Carrying a Jurassic on me
Chapter 370 - 83: Clear Conscience, Ignorance of Rules_1

Chapter 370: Chapter 83: Clear Conscience, Ignorance of Rules_1

Upon hearing Yan Fei’s question, Yanfei’s father remained silent.

It was Lin Xiumei who spoke, sounding annoyed, "That’s all in the past. We took advance payment for August and September, which is long gone. It’s your father’s darn stubbornness. Didn’t our family have many things to handle last year? We were a bit short on the bride price for Old Xu’s family. Your father was too shy to borrow from the factory and even refused to borrow from your grandpa and uncles. Now look, his chances for promotion have been ruined too."

Yan Fei had a headache when he heard this. Turns out, this was all because of him!

Yanfei’s father spoke from the side, "Was it worth it for just two months of wage? Besides, it’s the bride price for marrying my son off. Why should I borrow that?"

With such stubbornness, Yan Fei was helpless, "If you were short, you should have told me! I wouldn’t be short of that small amount of money!"

Yanfei’s mom agreed, "Exactly, what can’t you tell your own son? You just had to advance that little salary. Now that you’ve lost both your position and your face, how embarrassing it is to tell other people."

Yanfei’s father suddenly blushed, "Lost face? I was paying for my son’s marriage. I didn’t corrupt any money, I just took an advance on my salary. What face have I lost? Would I be considered a father if I didn’t pay for my son’s marriage? It’s just a position, I lost it, but I have a clear conscience."

Yanfei didn’t know what to say. Now he understands that his parents have always felt guilty about him, which is probably why they’ve been visiting him so frequently of late. Honestly speaking, considering his past stupidity, other parents might not have been as good as his!

Since he was young, he had been living with grandpa, an arrangement insisted upon by grandpa for his sake. His parents always made an effort to visit him every few days. From a child to an adult, he’d never lacked for gifts.

Thinking about it, he said softly, "Do you have money now? There are twenty to thirty cows at my cattle farm now, and today I am selling four cows. At least, I will get over ten thousand yuan. I still have over ten thousand yuan left from before which I didn’t spend on buying cows!"

As he spoke, he took a stack of money out of the canvas bag he always carried around, "There are around four to five thousand yuan here. I’ll keep ten thousand as backup. I don’t need this money to buy cows. There aren’t many expenses at the cattle farm right now. You keep this money for yourselves!"

He turned to the sobbing Yan Chao and said, "You see, Xiaochao, dad is not a corrupt official. Look how much money your brother has. Can you count money now?"

Kids are easy to please. Yan Chao immediately stopped crying and said excitedly, "I can, I can. Give it to me, let me count it."

Lin Xiumei hesitated, unable to speak. Yanfei’s father blushed and said, "You take back your money, we already received last month’s wages. We don’t spend much now. You should take it back in case something comes up and you need it in a hurry."

Yan Fei thought to himself, what good is your little wage? Is a whole year’s wage enough to buy a few cows? Of course, he couldn’t say this out loud without being scolded, so he decided to keep silent: "I really have nowhere to spend this money. I earned a lot from selling wine during last autumn’s harvest. The proceeds from selling wine are enough to cover the cattle farm’s expenses. I don’t need the money for anything else, besides I’m still keeping ten thousand yuan!"

Yanfei’s dad said impatiently, "I don’t need to spend my son’s money. If I tell you to take it back, you take it back."

Seeing dad getting angry, Yan Chao didn’t dare to count the money anymore, and carefully handed the money back to Yan Fei.

Yanfei’s mom got angry too and said, "Why are you getting mad at the kid? You scared him. Aren’t you capable enough?"

Yan Fei felt that his dad wasn’t really getting angry. It seemed that he didn’t feel right about taking his son’s money, but just couldn’t say it. Seeing his resolute attitude, Yan Fei took the money from Yan Chao, then pulled out a few bills and put them in Yan Chao’s pocket, "Here, this is given to you by brother. When you go back to kindergarten, tell those little kids at school that we are rich, we even burn money for cooking. Our dad doesn’t care about corrupting a little money!"

Yanfei’s mother was amused by his words, "You always talk nonsense. Who has so much money that they can burn their deposits as firewood..."

Seeing mom laughing, Yan Chao also laughed while holding onto his pocket. The atmosphere suddenly improved. Yanfei’s father opened his mouth a few times but in the end, he didn’t say anything about having Yan Fei take the money out of Yan Chao’s pocket.

Seeing that everything was fine, Yan Fei spoke about Lin Baoguo’s idea of him becoming a militia. Yanfei’s father was quite supportive: "That’s good news, even if you don’t take the bigger picture into account, being with more people and knowing more people is not a bad thing. It helps you grow and makes things easier in the future."

"Uh huh," Yan Fei nodded his head, standing up and saying, "I better rush to the Cattle Market. After I sell the cows, I plan to buy a few more to bring back!"

Before leaving, he reassured his mother in a bumptious tone: "If dad can’t get the promotion, it doesn’t matter. It’s not a big wage hike. Wait a few years until we are rich, we’ll buy the fertilizer factory and let dad be the manager. He can do whatever he likes then, and let’s see who dare to say anything!"

Yanfei’s mom playfully hit him, "You cheeky boy, you’re getting more and more boastful! Alright! I’ll wait to become the manager’s wife, you better not keep me waiting till I can’t walk anymore."

Yan Fei is now much better at pleasing people after practicing it with his wife, the tactic also worked pretty well on his mother. "Your son is now a prominent cattle farmer in Sancha River Township, don’t worry!"

Yanfei’s mom was delighted.

Yanfei’s dad called out to him, "If you’re not eating, take a bun with you. You left so early in the morning; you probably didn’t have a good breakfast, did you?"

Yan Fei didn’t bother with formalities and took a bun. Turning to his father he said, "Right, the last time you helped me. Didn’t you promise Uncle Chen, the one who helps me sell paper, that you would give him a puppy? Now those puppies are almost opening their eyes. Can you ask him if he has time to pick up one? If not, I can bring one over next time I come. They all look the same. Ask him if he wants a male or a female?"

Yanfei’s dad nodded, "Alright, I’ll ask him when I have time. You better get going. Selling several cows is a big deal, so the earlier you get there, the more at ease you would be."

Only then did Yan Fei pick up his empty basket, reassured Yan Chao a bit more and prepared to leave.

Yanfei’s mom was so worried that she couldn’t stand it. She saw him off all the way to the bottom of the building, following behind and nagging, "This kid, he has to travel so far early in the morning. It’s so hard! In the future, if other people can do the work, let them do it. We spend money to hire so many helpers, and you can’t tire yourself out..."

Once he left the family members’ yard of the fertilizer factory, Yan Fei let out a long sigh.

The incident with his father just now had left him feeling rather oppressed. He couldn’t explain what exactly was bothering him, but he definitely felt uncomfortable and was extremely frustrated.

He also knew about his father’s personality. He was a bit like the stereotypical bookworm, stubborn and obstinate, and impossible to deal with when he became headstrong. Yan Fei reckoned that this was what his dad would be like for the rest of his life. Looking at the people he had worked with, Yan Fei felt that his father’s character was not suitable for office work.

Others were eloquent and adept at socializing while his stubbornness was more suited to taking care of their cows at home.

Of course, he would never dare to say this aloud. Otherwise, his father would really blow up.

There was no good solution for the time being. Anyway, he was raising cattle and the family wouldn’t lack money. In the future, he would make a few more trips to compensate for his awkward father.

As he walked on the road to the Cattle Market, he still felt upset. When he made money, he would buy the fertilizer factory and let those who badmouthed his father scram. He needed to give his bookish father a chance to vent.

It was still too early to think about these things, so he stopped.

Upon arriving at the Cattle Market, Heizi came over joyfully to report his performance, "The cows from our ranch are simply different. As soon as they get here, people want them. Oh yeah, they were all sold to the Meat Processing Factory again. The guy that we dealt with the first time we came to sell the cows was back, and he gave us a pretty good price!"

As he spoke, Heizi sneakily fumbled in his pocket and took out a large roll of money and stuffed it into Yan Fei’s hands, "You count it, the four cows sold for sixteen thousand eight hundred, not a penny less, it’s all here."

Yan Fei stuffed it into his bag, taken aback, "How come the price of cows has gone up so much now?"

Heizi had already taken a stroll around the Cattle Market by this time, "Anyway, the price of cows has been going up this year. From a few deals I’ve heard, prices have risen."

After thinking about it, Yan Fei figured this was a good thing. If the price was going up, then let it rise!

He gestured grandly, "Let’s go and buy some cows. I’ll pick the cows, you negotiate the price. Da Fu, just come along and watch, be ready to lead the cows."

Having money seemed to make all the difference!

The three of them started wandering around the Cattle Market.

As they wandered around, they noticed that as the price of the cows rose, the market became even better and business was booming. Many of the cows they fancied were already being negotiated over.

Yan Fei was puzzled. Was it really so hard to buy a good cow?

Heizi was also anxious and suggested, "I see most of them are cattle brokers. If we can’t find any, we might as well outbid them. Even if we increase the price a bit, it’s still not a loss."

Yan Fei wasn’t a stickler for etiquette rules. Hearing Heizi’s suggestion, he didn’t care about following any rules.

Whenever he saw a cow he liked, he signaled Heizi to go ask the price.

The cattle dealer who was negotiating the price turned unhappy, "We are in the middle of negotiating the price. You should wait until we’re done before asking, don’t you know the rules?"

Heizi looked confused, "What rules? We’ve never heard of them."

The people thought they were young and didn’t understand, so they explained, "You do understand the concept of first come first served, right? We’re negotiating the price, you should wait until we’re done before asking."

Heizi still didn’t get it, "Aren’t you offering too low a price? I don’t think he wants to deal with you. It’s just that he’s got a good temper and hasn’t beaten you up. We’re from Sancha River. There were several guys like you last time, wanting to force us to sell our cows. They ended up getting beaten by us. Why don’t you teach us the rules?"

The man was instantly rendered speechless. Looking at the three clueless young men, he decided to keep quiet.

Some of the regular traders at the cattle market started whispering, realizing that these two were the ones who had caused trouble at the market before.

Well then!

Before long, most of the cattle traders learned that these two had sold a few cows a few days ago, and just now they had sold a few more. They were wealthy, powerful, and capable of fighting. They were not the kind of people to be trifled with. If you couldn’t stand against them, you could at least stay away!