Chapter 286: Invitation to the Class Reunion

After saying that, Ye Cheng ignored Hu Xiao Li's shouts behind him, pulled Aunt Zhang and left.

"A Cheng, why aren't you attending the class reunion? You have money now, you should go—let people see how well you're doing." Zhang Guafu was a bit puzzled.

"Doing well, why need others to see? Just doing well yourself is enough."

"Alright, Aunt, since we finally made it to the city, let's buy some things to take back."

Ye Cheng actually didn't have much to buy, though he bought some daily necessities and bedding.

This bedding refers to duvet covers and pillowcases, not those kinds of bedding.

Originally they planned to have lunch together, but Zhang Guafu was thinking about her child and wanted to go back, so Ye Cheng also headed back early.

At the same time, Hu Xiao Li took advantage of her free time to make a phone call.

"Hey, Class Monitor, guess who I saw today?"

The person on the other end was Ye Cheng's class monitor Wu Bin, the same one he had met when selling bird's nest last time, and Wu Bin laughed and said,

"Did you meet Prince Charming?"

"Prince Charming my ass, but the fish‑catching prince is real—I ran into Ye Cheng."

"Ye Cheng? You ran into him too? Last time I went to buy bird's nest I also ran into him, holding a few slices and trying to sell them for 20,000 per jin—this guy feels like his brain's never worked right, hahaha."

"Oh, there's more. Today I saw him bring a middle‑aged woman to the hospital; that woman must be about forty, I asked who she was, and he said she was from the same village, then he hurried off."

"Whoa, that's intense? You're saying Ye Cheng found an old woman?" Wu Bin perked up hearing this; such explosive news could make him happy all day.

"I guess that's it; I wanted to invite him to the class reunion, but he said he's going out to sea and won't come, huh." Hu Xiao Li snorted dissatisfiedly.

"Alright, I understand; I'll call him later, Zhou, hahaha."

"Still, Class Monitor, you've got the skills—let's meet Saturday night."

After saying that, Hu Xiao Li hung up the phone, humph, letting you ignore your old mother, finding an old woman and still trying to cover up—wait till the class reunion to see how you dodge.

After Ye Cheng returned to the village, it was already past noon, so going out to sea was too late; besides, after checking the system's Luck Value it wasn't high either, so he just forgot about it.

He was about to take a nap when he heard the phone ring; the call log showed the two characters Wu Bin.

Ye Cheng frowned; this was the number he had left from the last time he sold bird's nest.

At this time, the class monitor calling him was probably because of Hu Xiao Li; they had gotten along well back in class.

Most likely he was calling to invite him to the class reunion.

The call connected, and Ye Cheng said calmly,

"Hello, Class Monitor."

"Haha, Ye Cheng, busy?"

"Not bad, planning to take a nap."

"A nap? Tsk tsk, you're so fortunate—we working folks don't get any rest at noon, I envy you."

Ye Cheng gave a faint sneer; this was just showing off that he has a job.

"Then why don't you come to our village, Class Monitor? You could nap there too." Ye Cheng replied unhurriedly.

Wu Bin on the other end froze for a moment, "Damn, I'm going to your village to mess around with yarn? I barely made it from town to the city, and now I'd have to go back to the village—I'm an idiot."

Wu Bin gave a casual laugh to brush it off, then got down to business: "Um, Ye Cheng, didn't we say the class reunion would call you? We're gathering this Saturday night—come over, we haven't seen each other in years, everyone misses you."

"Forget it, Class Monitor—I need to make a living fishing; I've got no time, you guys get together on your own."

"How can that be? You haven't come in years—I'm telling you, this time we're going to a private‑home restaurant, hard to get a reservation, let's go see for ourselves, it's all top‑grade seafood."

"I'm allergic to seafood." Ye Cheng cut off the conversation outright—he just didn't want to go.

"No problem, if you're allergic to seafood you can eat something else. Besides, after not seeing you for so many years, don't you have any feelings left? And besides, this time I even invited our class belle Yang Liu—she's doing great now, found a big boss, living the good life."

"Ye Cheng, it's not me saying this—don't keep holed up in your little corner; when you have free time, come out and walk around."

Then Wu Bin kept chattering on and on, making Ye Cheng feel sleepy.

"Alright, alright, Class Monitor, I'll go—give me the address, I'll come Saturday night."

"That's right—it's at Tianwai Tian, a private‑home restaurant." After saying that, Wu Bin gave the address.

After hanging up, Ye Cheng felt the address was somewhat familiar.

He thought about it for a while but couldn't recall; oh well, he'd figure it out when he got there.

Today is Thursday; Saturday is the day after tomorrow, and you can't go out to sea then, so you'll only be able to go tomorrow.

In the afternoon, Ye Cheng slept a good nap to make up for lost sleep, dozing off until after four, his whole body feeling limp from sleep.

In the evening he went to his older brother's place to mooch a meal, then recounted everything that had happened with Zhang Guafu today.

In the evening, several members of the Small Lobster Alliance showed up at Ye Cheng's place unannounced to hold a meeting.

Jiang Yunxiang, Qian Shen, Zhang Guafu, the two Chen brothers, and Xiao Hu all came over; after exchanging pleasantries, they were all relieved that 600 yuan had settled the big trouble.

Since the topic turned to money, Ye Cheng spoke openly,

"This time we've lost a total of 600 yuan; in this business everyone either makes money or loses it, so each person pays 100 yuan."

"Alright, A Cheng, I support it—we share profits and losses together." Jiang Yunxiang and Qian Shen were the first to hand over the money.

Then the Chen brothers also paid, but after Chen Zhangfu paid he spoke up,

"Brother, can we still do this small‑lobster‑sound business? Lots of people come to us wanting to sell, but we don't dare to take it, and they end up cursing us."

"Yeah, A Cheng, it'd be a shame not to do it." Qian Shen also said.

Zhang Guafu didn't speak, but her eyes were full of hope.

Among them, Jiang Yunxiang and Xiao Hu cared the least—Jiang Yunxiang focuses on the fish farm, while Xiao Hu mainly accompanies Ye Cheng out to sea.

Ye Cheng originally didn't want to continue this business, but seeing everyone like that made him waver.

After thinking it over, Ye Cheng said, "This way, tomorrow we'll prepare a few dozen jin, I'll go to Boss Qian to try it out, see if we can place it with him for sale; if that works, we'll give him a cut, though the quantity might increase."

As soon as they heard Ye Cheng had a plan, everyone cheered up—just having a place to sell makes things easy.

So it was settled; if tomorrow they go to see Boss Qian, then they won't be able to go out to sea.

Xiao Hu, tomorrow go to our Boat and have a look, see how that winch is installed; if it's okay, settle the final payment. Tomorrow I'll take the shrimp into town, Chen Zhangfu, you come with me to make connections; if we can actually sell it in the future, you guys go deliver.

Okay, Brother Cheng, I'll do as you say.