Carrying a Jurassic on me
Chapter 704 - 349: Change an age?_1

Chapter 704: Chapter 349: Change an age?_1

In the office of the village mayor, Comrade Old Chen was taken aback by Yan Fei’s assertion that he was not a youth!

Regaining his wits, he remembered that Yan Fei was still just a middle school student, which instantly drained all the joy from his heart.

The real reason was because Yan Fei was so audacious, he had quickly become a well-known figure in the village since he had started raising cattle. Even his beloved daughter knew that the most influential person in the town now was a cattle breeder named Yan Fei.

Though Mayor Chen had been in Sancha River village for quite some time, his reputation couldn’t contend with Yan Fei. Now many in Sancha River village didn’t even know the Mayor’s name, but there were only a few who didn’t know about Boss Yan Fei, the cattle breeder.

So gradually, everyone had begun to overlook his age.

Looking at the beautiful young girl by Yan Fei’s side, Mayor Chen started to feel intensely ashamed. He was in his thirties and was responsible for a village of seventy or eighty thousand people. He was often praised as a young achiever. But comparing himself to the boy in front of him, he felt like each past compliment on his young achievements had become a slap in the face, leaving it swollen.

Moreover, the things Yan Fei did were different from others. While others earned money for themselves, Yan Fei was able to let the villagers earn money with him. Mayor Chen, who would be considered talented himself, knew very well that an individual earning a million and a group of people earning a million together had completely different meanings for a small village like this.

You don’t have to look too far ahead, even looking just a year or two into the future, when all the cattle farmers in the village have money, undoubtedly they will spend it. With Yan Fei constantly bringing in money from outside, the people in the village are getting richer and richer. This money inevitably enters the circulation channels, naturally leading to the prosperity of the town. The benefits of prosperity are clear even to a fool; when the common folk have money to spend, the backs of the village government officials will naturally straighten!

Although whenever there was an issue in Yan Fei’s cattle farm, villagers always willingly ran around to help out, the practical assistance was not considered significant. So when the county sent a notification stating they were conducting a Top Ten Youths selection, and each village had two nominations, Mayor Chen immediately thought of Yan Fei.

If the village can’t give you tangible benefits, can it at least bestow some honor? It shows that we, the village government members, are not just enjoying free meals, but are actually accomplishing some work, so we wouldn’t be accused of getting accolades without merit - even if sometimes some people in the village think that themselves.

Moreover, if Yan Fei got a nomination, Mayor Chen was certain, there would absolutely be no one opposing.

But how are you still in middle school?

Pondering this and examining Yan Fei, Comrade Old Chen whose eyes shined brightly said: "Why don’t you go to the police station and change your age? You don’t have to change it a lot, just enough to make it eighteen. If this nomination goes up and they find out that you’re not yet eighteen, it really won’t sound right!"

Changing one’s age might seem complicated to most people, but for Mayor Chen and Yan Fei, it couldn’t be simpler.

Nowadays, the household registration was not networked, all the village’s registrations were simply stored in the police station’s registration office. Yan Fei could just go there with his face. He doesn’t even need to go personally, just make a phone call. Getting someone to find his registration and change his age as desired would only require a stroke of the pen - which is why Mayor Chen only mentioned ’you can change your age’ and didn’t offer to help him.

While saying that, Mayor Chen’s intention had a bit of malice in it.

The malice was not intended towards Yan Fei, but towards others.

Just thinking about the praise as a young achiever he used to get, made his face heat up with embarrassment. Therefore, he genuinely wanted to nominate Yan Fei, to give others a taste of being slapped in the face - among the Ten Best Youths election, those who have accomplished great deeds or acts of bravery, or are famous for filial piety etc., the rest are basically leading villagers to wealth.

In particular, those leading villagers to wealth account for a large proportion. Among them, anyone aged below thirty is considered young.

Mayor Chen knew from the moment he decided to nominate Yan Fei that if Yan Fei’s name went up, because of his cattle farm and his previous accomplishments in catching criminals, this Ten Best Youths award was undoubtedly in the bag.

He hadn’t thought much of it at the time, but now he realized that when ten people would be standing on the award podium, the other nine, if they knew Yan Fei’s actual age, would surely feel a burning sting in their hands from the award certificates.

With this thought, Comrade Old Chen almost started to laugh right there and then. Decades of cultivation barely allowed him to keep a restrained expression on his face. But in his heart, a little voice was continuously urging Yan Fei: Agree with me, agree with me, I don’t want to face this heat alone...

Unfortunately, Comrade Old Chen was bound to be disappointed when he heard Yan Fei’s firm response after pondering for a while: "Why not drop my nomination if it’s such a problem? There will be more opportunities in the future. I haven’t even started high school yet, if I change it to eighteen, won’t I be twenty when I go to college?"

Regretfully, Mayor Chen nodded, "Makes sense, anyway you’re still young, given your qualifications, you can get this award anytime. Speaking of which, there are still a few villages that haven’t reported their impoverished households. I’ll push them today to ensure they report by this afternoon, so as not to delay your important work!"

When Comrade Old Chen said these words, he remained calm on the surface, but inside his heart, he was throwing a tantrum, groaning in thought: You’re still young, but I may not have time to wait. When you’re old enough, I might not be the mayor anymore, and I’d lose the chance to see others with faces of dismay clutching their certificates, wouldn’t I?

He really wanted to see it! While choosing the top ten youth, everyone tacitly accepted that people in their fifties could be considered youth, and no one fusses about it. But if he sent an actual eighteen, or even disclosed his real age, the resulting expressions on people’s faces would no doubt be quite spectacular!

After chatting with Mayor Chen for a while, Yan Fei stood up to bid farewell, in the company of his wife.

Watching Yan Fei politely hold the door for the woman following him, giving him a smile before closing it, brought an unexpected reaction from Mayor Chen. He smacked his thigh, swiftly stood up and attempted to call him back. However, a moment of self-derision flickered across his face before he composed himself and sat down once again.

He was indeed agitated by the age problem of Yan Fei, such an inappropriate display of emotion!

Comrade Old Chen was peeved within. The series of actions just now were spurred by the sudden idea that may possibly make Yan Fei agree to his suggestion for a change of age.

The reason was fairly simple, however, it was pity that it only came to his mind while watching Yan Fei walk out hand in hand with his wife. Had he proposed it earlier, Yan Fei might have agreed more readily - the reason being, once the age was changed, they could get a marriage certificate ahead of time.

Many in the countryside have the tendency to marry without a certificate. But seeing Yan Fei’s affection for his wife, Old Chen believed that Yan would wholeheartedly agree to increase his legal age to marry sooner. After all, currently, regardless of what others were saying, their relationship seemed not entirely aboveboard.

Now, if Yan Fei had the chance to enjoy a legitimate relationship, the possibility of his refusal would be very less.

However, for him, the mayor, making such a suggestion seemed somewhat inappropriate. Hence, he just opened his mouth, without managing to call Yan Fei back.

Sitting there thinking, Old Chen couldn’t make up his mind whether he should hint to someone else so that they may suggest this to Boss Yan.

Whatever it may be, as long as his age reaches 18, there are clear benefits to his current development. At least he can directly participate in many matters concerning official affairs, and he could take care of a myriad of things...

However, Yan Fei had no idea about all the things that Mayor Chen thought of after he left.

At this moment, with money in his pocket, he didn’t rush back to coordinate the work. It was already late, and there wasn’t time to arrange for the purchase of cows. Hence, he leisurely took his wife to the police station again, bothering Director Lin for a while, then strolled around the armory and chatted casually with Old Pan.

Finally, on their way back to the cattle farm, he proudly proclaimed to his wife, "This is the life of the rich, with money in the pocket and nobody to answer to, taking a beautiful woman around, showing off. Otherwise, who would know that I not only have money but also a beautiful wife!"

When they passed the Cattle Market out of the town and saw Xiaohei on the roadside, they initially thought of just saying hello and leaving, but, Xiaohei’s dog came wagging its tail and approached them in a friendly manner.

So they decided to stroll around the cattle market instead!

There weren’t many people in the cattle market at this time. Rural folks mostly attend the fairs in the morning, not in the evening. At this time, the remaining cattle either looked sickly or were priced too high.

However, Yan Fei didn’t mind. The so-called higher prices in the countryside were just about two or three hundred yuan higher. Also, there was no standard pricing as everyone judged by their eyes, so there was no way to be completely accurate.

He strolled around with his wife and Xiaohei, pointed at about four or five calves and seven or eight cows, and asked for the prices. As expected, the prices were slightly higher. But the difference wasn’t that significant, just about a hundred and eighty yuan more.

In any case, with Xiaohei tagging along and introducing him: "This is Yan Fei, the owner of the southern cattle farm!"

Some people already knew Yan Fei, and those who didn’t at least knew the name. Considering the large amount of calves distributed in each village of the county - unless they were deaf, who wouldn’t have heard of Yan Fei’s fame!

So, no one would dare to misquote the price because they knew there could be consequences. These days, all the villages were facing a crackdown, and the whole village that initially offended Yan Fei was excluded.