"This child, of course we parents should give the matchmaker's red envelope, how can you give it? You've broken the rules," Aunt Wang said with a laugh and a scolding.
"Auntie, it doesn't matter who gives it to you, just hurry up and arrange it for him, I'm waiting."
Thinking about Xiao Hu's simple-minded nature, Ye Cheng found it amusing to imagine how he would react during a blind date.
"Okay, Auntie will arrange it. Should I find one for you too?"
"No, no, Auntie, you can find it for Xiaohu. I'll do my own."
After saying that, Ye Cheng quickly ran away; if he continued, the boomerang would hit him.
With the money from selling the large yellow croaker, Ye Cheng had 110,000 yuan in savings. Having over 100,000 yuan made Ye Cheng feel much more at ease.
I was really short of money a while ago, and I was starting to panic.
I went straight to my older brother's house for lunch. I arrived around 11 a.m., and the Jiangyun fragrant rice was already in the pot.
"Acheng is here, why didn't you say so sooner?" Jiang Yunxiang quickly steamed some buns.
"I had something to do this morning and have been busy until now. By the way, sister-in-law, didn't you go with them to sell crayfish today?" Ye Cheng asked.
"No, I didn't go. There's still a lot of work to be done on the mudflats these past few days. Your older brother is too busy, so I went to help. I'm coming back to cook now, and your older brother will be back soon."
Ye Cheng picked up Dou Dou and sat down. He was a little surprised to hear Jiang Yunxiang say that there was still a lot of work to do.
"No, sister-in-law, we're doing extensive farming this time, so we don't need to feed the animals, and the nets are already set up. Is there anything else we need to do?"
While picking vegetables, Jiang Yunxiang chatted with Ye Cheng, "We don't need feed, but we still have to clean up the garbage. You have no idea how much garbage the tide brings up now, plastic bags, plastic bottles, broken glass and stuff like that."
Speaking of garbage, Ye Cheng has some feelings about it; there really is a lot. He hauled out quite a bit with his net yesterday.
"Also, you have to keep an eye on the crabs. Those crabs eat shellfish, and some of them will climb over the net and get in. If you don't watch them, the seedlings will all be eaten."
"Then your older brother noticed that there wasn't much algae these past two days, so he got some chicken manure and poured it on top."
"Also, there are a few places where the soil is a bit hardened, and the seedlings can't grow in them. Your older brother took a hoe and loosened it up."
Listening to Jiang Yunxiang's endless tales, Lin Fang was dumbfounded. "Damn it, is there really such a thing? Weren't we supposed to be born and raised by nature?"
"Okay, I'll call Xiaohu this afternoon, and the three of us will go and get it done together, so we can get it done faster."
At noon, Ye Guowei returned wearing a straw hat and covered in mud.
"Brother, you went to work by yourself without calling us," Ye Cheng complained.
Ye Guowei put down his tools, took off his clothes, revealing his strong physique honed by years of hard work.
"What are you yelling about? You have your own boat now. You go out to sea to fish, and I stay home to look after the fish farm. I have to take care of both."
Ye Guowei was actually quite worried that the farm would not turn out well, after all, he had invested over 100,000 yuan in it.
"Brother, we're free this afternoon. I'll take Xiaohu with me to help you."
"Okay, come home for dinner this afternoon after you're done. Don't keep making Xiaohu do things for nothing."
"Okay, bro."
Pshaw, he's still making Xiao Hu do things for free. I just sent him 40,000 this morning.
Lunch was simple; I just stir-fried two dishes, and since Ye Cheng was here, I also stir-fried some sliced meat.
Ye Cheng didn't care; as long as he didn't have to cook for himself, he was fine.
"By the way, Cheng, you said yesterday that your network was down?" Ye Guowei asked during dinner.
"Well, we didn't get much during the day, but Xiao Hu and I went again at night, and, well, hehe." Ye Cheng couldn't help but laugh when he thought about the haul of the big yellow croaker.
DouDou glanced at Ye Cheng and said in her childish voice, "Second Uncle, your smile is so naughty."
Ye Cheng's face darkened. "This kid, it's a good thing you haven't learned any words like 'treacherous' or 'cunning'."
"What's wrong? Did Acheng have a good harvest last night?" Jiang Yunxiang asked curiously.
"Yeah, we got some big yellow croakers last night and sold quite a few." Ye Cheng didn't say the exact number, mainly because the number was a bit alarming.
"What?! Big yellow croaker! Wild big yellow croaker! My goodness! That must cost several thousand yuan per kilogram!" Jiang Yunxiang exclaimed, putting down her chopsticks.
"Yes, 2000 per jin, and there was also a 3-jin one that sold for 5000 per jin," Ye Cheng gave a rough estimate.
Even Ye Guowei was taken aback. "5,000 yuan per jin? Are large yellow croakers really that expensive now?"
"Brother, wild yellow croakers are rare and hard to come by, and this one weighs over 3 jin (1.5 catties), so of course it's expensive."
Ye Guowei nodded, picked up his chopsticks and was about to pick up some food when he suddenly remembered, "You can't tell anyone where you served the fish, or we won't be able to get it anymore."
"Brother, I caught it at the fishing ground that Uncle Duan took me to. There are plenty of boats there, so why should I tell you?"
Upon hearing that it was the fish farm that Duan Chunsheng had brought, Ye Guowei sighed with emotion.
"You're just lucky. Your Uncle Duan has been fishing for so long, and I've never heard of him catching a wild yellow croaker."
The group chatted and ate lunch. Upon hearing Ye Cheng mention catching a large yellow croaker, Ye Guowei couldn't resist adding a glass of baijiu to his drink, though he still received a glare from Jiang Yunxiang.
After lunch, Ye Cheng called Xiao Hu out, and the two of them, carrying tongs, straw hats, and a bucket, followed Ye Guowei down to the mudflats.
"Tiger, has your mom mentioned introducing you to someone?" Ye Cheng teased Tiger on the way.
Little Tiger's dark face suddenly turned red. Could it be that he was blushing?
"Bro, what are you saying? What blind date or not?" This guy is still being stubborn. Damn it, he wasn't shy when we were fighting, but he suddenly becomes shy when it comes to blind dates.
"You're not getting any younger, going on blind dates is perfectly normal, what's there for a man to be afraid of?" Ye Cheng seized the opportunity to scold him.
Ye Guowei, who came in earlier, added a sentence.
"Ah Cheng, how about you ask your sister-in-law to find you someone too?"
One sentence immediately shut Ye Cheng up: "Brother, no, I'm focused on my career right now, let's put women aside for now."
Wise people don't fall in love; they only enjoy foot massages.
Although it's not a compliment, Ye Cheng doesn't have that idea for the time being.
Xiao Rou is a nice girl, but our family backgrounds are quite different, and we don't interact much. She hasn't seen Ye Cheng for a while and hasn't been thinking about him.
As Ye Cheng and Xiao Hu hurt each other, the three of them ended up on the mudflats.
Ye Guowei pointed to the mudflats and began to assign tasks.
"I just took a walk around in the morning. There was a lot of trash. We mainly picked up the trash, as well as the crabs and the snails that were preying on us."
"Okay, brother, don't worry. We all grew up by the sea, we know that much."
There were only three of them, so they couldn't line up and scan the entire area; they had to divide the work into sections.
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