Chapter 93 Chapter 93 Spending Money Day 93
After returning to Shenzhen, Liu Yue has been looking for houses these days.
To be precise, she was lying at home, looking at the house through Lucifer's perspective.
Without leaving home, use the robot dog to help her expand her horizons. Great!
Although the same effect can be achieved by having an assistant video call the entire time, it is still quite fun to control the robot dog.
This is Liu Yue’s favorite new toy recently. Lucifer is either working, charging, or repairing it.
Fake drop test: a series of testing procedures before leaving the factory;
Real drop test: passed the test of cat masters!
Because of its light weight, Lucifer had been sent flying by Lucas several times. If the first time was an accident, the subsequent times made Liu Yue wonder if it was using this as a new toy.
Fortunately, Lucas has a special animal behavior training teacher, and with the teacher's help, Liu Yue has corrected its behavior.
And Lucifer is not broken. Although the shell is a little worn, no function is affected. This is really gratifying.
Liu Yue was comparing the information of these houses on the tablet, and Lucas jumped into her arms.
This is a rare moment when the Bengal cat is willing to be close to its owner - all because the cat house at home is well built and it has already expended a lot of energy in parkour.
"Come, let's choose a cat paradise for you."
Liu Yue's requirements for a cat park are large, ideally with a dedicated area to simulate an outdoor setting. She's not afraid of spending too much, but she's worried about not being able to buy a suitable house.
She had previously thought of the house she was renting, and her thinking was limited to the large flat; Ren Zhen helped her choose several villas with yards nearby, all of which had very large lawns, enough for Lucas to play freely in the yard.
From this perspective, villas are indeed more suitable than high-rise residential buildings.
However, these villas are not in Shenwan Tiancheng, and the distance between them and Building 6 is a bit awkward.
If you drive, it takes longer to drive the car out of the basement than to get to the villa; if you walk, it is a bit far, about ten minutes.
"...Okay, it's okay to walk a little longer."
Liu Yue quickly convinced herself: "I'll take you out to play, you exercise, and I'll exercise too."
Although the treadmill in her home has been idle for a long time, she can still persist in walking the distance when taking the cat out for a walk.
When she really feels lazy, she doesn't have to go out herself, and she has a balance bike.
Liu Yue picked out a few villas and asked Ren Zhen and Sang Yu to check out the prices first to see if there was any room for negotiation.
Oh, and there are staff dormitories for the chef team - they are currently renting a house in Building 6, and the two-suite house can accommodate the four sisters.
They liked their current house very much, and Liu Yue thought it was nice, but the landlord didn't plan to sell it. When they rented the house, they had agreed that it would only last for two years, as he had other uses for it in the future.
Alas, there weren't many units in Building 6, and only a small portion were available for rent or sale. Even looking across the entire Deep Bay Sky City, there were few houses that met her requirements.
No wonder Cloe’s manor has a complex of villas. It would be really troublesome if there were not enough accommodation for the service staff.
For the same distance, Liu Yue could accept walking with Lucas, but if the chef team lived there, her response speed to any temporary needs would definitely not be as fast as when she lived downstairs.
"I think the house they live in now is pretty good."
Liu Yue and Sang Yu said, "You guys talk to the landlord. I'm willing to pay a little more to buy his house. Let's see if he's willing to agree."
Liu Yue meant to try, but when this task fell on Sang Yu's side, it automatically became a goal that "must be completed."
She said yes, then immediately realized that this might not just be a matter of money. After all, those who would buy a house in Shenwan Tiancheng are already considered to be "not short of money" among ordinary people. Not everyone has the same urgent need for money as You Jingchuan.
But it doesn't matter - no matter what the landlord's needs are, she can find Ren Zhen and Zhang Cheng and ask them to help mobilize resources and try to meet his ideas through other means, then the house will naturally be acquired.
After all, what Liu Yue has now is more than just the money balance in the account.
System: "Would you like to use your savings to buy two luxury homes?"
Liu Yue replied casually, "It's not that easy to negotiate the price. I'll just prepare for both myself and you paying for me."
The prices of both houses are around 100 million. The double suite is cheaper, and the villa may cost 150 million. It would be best if the system could drop gold coins. Even if she is unlucky and doesn't get them, she can still afford it.
After buying these two houses, she had no other major purchases. The yacht and private jet were already part of her billion-dollar plan, so she wasn't in a rush.
Well, it’s perfectly planned, let’s do it.
Liu Yue scratched Lucas's chin, enjoying the touch of his smooth fur, and said:
"Today Mommy will take you out to see the hill where our family lives."
She added: "They are two hills."
As for why there are two mountains... When He Xi learned that Clo had booked a mountain for Liu Yue, what would happen next? Need I say more?
Okay, okay, two is fine. It’s just right for her to raise chickens, ducks, geese and pigs separately, and to build different ecosystems around them and grow more varieties of fruits, vegetables and crops.
Liu Yue first went to the hill where chickens were raised, which was close to where she lived.
This mountain is large and lush, making it ideal for developing a forest economy. Liu Yue learned this term in her geography textbook in high school, but it wasn't until today that she truly understood it.
The person who received Liu Yue was a middle-aged woman named Bai Zihui. She was a doctoral graduate in agronomy and was also the general manager of the mountain chicken farming business.
After chatting with her for a while, Liu Yue found that she had a rich reserve of knowledge. She couldn't help but feel that asking her to work for her was a bit of a waste of her talent.
After all, the chickens, ducks, and geese she raises are primarily for her own consumption. A small portion is sold to the market, but that's mostly consumed internally or supplied to a few high-end restaurants. She has no plans to expand production or build a brand reputation, so there's little room for career advancement for Bai Zihui.
Liu Yue said this, but Bai Zihui just smiled.
"I want to thank you for this opportunity," she said. "Ecological agriculture has always been my dream and pursuit. I want to grow crops naturally, without forced ripening or growth hormones. But I can't make money with this type of farming model."
Bai Zihui started a business when she was young. After selling her small company to a big company, she received a large sum of money.
She invested the money in ecological agriculture, insisting on letting fruits and vegetables grow naturally according to the seasons. She had extremely high standards for seed quality control, and the land had to be left fallow and converted, pursuing quality more than output.
However, not many consumers are willing to pay for the high cost of "natural growth".
After several years of struggling, her assets gradually dwindled, and due to a broken capital chain, the farm had to close down. Her husband and children didn't understand her pursuit. After all, she hadn't made any money in those years and had been losing money. If it were a legitimate business, it would have closed long ago.
Bai Zihui had no common topics with them and was very depressed staying at home until last week when Ren Zhen contacted her.
There was a boss who was not short of money and did not care about the cost. He just wanted to eat good chicken and good fruits and vegetables. He wanted to set up an ecological farm and asked her to be the person in charge. The salary and benefits were very generous.
For Bai Zihui, this was like a blessing in disguise, like good news from heaven. Without even a second thought, she immediately headed out to investigate the mountaintop upon receiving the news. It was only on the way that she remembered to be wary of scammers.
Fortunately, it was not a scam, but a real job. Bai Zihui swept away her previous decadence and threw herself into the farm construction with full energy.
She introduced to Liu Yue: "I plan to gradually convert this forest into fruit trees. Here I will plant mangoes, lychees, longans and other tropical fruits, over there I will plant lemons and pomeloes, and here I will plant kumquats and guavas."
"This is the understory farming area. Chickens will forage freely in this natural environment, and poultry manure can also provide natural fertilizer for the trees."
"As for the woods over there, I plan to plant some ginseng, gastrodia elata, ganoderma lucidum, and various fungi to effectively improve land utilization. In areas with higher canopy density, I'll also raise some bees, which can not only pollinate the flowers but also produce some honey."
"As for the other side——"
Liu Yue looked in the direction she pointed and saw that there seemed to be a self-built house over there, but it was being demolished and rebuilt.
Bai Zihui said, "I have previously discussed the planning and design of the farm with Secretary Ren. We won't run a commercial farm stay here, but we will build a villa for leisure and sightseeing, so that when you want to experience the pastoral scenery, you can stay here and rest."
"So, I plan to turn the area around the yard into a forest landscape area, preserving its original ecology. You can collect wild mushrooms and wood ear mushrooms there, or hike along the stream to explore. There is also an open space dedicated to camping, surrounded by peach blossoms, pomegranates and papayas, which are both ornamental and edible."
Wow, that sounds interesting!
Although there is nothing in this place now, Liu Yue can already imagine what it will look like after it is built.
How should I put it? A farm started from scratch certainly needs to wait for a while before it can reap rewards, but the feeling of starting slowly and witnessing its changes is also very fulfilling.
Bai Zihui then introduced her to the planting area, pond area, and of course the ecological chicken coop.
Of course, free-range chickens in the woods also have chicken coops, otherwise where would these chickens and ducks live at night?
The chicken coop was large and spacious, and the environment was better than Liu Yue had imagined. There were many smart monitoring devices here. After all, it was very easy to fail in the breeding industry. If you were not careful, all the chickens, ducks and geese would die of disease.
The main breeding animal on the mountain is chicken, and there are several different types of chickens here.
There are Longshan Feng chickens that are specially used as broilers. This type of chicken is a national geographical indication product. It has tender meat, thin skin and soft bones. It is very suitable for free-range farming under the forest. Rice and corn are also grown in the fields.
Bai Zihui introduced that there are also Dongxiang black-feathered green-shell laying hens and Taihe black-bone chickens that are specialized in laying eggs.
Both types of chickens amazed Liu Yue. There was even a type of chicken with a green shell! Sang Yu told her that she ate quite a bit of it, but she didn't go into the kitchen or pay attention to the groceries, so she couldn't see the ingredients in their original form.
Really? Liu Yue scratched her head.
After she said that, Liu Yue indeed felt that the eggs she ate after binding the system seemed to have a stronger "egg flavor".
——From a scientific point of view, this is because the yolk of green-shelled eggs is larger and produces a higher concentration of fatty acids and phospholipids, so the aroma is stronger.
As for the black-bone chicken... Please forgive Liu Yue for her stereotype because she has never seen the food before. She thought the black-bone chicken was black, but she didn't expect it to be so white.
This kind of chicken is called Taihe black chicken. Although its skin, bones and meat are all black, its appearance is that of "White Phoenix Fairy" and it can even be used as an ornamental chicken.
Among the chickens, Longshan Feng chickens are the most numerous, while the distribution of ducks is more even.
There are Muscovy ducks for meat, stuffed ducks for making Peking duck, white ducks perfect for stewing soup, Jianchang ducks, which are high in protein and low in fat and suitable for making pressed duck and braised dishes, and Gaoyou ducks, which are specifically designed for laying eggs...
Liu Yue has invested her own money and spared no expense to build an ecological farm, so of course she wants to enjoy the finest food and choose the most suitable poultry for each cooking method.
The goose side is much simpler. There are only Guangdong’s most famous lion-head goose and the large white goose with super combat effectiveness.
The former is for eating, and the latter is the "bodyguard" of these chickens and ducks - the combat power of one goose is equal to that of two otakus, this is no joke.
Of course, there must be proper bodyguards on the mountain. Bai Zihui has been doing farm work for years, and her arm muscles under her long sleeves are very strong. The few employees she hired also worked with her before, and they are all tall and strong.
There were two dogs in the dormitory they lived in. One was a Rottweiler and the other a Caucasian. Both dogs looked very fierce, and the Caucasian's size made Liu Yue hesitate to get close to it.
Bai Zihui comforted her: "Don't be afraid, these two dogs can listen to my instructions, they will not attack you."
She also explained the reason for raising fierce dogs in the mountains - living in the mountains makes it easy to encounter people with ulterior motives. On her previous farm, there were people wearing masks and carrying sickles wandering around.
Liu Yue was a little scared after hearing this. It turned out that if you don't live in the city, there will inevitably be security risks. No wonder Bai Zihui raises geese and dogs.
However, when she thought of Ren Zhen and Zhang Cheng beside her, Liu Yue's sense of security returned.
After the tour, Liu Yue was very satisfied with the farm, which was still relatively deserted but already had a prototype. Ecological agriculture is something that requires long-term investment, but it is not too late as long as you start preparing now.
Lucas was also very satisfied and was strolling around. Anyway, Sang Yu would wipe his feet before he got in the car, so Liu Yue let him walk around the yard freely.
The King of Cats has conquered Lucifer at home, and is now eager to challenge the big white goose with its head held high.
Lucas stretched out his tentative cat claws, wanting to launch a sneak attack from behind, but the big white goose was very agile and turned around and pecked him without any hesitation, chasing Lucas all over the yard, and then jumped into Liu Yue's arms with grievance.
The clever leopard cat knew who could protect it. If Ren Zhen closed the fence, the big white goose could not get in and could only demonstrate outside.
Although Liu Yue knew that Lucas was the first to do it, people are biased, so she couldn't help but speak up for Lucas.
"Oh, big white goose, the kitten didn't mean it... It's still so young, what can it understand? Don't bother with it."
The big white goose was still calling, and it sounded very dirty.
Liu Yue pretended not to hear anything, carried Lucas into the house, and saw Sang Yu next to her with a smile on his face.
She asked, "What are you laughing at?"
"Nothing." Sang Yu replied, "I just thought of those monsters with backgrounds in Journey to the West, who were all taken back by their masters."
Hmm...if that's the case...
Liu Yue patted Lucas's head, and Lucas meowed with clear and innocent eyes.
Alas, it is indeed just a cat. What big mistake can a kitten make? Of course we should forgive it.
Bai Zihui showed Liu Yue her natural crop planting plan, which basically followed the seasons, combined with the terrain, and also took into account Liu Yue's needs and preferences.
A strawberry garden is a must. Liu Yue loves eating strawberries and loved picking them as a child. Although she has long been financially independent, the feeling of buying strawberries at the mall is different from the feeling of picking and eating them freely in the garden.
Liu Yue didn't have any dietary restrictions on these crops. She used to be very picky about food, but since she had handed over the task of thinking about what to eat every day to the nanny and the chef, she basically wasn't picky about any ingredients - except scallions and onions.
It turns out that she didn't like to eat those things before because the chef's skills were not good enough and the food was not tasty. As long as the ingredients can bring out the right flavor, she can eat anything.
Of course, the vegetables will be harvested the fastest. Liu Yue has already booked a trip. When these vegetables are ripe, she will come to experience picking them and then eat them for lunch that day.
If for no other reason, she just wanted to experience how fresh the vegetables would be when they were just picked from the ground and put into the pot immediately.
Liu Yue originally wanted to go to another hill to take a look, but you can fish in this stream!
Although the pond was still being dug and the fry hadn't been introduced yet, random fish would spawn in the stream. Liu Yue had her fishing rod brought over and sat down by the stream to fish.
As for the results of fishing...
On the morning of June 20, Liu Yue was sitting in the dormitory. Everyone in her dormitory was present that day.
She was recounting her visit to a farm on a hilltop. When she mentioned fishing, Ke Yan pressed her, "What kind of fish did you catch?"
Liu Yue paused and said, "I had tilapia and crucian carp tonight."
"That's amazing!" Ke Yan applauded her. "My dad loves fishing, too, but he often comes up empty-handed, leaving him feeling helpless and furious."
Liu Yue laughed dryly twice, and the others noticed something was going on. Then they looked at Sang Yu's expression, who was smiling but silent...
Ahem, give our young lady some face and don't expose her. Is that her fault? It must be the creek that's at fault. These fish are so ignorant.
Why else could she catch fish in the ocean but not in the stream? Fishing in the ocean was definitely more fun than fishing in the stream.
Wen Huiyi changed the subject: "What about the mountain where you raise pigs? Is there also an ecological farm like this on the mountain?"
"No, they mainly do breeding there."
Liu Yue said: "No matter how intensively we cultivate, the crops produced on one mountain are enough for me and my family to eat, and more than enough to sell to high-end restaurants. I don't need two mountain recreation areas, so the other mountain only raises pigs, cattle and sheep."
Over there, a pig-manure-grass cycle operates. The pigs are wild boars, used for meat, and fragrant pigs, specifically for roast suckling pig. The manure is fermented in a swamp, and the biogas is used as clean energy for production and daily life. The manure liquid and residue are used as organic fertilizer for pasture.
With pasture, cattle and sheep can be raised. The mountains are home to local yellow cattle for meat, Leizhou black goats that can tolerate roughage, and a few dairy cows specifically for milk production.
If there was only one mountain, Liu Yue would not plan to raise cattle and sheep, but since there are two mountains, she decided to expand the breeding area.
There were also crops planted on that mountain, but they weren't for human consumption, they were for pigs. Liu Yue's pigs didn't eat feed, and their growth cycle was quite long, but that didn't matter. For the sake of delicious food, she could wait.
If she wanted to do it quickly, she didn't need to buy pork herself. She could just buy it from the supermarket.
Lin Feiran was curious about the initial investment cost of the two mountains, and Liu Yue calculated it.
Although the money was paid by Clo and He Xi, as the actual boss, she had a rough idea of the amount.
Contracting a mountain costs millions, and you need to build a house, introduce smart management equipment, buy seeds, saplings, chickens and ducks, pigs, cattle and sheep, and pay the management staff...
A rough calculation would give her an eight-digit number. Actually, Sang Yu could tell her the exact number, but since this was Liu Yue's farm, she wouldn't speak until Liu Yue asked her to.
But even though it was just a valuation, several roommates were stunned.
So farming and breeding require tens of millions of dollars in upfront investment? No more saying "yearning for rural life," because the cost of true self-sufficiency there is incredibly high.
Of course, this is because Liu Yue only sells high-quality products. If she lowers her standards and reduces the number of product categories, costs can be reduced.
However, ecological agriculture and animal husbandry are both big pitfalls. Liu Yue is prepared to invest money every year and never expects to make money from it.
After all, those novels about making a fortune through farming, even if they don’t have high-quality and high-yield system buffs, still have hidden golden fingers of “no disasters, no risks, and livestock and poultry don’t get sick”.
Liu Yue had actually asked the system if it had any colleagues in the Time Management Bureau who did this. She already had enough money to spend, and she was constantly thinking of new ways to spend it. Was there a chance to exchange cheat codes with other hosts?
Unfortunately, the system did not agree, it only gave money.
Well, this is a test of her ability to do other things with money.
Liu Yue snorted and said that she would give the one million she drew today to Bai Zihui as "research funds."
This amount of money was certainly not enough to research new varieties, and Liu Yue hadn't considered such a thing. She simply encouraged Dr. Bai to go all out and try new ecological planting methods, to be brave enough to make mistakes and not be afraid of risks. She could afford this loss.
After all, the chickens she raises are more delicious, and the fruits and vegetables she grows are more tasty, and the beneficiary is Liu Yue.
Although the boundary between consumption and investment is a bit blurred for this amount of money...but considering that the output of the ecological farm is mainly for Liu Yue's taste, the system still counts it as consumption.
It turns out that this is really possible. Liu Yue thought thoughtfully, feeling that the door to a new world had been opened.
Bai Zihui was very moved when she received this funding. What a touching and great boss.
It's so rare that Liu Yue actually fully understands and is willing to support her career with practical actions. In Bai Zihui's heart, her figure is taller than anyone else.
With a boss like this, Bai Zihui doesn't allow anyone to disobey her!
From now on, raising the best chickens and growing the best vegetables for Boss Liu will be her lifelong career.
Liu Yue was very satisfied looking at the one million she had successfully spent and the 600,000 cashback she received today.
She has already put on her graduation gown, put on makeup, and fixed her hair, ready to take graduation photos with her roommates.
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