"Shut up! If everyone acted like you, our Chen family would have been wiped out long ago!" Chen Jinhai shouted angrily.
"Ha, that's good. From now on, Baiyun Village will become two villages, Baiyun Village and Ye Family Village." Chen Jinshui retorted without any politeness. "Let's make it clear first, I'm going to Ye Family Village."
After saying that, Chen Jinshui ignored the remaining relatives and left. He was too lazy to argue with them and preferred to find some fun on his own.
On the mudflats stretching for hundreds of meters, people were scattered about, crouching low and moving slowly across the gray-brown mud. Iron rakes carved out furrows of varying depths in the mud, one after another.
Although it was still morning, piles of clams had already been stacked up nearby, making Chen Jinhai extremely envious.
"Jin Hai, are you just going to swallow this insult like this?" Chen Jinfa said angrily.
"Bullshit! I'm the village chief!" Chen Jinhai shouted sternly.
"They want to cut us off, right? Well then, we'll block their way. No money, no delivery. Let's see how they sell their clams!"
"That makes sense, Jin Hai. Just block his road, set up a checkpoint and demand money. If he doesn't pay, he can't leave! Let's see what he does then!"
"Go, send someone."
With Chen Jinhai taking the blame, the other members of the Chen family were not afraid. They went home one by one to gather manpower, planning to block the road in the afternoon.
...
Meanwhile, Ye Cheng started working at 5 a.m.
Because the tasks were clearly divided yesterday, everyone immediately went to their respective groups and started working.
They were all from the same village, so they chatted while working, and thinking about the 100 yuan they would earn, everyone worked very easily.
Jiang Yunxiang started cooking porridge and steaming buns at 5 o'clock. She used the kind of large steamer used for banquets in the village and steamed more than a hundred buns, along with some side dishes.
When they finished working at 7 o'clock, Ye Cheng started to organize people to come over for lunch in batches, in a very orderly manner.
Ye Cheng looked at the harvested clams, which had already piled up into a large heap. At this rate, he estimated that they would be finished by 5 p.m.
While they were working hard here, the Chen family also started to get to work.
A few young men got a big log, carried it towards the village entrance, and soon they just had to put the log in the middle of the road so that no car could get through.
Chen Jinhai had also made up his mind: he would charge a toll of ten thousand!
Not a single penny can be missing.
At noon, Jiang Yunxiang and the others prepared three dishes: braised pork belly, mostly fatty meat; braised beef brisket with potatoes; and stir-fried bean sprouts. Two meat dishes and one vegetable dish were served, and each person received a large bowl.
The men could also pour themselves a shot of baijiu (Chinese liquor), which made everyone enjoy the meal immensely.
"Guowei, this food is much better than what my family eats."
"Yeah, keep calling us if you need anything in the future. We'd come even if it were free, hahaha."
"It's been a long time since we've had so many people drinking together. Come on, everyone, cheers!"
The villagers love a lively atmosphere, and with so many men and women eating together, the atmosphere is incredibly festive.
If Ye Cheng hadn't controlled the amount of liquor each person drank at noon, this group would probably have started drinking by then.
"Uncles and elders, let's drink less at noon, and we'll serve you all tonight," Ye Cheng shouted.
"Alright! You brothers can't run away tonight."
"Uncle, why don't you ask Auntie first if she's allowed to go home if she's drunk?" Ye Cheng joked.
"He can go home, but he can't get into bed. He's too soft, hahaha."
They cracked a few bawdy jokes and had a great time.
They were in a hurry in the afternoon, so lunch was short. After lunch, Ye Cheng didn't go downstairs with them because Li the Cripple came looking for him.
"Second brother, I just went to town to pick up some goods and saw that the Chen family had put a big log at the entrance of the village. It looks like they're going to block the road. What should we do? Should we call the police?"
Blocking the road, huh? Go ahead and block it, let's see if you can keep it going.
"It's alright, I understand. You go ahead with your work. Have you prepared the drinks for me tonight?"
"It's all ready, don't worry. There are two bottles of Maotai, five cartons of Huazi liquor, and the rest are bulk liquor."
"However, second brother, there's no need for you to buy thatch. We can just drink some loose liquor in the village. Buying thatch is too wasteful."
Li the Cripple looked at Ye Cheng. He had already paid everyone their wages and given them a work meal. He was even giving them Mao Zi, which, although only two bottles, still amounted to several thousand yuan.
“This thatch of mine is useful, you can just buy it, and I’ll settle the bill with you later.”
Ye Cheng didn't tell Ye Guowei about the road blockage, otherwise they probably would have fought.
Ye Guowei's job is simply to ensure that the clams can be harvested in a timely manner.
70% has already been harvested. According to Ye Cheng's estimate, it will be completed by 5 p.m. All that's left is cleaning and loading.
Ye Cheng contacted Boss He and they said they would arrive around 4 p.m. in two small trucks.
It was 2 PM. Ye Cheng made another phone call to confirm, and then leisurely went over to help Jiang Yunxiang set the table.
There will definitely be a big dinner party tonight; seven tables were set up both inside and outside the courtyard.
......
As for Chen Jinhai, he was sitting on the roadside at the village entrance with some of his brothers from the Chen family.
Next to them was a wooden pillar, four or five meters long, which was a discarded pillar taken from the old house. It would be thrown onto the road in a while, and then my brothers and sisters would stand in front of it.
Haha, truly, one man can hold off ten thousand.
Those idiots are still working themselves to the bone under the sun. They'll know what's what when they realize they can't get the goods out.
"Village chief, look at those two trucks!" a young man said excitedly, pointing into the distance.
Chen Jinhai stood up and looked, and it was indeed true.
These kinds of trucks rarely come to the village, so these two must be the ones.
"Hurry up, move the pillar to the middle of the road. If he doesn't pay, we won't let him in," Chen Jinhai said smugly.
What's this called? This is called "the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind."
This is called "drawing the firewood from under the cauldron".
That's called strategic planning, hahaha.
Thinking about how others work hard to earn money while he can make money just by placing a wooden pillar, Chen Jinhai almost laughed.
"Stop! Stop!!!" Chen Jinfa, accompanied by two young men wearing red armbands, stood in the middle of the road and stopped two trucks.
"What happened? Did the tree fall down?" Boss He jumped out of the car anxiously. He had to personally accompany the business today, otherwise he wouldn't feel at ease.
"No, now you have to pay to enter our village," Chen Jinfa said casually, feeling great about it.
Mr. He was stunned for a moment, wondering if he had misheard.
TOLL?
There's a fee to enter the village?
Do you think you're some kind of highway robber who charges fares? What era are we living in?
"No, when did Baiyun Village start charging admission fees? Who made that rule?"
"That's what our village chief stipulated, so what?"
Seeing the unreasonable behavior of the people in front of him, Boss He turned to look at Chen Jinhai behind them.
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