Chapter 366: The Cowherd, Shi Xiaojin
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The three large trucks transported more than 50 cowboys over, causing the villagers of Stoneback Village to join in the fun.
“I heard from Shi Lichun’s family that they know how to raise cows. 1 thought they were raising a few big cows. I didn’t expect them to be little calves.”
“These calves look like they just left the fence, right?”
“I think they just got out.”
“Why are there patterns on these calves? They don’t look like the cows and buffaloes we’ve seen before.”
“Why do these little cows look so much like those in the advertisements on television?”
“Cow? Could it be that Gu Qingming is planning to raise cows?”
“This can’t be, right? Raising cows and letting them live freely?”
“No, why did their family buy such small calves? How long are they going to raise it?”
“Do they raise these cows for their meat or milk?”
“That should be for their meat, right? Beef is so expensive now. It’s thirty to forty dollars a catty. After these calves are raised, they can reach one to two thousand yuan. They can earn twenty to thirty thousand dollars per cow. Even after deducting the cost, one cow can at least reach three to four thousand dollars. More than fifty cows can make a net profit of one to two hundred thousand dollars. In that case, 1 want to raise cows. This is much better than farming.”
“Although you have such thoughts, you have to have the capital first. Don’t think that these are just little calves. 1 heard that they cost at least three to four thousand dollars each. The cost of more than 50 calves is nearly 200,000 dollars. Coupled with the places and nutrients needed to raise cows and the labor costs, the costs are exorbitant. Gu Qingming asked her uncle, Shi Lichun, to contract these mountains. The rent for three years is a few million dollars.”
“In that case, the cost of raising cows is indeed very high. However, speaking of which, how rich is the Gu family? Every time this money is spent, it’s millions. This Gu Qingming’s investment in our Stoneback Village has reached more than ten million. Can she earn money with so many things?”
For rural farmers, farming is not profitable.
Even if one could earn money, it wouldn’t be much.
Just like planting rice, an ordinary acre produced more than 1,200 catties, a hundred catties of rice was more than 100 dollars, and an acre of land produced less than 2,000 dollars.
There were also peanuts. They only produced 500 to 600 catties per acre. One catty of peanuts was only two to three dollars. One acre of land was up to two thousand dollars.
Even if they extract peanut oil, an acre of land would only yield about 100 catties of peanut oil. The price in the countryside was 20 dollars per catty. In that case, it was more money, two to three thousand dollars.
There were also vegetables. The price of selling them from the fields was not high at all.
In short, it was not a problem for farmers to maintain their livelihood, but it was simply a dream to make a fortune by farming!
However, the villagers of Stoneback Village really could not understand if Gu Qingming had so much money that she had nowhere to spend it and was investing in all kinds of things.
The harvest hadn’t even started, but the cost had already fallen by tens of millions.
Therefore, when would he be able to earn tens of millions of yuan with these 200 acres of land?
The villagers simply couldn’t imagine it.
Of course, these villagers’ eyesight limited their horizons.
They didn’t know that money was just a number in the families of those rich and powerful people outside.
What they pursued was enjoyment and health!
Gu Qingming was now seizing the mentality of the rich and powerful to pursue high-end sales.
As for how much these 200 acres of land could be sold for, well, it was still unknown, but Gu Qingming knew very well that it would definitely be profitable.
Many villagers watched the commotion for a while before leaving.
After all, how many people in the countryside were idle?
After watching the liveliness, they naturally left to work.
Of course, there were still some older villagers and children who stayed behind to join in the fun.
“Shi Lichun, would you be hiring? What do you think of me? My legs are very nimble, and I’ve raised cows before. I’ll definitely raise these cows well and take good care of them!”
“Sixth Uncle,” Shi Lichun said helplessly, “You’re old. You should retire and rest.”
However, Sixth Uncle Shi said, “What do you mean I’m old? 1 can walk and run. It’s so boring to stay here all day. 1 just want to find a job.”
Shi Lichun said, “I’m sorry, Sixth Uncle. Our family has already found a cowherd.”
“Who is it?” Sixth Uncle Shi was a little curious, but then he reacted and asked with a slightly ugly expression, “Lichun, did you hire him long ago?”
At this moment, there was no need for Shi Lichun to hide anything.
He said, “Well, we’ve already found someone. And in order to raise cows better, we sent him to the livestock station for some training.”
Sixth Uncle Shi and the villagers were speechless.
Therefore, they were even more curious. Who exactly was it? Who had taken such a huge advantage of the Shi family?
Just going to the livestock training station was enviable.
If he studied well, he could become a technician. This role was very popular.
Uncle Shi Li raised his hand and asked, “Alright, then tell me frankly, who did you hire?”
He wondered who had the manpower to do so.
Shi Lichun said, “It’s Shi Xiaojin!”
Hearing this name, the villagers, including Sixth Uncle Shi, immediately fell silent.
Anyone with a conscience would never snatch his job.
Why?
Because his family was the most miserable family in the village.
Shi Xiaojin had just turned 18 years old this year. He was an adult and could go out to work.
But he couldn’t do so because he still had a blind Grandma to take care of.
Fifteen years ago, Shi Xiaojin’s grandfather and parents passed away one after another. Shi Xiaojin’s grandma, who had suffered a serious blow and was heartbroken, cried until she went blind.
If not for the fact that she still had a grandson to take care of, Shi Xiaojin’s grandma would have probably followed her son and daughter-in-law to their graves after they passed away.
The two depended on each other and lived a hard life.
The children of poor families had to take care of themselves early! Shi Xiaojin had been sensible since he was young. He had been helping Grandma do whatever he could since he was young.
After Shi Xiajin’s grandma cried until she was blind, she no longer had the ability to earn money. She relied on her relatives, friends, and fellow villagers.
When Shi Xiaojin was five or six years old, he would pick up abandoned goods to sell, go to the fields, and go to the mountains to pick herbs to sell.
Even if he tried his best, the money he earned was just a drop in the bucket.
However, Shi Xiaojin was an optimistic child. Even though he could not earn much by picking up trash and selling abandoned goods and herbs, he could at least add a piece of candy for himself every time. As for the rest of the money, he would buy some oil, salt, firewood, rice, and so on.
The villagers pitied the two of them. Sometimes, when the farmers were busy hiring people to work, they would ask Shi Xiaojin to go and count it as half an adult’s money.
For example, when cutting rice, the rice grains would be piled together and then beaten out by the threshing machine. Children could do the work of stacking the rice grains.
Although Shi Xiaojin was the youngest in the field, he was the most diligent.
Other people would carry five or six batches, while he would carry a small one. However, he never slacked off and worked hard.
Therefore, the villagers liked him very much..
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