Chapter 2096: Chapter 1803: Good Brothers (Part 3)
This doesn’t seem appropriate.
Therefore, Song Tan gave him the choice in advance.
Wu Lei was a bit stunned too.
His mind wasn’t very clear, but after days of experience with cattle farming, he had made so progress. At this mont, he said honestly:
"Let
think it over, I’ll get back to you later."
This thinking it over ant consulting his good brother Zhang Chen.
That’s right.
After multiple collaborations and interactions, his good brother is currently the most forward-thinking, honest, and considerate person in his network.
Wu Lei’s trust in him was unprecedented.
He explained the situation to Zhang Chen, who was playing cards at the ti. When he got the call, Zhang Chen found a mont to listen carefully to the whole story.
"Well, you know my family runs a chain supermarket. I don’t know much about cattle farming - let
just ask, do you have to buy this feed from your cousin? Can’t you get it from soone else?"
Wu Lei honestly revealed the business secret: "My cousin’s stuff tastes really good! You’ve tried it too."
"Her feed is particularly good; the cows love it, and the at is better. Other feeds don’t compare, and they make the cows ordinary."
Zhang Chen paused for a mont without saying a word.
After a while, he moved to a quieter room and asked again:
"If it really rains, can’t the cows eat the grass that grows in the fields? Isn’t that what they eat every day now?"
"No, no." Wu Lei shook his head repeatedly while holding the phone, not caring whether the other party could see him.
"Grass wet with water cannot be fed to cattle and sheep. If they eat it, it must be dried. Now, when we let the cows out, we don’t let them touch the dewy grass, as eating too much can cause bloating."
Cattle, being ruminants, can easily suffer bloating and suffocate. Either that, or they get digestive issues and diarrhea, which then requires treatnt.
"If it really rains, grass exposed to rain needs to be cut and then spread out to dry."
Zhang Chen, thoughtful, nodded again and asked, "Has your cousin raised her feed prices now?"
"No."
Wu Lei said honestly, "She hasn’t ntioned a price increase, so definitely no increase. But their feed is already quite expensive, if I want to buy a lot, I have no money."
Despite making a decent profit from selling a head of cattle, Song Tan’s feed wasn’t cheap either!
The price of local feed, like these crushed and bagged kinds, is four or five hundred yuan per ton.
And Song Tan’s feed? Even with a friendly discount for Wu Lei, it’s no less than 1500.
His family currently maintains about 20 cattle, and if they purely eat the silage, it would be nine or ten tons a month!
They could switch to sothing else.
At first, Wu Lei didn’t buy his cousin’s feed, and the cattle’s growth clearly wasn’t as good! He tends these cows every day, and whether their coats are shiny and they grow well is evident at a glance.
Finally, considering his cousin’s promise to help sell at high prices, he gritted his teeth and switched back to this expensive feed.
But of course, his cousin’s offer to help sell at high prices wasn’t needed, because Zhang Chen’s side had more demand than supply.
He babbled on without realizing he was almost spilling all his secrets.
And this trusted brother pondered for a while before directly saying:
"So you’re saying it’s a seller’s market for your cousin, and your livestock can’t do without her good feed, right?"
"And if you don’t buy it, and it really rains, even with your whole family working, you wouldn’t be able to dry enough fresh grass every day for the cattle and sheep to eat?"
"In that case, eating regular dry feed, wouldn’t the at quality also decline?"
Wu Lei nodded over the phone.
Zhang Chen didn’t wait for an answer, didn’t care, and lit up a cigarette, with a crisp "click" sound heard over the phone.
But his voice was not shrouded in smoke, instead, it beca even clearer:
"Then consider the pros and cons. If you buy the feed in advance, the advantage is that even during a continuous rainy season, you don’t have to worry, the cattle and sheep at ho will always have fresh and tasty feed, and the quality of the beef won’t decline."
"The disadvantage is that this will require a large sum of money, and your savings will be emptied—"
Wu Lei did make a decent amount selling cattle last year, but expanded the scale this year, and the calves introduced from his cousin were also not cheap.
So, after all that, his savings were still pitifully low.
Buying two months’ worth of feed for 30,000 yuan would wipe out his family savings, and he’d be back to square one.
Zhang Chen asked him, "What do you need the savings for? You don’t spend money in the village, and you can’t even find a girlfriend. In your town’s situation, you can’t even order delivery."
"With ten or eight yuan in your pocket for ten days, you still have ten or eight yuan left over."
"In this situation, if the money isn’t actively circulated and used to store key resources, can keeping it in your pocket produce more?"
"Besides, your cousin manages one or two thousand acres of land on her own and can grow it so well. She reminded you for the sake of kinship that the weather is changing. You should listen and do as she says honestly."
"Besides, if you really run out of money in an ergency, won’t your parents help? Aren’t I your brother?"
Wu Lei said honestly, "Oh."
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