Carrying a Jurassic on me
Chapter 209 - 74: One Spit, One Nail_2

Chapter 209: Chapter 74: One Spit, One Nail_2

The object that caught the girl’s eye, which could be used as a carrying pole, was actually an iron rod as thick as a small bowl, thicker than the white, clean ankle exposed under her trouser leg at the moment. What was exposed was already two meters long, no one knew how long it was inside! Buried under a heap of scrap iron, not even a strong laborer could necessarily pull it out.

Yan Fei was dumbfounded seeing the girl fiddling, and only came to his senses when she called him. He quickly approached and said, "You quickly get down, get out of the way first, don’t let it hit you!"

After the girl agreed and ran far away from the pile of scrap iron, Yan Fei also signaled the old man: "Sir, you also move away, further away..."

Wasn’t this how Elder Tang was asked to step back when Sun Wukong was trapped under the Five Finger Mountain, and the Buddha’s sutra stone was lifted by Elder Tang, right?

Then Yan Fei was seen stepping twice on the pile of scrap iron, finding two sturdy places to stand, then he forcefully pulled, failed to move it, then took a breath, and tried again with force.

With a rumble, a few large pieces of the scrap iron pile collapsed.

Fortunately, this iron rod was not long, probably only about three meters in length, but there was a prismatic lump of iron at one end, like a large hammer. The iron lump was inside the pile just now, which was why Yan Fei failed to pull it out at first. When he did, a few pieces of scrap iron came away with it.

"Yan Xiaofei, isn’t my choice great! It’s so suitable for a carrying pole, and we won’t have to worry about stuff sliding off from both ends." The girl was really pleased with herself when she saw Yan Fei pulling out the iron rod.

She was totally disregarding the old man next to her, who was in total shock.

The old man, who had spent years in the iron factory, could tell at a glance how heavy the iron rod was. Just the rod alone, let alone the iron lump, must weigh at least 200 to 300 catties. And with the lump, it must add up to 300 or 400 catties. Looking at the young couple, they actually intended to use it as a carrying pole?

When Xu Xiaoyan said the two ends wouldn’t slip off, she meant the end of the rod that was just exposed; it also had a large scale-like lump on it, significantly thicker than the rod itself. So, together with the big iron lump on the other end, it indeed would not slip off when used as a carrying pole.

Yan Fei, speechless, tossed the iron rod aside and continued to sift through the scrap iron pile for materials suitable for making tools.

Scrap iron came in all shapes and sizes. He definitely couldn’t take those strange-shaped ones, and he also had to be careful not to pick up those specialty alloy steel plates from before, or else he wouldn’t be able to work with them afterward.

As he sifted through, the old man gradually recovered from his surprise and helped him pick out items. After all, he had been in the factory for many years, and his judgement was far superior to Yan Fei’s.

The old man was angered, though. He was one of the oldest workers in the factory and had gone out of his way to help Yan Fei, only to end up losing face. He didn’t hold back and picked out the best materials for Yan Fei, without any consideration of saving resources for the factory.

When Yan Fei began to tie up the scrap, the old man was astonished again.

He had thought Yan Fei and Xu Xiaoyan were picking out so much scrap iron to sort through it once more later. But the two of them seemed to be getting ready to load up all the scrap they had picked out and take it all away!

Xu Xiaoyan was energized: "Hurry up! This one and this one! Can you take them all? Don’t push yourself if you can’t handle the weight, but don’t take less if you can handle it! I swear I will make him regret messing with me and lose blood over this fifty dollars if not I’m not a Xu!"

"You won’t be a Xu in the future, you’ll have to take my surname, Yan..." Yan Fei couldn’t help but retort when he saw how the girl was acting.

"No more talk, get back to work!" Xu Xiaoyan glared at him.

A moment later, in front of the astonished old man, the two tied up two bundles of scrap iron with a rope.

Of course, the bunches weren’t too big, after all, iron is heavy!

Then Yan Fei, with Xu Xiaoyan’s help, threaded the iron rod through the ropes. Once he got up, under Xu Xiaoyan’s direction, he slowly stood up. The iron pole that Xu Xiaoyan chose turned out to be really good, it didn’t bend at all.

"How is it? If it’s too much, let’s take some off. Don’t exhaust yourself..." Once she saw Yan Fei carrying the load, Xu Xiaoyan began expressing her concerns again.

"No big deal. My strength is increasing day by day, so this is nothing to me!" Seeing Xu Xiaoyan’s concern, Yan Fei felt pretty good about himself.

Only yesterday he managed to turn into a giant python late at night. He hadn’t eaten much, so his strength hadn’t increased significantly. However, the weight of this scrap metal was approximately the same as that of the large piece of limestone, so it wasn’t that heavy. He was certain he could carry it without any problem!

In reality, Yan Fei originally brought a shoulder pole and didn’t plan to buy so much or create such a scare. He was merely trying to make his girl happy.

Such a small amount of stuff actually didn’t look bulky. Laymen have no idea how heavy it could be. One cubic meter of iron weighs seven to eight thousand kilograms. This stuff was so much smaller than that!

The old man was shocked, standing there watching them walking away, it took him a long time to react, "What has this boy been fed to grow so strong? If it were the factory’s busy season, he alone could replace half of the workshop’s staff..."

After that, the old man, as if going insane, found a piece of iron plate and tried to lift it. Clearly, he was questioning his own ability to judge weight!

Xu Xiaoyan followed behind Yan Fei, watching him carrying the stuff. As he walked, the iron pillars began to wobble and she was laughing behind him like a fox.

When they reached the doorway of the weighing room, she waved her pole and shouted, "Mark my words, we didn’t underpay you, he’s carrying it alone, and I’m not taking anything..."

The young men inside were playing cards. After hearing her shout, they subconsciously glanced outside. They were about to resume their game when they all turned their heads in surprise and exclaimed unanimously, "Holy..."

At least three fellas didn’t notice that their cigarettes had dropped from their mouths. The moment both of them disappeared, a chorus of screams rang out from the room, creating a stormy scene.

Then Comrade Xiao Li sprang up like he was bitten by a dog and ran out of the door. He saw them from a distance and tried to call out to them, but the beautiful woman from earlier turned back and waved at him, "You see, a real man only has to speak once. Oh, no, it’s like hitting a nail on the head with you, don’t bother sending us off..."

Comrade Xiao Li was left standstill without being able to react...

When the pair got to the gate, the two old men of the Square Occupation game saw them. One of them chuckled, "You have finished shopping so soon, have some water before you leave..."

Before he could finish, both old men were dumbfounded as they watched Yan Fei cheerfully wave at them, and under Xu Xiaoyan’s urging, leave. They only came back to their senses after the couple had gone quite a distance.

The last of the old men to realize seemed upset. He picked up a nearly finished cigarette from the ground and surveyed the ’board’ suspiciously, "Didn’t you see how strong that guy was? And still you found time to cheat?"

The other old man was composed, "A factory this big can’t just shut down because something goes wrong. What’s so unusual these days that’ll catch my attention anymore? Just because someone’s stronger? Nowadays people can afford to eat meat, so greater strength is only normal..."

"Hmm, hmm, hmm..." The old man nodded and then shrieked, "How many extra pieces did you put down!? Can I continue playing this game of yours now?"

While they were arguing, a young man ran over, "How do you guys guard the gate? Didn’t you see them carrying stuff out of the factory..."

The two old men were puzzled, "What’s wrong? They didn’t pay? We saw them go! Where did that old fellow go?"

The young man ran out of the gate and looked around. There was no one to be seen on either side of the road. He finally said dejectedly, "They did..."

The two old men said in unison, "If they’ve paid, why are you chasing after them? Have you eaten too much and are looking for trouble?"

Xu Xiaoyan, being cleverer, urged Yan Fei to leave quickly at this point.

When they reached the corner of the intersection, both of them disappeared without a trace.