Today's visit to the breeding meat factory has basically come to an end, and the time is close to noon, and the group is ready to take the bus back to school.

Mr. Zhang made a final concluding speech: "Students, today's visit to Xinhai No. 1 Breeding Meat Factory has also ended, because of the arrangement of the time schedule, we only visit the breeding of livestock this time, and the follow-up meat product processing and processing will not be visited. ”

"So now think back to what you all saw in the factory today?" Teacher Zhang asked.

"Piglets are born."

"Yes, the first thing we see today is sow production. What else? ”

"Piglet screening and piglet castration."

"Pig slaughter."

"Cows collect milk."

"Winged chicken."

The children who visited all morning were still in good spirits and recalled positively.

"Everyone's memory is very good, today we mainly saw three kinds of livestock, namely pigs, cows and chickens. These three types of meat products are also the most commonly eaten non-aquatic meat products in Xinhai City. ”

"How do you feel about what you saw and heard today?" Teacher Zhang raised his arms and glanced at everyone and encouraged: "Speak actively." ”

A child stood up without the slightest timidity, and took the lead in facing everyone, saying: "I have read a book that says that human beings domesticated domestic animals thousands of years ago, and they rely on the meat, fur, milk and eggs of these domestic animals to eat and dress warmly. However, human animal husbandry in ancient times was very inefficient, which directly led to the fact that ordinary people in ancient times could eat meat for a while a month or even a year. Nowadays, people, whether rich or poor, can eat meat at once. The boy turned to the factory and continued: "It's all thanks to factories like this. ”

Regarding the speech of this classmate named Li Leyong, everyone nodded in agreement and applauded. Apparently everyone was convinced.

The collar and sleeves are neat and uniform, the neat three-eight back combed hairstyle, and the sincere black bright eyes, is it the appearance that makes this child's expression so infectious? Maybe it is, maybe it isn't, after all, the classmates behind him are all well-dressed and cute-looking.

Maybe looking at the appearance, the reason why Li Leyong's expression is so infectious is more important is the aura of this person. Impromptu expression in front of everyone without the slightest stage fright, and the speed of speech is neither hurried nor slow. The most important thing is that the tone of the expression is unusually firm and confident, which is the key to a strong appeal. Most of the students in aristocratic schools come from high-ranking families, with excellent parents and excellent educational resources.

"Okay, that's great." Hearing that some children praised his factory, Otani was very happy and asked, "Classmate, what's your name?" ”

"My name is Li Leyong. Happy music, singing songs. The child generously said his name.

"This student spoke very well and also said the key to animal husbandry. Animal husbandry, like other industries, has achieved a simultaneous leap in quality and quantity with the blessing of industrial automation. Over the past 50 years, per capita demand for meat products has been on the rise, with domestic meat production doubling every five years to meet this huge meat market. This is a very difficult growth, but we herders have overcome one difficulty after another, from the past self-employed free-range to today's centralized industrialization, from the past to the current fully automatic production. We herdsmen can be said to have lived up to expectations and filled in the stomachs of two billion people in the Ming Dynasty. Kei Ohtani said with the same passion.

At this time, a little girl with a double ponytail raised her hand, "Teacher, uncle." I would also like to take the floor. ”

"Absolutely." Teacher Zhang motioned for him to come up.

"What Li Leyong and Uncle Ohtani said makes sense, but we need to analyze the problem from another angle." The double ponytail glanced left and right, and the classmates also looked at each other.

"It's about thinking about piglets, calves, and chicks, whose only purpose from birth is to fill our bellies and live for us. The mother pig was transformed into a fertility machine, endured severe pain and gave birth to piglets, and the piglets left their mothers in just two weeks and were made into suckling pork or castrated on the assembly line. The cows were imprisoned in small cages where they could not turn around, and their stomachs were pierced. The chick was transformed into a monster with three pairs of wings from birth. How pitiful they are, they can't decide their own fate, and they are at the mercy of others. I hope that one day this pattern of rearing will be replaced. Let these animals live happily and freely. ”

The two-ponytail speech is equally moving, and this touching is a different way from Li Leyong, which is a sensual narrative. One is rational and one is emotional, one praises and one belittles.

There was a fat child below who couldn't help it, and objected: "Mu Qiushan, don't talk about it, if there is no farm, what will everyone eat?" ”

"Shi Junjie is right, pigs and cows were originally for people to eat. What do people eat instead? One person chimed in.

Although Mu Qiushan said the truth, the livestock are not happy to live on the industrial automation farm, but when it comes to human food, all other issues have become pale and powerless. And whether the livestock live happily or not is not worth mentioning.

Mu Qiushan was refuted by everyone, and stood on the stage for a while a little at a loss, with some tears flashing in the corners of her eyes.

Teacher Zhang hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Everyone is right, the problem of eating is very important, but this industrialized breeding method will indeed be replaced and eliminated in the next few years, and this farm will become a thing of the past." ”

When the children heard this, they began to talk again, and asked the teacher curiously: "Teacher, if there is no farm, won't there be no meat to eat?" ”

Teacher Zhang smiled and touched the children's heads and explained, "No, we still have meat to eat without livestock." Mr. Otani, let's talk to the child. ”

Kei Ohtani opened his mouth and said, "There is a technology that has been developed by humans for a long time, and that is artificial meat technology. Through cell proliferation, muscle cells grow indefinitely in an artificial environment. This technology has been developed by humans for 20 years, but it has not really been mass-produced in the past few years. However, in recent years, key breakthroughs have been made in artificial meat technology, not only the previously criticized taste problem has been improved, but also the cost has been reduced year by year. Therefore, after artificial meat can compete with ordinary meat in terms of taste and price, it has the advantage of being more nutritious than ordinary meat, and gradually squeezes out the share of ordinary meat. Now there is one-fifth of artificial meat on the meat market, which is quite popular with environmentalists, and has also made a considerable number of vegetarians return to the ranks of eating meat. Maybe you've eaten artificial meat. ”

Kei Otani explained to everyone in a flat tone as before, but no one talked about the pain behind it, because he was likely to lose his job with the closure of the farm, and the No. 1 Meat Breeding Plant, as the name suggests, is a two-in-one enterprise for breeding and meat processing. And now the above is announcing the transformation of artificial meat production. Livestock farming is also deservedly closed. As a doctoral student majoring in animal husbandry, I have just worked for five years and faced such a situation, which is really hard to say.

"I have a question, since the farm will be closed, where are the animals going to go?" A child asked.

"The farm reduces the number of animals by slaughtering them batch by batch. Next month, our factory will cancel the production of pigs, cows, sheep and chickens. Gradually remove all existing livestock for slaughter and processing. Only keep 10% of the quantity and remake a new brand of natural meat, milk and eggs. Otani made the decision of the factory.

Looking at Kei Ohtani to explain, Mr. Zhang began to assign homework: "Then the homework assigned to you today is to investigate whether the meat products at home are natural meat or artificial meat. and parents' views and attitudes towards natural and artificial meat. ”

After the children heard their homework clearly, they all got into the car one after another.

"Students, can we sing a song together on the way back to school?" Teacher Zhang took advantage of the spare time on the road to mobilize everyone to sing together.

"Okay." Although the students were tired after walking all morning, they still did not refuse.

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After this morning's visit, Lu Li, as a bystander, did not say a word. Attention was paid to elementary school students and factories. Although I have seen new things that I have not seen before, I am becoming more and more confused, what is the purpose of today's trip? What is the intention of this man called Ben Tongne?

"Why are you taking me to this elementary school?" Lu Li, who was sitting in the back row, asked Ben Tonggen next to him.

Ben Tonggen's attention was still focused on the singing in the carriage, and he raised his hand excitedly and swayed to the song.

"What do you think you learned from today's visit?" Ben Tonggen still looked at the carriage and asked in turn.

"What did you learn? Did I say you were my teacher? ”

"Then do you know why an aristocratic school would send students to visit a farm that is about to close?"

"As you said, the farms that are about to be closed, natural meat and artificial breeding will gradually become history, and the school probably wants to organize a visit as a memorial."

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"You're wrong, in this era of extreme efficiency, especially such a top school, you won't visit a factory for the so-called commemoration." Ben Tonggen rejects Lu Li's idea.

"And what purpose do you say it is for?"

"It's natural for schools to teach students something useful, not to commemorate something outdated. And these children will also inherit their parents' careers in the future, leading all walks of life in Xinhai City. So what can they learn about visiting livestock that will help them in the future? ”

Saying this, Ben Tonggen turned his head to look out the car window, and the tall breeding factory gradually shrank away from the end of the line of sight.

"This farm, which is about to close, is a microcosm of contemporary society."

Lu Li was shocked by the other party's crazy remarks. He stared blankly at the calm Ben Tongne, and the children singing songs in the carriage.

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