It was so easy to defraud the little girl of more than 100,000 yuan. Zhang Chi couldn't be in a bad mood. He was even happier when he saw Melika smiling all day long. As for what Melika said she wanted to eat, Zhang Chi was immediately satisfied. , what the hell can eat up over a hundred thousand.
For this reason, Zhang Chi directly slaughtered a sheep and had a delicious meal of mutton skewers in the evening.
In the morning, after sending off the young lady...oh, no, the eldest lady of the Kuo family, Zhang Chi hummed a little tune and drove his second-hand pickup truck to the entrance of the town to meet Nell and others.
"Why are you so happy today?" Nell asked curiously when he saw Zhang Chi's smiling face.
Zhang Chi replied: "I made a little money."
"That's why you have to be happy," Nell laughed.
Zhang Chi asked: "Why hasn't Serior arrived yet?"
"Then it's not coming?" Nell pointed at the road.
Zhang Chi took a look, and sure enough, Serriol's old pickup truck appeared in his sight.
Nell said: "Let's go."
He said and walked towards his pickup truck.
Zhang Chi asked: "Why don't you rent a cattle truck?"
Nell had just opened the car door and heard Zhang Chi ask. He paused and explained: "The cattle we bought can be handled by a small cattle truck. Don't worry, we will hire a truck directly wherever we buy the cattle." Transport it back, and if you're lucky, you can ask the cattle owner to help transport it."
Zhang Chi nodded and got into his car.
Serriol's car came over, everyone said hello in the car, and then drove together towards the town where the cattle were sold today.
The town where the cattle are sold today is not far from Amber. It takes more than an hour to drive, about 80 to 90 kilometers.
When they arrived at the place, Zhang Chi found that this place was different from the one he had seen selling cattle last time. There was no auction venue here. The auction venue Zhang Chi mentioned was a regular one with a roof. There was only an empty space here, and there were many things on it. With an iron frame, it looks a bit like a simple golf course.
The outside is full of cattle, and almost all of them are mixed cattle. There are some common breeds of cattle, such as Simmental or American cattle breeds with long horns.
There are no special fences for storing cattle here. There are just iron drills stuck in the ground and ropes hung like this to enclose the activity areas for each cattle.
The three of them found a place to park the car, and started walking around the place.
To be more precise, Zhang Chi followed Nel and Serriol, watching them ask the price to pick the cattle.
Last year, Zhang Chi bought cattle at auction. Only then did he realize that there was such a trading method here, and he negotiated the price directly with the owner of the cattle.
Cattle prices also vary. Even for calves of the same breed, the price varies based on body size and fatness. Calves of the same age, larger and fatter calves are also more expensive, and there is little room for bargaining. The owner of the cattle would rather put it up for auction than trade it privately here.
Of course, for ordinary calves, cattle owners are happy to deal with them privately, which saves some time and auction fees.
The three of them took photos of several batches of calves, but all the cattle owners wanted to auction them off rather than trade them privately, which made the three of them a little helpless.
After wandering around for more than an hour, the three of them could not buy a single cow.
Nell said to Zhang Chi and the other two, "How about we go to the auction place and have a look?"
Seriel nodded.
Zhang Chi had no idea, so he nodded.
The three of them walked towards the open-air auction house.
As soon as he arrived at the venue, Zhang Chi's cell phone rang. He took it out and found a text message. The bank reminded him that US$58,000 had been credited to his account.
Zhang Chi was stunned when he saw the money. He knew where the money came from, but the amount was wrong.
"You guys go in first, I will come to see you later and make a call," Zhang Chi said to Nell and Serriol in front of them.
After speaking, Zhang Chi took his mobile phone and found a place where there were not many people and made a call.
After two rings, Melika's voice rang out.
"Hey, why is it only fifty-eight thousand, not even half of it?" Zhang Chi asked.
Melika said calmly: "Why don't you give half of it?"
"I told you yesterday that I would not pay the money," Zhang Chi said.
Melika said: "When we do business together, the costs naturally have to be shared. Do you want me to tell you this?"
"We agreed yesterday," Zhang Chi said.
Melika replied with a smile: "Yes, but is there a contract? I regret it now. It's just the money. If you don't want it, just call me back. If you want it, go to work!"
"..." Zhang Chi was so speechless.
"You can tease me if you dare, right?" Zhang Chi said after a while.
Melika was very straightforward: "Of course, it costs one hundred thousand for one mouthful. Are you crazy or am I crazy? Why does medicine cost so much? You kid must be trying to trick me. Even if you add ginseng, it won't be enough."
It’s not worth so much money. Oh, I forgot to tell you, our family is also in the traditional Chinese medicine business.”
"Are you fooling me?" Zhang Chi said.
Melika said: "Come, let me tell you the price of exporting traditional Chinese medicine to the United States...".
Zhang Chi was immediately stunned because he heard that Melika really quoted him a list of prices. Although he didn't know whether it was true or false, Zhang Chi sounded very real because this thing could be found.
"You still do this at home?" Zhang Chi was a little surprised.
Melika said: "What do you think? The best Chinese medicine now is in the United States!"
Zhang Chi really doesn't know this.
What Melika said is a bit exaggerated, but it is also part of the truth. There are a lot of Chinese medicine doctors in the United States, and there are even more good Chinese medicine doctors. How much money do you think a Chinese medicine doctor can make in China in a year? Here in the United States, they can directly prescribe medicine in a year.
With an annual salary of three to four hundred thousand dollars, many outstanding doctors from traditional Chinese medicine hospitals have come here.
Especially acupuncture, where the effects can be seen immediately in cases of bruises and injuries, are especially popular among sports groups.
Many people in China call Chinese medicine liars and praise Western medicine to the heavens. However, Chinese medicine here in the United States is showing a good momentum of development.
The same is true for Chinese medicinal materials. Good Chinese medicinal materials in China are now either exported to Japan or Western countries, but the medicinal materials used domestically are average. Exports of good medicinal materials are still popular. The Japanese directly registered Qian Jin Fang, which actually sent a lot of people to go to traditional Chinese medicine.
The faces of those so-called experts.
"Take my money and work hard, don't let me be lazy. If you don't raise the cattle well, be careful and I will beat you." Merica threatened.
"..." Zhang Chi didn't know what to say, so he cursed a few more girly things in his heart.
After picking up the phone, Zhang Chi's mood suddenly turned bad again. He originally thought about getting the money, but now it was suddenly cut in half. It's strange that he was in a good mood.
He walked into the auction area with an old face.
There were not too many people in the auction area. There were only a few hundred or two hundred people sitting on dozens of iron shelves. It was easy to see Nel and Serriol.
Sitting next to the two of them, they did not notice the change in Zhang Chi's expression, because now everyone's attention was focused on the calf being auctioned on the field.
Now the cowboys drove a group of calves in to the open space in the center of the field, sometimes more than 500 of them.
Sold in packages! The price is only about 200 yuan per head, which is neither expensive nor cheap.
The three of them discussed it and came up with a price, but they were quickly outbid by others.
"More?" Nel asked Serriol.
Serior opened his mouth and said, "How about another three hundred dollars?"
Zhang Chi had no objection, so Nell raised his hand and shouted three hundred.
The auctioneer standing in the field saw Nel raise his hand and began to quote a new price.
After shouting a few times, and seeing that there was no one else in the room, he started counting the seconds.
I originally thought I had got this batch of calves, but who knew that the auctioneer had already raised his wooden hammer, and someone added several hundred more.
Nell stopped raising her hand now.
So the three of them missed this batch of calves again.
The entire auction process went very quickly. Before this group of calves had been driven out of the empty field, there were cowboys driving another group of calves in at the entrance on the right.
This batch of calves was of higher quality than the previous batch. The three of them discussed it, raised their hands four times, and bought this batch of calves.
By noon, Zhang Chi and the others had captured two batches of calves, totaling more than 800 calves.
Now the number was close to what the three of them wanted, which was only two to three hundred heads. So after the three of them had something to eat outside the auction house, they no longer entered the auction house, but just walked outside.
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Zhang Chi looked at the price and quickly bought more than 300 calves. The appearance of these calves was average and the quality was slightly below average.
Nell and the other two were not optimistic about it, but Zhang Chi thought it was cheap and took it as his own.
After the cattle were bought, the next step was to load them into the truck. With Nel and Serriol, two veterans, Zhang Chi's only task was to drive the cattle.
After agreeing on the car, the cattle were driven into the car. Zhang Chi and the other two drove the car in front, followed by the large truck transporting the cattle.
First they went to Sériol's house to unload the cattle, then to Zhang Chi's house, and finally to Nel's house. They paid the bill to the driver who transported the goods, and the three of them began to calculate the accounts.
Zhang Chi paid for the last three hundred or so calves himself, and everyone divided the calves from the previous auction according to the number they wanted, matching the good ones with the bad ones.
After the accounts were settled, Zhang Chi gave Nell the money he should pay, and this cattle buying trip was over.
"When the snow melts, let's go hunting for mushrooms?"
Nell asked Zhang Chi who was about to leave.
"Mushroom hunting?"
We usually talk about picking mushrooms in the mountains, but they don’t call them that here. They call them hunting, such as mushroom hunters and gold hunters. Anyone who picks mushrooms is called a hunter.
Serriol explained with a smile at this time: "When the snow melts, mushrooms will grow on the mountains. These mushrooms are very delicious and taste great when made into mushroom pancakes. So when spring comes, everyone will go to the mountains if they have nothing to do."
If you are interested, you can go mushroom hunting. I won’t go this time.”
"I guess I don't have much time. I'm going to buy some machinery in two days," Zhang Chi said.
Serriol asked curiously: "What kind of machinery should I buy?"
Zhang Chi said: "Four-wheel vehicles, small forklifts and so on."
You can buy these things from Xiao Ma, but Zhang Chi bought more this time, and it was more affordable to buy them directly from China. After all, he didn't have to pay for shipping and customs duties.
Neither Nell nor Nel asked much, so everyone went back to their homes to take care of the calf they had just bought.