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Ge Yue wasn't angry at all. "Hehe, I know."

After dinner, Gong Jiang and Lin Chengqian escorted the two girls to their newly rented house in the village.

Ge Yue will be staying here with Yang Yiqing today.

Shi Wen's newly rented house was right behind Fu Meng's house, also belonging to a herdsman.

His family moved to the city and never came back, even for holidays. Shi Wen offered to rent to him, the other party was overjoyed.

When Shi Wen asked if the renovations could be done, the landlord repeatedly said that he was fine with whatever Shi Wen wanted, even if it was smashed, as long as he could renovate it back to its original state when he took possession of the property.

Upon Shi Wen, Shi Wen asked Fu Meng and Chang Qingqing to help with a simple cleaning and also purchased various electrical appliances for Yang Yiqing's convenience.

The new house was more comfortable than Shi Wen's. Yang Yiqing went inside and found nothing to complain about regarding the facilities, but she was puzzled. "Is someone in the pastoral area gossiping? Why did Brother Shi suddenly ask me to move out?"

Ge Yue smiled mysteriously, "It shouldn't be, it's just that my master and his wife want some alone time."

"No way." Yang Yiqing found it hard to believe. "Brother Shi and the others don't seem like they want to be together all the time, do they?"

Ge Yue: "You're not familiar with people in love. Look at my husband, even his demeanor has changed; he's like a lazy big cat. My teacher seems to have changed too; he looks different after he's had a good meal."

Yang Yiqing: "... Ge Yue, you should call him Brother Shi again. I'm scared of you like this."

Ge Yue: "Don't be scared, let's ship this couple together! I noticed it while we were eating today, Brother Shi has a deep red teeth mark on the back of his neck, did you see it?"

Yang Yiqing recalled, "I saw a little bit; his skin was fair, and the teeth marks were very obvious. But Professor Yan was right next to me, so I didn't dare to look."

Ge Yue: "Right! The teacher is incredibly possessive, I don't even dare to look!"

After laughing for a while, Ge Yue returned to seriousness and sighed, "My teacher and Brother Shi are so close. I envy them."

Yang Yiqing: "I'm envious too."

Ge Yue: "I really hope they can be together forever."

As the two girls talked, they started discussing their views on choosing a partner.

For women like them, finding a compatible partner is not easy.

Shi Wen knew that he and Yan Kexing's relationship had become increasingly intimate, but he wasn't embarrassed at all.

It's obvious, they're a couple, it's only natural.

Shi Wen thought to himself, "It's a pity that some people in the pastoral area are still quite conservative. They don't want to publicize his relationship with Yan Kexing, nor do they want to invite him to dinner. Otherwise, he would definitely hold a grand wedding ceremony to announce it to the world."

Never mind, it's enough for close friends to know.

After the New Year, they got down to business.

Shi Wen took Yang Yiqing to visit several companies that specialize in breeding beef cattle.

These companies are mostly large state-owned enterprises.

Shi Wen never expected that the country had made so many efforts for this. He thought that the beef cattle breeding program, which was just starting out, had been underway for decades.

Unfortunately, we have been severely restricted by foreign countries, and so far, we have not been able to cultivate any particularly good varieties.

However, the country has already laid the foundation, and the next step is for the new generation of livestock farmers to take over.

Shi Wen that the main purpose of this purchase is to buy cows.

Buying a stud is too expensive, and since large-scale beef cattle farming hasn't started yet, it's not really necessary.

Secondly, he can wait until the cow is in estrus and then directly purchase frozen semen from the bull he has chosen, which has little impact on breeding the next generation of cattle.

It's best to use cows from your own ranch.

He buys a heifer and spends one to two years carefully managing its condition to ensure it produces better calves.

While raising cows, he can also harvest milk, which provides a continuous income and alleviates his financial burden.

When dealing with professional companies, it's basically impossible to find bargains, and Shi Wen doesn't pursue cost-effectiveness at this time.

He spent a million dollars to buy sixty Simmental heifers.

The price is relatively high, but these heifers are all locally bred dual-purpose (meat and dairy) cows with a lineage that can be traced back more than ten generations, and their quality is excellent.

Shi Wen believed that once these heifers arrived at his ranch, they could serve as excellent breeding stock and produce calves.

Shi Wen didn't think he had overpaid. When he mentioned it to Fu Meng and the others, Fu Meng remarked, "No wonder they said they were going to breed calves; even calves that have just been weaned can sell for such a high price."

Shi Wen, "It's alright. I'll buy someone else's cattle this year, and in two years, it'll be someone else's turn to buy mine."

Fu Meng: "That's ambitious! How are you raising your cattle this year? You seem to have a few pregnant cows, right?"

Shi Wen nodded. "There are seven pregnant cows in total. The earliest calf will be born in February. We'll see how well the calves are doing then. As for the bulls, if they're good, we'll raise them as breeding bulls; if not, we'll raise them as beef cattle."

Fu Meng: "So you're saying you're basically not raising beef cattle this year?"

Shi Wen, "I'm just too busy. I still need to buy a batch of sheep at the beginning of the year."

Old Man Ma said, "I thought you would raise those Japanese cattle, the really fat kind."

Shi Wen: "You mean Wagyu beef?"

Old Man Ma gave a resounding "Heng" to indicate that this was exactly what he meant.

Shi Wen laughed and said, "That marbled beef is produced using a special breeding method. Any type of cattle can be raised to produce marbled beef. If I used the cattle on the current ranch, I could do it too. I won't be able to find the time this year; let's see next year or the year after."

Fu Meng: "That snowflake beef, is it the kind that has snowflake-like marbling after the cow gets fat?"

Shi Wen, "More or less, but not absolutely. Breeding marbled beef definitely has to do with the cattle breed, but it's not the only determining factor."

Fu Meng: "We don't understand these things either."