Rebirth of a Farmer's Dad

After receiving the county head's tacit promise, Luo Feng hurriedly returned to the canteen. The canteen was currently undergoing renovations and was closed for business, so after cleaning up, no one knew what to do next.

Fortunately, the school had already been informed about this matter, so the school had posted relevant notices in advance, and the students had made preparations accordingly. Overall, the impact will not be too great.

However, these are not things that Luo Feng should care about right now. The most important task at present is to restore the confidence of these canteen workers and rekindle their fighting spirit. This is more important than anything else.

"I was wondering why everyone looked so listless. The sky hasn't fallen yet!" Seeing their dejected appearance, Luo Feng felt bad, but he still smiled and joked with them.

"Brother Feng, you've finally arrived! We didn't know what to do if you hadn't come."

“That’s right, we’re all feeling uneasy without you.” As soon as he finished speaking, Biaozi and Afu, who had been sitting there, surrounded him, while Baosheng remained sitting silently to the side.

"What are you two worried about? If anything happens, I'll be there to protect you." Luo Feng said, giving each of them a light pat on the back of the head as a small punishment.

"Brother Feng, Baosheng said you just came back from the county magistrate's. What did the county magistrate say about this? You should give us a straight answer!" Biaozi, always quick to anger, couldn't help but ask if the county magistrate meant they weren't going to stop us from continuing, so they could rest assured that the business would ultimately be theirs and no one could take it away. At this point, he didn't bother with anything else and simply gave them a pep talk.

"However, all of this will take some time. I also need to discuss this issue with the school, since it is related to their vital interests."

"How about this? Let's take this opportunity to give you all a long vacation. The three of you can go home now and come back to work in a week. Wait for my message when you get back. And don't worry, I won't shortchange you on your wages for these days. It's paid leave, consider it a little compensation."

"Whether we get paid for these few days doesn't matter, none of us are short of money anyway. What really worries us is whether the school will find another job after this incident." The group wasn't stupid; they knew that a few days' wages were nothing compared to their future livelihoods, so they raised their concerns.

"I can't answer that question right now. To be honest, I don't know what the school's plans are."

"But I want to tell you that from now on we will have to follow the procedures completely at work. As long as we do our job well and don't give anyone any reason to find fault, we should be able to keep our jobs."

"The three of you have been with me for over a year now, so you're practically old buddies. I won't bother with a long explanation. In short, I'll discuss it with the school, and we'll have a detailed set of regulations ready in a few days. I require everyone to follow them strictly. Let me reiterate, this is very important and will affect our future survival and development, so you all must not be careless. The school will be sending people to check the implementation of these regulations every day, and I will also be conducting surprise inspections regularly. I hope you're prepared for that."

These days, doing things depends entirely on one's own conscience, especially in remote small counties like this, where there are basically no detailed rules for individual businesses.

The regulations Luo Feng mentioned were naturally the hygiene regulations from later generations. He had read a lot of these when he worked in a hotel, so copying them directly was not difficult at all. The only challenge might be the ability to combine theory with practice, since not all regulations are suitable for the current situation and some modifications are necessary.

However, Luo Feng didn't take this matter to heart. He would explain it to his men beforehand as a way of giving them a heads-up.

After everyone agreed, Luo Feng told them they could go back now. Staying here was pointless and only made them feel worse. It was better to go back; at least a change of scenery would improve their mood.

“By the way, Baosheng, you can’t leave yet. You have to come with me to the county public security bureau. We need to pay the fine first. This can’t be delayed.” Luo Feng hadn’t seen Baosheng say a word since the beginning, so he knew what Baosheng was thinking and deliberately said this to him.

“Let’s go then!” Baosheng nodded, stood up and was about to walk out, and Luo Feng could only silently follow behind him.

"Brother Feng, I don't want to go back. Can I stay at your shop for the next few days?" Not long after leaving the school cafeteria, Bao Sheng suddenly stopped and turned to Luo Feng.

"You don't want to go home during your vacation? What's wrong? Aren't you even planning to visit your parents?" Luo Feng was puzzled, wondering what Bao Sheng was up to.

"I'm afraid that when I get home, I won't know how to explain it to Huaihua's family," Baosheng said hesitantly.

"What's so hard about explaining this? I'll teach you a method. If they don't ask, don't say anything. If they do, just make up some excuse. At worst, say Huaihua is studying in the county and is busy with her studies, so she doesn't have time to come home. Anyway, it's only a two-week detention. By the time they realize what's happening, she'll probably be released." Luo Feng originally wanted Baosheng to just make up an excuse to fool Huaihua's family. But then he thought about it again and realized that this approach wouldn't work; it wasn't realistic under the current circumstances.

It's important to understand that technology was somewhat underdeveloped in that era, and news in rural areas was primarily spread by word of mouth. However, even this most primitive method of information dissemination was incredibly fast and powerful. Especially major, explosive news like this would spread rapidly through word of mouth. While the gossip-loving nature of ordinary people wasn't as terrifying as it would later become, it was still quite pervasive.

What I'm afraid of now is that the lie here hasn't been out for more than a few days, and the news from there has already reached us. If that happens, it's no wonder that Huaihua's family is in chaos, and then there will probably be some other trouble.

"Alright, alright, you can stay if you want. You can help out at the shop." After thinking it over, Luo Feng finally agreed. Although this wouldn't stop the news from spreading, it would at least keep Bao Sheng out of it. In times like these, less trouble is better, and it would also save him some trouble.

Then Luo Feng took Bao Sheng to the county public security bureau to pay the fine. Before leaving, he made sure to say hello to the bureau leaders, basically asking them to take care of Huaihua. Of course, he also gave them a few packs of cigarettes and promised to treat them to a good meal.