After returning to the city, Feng Yi still felt a little uncomfortable. His sleep was not good enough. He always felt that the mattress worth thousands of dollars was not as comfortable as the weeds in the backyard.
Moreover, even if the indoor temperature is suitable, the humidity always feels less than ideal.
Of course Feng Yi also knew that he was a special case and could not be compared with ordinary people.
Just get used to it. Anyway, in Yuexiu Community, I can't calm down until the swans leave. There are too many people watching that area, and any change will be caught. I can only live in the city for the time being.
Of course, Feng Yi couldn't just sit idle all the time. Apart from swimming for a few hours every day, he didn't need to spend a lot of time looking for food. He had to find something to do to earn some living expenses.
In fact, some people had approached him before to help him catch mice or identify leather, but at that time he was either on scientific expeditions or staying at home for evolutionary reasons, so he refused all the requests.
All in all, I only took on the job from Lu Yue's company and the erhu appraiser introduced by Lu Yue. It is convenient to take on the job now that I have returned to the city.
After breakfast in the morning, Feng Yi went to Wu Ji's shop to drink tea.
I have to earn living expenses, but there is no rush. It is rare to live in the city, so I need to adapt first.
There were not many people in Wu Ji's shop in the morning. Seeing Feng Yi coming, Wu Ji called him over, brought out a tray, and poured a pot of tea.
"There are more than 10 flavors of mooncakes, some of which are custom made and have to be made in a hurry. These are freshly made. I've cut them for you to try. If you like any of the flavors, pick one and I'll write it down for you."
When Feng Yi went to have a meal yesterday, he learned from Wu Ji that several small business owners in the community had ordered Mid-Autumn Festival mooncake gift boxes from Wu Ji's store to give to their company employees.
Qian Feiyang also ordered a set for the employees in their studio.
Feng Yi's studio was disbanded a long time ago, and now he is alone, and his housekeeper doesn't contact him, so he doesn't need to send mooncakes to others. His piano teacher is very busy performing in other places.
So Feng Yi buys everything for his own consumption, so of course he has to choose the flavors he likes.
On the porcelain plate, the mooncakes of different colors and flavors were cut open. The fillings were clearly visible and the smell was acceptable. Feng Yi really didn't know how to choose. He felt that they all tasted the same, and were quite delicious and not disgusting.
Wu Ji remembered that when the store first hired a new tea chef to make new tea snacks, he gave them to Feng Yi for tasting. Feng Yi was really not picky at all and could eat a lot of sweet and salty food, light and strong flavors, and he ate a lot without showing any preference.
"I'll pick some of each flavor for you," said Wu Ji.
"OK."
"Did you spend the Mid-Autumn Festival here as well? Or did you go back to your villa?" Wu Ji asked.
"It depends on the situation. If something happens at that time, I might go out." Feng Yi said.
"That's right. I'll prepare it for you in advance, so that you won't be able to receive the mooncakes if you take a job and are no longer in Yongcheng."
Wu Ji thought, there are more than 10 flavors, so he could pick one or two of each to make a lucky number.
As he was speaking, Feng Yi received a message from Lu Yue, saying that a friend's sister had some goods that she wanted him to identify. He sent the contact information directly to the other party, and Feng Yi decided to add him as a new friend when the time came for verification.
Soon Feng Yi received a message about adding a new friend. Feng Yi clicked add and was then assigned to "Customers".
Those who are willing to pay a large sum of money to ask him for appraisal are all wealthy and there is the possibility of subsequent cooperation.
The new customer's surname is Yu. He has a collecting habit and has just received a batch of products from various luxury brands that are popular this year, including a snakeskin series.
This year, the seventh generation of Medusa leather is very popular, so many snakeskin series have been released by major brands, some of which can indeed be called classics and are worth collecting.
All of the items picked by Ms. Yu are from her own collection, but now they are all kept in a shop under her, where the craftsmen do the cleaning and maintenance.
It is now on display in the store, but there are only about thirty pieces in there that need to be appraised.
The other party sent a photo.
The display cabinets contain leather goods, clothes, and some small accessories such as key chains and pendants.
However, only the 30 or so marked in the picture need to be identified.
Among these more than 30 items, nearly half are pendants, key chains and the like, and their collectible nature is different from the erhu he appraised last time.
After thinking for a while, Feng Yi typed:
200,000.
OK
Feng Yi raised his eyebrows.
The items collected by this customer have different prices on the market, some are expensive and some are cheaper. For example, those small leather pendants, when sold on the market for new products, cost several thousand yuan each, which is definitely not as good as those clothes, bags and the like that cost five or six figures.
However, he was willing to spend so much money to have these items appraised, and didn't even bargain for the price, which shows that he is indeed a wealthy man.
There came another message:
Come over for identification at noon
Feng Yi was just about to reply "OK" when another call came in.
The caller ID shows “Yuexiu Property”.
Feng Yi's eyelids twitched.
Is there something going on in the neighborhood
I checked the surveillance camera this morning and didn't see anything unusual.
Feng Yi replied to the customer "wait a moment" and answered the phone.
"Hello Mr. Feng, I'm Xiao Wang from Yuexiu Property. Is it convenient for you to talk now?" asked the property person.
When Feng Yi heard this, he felt that the matter seemed a little serious and he probably would talk a lot.
"I'm not home now, you say."
"It's like this, it's still about the little swans. Five more little swans just flew over, but someone secretly released a drone to follow them. I don't know if the new little swans were frightened, so they flew directly over the river and rushed into our community.
"Coincidentally, a homeowner was walking his dog there and saw the swans and started barking. I don't know if the swans were frightened by the barking of the dogs in the community, and two of them 'crashed' and fell into your yard."
Feng Yi: "...Did the two fall in the front yard or the back yard?"
"backyard."
Feng Yi: “…”
Rubbing his forehead, Feng Yi asked, "Can't a swan fly? Can't it fly out by itself?"
"This... Swans need a runway to fly, and there isn't enough space in your backyard to do that."
Feng Yi understood.
Just like an airplane needs a runway to take off, if the runway is too short it may not be able to fly.
The property staff explained, "Besides, those swans may have had a long flight and their physical strength is limited. In addition, they may be frightened. I don't know if they are injured. The community leader and rescuers are here now. Do you think it would be convenient for you to come back now?"
Feng Yi: "I'll go back now."
He would never let anyone else enter his yard at will. Even if they wanted to enter, he had to be present!
You know what your own backyard looks like. In order to sleep well, I let the grass in the backyard grow wildly. The reason why it doesn't grow tall is because it is pressed down by it, but it is dense enough!
The grass mat was quite comfortable for Feng Yi, but if a swan fell into it, it might not be able to run, let alone take off. In addition, it was exhausted from the long migration, so it was possible that it fell into the yard and lay down.
Feng Yi called up the surveillance footage over there and took a look.
There were indeed two swans lying in the grass in the backyard.
Were those two geese pooping in his backyard?!
Thinking of this, Feng Yi did not delay any further.
After saying goodbye to Wu Ji, he stopped tasting the mooncakes and stood up to leave.
"What's going on?" Wu Ji asked.
"There's a goose in the backyard, I'm rushing back to rescue it."
Wu Ji:
"Goose? Are they the little swans they talk about in the news?"
"It's them. Two of them just fell in. The property management said the community leader and rescuers are waiting there. I'm rushing over now."
Wu Ji's face was full of envy.
If he hadn’t been so busy at the store, he would have wanted to go over and take a look! What a rare opportunity! He could even take a close-up photo with the two swans!
"Feng Yi, please take more photos! Even better if there are group photos! Or take a few videos, make them clearer! I want to enjoy the sight!"
"OK!"
Feng Yi had no interest in taking photos with the swans, but he could help them take some videos, which was something that was easy to do.
I replied to the customer and they said I didn’t have time at noon but could come over for inspection in the afternoon.
The customer sent him a store address and told him to go there directly in the afternoon. She had already told the store manager there, so Feng Yi would go directly to see the manager when he went there.
After confirming the time with the client, Feng Yi drove back to Yuexiu Community.
He knew how popular these little swans were. They had attracted too much attention recently. Now two more swans had fallen into his yard. He didn't know how many people were staring at them. Fortunately, he had already tidied up the house so that it wasn't too exaggerated.
When the car drove back, there was someone waiting at the gate of the community. As soon as he saw Feng Yi's license plate, he immediately notified others using the intercom.
At this time, there were more than ten people waiting around Feng Yi's house, and there were people guarding not far away to prevent others from approaching.
This is just what we can see right now. I don’t know how many people are watching outside the community.
From this scene, we can see how much importance these swans have been attached to!
There is no door to the backyard of Feng Yi's house, and Feng Yi used to sleep in the backyard. The backyard is completely blocked by the walls, and people from the outside can't see what's inside at all.
Feng Yi opened the door and led the community leaders and rescuers into the house.
The backyard and front yard are separated, and one needs to go through the house to get there. The people who followed Feng Yi in didn't look around. Even if they found that the wall was peeling and the ground seemed uneven in some places, they didn't say much. This was the owner's business, and they wouldn't ask too much. In addition, what they were most worried about now was the two swans in the backyard, so they had no time to pay attention to other things.
But when they saw the grass in Feng Yi's backyard, they were stunned.
The lawn in this backyard is so unique.
Other people's yards are planted with flowers, trees, and ornamental plants, but Feng Yi's backyard seems to be full of various grasses, and the entire lawn seems to be completely pressed down, and the overall look is like a large grass mat.
The community leader couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Feng's backyard, is this deliberately designed?"
"Um."
Feng Yi couldn't tell them that he rolled around in there when his weight was soaring. The grass grew crooked because of him, and he shaped it artificially.
The community leader even squatted down, reached out his hand to touch the grass, and pressed down again.
“This feels pretty good.”
However, the community leader's attention was soon drawn to the two swans, and the rescuers went straight to the two swans when they arrived at the backyard.
"He's not injured, he's probably just tired and frightened," said the rescuer.
"That's good." The community leader looked at Xiang Fengyi again and said apologetically, "Thank you for your help."
"It's all right."
Feng Yi thought about the news he had read, and that there were more than just a few swans that had deviated from their flight paths. He asked, "Will there be more swans falling into my yard?"
"No, generally these wild swans will not fly into human residential areas. At most, they will only move around nearby. And after what happened today, the community has also strengthened the control of drones. The next batch of swans flying over will not be frightened."
After hearing what the community leader said, Feng Yi felt relieved. He didn't want to run from the city to this place every day to catch the swans in the yard.
Rescuers took the two swans out and placed them on the river bank.
Soon the two swans flapped their wings and rushed into the river, swimming back to their family group. Their calls were quite loud, but not like the trumpet-like calls of the whooper swans.
"They're in good spirits!" The rescuer looked at the two swans swimming on the water with a relaxed smile on his face.
Feng Yi stood on his balcony and watched the little swans swimming on the river.
The family of little swans near the opposite bank seemed to be quarreling, shaking their necks and screaming loudly.
The family group a little closer to this side seemed to have discovered something delicious. They gathered together and dipped their slender necks into the water to peck at the food.
Feng Yi took out his mobile phone, adjusted the screen, and took pictures of the swans foraging for food.
I saw that the swans not only put their necks into the water, but also did a handstand.
The snow-white buttocks are directly in the camera lens.
The swan with its back to Feng Yi turned its body over, stretched its neck out of the water, shook its tail feathers, and poked its head into the water again to look for food, its body standing upside down. A black goose paw paddled the water, and its raised buttocks floating on the water drifted to one side.
This was the first time Feng Yi saw a swan eating.
With such an elegant body, it actually looks a bit silly when eating.
“It’s pretty cute.”
Feng Yi was in a good mood. There were too many elegant bodies in the world, but this kind of elegant simplicity was rare and precious.
Feng Yi was filming a video when the sound of flapping wings was heard in the sky again.
Three swans descended from the sky, drew an elegant curve, and fell into Feng Yi's backyard.
Feng Yi: “…”
Rescuers and community leaders were delighted to find another swan coming: "… "
The little kid in the building next door who was standing on the balcony watching the swans: "Yoooooooo~u fell in!"
Feng Yi expressionlessly dug out the property management's phone number and called: "I'm applying for renovations again!"