Carrying a Jurassic on me
Chapter 569 - 240 First Handshake_2

Chapter 569: Chapter 240 First Handshake_2

It was only then that Yan Fei felt as if the ceremony was worth putting in the effort for.

Just like how Miss Xu Xiaoyan didn’t want to spend her own money on anything more than meals together before their engagement ceremony, without ever buying clothes for each other, but changed completely after the ceremony. From that point on, she began treating herself as his wife, sticking to him like glue, no longer differentiating between his things and her own.

Thinking of his wife, he couldn’t help stealing another glance at Miss Xu Xiaoyan, who was standing with his parents. Her face was flushed with excitement as she gazed up at the ’petals’ in the sky, utterly enthralled.

Besides them, his own uncles and aunts, grandfather, and Xu Xiaoyan’s parents were all smiling broadly as well. His own mother looked as proud and pleased as his wife, staring up at the ’petals’ in the sky.

Not just them, even the people on the sides of the road, in and out of the cattle farm, were all gazing up at the sky excitedly from time to time.

So, a certain someone was quietly chuckling to himself.

From the time he decided to put on a grand opening ceremony two nights ago, to today, only one day had passed.

The schedule was tight, they had nothing. It would be hard to do this for an average person.

Take for example the ’fireworks’ held by those waiting at the western road intersection. They hadn’t been easy to get.

’Fireworks’ are a type of simple firework, similar to the rockets of ancient cold weaponry. It’s a small stick with a tiny, hard paper tube at one end, filled with gunpowder. It can fly a certain distance before exploding when lit.

In this era, it’s not fashionable to set off fireworks for every occasion, so they aren’t regularly sold in Sancha River Town. He had to ask the vegetable sellers in the city about where they could buy these toys. Even in the city, they’re not sold frequently since the locals are used to setting them off only during the annual Lantern Festival.

As for the ’petals’ that everyone was so engrossed in, some had already started falling to the ground. When children began picking them up, everyone realized they weren’t petals at all, but just red fabric cut into pieces...

In his dinosaur world on Vegetable Garden Island, Yan Fei has many roses. But the problem was that there were no flower-growing greenhouses in the surrounding areas of Tanghe County. He had no way of acquiring fresh flowers. He had to make do with red fabric instead. Plus, the red gauze was lighter, ensuring that the two golden eagles could still fly.

In order to train the two golden eagles, Yan Fei had to stay up all night, cajoling and enticing them to fly with the ribbons.

He tried it himself and found that flying isn’t like walking - when you’re walking, you can carry a burden, but when you’re flying, the weight and drag of a few ribbons can make it much harder. It was like swimming while wearing a thick winter coat.

Thanks to their robustness and wit, which attributes to them feasting on the delicacies of the dinosaur world, the two golden eagles understood Yan Fei’s intentions and managed to circle in the sky with the long streamers.

As for the lion and dragon dance troupes, that was much easier.

Many villages have such teams, and Boss Yan has acquaintances in all the villages. Originally, he wanted to hire a team just for amusement, but when word got out of the occasion, entire villages insisted on attending. They even said they would bring their own meals, eager to share in the festivity. At this point, it would have been quite rude not to let them come.

In fact, two lyon costumes arrived early this morning. They didn’t even wait for his invitation; after exchanging greetings, they went to wait by the side of the road.

The countryside is like this - perhaps a few things might be scarce, but manpower is never lacking when needed.

Over a hundred families were expected to come today to lead the cattle, including the young and old. That alone was several hundred people. Coupled with the fact that today was Sunday, and children too were on holiday, there were quite a number of idle people in the town. There were indeed many spectators here for the excitement.

The sides of the road and even the ditches were packed full with people, people in trees and on walls, everywhere was teeming with people. After all, it was a day of celebration today and no one was worried, everyone simply wanted to join in the joyous festivities. Carry on with the fun!

Several vehicles carrying county leaders had arrived, followed by a large truck at the end, impeccably clean. This was the oil transport truck that Yan Fei had caught, a reward for the cattle farm decided upon during the county leadership meeting – if Yan Fei’s cheap driver knew about this, he would undoubtedly weep bitterly about accepting such an ungrateful apprentice!

There was more on the truck! Two motorcycles were also donated.

Even before the leaders got out of their cars, the photographers following them began snapping away. Many craned their necks hoping to catch a glimpse, even though they knew that they wouldn’t appear on the prints once developed!

The car finally stopped and several people got out, one middle-aged man laughingly pushed aside the crowd and strode forward. Mayor Chen recognized the man and, along with some others, came forward to greet him. Someone quickly whispered to Yan Fei, "This is our County Secretary Jiao!"

Upon seeing County Secretary Jiao rushing towards Yan Fei, Mayor Chen and others immediately stepped aside, whispering to Yan Fei, "Handshake..."

Yan Fei finally reacted. He had never formally shaken hands with anyone before! This was his first time, with the County Secretary no less!

The first words Secretary Jiao uttered as he approached and grabbed Yan Fei’s hand were of congratulations: "Congratulations to Boss Yan on the grand opening!"

Turning his head to the photographers on both sides, he said, "Stop taking pictures of me. Today, none of us are the main event, focus your lenses on Boss Yan! Despite his young age, he’s a big success story. He has accomplished what we dared to dream but didn’t dare to do. He took the lead, creating an unprecedented path to prosperity..."

People immediately began clapping around him. Those at the periphery of the crowd, who couldn’t hear what was being said, joined in the applause just by knowing that it was the County Secretary. Seeing the County Secretary holding hands with Boss Yan, they also felt honored and began clapping - Boss Yan was a ’capable person’ from their own hometown. If not him, who else were they to support?

Also among the crowd were many people grateful to Boss Yan who felt indebted to him. The repeated applause was overwhelming. County Secretary Jiao tried to speak several times but couldn’t open his mouth because of the rising and falling applause.

Finally, with a self-deprecating laugh, he said, "Boss Yan is extremely popular! As County Secretary, even I feel ashamed. This cooperative cattle-raising initiative has indeed won hearts. Just look at how delighted everyone is!"

Not only the cattle-raising initiative, even the liquor business helped Yan win many supporters.

Although he gradually stopped selling Tiger Bone Wine and Turtle Shell Wine, if someone truly sick wanted to buy them, as long as they could prove that they had a patient at home, they wouldn’t be turned away. Everyone knew what was actually happening. Boss Yan was just trying to maintain a low profile for fear of attracting unnecessary attention.

So those who bought the liquor also kept a ’low profile’, only telling their closest acquaintances. As such, everyone in Sancha River Township knew that if there were patients, Boss Yan would help.

Out of the large turnout, there were bound to be some who had successfully treated their conditions with Yanfei’s medicinal wine, these were the ’Grateful to Boss Yan’ people.

Secretary Jiao was known for being efficient and quick. After a few words, he let Yanfei lead everyone inside to take a look.

As they entered the gate, they could see two rows of newborn calves that had just been fed, all looking lively. Secretary Jiao even apologized to Yanfei: "If it wasn’t for me, I’m sure these calves would’ve been sent out already. My visit has caused you extra work and trouble for these few days!"

Yan Fei responded truthfully: "That’s initially what I thought too. But then I saw that everyone was looking forward to your visit and their morale was high, it felt good even though we were busy. It all seemed to work out in the end. Your visit made those who had already taken the cows home regret their decision."

This response was so straightforward it left even Secretary Jiao blinking in dazed surprise, before laughing and patting Yan’s shoulder: "Very good... very good..."

With Yan Fei’s genuine nature, even this used-to-everything Secretary Jiao was left lost for words!