Carrying a Jurassic on me-Chapter 756 - 386 Morning Glory Farming and Pastoral Company_1

Chapter 756: Chapter 386 Morning Glory Farming and Pastoral Company_1

Yan Fei took out his motorcycle from Dinosaur World halfway there, attached a basket to each side, filled them with a variety of fruits and vegetables, and first delivered some to his parents in the county town. The rest was delivered to the canteen of the cattle farm.

Although not short of veggies, these ones were better, and since there was too much to finish, he let everyone have some.

Pang Fa and his crew had finally settled their accounts to establish exactly how much beef was lost, and sooner or later those guys would have to cough up the money for that beef.

Yang Qian and Jiao Bing, the damned duo, finally delivered the photos in the morning, they gave them to Yan Fei and, feeling rather pleased with themselves, left a few ’encouraging’ remarks before heading off to do some fishing under the shade of the trees behind the cattle farm.

At that moment, Yan Fei was reconciling accounts with Xiang Rui in his room. Upon being handed the photos, he took a look, and as Xiang Rui who was standing next to him showed curious interest in peeping the photos, he immediately put them away.

Xiang Rui pouted, "Just a few broken photos being treated like treasures and not shown, how unusual ..."

She had no idea Yan Fei was sighing in his heart.

What an embarrassment!

Not only were the images of that damned duo not impressive, but unexpectedly, even his own photo turned out stupid. It’s easy to be overly confident and overlook things, like who in their right mind expect a temporary migrant worker turned photographer to choose the right angles or distances, let alone to capture candid shots?

So, they had to hold their poses for ages, waiting until your smile stiffens, and your limbs go numb before he’d finally press down the shutter. Given the circumstances, one can easily imagine how the resulting photos turned out — group photos of two woeful-looking teens and a dopey tall guy, too embarrassing to show around.

The worst part was that the damned duo were quite satisfied. What did they say when delivering the photos? They bragged about how cool and imposing they looked and treated the photos like family heirlooms, urging him to pick a few to hang in his office for his enjoyment...

Enjoy my ass! Hang my ass! He needs to hide them away and never plan to show them to anyone in this lifetime again.

Having put away the photos, Yan Fei began to busy himself in earnest, thinking hard to recall something. Still unsure, he dug out a small notebook from his bag, dialed a number then said: "Hello, I’m looking for Master Xing."

Once Master Xing answered the call, Yan Fei started communicating with him, reaching a decision quickly: "Okay, I’ll come see you this afternoon, we can talk more then, thank you!"

Master Xing on the other end of the phone was even more polite: "Sure, sure. I’ll be waiting for you here in the afternoon..."

Just after hanging up, Xiang Rui curiously asked: "What’s going on? Are you planning on making beef jerky?"

Yan Fei nodded: "Yes! Currently, we can’t preserve the beef for long, so we’ll set up a small cold storage unit to sell part of it and turn the rest into beef jerky. In the future, if we manage to contact big clients who can buy our beef, that’ll be great. Otherwise, we’ll have to slowly sell the beef jerky."

Xiang Rui was just asking out of curiosity and couldn’t offer any advice.

Now that the supply situation in the Provincial City and Hong Kong has stabilized, they don’t have to worry about the source of funds. Also, setting up a small beef jerky factory won’t cost much. It won’t occupy much space and won’t cost much, so the sooner they build it, the better.

After making the call, he was ready to go find Pang Fa to discuss this. Now that there were plenty of hands, he was not intending to manage it himself. He only got one summer vacation a year, so it was important to spend quality time with his wife. As for making money, he could leave it to others.

He hadn’t taken more than a few steps after standing up when the telephone rang. Fang Xiaoqing, who was near the phone, casually hit the speakerphone button and said in Mandarin like on television: "Hello, this is the Cow Flower Farming and Animal Husbandry Company, who are you looking for?"

The young girl learned things quickly, and although she only lived in a small town, her Mandarin was quite standard.

Unexpectedly, after she finished speaking, there was no response from the other end of the call for quite a while before Old Pan’s awkward and tentative voice came: "Uhh... hello, I am looking for Yan Fei from Sancha River Cattle Farm. Where is this?"

Then a faint mumbling came: "Did I dial the wrong number? What’s going on?"

Fang Xiaoqing replied seriously: "This is the Sancha River Cattle Ranch. Please hold on for a moment, I’ll let Boss Yan answer the call!"

Xiang Rui and the two young ladies were trying to hold back their laughter, Yan Fei kept a straight face and leaned in, just about to call Uncle Pan, when he heard Old Pan’s roar: "What are you doing? Who was that answering the phone, making fun of me for being old and naive? And what’s this about the Cow Flower Company? You had me thinking I dialed the wrong number, you better come over and tell me how you plan on handling this lot!"

Yan Fei responded and switched off the speakerphone. He wanted to say something, but seeing Fang Xiaoqing blushing from the laughter of Xiang Rui and her friends, he felt too embarrassed to say anything. He had just walked out the door when the laughter and disgruntled protests of the women followed him out.

Mounting his motorcycle, even Yan Fei couldn’t help but laugh. The situation was too amusing.

Thankfully, Fang Xiaoqing was a girl. If she were a man, Old Pan would have scolded her as well. Speaking Mandarin like that! It’s not at all popular around Sancha River. That kind of telephone etiquette would definitely be met with ’this guy is such a knob!’-- in the local Sancha River dialect, ’knob’ is an even more dismissive term than ’pretentious’...

By the time he arrived at the military office, Old Pan was still grumbling: "Boss Yan is now the big boss, so he’s got a lass answering the phone, eh? Is he trying to mimic the big bosses on TV, by having a mistress?"

Yan Fei was an innocent victim caught up in this; he hurriedly explained: "That’s Aunt Lin’s daughter from the cattle farm, she goes to school here in town and helps her during the holidays!"

Only then did Old Pan get down to business: "What exactly are you thinking? It’s not right to keep holding these men; someone from the city military office just called asking about it, and I put it all onto you. You’d better figure out a solution soon, or else more inquiries are likely to follow."

He followed his statement with an explanation, the call from the city was more of an unofficial check-in rather than an attempt to officially solve the problem.

Yan Fei had not yet figured out how to handle the situation, he hesitated for a moment before suggesting: "I’m going to the county town this afternoon, maybe I could ask if these men could be sent to the Public Security Bureau..."

"Don’t...." Old Pan hurriedly counteracted his suggestion. "It’s not suitable to discuss this with the county either. Despite their numerous crimes, none of them are really severe. Unless you’re certain they can all be convicted, we should avoid bringing this to the county."

"Why?" Yan Fei was confused.

"Cases involving people from the city are not within our county’s jurisdiction. If you don’t mention it, they can pretend they don’t know. But if you go asking, you’re just creating trouble for them. Unless the city authorities are prepared to handle this case, dig up their past wrongdoings and impose heavy sentences on each of them. Otherwise, once you hand them over, it might be difficult to ask for compensation," Old Pan explained. "Right now, the whole country is celebrating Hong Kong’s return, so if this case were to be reported, it would surely be minimized."

"Then we’ll just keep them locked up. If one month is not enough, we’ll make it two. I can’t control their violations, but whoever hit my man and took my beef, they won’t be going anywhere without compensating me." Hearing Old Pan’s explanation, Yan Fei chose not to deviate from his original thoughts .

Old Pan couldn’t offer a better resolution: "That will do then. If they continue to make inquiries, I will temporarily stand up for you. They must first provide compensation for all medical expenses and costs of the beef, otherwise, we will not release anyone. After all, they’re the ones in a hurry; it’s just a matter of who can endure the longest. By the way, how much do you estimate was your total loss, so I can give them a figure?"

Yan Fei gave a sly smile, as he pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Old Pan.

Old Pan, laughing, took the paper from him and said: "You’re well-prepared aren’t you?"

Looking at the paper, he was taken aback: "Aren’t you asking for too much? Do you think they’ll agree to this?"

"How am I asking for too much?" Yan Fei was pleased with himself. "My beef sells for eighty yuan a catty in Hong Kong. I’m not asking for much, just for the amount of beef they took -- eight hundred catties -- which amounts to sixty-four thousand. Because of this incident, my workers are all on edge, causing heavy losses. Plus, some of them are even lying in the county hospital..."

Noticing Old Pan’s skeptical gaze, he reluctantly added: "Anyway, two of my workers are currently taking up beds there in the county hospital and they still need to be observed. While their outer injuries seem minor, they may have internal injuries as well! All things considered, let them compensate me a hundred thousand yuan!"

"If you ask them to pay a hundred thousand yuan, they’d likely prefer to be jailed instead at that price, it costs less to buy a house in the city!" Old Pan sighed at Yan Fei’s audacious demand.

"That’s not our concern, this is the way it is. If they are not put in their place this time, how will I transport beef to the city in the future?" Yan Fei was firm in his reasoning. "If it had been in another place, I could’ve avoided it, but this is unavoidable. If I were to back down now, who’s not to say they won’t harass me again in the future? Surely, I can’t always follow the truck?"

Old Pan began to see the logic. The incident had reached this point, and it was now a test of who would break first. Strictly speaking, Yan Fei was also in the wrong for sending his men into the public security office to apprehend and fight people. But now that the men were there, the power was with them; they could refuse to release anyone without proper justification.

"For now, let’s stick to the original plan. You shouldn’t worry too much. Unless they’ve committed any serious crimes, this will be considered a minor issue by higher-ups. I’ll wait and see what their attitude is before making a decision, we’ll cross that bridge when we get there. I don’t believe they can cause a major disturbance!" Old Pan was now the one comforting Yan Fei.

Yan Fei knew the situation well. He had done his own homework and these men hadn’t committed any serious crimes like murder or arson. Although their record was extensive, it would be a hassle to sift through it – especially given that Old Gui, the leader, held the position of chief of Public Security.

There wasn’t much to deliberate. It was all about knowing when to make a move. Yan Fei, however, was firm – he had to recoup his losses. If the other party insisted on forcibly releasing the men, it would then be a battle of wits...

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