According to Niu Guangming's suggestion, Cao Shujie ordered seedlings for 20 acres of land according to the number of 8,000 strawberry seedlings per acre.

According to the calculation of 6 cents for a seedling, the investment of this piece is 96,000 yuan.

Cao Shujie first gave Niu Guangming a deposit of 20,000 yuan, and after signing the agreement with him, Niu Guangming was responsible for sending the seedlings that Cao Shujie wanted to Caojiazhuang in batches.

Cao Shujie found 16 people from the village to plant strawberry seedlings.

Taking these 16 people as an example, according to their maximum planting amount of 4 acres of land in a day, it will take five days to complete the seedlings of 20 acres of land, and there are other tasks such as mulching.

Niu Guangming saw that there was a breeding area next to Cao Shujie's orchard, in which there were 50 cattle that were moving at will, and there was a special area on the other side where some cow dung that had already been rotted, he admired Cao Shujie very much.

This inner loop is simply amazing!

It took 16 people a week to plant all the strawberry seedlings on 20 acres of land, and to finish the other links.

During this period, Cao Shujie contacted Chen Lei to urgently lay sprinkler irrigation and drip irrigation integrated equipment for him, which has been repaired because of the planting of strawberries, and it is easier to work.

This piece has laid a good foundation in the early stage, as long as the pressure pump pipe next to it can be diverted to this side, so that the construction is simple, the cost is not so high, and the investment of this piece is less than 4,000 yuan per acre.

Coupled with labor, strawberry seedling money and other hidden costs, comprehensive calculation, the investment in planting strawberry seedlings per mu has exceeded 8,000 yuan.

And this is still part of it, such as using cow dung to make base fertilizer after rotting, which does not require additional money, and at least saves Cao Shujie about 500 yuan per mu of land in this regard.

When the time entered from mid-October to late October, the temperature gradually decreased, and after busy planting strawberry seedlings, Cao Shujie was not idle, and was busy in the orchard on the mountain with his father Cao Jianguo and Cao Shuchao during the day.

When he returned home in the evening, in addition to playing with Mengmeng, Cao Shujie calmed down again and began to read a large number of books related to agricultural planting and livestock breeding.

The people of Caojiazhuang saw Cao Shujie's gains, but they didn't know Cao Shujie's efforts in places they couldn't see.

But after planting strawberry seedlings, many people in Caojiazhuang know that Cao Shujie now has a long-term worker in Cao Shujie's orchard.

After learning the news unexpectedly, some people wanted to apply for a job with Cao Shujie like Cao Shuchao, but as soon as Cao Jianguo saw him, he privately told his son that he worked for nothing, and he was lazy and lazy.

Cao Shujie finally closed the recruitment for the time being, citing that there was no shortage of people in the orchard for the time being.

He doesn't need someone to fill up the numbers now, but really needs someone who understands technology.

In addition, the people of Caojiazhuang have invested more than 100,000 yuan in planting strawberry seedlings for Cao Shujie, they feel that this kind of 'news' is commonplace, compared to Cao Shujie's previous hundreds of thousands, and even crazy millions of investments, this is nothing at all, they don't feel that they are making a fuss, but when they chat in private, they are worried about investing so much, can they earn it back?

When Cao Shujie's work was booming, Cao Jianhua was not doing very well recently.

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In view of Cao Jianhua's comprehensive repayment ability, the bank approved an interest-free loan of 360,000 yuan for him, which was the same as Cao Shujie's previous application, which was to repay the interest first every month, and return the principal to the bank at one time after three years, and the bank would return all the interest paid by Cao Jianhua in the past three years to Cao Jianhua.

Supporting the economic construction and development of townships and towns is a major direction of rural commercial banks in the near future, and it is also very fast in approving loans.

After Cao Jianhua got the money, he hurried to buy piglets, ready to raise them first, and then bulge up the waist bag, and then consider other infrastructure construction.

But the price of piglets this year is expensive, and the price of piglets purchased by Cao Jianhua in September is 45.8 yuan per kilogram.

The average weight of this batch of piglets purchased by Cao Jianhua is 13 kilograms, so the price of a little piglet is about 600 yuan.

Cao Jianhua is not worried about this figure, the price is similar across the country, and compared with the beginning of the year, the price of pork in September is not cheap, rising to about 14 yuan per catty.

Cao Jianhua's idea is very simple, although the investment is larger now, the price of pork may continue to rise, and there will be more money at that time.

He gritted his teeth and bought 300 piglets at one time, and this one gave him half of the loan, and he didn't spend the rest of the money, which was used to buy corn, soybean cake and other feed.

Watching 300 little piglets run, grow up, and gain weight in the mountains he contracted every day, Cao Jianhua was happy in his heart, and he imagined that after three or four months, these little piglets could grow into big pigs of about 200 catties, reaching the slaughter standard, and then they could be sold on the eve of the Spring Festival and make a lot of money.

If it weren't for the lack of money, he would have even thought about buying more piglets.

When the time comes, you can also go home and shake it in front of his wife and let her know what she is capable of!

also set an example for his son, proving that his son is that material, so that his son Cao Ming is also proud.

In a few years, I will buy a house for my son and get married, what will I pay for the loan, go to the ball, and buy it in full.

Cao Jianhua thinks very well and is very motivated to work.

He couldn't do the work of feeding the pigs alone, and he also learned that Cao Shujie found two people to work with him at a price of 35 yuan a day, but he was dirty and tired, and he had to endure the smell of pig manure every day, and nothing else.

However, what Cao Jianhua didn't expect was that the sudden change in the market situation came so fast!

When he bought piglets in September, the price was still 45.8 yuan per kilogram, but after the time entered October, the price of piglets fell off a cliff, directly to 36 yuan, but this price is still unstable, and it seems that it will fall.

After Cao Jianhua accidentally heard the news, he was stunned at that time.

In just one month, the batch of piglets he bought was discounted by more than 9 yuan per kilogram, and the average discount of each head was around 110 yuan, and the 300 piglets he bought lost 35,000 yuan in just one month.

During this period, the money and labor costs of various feeds must be added, and the money lost will be more.

Cao Jianhua immediately panicked.

And this is the beginning, with the continuous large-scale increase in the number of pigs slaughtered in the market, the further rise in pork prices in the early market has delayed people's demand for pork, but caused the price of pork to fall sharply, and the price of pigs and piglets has further fallen.

During that time, Cao Jianhua's mood went from the ecstasy after he first took out a loan to buy a piglet, to the panic after knowing that the price had fallen, and he felt that he had experienced the ups and downs of his life in less than two months.

At this time, the idea of buying a house for his son and getting married with full money and shaking his majesty in front of his wife is gone, and instead he faces a quarrel with his wife after returning home.

His wife Gao Hong is not stupid, since Cao Jianhua's loan was approved and the purchase of piglets, Gao Hong was very happy at first, thinking that their family might really usher in a major change.

But who knew that the market changes so quickly that people were caught off guard.

When the price of pork wholesaled from the market in their supermarket fell from 12 yuan a pound to 11 yuan a pound, Gao Hong didn't feel anything, but when the wholesale price of pork continued to fall to 10 yuan a pound, Gao Hong realized that something was wrong.

At the same time as the price of pork fell, the price of piglets and pigs fell sharply, and from that moment on, Gao Hong couldn't laugh at all

In more than a month, I lost more than 30,000 yuan!

Even if they run a general supermarket, they can't accept this result.

But this is not over, when the time entered late October, Cao Jianhua has been inquiring about the price of piglets and pigs in the market during this time, and the latest price he heard from others for piglets is more than 32 yuan per kilogram, and it has fallen by 4 yuan.

Cao Jianhua almost washed his face with tears.

But at this time, Cao Shujie, who was the most inactive in Caojiazhuang, began to play with strawberries again, he built a pigsty, but he never raised it, and the market price of his cattle has been very stable, not only did not fall, but also rose slightly in price.

Haematemesis!

That morning, Cao Jianhua wore a dusty coat and rode a motorcycle to a pig farm in the mountains to the south.

Unlike Cao Shujie's side, Cao Jianhua didn't have the money to build a road, so when he came to the foot of the mountain, he could only put the motorcycle on this side and go up a mountain road that was not too steep but not easy to walk.

Inside the barbed wire fence, more than 300 white-haired pigs are running with a chirp, and the two people he is looking for are working dutifully inside to feed the pigs.

When Cao Jianhua saw these pigs, his heart was dripping blood, but there was no way, even if he lost money, he had to continue to raise, continue to invest in feed, and when he reached the slaughter standard, he would sell them as soon as possible, and there was still hope of making money.

He is now pinning his hopes on this year's Spring Festival, because of the demand for pork during the special period of the Chinese New Year, the price of pork and live pigs in the market will increase again.

He is very calm now, and he doesn't expect to make much money, and when the time comes, he can save his capital and even if he succeeds.

The ups and downs of the market completely beat Cao Jianhua, and now he looks back and thinks about the interview and communication with Cao Shujie at the beginning, and then realizes that people have said similar things to him at the beginning.

The difficulties of raising pigs are not only in various diseases!

It's just that he didn't understand it at the time, and he couldn't listen to what Cao Shujie told him, and he didn't realize that the market was so cruel.

When the two people working inside saw Cao Jianhua coming, they both stopped what they were doing and looked up to greet him.

"Jianhua, what's the matter, pig prices are starting to rise."

Another person followed and said, "That's right, you can't just fall and not rise, it doesn't make sense." ”

"Jianhua, I think that when the Chinese New Year comes, you will definitely make a lot of money by selling all these pigs."

He didn't say a word, whether to give some New Year's money when the time comes.

Hearing the word 'make money', Cao Jianhua's mania that was finally calmed down in his heart was seduced again, and he immediately scolded loudly: "Don't beep, hurry up and work, Lao Tzu has lost a lot." ”

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The two people who spoke just now were speechless when they saw Cao Jianhua's irritable face, and then lowered their heads and continued to work.

They can also see that the price of pork may not only not be better, but also worse!

"Grandma, I don't have the ability, according to what kind of temper we have, it's good to see if other scholars don't do it."

"Jianjun, you better say a few words, do you want to make money!"

"Damn it, it's embarrassing."

But they have to face the reality, and the two of them are busy again.

Cao Jianhua finished a circle in the farm, and also went to stir the feed, he can do more work, he can recruit one less person, and he can leave a lot of money after a long time.

In the blink of an eye, the time of the day passed, seeing the moon climbing into the sky, Cao Jianhua, Cao Jianjun, Cao Shuai and the three of them pushed the cart to sprinkle the feed again, washed the pig manure on the hands and rain boots, and left the pig farm and went home.

The people he met on the road could smell the pungent smell of them from a distance, but fortunately, Cao Jianhua was riding a motorcycle, and he was not in the mood to stop and chat with others on the road.

All the way back home, when he was about to push the motorcycle into the house, Cao Jianhua suddenly saw three familiar figures, he stopped the motorcycle and stood in place waiting.

The next moment, he then shouted to the figure coming from the north: "Brother Jianguo, Shujie, are you busy?" ”

That's right, it was Cao Shujie, his father Cao Jianguo, and Cao Shuchao who came from the north.

They had also just finished their work and were ready to go home for dinner.

Hearing Cao Jianhua shouting, Cao Jianguo greeted him with a smile: "Brother Jianhua, how are you doing?" ”

This is a very normal way to greet him, Cao Jianhua also knew that Cao Jianguo didn't mean anything else, so he didn't get angry, he shook his head with a bitter face: "Brother Jianguo, it's really hard to do!" ”

"How?" Cao Jianguo stopped and looked at him.

Cao Jianhua is not afraid of being laughed at by others, after he finished talking about the market situation of pork, he sighed with a face: "I didn't expect that in more than a month, how could the changes be so big." ”

"Uncle Hua, this is very normal, the cycle of pork changes." Cao Shujie clearly remembers that there were times when pork was cheaper than vegetables, and there were times when it was comparable to the price of beef.

I can't say anything about this thing, unless I can grasp the market pricing power, but if I really get to that point, there is no need to dwell on the two of them now.

After Cao Jianhua worked for two months, he now knows this truth, and he asked Cao Shujie: "Shujie, do you think the price of pork can rise during the Chinese New Year this year?" ”

He may have the answer in his heart, but he still wants someone else to give him a reassurance.

Cao Shujie hesitated, and then said: "Uncle Hua, I can't say it well, but during the Chinese New Year, every household will buy pork, and there is a large demand for pork, and according to common sense, the price will rise." ”

"Well, you and I think the same." The expression on Cao Jianhua's face looked much more relaxed.

He said: "Shujie, if you are free one day, I will invite you to drink, and we will chat." ”

(End of chapter)