Chapter 337: I plan to do aquaculture

"It just happened that we ran into each other; everyone said they came to the village office to use the toilet, is that okay?"

"The people behind, hearing this, all wanted to laugh; this excuse is really damn."

"Chen Jinhai looked speechless. Damn, going to the toilet, why don't you guys just go?"

"What's with blocking my office? This isn't a toilet."

"Village Chief, I know this land hasn't been rented out yet, right? I just asked everyone, and they all said no one's renting it."

"This land is indeed unrented, but what do you want to rent it for?"

"I plan to engage in aquaculture." Ye Cheng spoke frankly; lying now wouldn't help.

"Raise crayfish?" Chen Jinhai instantly grew nervous, looking at Ye Cheng and asking.

"Yeah, just raise crayfish, no problem. We'll calculate it according to the price of wasteland in our village."

Chen Jinhai lifted his head and glanced at Ye Cheng, secretly starting to ponder; he also wanted to get into aquaculture, but he couldn't let Ye Cheng get started too, otherwise they wouldn't be able to sell at a good price.

"Um, Ye Cheng, the village committee still needs to study the land rental matter; you guys should go back for now, okay?"

Seeing Chen Jinhai start to speak in official tones, Ye Cheng wasn't angry and continued to speak slowly and methodically,

"No, Village Chief, what's there to study about this wasteland? I'm not refusing to pay."

"What's wrong with the wasteland? The wasteland also needs to be studied first." Chen Jinhai drew out his voice,

"Ye Cheng, let me tell you, the village committee has its own procedures; you guys go back first, we'll talk later, okay?"

"So Village Chief, you're just not planning to rent it out, right?" Ye Cheng said with a threatening tone.

Hearing Ye Cheng's tone turn unfriendly, Chen Jinhai also hardened up; what's there to be afraid of? Now it's him asking me to handle things.

"Ye Cheng, whether we rent or not needs to be studied first; we'll notify you after we've studied it."

"Then when will the study happen?"

"How would I know? The village committee is also busy, you know? It might be tomorrow, or maybe next month; it's hard to say—everyone's busy, and it's not just you who's busy."

"And you guys too." Chen Jinhai pointed at the people inside the room and said, "Don't you have work to do? Hurry back."

Everyone looked at Ye Cheng.

Ye Cheng didn't argue either; he just said lightly, "Village Chief, I understand and support your approach and the village committee's decision—I just don't know how others will view it."

"What's there to see? Major matters are decided by the village committee—what's the problem?" Chen Jinhai now had the upper hand and didn't back down at all.

"Alright, I've said my piece anyway. Village Chief, if you get any news, please tell me promptly. Remember, I called dibs on this first—you can't turn around and rent it to someone else, with all these people watching." Ye Cheng pointed at the people present.

Duan Chunsheng immediately understood: "Yeah, we're all watching too; my parents are here as well."

"Yeah, we all saw it—Ye Cheng was the first to claim it."

A crowd of people chattered on and on, making Chen Jinhai's head swell.

"Alright, I got it. The village committee will notify you when there's a result—hurry up and leave, don't loiter in my office."

Having said what needed to be said, Ye Cheng addressed the crowd,

"Alright, uncles and aunts, you didn't come here to use the toilet, so hurry up and go; the village chief said he'll handle it—don't disturb his office."

"Come on, let's go to the toilet—the village office's toilet is nice, using it feels great, hahaha."

A group of people left Chen Jinhai's place, laughing and chattering.

Chen Jinhai wore a resentful expression: "Rent the land? Go dream about it. Wait—wait till next year to see if I'll rent it to you."

Leaving the village office, Ye Cheng glanced at Duan Chunsheng, who immediately walked over.

Ye Cheng whispered,

"Uncle Duan, go to the township government's entrance and hang a banner that reads: 'Baiyun Village Village Chief Chen Jinhai monopolizes power, disregarding the people's livelihood.' Then get the elderly folks and Aunt Zhang to go over—don't cause trouble, don't argue, just hang the banner."

"I shouldn't show my face for this; showing up could easily get me caught."

Duan Chunsheng gave a hehe smile: "I understand, you can relax."

Having said that, Ye Cheng walked off as if nothing had happened.

Causing trouble still carries risk; if Ye Cheng went, he'd easily be seen as the ringleader and get arrested.

If he got arrested, it'd be hard to say; Ye Cheng doesn't want to take that risk.

After returning, Ye Cheng went nowhere else, just staying under the most conspicuous big tree at the village entrance.

A villager came over and handed him a cigarette, mainly to let everyone know he was in the village.

Other villagers didn't know what Ye Cheng was scheming, but since there was a cigarette to smoke, they just hung around with him.

After they left, Chen Jinhai quickly summoned a few members of the Chen family, plus Chen Zhangfu, all hoping Chen Zhangfu would handle things.

After recounting Ye Cheng's morning affairs, the Chen family members all put their heads together.

This matter must be dragged out; no matter what, we can't rent it to him.

Any excuse will do; just say the village has plans for it.

The main goal is to prevent Ye Cheng from developing.

Then Chen Zhangfu also needs to hurry up and get moving; the Chen family's path to wealth and prosperity lies right here.

Chen Zhangfu is also full of vigor now, although he still feels a bit guilty toward Ye Cheng.

But in order to make money, face and such don't matter anymore; the money Ye Cheng gave him, plus the funds the Chen family pooled together, are enough for him to build this aquaculture farm.

Thinking about the profits from crayfish, Chen Zhangfu's whole body heated up with excitement.

Originally, if he knew Ye Cheng's crayfish recipe, he could have cooked and sold it himself, but Zhang Guafu keeps her mouth shut and refuses to say anything.

Now there's no other way; we can only rely on farming.

As for difficulties in raising crayfish,

Hehe, how could there be any difficulties.

They're just little crawfish; they're everywhere—just fence them in and raise them.

Baiyun Village belongs to Shilin Township.

The township is different from the village; they have a proper office compound.

Although not luxurious, it is tightly guarded, and not just anyone can enter.

The township has a lunch break; at 2 p. m., a few security guards leisurely walked out from the gatehouse to stretch.

Just as they came out, they saw several old men and women walking up from the roadside, carrying stools, and they promptly sat down at the entrance of the township government.

Damn, this won't do, the security guard hurried over and said,

"What are you doing? This is the township government; if you sit here, you'll block entry and exit later."

They only spoke that way because the visitors looked old; if they were young, they wouldn't have used that tone.

However, the four elders plus one auntie paid no attention, instead pulling a banner from their bags and unfurling it.

【Baiyun Village Village Chief Chen Jinhai covers the sky with one hand, disregarding the people's livelihood】

White background with black characters!

Really conspicuous!

"Hey hey, what are you doing, randomly pulling up a banner." The security guards got anxious and tried to stop them.

But the old men and women from the village weren't pushovers; they picked up their canes and gave them a sound beating.