Chapter 112 A Pillow Delivered to Your Door
"Isn't your change of subject too abrupt?"
Xia Wu was speechless.
Xu Li's thoughts were obvious to everyone. But making money wasn't a bad thing; she relied on Xu Li to make money. Xu Li was selective when buying vegetables from her, as the prices were high, and the leftovers could be fed to the chickens, ducks, and geese. Ma Xueqing's restaurant bought vegetables from the village, often hundreds of kilograms at a time.
With the uncle and nephew around, the villagers in Yanggou Village also earn money.
While it was still not so hot in the morning, Xia Wu took Xu Li up the mountain. The chickens, ducks and geese had not left the pen yet, so they did some work together.
After having dinner at home, Xia Wu changed into work clothes. Xu Li was still tasting the buffalo milk and asked Liu Guizhen where the milk came from. When he heard that it was produced by the village's own buffaloes, Xu Li was very surprised.
Is it reasonable that the buffalo milk raised by any farmer in Yanggou Village tastes better than the milk raised by many old alpine ranches abroad?
However, there are no large cattle farmers in Yanggou Village. Only a few households in the village still raise buffaloes. A lactating buffalo usually produces milk for about 300 days, and there are even fewer buffaloes that can produce milk in the village.
Since Xia Wu came back, all the milk produced by the buffaloes of Mr. Yang Siye's family has been sent to her to drink. She has been drinking it for more than half a year. It is estimated that there will be no buffalo milk to drink in a few months.
Xu Li seemed to be lost in thought.
After Xia Wu changed his clothes and said goodbye to his family, he drove the bucket truck to pull Xu Li up the mountain.
“Black beans and gold beans!”
Xia Wu shouted, and the two little ones quickened their eating speed, with buffalo milk splashing all over their bodies. Yang Guojun lowered the baffle of the bucket cart, and Heidou and Jindou ran out and jumped onto the bucket cart.
Xu Li saw it in the rearview mirror and quickly stuck his head out to look, "Oh my god, what kind of dog is this that's so fierce?"
The two little ones are only four or five months old, and their size is already about the same as that of an adult medium-sized dog.
They were brought home when they were one month old. At first, they drank rice soaked in buffalo milk. Pastoral dogs don’t care what kind of dog food they eat. They eat whatever we eat at home. We just control the salt content and make sure it is lighter than what humans eat.
Xia Wu didn't feed them spiritual spring water privately very often, because according to the frequency of releasing spiritual spring water in the mountains at home and in the village, many water sources in Yanggou Village were affected by the spiritual spring water. The food and water that people and livestock usually eat and drink contain spiritual spring water. Although the amount is a little less, as long as you insist on drinking it, it will still be effective.
The two little ones are very smart, and they are probably influenced by the spiritual spring water to some extent.
In addition to feeding them buffalo milk, there was always a supply of bones and meat at home. Thinking that the two little ones would be able to escort them up the mountain in the future, Yang Guofeng even fed them raw meat.
They are raised just like wild animals.
The two little ones did not disappoint. They were very obedient, sensible and extremely brave.
Xia Wu turned around and saw the two little ones squatting down, his eyes full of pride: "I raised them, aren't they awesome?"
Xu Li gave a thumbs-up. "May I ask what you majored in in college? Why do you seem to think everything you raise is so good?"
"Haha, thank you for the compliment. I'm ready to go now."
When they reached the foot of the mountain, Xia Wu went to the poultry area first. The chickens had already flown away, so Hei Dou jumped out of the car to track the chickens. Jin Dou stayed with Xia Wu and waited for her to open the pen gate. The ducks and geese quacked and ran out, and Jin Dou drove them away to prevent these stupid guys from running everywhere.
The poultry area has to be cleaned every day, so the hygiene must be up to standard. Xu Li suppressed his obsession with cleanliness and went forward to help Xia Wu. After all, it was not nice to let a girl do the work while he was watching.
There is a pond at the foot of the mountain, which is the united front area of ducks and geese.
In early spring, Xia Wu released several thousand fish fry into the pond, but later realized that she was raising Gu. Ducks and geese were looking for food in the water every day. She wondered if she would be able to catch anything if she cast a net in the fall.
Yang Guojun was afraid that the fish and ducks and geese would have no place to stay, so he scattered aquatic plants in the pond. However, these things destroyed the pond and no grass grew at all.
Fortunately, the pond is quite large, and most of the water flowing from the mountain through the aqueduct flows into the pond.
These ducks and geese had been raised for several months and were almost reaching adult size. Xu Li asked Xia Wu, "You were chatting with the villagers just now. Are you thinking of raising crabs?"
Xia Wu put feed into the long basin beside the pond and replied, "I'm just thinking about it. I have no experience. I need to learn first."
Xia Wu is not reckless. She is good at learning, especially in planting and breeding. She had no experience in the first twenty years. If she had raised whatever she wanted, she would probably have lost all her money.
"As for me, I'd put the crab farming thing on hold. It's too late to start now. You might as well raise buffaloes. Look at how big your mountain is, with so much natural grassland. Aren't there ready-made conditions for raising buffaloes?"
Xia Wu glanced at Xu Li and said, "Do you think I haven't thought about it? Raising buffaloes is much more expensive than raising crabs. Let me tell you this, the average dairy cow produces 20-30 kilograms of milk a day, while a buffalo only produces 5-8 kilograms. Buffaloes have low milk production, but the cost of raising them is no lower than that of dairy cows. If you want to make money, you have to raise them on a large scale. If you don't raise 30 or 40 cows, you will have to digest the milk you produce yourself and you won't have anywhere to sell it. Buying a buffalo costs several thousand yuan, and a larger buffalo costs tens of thousands."
If you want to buy 40 buffaloes, plus the site, artificial feed, etc., you will have to invest at least 400,000 yuan.
Xia Wu had thought about raising buffaloes before, but his wallet was empty, so he had no choice but to give it a try.
"It's not expensive. How about it? Would you consider working with me? I'll invest the money, and you'll provide the venue, labor, and energy. The money will be considered an interest-free loan from me, but I'm not lending it to you for free. When we work together in the future, you have to keep me in mind."
Xia Wu thought for a moment, "How much can you lend me?"
"Just tell me how much you want to borrow."
"One million?"
"How much?" Xu Li was incredulous. He scratched his ear in front of Xia Wu and asked, "Didn't you just say 400,000?"
Xia Wu chuckled, "You're willing to lend me money interest-free, isn't that better than the bank? I just happen to have something else I want to do. If it works out, I can pay you back within a year or two. My home is here, and the mountain is here too. How can I run away?"
Xu Li was upset.
It seems that just because you don't have to pay interest when borrowing money from him, he asks for so much money.
He is rich, but he is not a fool!
"One million is too much. I just bought an apartment in full. I don't have that much, 700,000."
"Seven hundred thousand doesn't seem to be enough, nine hundred thousand is better."
"Listen to yourself, are you a human being? I can give you 900,000, why not give you 1 million?"
"Okay, write an IOU for the 850,000."
Xu Li thought for a moment and agreed.
"When do you want it?"
"The sooner the better. Are you sure you can lend me the money so I can find someone to build a cattle shed and buy some cows right away."
"Okay, I'll transfer the money to you next Monday."
Xia Wu was indeed short of money. Even though her mountain had output every day and she could earn at least several thousand yuan a day just by selling vegetables and fruits, her expenses were also high.
Not to mention anything else, these chickens, ducks and geese need to eat at least a bag of feed every day, which costs several thousand yuan a month. Otherwise, if they only eat food in the water, they will be so hungry that they can build a whole mountain.
She has more than ten employees under her, all of whom are from the village. The lowest monthly salary is 3,000 yuan. At the end of the month, tens of thousands of yuan are spent in salary, not to mention the water and electricity bills. Xia Wu also has to repay the bank loan every month, and the 200,000 yuan will not be paid off until next month.
All in all, her life seems to be very comfortable and she has no shortage of money, but for those who deal in low-end agricultural products, it is difficult to make big money without selling large quantities.
Xia Wu has only reclaimed more than ten acres of vegetable fields this year. The fruits in the orchard have not yet matured in large quantities, and the chickens, ducks and geese he raised are also not moving. Low-end agricultural products require long-term investment, and it is difficult to make a profit.
Although she had no money in her pocket, Xia Wu had a lot of ideas in her mind. In fact, without Xu Li telling her, she was planning to raise some buffaloes next year. It was not convenient to use machines on the mountain, and having buffaloes to cultivate the land and plant crops would be much more convenient.
Buffaloes can produce milk, work, and are honest, docile and likable. Xia Wu doesn't mind having more creatures like them on the mountain.
With the remaining money from raising cattle, Xia Wu plans to renovate the hot springs on the mountain before winter. She has completed all the formalities, but she lacks the money for supporting facilities. In addition to the hot springs, she also plans to build two more buildings on the mountain. Next year, she will plant flowers around the hot springs, so that she can collect honey and make deep-processed products such as essential oils to increase her income.
Of course, planting flowers is also a reason to build a building, otherwise residential buildings are not allowed on the mountain.
Xia Wu had already done her homework, except for the money. Xu Li was eager to give her the money, so she decided to take it.
The two of them agreed on the matters, and Xia Wu finished her work. After the ducks and geese had eaten, they splashed in the water. She called Jindou, who was chasing the geese, and took Xu Li to the orchard to see it.
There is a main road leading up the mountain. The apricot forest is right next to the main road, but some other fruit trees are inside. Without the main road, Xu Li discovered that Xia Wu had planted quite a few fruit trees when he walked over.
Common fruits include peaches, plums, apricots, and grapes.
As soon as he approached the peach orchard, Xu Li smelled the scent of peaches, which was very pleasant.
"What kind of peaches do you grow?"
"We have both crisp and soft peaches, blood peaches, and Chinese nectarines."
The peach trees are full of fruits. In May, the peaches gradually ripen. The blood peaches are still green on the outside, with only a little red at the tips.
Xia Wu picked one from the branch casually. Seeing that it was quite big, he washed it in the canal and put it in his mouth.
Xu Li was used to her way of doing things, so he followed her example and picked a peach, washed it, and took a bite.
The blood peach is very crisp when bitten and has a strong peach flavor. Although it looks green on the outside, it is already red on the inside and the core can be eaten cleanly.
Xia Wu finished eating one and was very satisfied. "We can sell it in another week. How do you feel about it?"
Xu Li shook his head. "I don't like crisp peaches. Are the peaches ripe?"
Xia Wu took him to see that peaches are actually crispy when they are not fully ripe. When picking them, they must be picked before they are fully ripe, otherwise they cannot be transported. After just two days, they will become soft, juicy and very sweet.
Xu Li was quite satisfied with the peaches, especially those grown by Xia Wu. They were very big, and some fruits weighed at least two or three hundred grams each.
Needless to say, Xu Li took a fancy to these peaches.
But unlike apricots, there were very few special-grade apricots large enough to satisfy Xu Li. However, there were quite a few large peaches.
Xu Li certainly didn't want to suffer a loss like he did when buying apricots, and he couldn't use up so many big peaches.
He thought of the gossipy person in the group who knew him inside out, and asked secretly, "Do you know [My Heart] in the group?"
Xia Wu immediately knew who he was asking about and smiled, "I know him."
Seeing her expression, Xu Li lost all his thoughts of finding fault. Feeling bored, he decided to let the boy go.
"Forget it. I won't hold him accountable for this matter. Just consider it a favor. I won't take all the peaches, I only want a portion. You can sell the rest, but you can't make any special arrangements. You have to sell them to others at the same price you sell them to me."
Xu Li is not a sucker either.
Xia Wu nodded to show that he understood.
Even without Xu Li telling him, Xia Wu knew that he couldn't eat all the fruits from the more than one hundred peach trees.
There seem to be many things on Xiawu Mountain, but in fact, not many of them can satisfy Xu Li.
However, he was very optimistic about Xia Wu's potential. Apart from anything else, Xu Li had always been thinking about the flying chickens she raised.
He came here with great difficulty this time just to restore his image. He hasn't earned much money yet, but he invested hundreds of thousands of yuan in Xia Wu. If he raises cattle on the mountain, the villagers of Yanggou Village will also benefit. With dozens of cows, at least two jobs can be created.
Xu Li was afraid that the villagers of Yanggou Village would not appreciate his kindness, so he secretly said to Xia Wu, "Remember to say good things about me in front of the villagers. I don't want to be scolded every day."
Xia Wu was a little surprised. She didn't expect Xu Li still cared about these false reputations.
She agreed.
The renovation plan for the homestay in Haotang Village is almost completed. After working non-stop for a month, the homestay has taken shape. Xu Li asked to go and see it, so Xia Wu took him there.
Seeing the renovated B&B, Xu Li was very surprised. "Not bad. Who hired the designer? He has a good aesthetic!"
It's rare for Xu Li to praise others, which shows that the design of the B&B is really good.
At the beginning, Xia Wu contracted all three homestays in front of Haotang Village. When Xia Zhi and Ma Fangzhou designed them, they connected the three houses without damaging their overall appearance.
The homestay has only two floors at its highest, with more than 30 rooms of various sizes. Some of the rooms that are not suitable for suites have been converted into self-service open-plan tea rooms, lounges, laundry rooms and other public facilities.
Each suite has been modernized and is equipped with water, electricity, and bathroom facilities. The most important thing is the yard. The plants and landscape design in the yard have basically achieved a new scene at every step.
The entire homestay is full of Chinese beauty. Some rooms have hollow wooden windows, from which you can vaguely see the scenery outside.
The view from the second floor will be even better, and the price will definitely be higher then. Xia Wu especially likes the rooms on the second floor on the easternmost side. From these rooms, you can see the Chaotian River not far away. In summer, the lotus flowers in the lotus pond bloom, as if they are unfolding right under your eyes. After opening the window, you can fall asleep smelling the fragrance of the lotus.
If there is anything wrong with this B&B, it is that there are too many mosquitoes.
There are already many plants in the yard, as well as flowing water and a lot of mosquitoes.
Xia Zhi and Xia Wu had the same idea and planned to plant some mosquito-repellent plants to deal with these nasty guys.
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