Carrying a Jurassic on me-Chapter 766 - 396 Hedgehog Hedgehog_1

Early in the morning, Xu Xiaoyan was wondering why Yan Fei wasn’t lounging around her as usual. From the next room, she heard Yan Fei call out from the kitchen, "Wake up, sweetheart! I caught something fun for you last night!"

The girl was quick. As soon as she got out of bed, she saw a small cage at the door, with seven tiny hedgehogs - two big, five small - quietly moving about.

"Hedgehogs!" It was too apparent for anyone to miss. "Why on earth would you catch hedgehogs? They’ll need feeding. They’d be better off in the wild!"

Yan Fei had a coherent explanation, "If spotted outside, they’d be captured anyway. They’re rare around here. I’m actually protecting them. We’re not short of food for them. They’d have more fun being fed by us than rummaging in the wild."

Xu Xiaoyan looked at the vegetable leaves and leftover earthworms thrown into the cage and found no words to counter his claim. Regardless, she didn’t pay much attention to the hedgehogs. After poking at them a little with a small stick, she gathered her things to do yoga by the riverside.

When she returned for lunch, Yan Fei cheerfully declared, "Not only did I save a litter of hedgehogs last night, I also saved two people!"

The girl was shocked by this and asked anxiously about what had happened to give him a chance to save two people. "What happened?"

"There were two thieves. They were cornered and threatened with knives. The villagers caught and subdued them on the spot. I just happened to be there, so I asked the villagers to take them to the police station. Otherwise, they might’ve been beaten to death," Yan Fei replied nonchalantly, even though the situation was far from simple. novelbuddy-cσ๓

At that time, the two thieves were cornered and holding out fiercely with their knives. The villagers, armed with farming tools, surrounded them. Amidst the confusion, one of the villagers got stabbed in the arm, which had greatly angered the crowd and caused them to almost fatally beat the thieves.

"Thank god!" Hearing this, Xu Xiaoyan was relieved. She didn’t even bother to ask where the thieves were from. After all, it’s common for thieves to be beaten, as long as they weren’t killed.

Yan Fei added, "It’s all thanks to you! If it weren’t for you studying law, I wouldn’t think to raise my legal awareness and wouldn’t have bothered to intervene. The two thieves didn’t sound local. I’d have let them meet their fate."

He was right. That’s what he thought at first, otherwise, he wouldn’t have bothered to step in.

Xu Xiaoyan affirmed his actions, passing him food, "Open wide. This is your reward!"

As usual, everyone had been working for half a day before these two finally sauntered off to the bovine farm.

Upon arrival, and as Xu Xiaoyan was preparing to continue her paperwork, Yan Fei received an unexpected phone call.

The call was from Secretary Jiao’s assistant, Xiao Zhao. He sounded very polite, "Boss Yan, news of your farm supplying to Hong Kong has been leaked. Even some of my colleagues at the city council offices are aware of it! The news seems to have spread quite a bit..."

To this, Yan Fei responded with slight surprise but not astonishment, "What does Secretary Jiao have to say about this?"

Xiao Zhao replied, "Secretary Jiao wants to know your intentions. The higher-ups might want to publicize this matter. It’s not official yet, so for now this can be considered hearsay. I also have a friend who works at the local newspaper, and they’ve heard about it too. They might want to conduct an interview with you. Do you have any concerns?"

Yan Fei took a moment to think before replying, "No objections. But you know the situation here. If there’s to be any publicity, it should focus on the cattle farm and our village, Sancha River. We can skip the part about me, right?"

The response from the other end was swift, "No problem. When official instructions come down from above, we’ll go with what you’ve just said!"

After hanging up, Yan Fei smiled at Xu Xiaoyan and said, "You can stop worrying about the paperwork. Just think about how to handle an interview if a reporter comes around!"

The news quickly spread around the cattle farm, and the workers, whether they were working or not, were instantly excited...

Luckily, Yan Fei acted quickly and informed Mayor Chen and the others at the township level.

In an interesting twist, that obscure documentary featuring the Sixth Miss Guo was actually shot by a team from CCTV. The documentary was titled "Impressions of Hong Kong."

With the current nationwide celebrations, the frequency of such documentaries was quite high.

Those two men from the Armed Department who had visited before hadn’t mentioned much about this when they went back. After all, they felt embarrassed for not having achieved anything. However, when they were watching the program one night, they spotted a fleeting shot, which prompted one of them to comment, "Seems like our Sancha River is becoming famous!"

One of their children, who worked at a newspaper, instantly picked up on the key phrase, "Dad, what do you mean by ’our Sancha River’?"

"Sancha River Township! That’s our place. It’s a town under Tanghe County, the exact place your Uncle Li and I just visited." The father started explaining, "Didn’t you see in the documentary, the restaurant sign? Didn’t it have our place written on it?"

The child, who had completely missed that detail, was now intrigued, "Are you sure? A restaurant in Hong Kong featuring the name of our small town? Could you have...misread it?"

"How dare you talk to your old man like that?" It’s a father’s privilege to be frank with his son. "The Wan City beef used in the restaurant is bought from Sancha River village. How is it a mistake to write down the beef’s origin on the picture?"

"Dad, you are wise and resourceful, I never said you were mistaken," the son said quickly, standing behind his father who was smugly drinking tea. "Tell me more about this in detail, it’s news! I haven’t found any newsworthy story so far at work. Now, it all depends on you!"

Ungrateful, the father replies, "Off you go. My old body doesn’t need your courtesy. You didn’t want to join the army, but now you know how good your old man is!"

Striving to earn his father’s favor, the son went above and beyond to please him. After some cajolery and persuasions from his mother, the father finally relented, taking his time to elaborate on their trip to Sancha River village.

"Big news, big news!" His son was so excited! He paced back and forth in the room, eager to fly to Sancha River Village right away to cover this story and make it into a news headline.

This excitement led to another rant from his father about his impetuousness, but at this point, who cares?

Not that he could just go and start pursuing the story on a whim. At such a crucial moment, having just stumbled upon a great news lead, he would first need to discuss it with his newspaper’s leadership. Unilateral action would be inappropriate.

The next day, he reported to his leaders who, to his surprise, were even more enthusiastic about the story. They quickly initiated all staff to verify the news through various channels. Once all the necessary information was confirmed, the chief reported it to the city leaders.

When the news was reported, the phones at all departments began to ring even more fiercely.

Some people even called the county directly, blaming them for not reporting such a big case.

At this moment, Secretary Zhao had just hung up the phone with Yan Fei and was receiving another call. Hearing the reproach in the caller’s voice, the young secretary angrily responded, "We did report it actually. When Secretary Jiao wanted to apply for a tax reduction for Cow Flower Company, we submitted the materials. We haven’t heard anything back yet and are waiting for the result!"

The other side took a while before responding, "Why didn’t you report something like this separately..." Ending the sentence, they hung up the phone abruptly.

A case about a small company in a poverty-stricken county asking for a tax reduction was treated as a trivial issue. The name of the company and its industry were merely glanced at, and the request was ignored. The taxation policy is not something a small poor county can apply for. It is usually a preferential policy targeting a particular category of businesses, and it’s rarely that a tax-cutting policy is offered to certain companies.

So, the documents submitted by the county did not cause any stir.

Now, however, a series of calls sparked a deep dive into memories and an exhaustive search, but eventually, the documents were found.

The documents were prepared by Xiao Zhao, claiming hardship since Hong Kong was returning to China that year, there was no point in discussing exports. It played the pity card as if it was asking for poverty alleviation funds, claiming poverty and pleading to support a potential big breeding farm.

If one were to analyze, these actions could be considered Xiao Zhao’s mistakes. This also had to do with the fact that Yan Fei only had a contract at that time and had not started supplying products yet. They did not understand the specifics and feared that if something went wrong, the money would be paid but the goods would not satisfy.

The city officials were tired of seeing such poverty pleas, each one with the same sob stories. Hence, the document was put aside.

Should all businesses in impoverished counties not pay taxes then?

But now that the document has been dug out again, it proved that the county had done due diligence, no one could blame them. That’s how it is in the county. No matter what, the first thing they do is lay out the difficulties and then request for policy and funding.

When push comes to shove, everyone is highly efficient.

By noon, the county received a notice that the city would first send someone to assess the situation. Arrangements for media interviews and city leaders’ inspection visits would follow.

Upon receiving the notice, the county sent it to the village. Yan Fei received the notice and was quite calm. A cattle farm might not have enough experience for this kind of reception, but there were plenty of people willing to help. Whether it’s simple or not, the farm really lacks experience in such matters.

As expected, when Yan Fei called, Mayor Chen said he had already arranged someone to come over and help with the preparations.

The farm now had a new building and some decent equipment. There were also regular medications, a professional vet, a fermented silo for feed, and more. At least now, if someone wanted to take photos, they wouldn’t just be limited to the cows.

Having enough facilities now, the people from the village who came to lend a hand didn’t need to do much. They didn’t need to bring a whole load of chairs and tables like before, as there are places to sit now.

Seizing the opportunity, Yan Fei took the documents his wife had written and advanced them, "If city officials come, what do you think about handing them these materials?"

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