After saying goodbye to the engineers, I went to the warehouse to pick up a new Dream2 computer, and Aunt Su Mu's little cousin Kiki had a birthday today, which was a gift for her.

Drive to Redwood City's ranch near the sea, a small ranch of more than three hundred acres.

It was originally called Demon Ranch, but after buying it, Old Man Su felt that the name was unlucky, so Su Mu changed it to Rainbow Ranch because there was a small field of flowers planted in imitation of the colors of the rainbow.

The old man now goes out early and returns late every day, he has something to do, and he is full of energy, he and Su Mu's parents rushed to San Francisco yesterday to visit his little cousin Qiqi's house, and Su Mu will go later.

Redwood City is not far north of Menlo Park, while Rainbow Ranch is flat by the sea and has two small hills to the west.

Compared with the 10,000-acre super ranches in Texas, Wyoming, Montana and other major livestock states, the 300-acre ranch is too small, raising only about 40 cows, half of which are dairy cows, and more than 10 sheep.

When entering the pasture, a group of cattle and sheep are scattered in the fence, these cattle and sheep eat too much, the grass is often not enough, to buy from several nearby pastures, a few days ago Su Mu also heard the old man complain about this, cattle and sheep are not vegetables and fruits, they will run and move, eat things well, and pull up even more.

The family had no experience in taking care of them, and those crops and fruits also needed to be taken care of, so Su Mu's grandfather and father were too busy, so they hired seven long-term workers, and when the grape harvest season came, they had to hire another group of short-term workers, the kind that were billed by the day or by the hour.

Rainbow Ranch is small, there should be, it is exquisite and beautiful, the former owner has been taking care of it, there is a wine cellar under the simple small winery, which can produce about 500 bottles of wine every year, don't expect to make money from it, thank God if you can not lose money.

At the beginning of the year, Mr. Senna and his friends went hunting in Wyoming, and Su Mu happened to have something to do in those days and couldn't go with him.

During his visit, Senna was attracted by the beauty of the area and bought a large ranch of more than 13,000 acres, which is said to contain more than a dozen high mountains, and ice water flowing through the melting snow-capped mountains.

Selling for $10 million, or even less than $1,000 per acre, the main reason is that the mountains are so large that there is not much room for cattle and sheep, which is far from worth so much money in the eyes of profit-conscious ranchers, and it is worth a little more than the wonderful natural scenery.

Wyoming locals are accustomed to mountain scenery, but for Senna and Sumu, these city people, it is a novel experience, when Senna praised it, Sumu was also moved, as long as half the money of a plane, you can buy a large piece of ranch freehold, no wonder rich people after rich, always like to buy islands, farms and ranches.

The sea breeze is coming.

A calf is following the cow, a sea of purple flowers is in full bloom, and several ranch employees are turning over the land to remove weeds around the vines.

Growing up in Los Angeles' Chinatown, he never thought that his family would own a farm and ranch, and Su Mu would occasionally accompany his old man to Rainbow Ranch to help with some farm work, such as this heifer cub named Moon, who was born under Su Mu's witness, and had a crescent-shaped white spot on his body, so he got such a name.

In the whole ranch, only this cow has a name, and the future of these animals has been predestined since birth, and having a name will make people close to them, more like stealing their ears.

After the manure is fermented, it is made into organic fertilizer, buried in the soil during the land reclamation, and then sprinkled with crop seeds.

If you don't consider the root system of these vegetables, growing on the ground full of cow and sheep dung is indeed quite organic green food.

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There is a log cabin in the Rainbow Ranch area, and the original owner built a house in 1982, which would have been a good idea if it weren't for the shabby decoration and the fact that it was a little further away from Menlo Park.

After seeing Su Mu's figure, a strong young man shouted: "Su! Come and get your grandfather's gift? I have received the phone he opened, I have just finished washing, absolutely beautiful!"

There is such a little girl among the close relatives, Su Mu and his family like Qiqi, and now that she is rich, she has helped her aunt's family live a good life, and directly paid to help change a big house.

The little cousin's birthday, Su Mu plans to give her a computer, because she can't keep up with the times and can't operate a computer, many experienced employees from all walks of life have been dismissed, and the social lifestyle is changing, he feels it is necessary to let Qiqi learn how to use the computer in advance.

And Old Man Su's gift is a bit strange - a little alpaca!

Live baby alpacas, covered in white fluff, this animal has a long history of domestication as livestock, especially in the North and South American continents, because of its peculiar appearance and good coat quality, many pastures will breed some.

Su Mu smiled and said to the young employee of Rainbow Ranch: "Good morning, Venster, I'm sorry for your trouble."

When my cousin gets tired of playing with it, she will probably have to send it back, and I can buy more of these little guys, which look very cute, and I like alpacas. ”

The little white alpaca, which was about to be given to Kiki as a gift, had no idea what was going on, and stood there with hay in his mouth and a little bell around his neck.

The cowboy named Venster stretched out his hand and pointed in a northwest direction.

"Sue, walk about four miles over there and you'll see an alpaca ranch where they only raise alpacas, and they make money by shearing alpaca wool while providing alpaca cubs to the outside world.

I don't mind raising too many alpacas, those guys are very dirty, smelly, and sick, and now that the barn is half empty, I think I should raise dozens more beef cattle, like Angus or Simmental. ”

Su Mu waved his hand and said: "Just raise a few heads, too many will have a strong smell, think about the manure pulled out by a hundred cows every day, it can be piled up into a hill."

We're not a big ranch here, so we might consider buying a ranch in Wyoming or Texas later, but not now, just add a few alpacas for now......"

Rainbow Ranch, rather than a ranch, is actually more like a farm, with a grazing area of only more than fifty acres, so Su Mu does not plan to raise more.

There was still a little time before lunch, and the two walked and talked, mainly about crops.

Su Mu listened carefully, went to see the cattle and sheep, and fed the rabbit and the red and blue macaw that his father bought at the same time. This parrot was originally kept at home, but then it was always noisy at night, so it was thrown to the pasture, and occasionally let it fly for a while, and it was always found again.

After returning to the house, Su Mu bent down and picked up the baby alpaca and put a carrot in its mouth.

The little llama immediately stopped tossing, let him carry himself to the Rolls-Royce car, put it in the trunk and go directly to San Francisco, and discussed with Lily last night that she would accompany Jennifer and not prepare to go with her......