Chapter 266: A Cheng, you said yesterday your nets came up empty?

"This kid, the matchmaker's red envelope was naturally given by our elders—how could it be you giving it? You've broken the rules." Wang Shen laughed and scolded.

"Aunt, it doesn't matter who gives it, hurry up and arrange it for him—I'm waiting."

"Thinking about Xiao Hu's clueless look, not knowing what embarrassing situation he'd be in during a blind date, Ye Cheng found it quite amusing."

"Fine, Aunt will arrange it—do you want me to find one for you too?"

"No, no, Aunt, just find one for Xiao Hu; I'll handle my own."

"Having said that, Ye Cheng hurriedly escaped; if he kept talking, the boomerang would come back to hit him."

"With the money from selling the big yellow fish, his savings reached 110,000; having several ten thousand made Ye Cheng feel much more at ease."

"Recently he'd really been out of money, feeling a bit anxious."

"He went straight to his older brother's place for lunch, arriving after 11; Jiang Yunxiang had already put the rice on to cook."

"\"A Cheng's here, why didn't you say so earlier? \" Jiang Yunxiang hurriedly steamed some buns."

"\"I had things to do this morning, been busy until now—by the way, sister-in-law, you didn't go with them to sell crayfish today? \" Ye Cheng asked."

"\"Yeah, I didn't go. These past couple days there's still a lot of work on the tidal flats; my older brother can't keep up, so I went to help. I'll come back to cook first, and your older brother will be back soon. \""

"Ye Cheng brought Dou Dou over and sat down; hearing Jiang Yunxiang say there was still a lot of work, he found it a bit strange."

"\"No, sister-in-law, we're not doing extensive aquaculture this time—no feed needed, the nets are already set up—what else is there to do? \""

"Jiang Yunxiang picked vegetables while chatting with Ye Cheng: \"No feed is needed, but we still have to clean up the trash—you have no idea how much garbage the tide brings in, plastic bags, plastic bottles, even broken glass. \""

"When talking about trash, Ye Cheng felt it too—there really is a lot; yesterday he dragged the net and pulled up quite a bit."

"\"Also, we have to watch the crabs—they eat the shells; crabs keep crawling over the nets, and if we don't keep an eye on them, the seedlings will all be eaten. \""

"\"Then your older brother noticed the algae were a bit scarce these past two days, so he went and spread some chicken manure. \""

"\"Also, a few spots have become compacted; the seedlings can't take root, so your older brother went and loosened the soil with a hoe. \""

"Listening to Jiang Yunxiang go on and on, Lin Fang stared open-mouthed—good grief, who would have thought there'd be all this? Weren't we supposed to just let nature take its course?"

"\"Alright, this afternoon I'll call Xiao Hu, and the three of us will go take care of it—let's get it done quickly. \""

"At noon, Ye Guowei came back wearing a straw hat, covered in mud."

"\"Brother, you went to work alone and didn't even call us. \" Ye Cheng complained."

"Ye Guowei set down his tools, took off his clothes, revealing his sturdy build from years of labor,"

"\"What are you shouting about? You have your own boat—you go out to fish, while I stay home to watch the farm; both sides need looking after. \""

"Ye Guowei was actually worried the farm wouldn't turn out well, after all he'd invested several ten thousand into it."

"\"Brother, we're free this afternoon—I'll bring Xiao Hu along to help you. \""

"\"Fine, after we finish this afternoon we'll come home to eat—don't keep ordering Xiao Hu around for nothing. \""

"\"Got it, brother. \""

"Tch, still ordering Xiao Hu around—this morning I just sent him 40,000."

"Lunch was simple—just a couple of hastily stir-fried dishes, but since Ye Cheng came, I stir-fried an extra slice of meat."

"Ye Cheng didn't mind either—as long as he didn't have to cook rice and had something to eat."

"\"By the way, A Cheng, you said yesterday your nets came up empty? \" Ye Guowei asked as they ate."

"\"Yeah, we didn't catch much during the day, but tonight Xiao Hu and I went out again—hehe. \" Thinking of the big yellow fish haul, Ye Cheng couldn't help but laugh."

"Dou Dou glanced at Ye Cheng and said in a childish voice, \"Uncle Er, your laugh is so wicked. \""

"Ye Cheng's face darkened—\"This kid, good thing you haven't learned words like deceitful. \""

"\"How was it, A Cheng? Did you have a good haul last night? \" Jiang Yunxiang asked curiously."

"\"Yeah, we caught some big yellow fish last night and sold quite a bit. \" Ye Cheng didn't give exact numbers, mainly because the amount was a bit shocking."

"\"What? Big yellow fish, wild big yellow fish—my goodness, that must be several thousand per catty! \" Jiang Yunxiang exclaimed, putting down her chopsticks."

"\"Yeah, 2000 per catty, and there was a 3‑catty one that sold for 5000 per catty. \" Ye Cheng gave a rough figure."

"Even Ye Guowei was unsettled now—\"5000 per catty—has big yellow fish really gotten that expensive? \""

"\"Brother, wild big yellow fish are rare to encounter, and it's over three catties—of course it's expensive. \""

"Ye Guowei nodded, picked up his chopsticks about to grab a dish, then suddenly thought, \"You can't tell anyone where you caught the fish, or there won't be any left later. \""

"\"Brother, I caught it at the fishing ground Uncle Duan took me to—there are plenty of boats there, what's there to tell or not tell? \""

"Upon hearing it was the fishing ground Duan Chunsheng took him to, Ye Guowei sighed,"

"\"It's just that you're lucky—your Uncle Duan has been fishing for ages and never heard of catching a wild big yellow fish. \""

"They chatted while finishing lunch; hearing Ye Cheng say he'd caught big yellow fish, Ye Guowei couldn't help but pour himself an extra glass of baijiu—of course he still got Jiang Yunxiang's eye roll."

"After lunch, Ye Cheng went to call Xiao Hu out; the two grabbed clamps, wore straw hats, picked up a bucket, and followed Ye Guowei onto the tidal flats."

"\"Hey Hu, has your mom told you about the matchmaking thing? \" On the way, Ye Cheng started teasing Xiao Hu."

"Xiao Hu's dark face flushed instantly—geez, look at this guy blushing."

"\"Brother, what are you talking about? What's this about matchmaking or not? \" This guy's still stubborn—damn, he's not shy when fighting, but gets shy about matchmaking."

"\"You're not young anymore—matchmaking is pretty normal; what's a man got to be afraid of? \" Ye Cheng seized the chance to scold him."

"Meanwhile, Ye Guowei up front added,"

"\"A Cheng, want me to have your sister‑in‑law help you find someone? \""

"That sentence instantly shut Ye Cheng up—\"Brother, no, I'm focused on my career now; I'll put women aside for now. \""

"The wise don't fall into love's river; all they have is foot massage."

"Although that's not exactly a good saying, for Ye Cheng right now he temporarily has no such thought."

"Xiao Rou is a nice girl, but their family backgrounds differ quite a bit, they don't interact much, and during this period not seeing Ye Cheng she hasn't been thinking about him."

"In the process of Ye Cheng and Xiao Hu hurting each other, the three of them walked onto the tidal flats."

"Ye Guowei pointed at the tidal flats and began assigning tasks,"

In the morning I just wandered around; there was a lot of garbage, so we mainly picked up garbage, and there were also crabs and those predatory snails—all of them had to be picked up.

Alright, bro, don't worry; we grew up by the sea, we still don't know this?

There were only three of them, they couldn't line up abreast to sweep through, so they could only start handling it in sections.