Leisurely Life: I Have Ten Thousand Acres of Grassland-Chapter 97 - 95: Harvest Festival Haul, Buying Some Goslings!
Jiang Feng walked into a tent.
This was the venue for the dairy product competition.
Both sides of the room were filled with shelves stocked with all sorts of packaged yogurts and milk.
On the tables, there were various types of milk tea with different ingredients.
Mongolian milk tea is salty.
Sometimes for breakfast, they put things like boiled meat, pancakes, and dried fruit in a bowl, and finally pour in milk tea. A bowl of milk tea soaked with meat is their breakfast.
Jiang Feng, having lived here for so many years, still wasn’t quite used to Mongolian milk tea. He preferred sweet milk tea and never ate such greasy breakfasts.
But now he could drink Mongolian milk tea.
Jiang Feng shared his method with everyone.
"The milk tea served during meals here is salty, but the dairy products are all sweet."
"My family never drank salty milk tea before, so I never got used to it."
"It’s like how I grew up eating sweet rice dumplings and couldn’t get used to meat ones at all."
"However, I later found a way that allowed me to eat meat dumplings."
Upon hearing Jiang Feng’s words, the livestream chat erupted in a debate over sweet and meat rice dumplings.
[Can you even eat meat dumplings? They’re a disgrace to glutinous rice!]
[Meat dumplings are so delicious, it’s the sweet ones that are hard to eat!]
[I have an endless feud with meat dumplings!]
[Host, what method do you use? I’ve eaten sweet ones since I was a kid. Just thinking about meat dumplings makes me gag in disgust. I can’t eat them at all!]
[Same here, I can’t eat meat dumplings!]
The chat was continuously flooding.
Jiang Feng smiled and shared some knowledge:
"I used to be the same. The first time I ate meat dumplings, I couldn’t handle it and would retch."
"That’s because of the subconscious playing tricks."
"All we need to do is change this subconscious."
"So, my method is, next time you eat a meat dumpling, don’t tell yourself it’s a dumpling, tell yourself it’s a rice bowl topped with meat."
"When you tell yourself it’s meat-topped rice, your body won’t instinctively reject it, and you can enjoy the taste of meat dumplings."
Everyone was dumbfounded at Jiang Feng’s words.
[Meat-topped rice? Will that work?]
[What an absurd method!]
[So what about sweet bean curd? Tell myself it’s tofu with grass jelly?]
[Don’t say that. When you said sweet bean curd, I scoffed, but when you mentioned tofu with grass jelly, I suddenly craved it!]
[I’ll try this tactic with meat dumplings next time and see if it works!]
[Where does the host get such obscure knowledge?]
[I actually learned something new today!]
Jiang Feng moved to the table with dairy products. There were small disposable cups with samples, allowing people to taste new products from various brands.
Jiang Feng tried several cups in a row, nodding frequently.
The dairy products here were incredibly developed, with more than a dozen yogurt brands alone, all in various packaging.
And the taste was excellent.
After all, Mongolia was a paradise of pasture, a primary source of dairy and meat products.
How could the origins be anything but good?
So the dairy products Jiang Feng tasted were all very delicious.
"This is both a dairy competition expo and a promotional event, with many brands participating."
"Today’s turnout is huge, it’s a great promotional opportunity!"
"The yogurt flavors here are all pretty good."
Jiang Feng praised.
[The host is here for the free samples!]
[A millionaire sampling for free, shouldn’t he just buy everything with a wave of his hand?]
[A public feast sampling during the harvest festival!]
Seeing this, the viewers teased him.
Jiang Feng didn’t look at the chat; he went directly to the ordering counter.
Then, to the viewers’ astonishment, he calmly said:
"I’ll take 15 cases of that brand. And 15 cases each of those two types of yogurt. And 20 cases of those milky flavored cookies."
"I’m in the area west of Maodeng, have it delivered there."
The staff at the ordering station quickly wrote down Jiang Feng’s requests.
Hearing Jiang Feng’s words, the viewers were stunned.
[Who just said the host was here for the free samples?]
[Ordering 15 cases at a time? Won’t they spoil?]
[So extravagant, I wish I could be that carefree!]
[Who questioned the host’s wealth?]
The chat was continuously flooding.
After placing his order, Jiang Feng glanced at the chat.
He explained:
"It’s the harvest festival, of course, I have to get some employee welfare."
"I’ll distribute a case to each person."
"And I still have to buy grains, oils, and other things, all of which will be distributed too."
"Perhaps in the city, everyone prefers bonuses, but around here, people get happier with rice and flour, and the atmosphere is better too."
Jiang Feng walked out of the dairy tent and went to look outside.
Outside the tent, there were many stalls, with various kinds of groceries on the tables.
People were coming and going all around, and there were many shoppers.
The prices of general products were slightly higher than the market, but the prices of poultry and livestock remained unchanged.
Especially chickens and pork, the sellers wanted to sell them quickly, so the prices were relatively low.
Colorful flags were fluttering on the yurts.
There were vendors and pedestrians everywhere.
Jiang Feng, in high spirits, said:
"This really feels like a harvest festival, not too much disturbance, everyone is at the market."
"And they are all locals, everyone knows the trade, prices are fair, if anyone quotes blindly, they get looked down upon by others without market supervision."
As he spoke, Jiang Feng arrived at a poultry stall.
The seller was an old man, with many cardboard boxes on the table, filled with chicks, ducklings, and goslings.
There were also people on the grassland who specially raised geese, but they were rare.
Jiang Feng was quite interested, he looked at the yellow flat-beaked little ones in the boxes and picked one up to take a look.
These little ones all had pure yellow fur, and it was almost impossible to tell between ducklings and goslings from their appearance.
Goslings and ducklings look similar at a young age, both have yellow fluff, small bodies, and flat beaks.
"How much for these goslings, Grandpa?" Jiang Feng asked.
"These are males, 4 yuan each. These boxes are females, 6 yuan each," the old man replied directly.
Jiang Feng knew well about the price of goslings.
If he were to start a goose farm and order over 500 goslings at once, they would be 3 yuan each, as many goose farms sell goslings.
Like chicks, a goose farm can hatch many goslings at once, so the price is very low.
If it’s private retail like this, then the price of goslings is relatively expensive, and outside, it’s possible to find them for 20 yuan each if you only buy two or three.
"Grandpa, give me a box, I’ll pick 10 males and 20 females."
Jiang Feng wanted to raise geese, so he spoke up.
Eating a large stewed goose in a pot in winter is nice, but it seems these geese won’t grow that big by winter.
"Alright, no problem. 10 males for 40 yuan, 20 females for 120, a total of 160 yuan."
"Okay."
Jiang Feng took the cardboard box and began picking goslings at the stall.
These little goslings were chirping away, looking adorably silly and lively.
Jiang Feng noticed one gosling that wasn’t moving much, its head raised and eyes firmly fixed on him, showing no sign of backing down, looking quite imposing.
Jiang Feng grabbed it, confirmed it was healthy, and put it in his box.
Geese are tyrannical in the countryside too.
They are quite aggressive, skilled at bullying native dogs.
When they see people, they lower their bodies and stretch their necks, setting up an attack stance to rush forward.
If the opponent is a child or a timid girl, frightened into running away, the goose gets even more excited and chases them.
But if the opponent is a strong adult, the goose will stop halfway and then nonchalantly turn back.
A wise goose knows who to chase and who not to.
Jiang Feng picked out 30 goslings in total.
isn’t much, barely filling up the box.
But when they grow up, the number of geese will be quite substantial. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎
Jiang Feng bought the goslings and had almost finished browsing the market.
He carried ribs and held the goslings, planning to head back to the ranch.
Before leaving, he inquired about the cattle and sheep situation with the people at the market department.
"Boss Jiang, your cattle and sheep were snatched up first thing, unable to meet the demand."
"Quite a few big clients came here, with a keen eye for cattle and sheep, and they all have evening banquets, so these cattle and sheep are in high demand."
"I’ve already transferred the money to you, just as per the previous standard, you can check."
The market department staff told him.
"Good, thank you for your hard work," Jiang Feng smiled.
All his cattle and sheep were weighed and tagged, so the selling price was predictable, and there was no concern for fraud.
Hearing such news during the harvest festival was a good thing, Jiang Feng felt very relaxed.
This harvest festival turned out to be quite fruitful.
Viewers in the livestream felt quite at ease watching such a lively scene.
"This place has a great vibe!"
"Although everyone sets up stalls quite casually, and it’s not regulated, it feels more attractive than regulated markets!"
"Because people here haven’t been eroded by materialism for too long, so they are relatively honest, and customers coming here won’t get ripped off."
"If you look at any other market, almost all the scales are fake, and you’ll end up paying more!"
"It reminds me of the recent buzz about Zibo barbecue, although you can eat barbecue anywhere, over there, taxis and barbecue stalls don’t dare to overcharge, and people can truly experience what it’s like to be valued!"
"Yes, this is what it’s truly like to feel valued, not feeling ripped off everywhere!"
The comments flew in lively discussion.
The wasteland was bustling with people.
Flags fluttered on the yurts.
The market was nearing its end, and people were gradually starting to leave.
Jiang Feng, with ribs and goslings, called for the ranch employees, and they headed back towards the ranch.
