92: Weekly is ready!

A night had passed since yesterday's interview.

Li Mubai, accompanied by Ruan Xiu and Li Qian, arrived at the Yanbei City Zoo.

Today's itinerary was the result of a discussion with Li Qian last night.

It wasn't that Xuanhua City didn't have a zoo, but their local zoo didn't have giant pandas.

Li Qian's wish was to see giant pandas.

So, yesterday, after the interview concluded and Zhao Zhenghua had been sent off, he went to the local car dealership and bought a sedan.

It wasn't a very expensive car, just 150,000 yuan.

However, in 1995, that amount of money already made one a wealthy person.

There were even more expensive cars, but Li Mubai felt it was unnecessary; why buy something so expensive?

It was just a means of transportation.

He didn't like driving luxury cars around to show off, nor did he need to.

It was enough to live his own life well; what was there to show off?

Moreover, showing off everywhere in this era wasn't necessarily a good thing.

Those who commit murder out of greed have been countless since ancient times.

Those examples had long taught everyone that if you have good things or a prosperous family business, it's best to keep them hidden.

As the old saying goes, 'make a fortune in silence!'

As for why Ruan Xiu was with them?

Li Mubai also felt baffled by this.

Last night, after he and his sister confirmed their plan to visit the Yanbei Zoo the next day, he went to bed early.

After all, there wasn't much to do in the county town at night; entertainment was scarce.

Even the streetlights were sparse, and there were hardly any pedestrians.

However, there were quite a few thieves and hooligans.

In an era when surveillance cameras were not yet widespread, many people played the role of a 'gentleman of the beams' (thief).

Having one's home robbed was an almost daily occurrence.

People reported it, but there were no results; cases where thieves were apprehended were exceedingly rare.

This was also why theft was rampant and repeatedly committed.

Lying on the comfortable, soft bed, feeling his body gradually grow heavy and his consciousness slowly drift into dreams, he thought he would simply fall asleep.

Who knew?

A phone call woke him from his semi-sleep.

That's right, the call was from Ruan Xiu.

She didn't have anything particular to say, just wanted to invite him to lunch tomorrow.

Considering he had promised his sister to go to the zoo, he refused without a second thought.

Then, there was a long silence on the other end of the line.

Faced with this situation, Li Mubai immediately reflected, wondering if he had said something wrong.

Immediately after, he explained the promise he had made to his sister, but to his surprise, Ruan Xiu on the other end of the phone immediately asked if she could come along.

Fearing that she might get angry again, and with his head feeling groggy and wanting to sleep, he didn't think much of it and nodded, agreeing.

At this moment, at the entrance of the zoo, the queue to enter the park had formed a long, winding line, stretching for dozens of meters.

These people included adults and children.

And in the hands of the adults were shiny tickets.

Seeing this scene, Li Qian couldn't help but look at her brother's hands.

They were empty.

She couldn't help but remind him, "Brother, did you buy tickets?"

Hearing this, Li Mubai rubbed Li Qian's head, "Brother will go buy them now."

After entrusting Li Qian to Ruan Xiu, he went to the ticket office alone.

In a short while, he emerged from the ticket office, and in his naturally hanging hand, there were three shiny tickets.

"Let's go, let's go in and see the pandas!"

Li Mubai showed his big white teeth and led the two of them to the entrance area to start queuing.

Perhaps because it was Sunday, more and more people came to the zoo.

Most were families of three, adults with children, queuing at the entrance.

The families were laughing and chatting, creating a very warm atmosphere.

Soon, the three entered the zoo.

The first animal that appeared before them was a zebra.

The information sign on the wire fence stated that this horse was a wild zebra from the African savanna.

As for whether it was true, that was unknown.

In any case, Li Mubai noticed that the horse's build was not quite the same as that of an African wild zebra.

Furthermore, the zebra stripes on the horse's body were clearly asymmetrical in many places.

The stripes on it looked like they had been painted on.

However, this was not important; at least his sister, Li Qian, looked very curious and was watching with great interest, and that was enough.

As for Ruan Xiu, she was chatting and laughing with Li Qian.

Li Mubai truly didn't understand how she managed to play so well with children.

"Brother, look, it's a big lion!"

The group walked a short distance further.

This time, what appeared before them was a male lion, which made Li Qian incredibly excited.

Li Mubai followed the direction of Xiao Yatou's finger.

Through the wire fence, what appeared before him was a male lion that looked emaciated.

The reason for calling it a male lion was because this lion, in no way, could be associated with the word 'mighty'.

The lion lay weakly on the ground, its rib cage exposed, and its eyes were dull; how was this 'mighty'?

However, despite this, Li Mubai still smiled cooperatively, his face showing an equally 'very interested' expression.

He wasn't happy seeing the animals.

But seeing Li Qian's smile made his heart feel very content.

"Brother, look, it's a monkey!"

"Brother, look, it's a tiger, so majestic!"

"Brother, look, it's a peacock, and it's displaying its feathers, so beautiful! There's only one peacock, is it just being overly sentimental?"

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As the three moved along, Li Qian's cheerful voice echoed in Li Mubai's ears.

This made him feel that this trip to the zoo was not in vain!

His sister had been to zoos before, but mostly the one in Xuanhua City, which had too few animal species.

The Yanbei Zoo, however, was clearly a step up.

Although some of the animals inside were hard to describe, the variety of species was very complete, almost everything imaginable.

And seeing animals she had never seen before, Li Qian was naturally overjoyed.

Ruan Xiu, who was playing with Li Qian, was also smiling throughout, as happy as a child.

She was already very beautiful.

Especially when she smiled, she became even more captivating, making Li Mubai unable to resist glancing at her several times.

However, whenever Ruan Xiu turned her head, Li Mubai would deliberately avert his gaze, pretending not to see.

Only, what he didn't know was that whenever he averted his gaze, Ruan Xiu's lips, as she looked back, would always curve into a faint, almost imperceptible smile.

After visiting the zoo, having lunch, and resting for a while, the three then went to the water park.

In the scorching summer heat, a trip to the water park was indeed extremely enjoyable.

The cool sensation of water on the skin was definitely the most irresistible pleasure of summer.

While the three were having a blast, on the other side, at the National Daily building, a group of people were working overtime to finish tomorrow's weekly.

Before long, Xie Yanwen's computer received a document.

He opened it and saw that it contained the content for tomorrow's weekly.

On the front page of this issue of the weekly, instead of other news, there were several large characters—

Breaking News!

Our country has successfully developed a Numerical Control Machine Tool with an accuracy within 0.001 millimeters!

This news occupied more than half of the weekly's page, accompanied by numerous pictures.

Seeing this, Xie Yanwen's face broke into a satisfied smile, and he immediately called someone in:

"This layout is perfect, no need for any more changes. Immediately send this layout to all major branches and have them print it overnight!

I want to see this newspaper in every corner of the streets tomorrow!"