Chapter 44 (continued)

Unfortunately, no matter how many times he refreshed the page, he couldn't find any results on the Interstellar Mall.

Just as Qing Mengzhu was about to compromise and consider buying the "Good Grade+" goslings from the town, news came from Ming Chunxi.

Ming Chunxi said, "I asked a friend about a large incubator. Shall we go check it out?"

Qing Mengzhu: "Which incubator?"

Ming Chunxi: "Longhao, I'll send you the information."

Qing Mengzhu opened WeChat, clicked on the received message, and quickly realized. "So it's their company. Don't they not sell goslings to the public?"

Ming Chunxi: "They do sell them, but not to individuals. I asked a friend to speak with the person in charge here, so you can go and pick some out if you're interested."

Qing Mengzhu's eyes lit up. "I want to go! I've bought their braised goose before, and their geese are really good."

Longhao isn't very well-known in the market, but it's a supplier to many food factories and supermarkets, and it owns a base that is the largest goose breeding base in East Asia.

Compared to large corporations like Renmin University, individual farmers like Qing Mengzhu are like krill compared to a blue whale.

Qing Mengzhu exclaimed in amazement, "You actually managed to find connections with a company of this caliber? That's incredible!"

Ming Chunxi looked into his bright eyes, paused, and said, "Even the most powerful company is made up of people. It's easy to find out by asking a few more people."

Qing Mengzhu: "It's not that easy! You got it right away with just one question. Someone else would probably have asked for years and still not found it. That just shows how amazing you are!"

Before Ming Chunxi feign modesty, Qing Mengzhu asked again, "When can we go and visit? I'll make some preparations."

Ming Chunxi: "If you have time tomorrow, I'll make an appointment with them then."

Qing Mengzhu: "We have time! We can go tomorrow morning, sell the vegetables early, and leave early. Longhao Company's incubator is on the other side of Vine City, right? Is it a two-hour drive?"

Ming Chunxi: "Once we get on the highway, it'll only take a little over an hour."

Qing Mengzhu: "Let me check the route, I'll drive!"

After finalizing the plan to select goslings from Longhao, Qing Mengzhu went online to do some research and even watched Longhao's interviews and read his papers.

The other party is a well-known breeding company that breeds hundreds of goose breeds. Among the meat geese alone, there are special breeds for making braised goose, roast goose, and stewed goose, etc., which are very specialized.

Qing Mengzhu spent half the night looking around, her mind constantly preoccupied with which type of gosling to buy.

The next day, they finished their other tasks early and drove to Longhao's incubator.

The incubator was located in a large industrial zone on the other side of Vine City. Following the navigation, they turned left and right, and with the guidance of security guards, they searched for quite a while before finally finding an area specifically for individual travelers like them.

After parking their car and getting name tags from the security guard, they were led into the factory to select geese.

The hatchery provided them with several breeds to choose from, but the core goose breeds developed by Longhao were not among them.

Qing Mengzhu understood that it wasn't necessarily about choosing their core varieties, but rather about wanting to select from several varieties that were more suitable for the local area.

The receptionist readily agreed.

The factory area was so huge that the staff even took them on a shuttle bus to the breeding area.

Once they arrived at the breeding area, the geese were divided into different breeding sheds according to their breed and age.

Qing Mengzhu listened to the receptionist's introduction all the way, his mind filled with a lot of knowledge about geese. Finally, when he arrived at the factory, he put on protective clothing and was finally able to go in and select geese with his phone.

The goslings, just a month old, are kept in individual cubicles, each containing dozens or even hundreds of geese. They are grayish and don't look much different from ducks.

Accompanied by staff, Qing Mengzhu entered the grid to select geese.

When the flock of geese saw someone enter, most of them honked and tried to avoid them, but some of the more aggressive ones would turn their heads and flap their wings, attempting to peck at the Qing Mengzhu.

He took out his phone and scanned the images one by one.

He had already tested it; the Interstellar Mall has anti-spying capabilities, so even if you're directly exposed to surveillance, it won't be captured on camera, and you can use it with confidence.

During the scan, most of the geese were of "Fine Grade- " or "Fine Grade" quality, with only a very few reaching "Fine Grade+" quality.

As for the Superior Grade level, there wasn't a single one.

Qing Mengzhu was already mentally prepared; he was satisfied with the "Fine Grade+" Goose product, as it was better than the "Good Grade+" product.

He used the Mall Assistant to select the geese from the "Fine Grade+" category, and then picked them up one by one and put them into the basket.

This breed of goose is quite aggressive; it kept trying to peck at him. Luckily, he's still young, or he would have been pecked to pieces.

With the help of the Mall Assistant, he selected geese extremely quickly, surprising the staff waiting outside.

When the staff saw the geese he had selected, they were even more incredulous.

Staff member. "Mr. Qing, did your family used to raise geese?"

Qing Mengzhu vaguely, "More or less, I know more about geese."

"No wonder you always manage to pick the best geese," the staff member exclaimed. "Your eye for geese is far superior to ours. If these geese were mixed in with the flock, we wouldn't be able to tell them apart."

Qing Mengzhu: "It's alright, it's easier to choose after seeing more."

After comparing various options, Qing Mengzhu finally chose a goose product called "Chuanhui 99".

These geese are purely herbivorous, large in size, and have tender and delicious meat. The only drawback is that they grow relatively slowly and have high breeding costs, which makes them less commercially competitive.

Qing Mengzhu, who was in charge of the pond and his own food, didn't care about this shortcoming.

However, "Chuanhui 99" is not Longhao's main breed, and not many geese were hatched. Qing Mengzhu picked them out in each breeding pens, and in the end, only 172 geese were selected.

He was busy all day, but he only managed to pick out this small number of geese, which surprised the staff.

People rarely go to great lengths to buy a mere hundred or so geese. Most people who raise such a small number of geese would rather just buy a few casually, as it's not worth the time and effort involved.

Qing Mengzhu didn't care about other people's opinions; he was very satisfied with his choice.

These 172 geese are all of "Fine Grade+ quality"—if not one in ten thousand, then one in a thousand. This trip was definitely worthwhile.

After they had made their selections, Qing Mengzhu took Ming Chunxi to pay for the geese, and then personally drove them home.

Upon returning home, Qing Mengzhu temporarily kept the geese at home and fed them the feed she had brought back from Longhao.

Geese are more fragile than ducks and are more difficult to raise. Qing Mengzhu dared not change their diet at will. Even if she wanted to add vegetables to their diet, she had to wait until they adapted to the environment before adding them little by little and replacing some of their feed.

Otherwise, the geese would easily get sick and die.

In the evening, the Dharma Protector and his Guard returned from playing outside and looked curiously at the large goose that Qing Mengzhu had enclosed with stools and wooden planks. "Woof woof!"

Qing Mengzhu rubbed the dog's head. "Stop barking, this is our newest member. You all need to protect them well, don't bite them, and don't scare them."

The two dogs wagged their tails and barked.

Ming Chunxi: "Will they understand if I say it like that?"

Qing Mengzhu: "They might not understand if we just speak, but with gestures, and combined with my tone and expressions, they'll gradually understand."

Ming Chunxi then rubbed the dog's head and said, "So clever."

Qing Mengzhu, "They are indeed smarter than ordinary dogs. Red foxes and otters should also understand, but it will require some explanation."

Ming Chunxi looked at the goose. "Should we keep it at home for a few days?"

Qing Mengzhu: "Let's keep them at home tonight. After I finish my other tasks tomorrow morning, I'll take the geese to the pond to play for a while, and then bring them back."

Ming Chunxi: "Should we bring them back and raise them in the front yard or the back yard? Should we put up another goose pen in the back yard?"

Qing Mengzhu nodded repeatedly. "Yes, and we also need to build another duck pen. It's not convenient to raise the ducks together with the hazel grouse when they get bigger."