Carrying a Jurassic on me
Chapter 714 - 353: Old He Brings Old Meng_3

Chapter 714: Chapter 353: Old He Brings Old Meng_3

Turning to see the people getting off the second car, he chuckled, "Come on, let me introduce you to a big spender. This is the guy who bought your bezoar last time, just call him Uncle Meng!"

Yan Fei glanced at Elder Mr. Meng, whose hair and beard were both frosty white. He felt a bit puzzled. If his grandfather were still alive, he probably wouldn’t be as old as him. But since Old He told him to call him Uncle, he thought he should just do it. Old He never steered him wrong.

Old He explained to Elder Meng on the side, "Old Meng, this is my apprentice. What do you think? Not even sixteen, raising cattle and farming by himself, not relying heavenly or earthly, just started from scratch. Not bad, right?"

Yan Fei found himself caught between laughter and tears. Old He had won him over in a game of Go. Could he really call him his apprentice? But in front of outsiders, he didn’t want to quibble with the old man.

Old Meng, who had gotten off the car, had taken a look around. He now nodded approvingly. "Not bad, not bad. Young people nowadays are fascinating, aren’t they? And you even have tigers and black bears here? This sable is a protected species, isn’t it? Did you raise it yourself?"

Before he finished speaking, two Golden Eagles silently swooped down from the bamboo forest above and landed on the roof of a distant cottage, curiously tilting their heads to look in this direction, drawing even more curiosity from Old Meng. Yan Fei explained, "I’m a militiaman in town. Last year, while patrolling the roads to assist the local police station with a case, I encountered a vehicle involved in illegal hunting and nabbed a couple of poachers. These animals had nowhere to be kept at the time, so I temporarily housed them. Now they’re in my care on behalf of the Forestry Bureau."

Apparently, being familiar with the local situation, Old Meng nodded after listening, "Not bad, not bad. You’ve raised them well. But be careful not to let them hurt anyone!"

Yan Fei just laughed, "No worries, they’re even tamer than house cats. Some people’s cats can scratch others. My tiger never bothers anyone. Let’s go and sit inside the house!"

Xu Xiaoyan and the two girls also shouted from a distance, "Teacher He is here, come and sit inside quickly!"

They hadn’t walked two steps when Old Meng squat down and knocked on a watermelon twice, expressing his surprise, "Good lord, this one’s so big but it’s not ripe yet? What variety is this watermelon?"

Old He helped with the explanation, "The watermelons here are unique. Old Qi got many watermelon seeds from him and gave them to his students to cultivate. They’re expected to breed a new variety. Also, some of the other vegetables are great too. Even though the place looks backward, it’s actually a really good place."

Old Meng nodded again, "The Zhongyuan Plains have always been the land coveted by everyone since ancient times, and for good reason."

Before they even reached the entrance of the greenhouse, the middle-aged man and driver accompanying Old Meng became vigilant, keeping a close eye on the tiger and stopping Old Meng from moving forward. A young man, who looked like a student, was standing beside Old He but he did not seem as alert as the others. The driver, however, had the bravado to step forward and stand in front of Old He.

Seeing this, Yan Fei guessed that Old Meng must have a substantial status.

Xu Xiaoyan, who was walking in the lead, had already reached the entrance of the greenhouse. Unaware of the drama playing out behind her, she kicked the tiger near the entrance, "Shoo, shoo, stop getting in the way..."

The tiger, after being kicked a couple of times, stood up reluctantly, shook its body, and prepared to walk a round before lying somewhere further. It was initially walking slowly when its long tail nearly hit the girl accidentally, causing a prompt slap from the girl. It shuddered immediately. Its tail drooped and it quickly walked a few steps before laying down again on one side.

When the tiger didn’t stand, you can’t really tell how big it is. But once it stood up, it reached to the girl’s waist. Comparing it with the girl’s slender body, the contrast was indeed huge. Strangely, it behaved like a fearful kitten, which left those behind speechless.

Only the two stupid bears seemed to be excited by the guests, acting like Heizi, they tried to join in, but were scolded by the girl and they instinctively lay down, whining.

Observing this scene, everyone instantly believed Yanfei’s words— the tiger is more obedient than a cat.

Old He has already pushed past the driver who was blocking him and walked ahead with a smirk on his face. He shot a triumphant glance at Old Meng while doing so.

Old Meng was stunned for a moment, before pushing past the two people in front of him and walking forward.

The two old men were competing. Seeing Old Meng following him, when he was about to reach the greenhouse entrance, Old He leaned towards Yan Fei and whispered, "Can this tiger be touched?"

Yan Fei wasn’t sure what he was up to, but he nodded. Before he could speak, Old He had circled past him and touched one of the tigers. The old man was very astute. He maneuvered Yan Fei to stand next to the tiger’s head, so that if the tiger made a move, Yan Fei would be there to calm it down.

However, the tiger really held its breath. On normal days, apart from Yan Fei and Xu Xiaoyan, it ignored all other humans. When touched by him, it shivered a little but didn’t make any other movements— with Yan Fei standing in the front, it probably didn’t dare to.

Old He jumped a bit at first, fearing the tiger’s shiver was it trying to stand. But seeing it make no further movements, he touched it a couple of more times, expressing his amazement, "Good Lord, this one’s still the smaller one? The bigger one is definitely larger than a wild Northeast Tiger, right? You weren’t boasting, it really must weigh seven or eight hundred catty!"

After saying that, he turned towards Old Meng beaming, "What do you think? Have you seen such a large Northeast Tiger before?"

Old Meng, upon seeing his expression, flatly ignored him and walked straight into the greenhouse.

Old He hurriedly followed, "Can’t say anything now? Previously you would always brag about how you have gone in the mountains to gather herbs and encountered wild tigers, black bears, wolves, and what not. Why are you silent now?"

While they lingered outside, Xu Xiaoyan had already poured the tea. Seeing him come in, she gestured, "Teacher He, you guys sit first! You’ve travelled a long way, have some tea!"

Being motioned by the girl, Old He could no longer pursue Old Meng and sat down. Taking a sniff, he exclaimed, "Hmm, not bad, it has Yan’s little tea aroma!"

Yan Fei walked in host helplessly, "You can even smell who made the tea? You’re too much!"

The girl poured the tea and left, leaving them to sit in the greenhouse.

You must say, the greenhouse was nice. Sitting inside didn’t make one feel claustrophobic, it was very spacious.

Old Meng held the teacup, blew on the tea leaves, and then took a delicate sip, praising, "Is this Old Mountain Tea? The process seemed a bit rough. But at least it retained the rustic flavor. Good tea, good!"

Old He was immediately overjoyed and told Yan Fei, "You should thank your Uncle Meng’s praise, his generations have all been of capitalist origins, having grown up in a life of decadent luxury, the good teas he had drink would be far more than all you’ve seen. Getting his praise, your tea can be sold for two hundred yuan per tael!"

Yan Fei obediently replied, "Thank You, Uncle Meng for the praise."

As for selling, he wasn’t insane, even if it was worth two thousand yuan per tael, he wouldn’t sell. He can drink himself, or gift to friends, no one would question where all the tea came from. But if you were to sell it, you need a place of origin? The mountains in the dinosaur world don’t even have a name, right?

Old Meng nodded and revealed a smile, "I heard, in addition to these, you also make wine here, right? Do you have any right now?"