Dashan Makes a Living 1984 - Chapter 217: 213: Buy sheep into the pen

Chapter 217 213: Buy sheep into the pen

The two of them came to an agricultural tricycle, and Wang Tianxiao stopped. The cart was full of goats, including black, white, and very rare brown goats.

It may be because goats are not popular even here, so there are many people watching at other stalls, but there is no one in front of their car. Seeing Wang Tianxiao and Li Wanfu stop, the car The last two boys were very surprised and jumped out of the car.

“Looking at the sheep?” He was very enthusiastic, almost looking at Wang Tianxiao eagerly.

“Look, what kind of breed are these?”

“Oh, the black cashmere sheep are from Inner Mongolia. The brown ones are Boer sheep, which mainly eat meat. The white ones are Zhongwei sheep, which produce more milk.”

The young man introduced it very quickly.

He heard Wang Tianxiao mention the breed of sheep, and he guessed that Wang Tianxiao was probably a knowledgeable person, so he became more enthusiastic.

Wang Tianxiao has really heard of these kinds of goats.

Especially the Boer goat, which is basically as famous as the small-tailed Han sheep. It is one of the very common breeds of sheep in Long Province in later generations.

As for this Zhongwei sheep, it is a bit small in size, but its advantage is that it has more milk.

So they are generally raised as milk sheep.

The two young men should be professional households who specialize in raising sheep. There are so many types of sheep.

Wang Tianxiao nodded and asked the prices of several kinds of sheep.

Basically the same.

Wang Tianxiao is concerned about small-tailed Han sheep and Zhongwei sheep, which are 70 yuan and 50 yuan each.

It seems that the price of dairy sheep is cheaper than that of sheep.

“Boss, what are you buying sheep for?”

One of the sheep sellers was relatively introverted, and he stood by the side without saying a word after getting off the car, while the other, who was older, was much more lively. He took a look at Wang Tianxiao and saw that he was not dressed like an ordinary person, so he called him directly. boss.

Boss is a versatile title, no matter what your identity is, you can call it that.

“Why, what else can I say?” Wang Tianxiao asked with a smile.

“It’s like this. If you are buying meat to eat directly, then I suggest you buy this Boer goat. Its meat is more delicious and will not be too old.

If you want to breed, then look at sheep. Let’s say that this small-tailed Han sheep is a Mongolian breed. It is easy to feed, grows fast, and is especially good at giving birth. ”

The young man stepped aside halfway, revealing the small-tailed Han sheep behind him, “Look at how big it looks, it’s actually only six or seven months old, if it’s raised well, it’s guaranteed to give birth to two cubs every year. Three to five times, the economic value is very good.”

The young man really admires the small-tailed Han sheep.

It is estimated that on weekdays, people who buy sheep and go back to sheep are basically small-tailed Han sheep.

Wang Tianxiao pointed to the relatively small Zhongwei sheep, “How about this sheep?”

“This one?” The young man looked at Wang Tianxiao again, and asked tentatively, “But you have a child at home?”

“?”

“Boss, you may not know that this kind of Zhongwei sheep does not grow fast, and the meat is not strong. The only advantage is that it produces more milk. If you are looking for goat milk, you can buy one and go back to raise it. If not, I It is recommended to buy Boll and Xiaowei.”

Wang Tianxiao nodded.

The young man was quite honest, and basically explained the advantages and disadvantages of each sheep.

Wang Tianxiao nodded, seeing that there were only a dozen sheep in the car, and asked, “Brother, do you specialize in raising sheep?”

“Well, we have hundreds of sheep at home.”

“so much?”

Wang Tianxiao is a little interested.

“Yeah… oh, in fact, it can’t be completely counted as our family. It is shared by my father and brothers. Because we are relying on Ninggu Mountain, we rely on the mountain to eat the mountain and raise some sheep. After these years of accumulation, It will increase gradually.”

Wang Tianxiao nodded, and asked again: “If I need some of these sheep, how much can you provide respectively, and how much will the lowest price be reduced?”

“How much…” The young man asked cautiously: “Brother, what did you say, roughly how much?”

“A few hundred.”

“Ah! So many?!”

The young man was also taken aback, probably because he has never seen anyone ask for so many sheep.

After all, sheep are always counted at fifty yuan, one hundred heads are five thousand, and hundreds of heads are worth tens of thousands.

People who can spend so much money are really rare.

If there is a household of ten thousand yuan in the village, it is basically spread to every household.

“Well, at the beginning, there are about 500 sheep in total, about 400 small-tailed Han sheep, and about 50 each for Boer and Zhongwei. Tell me, do you have such a large stock, and how much is it? Just sell me?”

“This… I really don’t know about this.”

The young man said embarrassedly, “I need to discuss such a big news with my uncles, and we don’t have so many families. If we want to prepare, we have to call from other people in the village. It’s really not an easy thing.”

“understand.”

Wang Tianxiao smiled and said: “Well, let’s get to know each other today. You go back and discuss with your family. My family is in Qingquan Town, Qingcheng. I will come to ask for goods at the end of July, or early August at the latest. If you can Negotiate the price, we pay with one hand and the sheep with the other.

If you don’t have enough sheep, you can ask other people in the village to give them to me…Of course, you can also bring the sheep to me, as long as we fix the price. ”

“Ah… ok, ok, I know Qingquan Town, it’s next to our Ning County, it’s a nice place, it’s much flatter than our place.”

“That’s right, that’s the land,” Wang Tianxiao remembered one more thing, “The sheep I want should be kept within half a year to one and a half years. I don’t want sheep that are too old or too young. Rams and ewes The control is ten to one, not too many rams.”

“Well, I understand this.”

While the two were talking, another person came near the tricycle and shouted at the young man, “Tiger Baby, how much did you sell?”

“Ah, third uncle, why are you here?”

“Come here to buy some coal, and take a look at the recent market… What, isn’t it selling well?”

“No… Oh, yes, third uncle, you just came, so I don’t need to go back and discuss with you. This boss, he said he wanted 500 sheep.”

“Then you… what, five hundred?!”

The man called Uncle Three was a typical northwestern rural man, with a flushed face, countless marks on his forehead from the wind and frost of the years, and a beard that had not been shaved for several days. His mouth was full of big yellow teeth, thick and thick. tobacco smell.

“Well, five hundred.”

“Why do you need so many sheep?” The third uncle looked at Wang Tianxiao, then at Li Wanfu, who was silent beside him, and finally fixed his gaze on Wang Tianxiao’s face.

It stands to reason that if you sell something, you can sell it, and you don’t have to worry about what people want so many sheep for.

But the people here are more straightforward, and they speak directly when they have something to say.

Wang Tianxiao didn’t see him either, and said with a smile, “I want to directly set up a farm for raising sheep.”

“Then you can take your time. Do you have experience in raising sheep? Do you know the concept of five hundred sheep? You can’t just mess around if you don’t understand anything. Raising livestock is not an easy task. Raising a few is easy.” , but if you raise too many, you will be in big trouble.”

Sure enough, the tiger baby’s third uncle was kind.

Wang Tianxiao nodded and said: “Old man, I have thought about all the things you said, so I will prepare beforehand.”

“Okay, since you have a plan in mind, let’s do it. Five hundred sheep is not a small number, and we don’t have so many in our family… My suggestion is that you don’t want to buy so many at one time. You haven’t said it yet, you raised it before. Have you ever had a sheep?”

“There really isn’t one, but I will find someone with experience to raise it, so it shouldn’t be a problem.”

“Well, I suggest you start by raising a hundred. Young people don’t rush for success. Sheep are not dead things, but living creatures. How can it be so easy to get things done.

You bought the sheep from me, and you spent money, so I can’t say anything, but if I raise all the sheep to death because I don’t know how to raise them, I will feel as if I owe you.

So I want to talk to you about this kind of thing once. There have been people like you before, who bought back our good sheep and died within a few days of raising them. Question, do you think we were wronged or not? ”

Wang Tianxiao originally insisted on starting from 500 sheep. His idea was that he would invite some people who can raise sheep to work at that time, so there should be no problem.

But today I heard Uncle Huwa say this, but I think it makes sense. Why are you in such a hurry? The breeding industry is a long-term development project, and results cannot be achieved overnight. Perhaps the most correct way of thinking is to proceed step by step.

Thinking of this, he smiled and said: “What the old man said is very reasonable, so let’s start with a hundred sheep. If there are a hundred sheep, I will have fifty small-tailed Han sheep and fifty middle-guard sheep, each with half…”

“Zhongwei Yang, are you right?” Huwa’s third uncle asked in surprise.

Wang Tianxiao looked at Huwa, thinking that the uncle and nephew were really sincere.

People are eager to sell things quickly, but they are doing their best to try their best to discourage customers.

Huwa hurriedly told her third uncle Wang Tianxiao’s request again.

The third uncle confirmed it.

“To be honest, I think Zhongwei sheep is also a good sheep, but people here just don’t have the habit of drinking milk, so no one will raise this sheep. You just found us. I can’t take out so many of them.”

Whether this is boasting or not, Wang Tianxiao doesn’t know.

He asked the price again.

The third uncle is not a tiger baby, so he can basically decide.

After several rounds of bargaining, he told Wang Tianxiao that a small-tailed Han sheep was sixty-five dollars a head, and a Zhongwei sheep was forty-five dollars a head.

Wang Tianxiao felt that the price was basically okay, so he made an agreement with the two of them to deliver the sheep to the mouth of Qingquan Town tomorrow, and then he would pick them up by himself.

Wang Tianxiao gave a deposit of fifty yuan.

On the way back, Wang Tianxiao and Li Wanfu discussed and temporarily put all the 100 sheep in their sheep pen to raise them.

The sheep pen is built on the scale of a hundred sheep, but in fact there is still a lot of space, so it doesn’t matter if you raise more than a dozen sheep.

Li Wanfu came here with Wang Tianxiao today, basically he didn’t say anything, but he was like a junior, he was too honest, if he talked about how to buy and sell a bag of grain, it would be a hundred sheep, five or six thousand He really can’t talk to the amount of 100 yuan.

Six months ago, he was trembling even when he took more than ten yuan.

Now that I suddenly come into contact with a business with so much money, can I not panic.

So, the old man didn’t dare to talk nonsense at all, for fear of worrying about his son-in-law talking about things.

But when he heard that Wang Tianxiao was going to put the bought sheep in his sheepfold, he was very nervous at first, worried that he would not be able to take good care of the sheep, but Wang Tianxiao smiled and told him not to worry. This is just an experiment. Ready to raise a thousand.

also said that if they take good care of the place and accumulate experience, Li Wanfu, the new sheep pen, can also be a technical guide at that time, which can be regarded as a great help to him.

Li Wanfu has been taken care of by his son-in-law recently, and he was thinking about how to give this child a little bit in return. Hearing that this matter can help his son-in-law, he immediately agreed, secretly thinking that he must take good care of those precious sheep when he goes back. Don’t hold back.

Try to help the son-in-law share some of the burden when the time comes.

Not to mention arranging work for the eldest son’s family, not to mention arranging work for the second son, and finding him such a good daughter-in-law. Originally, Li Wanfu had to do this by himself, but I didn’t expect this son-in-law to help him complete it, and it was done so well. .

Now he looks at Wang Tianxiao happier and more satisfied.

I feel that my daughter Lili is very lucky to find such a son-in-law.

On the second day, Wang Tianxiao went to Qingquan Town early to pick up the sheep’s car.

It is an old Jiefang agricultural vehicle. The cage has been raised and stretched three floors.

Huwa and his third uncle both came, and there was a driver in the car.

When they arrived at Li Wanfu’s house, Huwa and Sanshu couldn’t help admiring when they saw the newly built sheepfold.

But also luxurious.

With the help of Li Guanping and Li Guanlin, everyone slowly put the sheep into the compartments of the sheepfold.

There are 20 compartments in the sheep pen, and it was originally planned to put five sheep in each compartment, but now there are more than a dozen of the original mother-in-law’s family, so a simple adjustment was made, and the original dozen of sheep were divided into two. The compartments were closed, and the new hundred sheep were placed equally among the remaining compartments.

These sheep were still a little uncomfortable because they had just changed their environment. After being placed in the cubicle, they all huddled in the corner, looking at people with big eyes of fear.

It took a long time for all the sheep to be placed. Wang Tianxiao gave the money he had prepared to Huwa’s third uncle.

Originally, they were planning to keep them for a meal, but the two said that they would go to the city to pull sheep feed. Wang Tianxiao rolled his eyes, and just happened to buy feed here, so he simply got out of their car and took a look at the places where feed was bought and sold. process.

Both Huwa and Third Uncle have no objections.

They sold so many sheep at once, it was a big deal.

And I also like Wang Tianxiao’s hearty personality, so it’s okay to use some diesel.

So, Wang Tianxiao solved the feed problem by the way.

After sending the two away again in the afternoon, Wang Tianxiao felt exhausted.

The members of Li Wanfu’s family stood by the sheepfold with him, watching the sheep inside gradually get used to the environment and began to move around. Some cheerful sheep even bleated at them, probably hungry, and asked them something to eat.

“Tianxiao, you are very tired, wash up and eat something.”

Qin Xiaoling felt sorry for this son-in-law, and felt that he was more useful than her son. Seeing that he was always neat and tidy, but now he looked dusty, she couldn’t bear it.

“Yeah, Tianxiao, let’s do the rest here. You’ve been tired all day, go and rest.”

Wang Tianxiao was not in a hurry, he found Li Yamei and Li Guanhong from the crowd, and smiled at them: “Your eldest brother and second brother are not at home, aunt and uncle are getting old, these sheep are your work tasks, besides studying hard every day, Take good care of these sheep. If you raise them well, I will reward you.”

“Don’t worry, brother-in-law, with me, I will definitely raise them up for nothing.”

“Understood, brother-in-law.”

Li Guanhong was still very cheerful, patted her chest and guaranteed her ticket, but Li Yamei was very reserved, and only responded in a low voice.

Wang Tianxiao saw it, smiled and encouraged him: “Yamei, work is work, but you can’t delay learning knowledge. Don’t you like reading novels? If you need anything, tell your brother-in-law another day. I will give it to you when I come over.” You bring.”

“I want to watch Dream of the Red Chamber.” Li Yamei whispered.

“As long as the red building?”

“Well,” Li Yamei pinched the corner of her clothes, and said softly, “I saw some from my classmates, and I kind of like them, but I haven’t finished watching them.”

“Okay, then brother-in-law will bring it to you next time. But you can’t let go of your studies at school. No matter what you will do when you grow up, the more knowledge you have, the better… and you have a red crown and a hippie smile. Learn, don’t just know how to hunt birds all day long.”

“Ah, why are you still talking about me?”

Li Guanhong was making faces beside her, but she didn’t expect to bring the disaster to her family.

“Haha, anyway, you all have to remember what your brother-in-law said. You have to work hard, don’t be lazy, let your parents suffer, and you can’t fall behind in your studies. This world is so big, it’s far more than our Qingquan Town and Qingcheng City. , when you grow up Ali, if you want to go out into a bigger world, you must first understand the outside world, right?”

The two siblings actually couldn’t fully understand Wang Tianxiao’s words, but they still nodded.

They all know that their brother-in-law will not lie to them. The tone of these words is very gentle and full of encouragement.

Especially Li Yamei, felt as if something in her heart was slowly leaking out, gently floating out of her body, and flew away.

She secretly looked up at her brother-in-law, only to find him smiling gently at her.

So I thought to myself, when I grow up, I must also find a man like my brother-in-law.

The eldest sister was not that happy before, but the last few times I saw her face full of happiness, she must be inseparable from her brother-in-law.

Wang Tianxiao didn’t notice what was going on in his sister-in-law’s mind. The reason why he said this was that he hoped that my sister-in-law would have a little more brains, more knowledge and discernment skills in this life, and not go back to the same path in her previous life.

Marry a man, it’s a domestic violence.

Marrying another man is another gambling habit, and she doesn’t care about her family at all.

After finally waiting for him to change his temper and become a little more comfortable, he died early.

Li Yamei is in her forties with two children. It is not easy for her to be orphaned and widowed.

Wang Tianxiao thinks that human life is like a lot of building blocks that are connected together.

If there is a mistake in one of the previous links, it can still be done smoothly, but it will definitely not reach the end.

If you really want to live a good life, you must fundamentally change yourself.

That is, to be a wise and weighty person.

He hopes that the people around him, the people he values, will have a better life.

Because many of them are kind-hearted by nature and should not be abused by life, and many people have kindness to themselves first, and they have to repay themselves later.

Don’t let kind people and warm-hearted people get chilled.

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In the past few days, Wang Tianxiao ran to his mother-in-law’s house almost every day.

Mainly to see the placement of the lambs and accumulate learning experience.

By the way, I also lend a hand and help out.

He specifically consulted Liu Yuan and the veterinarians at the veterinary station in the town. Knowing that the lambs needed some basic vaccinations, he called over to give the lambs individual injections.

The rest is to take care of it slowly.

The weather is getting warmer, so pay attention to the cooling of the sheepfold.

Wang Tianxiao thought about this a long time ago. There are some windows left in the sheep pen, which can be opened to dissipate heat in summer, and only need to hang curtains in winter.

Qingcheng is a strange place.

It’s more than 30 degrees outside in summer, but if you stay in the room or under a shaded tree, you won’t feel the heat.

Its air is relatively dry, just pure heat.

It’s not like the south. When Wang Tianxiao lived in Suzhou, the summer was so hot that he couldn’t bear it anywhere. He felt tense and difficult to breathe.

So, Wang Tianxiao actually prefers the climate of Qingcheng.

If it wasn’t for bringing up the grandson at the child’s house, and being reluctant to part with the little grandson, he wouldn’t be bothered living in the south.

What a wonderful villa, there are not as many tile-roofed houses at home as comfortable and bright.

Even the sheep here are much happier than those in the south.

Wang Tianxiao saw that his father-in-law and mother-in-law’s family are busy now, but the happiness on his face could not be concealed, and he felt much more comfortable.

The two kind old people finally don’t have to worry about money all day long.

Working hard to get rich, they can rely on their own hard work and gradually become rich. This is the greatest comfort for the elderly.

It’s not that Wang Tianxiao didn’t think about giving a lot of money to these two old people who have treated him so much, so that they can live comfortably without working. He also vowed that even if they are too old and unable to move, he will Will treat the old people as their own biological parents and be filial.

However, he thought of his previous life.

Living at the home of his son in the south, he has no worries about food and drink. His son and daughter give him thousands of dollars every month, and his bank deposits are increasing, but he is still unhappy.

Because he feels that such a life has no texture.

It’s as if I’m not living my own life, full of nothingness.

He has worked hard all his life, and he is used to the model of getting after giving. All gains must come from the way he has done and struggled, not something for nothing.

Get it directly, making him lose his yearning for life, and feel that every day is repeating yesterday’s story.

are in the same boat.

He doesn’t like living like that.

(end of this chapter)