Lu Li walked down the stairs with the blueprint paper of the ranch, and only after a few steps, he heard Teddy's scream, and then the grapefruit and grapes also followed and coaxed, noisy and extremely jubilant. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Putting the blueprint paper on his shoulder, Lu Li saw Teddy stand up and shouted excitedly at him, Lu Li couldn't help but think of Teddy's actions just now, so Teddy looked at the blueprint paper again? "No, Teddy! I told you just now, no!" Lu Li hurriedly scolded.

Teddy shouted twice, and finally under Lu Li's firm eyes, he suddenly climbed back to the ground, seemingly very disappointed, the grapefruit and grapes next to him were unknown, still spinning in place excitedly, Cole shouted two words, which made the two little guys settle down, "Teddy always likes to bite paper, I don't know why, important information in the future, and finally collect it." ”

Cole's explanation made Lu Li suddenly realize, "You should have warned me earlier." The playful expression made Cole understand in a blink of an eye, and he burst out laughing.

The two of them laid out the blueprint paper on the dining table, "I have some preliminary ideas, but I'm not sure, you can always chime in, give your opinion, and then we'll discuss it." Lu Li explained, and Ke simply nodded in affirmation.

"Here in the north, I want to get rid of the corn and potatoes, we don't have a lot of yields, and there are so many local pastures where corn and potatoes are grown, I think we can change it to vegetable farming, but I'm not sure about the climate, if necessary, we can build greenhouses, but it would be nice to be able to grow different vegetables according to the season and grow them naturally. ”

After Lu left the scene and finished speaking, he saw Cole open his mouth, and he stopped talking, "What? What is your opinion?" Lu Li took the initiative to ask a question, encouraging Cole to express his opinion.

"No, I'm just a little surprised that you would want to grow vegetables. Cole shrugged, "You should know that vegetables don't sell well, right?"

The staple food in North America is corn and potatoes, followed by meat, especially beef and pork. Their demand for vegetables is so low that many refuse to eat even vegetables, even as a side dish on a steak plate. This is the root cause of obesity in North America – and that's what they eat.

It's like when Lu Li first came to the United States, he asked for a glass of boiling water for a meal in a restaurant, but he was despised by the waiter. He later asked his classmates, and then he learned that there are two kinds of drinks in the restaurant here, alcoholic and non-alcoholic, and if it is non-alcoholic, then it is either sparkling water or cola, and there is no third option - obviously no one wants to drink sparkling water, so if they don't drink alcohol, coke seems to be their only option.

Americans know that this will increase obesity, so they delude themselves into choosing Diet Coke.

Lu Li is Chinese/Chinese, although he is also a carnivore, but at the same time he is very fond of seafood and vegetables. Cole's subtext is that if you grow corn and potatoes, you can sell them for money and eat them yourself, but it is more difficult to grow vegetables.

"Do you know how much a bowl of salad costs in New York?" Lu Li did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically.

"Two dollars?" Cole shrugged, a big bag of vegetables in an Austin supermarket was only two dollars, and the whole container was full and no one wanted to buy it.

"Fifteen dollars. Lu Li's answer caused Cole's jaw to dislocate, because a medium-quality steak was only ten dollars. Lu Li couldn't help laughing, "Now people are paying more and more attention to health, and more and more people are choosing to be vegetarian in big cities, so in fact, the price of vegetables has been going up." Here in Texas, no one wants to eat vegetables, but after transportation to big cities, the price can multiply several times. ”

"But what about the transportation costs?" Cole is not a businessman, but he still understands the basics, "and we won't produce too much." ”

Lu Li nodded, "I'm going to ask the professionals next, if we can, we grow organic vegetables here, and then see if we can reach a cooperation with Whole Foods Market." Even if it doesn't work, it's good for us to eat it ourselves. ”

Whole Foods has been around for more than 30 years, and its signature is that all the ingredients in it are organic, and it has become particularly popular in recent years, especially in the big cities on the east and west coasts. Hollywood stars almost exclusively choose Whole Foods for their shopping. Of course, organic also means expensive, and the price of the same ingredients in Whole Foods is two to three times that of other supermarkets, so Whole Foods is also considered one of the hallmarks of the middle class.

Cole had always been at New Bronfelds, and while Whole Foods had three in Austin, it was too far away for them, and it was a territory they would never set foot in.

Originally, Cole wanted to say that "Whole Foods Supermarket is too hypocritical", but after listening to Lu Li's explanation, he couldn't help but swallow two mouthfuls of saliva, "Is it more profitable for vegetables than beef?"

Lu Li pursed the corners of his lips, "If you can cooperate with Whole Foods Market, then, yes." After waiting for a while, Cole seemed to be still digesting the shocking news, and his worldview and values were clearly affected, just like Lu Li had when he first ate a fifteen-dollar plate of salad.

"I agree with you about the piece of land next to it, and continue to use it as a horse farm. We can try to breed some competitive cowboy horses, but mainly for riding horses. Lu Li's explanation made Cole nod and show that he understood, this was his specialty, and Cole naturally didn't have any problems, "Then this piece, I plan to plant vineyards." ”

Cole opened his mouth slightly, but this time he didn't hesitate, "Do you want to start over? This means that we will not have any income in the first year, whether there will be a harvest in the second year, whether we can make wine, and whether it depends on the state of the rain and soil, is it too risky?"

Lu Li exhaled lightly, "This is just a plan, let's send the soil and water quality for testing first, and see how it has changed over the years." In fact, Lu Li didn't know the bottom of his heart, his only reliance was the space spring, he was not sure how much the spring water would affect the grapes, and in the case of the amount that needed to be controlled, every step needed to be more cautious. In fact, the same is true for organic vegetables, and spring water is his backer.

"However, I was mentally prepared for it, and in the first year, we cultivated it well. Lu Li gave a definite answer, "I knew a friend when I was in New York before, an expert in wine, and I invited him to come over and inspect it. ”

Lu Li's calmness and thoroughness were far beyond Cole's expectations, he still thought that young people were idealistic, and now it seemed that Lu Li's preparation was very sufficient, he couldn't help but scratch his head, "If you can replant grapes, of course it's a good thing." Liz will be very happy, I'm just worried about ......."

Worried that Lu Li's funds would not be enough, he would invest indiscriminately, and in the end, the bamboo basket would be empty.

Lu Li smiled, "I know." "Cole really thinks of the ranch as his home, so he wants the ranch to go smoothly, and he decided to keep Cole in the first place, which was the right decision," Lavender Field said...... I'm going to stay. ”

Cole hesitated for a moment, but finally did not refute, although he knew that leaving the lavender field was actually a loss, but that was where Liz spent the most effort, and he didn't want to harvest it directly.

Not only can it be regarded as a memory of the Ritz, but it can also become a tourist attraction.

In fact, Lu Li doesn't have a strong sense of belonging to the western cowboys, so he is very happy to transform the ranch into a paradise that attracts tourists to come here for vacation. His goal is not to be a tourist attraction for large numbers of tourists, but for families and friends to enjoy their vacations, experience cowboy life, experience country life, and even let them harvest vegetables, cook dinners, and enjoy fine wine.

This is true for riding horses, organic vegetables and lavender, and furthermore, wine. It really allows these tourists to feel the comfort and leisure of a high-quality life.

"Here, you can raise some fish fry in the lake, and those who are interested can go fishing or go boating. "The last part of Lu Li's plan still revolves around tourism, of course, there is also part of his own selfishness, he has an obsession with seafood and river fresh after all, who said that you can only eat meat in Greater Texas!

In addition, after seeing, if there is a chance, you can also raise some alpacas, antelopes, bison and other animals, you don't need too much, you can completely stock, so that tourists have the opportunity to get close to different animals; at the same time, he also thought about whether to set up a target shooting entertainment facility, in Texas not to play with guns, it is really a pity, but he has not yet come down with a green card, and I don't know if the green card can open a shooting range, another day you can ask "crossbow" Justin - he has a shooting range.

"Do you have any opinions?" Lu Li looked at Cole and cast an inquiring look.

"The first priority is to buy the horses back and breed them so that we can get in time for the cowboy convention next May, and then we need to buy some more sheep and cattle, which are too few now." There were six hundred and forty-three sheep and only one hundred and sixteen cattle, and the herd, in particular, had to be at least three hundred, and five hundred was the best. If you just rely on the income source of the flock, I am afraid that it will not be able to sustain it for long. ”

Cole is still worried about Lu Li's financial problems, so the first thing to solve is the top priority.

Lu Li nodded, "No problem." You see when it's free, and we'll just set off. Thinking about the string of numbers in the bank card, my heart settled down a lot, and sure enough, I still had money and didn't panic, "By the way, I still need to buy a pickup truck." ”

Lu Li's resolute behavior made Ke Er stunned, and he couldn't help but wonder, could it be that Lu Li was a rich second generation? Tomorrow there is a market in the next town, where it is most convenient to buy and sell. Otherwise, it will be troublesome to come to the door one by one. ”

"Then tomorrow!" Lu Li clapped.