Carrying a Jurassic on me
Chapter 1058 - 551 Is This What You Came to Work For_3?

Chapter 1058: Chapter 551 Is This What You Came to Work For_3?

"Is it still too early?" Professor Shu and a few students looked up at the blazing sun and couldn’t help but burst into laughter and tears. The sun was still high up, but they were already taking a break, running into such a boss was really beyond words.

Not to say anything else, they had prepared to lose a couple of catties on this trip to the countryside, but within just two days, each student’s face started to glow with health—the two female students even began to worry if they might end up getting too chubby...

There was meat at every meal, not to mention beef from the cow’s muscles to its heart and lungs, and other meats like specially bred catfish, rabbit, and pheasant, and there was softshell turtle soup at every meal...

And then there was the medicinal wine, available in several different kinds tailored for specific groups: Professor Shu drank what the elderly drank, the two female students had one designed for women, and the male students had one for young men. Honestly, these students, coming from not-so-wealthy families, never knew that even medicinal wine could be differentiated into so many types.

That wasn’t all, Professor Shu loved tea, and Boss Yan immediately provided him with high-quality tea, which he couldn’t even categorize; the male students were free to choose, they could either join the professor in tea-drinking or follow the two girls drinking honey water.

With such treatment, the students were willing to work twenty-eight hours a day if they could, how could they feel right knocking off work just because the sun was still high!

Besides, the workplace itself was really nice, getting tired they could sit by the river and enjoy the breeze, taking in the scenery—with Haloxylon ammodendron to one side, verdant trees to the back, and fiery red flowers in front, saying it was a breathtaking landscape was hardly an overstatement.

This life was practically divine!

Moreover, there was a subsidy to be had, more than ten times what they usually made doing other work, truly indescribable!

In their spare time, the students couldn’t help but ponder, were they here to work or to vacation?

They were torn, on one hand delighted by such excellent treatment and wanting to meet the expectations laid out for their design work as quickly and as well as they could; on the other hand, they wished time could just stop right there, letting them enjoy more days like these...

Seeing they didn’t want to rest, Yan Fei looked at the sun and felt embarrassed to insist further.

Suddenly, Yingjun sprang up, "Brother Fei, do we need coal for brick firing? Just let me know when and I’ll get it for you. We lack many things where I come from, but coal isn’t one of them. No rush though, we can haul it over when you need it because top-level is currently decentralizing the coal enterprises—I guess the coal price might drop soon!"

How coincidental everything was, even the coal for brick firing was ready!

Yan Fei didn’t quite follow what Yingjun meant by ’decentralization’, but that year was particularly coincidental—it just so happened that with policy changes, coal enterprises were being decentralized. To understand how bad things got, one case was enough; a chicken farm was repeatedly losing chicken feed, and after police filed a case and followed leads to a household. That family were workers in a coal mine, and they were found eating chicken feed!

However, for Yan Fei, buying coal now wouldn’t be much of a bargain. After a while, there would be a steep drop in coal prices—later on, the price did plummet significantly. Many foresighted people took this opportunity to stock up and made a fortune soon after.

Actually, their own need wasn’t much; it was a minor issue, but since Yingjun was so eager to help, Yan Fei couldn’t discourage his enthusiasm and nodded in agreement. Turning to Heizi, he said, "How’s your relation with your guys at the brick factory? Do you think it’d be possible to borrow a master from there? Make it clear to him that we’re just using it temporarily for our own purpose, we won’t undercut his business."

Heizi thumped his chest loudly, "Brother Fei, don’t worry, we have a die-hard camaraderie!"

A die-hard camaraderie my ass, it’s just friendship forged by roaming the streets together, right?

Yan Fei nodded and immediately took out his phone, "Okay, you call him first, let him know in advance, if not... I’ll go with you to make sure there are no misunderstandings."

"No need, Brother Fei, really no need," Heizi insisted repeatedly. "Listen, I’ll call him, and if he says ’no’, from now on I’ll handle all the work in this cave room by myself!"

Indeed, the guy on the other end of the phone was more than obliging, immediately assuring that whenever the master was needed, he would send him right over. He didn’t even ask why the master was needed for the brick factory!

With everything settled, Yan Fei took the phone, ready to leave, but then he frowned, "Um, if you’re not busy, you better stay with this guy, to keep him from causing any trouble here!"

The only one causing trouble was Chen Yingjun.

This guy was truly like a rabbit. Just during the time Heizi made a phone call, he had darted off to the side, approaching a girl who was measuring and drawing designs, "Beauty, if there’s anything you need just say the word. I might not be the most educated or understand your expertise, but I can still run errands..."

"No need, Boss Chen, go do your own thing!" the girl replied without looking up.

"Are you thirsty then? It’s really hot today, and working in this weather must be tough. How about I go to town and buy you some cold drinks?" Chen Yingjun was very solicitous.

"Thank you, Boss Chen, but we have water over there, no need to bother," the girl continued with her work.

"It’s no trouble at all," Chen Yingjun didn’t mind the girl’s rejection and pointed at his shiny little car. "My car is just over there, very convenient for a quick run to town, just a few minutes!"

"Oh, if you really want to help, come take a look at this..." the girl looked up and smiled at him. "I need to make a simple budget here, come take a look, it’s very simple, just..."

Two minutes later, Chen Yingjun’s eyes were spinning, not even the breeze could blow away his profuse sweat, his face full of bewilderment.

Fortunately, Heizi arrived in time, "Brother Chen, Brother Fei is sending us to the city zoo. They said our paperwork is almost ready, and asked us to bring the official seal..."

Chen Yingjun wiped the sweat off his forehead and tugged at his shirt that was sticking to his body, struggling to maintain his suave demeanor, "Girl, you keep busy, I got something to take care of, I’ll come back and help you later!"

This level of shamelessness was rare—after just a few words, the beauty had turned into a ’girl’.

No sooner had he finished speaking than he turned and ran towards Heizi.

Behind him, the girl didn’t take issue with his way of addressing her, watching him flee in a panic, a sly gleam in her eye. Another girl nearby was also watching, covering her mouth, her eyes squinting with laughter...

Meanwhile, Professor Shu sipping tea on the side remarked, "Ah, to be young!"