Carrying a Jurassic on me
Chapter 1551 - 745: Fertilizer - Raising Cattle at the Old Home

Chapter 1551: Chapter 745: Fertilizer - Raising Cattle at the Old Home

Provincial City is called Lv City for a reason. Even during the hottest part of a summer day, pedestrians walking on the streets don’t have to worry about being scorched to jerky.

Thanks to the tall plane trees lining the roads, their grey-white trunks have stood erect for many years, their roots dug deep into the soil below. The large, dark green leaves sway grandly, casting such a shade over the sidewalks that hardly any sunlight can reach the ground beneath.

Xu Xiaoyan and Yan Fei are walking on such a sidewalk right now, the young woman deliberately keeping a bit of distance from her beloved, as his increasing presumptuousness has made her constantly vigilant.

Vigilant as she may be, deep down she cannot muster even a sliver of irritation. Each time she thinks of her beloved’s infatuation with her, she feels a twinge of bashful joy amidst her shyness.

The thoughts of a girl in love can sometimes be so puzzling that even she can’t decipher them. On one hand, she fears his anger and alienation if she continuously rejects him; on the other, she worries that if she easily gives in to him, he might no longer cherish her...

There’s also a part of Xu Xiaoyan that feels it’s not good for Yan Fei, who is still growing, to engage too early in certain activities—tragically for him, he is already a university student yet still under the age of eighteen.

Even a simple walk can fill the girl’s mind with numerous thoughts, but Yan Fei is much simpler-minded. He can’t be bothered to ask Heizi and the others how they are doing with their tasks; there is only one question in his mind right now: What should I eat for lunch?

As he ponders, his phone rings. It’s a familiar number: Senior Brother Wang Jiuming. Yan Fei answers the call and hears Wang Jiuming saying, "Have you finished registering for the new semester? Come join us for a meal! A few of us brethren have gathered, and we’re just missing you to bring some wine."

It is this kind of unreserved attitude that Yan Fei appreciates, so he immediately agrees to join. After explaining to his fiancée, he hails a cab, first going home to fetch a small jar of wine—a five-catty one—then heads straight to the restaurant.

Senior Brother Wang’s greatest pleasure is to invite Yan Fei out for a meal. In the past, Yan Fei’s frequent visits were solely to see his fiancée. Now that he will be staying in Provincial City, Senior Brother Wang is happier than anyone.

As soon as Yan Fei arrives, Senior Brother Wang begins introductions. Those already acquainted are skipped, but there are two whom Yan Fei has not met before. After introducing them, Wang Jiuming adds, "It’s your first time meeting. Aren’t you going to pour a drink for these two Senior Brothers?"

That’s just Wang Jiuming’s perverse sense of humor. Drinking customs in Yuzhou are much the same, and if taken seriously, they’re not all that pleasant. Once at the drinking table, not drinking one under the table seems akin to shallow friendship, with various persuasions to drink and drinking games, it’s inevitable that someone ends up lying down by the end.

Apart from the minority who can’t move after seeing alcohol, most people are somewhat annoyed by these rules. But once you’re at the drinking table, sometimes you’re excited, and sometimes you’re forced by the situation, not drinking is not an option. For Wang Jiuming, who has to attend social drinking functions, he ends up drinking seventy to eighty percent of the time, and over time, he has come to dread such gatherings.

However, everything changes when Yan Fei is at the table. All Senior Brother Wang has to do is to push his share of drinking onto Yan Fei. After all, Wang has never seen Yan Fei drunk, nor has he witnessed him react to drinking like everyone else—either feeling good after drinking or frowning during; Yan Fei drinks alcohol as if it were water, without any expression, and the unaware may even think he’s drinking plain water!

Since they are Senior Brothers, the relationship is different. The two new Senior Brothers subconsciously advise Yan Fei, "Drink slowly, there’s no rush! It’s our first meeting, just the gesture is enough."

The rest share Wang Jiuming’s thoughts, smiling and watching from the side as these two unsuspecting Seniors clink glasses with Yan Fei... feeling a bit of schadenfreude!

Only when the dishes and drinks arrive does Wang Jiuming begin a more detailed introduction: "This bookworm, Senior Brother Xue, stayed on as faculty after graduation and usually doesn’t come out to drink with us. You should toast him a few extra times; you might be taking his classes soon. Better build a good rapport now, lest he fail you in the exams later."

Yan Fei immediately changes sides and joins forces with Senior Brother Zhou, "Come on, thanks to Senior Brother Wang for introducing me to a teacher. Let me toast you first, Senior Brother Xue. I’ll tell you, I don’t get drunk. They are setting you up. If I knew earlier, I wouldn’t have let you drink so much."

Senior Brother Xue may be a bit of a bookworm, but having been a teacher for many years, he chuckles, "No worries, if they ask me to drink, I just won’t. But you’re an exception. Being accepted by Cambridge University and then choosing our school, I should definitely drink a few more toasts to that."

He says this, but it’s clear that Senior Brother Xue is not adept at drinking. After a few glasses, he wobbles to his feet and says, "I’ll leave you guys to it; I need to use the restroom."

The moment someone stands up, the atmosphere at the table relaxes considerably. This is when Wang Jiuming asks Yan Fei, "How’s your fertilizer factory doing?"

"Just starting, very small scale; we’re mainly dealing with cow dung and didn’t plan on turning a profit," replies Yan Fei. "But from what I hear from finance, it’s doing quite well. Quite a number of greenhouse vegetable growers think our product is good. Practically everything we produce gets taken right away."

The fertilizer produced isn’t just made from cow dung, but includes earthworm castings and other ingredients, mixed scientifically. Though the raw materials look the same, the effect of the fertilizer is better than the more haphazard farming methods. Plus, in recent years, as long as the greenhouse vegetables are dry, they bring in money, and farmers are willing to spend a little more on good fertilizer.