Zhang Lei was much darker than when he was in college. He was dressed simply in jeans and a long-sleeved T-shirt, and his handsome face looked a little more tired than when he was in college.
Xia Shige was stunned when she heard this. She was thinking about how to remind Zhang Lei to be careful about the upcoming high temperature.
After all, even if the chicken farm can avoid the tornado in a month, it will not be able to escape the coming global high temperature. When the electricity price soars, the chicken farm will lose power and the chickens will probably not be able to keep. I didn't expect Zhang Lei to consider changing his industry in advance.
Xia Shige asked: "Sell it? Isn't this profitable?"
"Alas, it's all about exchanging lives for money. Working as a mechanic for others is only 996, but running a breeding farm is 007." Zhang Lei sighed.
"Whenever I found something unusual about the chicken droppings or feathers, I would go to the livestock farm to ask for advice. Later, I simply bought a microscope and did dissection research myself. At the end of each year, the chickens were disinfected with lime and then fumigated with formalin, and the chicken farm also had to be turned over and disinfected."
"Chickens have to be taken to the hatchery in person, and vaccinated as soon as they hatch. If they haven't been vaccinated within ten hours of hatching, they have to be destroyed. It takes more than a dozen vaccinations from hatching to market, and you can't complain about the hassle. If you need an injection, you can't feed water instead."
"Chickens, chicken coops, chicken farms, feed, lighting, vaccines, water sources, supplements, pens... every one of them has pitfalls to avoid, and the only thing left is to consider whether it makes money."
Zhang Lei seemed to have opened up his mouth, and he kept talking to Xia Shige, "Several of my college roommates are getting married soon, but I haven't found my girlfriend yet. After graduation, my family arranged a few blind dates for me, but the girls ran away when they heard that I was raising chickens."
Xia Shige sighed in his heart, it seems that farming is really hard work.
"So after you sell the chicken farm, what industry do you plan to switch to?" A natural disaster was about to happen, and Xia Shige was worried that Zhang Lei would fall from one pit into another.
"I plan to work at the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Research Institute in Taipei. They were recruiting a while ago and I passed the interview. I can earn a few thousand yuan a month as a trader, which is more stable than what I have now."
Xia Shige was relieved. During natural disasters, crops stopped growing and animals died in large numbers. At that time, the country vigorously developed indoor planting and breeding, and the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Institute was also a core institution responsible for reconstruction tasks. Zhang Lei's choice was the right one.
"I have caged and free-range chickens here, both laying hens and broilers. I've packed some of each for you. You can stew the broilers, and use the brown-shell laying hens for their eggs."
"I also raised these ducks myself. I'll pack them up for you."
Zhang Lei helped Xia Shige load the chickens and ducks into the truck, and then took Xia Shige to a farmer's house with whom he had agreed to buy sheep and pigs yesterday.
"I am an old man who is good at raising native goats. They are all free-range and feed on grass. These two big rams weigh more than 80 kilograms each and can produce at least 30 kilograms of meat." The farmer said proudly, "These five ewes are all big sheep. They give birth to at least three lambs in two years, and two lambs in one litter."
"These piglets are all free-range Huanjiang Xiang pigs, a nationally protected pig breed that was a tribute in ancient times. They are piglets brought in from other places and raised to give birth to piglets. I am the only one in the village that has this kind of pig. This kind of pig has a short body, so you can roast or stew it whole in a pot. It tastes amazing! It is fragrant but not greasy, unlike ordinary pigs!"
This was exactly what Xia Shige wanted, so she paid without hesitation. Then, she saw a rabbit nest behind the wall and asked, "My friend, do you have rabbits at home? I want 20 more rabbits."
Zhang Lei said, "You only need two or three rabbits. They reproduce very quickly, and you won't be able to raise them all."
The sheep and pigs cost tens of thousands of yuan in total. After receiving the money, the fellow villager waved his hand and said, "Okay, these three rabbits are given to you as a gift."
"Thank you, fellow villager." Xia Shige happily took the rabbit cage containing three rabbits. It was a bit heavy.
The fellow villagers helped Xia Shige tie up a few sheep and load them into the truck, and also put a few piglets into cages and loaded them into the truck.
*
Finally, Zhang Lei took Xia Shige to a cattle-raising cooperative.
"This cattle-raising cooperative is engaged in cow breeding. The cows here are all original breeds, brought from Inner Mongolia, and their quality is absolutely top-notch."
Xia Shige readily bought two males and three females, a total of five calves, each weighing about 300 to 400 kilograms, and each costing more than 10,000 yuan.
To be on the safe side, Xia Shige bought three more cows, one male and two females, each costing 25,000 yuan.
Seeing that Xia Shige paid the bill readily, the boss of the cooperative gave her a lot of feed. "This is the grass we grow ourselves, mixed with a lot of tofu dregs and rice bran. The cows love it."
The small truck couldn't fit the cattle, so Xia Shige moved the feed into the truck and agreed with the cooperative boss to use a large truck to pick up the cattle tomorrow. Because he often helped his family transport goods, Xia Shige also took the B-class license for large trucks.
With Zhang Lei leading the way, the animals were bought very efficiently. In one day, chickens, ducks, cows, sheep, rabbits and pigs were all bought. After spending 100,000 yuan, Xia Shige was very satisfied.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
