After confirming that Ye Yun and his third uncle would be building the factory, Ye Yun found Gou Sheng the next day. This guy and a few hooligans were catching fish and shrimp in the river.

"All the other young people have gone out to work, but you few are still here catching fish and shrimp. Don't you have any future?" Ye Yun stood on the riverbank and scolded the people in the river.

Gou Sheng stood up and said helplessly, "Brother Yun, you can't blame us! Who doesn't want to work? Who doesn't want to make money? The problem is we can't find work, nobody wants us."

"Hmph, don't you know why others don't want you?" Ye Yun sneered.

"Uh..." The group was speechless.

"Come up here, all of you. I have some good news for you."

"Good news? What good news? Is there work to do again?" Gou Sheng excitedly went ashore and came to Ye Yun.

Ye Yun reached out and snatched the bucket from the other person's hand. Inside were small fish and shrimp, but there were quite a few of them, and the bucket was more than half full.

"Is this all the group of you is after?" Ye Yun mocked.

"Hey Yun-ge, it's just something to play with. If you don't mind, you can take it. Tell us what good news you have, we're all really looking forward to it!" Gou Sheng urged.

"Yes, yes, Brother Yun, hurry up and tell us!"

Ye Yun moved the bucket behind him, tilted his head back, and said, "You've heard about the factory that was going to be built on that piece of land, right?"

"I heard they're going to build an ecological farm, right?"

"Yes, building a factory requires manpower. Originally, Uncle San planned to find people in the village..."

"What? Go to another village? Is Uncle San getting senile? We have plenty of young people in our village, why go to another village to look for someone!"

"Exactly, it's like they're making it seem like there's no one left in our village. People from other villages will laugh at us."

The group immediately became anxious and began to complain to their third uncle.

"What's the rush? We haven't finished speaking yet!" Ye Yun scolded.

Gou Sheng turned around and slapped one of them, saying, "What's the rush? Brother Yun has only said half of what he wanted to say. Can't you let him finish what he was saying first?"

Then he turned back to Ye Yun with a grin and said, "Brother Ming, since you came, it means things have taken a turn for the better, right?"

"Hmph, you're smart enough to be called a kid." Ye Yun chuckled and said, "I've discussed it with the village chief and the others. They all feel that it's too much trouble for Uncle San to take on such a large project by himself. They're worried that he won't be able to manage it. So they asked me to work with Uncle San on the factory construction project."

"Nice!" Gou Sheng exclaimed excitedly.

"It was me who suggested bringing you in," Ye Yun said with particular emphasis, pointing to the group and saying, "This is a long-term project, and many people want to join. Many people from other villages have come to me and my third uncle. But I feel that we are family, and I trust you all, so you'd better do a good job."

"Absolutely, we must do a good job."

"Working under Brother Yun, we are reliable. We will do whatever we are asked to do and will never hold back."

One by one, they were eager to swear their loyalty, fearing they would be kicked out of the team.

"Of course I trust you, and more importantly, I trust myself. Let me make this clear: if I find out anyone is slacking off or doing anything dishonest on the construction site, not only will they not get paid, but I'll also beat them up and kick them out of the construction team," Ye Yun warned.

“Of course. Anyone who slacks off while working under Brother Yun deserves a good lesson,” Gou Sheng said righteously.

Suddenly, he rubbed his hands together and asked with a fawning expression, "Brother Yun, I'd like to ask how the salary is?"

"How about 60 yuan a day, including lunch?"

"Great, great, that's wonderful!" Gou Sheng was extremely excited.

"Sixty yuan! Last time I picked corn, it was only fifty yuan. This time it's ten yuan more!"

"Hehe, building a house is actually much easier than picking corn. I really don't like going in and out of cornfields. The corn leaves scratching my face is really uncomfortable."

Seeing the happy expressions on their faces, Ye Yun revealed a playful smile. In reality, Ye Sanqiang had calculated one hundred for him. Of course, Ye Sanqiang was well aware of the situation regarding the project. His condition for Ye Yun was simply to do a good job; how the profits were distributed was Ye Yun's business.

"60 yuan a day, plus food and lodging, that's 1,800 a month! That's like taking off!" Gou Sheng's eyes lit up.

"Brother Yun, when do we start working?"

"The building materials will be delivered in the next couple of days, the day after tomorrow. By the way, this time it's long-term workers, so unlike the daily payments for harvesting corn before, this time it's monthly payments," Ye Yun reminded him.

"Ah, Yuefa!" Gousheng said, somewhat disappointed.

"What's wrong? Are you unhappy?"

"No, no, it's paid monthly, I'm not unhappy," Gou Sheng quickly replied.

"Hmph, these long-term laborers sometimes need to be on time. If I paid you daily and we were short-handed every few days, would I even be able to keep working? Paying them at the end of the month means that if anyone keeps taking leave, running away, or disappearing, they can forget about getting paid for all those days they worked," Ye Yun said coldly.

"I understand, everyone gets it."

"Good that you understand. It's already late, hurry home. Don't wander around these next few days, or you might get injured and won't be able to work."

"Okay, let's go, everyone go home!"

With that, Gou Sheng led the hooligans back to the village.

Ye Yun looked down at the fish and shrimp in the bucket, chuckled, and said, "Let's make some snacks to go with the drinks."

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By the time I got home, it was already dark.

After entering the house, Ye Yun closed and locked the door, then carried the bucket to the kitchen.

Lin Shuyue wasn't there; the rice porridge in the pot was bubbling away.

Ye Yun took an iron basin to the yard, poured the fish and shrimp from the bucket into the basin, and then filled it with water to start cleaning.

Not long after, the bathroom door opened, and Lin Shuyue, dressed in a white nightgown, came out.

Since confessing her feelings, and with the addition of a cell phone, skincare products, and new clothes, Lin Shuyue's style has become increasingly fashionable and sexy, practically a deliberate attempt to seduce Ye Yun.

She dried her hair with a towel, walked to the iron basin, squatted down, and looked curiously at the fish and shrimp in the basin. She said, "Weren't you going to talk to someone? How come you have time to catch fish?"

"Gou Sheng and his gang caught it."

"Oh, they caught it, and you just pulled it back like that?"

"Damn, I found them jobs, okay? What's a little fish and shrimp compared to that!" Ye Yun said, his eyes fixed on Lin Shuyue's chest.

Lin Shuyue naturally noticed this and was secretly delighted, intentionally lowering her body to seduce him.

After cleaning the fish and shrimp, Ye Yun poured out the dirty water and rinsed the fish and shrimp several times with rainwater.

Then I went to the kitchen, added some salt, vinegar, soy sauce, and other seasonings to the basin, and chopped some ginger and scallions. I mixed it with the fish and shrimp and set it aside to marinate.