The first thing Lin Mai had to do was to buy back the production line of the food factory.
The Chinese nation of this era was not generally backward. Every process of making buns was done manually, and even dough mixers and meat grinders were not sold.
Lin Mai planned to apply for a passport and take Fang Zhuoyue to Hong Kong to buy it.
Although prices in Hong Kong are dozens of times lower than those in mainland China, buying food production lines such as steamed buns and dumplings will not be cheap, but you still have to buy them no matter how expensive they are.
This time I went to Hong Kong to buy not only a production line for steamed buns and dumplings, but also a production line for chili sauce, which cost a lot of money.
Lin Mai told Fang Zhuoran her plan.
Fang Zhuoran happened to be going to Hong Kong to participate in academic exchanges at the end of this month, so Lin Mai set a date for the end of the month and followed Fang Zhuoran to Hong Kong with Fang Zhuoran.
It's only mid-July now, and it's still some time before I leave Hong Kong.
Lin Mai wanted to go to the countryside to see how Fu Qiang and other villagers were doing in their breeding industry.
The better the villagers' breeding business is, the greater the help will be to her two markets.
Grandpa Fang and Grandma Fang also want to go back to the countryside to escape the summer heat and visit the folks.
Summer in the countryside is hot during the day, and you have to cover yourself with a thin blanket when sleeping at night. It's very cool, so it's good to stay for a few days.
Lin Mai then drove back to the countryside with Grandpa Fang, Grandma Fang and Doudou.
During the National Day last year, the family went back to the countryside for a short stay. When they left, Lin Mai specially hired an aunt to take care of and clean the house.
So when I returned to Simei Town this time, I didn’t need to clean the house, just live in it.
When the neighbors got the news, they all came to chat with Grandpa Fang and Grandma Fang. The small hall was full of laughter.
Lin Mai put the various candies, snacks and preserved fruits he bought on the dining table, allowing the elderly and children to eat as they pleased.
She went to the market to buy ingredients, made lunch, and the family of four ate, then went to Fu Qiang's house alone holding an umbrella.
I met Wu Jinhua on the road.
Wu Jinhua curled her lips when she saw her, looking down on her.
Lin Mai only found it funny and looked at Wu Jinhua with an even more arrogant look.
Isn't it better to look down on others? It depends on who looks down on whom!
Wu Jinhua was so angry that her face turned black.
However, regardless of her aura, financial resources and social status, she could not compare to Lin Mai, and she could only be crushed.
Seeing Lin Mai walking away, she dared to say bad things about Lin Mai to the people around her: "Look at that slut, she's afraid of getting tanned. It's broad daylight and it's not raining, so she has to hold an umbrella!"
Lin Mai turned around as if telepathically.
The villagers who were traveling with Wu Jinhua immediately stayed away from her.
Afraid of being misunderstood by Lin Mai, they and Wu Jinhua spoke ill of her.
Wu Jinhua was blacklisted by Lin Mai, and her family's buyers never purchased any crops or agricultural products from Wu Jinhua's family.
Wu Jinhua can break the jar, but they can't.
They also pointed at the buyers who sold their crops and agricultural products to the Lin Mai family. Who wants to offend the God of Wealth?
Wu Jinhua instantly felt a lot of disgust from the villagers.
Lin Mai walked and observed.
There are a lot of chickens and ducks in each village, and at first glance there are more chickens and ducks than last year.
But they are all free-range, not real breeding at all, but the chickens and ducks raised in this way taste good.
Along the way, she saw several villagers burying dead chickens and ducks.
Lin Mai walked over and asked, "Did these chickens and ducks die of the plague?"
The villagers nodded dejectedly.
A good habit passed down from ancient times in Hu Province is that poultry and livestock that have died of the disease, even if it is a big fat pig, will not be eaten and they will be buried somewhere.
This is the experience passed down from ancient times. Do not eat sick poultry and livestock to prevent it from being transmitted to humans.
Lin Mai asked: "Didn't the veterinarian come to take a look?"
There are government-established veterinary stations in the countryside that specialize in diagnosing and treating poultry and livestock diseases for farmers.
A fellow villager sighed: "The veterinarian can't cure it."
Another villager said with a look of regret: "I have raised more than 50 chickens and more than a dozen ducks this year, and more than a dozen chickens have died, and half of the ducks have died.
I was hoping to make more money by raising more chickens and ducks, but it looks like I’m going to lose everything.”
Lin Mai listened and left silently.
When we arrived at Fuqiang's house, although the house was still the same rotten house.
But there were several shacks built around the house.
Lin Mai looked at all the shacks.
Some have chickens, some have ducks, some have pigs, and one has rabbits.
These few shacks are still a bit like a breeding farm.
Lin Mai focused on the shack where rabbits were raised. At that time, she only gave Fu Qiang fifty pairs of breeding rabbits, but now there are at least two hundred pairs.
The reproductive capacity of rabbits is amazing.
A female rabbit can breed six to eight litters a year, with each litter containing three to six animals.
If the mother rabbit is well raised, it is very common to have a litter of rabbits once a month.
Lin Mai saw that half of the rabbits in the shack were mature and ready for slaughter.
She was drooling as she imagined the deliciousness of hand-pulled roast rabbit.
Suddenly, Fuqiang's surprised voice sounded from behind: "Auntie, you are here!"
Lin Mai turned around and saw Fu Qiang's face, which was tanned from working outdoors for a long time.
One year older, he was taller than before, and his shoulders were wider. He was not as thin as when Lin Mai first saw him, and he gradually revealed the appearance of a man with strength.
Lin Mai smiled at him: "After the college entrance examination, I have nothing to do, so I will go to the countryside with my grandparents to play, and take a look at the chickens, ducks, pigs and rabbits you raised."
She looked at the large load of grass he picked and asked, "Are these for the rabbits?"
She had never raised rabbits in her previous life, so she didn't know what kind of grass rabbits eat.
Fu Qiang hummed, put down his burden, and opened the shack where the rabbits were kept.
"Auntie, please go first and sit in the room. It stinks here. After I clean the shack and provide grass for the rabbits, I will come and talk to you."
"It's okay, you go about your business, I'll just stand here and talk to you."
Lin Mai himself was born in a rural area and was not so squeamish.
Besides, rabbit poop doesn't stink, so it doesn't have much impact on her.
Fu Qiang saw that she refused to leave, so he didn't force her.
Lin Mai asked curiously: "I just saw the chickens and ducks you raised, and they were all jumping around.
But other villagers’ chickens and ducks got sick and died, so why are your chickens and ducks okay?”
While cleaning the shack, Fu Qiang said: "Because as soon as I bought my chickens and ducks, I vaccinated them all, so everything will be fine.
I asked the villagers to vaccinate their chickens and ducks, but they didn't listen to me.
It’s not like chicken plague and duck plague occur every year, so why waste that money?
As a result, no one expected that the chicken and duck plague would be so severe this year, and a large number of chickens and ducks died."
Lin Mai asked: "You thought of vaccinating your own chickens and ducks, right? You learned it from those breeding books you bought."
Fu Qiang nodded.
"Then can you help the villagers treat their sick chickens and ducks? I will pay for the treatment."
Fu Qiang smiled shamefully: "With limited knowledge, we can't cure it, otherwise we would have cured it for them long ago."
After cleaning the shack, Fu Qiang took a big armful of grass and threw it in. The rabbits rushed to eat the grass.
Lin Mai pointed at the rabbits and said: "Half of the rabbits can be put out of the market."
Fu Qiang smiled and nodded: "Yes, I was just thinking about contacting you in two days and asking you to arrange for someone to collect the rabbits, but I didn't expect you to come."
"We will arrange for someone to harvest it tomorrow." Lin Mai asked Fu Qiang to catch the fattest male rabbit for her. She planned to make hand-shredded and roasted rabbit for Grandpa Fang and the others to eat in the evening.
What Lin Mai got for Fu Qiang were Chinese rabbits. This kind of meat rabbit was the smallest in size compared to other varieties of meat rabbits, but each one only weighed five to six pounds, which was enough for their family to eat.
In this way, Fu Qiang was afraid that one rabbit would not be enough for Lin Mai's family, so he caught two of the largest and fattest male rabbits for her.
Lin Mai waved his hands repeatedly: "One is enough, I can't finish two.
It’s summer again, and there’s no refrigerator, so it goes bad overnight, which is a waste of food.”
Fu Qiang then dropped a rabbit.
Lin Mai wanted to give money, and Fu Qiang was angry: "My aunt has helped me so much, but she doesn't always settle the money with me.
Now you have to settle money with me for a rabbit.
Then I will also settle the money for the breeding rabbits and technicians that my aunt gave me, one by one."
Lin Mai said: "Okay, okay, I won't give you the money.
You didn’t mention the technician, but I also forgot to ask, why didn’t I see the experienced rabbit breeder I hired for you?”