American Ranch

Chapter 124 Sunny March
Life on the ranch is neither busy nor easy.

The main job Brett arranged in an orderly manner, and with Chen Xiao coming back to help, the life of the whole family is happy.

After the New Year's Eve, Chen Mo contacted the Orthopedic Injury Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Center...

My father's knee joint needs to be operated on. This is a problem that was detected in China, and the conclusion of the inspection in the United States is similar.

It's a minor operation, and it's not dangerous. It's just that if you want to return to normal after the operation, you still need physical therapy.However, the chances of returning to the same as normal people are not high. It can only be said that they are the same as normal people in life.

The surgery performed at Walnut Creek Orthopedic Hospital was then transferred back to the Marin County Physical Therapy Center, under the care of more professional nurses and physical therapists.This physiotherapy center seems to be a middle-level community, a small villa for each patient, and many professional athletes who receive professional treatment here...

The operation was very successful.

Brother and sister Chen Mo stayed with their parents until their father was admitted to the physical therapy rehabilitation center.

At night, Chen Mo went into the space and dug some old American ginseng, and picked more than half of the bucket of Jiabao fruit...

Early the next morning, I went to the supermarket and bought a garden chicken to stew.

I have consulted the doctor, my father can eat ginseng in his current state, boil it on a high fire, and boil it slowly on a low fire... until noon.

"It smells so good." Chen Chen came back with the car: "Brother?"

Chen Mo was upstairs, and came down with three and a half American ginseng in his hand: "Then, this is American ginseng, and I will stew half of it for Dad every week."

"Why don't Chen Xiao stay and take care of his parents. There are many things to be busy in the ranch..." Chen Chen took the ginseng and looked at it, then said.

"I'll give you more time to spend with Zhang Xia. My mother said yesterday that you've been married for more than a year and haven't gotten pregnant. You can't do it." Chen Mo brought ginseng and said with a smile. He went to the gym and found a cool and ventilated place. place to hang up.

"We discussed having a child in a few years. We'll talk about it after returning to China in a few years."

Chicken soup in the kitchen is almost done.

Chen Mo went in and turned off the fire, and came out: "I went to pick up Chen Xiao, and then went back to the ranch. You are here to take care of your parents, if you have anything to call..."

Chen's father is currently living in a physical therapy rehabilitation center, a small villa with three bedrooms and one living room. He went to have a meal, and Chen Mo took Chen Xiao back to the ranch.

Chen Mo asked Chen Xiao to come back mainly to sort out some financial lists.

The bank has the ranch’s in-and-out payments, and the ranch also has ledgers. Take it back and check it with the accountant sent by the bank, and then apply for tax returns.

There is no tax payment on the River Valley Ranch this year. The ranch is under construction, cattle and sheep are bought, and property is added. There are many consumptions that will be tax refunded...

I dare not think too much, tax rebate plus agricultural and animal husbandry subsidies, 100 million dollars should be there.

Chen Mo also checked the purchase list of the ranch.After buying the River Valley Ranch, I have been consuming, and I have to check the purchase list. It has nothing to do with trust or not. This is a necessary process.

The pastures in the Ryder Valley are more vigorous, and the pastures that have not been harvested are nearly half a meter high.

Zhang Rui from the Southern Nursery stayed in the pasture to instruct the third uncle on how to take care of the grape vines and receive saplings at the same time...

In the evening, the third uncle and the others came back from work and brought half a bucket of ripe Jiabao fruit: "I picked the ripe fruit in the garden. Can these be sold?"

It's about five pounds, and if you sell it, you can't sell it for much.

"Let's eat at home." Chen Mo shrugged, seeing the red and swollen face of the third aunt behind: "Auntie, what's wrong with your face?"

"It's okay to let the bees touch it." The third uncle said: "I raised two boxes of bees in the small valley, and your aunt was accidentally touched, it's okay."

"It's nothing...how is your father?" said the third aunt.

"Living in a rehabilitation center, it takes [-] days to hurt the muscles and bones, and the rehabilitation treatment takes less than half a year."

After that, the ranch received Jiabao fruit trees from China one after another.Chen Mo put dozens of trees with the best shape into the space...

There are also mysterious fruits, and hundreds of them have been transplanted into the space.

Before mid-March, River Valley Ranch completed the tax return and received a tax rebate check and agricultural compensation check, totaling US$134.9 million.This relieved the increasingly tight ranch finances...

Sunny March.

The Jiabao Orchard in Xiaoxigu is blooming in a large area, and ordered more than a dozen beehives for this reason...

This time, there is no need to remove the flower buds, just keep them, and there will definitely be a good harvest in May and June.

Chen Mo went to Xiaoxigu to see the situation of the Jiabao Orchard. Under the guidance of Zhang Rui, the third uncle planted green plants in the orchard to increase the water retention capacity of the soil...

There is an artesian stream in the small valley now, and the soil is much moister, almost like a piece of fertile land.

"Brother. Brother Xiaobai is here." Chen Xiao called and said.

"I'll be right back."

On the ranch side, the milk factory is working overtime. It was finally completed a few days ago, and some fresh milk was processed and sent to the USDA for inspection, and the raw milk factory materials of the River Valley Ranch were submitted to the USDA, and the sales license was obtained yesterday.

The fresh milk factory mainly sterilizes and removes taint, so as to preserve the taste of fresh milk as much as possible.

The goat milk that has been de-mutated still has a muttony smell, which is not so unbearable.

Back at the villa, Bai Xiaoou dragged Chen Mo to the second floor, frowning all the time...

"What's wrong?" Chen Mo guessed that it was a matter of the Chef Academy.

It's been a long time, Bai Xiaoou has been running this chef academy, in order to win Jing Chenghong's position as the principal of the academy, and at the same time strive for more profits for the company.

"Mom, what a dam." Bai Xiaoou held back for a while, and then choked out a curse.

"Things at the Chef Academy are not going well?" Chen Mo said.

Bai Xiaoou smiled wryly: "That's right, everything is not going well. Jing Chenghong's brand is still not loud enough...By the way, I asked you to invest in the Monterey Valley land before, have you invested yet?"

"No." Chen Mo got up and made a cup of coffee for Bai Xiaoou: "No money."

Bai Xiaoou breathed a sigh of relief: "Garrison Investment Company means to enter Napa Valley. Waylon Company also prefers Napa Valley and Sonoma Valley..."

"Napa Chef School? You are going to face them..." Chen Mo stared and smiled.

"Napa Chef School is only senior, and the most well-known chefs in it, Waylon's and Barbona's, can kill them at random."

"Actually...Napa Valley is really nice. It has a strong business atmosphere. It receives millions of tourists a year, and there are many Michelin restaurants." Chen Mo visited Napa with Ellie last year, which left a very deep impression on him. , At the beginning, I had the urge to give up the ranch and switch to a winery.

Running a winery is actually good, not so hard.

"There is too little land that can be developed in Napa Valley, and the land is expensive. I think Monterey Valley is better." Bai Xiaoou said.

"Investing in the Monterey Valley is a long-term investment, while investing in Napa Valley is a short-term one. Have you ever been to the Monterey Valley?" Chen Mo shrugged. There are nearly 10 acres of vineyards in the Monterey Valley, but there is no decent winery. factory.

The per capita income here is good, but there are too many Mexicans.Mexicans all come here to work, illegal workers...the statistics of per capita income only count the income of local residents, and illegal workers are not included.As far as Chen Mo knows, several small towns are areas where Mexicans gather...

The coastal environment is okay.

In fact, the overall feeling for Chen Mo is not very good.

Bai Xiaoou values ​​the Monterey Valley, probably because the land here is cheap, 3 to 6 dollars per acre of vineyards.Grapes in Napa Valley cost between $20 and $55 per acre.This shows the difference between the two places...

But as far as a chef academy is concerned, the role it can play, the area it can radiate, is it too bad to invest in cheap areas?
(End of this chapter)