highly mechanized and the breeding standards are also high. The cattle’s daily intake of nutrients is rationed by a dedicated nutritionist, which is not comparable to that of ordinary small farms.
The appearance of these cattle in Zhangchi Ranch can be said to have reached the pinnacle of grazing ranches.
Brody felt that there must be some trick here, but he was not stupid enough to ask. Even if there was, it was a secret and impossible to tell him.
Of course, there is another possibility that the cattle were fed some banned substances, but this possibility is too small, because the cattle are inspected when they are sold. Current technology cannot detect anything about what you have fed.
He was invited here to evaluate the cows in the herd, not to be a spy. Brody knew his role, so he didn't say a word about how to raise the cows.
After checking a few cows, Brody found that these cows were really almost ready for breeding.
"What kind of breeding bull are you going to use for breeding? If it is a breeding bull from your own pasture, then I will check the seed quality of the breeding bull in two days. If you use another breeding bull for breeding, then I will provide some for you.
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Brody is a veterinarian, and he also has a certain source of bull seeds. Of course, you have to spend money to use other bull seeds, because the quality of the bulls is different, and the price of the seeds will naturally be different.
You get what you pay for, no one needs to tell you this.
In this regard, you don’t have to worry about shoddy bulls. They obviously choose strong bulls, but in the end they will replace them with smaller bull seeds.
As a veterinarian, Brody still has this guarantee, and it is necessary. Otherwise, he will ruin his job. Moreover, the current technology can detect the parent-child relationship as soon as it is tested, and generally no one will mess with it.
Just fooling around.
Another point is that the punishment is heavy. If this happens, Brody will pay more than one or two yuan.
Cannon said with a smile: "We don't need others to provide these, we have breeders on our own ranch."
As he spoke, he took Brody to another bullpen. On the west side of the bullpen, there were several large open spaces separated by a large bull.
There are still a few breeding bulls left, namely Scar Butt, Crooked Horn, Black Neck, Hairy Hoof and Machete.
Scary is a cross-breed cow, and the rest are all Gascon cows.
Gascon cattle such as Crooked Horn are very strong, but their butts are half a circle bigger than them.
All cows are full of muscles and well-proportioned, giving them a sense of strength at first glance.
The feeling of breeding bulls is completely different from that of cows. These bulls are so strong that one feels full of power at first sight, giving them a different kind of shock.
Brody's eyes gleamed when he saw these bulls: "Why didn't you tell me earlier, have you checked it, and what is the quality of the cattle seeds? Are you interested in providing seeds?..."
A series of questions were thrown at them, which made Zhang Chi and Cannon immediately happy.
"Don't laugh, what I said is true."
For a cow of this size, as long as there is no big problem with the seeds, the price will definitely be good. Making money as a veterinarian is one thing, but watching the seeds of a good bull spread everywhere and its calves growing vigorously is also a kind of fun.
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"There's really nothing we can do this year. In addition to our own side, the Nell family and the Seriol family will also use it," Zhang Chi said with a smile.
Brody smiled and replied: "I asked them why they didn't order the bull's seeds from me today. It turned out that they planned to use your bull. Have you checked it and how is the quality?"
Brody couldn't say that the size of a bull does not necessarily depend on the quality of its seeds. Many large bulls are naturally castrated.
"We haven't sent it for inspection, but Nell and others have," Cannon said.
Brody thought for a moment and then spoke for a while.
Seeing Cannon nodded: "I'm telling you! I was the one who handled it. It turned out to be these cows."
Brody understood now that the things Nell brought over last time were collected from these breeding bulls. He handled the things himself, so he knew the results. The seeds were of first-class quality. Now seeing the size of these breeding bulls,
These cattle were immediately classified as super breeders.
"It's a pity that there are very few cattle in Gascony, otherwise these sires could still make some money from their seeds, but if you agree, I can help you contact them."
Obviously, Zhang Chi's Gascon cows couldn't use the seeds of these bulls, and Brody wondered if he could get some help.
Zhang Chi and Cannon naturally don't care, that's not the case for making money.
"That's okay, I don't mind if the price is right," Zhang Chi said.
"I will send you the price when the time comes, and I will come over tomorrow to record the status of these bulls." When Brody heard Zhang Chi agreed, he prepared to conduct a detailed inspection of these Gascon sires, and then put these
The status of the bull is communicated to the seed bank.
This way, interested ranchers across the United States can purchase these seeds.
Unintentionally, there may be another way to make money, which makes Brody very happy. He originally planned to come back in two days, but now he has decided to bring his assistant over next year.
Brody looked at it briefly, and then went back to make preparations. Cannon and Zhang Chi sent Brody out of the bullpen and went about their own business.