Not long after, Li Jiagan finished weighing his portion, collected the money, and came over with a smile to greet Cao Shujie and his family of three.

Cheng Xiaolin also shouted "Uncle Gen". When it was Mengmeng's turn, she didn't need Cao Shujie and Cheng Xiaolin to urge her. She also shouted: "Uncle Gen."

"Haha!" Li Jiagan laughed. He knew that children are easy to learn words, so he must have just followed his parents and didn't pay attention.

Cao Shujie was a little embarrassed, so he quickly taught his daughter: "Mengmeng, call me grandpa."

"Grandpa!" Mengmeng shouted again, making Li Jiagan laugh.

"Good boy, what kind of meat do you want to eat? I'll cut a piece for you and take it back to your father to stew it for you." Li Jiagan was so happy.

As soon as he finished speaking, Cao Shujie waved his hand: "Uncle Gen, you can't do it."

"The child is fine." Li Jiagan said, "I'll put it in for you later."

He then asked: "Xiao Cao, what do you want to buy today? Or order another whole sheep?"

Cao Shujie waved his hand: "Uncle Gen, my grandpa will come back in a few days. Cut some good meat from beef and mutton for me, and get some meaty sheep, scorpion and steak. I will go home and stew."

He feels that cooking at home is a real thing and doesn't involve all those frivolous things.

"Your grandfather?" Li Jiagan thought of a person and asked, "Uncle Tiger is coming back?"

"Yes!" Cao Shujie nodded: "The Chinese New Year is coming soon. My grandpa has to go back to his hometown to celebrate the New Year."

"Hey, Xiao Cao, if you didn't tell me, I would have almost forgotten that the Chinese New Year will be celebrated in less than a month." Li Jiagan said in surprise. He muttered: "No wonder the price of meat has increased again recently."

"It's just that year after year passes faster and faster." Cao Shujie felt deeply.

He felt that especially after starting a family and having a child, he saw that the child was getting older day by day, and the clothes he bought for Mengmeng unknowingly outgrew her, and then he realized that she had grown taller again.

According to Cao Shujie's request, Li Jiagan specially selected a place for him to cut.

Then he put the steaks and lamb scorpions he wanted into the other two bags, and said, "Xiao Cao, the meaty lamb scorpions here are not big enough. Can I give you more steak?"

"How about you wait two days and I'll get more when I come over."

"Uncle Gen, no need, just give me more steak. It must be meaty." Cao Shujie warned him.

Only then did he remember to ask: "Uncle Gen, what's the price now?"

Cheng Xiaolin rolled her eyes at the side. She had never seen anything like this. They have already packed the items, and if you ask for the price, even if it is another vendor, you can’t buy it!

"How should I put it? The price of beef has been rising in the past few months. Good meat here sells for 21.3 yuan now." Li Jiagan told him: "You can't buy beef that costs more than ten yuan."

He didn't say too specific, but Cao Shujie knew that water-injected beef would be much cheaper.

He won't buy that either.

Speaking of this, Li Jiagan asked him: "Xiao Cao, I remember you raise cattle there, right? Then you've caught up with the good times."

As he spoke, he had an envious expression on his face.

Cao Shujie nodded with a smile: "I raised 50 of them, but they are too small now, only weighing more than 600 kilograms. They will not be ready for slaughter until next summer or autumn. Who knows what the price will be next year."

"It's not a big problem. I've been hearing them say recently that the price of beef will go up next year. If you sell it next year, you might make more money." After Li Jiagan finished speaking, he became even more envious.

"What about pork? How's the recent price increase?" Cao Shujie asked casually.

Then I heard Li Jiagan say: "It must be because the Chinese New Year is coming soon. Anyway, the price of pork this month has increased a lot compared to last month."

"Oh!" Cao Shujie nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

After weighing it, he paid, but he still wanted to buy other things, so he said to Li Jiagan: "Uncle Gen, I have to go inside to buy some fish and vegetables. I'll come back and get them when I leave later."

"Okay, you can come over at any time." Li Jiagan put aside the bags he weighed for Cao Shujie.

Watching them walk in, Li Jiagan was still thinking about contacting Cao Shujie in advance next summer and asking him if he could sell the 50 cows.

The price of beef has been rising for several months, which will inevitably lead to a rise in the price of slaughter cattle and calves, which will have a chain reaction.

But precisely because of the rising price of beef, many farmers who feed cattle are reluctant to sell their cattle, thinking that if they keep them at home for a few more days, they might get a higher price later.

You must know that a cow weighs more than 1,000 kilograms when it is released. For farmers, even if the price increases by 50 cents per kilogram, they can earn at least 500 yuan more in total. This is not a small amount of money.

It is precisely because of this that people like Cao Shujie, who raises 50 cows, are very popular.

Not to mention Li Jiagan, there are still people who are also watching, but the time has not come yet, and they know that even if they buy it now, Cao Shujie will not sell it.

Cao Shujie didn't know about this. He walked in with his wife and children, bought some vegetables, fish, and fruits, and then walked back with his things.

When passing by a place selling snacks, Cheng Xiaolin asked him if he wanted to buy some more melon seeds and peanuts.

"Go to the supermarket in front and buy it." Cao Shujie pointed to the big supermarket in front and said.

Cheng Xiaolin didn't ask any questions and followed him forward.

When passing by Li Jiagan's place and picking up the meat, Cao Shujie felt that his hands were heavy.

Cheng Xiaolin still wanted to help him, but Cao Shujie refused: "Honey, there are many people in the gathering, you just have to like Mengmeng."

As she was walking, Mengmeng suddenly pointed to a place selling toys next to her and shouted: "Mom, look!"

"Dad, look!"

She took her mother's hand, pressed her foot on the ground, and stopped walking.

Cao Shujie, who was walking in front, was stunned for a moment, turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"

"She wants to buy toys." Cheng Xiaolin was helpless. She had bought so many toys for her, but she just threw them aside after a few days.

Cheng Xiaolin often thinks that her husband is the one who earns the money, otherwise it will be difficult for others!

Cao Shujie's fingers were pinched by the things in his hands and he had a headache. He said, "You buy one with her. I will put the things in the car first and then come to find you."

The parking place is still more than 100 meters away from here, and Cheng Xiaolin also knows that it is very difficult for her husband to carry so many things.

He said: "After you put your things down, go directly to the supermarket and buy some peanuts, melon seeds, and candy. Don't come over here. We will go there after we finish shopping."

Cao Shujie thought it was okay, he didn't show any pretense and walked forward by himself.

Twenty minutes later, the couple reunited, and Cao Shujie drove the couple to Caojiazhuang.

Mengmeng was also holding a puppy toy in her hand and was having a lot of fun playing with it.

On the way, Cheng Xiaolin asked him: "Shujie, did you hear just now that the price of beef has increased a lot?"

"Well, the price of beef has gone up a lot, but the price of slaughter cattle may not go up much. Let's wait and see next year." Cao Shujie was not naive.

But he had a hunch that the price of calves might rise a lot.

After all, we have seen that when the price of beef increases, there will be more cattle farmers, which will drive up the price of calves. This is an undisputed thing.

After going through this matter in his mind, he did not tell his wife.

According to Cao Shujie's thinking, his side is currently imperfect in all aspects, and the truly perfect state should be self-propagation and self-support.

But he is also working hard on the road to perfection. When everything is perfect in the later stage, he will leave his hands and accompany his parents, his wife and children to play everywhere.

"I really hope it's faster." Cao Shujie thought to himself.

Mengmeng was very dishonest in the car. Sometimes she would sit next to her mother, and sometimes she would lean forward to chat with her father. Fortunately, Cheng Xiaolin kept her arms around her body to prevent her from running around.

Cao Shujie was not driving very fast, so they were not in a hurry and walked home slowly.

When we got home, it was not eleven o'clock. Cao Shujie took down the things and Cheng Xiaolin took the prawns she had just bought and prepared to make lunch.

Mengmeng just made a fuss about eating shrimp at the market. Eating is a good thing. Cao Shujie also hopes that she can eat more.

He also bought some more shrimps and kept the rest to entertain his uncle the day after tomorrow.

After finishing her work and letting her daughter play at home, Cao Shujie went to the orchard on the mountain, where his fathers Cao Jianguo and Cao Shuchao were busy.

Cao Shujie looked at the 50 cows and said to his father and Cao Shuchao: "Dad, Brother Chao, I just came back from the market. I just heard from my uncle Gen that the price of beef has increased a lot."

"Okay, if you raise the price more, you will be able to sell it for more money." Cao Jianguo didn't say a word in this regard.

Cao Shuchao also said: "Shujie, I also heard that the price of beef has been rising."

"Even the price of pork has begun to rise. I guess it will increase a lot next month." Cao Shuchao actually doesn't want to see the price increase of meat the most.

He also thought about buying more meat during the Chinese New Year this year to have a good year, but who knew that the prices of beef and pork would start to rise a month in advance.

That is to say, the current price of mutton has not increased yet, but Cao Shuchao is very worried that in a while, when the prices of other meats increase, mutton will also be driven up, and the price will rise accordingly.

Cao Shujie smiled: "Brother Chao, I guess Uncle Hua is quite happy now. Do you believe it or not?"

No need to ask, Cao Jianhua hopes that the price of pork will increase soon. If the price of pork can be doubled, he will definitely be happier. At worst, he will not eat pork this year.

He bought piglets at a high price of 45 yuan per kilogram in September. By November, the price of the piglets had dropped to 28 yuan per kilogram. If the price did not increase, Cao Jianhua would really cry.

The fact is just as Cao Shujie thought. Cao Jianhua now sees that the price of pork changes every few days, and he starts to feel happy again, but he doesn't show it on the surface.

He is now afraid that on the eve of the Chinese New Year next month, the price of pork will plummet again. Not only will his happiness be in vain, but he will also have to suffer huge financial losses.

Raising pigs this time was full of twists and turns, and it was hard on him.

Cao Jianhua is frightened when he thinks about breeding now. After this round of clearance, he really doesn't want to raise anymore.

But what should we do after investing so much money into a well-established pig farm?

I’ve also paid rent for 5 years, and it’s not even half a year yet. I’m heartbroken!

I went out for a walk with my wife and children today. I came back late, but I have finished writing this ten thousand.
Chapter completed!