Carrying a Jurassic on me
Chapter 58 - 58 58 Selling Melons Car Collision_1

58: Chapter 58 Selling Melons, Car Collision_1 58: Chapter 58 Selling Melons, Car Collision_1 Ma Yongming was helping with the property deed issue, while Yan Fei on this day of Chuqi took advantage of his free time and hurried to Wancheng City.

He successfully located the place initially agreed upon with the two old ladies and started doing business here, pulling along a rickshaw loaded with watermelons.

Aside from watermelons, the cart also had some sweet potatoes.

There weren’t many watermelons left, and the cart wasn’t full, plus there were too many sweet potatoes on the island.

Even if they were not worth much, selling some was better than not selling at all.

This time Yan Fei was dressed in new clothes bought for the New Year, and he had specially bought a new hat to wear, believing that most people would not recognize him.

He was completely unaware of how rare it is to have watermelons during Chinese New Year, let alone how attractive watermelons were to those city dwellers with money but nowhere to spend it.

Once his stall was set up, the sidewalk of Handong was immediately blocked.

Despite changing his clothes, Yan Fei was still selling with fear and trepidation, afraid of seeing anyone wearing a police uniform.

He had acted with recklessness when he beat someone up in the city previously, and now he was somewhat afraid.

Not afraid of being caught and jailed — he would at most be sent to a juvenile detention center, and even that was unlikely — but he was afraid of trouble.

Now was a critical time for making money.

Once the police found out about him, regardless of how they dealt with him, it would affect his upcoming plans for getting rich by raising cattle.

Things went better than he expected.

The watermelons were all gone in a short while, and no police appeared.

The two old ladies who had made an appointment with him before the New Year had been waiting for him for quite a while.

When the two old ladies were waiting for him to sell the watermelons, he had already noticed that the bones should be fine.

Just as he thought, when all his goods were sold, one of the old ladies immediately came over and said, “Hey, young man, the dragon bone you sold worked really well.

I took it to the Chinese Medicine Store and had a few prescriptions made.

Now my husband’s back and leg pain has been greatly relieved.

I’m going to buy some more today; I estimate it’s really going to heal.

People used to say that his condition was incurable!”

The other one also cheerfully said, “Yes, it really does work.

My old man has had this condition for years and it was unresponsive to medication.

But after he took this continuously till now, he said he feels lighter and is able to sleep better than before.

He doesn’t expect to be completely cured, but as long as the pain can be eased, spending a bit of money is something we’re willing to do.”

Upon hearing them admit that the bone truly had medicinal effects, Yan Fei felt more at ease.

After all, he had sold so much of it.

If it didn’t have any effects, he worried that it would become a concern for him in the future.

He neatly took out the snake-skin bag containing the bone hammer from under the straw mat of the flatbed cart.

Then, on a piece of iron pad placed on the roadside curb, he prepared to break it open again.

“Hey, hey, hey…

let’s say, young man.

Don’t smash it anymore.

There’s not much left.

Why don’t you sell it all to us?

The doctor said that soaking it in Medicinal Wine and taking it long-term is beneficial and can fortify the body!” An old lady stopped Yan Fei who was about to swing his hammer.

“All of it?” Yan Fei was taken aback.

Although this bone didn’t seem long, it was thick and heavy.

Moreover, it had a bony bump on top!

“Yes, yes, yes.

All our neighbors know about it.

They originally said they would come with us today, but it’s the New Year and they were afraid that too many people would attract attention.

We managed to dissuade them from coming.

We’ll divide it among ourselves after we buy it.

Since you’re going to sell it anyway, just sell it to us!”

Yan Fei didn’t want to waste words.

As long as his goods weren’t fakes, whoever wanted it could have it as long as they paid!

He simply held up the scale and weighed the bone.

Although not long, it was more than five catties.

“It’s more than five catties, I’ll give you a deal for two hundred and fifty.” Yan Fei held up the scale for the two old ladies to see.

“Hey, hey…

that’s too much!

How can we make you lose out?

Besides, two hundred and fifty sounds too…

awkward.

We’ll give you three hundred.

It’s hard for a young man like you.

Oh yes, let me give you my phone number.

When you have more, give me a call.

We can use this stuff to not only decoct medicine but also to soak in wine.

There can never be too much of it!” The old lady was smiling from ear to ear.

“Hey, why did you pull all these sweet potatoes?

This stuff isn’t worth much.

It won’t sell well here.

If you go straight from here, turn around the corner and go a little further, there’s a wet market.

Why don’t you try it?” The other old lady, seeing the deal was done, couldn’t help but express concern about the sweet potatoes on his cart.

All the watermelons were sold out, but no one asked about the sweet potatoes.

Yan Fei was so annoyed that he didn’t even plan to sell them anymore.

He was the type that didn’t know what being polite meant.

He gladly took the money and phone number and didn’t even mention if he was going to sell the sweet potatoes anymore.

He didn’t even care if the two old ladies were actually going to use the dinosaur bones themselves or give them to others or resell them for a profit.

He’s going to raise cattle soon, and there will be a lot of expenses.

He may as well prepare as much as he can!

However, he did take note of what the two old ladies mentioned about using the bone to soak in Medicinal Wine.

Although they said that the bone was effective, he still felt uneasy selling this stuff.

He was clueless about the price he was offering, even if it was real tiger bone, it would have been a bargain, not to mention that it was dinosaur bone, which was better than tiger bone.

In fact, if people found out it was a dinosaur bone, its value would be immeasurable.

In his view, this stuff was easier to come by than the sweet potatoes he grew in his field.

At least he had to plant the sweet potatoes, but this stuff could always be found in the pterosaur nests from time to time as long as he kept an eye on them.

This was akin to how rural folks valued cabbage and radishes, because they were abundant and easy to come by, they didn’t think much of them.

Essentially, the current Yan Fei had perfectly inherited the traditional ironmonger family style, firmly believing that getting something for nothing was unreliable, and that earning money through sweat was the reliable thing to do.

As he pulled the cart and wandered while thinking about stuff, he was about to approach the intersection when a van drove up from behind him, ran in front of him, and the door opened with a swoosh.

Four or five people hopped down and stood there looking at him.

Yan Fei was startled as he looked at the four or five people in front of him, who were all glaring at him angrily.

Then the passenger door opened, and a somewhat familiar guy was gnashing his teeth at him.

Upon noticing the bandage on this guy’s leg, Yan Fei understood.

He burst out laughing in his heart.

Wasn’t this one of the bullies he beat up before the New Year?

Looks like they hadn’t called the police, they were planning to take revenge on him themselves!

But I’ve already changed clothes, can they still find me?

That’s too incredible!

In fact, it’s not at all.

These days, during this season, the only person who could pull along a watermelon cart to sell was me outside of the large markets and shopping malls where only those with connections could go.

Even a blind man could sniff out the smell of watermelon and find him.

Yan Fei, looking around at the crowd joyfully dressed in new year clothes, felt a bit troubled.

There were so many people around.

Just as he was wondering, he noticed something odd about the crowd.

A few people stood not far away, menacingly posturing, all still as sculptures.

He glanced around and understood instantly.

This Handong bridge where he had set up his stall was a very crowded place.

There were intersections not far from both ends, and it was New Year’s day, there were police officers stationed right next to the intersections!

Since these people were afraid of the police, he feared nothing, shouldering his cart with his head held high, he walked past them.

“Little brat, don’t get carried away, you’ll get what’s coming to you!”

“You little bastard, wait and see, we won’t let you leave the city today…”

“This kid, you…”

Yan Fei pretended not to hear a word.

He walked right past them and continued on his way.

The road was crowded with pedestrians, and there were police officers ahead.

Those few people dared only to keep shouting threats but lowered their volume in fear of someone overhearing and calling the police.

What should Yan Fei be scared of!

However, once past the intersection, Yan Fei’s headache returned as those few men slowly followed him in a parked car, occasionally even overtaking him to hurl insults.

Their movements were quite covert, and with the pedestrians all walking hurriedly by, nobody noticed.

This only irritated Yan Fei further.

As he walked, there was suddenly a row between two people upfront.

Turns out, a cyclist was going too fast and had knocked into a pedestrian.

During the New Year, the aggrieved party complained only a little, and after an apology from the cyclist, they both went their separate ways.

Yan Fei took advantage of this little distraction as a few people gathered around the arguing pair, blocking the road, and made a swift escape.

Who knew, he didn’t get far before the van caught up to him again.

Yan Fei was frustrated.

What’s the big fuss about having a car?

You think you’re the boss?

You dare not even knock down a chicken for fear you’ll have to compensate!

This made him think of Niu Laosan, who ran over a chicken with his car back in Longshan Town.

Thinking about Laosan, gave Yan Fei an idea.

After pulling the cart for a while, seeing another intersection, an old police car parked not far away, with two officers stationed close by, Yan Fei started planning his move.

Seeing the area devoid of any people, he hurriedly ran a few steps.

As predicted, the car tried to overtake him again reaching almost close to him.

He abruptly pushed his cart towards the front of the van, then jumped himself, sailing a good three meters, before landing on the ground.

Dressed warmly against the cold, the fall didn’t hurt much.

“Bang….”

“Crack…”

“Thud, thud, rumble rumble…”

As expected, sounds of collision, tumbling sweet potatoes, and sudden brakes echoed from the back.

As soon as Yan Fei hit the ground, he clutched his stomach and held his breath until his face turned red.

“Oh my …

what happened here?

How did you drive and hit this young man…

” Hardly had the collision occurred when someone from behind came rushing and started yelling at the van.

Out of the corner of his eye, Yan Fei saw a middle-aged man, dressed pretty fashionably in a woolen overcoat, hadn’t even come to a full stop on his bicycle before hurriedly running over.

As for the people in the van, who had just managed to stop after their initial reaction, none of them had gotten out yet, probably still in a state of shock!