Carrying a Jurassic on me
Chapter 568 - 240 First Handshake_1

Chapter 568: Chapter 240 First Handshake_1

"Whoosh...Pop!"

"Here they come, get ready!" With several firecrackers exploding in midair from afar, even though it was broad daylight and the fireworks seemed quite dull, the sound traveled clearly to everyone’s ears. Many people gathered around the entrance of the cattle farm immediately burst out in unison.

"Start the gongs and drums, quickly, the dragon and lion dancers, get ready... Hurry, hurry!"

"Boom...Boom..."

With the low resonating sound of the drums slowly starting, quickly picking up pace before finally reverberating like a torrential downpour. For a moment, every person on the bridge, on both sides of the road, inside and outside the cattle farm, held their breath, their eyes fixed in the direction of the county town.

"Clang..."

"Roar...Roar...Roar."

The drumming abruptly ceased, accompanied by a clang of a gong, twelve alternating red and yellow lions and two golden dragons, accompanied by the shouts from the dragon and lion dancers, under hundreds, if not thousands, of gazes, charged furiously into the middle of the road.

"Boom... Boom... Boom-boom-boom..."

"Clang-clang... clang-clang-clang..."

The sounds of the gongs and drums resumed, lions shaking their heads, and dragons swaying their tails. Instantly, amidst the loud gongs and drums, the dragons and lions leapt and soared!

At this point, a sedan from the distant county had just appeared on the horizon. As the car got closer, the gongs and drums became more frantic, with the lions and dragons rushing forward to meet it. The driver of the sedan timely slowed down, following the nodding and swaying dragons and lions as they slowly advanced.

Meanwhile, the crowd flanking both sides of the road ran after the sedan, exuberantly rushing towards the cattle farm. The scene was bustling, similar to a grand New Year’s celebration.

Just as the procession was slowly crossing the bridge, a whistle suddenly sounded. Before the crowd could react, two cries of an eagle were heard from the sky!

Looking up, two golden eagles were circling in the sky. What was more astonishing was that these two golden eagles each had long ribbons attached to them as they circled, reminiscent of phoenixes.

Moreover, there were broken bags tied to the legs of the two golden eagles, really broken bags, from which petals were continuously falling!

Petals were raining down, a colorful phoenix fluttering in the sky, with lions and dragons rising and falling below, gongs and drums echoing all around. Even in broad daylight, it was as if one was in a dream.

The crowd of onlookers only regained their senses after a long while, and suddenly a young lad cried out in a loud voice, "Awesome!"

A word usually considered vulgar, but at this moment, everyone found it exceptionally pleasing to their ears.

Such a sight was truly beyond description, so countless individuals followed suit, laughing and shouting, "Awesome..."

Among this chaotic jumble were those shouting ’Boss Yan is awesome,’. The scene was a cacophony of energy, indeed a live one.

At the entrance of the gate, even Mayor Chen, who was leading a group of people to welcome the county leaders, couldn’t help but chuckle. He said to Old Pan and the others nearby, "You’ve been complaining these past two days that Boss Yan wasn’t cooperating. As I see it, he’s done a more than satisfactory job. Haven’t you just been fooling me all this time, deliberately bad-mouthing Boss Yan?"

Old Pan and Lin Baoguo were very wronged, "He only told us yesterday that he was preparing a grand ceremony. We had no idea he had such a magnificent setup. I think he’s following the ’Don’t loose the falcon until he sees the hare’ mentality. Hearing that the county leaders were delivering a big car to him must have motivated him."

Yan Fei, standing nearby, felt even more wronged, "That’s not true. Initially, I thought that organizing this ceremony would delay work and waste time and energy. I would rather spend that time working hard and taking care of the cattle! But seeing how everyone else was taking this matter so seriously, their morale so high, I realized that there are benefits to this ceremony. It won’t cost a lot of money, and it will let everyone enjoy a lively event. Isn’t that great?"

"That’s right, all this time we thought you didn’t understand," Old Pan laughed and said. "I always said, if Boss Yan puts his mind into doing something, he will certainly do it better than us, even if we spent our whole lives working at it till our hair turned gray. Look at that thing flying in the sky. When has our Sancha River village ever had such a spectacle? I guess not even in the past three hundred years..."

Everyone immediately burst out laughing.

Yan Fei was very sincere in what he was saying, and that was exactly how he felt.

It was not about holding a grudge or looking down upon anyone. The county leaders were doing their jobs diligently. He was well aware of the changes that had taken place in the countryside and county over the years. He held no contempt for anyone. After all, why would he look down on others? He only had this one cattle farm, which might be considered not bad at village level and likely unimpressive at the county level. Especially when they had expedited his certificate processing, didn’t they?

The reason he was initially unwilling was because he believed in hard work. Ceremonies and flashy forms felt superficial to him and served no practical purpose.

But since the evening prior, when Old Pan and Lin Baoguo said that the county leaders were coming to the cattle farm, everyone at the farm, from the blind old man, the limping old soldier, even to Gao Rui who had spent nearly ten years in jail, was overjoyed. It seemed to them like an honor, a glorious and celebratory big occasion worthy of toasting three cups of liquor.

Their morale was noticeably high as if the event could place an aura of prestige upon them. Their talking and work became enthusiastic, with a notable change in their demeanor.