【Chapter 708】 Warm Life (Ask for Subscription!)
Looking at his wife standing on the steps laughing and groaning, and the two children who ran towards him with their legs, Xiao Feng's tiredness over the past few days was swept away!
"Daddy, hug!"
Xiao Feng bent down to pick up the two little ones who were begging for a hug, and rubbed the children's pink faces with his stubble chins, making them giggle.
This time, Xiao Feng has been out for nearly a month, and for the children, they have never been separated from Xiao Feng for so long. Although I usually use guò online videos occasionally, the children still miss their dad very much.
Don't look at the two little guys desperately pushing Xiao Feng's brain out, but they are reluctant to get out of Xiao Feng's arms, and the three of them have a lot of fun.
Seeing the happy scene of her husband and children, Xu Mengyao's heart was also like drinking honey, for a woman, family happiness is always the most desired in her heart.
Sometimes, Xu Mengyao is really grateful for the existence of the Cunzài in the dark, and she has a smooth life without any troubles.
In fact, what Xu Mengyao didn't know was that in the investigation of the Internet and the media, Xu Mengyao was the most enviable woman in China, and there was no one!
Good background, excellent appearance, super high education, happy family, loving husband, a pair of lovely children and a career that can display their talents,......。
Even the use of 'life winners' is not enough to fully describe Xu Mengyao's life, perhaps in the early part of the last century, the sisters who were respected as the two generations of 'mother of the country' could be compared with Xu Mengyao.
Xu Mengyao has never cared much about the trend of public opinion, and others will not take the initiative to mention these things to her, in addition to the affairs of 'Jinghu Dairy', she puts more time on her family and children.
On the first night back at the 'Dream Ranch', Xiao Feng personally cooked a variety of specialty dishes to reward himself, knowing that in the past two weeks, the road conditions have not been so good.
Aunt Maria almost swallowed her tongue when she saw Xiao Feng's amazing cooking skills and tasted the delicious Chinese dishes. This also strengthened Aunt Maria's confidence in learning Chinese food, after all, compared to the relatively poor food in the United States, the Chinese food culture is really profound and impressive.
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In the morning, Xiao Feng was still lying comfortably in bed with jet lag, and was pulled up by the two children, shouting for Xiao Feng to take him to ride a horse.
Xiao Feng and Xu Mengyao were newly married, and last night was naturally thunderous, but there were only tired cows, no ploughed land, Xu Mengyao could still get up in the morning to prepare breakfast, Xiao Feng was a little unable to get up.
However, the children demanded that the power of father's love naturally prevailed over the idea of lying in bed, and after a while, Xiao Feng and the children dressed neatly and went downstairs.
In the restaurant, Xu Mengyao and Maria cooperated to cook a combination of Chinese and Western breakfast, including milk, steamed dumplings, bread, ham and eggs, which was also very rich.
After breakfast, Xiao Feng's family of four first went to the stable to brush the horses, because Xiao Feng came back, and old Bob habitually left the two quartes that Xiao Feng often ridden.
Don't look at Xu Mengyao's usual scolding Fang Xuan in the 'Jinghu Group', but she is not unfamiliar with taking care of the horses at all, and she handles it in an orderly manner.
The two children did not run around, they helped with the tools in the stable, and the family happily completed the cleaning of the two horses.
Xu Mengyao held Yu'er's baby, Xiao Feng held Nini, and the family of four let the horses walk around and wander in the pasture, which was also very warm.
Today's 'Dream Ranch' is no longer the dilapidated and desolate appearance it was when it was taken over, the 10,000 acres of pasture closest to the castle have been transformed, and the grass that has been planted for three weeks has already passed the horse's hooves, like a huge green carpet.
Looking ahead, there is still the roar of machinery in the distance, and more than 100 cowboys and hired employees of the irrigation installation company are busy renovating the fourth 10,000 acres of land, and the entire ranch will be renovated by this summer!
During this period of time, Xing Wenjun and Ma Xiaotian, the two directors of 'Dream Ranch', have also been very busy, and a large amount of funds have been spent like flowing water to build the world's largest fully automatic irrigation ranch!
Over this time, there have been a lot of reporters hanging out in Palm Town, Helena and the 'Dream Ranch', after all, the gimmick is still quite attractive.
Even in the United States, where agriculture and animal husbandry are highly developed, fully automatic irrigation pastures are limited to a few farms of several thousand acres, and pastures rely more on natural precipitation and artificial irrigation to maintain pastures. Hardly any rancher will use three or four times the value of the ranch to build a fully automated irrigated ranch, because the payback is impossible.
In the United States, the cost of building a fully automated irrigated ranch is about $4,000, and while large-scale construction may reduce some costs, it's not much the same!
For example, an average ranch can carry one beef cow per acre of pasture, and a beef cow needs at least 18 months of growth before it can be slaughtered, and a rough estimate costs at least $3,000. At present, the price of mainstream beef cattle in the United States is about $2-3 per pound, and a 2,000-pound beef cow can only sell for about $5,000!
In this way, a beef cow can earn up to $1,000 after all kinds of costs, not including the potential risks of snowstorms, droughts, and epidemics.
The output of 1 acre of land in two years is $1,000, which means that it will take at least eight years for the ranch to recoup its investment in automatic irrigation equipment, and at least 15 years for the investment in the ranch itself and the breeding cattle!
And this is based on the absolute smoothness of ranch management theory, in fact, such a large investment, generally not within 20 years will not be able to recover the cost.
In fact, in the United States, farming and pasture is actually more of a hedging asset, not a good investment project, because its general rate of return is about 5-8, which is still based on a large amount of subsidies given by the American government.
Xiao Feng has invested heavily in 'Jinghu Ranch', from the acquisition of pastures, the construction of a fully automatic irrigation system and the purchase of breeding cattle, the total investment is expected to be no less than 1 billion US dollars!
Many American media have some thoughts of watching the excitement, trying to see Xiao Feng planting a big heel in the United States, and it is also bad intentions to conduct interviews around Zai's 'Dream Ranch'.
After getting Xiao Feng's instructions, the 'Dream Ranch' was not open to reporters, and the senior management would not take the initiative to communicate with reporters, making reporters feel at a loss.
If it is in China, the official media can also get in touch with the top management of the 'Jinghu Group' through some channels and get interviews.
But in a society like the United States, where capital is paramount, the easement of the 'Dream Ranch' is in Xiao Feng's hands, and the ranch is private territory, and the reporters don't want to risk being shot reasonably and break into the 'Mirror Lake Ranch'.
As for the cowboys and the employees of the engineering company who often go to the town to drink, naturally they can't ask for any valuable information, which makes many media in the United States hate the 'Jinghu Group' and Xiao Feng, and the report is quite unobjective.
Xiao Feng doesn't care about this, anyway, he also understands these unscrupulous media, if you are more serious with them, people will be desperate.
Come to think of it, after a period of time, after the boom of 'Mirror Lake Group' investment in the United States has passed, the media attention will gradually decrease.
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After riding horses on the ranch with his wife and children for a while, Xiao Feng took them to a large lake on the edge of the ranch, Xiao Feng was in charge of fishing, and Xu Mengyao took care of the children.
With a total area of over 5,000 acres, this lake is 10 times larger than Mirror Lake, and it is also the main source of water for Dream Ranch.
Like Mirror Lake, the main source of water for this lake, known as Lake Karina, is also the meltwater of alpine ice and snow and some mountain springs, and the water quality is particularly good.
Lake Karina is connected to the Missouri River, Montana's largest river, so it's home to an abundance of fishery, including some wild cold-water fish, including salmon.
However, over the years, the Missouri River has been invaded by Asian carp from China, and the entire basin has been flooded with all kinds of grass carp, carp, silver carp, etc., which has caused headaches for the Montana and American governments.
Compared with the eating habits of the Chinese people, the Americans are not used to eating Asian carp with many spines, so the Asian carp without natural predators has become a nightmare in all waters on the American continent.
When Xiao Feng first accepted the 'Dream Ranch', he heard that there were a large number of Asian carp in Karina Lake, and he couldn't be happier!
For Lao Mei, Asian carp is difficult to eat, but for Xiao Feng and the staff from Huaxia, this is undoubtedly the best recipe!
During this period of time, the Chinese cowboys came here to fish and bring them back to the ranch to eat, and even the cowboys with the old beauty also learned to eat Chinese dishes, and the elements of the whole ranch were getting stronger and stronger.
I have to say that Asian carp is already flooding in the Missouri River, and Xiao Feng has only been down for less than ten minutes, and he has got two fat grass carp and carp weighing more than 10 catties, and he has to stop.
After taking pictures of the fish by the lake and sending them to the scarf to show off the happiness of the family reunion, Xiao Feng returned to the castle and began to make today's lunch.
The big fish head is made into a chopped pepper fish head, the fish bones and fish tail are boiled into a tofu soup, the fish body is de-thorned and made into charcoal-grilled fish fillets and fish balls, and a fragrant whole fish feast is freshly baked!
Compared with running around and working hard, Xiao Feng prefers the warm family life now, no matter what is compared to the happiness of a family together!
In the past, Xiao Feng always felt that freedom was very important, but after getting married and having children, he found that being concerned was the happiest thing!R1152