Chapter 240: Contracting the tidal flat?

Ye Cheng first took out 7000 yuan, "Brother, this is the money from selling bird's nest yesterday, 7000 each."

"That much? You didn't put up your own money, did you?"

"Brother, we sold 20,000, what money do I need to cover? Come, sister-in-law, I'm handing the money to you."

Jiang Yunxiang smiled and took in the money, 7000 yuan, another big income.

After three rounds of drinks, Ye Cheng suddenly put down his cup, looking at Ye Guowei and Jiang Yunxiang and said,

"Brother, sister-in-law, I have a proposal; I don't know what you think."

Seeing Ye Cheng speak so formally, the two also put down their utensils.

"Family, just say what you have to say."

"Yeah, A Cheng, are you thinking about finding a wife? Sister-in-law will go arrange it for you."

Ye Cheng quickly interjected, "It's not my own matter; I want to contract a piece of tidal flat, then have Brother and Sister-in-law be responsible for raising it, with profits split 70-30, you seven, me three."

"Contract tidal flat?" Ye Guowei frowned, "You mean aquaculture, right?"

"A Cheng, contracting tidal flat costs a hundred per year per mu? Ten mu would be one thousand, plus seedlings and maintenance, the investment is too big." Jiang Yunxiang also knew a bit.

"Sister-in-law, money isn't a problem, I'll cover it. Aquaculture is a long-term thing, and if Brother does aquaculture at home, he won't have to go to the dock every day for hard labor; he couldn't do that for many more years anyway."

Ye Cheng said while looking at Ye Guowei, hard labor like this can actually be done until age 50 without problem, but later the physical burden will be great.

He hopes Ye Guowei can get out of this line of work sooner.

Doing tidal flat aquaculture, although also tiring, offers more autonomous time and won't wear people out.

Moreover, later on, as long as funding keeps up, it can completely shift to marine aquaculture, which is no problem.

When Jiang Yunxiang heard that they wouldn't have to do hard labor, she promptly closed her mouth; she also didn't want her husband to do that all day.

"Brother, if you do aquaculture, you also won't have to deal with people, and later when Dou Dou talks about it, he can say his father is the manager of an aquaculture farm, which is better than saying he's a porter."

"Right, Dou Dou?" Ye Cheng looked at his little nephew.

Dou Dou cooperatively nodded, "Hmm, 'manager' sounds nice."

Ye Guowei pursed his lips, then looked at his wife; Jiang Yunxiang quickly nodded, "Aquaculture is good; just consider it learning a skill, and it's right at our doorstep, I can also help."

"Contracting tidal flat is fine; we'll treat it as a partnership and split profits evenly." Ye Guowei then started calculating the split.

"Brother, this is mainly you and sister-in-law's doing; I won't participate in operations or management; frankly I'm just a shareholder, an investor—how could a shareholder take that much? So it's 70-30, you seven, me three, set."

Seeing Ye Cheng's firm attitude, Ye Guowei also said nothing.

After a moment of silence, Ye Guowei finally spoke, "Tomorrow I'll quit my job, then go see the village chief about the contract."

"No, brother, if you go like that you'll definitely get scammed; wait for me to go with you. Tomorrow I also want to go out to sea; big brother, since you're quitting anyway, you can't not go out to sea with us tomorrow—help us drive the boat."

"Fine, let's do it as you said."

After Ye Guowei finished his matter, Jiang Yunxiang brought up another topic, talking about crayfish.

Saying that yesterday Zhang Guafu sold another few hundred yuan, several old ladies got anxious, looking for Jiang Yunxiang hoping to get together early.

Ye Cheng didn't mind, but a big problem with crayfish is the supply.

Wild ones are just wild—one is unsafe, the other is insufficient supply.

If you really want to grow this business, there are two ways: one is to purchase wild stock, the other is to farm it yourself.

As of now, probably only farming is possible.

"Sister-in-law, how about this: whenever I have time, we'll call over a few ladies and the two Chen brothers, and we'll discuss."

Hearing Ye Cheng say they'd discuss together, Jiang Yunxiang happily agreed; at least she had explained things to those old ladies.

After chatting with big brother and sister-in-law, before heading back Ye Cheng went over to Xiao Hu's place to ask Wang Defa about selling the boat.

Wang Defa opened with a price of 40,000 yuan—this guy is really penny-pinching crazy.

A new wooden boat would only be 120,000 yuan; he's used this boat for over ten years and still wants to sell it that expensive.

Ye Cheng couldn't be bothered with him; he'll talk later.

As for tomorrow's outing to sea, Ye Cheng still needs to check the luck value given by the system; if it's too low, going out to sea would be wasting money.

The next morning, Ye Cheng got up early.

Luck Value: 60+20

Points:

Savings: 170,000, external debt 40,000, mortgage 300,000 (including interest).

Not bad, let's go out to sea!

He called Xiao Hu to rent a boat, then Ye Cheng took some breakfast and left.

Today we're not cave-diving, no need to bring a ladder, it's more convenient.

After calling big brother, the three rushed to the dock; Wang Defa was already sitting there waiting.

"Uncle Two, just give the key to Xiao Hu, why do you need to come yourself?"

Ye Cheng teased the old guy; looking at him, surely it was because Xiao Hu yesterday went to tell him about buying the boat that moved him.

Wang Defa gave a hehe smile, handed the key to Ye Cheng, "Old Two, look, isn't it more convenient to have a boat? Uncle Two's boat—you should just buy it, and you'll save on rental fees."

Ye Cheng took the key in one go, "Uncle Two, I want to buy it; the problem is it's a bit pricey—if you lower the price, I'll buy it right away."

Wang Defa gave an embarrassed laugh, "Old Two, it's only 40,000—look how well I've maintained this boat; 40,000 yuan gets you a boat, it's a great deal."

"What's so great about it? It's been over ten years, everything that should be broken is broken; who knows how many more years it'll last."

"Then, I still have the license for it—licenses aren't issued anymore these days." Wang Defa got anxious.

"I just want to use it as a means of transport; if the license isn't valid, you can take it back and keep it at home."

Ye Cheng saying that left Wang Defa speechless; purely speaking of the boat, it might be worth just over ten thousand, but with the license it's worth money.

"Alright, now Ye Cheng says he doesn't care about the license at all—this isn't a game."

"Then name your price, I'll listen." Wang Defa edged forward, standing on the boat and not getting off, wanting Ye Cheng to quote a price.

"20,000, all from one village, and I'm giving a high price!"

Wang Defa's face was black as charcoal; he himself had offered 40,000, yet you counteroffered 20,000—it's like you're buying clothes.

"Lao Er, add a bit more, your price is too low!" Wang Defa still gets all clingy.

"Uncle, then name your price. Be straightforward, give a real price—we need to go out to sea. We've chartered this Boat today, and you standing here is wasting our time."