After saying that, Ye Cheng ignored Hu Xiaoli's shouts from behind and pulled Aunt Zhang away.
"Acheng, why aren't you going to the class reunion? You're rich now, you should go and let everyone see how well you're doing." Widow Zhang was a little confused.
"Why should I care if others see how I'm doing? As long as I'm doing well, that's enough."
"Alright, Auntie, we've finally made it to the city, let's buy some things to take back."
Ye Cheng didn't really have much to buy, although he did buy some daily necessities and bedding.
This refers to bedding such as duvet covers and pillows, not other bedding items.
They had originally planned to have lunch together, but Widow Zhang was thinking about her child and wanted to go back home, so Ye Cheng left early.
Meanwhile, Hu Xiaoli took advantage of a spare moment to make a phone call.
"Hey, class monitor, guess who I saw today?"
The person on the other end of the line was Wu Bin, Ye Cheng's class monitor, the same one he'd met when selling bird's nest last time. Wu Bin said with a smile.
Did you meet your Prince Charming?
"What a load of nonsense about Prince Charming! I did meet Ye Cheng, the fishing prince."
"Ye Cheng? You ran into him too? I ran into him last time I went to buy bird's nest. He was trying to sell a few pieces of bird's nest for 20,000 yuan a pound. This guy seems to have a brain problem all along, hahaha."
"Oh, is that so? I saw him bring a middle-aged woman to the hospital today. She was probably around 40. I asked him who she was, and he said she was from the same village, and then he ran away quickly."
"Wow, that's exciting! You mean Ye Cheng found an older woman?" Wu Bin was thrilled. This explosive news could make him happy for a whole day.
"I guessed it. I was even thinking of inviting him to the class reunion, but he said he was going to sea and wouldn't go. Humph." Hu Xiaoli snorted in dissatisfaction.
"Okay, I got it. I'll call him later and make sure to invite him over on Saturday night. We're going to a private restaurant this time, which is hard to book. We can't forget our old classmate now that we're done, right? Hahahaha."
"You're really something, class monitor. See you Saturday night then."
After saying that, Hu Xiaoli hung up the phone. "Hmph, serves you right for ignoring me. You think you can hide it by finding an old woman? Let's see how you hide at the class reunion."
After Ye Cheng returned to the village, it was already past noon. It was too late to go out to sea at this time, and besides, his luck value in the system wasn't very high, so he decided to give up.
I was just about to take a nap when the phone rang. The contact name in my phone was Wu Bin.
Ye Cheng frowned. This was left over from when he sold bird's nest last time.
The class monitor calling me at this hour is most likely because of Hu Xiaoli; they had a good relationship when they were in class.
It's highly likely they're inviting me to a class reunion.
The call connected, and Ye Cheng spoke calmly.
"Hello, class monitor."
"Haha, Ye Cheng, are you busy?"
"It's alright, I'm planning to take a nap."
"Taking a nap? Tsk tsk, you're so lucky. We working people don't get a lunch break. I envy you."
Ye Cheng chuckled coldly. This was just him showing off that he had a job.
“Why don’t you come to our village too, squad leader? Everyone takes a nap there.” Ye Cheng retorted calmly.
Wu Bin, sitting opposite him, was stunned for a moment. "Damn it, what would I do in your village? I finally managed to get from the town to the city, and now I'm going back to the village? Am I stupid?"
Wu Bin casually laughed it off and started getting down to business, "Hey Ye Cheng, didn't we say we'd invite you to the class reunion? We're having a reunion this Saturday night, come join us. It's been so many years, everyone misses you."
"Forget it, squad leader, I have to fish to make a living, I don't have time for that. You guys can have your own gathering."
"How can that be? You haven't been here for so many years. Let me tell you, this time we're going to a private restaurant that's really hard to get a reservation at. Let's go check it out together. They have the best seafood."
"I'm allergic to seafood," Ye Cheng said bluntly, clearly indicating he didn't want to go.
"It's okay. If you're allergic to seafood, you can eat other things. Besides, you haven't missed your classmates at all after all these years? Besides, I even invited Yang Liu, the school beauty from our class, to come this time. She's doing really well now. She found a big boss and is living the high life."
"Ye Cheng, I'm not trying to be mean, but don't always stay in your little corner. Come out for a walk when you have time."
Then Wu Bin went on and on, talking for a long time until Ye Cheng was sleepy.
"Okay, okay, class monitor, I'll go. Give me an address, I'll go there Saturday night."
"That's right, it's a private restaurant in Tianwaitian." After saying that, Wu Bin gave the address.
After hanging up the phone, Ye Cheng felt that the address seemed somewhat familiar.
I thought about it for a long time but couldn't remember. Oh well, I'll just go and figure it out later.
Today is Thursday, and Saturday is the day after tomorrow. We can't go out to sea the day after tomorrow, so we can only go out tomorrow.
In the afternoon, Ye Cheng took a good nap to catch up on sleep, sleeping until after 4 p.m., feeling completely exhausted.
I went to my older brother's place for dinner that night, and then told him about what happened with Widow Zhang that day.
That evening, several members of the crayfish alliance arrived at Ye Cheng's place for a meeting.
Jiang Yunxiang, Aunt Qian, Widow Zhang, the two boys from the Chen family, and Xiao Hu also came over. They exchanged pleasantries for a while, all feeling fortunate that 600 yuan had solved this big problem.
Since the topic of money had come up, Ye Cheng spoke frankly.
"So, we lost a total of 600 yuan this time. Everyone made money in this business, and everyone lost the same amount, 100 yuan each."
“Okay, Cheng, I support you. We’ll make money together and lose money together.” Jiang Yunxiang and Aunt Qian were the first to hand over the money.
The Chen brothers also paid their money, but Chen Zhangfu spoke up after paying.
"Brother, can we still make crayfish sounds? A lot of people have approached us wanting to sell, but we don't dare to buy them. They've started cursing at us."
"Yes, Cheng, it would be such a waste not to do it," Aunt Qian added.
Although Widow Zhang didn't speak, her eyes were full of anticipation.
Jiang Yunxiang and Xiao Hu are the least concerned about this. Jiang Yunxiang focuses on the breeding farm, while Xiao Hu mainly accompanies Ye Cheng on his sea voyages.
Ye Cheng originally didn't want to do this business anymore, but seeing the way the others were, he was having trouble making up his mind.
After thinking for a moment, Ye Cheng said, "Okay, let's get a few dozen kilograms tomorrow and I'll try selling them to Boss Qian. If we can, we'll give Boss Qian a discount, but the volume might increase."
Upon hearing that Ye Cheng had a solution, the group immediately cheered; as long as there was a place to sell, things would be much easier.
That's settled then. If I go to see Mr. Qian tomorrow, then I won't be able to go out to sea.
"Xiao Hu, go to our boat tomorrow and see how the rope winch is installed. If it's ready, settle the final payment. I'm taking the shrimp to town tomorrow. Chen Zhangfu, come with me to familiarize yourself with the place. If we can sell them later, we can deliver them to you."
"Okay, Brother Cheng, I'll do as you say."
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