The next day, Ye Cheng checked the system.
Luck value: 20+20
Points: 4800
Savings: 100,000; Foreign debt: 10,000; Mortgage: 300,000
Another 30,000 yuan was spent, which was given to my older brother in advance so that he could help me buy materials.
Fortunately, it's just a farmhouse inn, so there's no need to use those high-end decoration materials, otherwise Ye Cheng estimated that he would have lost all of his money.
There was an unread message on my phone from Duan Yong; he had delivered another 200 jin (100 catties) today.
However, this time Ye Cheng had him squat there and keep watch to see how Brother Kong was selling crayfish, whether it was really hard to sell or what.
After finishing his morning business, Ye Cheng called Xiao Hu and Duan Chunsheng to go to the dock.
Duan Chunsheng looks good today. Duan Yong put the shrimp in the farm yesterday, so it didn't bother him.
We just arrived at the dock, and haven't boarded the ship yet.
"Second brother, wait a minute."
A figure jogged over from the other side of the dock; his posture clearly identified him as Lao He.
Ye Cheng stopped and waited for Lao He to run closer before teasing, "Hey, Lao He, we haven't even set sail yet, so there aren't any giant grouper waiting for you. Don't blame Xiao Hu for running so fast."
Old He rolled his eyes at Ye Cheng, then pursed his lips and said, "It's not a grouper. I asked you to send me ten more free-range chickens. My mother-in-law thought they were delicious and asked me to buy some more."
Upon hearing that it was about free-range chickens, Ye Cheng immediately agreed, "Sure, I'll call Boss Zhu right away. Next time there's something like this, just call him directly. Why go all the way here?"
"Hehe, I came all this way to show my sincerity, so if there are any grouper left today, remember to save them for me." Old He looked like a shrewd businessman.
Ye Cheng nodded and said, "Okay, if there are any giant grouper, you can have them, but I think it's unlikely. Only one has come up in all this time."
Given today's luck, Ye Cheng wouldn't want to go to sea.
It's obvious that there are no high-end products.
Ye Cheng called Zhu Liwen in front of Lao He. Zhu Liwen said he could send him down the mountain immediately, as he had bought a motorcycle now, making it much more convenient for him to go down the mountain.
With the matter settled, the three of them finally set sail.
Along the way, it was a bit strange that we didn't encounter many returning boats.
"Why are you all back at this hour?" Duan Chunsheng looked at them with suspicion, as they didn't seem to have just finished fishing.
Just then, a ship came towards them; it belonged to Wang Defa.
Duan Chunsheng stood on the deck and shouted, "Old Wang, why are you back? Is it all done already?"
Wang Defa slowed down the boat and then made a microphone with his hand. "No—there are several patrol boats outside today. I don't know what they're up to. We trawlers can't do our trawls."
"Are you going to set up trawl nets or fish traps?"
"We went there to collect fish traps."
"That's alright, I'll head back now."
Wang Defa mentioned a patrol boat, but he didn't know which department it belonged to; it could be from the fisheries department or the police.
Neither Ye Cheng nor Xiao Hu had encountered this situation before, so they could only look at Duan Chunsheng and ask, "Uncle, what's the meaning of the patrol boat? Has something happened? Or are they saying fishing is prohibited?"
Duan Chunsheng shook his head. "It's hard to say. I've encountered it a few times. Once they said they were catching smugglers, and another time they said they were catching fugitives. Anyway, it's never a good thing."
"Smugglers? We have them here too? Shouldn't we only be looking for them in the south?"
Ye Cheng remembered seeing this in Hong Kong movies, and thought it only existed in those remote places. How come he had this thing here too?
Duan Chunsheng waved his hand, "Smuggling is all the same. To put it bluntly, it's about going out to sea and then finding a place to land. Maybe the checks in the south are too strict, so they changed to a longer route."
Or it could be packaged directly from offshore and landed in various locations; it's hard to say.
"Will there be a gunfight?" Ye Cheng asked curiously.
Back in the day, smuggling in Hong Kong movies was all about bullets flying everywhere.
"Yeah, yeah, Uncle, I've seen it in movies, they're all driving speedboats with the police chasing after them. Brother Chen even filmed one, it was so exciting." Xiao Hu became interested when this topic came up.
"What are you guys thinking?" Duan Chunsheng curled his lip. "Anyway, I've never seen anything that exciting. I've only heard people say that they pretend to be fishing boats and then load cargo in the water tanks."
"Oh, this isn't exciting at all," Xiao Hu said, looking disappointed.
Ye Cheng tapped him, "Damn, do you want us to run into a gunfight? Are you out of your mind?"
He only has a beachcombing system, not some other god-level combat system. If he gets into a gunfight, he might be killed by a single shot. He should just focus on making money honestly and investing steadily.
After driving for more than half an hour, the three of them actually saw a patrol boat sailing past in the distance.
"This is a police document. Looks like there really is a case." Ye Cheng recognized it at a glance.
"Brother, why don't we go check it out? If we catch someone, we might get a reward or something?"
"Get lost, hurry up and turn around, go get the trap."
Catching these smuggling criminals? They're risking their lives!
They set up their traps on a side channel because the main channel wasn't on the main route.
It's another half hour's drive ahead and we'll arrive.
We didn't encounter any ships along the way, until finally, when we were almost at our destination, a ship suddenly came towards us.
Their 12-meter fishing boat, just like Ye Cheng's, also looked quite old.
Xiao Hu's first reaction upon seeing the boat was: "Holy crap, is it going to steal our fish traps again?"
Ye Cheng and Duan Chunsheng hadn't originally thought about it this way, but after Xiao Hu said that, they couldn't suppress the idea anymore.
"I'll go, let me see."
Ye Cheng stood up and stared blankly at the other ship.
There were only two people on the other boat, an old man and a middle-aged man. They looked at Ye Cheng curiously, then looked at their own boat, thinking that something had happened to their boat.
The two boats quickly passed each other. Ye Cheng confirmed that there were no fish on the deck; it was clean, with only a few baskets on it.
He waved to the other side and called out, "Going back already?"
The middle-aged man opposite him sat on the deck without saying a word, only nodding and giving an awkward smile.
"There's nothing there, don't look anymore, it's just Xiao Hu scaring people." Duan Chunsheng glared at Xiao Hu in annoyance.
Xiao Hu pouted, "It just happened to pop into my head, I didn't do it on purpose."
"Alright, let's look ahead and see if our things are still there."
After driving for a few minutes, they saw a group of floats. Xiao Hu breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank goodness, it really wasn't someone stealing fish traps."
Ye Cheng shook his head. "You, what are you thinking about all day long? There's no need for so many people to throw fish into the water."
Xiao Hu curled his lip in disdain, "Tch, you guys were staring at their boats like they were thieves, but they couldn't be bothered with you and didn't even say a word."
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