Chapter 348: Two Brothers Settle Accounts

However, I didn't expect he hadn't gone yet; the elder brother and his wife came to the door, the elder brother's eyes were a bit swollen, also looking like he hadn't sobered up from a hangover.

Jiang Yunxiang looked a bit tired, but her eyes revealed a kind of excitement.

"Elder brother, sister-in-law, why did you come so early?"

"Come to ask about splitting the money, huh." Ye Guowei joked as he sat down.

Ye Cheng looked at his elder brother's tone, a bit confused; his elder brother wasn't the type to care about money, could it be the sister-in-law?

People are like that sometimes: when they have no money they're amiable, but once they have money they're prone to conflict.

Just like those wealthy families, why are they always fighting over inheritance? Because they have money.

If everyone couldn't even fill their stomachs, they might still be on good terms.

Seeing Ye Cheng looking at her, Jiang Yunxiang teased, "What, you think it's your sister-in-law urging your elder brother to come for money? Let me clarify: it's your elder brother who came on his own."

This couple, I can't figure them out.

"Brother, I've figured it out." Ye Cheng had just started speaking when Ye Guowei cut him off.

"Wait, A Cheng, let me speak first."

Ye Cheng looked at his elder brother dubiously, is he about to start lecturing again?

"I came with your sister-in-law to talk about the split: you get seven, I get three, not you three." Ye Guowei explained his purpose simply and clearly.

Ye Cheng didn't expect his elder brother to come so early just to say this; he was about to speak.

Jiang Yunxiang then interjected,

"Well, A Cheng, I agree too—your elder brother just strolls around doing nothing, all the money comes from you; according to TV dramas, he's like a general manager, you're the chairman, you take 70%, your elder brother takes 30%."

Ye Cheng chuckled lightly, they even brought up the chairman title.

"No, elder brother, sister-in-law." Ye Cheng wanted to add.

"Don't say more; at most we take 30%, and even taking 30% makes me a bit embarrassed, but since you've been eating off me and wearing my things, I'll take a bit more as repayment—originally I thought 10% would be enough." Ye Guowei waved his hand, not giving Ye Cheng any chance to rebut.

"Right, A Cheng, you'll still need to raise crayfish and invest a lot; it's useful for you to take more, putting it in the bank for us wouldn't do anything." Jiang Yunxiang added.

Seeing how firm the elder brother and sister-in-law were, Ye Cheng also didn't know what to say.

He indeed needed money; building the crayfish farm, constructing houses, digging ponds, buying equipment—all required money.

Moreover, during this period he hadn't gone out to sea, and suddenly felt short on cash.

"Alright, let's do as the elder brother and sister-in-law said." Ye Cheng nodded.

"That's right, this way we can... what's it called? Sustainable development, right." Seeing Ye Cheng nod, Ye Guowei was very happy.

He was genuinely worried that Ye Cheng would give him seventy percent; then he wouldn't feel at ease taking it, and might even cause the younger brother to resent him.

Taking thirty percent himself, he'd also benefit, and the younger brother wouldn't overthink it; most important is for the family to stay harmonious.

According to the thirty percent split, Ye Cheng gave Ye Guowei yuan, Ye Cheng directly transferred 80,000 over.

Seeing 80,000 yuan enter the account, Jiang Yunxiang was already smiling so wide she couldn't close her mouth.

"A Cheng, you said earlier to let your elder brother handle the farming; I originally thought we could only earn enough for meals, but I didn't expect we could earn this much."

"Sister-in-law, this is just the start; later you'll be a millionaire, and when you return to your natal home, no one will dare speak loudly to you."

"Hahaha, you're like that."

These words hit Jiang Yunxiang's heart; now that she had money, she would soon buy something nice for her mother, also buy some for her younger brother, and from now on her backbone at home would be stiff.

"Alright, I'll take your clothes back to wash; you rest."

Jiang Yunxiang said she would take Ye Cheng's dirty clothes away, but upon entering she found they were gone.

"Oh, Aunt Zhang already took them." Ye Cheng said offhandedly.

"Xiuchin?" Jiang Yunxiang frowned.

"Mm, she brought over some congee this morning."

Jiang Yunxiang looked at Ye Guowei, with an expression of wanting to speak but holding back.

Ye Guowei coughed slightly, looked at Ye Cheng and said,

"A Cheng, Aunt Zhang is after all a widow; getting too close might not be good—should I have your sister-in-law find you a few prospects? Or those two girls you knew before would also work."

Seeing the couple's worried looks, Ye Cheng also understood, after all 'widow' isn't a good term.

Now that he had money again, if he were with Widow Zhang, people would surely talk.

"Elder brother, sister-in-law, don't worry; I know what I'm doing—I'm just helping her."

Seeing Ye Cheng say that, the two said nothing more.

After Ye Guowei and his wife left, Ye Cheng calculated his savings.

Previously he had savings of 35,000, external debt of 30,000, mortgage of 300,000, and later needed to invest another 30,000.

Now with an additional income of 178,000, totaling 213,000 left, external debt 30,000, mortgage 300,000, and later still need to invest 30,000.

Now he had money again, Ye Cheng felt much more at ease.

By the way, Ye Cheng also checked today's system; he said he hadn't looked at it for several days.

Luck Value: 70+20

Points: 8400

Luck Value isn't low, but the points have grown surprisingly fast—this was somewhat unexpected for Ye Cheng; he guessed it was from collecting clams.

If that's the case, then future farming will also count, so points will rise quickly.

Ye Cheng now wants to hurry up and upgrade the system.

However, today's Luck Value seems wasted if not used; he should ask Chunsheng Duan for his opinion, see if they can go out to sea tonight.

Duan Chunsheng had also drunk quite a bit last night, was resting at home; seeing Ye Cheng come over, he hurriedly greeted him inside.

"Is Duan Yong not here?" Ye Cheng glanced twice, didn't see Duan Yong.

"He's gone to look after the seedling house matter, contacted people, went to check the site."

Ye Cheng nodded slightly; indeed he should keep an eye on it.

"Uncle, can we still go out to sea tonight?" Ye Cheng asked.

"You want to go out at night? Not even rest a bit?" Duan Chunsheng looked curiously at Ye Cheng; yesterday he had indeed made a tidy sum, yet he still wasn't resting properly.

"Well, resting is boring; I want to go out to sea to see, but I haven't gone out much at night."

Duan Chunsheng pondered, 'How about we go squid trawling? It's the season now; I roughly know where, we'll turn on the lamp and go together.'

Duan Chunsheng said they'd go catch squid; truth be told, Ye Cheng has never gone before.

Squid are phototactic, so at night they are easily drawn by fish lamps to the surface and gather together, making it easy for fishermen to catch them.

However, the Squid Lamp isn't just switched on at random; through years of fishermen's experience, they have also worked out a set of methods for attracting squid.