"Okay, I understand. Let me show you the lobsters this time. Don't worry, they're all fresh and alive."
Ye Cheng went into the room and took out the lobsters.
With oxygen on, they were all very active.
"Wow, such a huge spiny lobster! That's rare!" Mr. Qian spotted the 70-centimeter-long lobster at first glance and reached out to grab it.
"I've never seen anything like this before, Xiao Ye, you're getting more and more amazing."
Ye Cheng said calmly, "When have I ever not been amazing?"
Mr. Qian glanced at Ye Cheng and immediately revealed an expression that all men understand, "Hahahaha, yes, you're always amazing, but you just don't have any women, hahahaha."
"Pfft!" Little Tiger couldn't help but burst out laughing at those words.
Ye Cheng blushed, "I'm just focused on my career, okay? Women will only slow down my sword-drawing speed."
"The speed at which you draw your sword, that's interesting. Next time you're free, come to the city at night, and I'll show you the nightlife." Boss Qian raised an eyebrow at Ye Cheng with a lewd look on his face.
"Alright, alright, I'll still need an experienced guide like you next time. Hurry up and name your price."
Getting down to business, Mr. Qian also calmed down a bit, examined each of the lobsters one by one, and then said,
"I'll give you 2000 yuan for this big spiny lobster, 3000 yuan for the three smaller ones together, and 800 yuan for the three wavy lobsters, for a total of 5800 yuan. How about that?"
Ye Cheng estimated in his mind that the big one should weigh 4 jin (2 catties), so 2000 yuan would be 500 yuan per jin, which was acceptable.
"Okay, we'll do it your way, Mr. Qian."
In total, the red shrimp brought in 5130 yuan and the lobsters brought in 5800 yuan, which is not bad.
After receiving the money, Mr. Qian took the lobsters back home, and Ye Cheng gave Xiao Hu 4,000 yuan.
So, my savings amounted to 180,000 yuan. Today, I need to go to the village to pay the 135,000 yuan contract fee, and then I need to pay 32,000 yuan to buy a boat. After all that, my savings will be gone again.
After finishing all that, Ye Cheng accompanied Ye Guowei to the village committee in the morning to settle the contract fees.
Chen Chunfu grinned from ear to ear as he saw such a large sum of money coming in. "Guowei, the second son has really made something of himself now. He can even contract such a large mudflat. Impressive!"
Before Ye Guowei could speak, he saw a head pop out of the doorway; it was Wang Defa.
Ye Cheng frowned. What was this guy doing here?
When Wang Defa saw Ye Cheng there, he immediately put on a smile and said, "Second brother, you really are here! I've been looking for you for so long."
Ye Cheng looked at him with a stern face, "I have nothing to do with you anymore, so don't bother me unless it's important."
After Ye Cheng said that, Wang Defa smiled awkwardly, "It's not that we're unrelated, there's still the matter of buying a boat, isn't there?"
Ye Cheng sneered, "You still have the nerve to talk about buying a ship? You're really something."
Ye Chengdu had to admire this guy; he really had a thick skin.
Ye Guowei looked at Wang Defa with a dark face, "Second Uncle, you went back on your word about buying the boat first. We're not buying it now, so there's nothing more to talk about with you. You can leave."
When he returned in the morning, Ye Cheng had already told him about buying the boat.
Wang Defa chuckled awkwardly, "Well, it's not like there's no room for negotiation. I heard you've already made a deal to buy Old Chen's boat?"
"Yes, it's been agreed upon," Ye Cheng said affirmatively.
Upon hearing Ye Cheng confirm that the deal was done, Wang De became anxious. He had originally wanted Ye Cheng to raise the price to buy his ship, but unexpectedly, Ye Cheng found a buyer in just two days.
Then their own boat will be left without a home.
"No, second brother, 32,000 is right? My boat is fine too, it's the same price. You'd feel more at ease knowing we're from the same village, right?"
Even before Ye Cheng could speak, Chen Chunfu couldn't stand it anymore. "Wang Defa, you're becoming less and less human. Back then, the second son offered you 33,000 yuan out of consideration for being from the same village, and you went back on your word. Oh, now that you see he got a good deal, you want to get involved again. Don't you have any shame?"
When Chen Chunfu interrupted, Wang Defa became unhappy and started arguing with Chen Chunfu, saying, "No, what does this have to do with you? Why are you giving me your opinion? This is a matter between me and my second brother."
"Oh, you won't let me talk about it? Everyone in the village knows. I'm not afraid to tell you, the whole village knows about your shameful deeds, even the neighboring Liu Village knows. It's embarrassing, it's a disgrace to our Baiyun Village."
Upon hearing that his story had spread to other villages, even someone as thick-skinned as Wang Defa couldn't take it anymore and started cursing at Chen Chunfu.
"You're talking nonsense! Whether you're the one who spread this around or not, I'll fight you to the death!"
As he was talking, Wang Defa suddenly became excited and rushed towards Chen Chunfu.
This startled Ye Cheng, who quickly pulled Wang Defa back.
Chen Chunfu was also furious. He was the accountant and a member of the village committee, and he was being scolded by this shameless old man. How could he stand it?
While Ye Cheng was holding Wang Defa back, he went up and slapped Wang Defa across the face.
"Damn it, you dare to curse me? Don't you know who I am? I'm from the village committee."
Ye Cheng was stunned. "Holy crap!"
I'm just a village hustler, it seems like there's no one else in this village.
After being slapped, Wang Defa paused for a moment, then suddenly erupted, letting out a "howl" as he broke free from Ye Cheng's grasp and lunged at Chen Chunfu. The two instantly began to wrestle.
The commotion alerted others, and several villagers who had come to handle some business rushed in and, together with Ye Cheng and the others, separated the two.
Neither of them fared well; they were both left with bruises and swelling.
Wang Defa was pulled back and pointed at Chen Chunfu, saying, "Your village committee is nothing! The election is coming up soon, do you think you can still become a village committee member? Dream on!"
After saying that, he didn't bother to discuss the sale of the ship with Ye Cheng anymore, and left while cursing.
After staying to comfort Chen Chunfu for a while, the group left as well.
Ye Cheng and Ye Guowei, of course, wouldn't stay long; they had important business to attend to.
Once outside, Ye Cheng suddenly asked a question.
"Brother, Wang Defa just said that the village committee is about to have a re-election?"
Ye Guowei nodded. "Yes, it's time. It will start next month. But it doesn't matter whether it's changed or not. They all belong to the Chen family, and it won't be the turn of other families."
The Chen family.
hehe.
Without me, it would be the Chen family; now that I'm here, things are hard to say.
If we can control the village committee, it will be much easier to get things done in the future.
Ye Cheng didn't ask any more questions, and Ye Guowei also assumed that Ye Cheng was just asking casually, so he didn't pursue the matter further.
After lunch, Ye Guowei and Ye Cheng went into town together.
Ye Cheng went to handle the transfer of ownership of the boat, while Ye Guowei went to buy clam seedlings.
The two arrived at the service hall first, where Old Chen was indeed already waiting.
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