Chapter 129: Sold Over Twenty Thousand

While Boss Qian was on his way, Ye Cheng went to call Xiao Hu out, and the two headed to the seaside to see if yesterday's fish trap could still be found.

The wind and rain had passed, the tide had receded, only slightly higher than before.

Where seawater was last night, the bottom is now visible—a thick tidal flat with many small things visible to the naked eye jumping about.

After the big tide, it's bursting with life.

They walked a stretch to where they'd set the fish trap yesterday, but on the flat beach there was no sign of it.

"Brother, it must have been washed out to the sea bottom."

"Yeah, I see Yuan MazI?'s are gone too—his loss isn't small."

It's gone, Ye Cheng didn't mind too much—after all, last night's haul was already enough.

They went into the water and placed the remaining five fish traps in; although today's Luck Value wasn't high, it's better than nothing.

Just as they finished, Boss Qian called—he had already arrived.

Ye Cheng told him to drive to his older brother's place, then he and Xiao Hu rushed over.

As soon as they met, Boss Qian was overly enthusiastic, grabbing Ye Cheng in a hug,

"Little Ye, you haven't come to see me in ages—have you forgotten your big brother?"

"No way, I've just been busy with little stuff lately."

"Hahaha, as long as you haven't forgotten—here, I brought you a pack of Hua Zi cigarettes." Boss Qian casually pulled a pack of Hua Zi cigarettes from his bag and handed it to Ye Cheng.

"No, Boss Qian, you came to buy my goods and still give me cigarettes—I should be the one giving you them." Ye Cheng said, laughing while holding the cigarette pack.

"Why bother arguing over these things, brothers? Come, quickly show me what good stuff you have—I know you wouldn't call me if you didn't have anything good."

"Yeah, last night there was a big tide, we indeed got quite a bit—come in and have a look."

Ye Guowei went to work, leaving only Jiang Yunxiang and Dou Dou at home.

His older brother is just that stiff, loves going to work, and Ye Cheng can't do anything about it.

Jiang Yunxiang poured tea for everyone, but Boss Qian had no mind to drink, his thoughts solely on seeing the goods.

Ye Cheng and Xiao Hu carried out the items box by box from inside.

Each box they lifted made Boss Qian exclaim "wow", and after a few boxes Ye Cheng could hardly take it anymore,

"Boss Qian, there's no need to be so exaggerated."

Boss Qian chuckled, "Brother, you're the one being exaggerated—it's not me. With this much stuff, you want me to stay calm? Impossible."

Ye Cheng pressed his lips, not having taken out that big red-spotted fish; otherwise Boss Qian would have lunged at it.

With so much stuff, Boss Qian could only start calculating the money item by item.

Horn snails, 12 in total—large ones 1000 each, small ones 800 each, total ___ yuan.

Blue crabs, without roe just ordinary meat crabs—7–8 taels at 100 each, 5 taels at 50 each, 3 taels at 30 each, total 1760 yuan.

Sea cucumbers, thicker ones 120 per jin, thinner ones 80 per jin, total 4300 yuan.

Striped prawns, large 150 per jin, small 100 per jin, even smaller 80 per jin, total 4100 yuan.

Squid, larger ones 40 per jin, smaller ones 30 per jin, total 1200 yuan.

Swimming crabs, all about the same size, Boss Qian bought them at 40 per jin, total 900 yuan.

As for the miscellaneous fish, small shrimp, and octopus, Boss Qian originally wanted to buy them all, but Ye Cheng thought it better to leave them for his sister-in-law to eat herself.

This stuff wouldn't fetch much money anyway; better to use it to improve the meals.

This made Jiang Yunxiang feel sorry for him, constantly complaining that Ye Cheng had money but wasn't making more.

Boss Qian didn't care about these small items either; he could easily get them from wholesalers, what's hard to get are the big hauls, especially wild ones.

All told, the total is ___ yuan.

Upon hearing it was over twenty thousand yuan, Jiang Yunxiang's eyes widened and her breathing quickened.

Over twenty thousand in one night—more than Ye Guowei's annual income.

Xiao Hu was also excited, rubbing his hands and softly saying to Ye Cheng, "Brother, do you think this money could buy me a computer?"

Ye Cheng gave him a white-eye, "You won't save money to marry a wife—you insist on buying a computer."

"Then you still bought one."

"Brother is brother, brother is a legend; compared to him, plus, my computer isn't something you play with all day."

After their brief spat, Boss Qian pulled two stacks of whole large bills from his wallet, then counted out 3460 for Ye Cheng, and only then drove off satisfied.

"Brother, next time you have goods, remember to come find me."

Watching Boss Qian's car drive away, Ye Cheng waved his hand—this guy is also a talent.

According to Boss Qian's shop, this amount of seafood would last him a while.

Holding so much money, Ye Cheng even felt a little unaccustomed.

He gave 5000 each to his sister-in-law and Xiao Hu; Jiang Yunxiang politely declined at first, but Xiao Hu had no qualms.

Ye Cheng's money isn't taken for nothing.

Next up was handling this red-spotted fish; Ye Cheng let Xiao Hu go back.

He checked the time—it was already 10:30; Wang Ke should have started work, so he took out his phone and called Wang Ke.

The phone connected quickly, and Wang Ke's tone came through, neither humble nor arrogant,

"Ye Brother, what do you need?"

This was only the second time dealing with Wang Ke; frankly, they had little rapport, and Ye Cheng could tell the other party wasn't keen to engage with him, only out of respect for Zhao Zhiming's face.

But to sell this kind of high-end goods, he still had to go through them.

"President Wang, are you busy?"

"Hmm, not bad—no customers yet, just getting ready." Wang Ke said lightly, with no intention of probing further.

Then Ye Cheng could only say it himself.

Um, President Wang, I got a red-spotted fish over here; I don't know if you're interested.

Red-spotted fish? I can take that, but we have to look at quality; we don't want ones that are too small.

President Wang, don't worry, ours is big, over eleven jin. Ye Cheng quickly reported the weight.

Then send it over; I'll have someone receive it when it arrives. I have guests now, so I'll hang up. After saying that, President Wang hung up the phone.

Ye Cheng was a little annoyed, but he also had to admit that upscale places are indeed high-end; they didn't even blink an eye at an over-eleven-jin red-spotted fish.

After returning and riding the motorcycle over, Ye Cheng planned to deliver the red-spotted fish.

Just as he returned to the doorstep of his older brother's house, he saw a woman walking over, carrying a bunch of things.

Aunt Yuan?

This is Yuan MazI?'s wife; I don't know why she came.

Seeing Ye Cheng, Aunt Yuan hurried a few steps, her face a little awkward.

"Lao Er, you're here too, perfect; Auntie came to thank you all." Aunt Yuan said loudly.

Ye Cheng let out a cold snort; this is to thank them three for saving Yuan MazI?.

But thanking someone while not showing up in person lacks sincerity.

Not striking a smiling face, Ye Cheng opened the door and made a gesture of invitation.