Chapter 276

Strange goods can be hoarded; now Buddha's Hand Snails are too scarce, good ones even scarcer—with such a large batch of good goods coming out, it's hard not to make money.

Boss Gao looked at Ye Cheng, shook his head, and said, "Old Two, your village used to call you a village loafer; I don't know what the people of Baiyun Village are thinking—such a sharp person, how could he be a village loafer?"

Just as his words fell, everyone heard a voice from behind: "Who says our Old Two is a village loafer?"

Then Ye Cheng saw Duan Chunsheng bring Duan Yong in and squeeze through; upon entering, Duan Chunsheng impolitely glanced at everyone and said, "Tell you all, if anyone says Old Two is a village loafer again, I'll get angry with them."

"Ah, Uncle, just joking, you're back?" Ye Cheng hurriedly pulled over, he was doing business.

"Yeah, Uncle Chunsheng, it's fine." Ye Guowei walked over and passed him a cigarette.

Seeing Duan Chunsheng and Duan Yong come over, Jiang Yunxiang and Xiao Hu became solemn, then sold the scattered goods in the pit, while Ye Cheng and Ye Guowei chatted with Duan Chunsheng for a few sentences.

"Buddha's Hand Snail, you guys got this many today?" Duan Chunsheng only then saw the things on the ground; he had just been passing by, hearing others say village loafer and seeing Ye Cheng, so he squeezed in.

"Hmm, that island you mentioned, Uncle, go check it out when you get the chance—there might still be some."

"That island has Buddha's Hand Snail." Duan Chunsheng slapped his thigh and shouted, "If I'd known earlier I wouldn't have told you—I should have gone myself."

Seeing his exaggerated look, Ye Cheng knew he was joking.

Duan Chunsheng is just straightforward; he won't envy you for gaining benefits, a point Ye Cheng appreciates, so he also speaks frankly.

Hearing Ye Cheng reveal the location of his family's Buddha's Hand Snail, Duan Yong was shocked; still, his father had good judgment—teaming up with Ye Cheng, even just drinking some meat broth filled him up.

"Uncle Shu, how's today? Didn't catch a fish school, huh, with such a temper." Ye Cheng teased.

Duan Chunsheng sighed, "Old Two's right—I truly haven't encountered a fish school, but the harvest isn't bad, sold over 500, enough."

Over 500 a day is indeed not bad, after all it's not like Ye Cheng who makes over ten thousand every day.

Soon Jiang Yunxiang and Xiao Hu got the money back, Buddha's Hand Snail sold for yuan, miscellaneous goods sold for 300 yuan, plus the 6000 yuan from Silver Pomfret, total sold for yuan.

Seeing so much money coming in, Duan Chunsheng gulped hard and grabbed Ye Cheng,

"Old Two, you're ruthless—one trip out to sea nets twenty thousand, no way, you're buying dinner tonight."

"Uncle, if we eat, we eat; let's eat at the Matou, my sister-in-law and them are also tired, can't cook when we go back."

Ye Cheng waved his hand, six people headed together toward the Matou.

On the way, Ye Cheng first divided the money, gave Xiao Hu 4500, originally said to give Ye Guowei and Jiang Yunxiang as two people, 9000, but Ye Guowei refused to take it, let him keep it himself, so he just took 5000 and that was it.

Since the eldest brother didn't want that much, Ye Cheng also put it away, calculating that his savings now amounted to 120,900.

Dinner still went to the fat guy's place; Ye Cheng likes strong flavors, and Wu Pangzi's dishes suit him.

Xiao Chen was still working here; this time seeing Ye Cheng, he wasn't as afraid as before. Now everyone at the Matou says Ye Cheng has money, and he's not as unreliable as before; according to adults, he's matured.

Six people, five men and one woman, booked a private room and started drinking.

Ye Cheng and his three buddies drank beer like water; as soon as the dishes arrived, they finished a bottle after drinking one jin.

Today everyone's harvest was good, naturally they drank happily, especially Duan Yong; under Duan Chunsheng's direction, he immediately made two rounds, and the atmosphere immediately rose.

Seeing that everyone had drunk about the same, Ye Cheng spoke up about the main matter.

"Duan Shu, I have a question for you?"

Duan Chunsheng's face was already red, and he spoke bluntly: "Lao Er, you say, if you want me to handle something, just tell me straight; I can handle anything that's not illegal."

Ye Cheng put down his wine cup; seeing that this posture meant they were going to discuss the main matter, everyone else also put down their chopsticks and looked at Ye Cheng.

"Duan Shu, I want to run for Village Chief this time; do you think there's hope?" Ye Cheng said slowly.

"Village Chief?" Duan Chunsheng was stunned.

Ye Guowei and Xiao Hu beside him also looked bewildered, let alone Jiang Yunxiang and Duan Yong.

"A Cheng, how did you suddenly think of running for Village Chief? Why didn't you tell me before?" Ye Guowei asked with a slightly reproachful tone.

"Brother, I hadn't thought it through before, so I didn't say anything; now I'm just asking, not very sure, so I'm just asking around a little at the table."

Ye Guowei hadn't spoken yet when Xiao Hu was the first to raise his hand: "Brother, I support you; if you become Village Chief, I can swagger around the village from now on."

"Get lost! I want to be Village Chief to bully men and dominate women? Look at your awareness." Ye Cheng gave him a sideways glance, and after saying that he looked toward Duan Chunsheng.

Jiang Yunxiang then consciously closed her mouth; such a major matter usually doesn't give a woman like her a chance to speak.

Duan Chunsheng furrowed his brow, the redness on his face receding a bit, then he looked at Ye Cheng with a solemn expression and slightly shook his head,

"Lao Er, I support your running for Village Chief, but you also know our village's situation: the Chen Family is a big surname, and they have always been the ones in charge; it's a bit hard to pick an outsider like you."

At most, we can work together to push you onto the village committee; that's about as far as we can go.

Ye Cheng nodded slightly; this is pretty much what Li Quezi said.

"However." Duan Chunsheng suddenly changed his tone: "I have good relations with several people in the Chen Family; if you really want to run, I should be able to help you gather a few votes, and I can also go lobby those I know well in the village."

Ye Guowei looked at his younger brother; it didn't seem like he was joking: "A Cheng, big brother and your sister-in-law also have a few households on good terms in the village; we can go talk to them, the village committee is not a big problem, but Village Chief is too difficult."

Ye Cheng first thanked Duan Chunsheng a bit; his words were quite meaningful, and he could even persuade a few of the Chen Family, which showed he genuinely wanted to help Ye Cheng.

"So, if I want to win the Village Chief election, I must get some votes from the Chen Family, right?"

"Yes, no less than 40 votes." Duan Chunsheng said decisively.

"40 votes, that's 40 people, Brother, you can't pull that many votes, can you?" Xiao Hu interjected.

Ye Cheng naturally knew he couldn't get that many; looking now, Chen Jinshui is possible, this guy is originally an oddball.

Chen Jinli is not certain either; as for the two brothers of the Chen Family, they wouldn't offend their own father for my sake.

"Alright, let's talk about it later; let's drink."

Ye Cheng's bid for Village Chief wasn't a must-win; since it's so hard, let's wait for an opportunity and talk later; first make money, and with money anything can be discussed.

While eating, Ye Cheng again asked Duan Chunsheng for some fishing tips; according to Duan Chunsheng, generally speaking, fishing is done near the approximate fishing grounds.