Carrying a Jurassic on me
Chapter 504 - 195: The Eagle Flies and the Tiger Leaps_1

Chapter 504: Chapter 195: The Eagle Flies and the Tiger Leaps_1

"I’m just afraid you won’t have time to notify everyone tomorrow!" said Yan Fei, in response to Old Pan’s question about why not to hold the meeting tomorrow. "The key is that we currently have fewer cattle. I am planning to buy some more from the county town the day after tomorrow morning, then we can start signing agreements and receiving cows in steps..."

"If you hold the meeting tonight, I can make them rush over overnight, believe it or not?" Old Pan bulged his eyes. "With so many people in this yard, one person can notify two or three villages, spreading the news would be quick. Plus, we have phones!"

"How about tomorrow morning then?" Yan Fei suggested. He agreed that the sooner the better. They still had to finalize the number of people who wanted to raise cattle, so he could buy and distribute cattle simultaneously. Otherwise, all the cattle would be at the farm, and the calves would be hard to care for. The few staff might even struggle to cope.

"Are you going to buy the cattle tomorrow morning?" Old Pan retorted.

"Tomorrow is not market day, right? There probably won’t be many cattle in the county town..."

"You think I don’t know when the market day is?" Old Pan interrupted. "The county town isn’t really affected by whether it’s market day or not, it’s just that when we go to the market, other townships don’t, and that’s why the cattle market is crowded. Don’t you know that?"

"What do you mean?" Yan Fei was puzzled.

"In our county, not many places hold markets on even-numbered days, a lot of townships hold them on odd-numbered days!" A young militiaman explained to him.

"Ah?" Yan Fei was moderately surprised, he hadn’t noticed this before.

"Have you forgotten the saying that every ten li there is a change in local custom? Market days vary from township to township. Some places even have markets every fifth or tenth day! You must have counted so much money that you got dizzy!" Old Pan joked with a grin .

Yan Fei realized. No wonder Heizi’s dad had suggested him to go to other townships to buy cattle. So, the timing could offset, he could not only keep a low profile but also save time! He chuckled. "That makes sense now! Tomorrow, I’ll rush to buy cattle as soon as I arrive, and in the afternoon, shall we have a meeting?"

"Yes!" Old Pan heartily laughed. "Other people fear getting ripped off when buying cattle in unfamiliar places, are you afraid? It’s about time you troubled other townships!"

The surrounding militiamen all burst into laughter. In their eyes, Yan Fei was a top-notch tough guy, they felt sorry for the cattle dealers or the cattle overlords at the thought of such a man going to buy cattle elsewhere!

Yan Fei chuckled awkwardly. "Alright, let’s meet tomorrow afternoon at my cattle farm. I’ll explain our agreement to everyone in detail. We’ll sign and distribute cattle according to the sequence of registration. Everyone can gradually start to take their cattle home."

Hearing his promise, everyone was instantly cheerful.

"Okay, no problem!"

"Don’t worry! Our cowshed is ready!"

"So is ours. We’ve even visited your cattle farm. I just wanted to ask if we could receive more than two cattle per household?"

"Yes, yes, I’ve several brothers. Our family could easily raise three to five cattle..."

"Yes, his family really does have a lot of brothers. When his sister-in-law moved in, she even brought her little brother-in-law along, they truly are abundant..."

The militiaman who spoke elicited laughter as they explained. "Her family’s condition is rather dire. When her elder sister moved over, she brought her younger brother as part of the dowry!"

"Why didn’t she bring a younger sister? That way, this guy wouldn’t have to worry about finding a wife!"

"Hahaha..."

The atmosphere was lively. Yan Fei originally wanted to go home for dinner, but after chatting with the group, he returned home late to find everyone had been waiting for him for quite some time.

Over dinner, Yan Fei started to plan. "Heizi, you’ll go with me tomorrow! Call a couple more guys. Didn’t your dad say? If we buy too much, we’ll drive the price up. Bring a couple more people to make it look like we’re not buying together. Let’s start from the Small Gold River Township to the west, they hold their markets on odd-numbered days, right?"

"Yes!" Lin Yumei, who had something to say about this, was quite vocal. She was initially married into that township, so she must know the situation there better. "There are even more cattle farmers there than here, but do be careful. Their customs aren’t the best."

"Hmm, as long as there are a lot of cattle." said Yan Fei profoundly, "We’ll have to be careful. Heizi, call four or five of your brothers to come with us."

Everyone began to laugh. They knew that he wanted to take more people to buy more cattle without attracting too much attention. They didn’t believe he would be afraid of any unfavourable customs.

Yan Fei looked around at the people at the meeting - Lin Yumei’s daughter and Gong Hanqing were not present, they were reviewing their lessons in the house by the front gate. Old Gong and Gao Rui, who saw the meeting and were about to excuse themselves, were asked to stay by Yan Fei.

After a moment’s thought, he said, "There are no outsiders here, let’s discuss the secret cattle feed formula. As we expand, we’re going to have more staff on the farm. With more people coming and going, we’ll need a more secure method!"

’Secret bone meal’ was unknown to Old Gong and Gao Rui at the farm. However, they had seen it, but as nobody had told them about it, they wouldn’t ask.

Now that Yan Fei was preparing to expand, these people would form the backbone. Besides, these two were trustworthy - one was a homeless man with no family or friends who could be banished to raise dinosaurs if anything went wrong; the other was an old man who had placed all his hopes on his grandson’s studies. If anything happened at the cattle farm, he would worry more than anyone else. There was no reason not to trust them.

Besides, he only said it was a secret feed formula, anyway others can’t figure out what it is, as long as it doesn’t leak out.

"This is so simple, now you don’t even work on this stuff in the field, there’s nothing to be afraid of. You give it to me and I’ll mix it with the distiller’s grains. Blend it well and it will be invisible, as long as we control the amount of distiller’s grains when we feed the cattle." Ma Chao solved this problem instantly.

This idea was good, Yan Fei nodded in agreement.

After distilling, the distiller’s grains must be turned over and dried, otherwise they cannot be stored. Sprinkling bone meal during the drying process, then turning it over several times to mix it well, was really simple.

"By the way, how did that cow we butchered the day before yesterday sell?" Yan Fei asked Heizi.

"Don’t worry! The bones, and the water mixed with the cow’s blood were given to the restaurants in town, the cow’s head and the rest of the meat were given to Brother Fa. He said he was planning to sell it fresh for a couple of days, if it didn’t sell, then sell it cooked. Last night he came over and said sales were pretty good! Oh, he already gave the money, wait and I will get it for you," Heizi said and was about to go get the money.

"Forget it, forget it, we’ll talk about it later." Yan Fei stopped him. "I plan to butcher one of these remaining ten fattened cows every week. I’ll sell a part of the beef to the Provincial City, and the rest will be processed in the same way. Once the weather warms up, we can’t store this stuff, we need to lower the price for Brother Fa."

"So are we still making money or not? If we lower it more, it’d be better to sell the whole cow!" Heizi argued.

"No worries, I can sell it for a higher price in the Provincial City, it’s still more profitable than selling the whole cow."

"How much higher? Don’t tell me you’re looking for an excuse to go to the Provincial City to see my sister-in-law more times?" Heizi expressed suspicion.

"What’s it to you!" Yan Fei retorted grumpily. "I sell it for three times the price per catty, what’s wrong with that? And you have a problem with me going to the Provincial City!"

Everyone burst into laughter. Although he was telling the truth, no one believed he could sell the beef at three times the price. They all laughed thinking he was arguing with Heizi!

Heizi was incredibly frustrated: "I’m just concerned about you!"

"We’re still profitable. You calculate the costs and you’ll see. The price in the Provincial City is high, and next time I go there, I can take more." Yan Fei saw that everyone didn’t believe him, but he didn’t bother to explain, he just comforted the emotionally hurt Heizi.

Heizi muttered to himself as he began to calculate on his own. It was actually quite simple, apart from the beef and hide Yan Fei takes, the rest of the money was in his hands. After calculating, he realized that it did seem more profitable than selling the whole cow, so he kept quiet — after all, selling it this way wasn’t troublesome, taking it to the county city would require transportation, and they would have to walk there!

"For now, just buy calves in the next few days. Spend as much money as we have on it. Everyone just work a bit harder for now, once we bring them back it should be distributed within a day or two. As for the fattened cows, these three are enough for now. I’ll go to the Provincial City in a few days and continue buying once I have the money from selling bezoar..." As Yan Fei spoke, he prepared to return to feed the tigers. He only left dog food when he left, he didn’t leave any for the tigers and bears because they ate too much. Since they could last a few days with one meal, it wasn’t a big concern if they got hungry.

Just as he was about to leave, he remembered another issue: "By the way, from now on, Aunt Yu Mei will be in charge of selling wine and buying things. Once the calves come in, Gao Rui and the mute will tag them, and the records of distributing the calves will be kept by Aunt Yu Mei. Brother Chao will oversee our fattening cow sector, I’ll give you the secret feed formula later, you’re responsible for the ingredients. If we have more cows later, we’ll need to get more people..."

"By the way, if we have more cows and more people, this place won’t be enough. Master Cheng, I’m afraid we’ll have to take up a part of your vegetable field. Let’s build some new houses there, we won’t be living in this courtyard in the future..."

As he spoke, he found it strange: "I feel like there’s so much to do?"

Everyone laughed, Lin Yumei said: "These are all small things, why are you involved in so much? All you need to do is buy the cows, and leave the rest to us to handle separately. That’s a lot easier. Don’t look down on these two old men, they can also lend a hand in the field, they won’t get tired!"

"Yes, yes!" Old Cheng also laughed along. "You don’t need to bother with so much, go feed the tigers quickly! With Heizi busy here today and leaving me alone over there, watching those guys getting so hungry their eyes were turning green, gave me quite a fright..."

"Weren’t the tigers supposed to last a week on one meal? Yet it’s only been a few days? It seems like I’ve been feeding them too well, they can’t withstand hunger anymore, in future we should make them starve more often..." Yan Fei mumbled in response to the laughter from everyone, and then he headed to the vegetable greenhouse.

After crossing the big bridge, there was no one around. He whistled, and then in a blink, two large eagles flew out and started circling in the sky.

The eagles’ cries alerted the tigers from afar, and soon the tigers and bears began to roar...

The sounds of roars from the tigers and the cries of the eagles resonated towards the cattle farm, leaving the folks there speechless.

After a while, Old Cheng said: "This...he really has become the king of the mountain, look how lively it is when he returns!"

Heizi looked envious: "Brother Fei’s prestige has really grown. Once he returns, everyone in town will know, he really thinks too highly of himself!"

Indeed, even Lin Baoguo in town heard it, and he immediately chuckled. "This boy, clearly scared others wouldn’t know he’s been out for a few days huh? He’s causing chaos the moment he returns, not considering whether or not the folks in the West River are unable to sleep at night because of this..."

His wife, holding their son, murmured: "This nephew of yours is really something now. This isn’t chaos; it’s eagles flying and tigers roaring..."

No matter what sort of turmoil it is! At least, Yan Fei had finally returned to his den. Seeing the tigers and bears won’t be starving, they naturally quietened down!

Observing their famished bellies, Yan Fei rubbed his chin, and started to ponder: which dinosaur should I get next?