Carrying a Jurassic on me
Chapter 345 - 65: Encounter with a Forcible Purchase?_1

Chapter 345: Chapter 65: Encounter with a Forcible Purchase?_1

"Brother Fei, the price of cattle has skyrocketed this year! We’re making a fortune again!" Heizi said with a sleazy smile, rubbing his fingers together. "Aren’t you going to show some generosity?"

Yan Fei reached into the canvas bag he was carrying, grabbed a tomato and hurled it at Heizi.

Without Yan Fei’s quick reflexes, Heizi clumsily caught the tomato with both hands, then hastily reigned in the cattle. He took a bite of the tomato and said, "I’m asking you a question! We’re getting rich and you’re not going to treat your brothers to a meal, is that generous?"

Yan Fei looked up at the eastern sky that was beginning to lighten and said, "Aren’t you eating already? Let’s get moving! Sell at a good price early and look for some suitable calves or fattened cows along the way, so we don’t have to return empty-handed."

Heizi consumed over half of the tomato in just a few bites, holding the remaining half with a stunned look on his face: "Brother Fei, when did you become so stingy? With the price of cattle this year, we’d get at least 15,000 for these four cows! And you’re treating me with a tomato?"

Yan Fei chuckled, "Absolutely, if you want to get rich, you have to be stingy. Even a mosquito’s leg is meat!"

Feeling proud, he added: "Without accumulation, there can be no great achievement!"

Heizi was stunned: "Brother Fei, are you planning to become a skinflint like the fictional character Zhou Paipi?"

Then, he realized something: "Why do I feel like you’re in a particularly good mood today? Is there some good news?"

Yan Fei nodded: "Yes! Great news! Uncle Ming is finally getting married, isn’t that a cause for celebration?"

Heizi was skeptical: "There must be more to it. What’s Uncle Ming’s wedding got to do with you? Why are you so pleased? Attending the wedding means giving a gift, it’s practically bankrupting me! As for Boss Ma, he already has a son, why do a big celebration?"

Yan Fei laughed at the sky: "If not for the wedding, there’s the baby’s full-month celebration - either way, there’s no escaping it. And why this involves me? Haha, who knows? It just makes me happy, that’s all!"

Heizi was left speechless!

Indeed there was no comeback to that - money couldn’t buy happiness. A thousand reasonable arguments couldn’t compare to these three words!

After a while, Heizi cheerfully said: "Oh, by the way, Brother Fei, you’ll have to teach me how to choose cattle today. I feel like you’ve become a cattle expert. You bought five cows and just happened upon a breeding bull - and that one bull is worth several of the others!"

Yan Fei beamed: "Of course! Don’t underestimate me! Don’t worry, as long as you’re willing to learn, someday you’ll have the knack too!"

The two of them were heading to the county town early in the morning to sell cattle.

During the whole summer vacation, the ranch had bought nine fattened cows in total. They bought five early on, and they got another four as the term was about to start. Now, they were selling four of the five that they bought first - one of them had experienced quite a transformation. Growing so well that it was scary. Clearly it was a breeding bull, so naturally, they couldn’t sell it.

Most of such cattle were late bloomers or probably malnourished earlier causing them to undergrow. Anyway, now that they were at the ranch with good food and care, performance caught up. Of course, this was also because the fattened cattle chosen were all younger ones. Even if they were fed with ginseng daily, they wouldn’t be able to recuperate if they were any older.

Yan Fei’s standard for selecting a breeding bull was of high quality. Last time when they sold the cattle, one cow was bought as a breeding bull, but that was only enough for breeding in a village. But Yan Fei’s standard required at least a township breeding, only then you could call it a true breeding bull.

Actually, when it came to selecting cattle, skill only accounted for 30%. The remaining 70% was due to good luck.

Yan Fei was cheerful not because of the cattle or Ma Yongming’s matter - after all, both were not new revelations, and the good growth rate of the cattle was not a recent phenomenon either.

No, it’s due to the matters of the two coolies from the Dinosaur World.

Certain things could bring unbelievable surprises, like the craftsmanship of making an Erhu, seemingly only worth an egg in Yan Fei’s eyes.

What Yan Fei valued was not the Erhu itself, but the python skin that No.1 Coolie had tanned.

For some unknown reason, No.1 Coolie was incredibly diligent when working. Once he had the necessary materials and tools, he immediately started working on the python skin.

Of course, he didn’t tan the whole skin, just a piece of it.

Originally, Yan Fei hadn’t paid much attention to this. In his opinion, this was just making use of waste, whether it worked out or not wasn’t a big deal.

There were places in Sancha River town that processed leather goods. The whip for spinning tops that kids played with, and the whips used by farmers, were all made of cowhide. For kids, it took a few cents to buy a thin whip. But it was durable and made a satisfying crack, making it seem very impressive.

Of course, don’t expect the look to be appealing. Those cowhides processed by simple methods were practical rather than attractive.

But the python skin tanned by No.1 Coolie was really different.

The python skin, originally sun-dried and already smelling foul, was dramatically transformed by his processing. It shined in a dark color, glistening and even more attractive than when it was originally on the python.

No wonder that he dared to claim having some insights in processing python skin. It was undoubtedly a skill passed down through generations - he was too modest about it.

No.1 Coolie was still sighing, the huge piece of python skin might not be fully processed in time. And also, because the skin had been peeled off for too long and hadn’t been treated in time, the color and durability were a little inferior to freshly peeled skin.

In short, what Yan Fei was already quite satisfied with, was keeping No.1 Coolie in constant regret.

Yan Fei quickly assured him: "Don’t worry, there are plenty of pythons. If you need more in the future, even larger python skins can be obtained, guaranteed fresh. Now, tan two big pieces of this, I’ll use it later."

What could he use it for? It’s all because he saw his wife, Xu Xiaoyan, carefully cherishing her small handbag. He thought that a bag made of this beautiful python skin would definitely make his wife happy - perhaps she’d kiss him a few more times on the cheek!

As for the blacksmith skills of No.2 Coolie, it was really just the ability to swing a hammer. Even less skilled than Yan Fei! But it happened to give him the opportunity to pretend to be a mentor, which also contributed to his good mood.

Chatting with Heizi, they arrived at the cattle market in the county town as the day broke, each with two cows.

At that time, it was still early in the day. The two of them tied the bulls at a spot in the cattle market. While Heizi watched the cattle, Yan Fei started to look for suitable ones.

The autumn harvest had just passed, and the cattle market was still buzzing.

Yan Fei toured around, and although he hadn’t picked any particularly favored cattle, he was already very satisfied.

It looked like he wouldn’t have to go home with just money today.

Just as he was thinking, noises erupted from the place where he had tied his cattle.

Before Yan Fei got close, he heard a voice filled with annoyance yelling, "I’m not selling!"

It was Heizi’s voice.

Had he run into a forceful buyer?