Super Zoo

"Thank you. I'll buy yours for 500 yuan." Su Ming took the bucket of broken honeycombs, and then took out 500 yuan and stuffed it into Xiao Li's pocket.

"I can't take it. How can I take this money?" Xiao Li was stunned at first, and then he quickly declined, saying that he would not take it no matter what.

Although this guy is a little clumsy at work and his brain doesn't seem to be very bright, he is very simple. Su Ming helped him and saved him. These broken honeycombs were originally to thank Su Ming. How could he accept money?

Su Ming didn't give him any reason to say anything, and stuffed the money into his pocket, and then ran away with the bucket.

"Good man!" Xiao Li was moved to tears again while holding the money.

...

Su Ming brought a large pile of broken honeycombs back to the waterside pavilion, took out a few pieces of broken honeycombs and sniffed them under his nose. A faint fragrance came from the honeycombs.

Breaking off a small piece, there was still a lot of honey and royal jelly left in the honeycombs.

He broke open half a bucket of honeycombs one by one, then found a knife and scraped off the remaining royal jelly on the broken honeycombs, like spreading butter, and rubbed it all onto a single, slightly larger honeycomb.

"Er Gouzi, go and call a few wasps over, the big ones!" Su Ming snapped his fingers and said to Er Gouzi who was resting on the beam.

Er Gouzi was quite good at enjoying himself. Less than a day after arriving, he had built a small nest on a beam on the roof of the first floor of the waterside pavilion, where he could rest, hide inside, and catch some small insects such as mosquitoes, flies, and spiders to eat.

It flew out of the waterside pavilion and headed towards the back mountain. Not long after, it brought back more than a dozen rather robust black-chested wasps.

"Bring this to the bees, and don't eat it on the way!"

Su Ming handed the broken honeycomb covered with royal jelly to the wasps, and the wasps swarmed up, grabbed the honeycomb, and flew back to the back mountain.

The bee colony suffered heavy losses this time, and even the queen bee died. It will take some time to recover. According to the rules of the bee colony, they will definitely produce a new queen bee, and the queen bee needs to eat royal jelly to grow. The royal jelly just scraped off is what Su Ming prepared for the new queen bee.

With these ready-made royal jelly, the growth rate of the queen bee and the recovery rate of the bee colony will be greatly accelerated.

There was about a quarter of the broken honeycomb left in the bucket. Su Ming smashed them all, then poured the broken slag into a plastic bucket filled with pure water, and went to the store to buy two bottles of vinegar.

"Are you eating dumplings tonight?" asked the big sister in the store.

"No, I'll buy some vinegar and see who's eating dumplings, so I'll borrow some." Su Ming shook the vinegar bottle and answered with a smile.

Big sister: "..."

After returning, pour all the vinegar into the plastic bucket, screw on the lid, and put it in a ventilated and cool place on the second floor to ferment.

The last time Nangong Yan came to interview him, she told him about a small trouble. At that time, he had no way to solve it. Now these beehives just come in handy.

The little episode of bees finally came to an end, and Su Ming turned his mind back to the cruise ship contracted for the artificial lake.

I came back yesterday and was ready to talk to Director Song about this matter, but an accident with bees delayed it.

"Xiao Su, you came just in time!" Director Song saw Su Ming, and before Su Ming could speak, he took out a bright red book from his desk.

There were also a few hundred yuan in the book.

"What is this?" Su Ming opened the red book and saw that it was a certificate of honor, which read "Yangchuan City Zoo's advanced worker in the first half of the year, Comrade Su Ming".

Su Ming was stunned. How did I become an advanced worker?

Then I understood. No wonder Section Chief Dong said something about praise yesterday. It turned out that he was foreshadowing this matter.

You know, the honor of advanced workers is nothing in private enterprises. It is not as real as giving more bonuses.

But in public institutions, the weight is completely different.

Behind the honor, it means that the leader may want to promote you, which means that this is the capital for promotion.

At least it also shows the qualifications of the honor winner. In state-owned units, qualifications are very important.

So Su Ming was surprised. How could a temporary worker like him be awarded the advanced worker in the first half of the year? This is basically the highest honor that ordinary employees of the zoo can get.

Director Song probably saw Su Ming's confusion and explained with a smile: "Although you have not been here for a long time, your work achievements are obvious to all. In just one month, you not only did your job well, but also made the cruise business colorful. Moreover, you handled two emergency incidents in a row. The first time you saved tourists, and the second time you sacrificed yourself to prevent your colleagues from getting hurt. Therefore, the zoo leadership collectively decided to award you this honor!"

Zoo leadership? Su Ming thought, the old staff of the entire zoo have been following Director Song for decades. The zoo's affairs are still decided by you, so where does the "leadership" come from?

There is quite a lot of money in the certificate of honor, a small stack of a full 1,000 yuan. For a zoo with tight funding, a 1,000 yuan reward is a "huge sum of money".

"Xiao Su, have you ever thought about taking on more responsibilities?" The old director asked leisurely.

"Ah? More responsibilities?" Su Ming opened his eyes wide.

"Honor is always accompanied by responsibility." The old director looked well-intentioned and guided Su Ming, saying: "Look, your cruise business is good, and the zoo only charges a basic management fee. Your income this month is not small."

"What do you mean?" Su Ming asked tentatively.

From the tone of the old director, it seemed that he had the same idea as himself.

However, since it was the director who brought it up first, he was not in a hurry to speak.

"I think the number of cruise ships in Tingfeng Shuixie is too small to meet the needs of tourists. The water surface area of ​​Shuijun Lake is large. You can invest in buying more ships to expand your business. If you are willing to contract it, the zoo can also contract Shuijun Lake to you." The old director said.

'Shuijun Lake' is the largest artificial lake in the zoo. It is the one that Su Ming has set his eyes on, and it is also the paradise that the alligator turtle dreamed of.

Legend has it that before Cao Cao attacked Chibi, he once trained the navy in Yangchuan, and the Shuijun Lake got its name from this.

But it's just a legend. Yangchuan City is still a distance away from Chibi. As long as Cao Cao's head had not been caught by the door, it would be impossible for him to train troops here.

But it's hard to say. Things that happened thousands of years ago are hard to predict. Besides, Cao Cao is usually very smart. He occasionally does things that are beyond his imagination. It's not surprising.

"How is it? There is also a Tingfeng Pavilion around Shuijun Lake. It is a famous tourist attraction that the government spent millions to build. If it is well managed, it will have great potential."

Director Song's tone was indifferent, but no matter how Su Ming looked at it, he felt that Director Song was seducing him to contract that place.

Su Ming was a little amused. This old director usually looked very old-fashioned, but when it came to the future development of the zoo, he immediately became a different person, shrewd and ruthless.

"Director, I've thought about it. I am willing to contract Shuijun Lake."

Su Ming nodded: "But I have a condition!"