Carrying a Jurassic on me
Chapter 641 - 299: One Ton is 2000 Catties, Right? _1

Chapter 641: Chapter 299: One Ton is 2000 Catties, Right? _1

The researchers from the city’s cattle research institute who came down were quite clear about their intentions; their approach was straightforward. After a bit of small talk with the people from Sancha River township, they directly requested to first inspect the state of the cattle farm, saying they needed to examine the farm’s hardware measures.

Upon hearing this, Yan Fei felt the situation was dubious. Meanwhile, some locals were lauding Yan Fei: "Boss Yan is an outstanding young man. He built this cattle farm from scratch in our impoverished area. Despite his young age, he is ambitious. He is a man who doesn’t forget those who dug the well when he drinks water, and wants to lead the locals to wealth. The cattle farm was also constructed according to scientific..."

Yan Fei approved of their comments deep down in his heart. While verbally expressing his modesty, he led them to see his ’scientific’ hardware measures - the extremely shabby cowshed, the whole manual feeding facility, and the only ’mechanized’ feed grinder in the feed shed.

In fact, he was already downhearted with little hope left!

Even Yan Fei himself felt dubious, and the researchers from the Institute looked down on it even more. Yan Fei could hear the murmurs from the few dimwits at the back: "Why do I feel like these people are looking down on our cattle farm, with each one of them holding their heads up so high?"

The dimwits were referring to the people behind Old Ou. Including those from the cattle farm, these people lacked exposure. Seeing the broad expanse of the cattle farm, its large staff, strong manpower, dozens of vigorous cattle, even about ten superior breeding bulls, they concluded that the cattle farm was quite commendable.

It was good for them to think this way – after all, Yan Fei’s cattle farm was unarguably the largest in Sancha River township. But the problem was, in the eyes of the visitors from the city’s cattle research institute, this was considered to be nothing more than a countryside farm.

Even the dimwits could decipher that the cattle farm was looked down upon. The officials from the township, who usually mingled with a variety of people, were more experienced in social customs, and they were more sensitive to this snub.

What was unexpected was that not only did they display it, they also stated it outrightly.

They were ready to leave, even before they had seen half of it! The middle-aged official, who was in his thirties, was quite polite, addressing Mayor Chen and his party: "Well, it was your county’s Secretary Jiao who insisted we come over for a visit. We had no idea about the tough conditions here. How about we call it a day? We won’t be having lunch here either, we can make it back in time for lunch. We can discuss the matter of cold mixing technology later?"

At this point, the look on Mayor Chen’s face wasn’t that pleasant. They were supposed to be viewing the breeding bulls, but they wanted to leave even before they had finished seeing the outside? Nonetheless, he managed a cordial smile: "Since you are here, let’s not talk about leaving anymore. Allow us to entertain you a bit. Rest assured, although our conditions are poor, we can still manage a good meal."

A young man from the research institute muttered under his breath: "We thought we could have a good meal by coming here. But seeing this condition, we would feel bad eating your food here, so you don’t have to reimburse our travel expenses. Please let us go back as soon as possible!"

The middle-aged man turned around and gave the young man a glare, then turned back to Mayor Chen and chuckled, "Mayor Chen, don’t be so formal, how about this! These cows cannot be breeding bulls, right? Could we see the breeding bulls? We’ll leave early after that. I am also a local, I understand the conditions here, there’s no need for formalities."

This made Mayor Chen’s face even worse. Although the statement was said politely, the underlying meaning was clear: don’t pretend to be more than you are. This small cattle farm of yours is worshipped like a sacred cow by you, which indicates how impoverished this township is. I understand everything - there’s no need to continue hiding and pretending. Why bother maintaining your dignity by serving us a meal? Wouldn’t it be a good thing if we leave and save you some money?

There was nothing he could do, though. Of all the mayors in the city, he was only a small town mayor, simply a small official in their eyes. Officials from the city had seen many higher-ranking officials, so a small mayor really wasn’t a big deal. They weren’t afraid of speaking their minds.

Besides, what they said wasn’t wrong. The cows they had just seen, located on the outer edge of the farm, weren’t that great. They were the ones that Heizi had brought back just a few days ago. When buying them, a particular focus had been made to choose those that would be beneficial for fattening, but had clearly lost weight due to feeding problems. Anyone could tell that these cows certainly were not the best of the lot!

This was due to the lack of experience on the part of the cattle farm. If there was something to show, it should be the best! Instead, everything was shown in an orderly manner from the start, leading to the display of the worst first! The conditions were already poor, and the worst was shown first. It was no wonder the researchers wanted to leave. They probably assumed, based on their experience, that what was shown first was supposed to be the best!

But Yan Fei definitely wouldn’t notice this point, he couldn’t bear to see his people being downtrodden. In his opinion, Mayor Chen was quite reliable, at least he was towards Yan Fei. Seeing Mayor Chen’s troubled expression, he stepped up and said: "Then let’s go see the breeding bulls! My breeding bulls are quite good..."

"Pfft...." A young man from the group of researchers laughed, whispering to the person next to him. "This guy has quite a lot of talk about him! Does he know what our research institute’s breeding bulls are like? The largest one weighs over a ton. What kind of bull does he have? The size of two of his won’t even add up to one of ours..."

Even though they were muttering, it was obvious they were doing it loudly enough for Yan Fei and his group to hear.

The foreigner walking in the middle of the group hadn’t said anything so far; it was mainly the middle-aged man speaking to Yan Fei and his group. Seeing that they had decided to leave, those following him probably thought this trip had been a waste, coming all this way without even getting a meal, and were not too pleased. As a result, they began to speak more rashly.

This time even the middle-aged man leading the group didn’t say anything, likely thinking that since they planned on leaving anyway, he didn’t need to maintain excessive courtesy towards this rural, uncultured cattle farm owner.

Yan Fei’s face didn’t show any particular expression as he neutrally asked, "One ton is 2000 catty, right?"

The research group members all smiled at these words, a superior, derisive sort of smile: he doesn’t even know that there are 2000 catty in a ton and he calls himself a boss; nowadays these nouveau riche really have no standards!

They were still holding onto their ’noble smiles’ when they heard Yan Fei continue, "A breeding bull of 2000 catty...is not that rare..."

This time they did not sneer, but looked at him with pity, clearly deciding it was beneath them to argue with this bumpkin. Most likely they were thinking: you don’t even have a large scale here, did you estimate these 2000 catty yourself? The rustics are just so inexperienced; they probably saw the large size of the bull and thought it was 2000 catty, how pitiful. They really are fearless due to ignorance...

The middle-aged man didn’t say anything either, he just turned to the foreigner and said, "Mr. Chai Qi! Since we’ve already come, why don’t we see it through before leaving?"

Seeing that the foreigner, who had a serious expression, nodded, the middle-aged man then said to Yan Fei, "We shall take a look then!"

Alright, look then!

Yan Fei was annoyed and didn’t feel like talking to him anymore. He nodded towards Mayor Chen and said, "Uncle Chen, relax. They’ll know once they’ve seen it!"

Even though it was likely the fertilization had been called off, he needed to save face at the end. This face was not for himself, but for the many local officials led by Mayor Chen. Regardless, they had been good enough to him. He couldn’t drop the ball at the crucial moment; he might lose people’s respect but he couldn’t stand by as his territory was undermined. Regardless, it was necessary to show them everything before anything else.

He hadn’t been very confident initially, but when he heard the guy say the research institute’s breeding bull weighed a bit over a ton, he knew that this face-saving, it was sure to be redeemed for Mayor Chen and others today.

He stopped addressing Mayor Chen formally as he had been quite embarrassed due to him today. It would be inappropriate if he continued to act like a stranger.

Seeing him speak like that, Mayor Chen, including the group of people behind him, finally got a bit of their spirits elated — Boss Yan was like this now, if they kept acting like a bunch of sick ducks, that would be extremely disrespectful!

Although Yan Fei had agreed with Ma Yongming to pave the cattle farm with cement roads and plant some flowers and grass elsewhere after this, it was just an unfulfilled plan. The only progress so far was that they both had the plan in their minds, but it wasn’t something others could see.

Now, in the blossoming season of spring, there were farmlands and wastelands in the original location of the cattle farm and a few patches of grass inevitably sprung up all over the place. They couldn’t manage it usually, neither did anyone think about managing it. Now that outsiders were looking, it naturally felt quite uncomfortable.

Walking on such a place, which barely looked like a road or a yard, no one had the interest or mood to say anything more. The inner gate was always left open, and Yan Fei didn’t think of arranging for anyone to receive them. They just marched straight in, leading the group into the inner courtyard.