"Second brother, I think you're absolutely talented. If you ever need any help, just ask me, and I'll take care of it for you." Zhao Zhiming patted his chest loudly.
Ye Cheng boiled the water and had just put the spicy snails in when Ye Cheng said he could help, so I didn't hesitate to accept.
He turned and pointed to the tank next to him, saying, "Can we find a market for these fish? Last time I had a tuna, but most restaurants wouldn't take it."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Zhiming said nonchalantly, "What kind of help is this? I know a lot of people in the seafood business. I'll introduce you to them. You can just contact them directly if you have any large or good seafood. They're willing to buy it."
"That's great, it's a deal then."
"Absolutely. Then, could you steam these two crabs for me?"
"Wait a minute, there's only one pot, how can it be ready so quickly?"
Ye Cheng had no choice. He was a bachelor with only one gas stove. It was fine for two or three people to eat, but it was really difficult to feed five or six people.
Finally, I came up with a solution: disperse them.
I took some vegetables to Xiaohu's house to cook, and then brought them over. After that, I went to my older brother's house to get some green vegetables, since we can't just eat seafood all the time.
Chen Jinshui only brought his mouth and a few steamed buns with him, insisting that his wife's steamed buns were the best in the village and a treasure.
The dishes were all served, and the five people were seated. Xiao Hu carried a case of beer and was about to open it when Zhao Zhiming suddenly spoke up to stop him.
"Wait, how can we drink beer with such a delicious seafood feast? Let's have some baijiu first."
After saying that, he walked to the trunk of the car and took out two bottles of Feitian.
"Damn, flying!" Ye Cheng exclaimed softly.
Later, Maotai started to play tricks. Instead of selling liquor properly, they started using a lottery system to create artificial scarcity. There were also many counterfeit liquors, so much so that later on, people had to pull strings to get their hands on some of the "Flying Fairy" liquor.
Judging from Zhao Zhiming's behavior, he treats the flying object like it's a bottle of Erguotou (a type of Chinese liquor).
"The second brother really knows his stuff. This is a 15-year-old Feitian crab, absolutely delicious. Paired with crab, it's amazing."
Ye Cheng's family also bought a wine dispenser, so the group each found a teacup and poured their own wine. In this era where everything is real, the wine foam poured out felt different, especially rich.
Moreover, the aroma alone is intoxicating.
Ye Cheng took a small sip; it was smooth and mellow, with the soy sauce flavor of Moutai.
"Good wine indeed. I've never seen you bring it out to offer to your uncle before," Zhao Youtian joked.
Zhao Zhiming chuckled awkwardly, pointed to the dishes on the table, and changed the subject, "Let's get this straight, I need one of these crabs."
"You can eat both, I don't mind." Ye Cheng's first bites were of peanuts and smashed cucumber.
The peanuts were bought from Li the Cripple's convenience store; they were packaged food.
The cucumber shreds were grown by Xiaohu's family. It's great that we live in an era where smashing cucumbers isn't illegal.
Chen Jinshui and Zhao Youtian were both heavy drinkers with low alcohol tolerance; after three rounds of drinks, they switched to beer.
Xiao Hu was drinking Moutai for the first time. He heard that a sip cost several tens of yuan, and he immediately felt like Zhu Bajie eating ginseng fruit. He kept raising his glass to toast, just to get a few more sips.
Today's dishes suited Zhao Zhiming's taste perfectly, especially the two crabs with roe. After breaking them open, the crab roe inside was so plentiful that it was almost as oily as butter crab. He thoroughly enjoyed the meal and got quite drunk.
"Hey second brother, let me tell you, your fishing skills are definitely good enough to compete, you know?" Zhao Zhiming grabbed Ye Cheng, put his arm around his shoulder, and said in a thick tongue.
"Oh." Ye Cheng leisurely picked up a shrimp, peeled it slowly, and said, "A competition? Only a fool would participate. I'm here to make money."
Seeing Ye Cheng's nonchalant attitude, Zhao Zhiming immediately got angry and raised his voice, saying, "Don't look down on the competition. Let me tell you, there's a prize of 100,000 yuan in it, 100,000 yuan!"
Zhao Zhiming specifically repeated the phrase "100,000 yuan" again.
Ye Cheng hadn't even put the shrimp in his mouth when he heard "100,000" and stopped abruptly. He turned to Zhao Zhiming and asked, word by word,
How much did you say?
"One hundred thousand, haha, but that's the total prize money of one hundred thousand. The first place winner gets five thousand." Zhao Zhiming held up five fingers.
"50,000?" Ye Cheng stuffed the shrimp into his mouth; that seemed reasonable enough.
I currently have over 10,000 yuan. If I can raise another 50,000 yuan, I can use it to make a down payment on a house.
"Brother Zhao, what are the requirements for registering for this competition?"
"You need to be a member of the fishing association. Don't worry, I'll take care of that when I get back."
"That's great! Come on, Brother Zhao, let me toast you." Since the other party had helped him, Ye Cheng naturally had to show his appreciation. Drinking an extra sip wouldn't kill him.
"Hahaha, okay, I'll come back to you for fishing next time. Next time I'll figure it out, I'll just watch you fish and I won't fish myself, it'll only humiliate me."
"Brother Zhao, what you're saying makes me unable to drink anymore."
The five of them drank until 10 p.m., until they were all so drunk they could barely stand, before they parted ways.
Zhao Youtian went to Chen Jinshui's house to sleep.
Zhao Zhiming was completely drunk and couldn't drive the car anymore. There was nothing he could do but stay in the village and sleep for the night.
There's no place to sleep at Ye Cheng's place, there's only one bed. It would be better to go to Xiao Hu's place. Xiao Hu's house has a small room that you can tidy up a bit and use.
Ye Cheng and Xiao Hu helped Zhao Zhiming to his house; the drunk man was simply too heavy.
After settling Zhao Zhiming in, Ye Cheng returned feeling dizzy. Drinking alcohol and then being exposed to the wind was really too much for him.
Ignore the mess on the table for now, let it be.
I slept with a dry mouth all night. Damn it, drinking too much Maotai isn't good either.
Ye Cheng woke up a little after 6 a.m., feeling thirsty. After drinking a glass of water, he was no longer sleepy.
Ye Cheng simply got up and started working.
Fortunately, I live alone in this house, so there's no problem disturbing others.
Ye Cheng boiled a kettle of water, washed yesterday's dishes and chopsticks, tidied the table, and looked at the room, which was as neat as ever, and felt much more at ease.
There's nothing I can do. Although I'm not a germaphobe, I still can't stand seeing things so dirty.
After finishing his work, Ye Cheng organized his haul from the previous day:
Shi Jiugong: 20 articles
Blue grouper: 2
Eastern Star Grouper: 3
Rat spots: 2
7 threadfin bream
Half-fish: 4
Anglerfish: 1
Squid in light bulbs: 4 pieces
There was a huge pile of fish. Some of these fish were ones that Mr. Zhao had bought before, but he had never bought anglerfish before, and he didn't know if he would buy them.
Although anglerfish aren't very valuable, Ye Cheng didn't want to sell fish at the entrance of other people's residential areas anymore.
Feeling bored, I checked today's system:
Luck value: 60+20
Points: 230
Deposits: 17,000
Making money is not easy. I'll ask Zhao Zhiming about the competition later.
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