Chapter 291 Breeding Farm
The breeding farm is about five or six kilometers away from the Yimei factory. This place, which is destined to be a place of great value in the future, is still lush farmland at the moment.
Yue Ning not only introduced the goose liver farming project to the city, but also attracted Cui Ji Flavor Industry to settle in. Cui Huiwen thought that since he had already invested energy in opening a poultry product processing factory, he might as well make additional investments and open a seasoning factory.
With the additional investment from well-known Hong Kong businessmen, the comrades in the municipal government were so happy that they didn't know how to express their gratitude.
Yue Ning took into account the characteristics of the farm and took the initiative to suggest that the site be located a little further away. In the end, the municipal government approved a piece of land located outside the planned industrial development zone. In this way, Cui Ji Flavor Industry is located in the development zone, and the foie gras farm is only two or three kilometers away from it.
The car bumped along the newly built slag road. When it turned the last bend, a large gray-white concrete fence came into view. Behind the fence, an office building stood in the middle, looking particularly imposing.
When the car arrived at the entrance of the farm, the old man who was guarding the door heard the noise and came over. He saw that it was Yimei's car and quickly opened the gate. The car stopped in front of the office building. Aunt Chunmei was sitting on a chair, concentrating on sewing the soles of shoes. There was a baby carriage parked next to her, covered with a large square towel, revealing a long and narrow gap.
The child in the stroller woke up, probably startled by the sound of the car. The child's cry was heard. Aunt Chunmei quickly opened the big square scarf, picked up the child, and coaxed: "Don't cry, baby! Big sister is here."
As she said that, she came forward holding the child. Yue Ning immediately put her bag on the chair and took the baby: "Leilei, be good, big sister will hug you."
The little baby looked at Yue Ning with a pair of big tearful eyes full of confusion. Yue Ning hurriedly picked up a handkerchief and wiped the child's tears.
Aunt Chunmei turned around and took the bottle and said, "Leilei wants to drink milk."
Yue Ning usually just held the child and had no experience in feeding, so she handed the child back to Aunt Chunmei. Aunt Chunmei skillfully held the child on her lap and began to feed him.
When Yue Ning arranged for Yang Yonggen to manage the farm, Yang Zhongyi felt that he was an illiterate farmer and could only do some simple manual labor in Yimei Factory. Boss Qiao paid him more than 80 yuan a month for Yue Ning's sake, but he always felt guilty about it. After thinking about it, he felt that it would be better to follow Yang Yonggen to raise geese, which would make him feel more at ease.
After Leilei was born, Ge Yueqin returned to work at the feed factory after the confinement. Yue Ning had brought Paul Durand to visit the feed factory before, and successfully added an important customer to the factory. Professor Lu has always been grateful to Yang Yonggen for helping Ge Yueqin contact many farms.
Before, Ge Yueqin had no time to go out to do business during her pregnancy, so a salesperson from the feed factory did the work. Now that Leilei is six months old, Ge Yueqin has stopped breastfeeding the child and is busy visiting customers.
Lu Chunmei has been helping to take care of the child since birth. After Ge Yueqin went to work, Lu Chunmei took care of Lei Lei full-time.
After feeding, Aunt Chunmei gently patted the child on the back and handed Leilei to Yue Ning. Yue Ning held the child and chatted with Aunt Chunmei. At the same time, she saw strings of bacon, chicken, duck, goose and fish hanging under the eaves in front of the office building, swaying gently in the wind.
"Aunt, why don't we dry the bacon in front of the canteen? Why do you have to hang it under the gate?" Yue Ning said helplessly.
Lu Chunmei smiled and explained, "It was originally hung out in front of the cafeteria, but it's not like our hometown. It rarely rains all year round. It rains every other day, and I get in a rush when it rains. How good is it to be under the eaves? It's ventilated on three sides, so the wind can blow in, but the rain won't get on us. If guests come, I'll put it away immediately."
"Didn't you know I was coming today?" Yue Ning looked at her unhappily.
Lu Chunmei was a little embarrassed and stammered, "That doesn't mean... that doesn't mean you are one of my own? Otherwise, I'll go and collect it right away?"
"Forget it, forget it. As soon as I leave, you will definitely take it out again." Yue Ning had no choice but to give up.
As she was talking, she suddenly felt a wet touch on her face. It turned out that little Lei Lei was biting Yue Ning's face with saliva. Seeing this, Lu Chunmei hurried over and gently pinched Lei Lei's little nose, scolding: "Leilei is about to have teeth, and now he wants to bite everything he sees." Lei Lei opened his mouth and pouted, about to cry. Yue Ning hurriedly asked Lu Chunmei to open the bag she brought with her, which contained the rattle she bought for Lei Lei.
Lu Chunmei handed the bell to Yue Ning, and seeing that the bag was full of clothes again, she couldn't help but ask, "Why are you buying clothes again?"
Yue Ning teased the child with a rattle and said, "I didn't buy much this time. I just bought a few cotton-padded clothes for Lei Lei and Yuan Bao."
"Leilei's clothes, if kept in my hometown, ten children would not be able to wear them all. Yuanbao is in the growing period, he can eat two bowls of rice in one meal, and he is growing taller and taller. His clothes can only be worn for one season, and they will not fit him next year. A half-grown child does not know how to cherish clothes. If he were in my hometown, I would just give him your uncle and A Biao's old clothes and modify them. He has just started to wear new clothes here, so there is no need to give him too many, too good ones. Buy less in the future." Lu Chunmei sighed and said with emotion, "I am so content to be able to live like this now."
"It's okay. I just saw something nice and I would feel bad if I didn't buy it." Yue Ning saw Lu Chunmei taking out a pink cotton jumpsuit with a Minnie pattern and added, "I've already washed it at home, so I can just take it out and give it to the child."
"My dear, big sister bought you new clothes again!" Lu Chunmei gently scratched Leilei's little nose with her fingers and said with a smile, "You are really good at reincarnation. You got into your mother's belly at the right time and didn't catch up with any hard days."
Leilei started to babble, because he saw Yang Yonggen coming. Yang Yonggen clapped his hands, and Leilei couldn't wait to jump into his father's arms.
"Uncle, has the household registration been moved?" Yue Ning asked.
"It's done." Yang Yonggen nodded and replied. Lu Chunmei's family and Yang Yonggen had helped Yue Ning and his daughter when they were in the most difficult time.
Xiaoyanggou is in a mountain valley. After the two families left, it would be difficult for them to return to their hometown. Although Yuanbao has no problem studying here for now, as the mainland is about to implement student registration management, it will be inconvenient to not have a local household registration. The newly born Leilei will also face the problem of school enrollment in the future. Therefore, Yue Ning tried to help the two families transfer their household registration.
Fortunately, it is not difficult to transfer rural household registration in this era, and the two families finally settled in the village where the farm is located. A while ago, Yang Yonggen went back to his hometown and retrieved all the household registration information of the two families. Now the procedures have been successfully completed. Next, the two families are going to apply for homesteads, build houses and settle down, and truly take root on this land.
"What did Secretary Fugen say? Doesn't he plan to come out?" Yue Ning asked again. Apart from these two families, Yue Ning was most concerned about Secretary Fugen. If it weren't for Secretary Fugen's care, they would have suffered a lot in the northwest.
"Brother Fugen said that Xiaoyanggou must be managed by someone who understands the situation, after all, there are still so many villagers left there. His daughter was admitted to the No. 1 Middle School in the city, so he hopes that his child can be admitted to university. The boy is also very hardworking in his studies. He decided to stay in the mountains and wait for the children to go to secondary school or university and leave the mountains. When he is older, he will follow them." Yang Yonggen gently touched the child's head and said with emotion, "He could have stayed in the army back then, but he insisted on returning to Xiaoyanggou to be the secretary. If he abandons his fellow villagers for his own enjoyment now..."
"Then respect his choice." Yue Ning understood Secretary Fugen's decision.
Leilei was originally woken up by the sound of a car, and now being held by her father, she soon became sleepy and her eyelids were drooping. Yang Yonggen patted her gently, and when the child fell asleep, he placed her in the stroller.
"Let's go and take a look at the back," Yang Yonggen suggested.
Yue Ning and Yang Yonggen walked through the office building together. The area between the buildings that was originally planned as a green belt has now been turned into a vegetable field by the uncles and aunts. Yue Ning couldn't help but remind Yang Yonggen: "Uncle, it's understandable to change the green belt into a vegetable field, but you can't let Aunt Chunmei hang those cured meats under the eaves of the office building. Our farm will become a model in the future. We will not only cooperate with universities, but also deal with large companies in France and Hong Kong. The geese we raise will be sold to the French and Japanese markets."
"Then..." Yang Yonggen scratched his head.
"Think about what the feed factory looks like? It is the first joint venture enterprise in the mainland and its management must be very standardized." Yue Ning further reminded.
Passing through the vegetable field, two rows of brand new goose houses come into view at the back. This is a place dedicated to fattening geese. When the geese grow to a certain stage, they will be kept here and fed daily. Currently, only one corner of the goose house is in use, with more than a dozen cages holding geese and ducks of different breeds.
The so-called French foie gras is actually a Chinese translation, which should be more accurately called fatty liver. Both goose liver and duck liver can be used after fattening, and the foie gras of Landes geese are the most expensive in the market. This farm naturally introduced Landes geese, but considering the need for a low-price route in the future, it is impossible to use only Landes geese. In order to test the breeding effects of different breeds, Professor Lu found multiple breeds of geese and ducks.
Yue Ning carefully looked through the breeding record book on the wall, and then carefully checked the situation in the goose house. He saw that the records were detailed and complete, and the goose house was also clean and tidy.
"Teacher Lu repeatedly reminded me to strictly follow the instructions, and I didn't dare to be careless at all." Yang Yonggen said, "As for the bacon, I really didn't expect it to have such a big impact. In my hometown, although it is rare to eat meat on weekdays, don't every household have a few strings of garlic and peppers hanging at the door?"
Yue Ning smiled and said, "It's good that you know what the problem is. You are no longer the veterinarian and butcher Yang Yonggen of Xiaoyanggou, nor are you the Yang Yonggen who was always called 'Shagen'. You are now the general manager of Dafu Poultry Breeding Company."
"Got it." Yang Yonggen replied, "I killed a goose at noon. Let's go see the quality of the goose liver."
"You have to taste foie gras to know whether it's good or not. Let's go around first."
Coming out of the goose house and continuing forward, a burst of dog barking was heard. Three local dogs were barking loudly at Yue Ning, and Yang Yonggen hurriedly spoke out to stop them. When their master called them, the three dogs immediately followed, wagging their tails. In front of them was a wide, fenced-in water surface, with dozens of geese floating leisurely on the water; on the shore was a large green meadow planted with alfalfa, and many geese were leisurely strolling on the grass, foraging for food.
"Overall it's good, except..." Yue Ning didn't finish his words.
"I understand, I understand! From now on, we must not only do a good job in the actual work of breeding, but also pay attention to the store image. I will not let Chunmei take Leilei to the door of the office building in the future." Yang Yonggen said quickly.
Yue Ning smiled and nodded: "Let's go! Let's go to the kitchen and take a look."
"Two days ago, Ah Ying from the kitchen bought two croakers and we all thought they tasted really good. Today I specially asked her to buy two more. You are a good cook, so the fish you cook will definitely taste even better."
Yue Ning smiled and said, "Let's go cook!"
There is ample space reserved in the kitchen and cafeteria, but with so few people around now, the interior seems a bit empty.
There are only about ten people in the farm, including the janitor. On weekdays, the janitor's wife is asked to cook lunch. In the evening, when Ge Yueqin and the Yang brothers and sisters get off work, Xiuxiu helps to hold the children while Ge Yueqin and Lu Chunmei cook together.
Two slaughtered geese were placed in an enamel basin. Yang Yonggen took out a basin from the refrigerator, which contained two large goose livers. They looked of good quality. In another large basin, there were two pliers. This fish is called pliers in Guangdong, catfish in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and sesame sword, river grouper, etc. in other places. The meat is extremely plump and tender.
Yue Ning reached out and picked up the basin containing the fish and said, "I'll go kill the fish."
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