Chapter 377: Looking for Xiao Rou to Sell the Wood

Ye Guowei answered, then began adjusting the motorcycle.

Ye Cheng dove underwater and tied the other rope.

Then he poked his head out and gave an OK sign to the shore.

Ye Guowei and Xiao Hu twisted the throttle together, vroom—

The wheels of the two motorcycles began to spin wildly; they were already on the mudflat, and behind them was such a heavy thing.

As soon as they opened the throttle, mud flew, and instantly the whole wheel sank in.

"Careful!" Jiang Yunxiang exclaimed.

Ye Guowei and Xiao Hu lost control of their motorcycles, fell straight to the ground, and the two bikes rolled into the mud.

It actually didn't work.

Ye Cheng was dumbfounded.

He had planned to yank it hard using the motorcycles' pulling force, but he didn't expect the bikes to be too light; they couldn't budge it at all, instead toppling themselves.

"A Cheng, it's no good. The ground is too slippery." Ye Guowei, covered in mud, climbed up and shouted low toward the sea.

"Yeah, brother, this won't work." Xiao Hu had a mouthful of mud, his whole face black.

It looks like work isn't just something you can think up; Ye Cheng had no choice but to swim back.

"A Cheng, motorcycles definitely won't work; a truck might, but motorcycles are too light." Ye Guowei, with more work experience than Ye Cheng, quickly pointed out the key problem.

Ye Cheng nodded; he had seen clearly just now that Ye Guowei and Xiao Hu were accelerating slowly, and if they'd gunned it straight up, the motorcycles might have flipped over, doing tricks.

"Brother, what do we do? This log is over half a meter thick, six or seven meters long, and heavier than water."

Ye Guowei thought briefly, then said decisively,

"As long as we're in the sea, we definitely need more buoyancy; did you attach floats?"

"We did; we put floats on all the trawl net's floats."

"Did you put them on both sides?"

"We did."

"Then fine, tie them to one side; as soon as we lift one end, we'll be able to pull it."

Ye Cheng blinked, as if saying "huh."

"Damn, the workers' experience really isn't for show."

"In a bit, don't use the motorcycles; just get a few more ropes and pull it up directly."

Ye Guowei began instructing Ye Cheng on how to do it; after Ye Cheng listened carefully, he went back into the water and adjusted the floats and float boards.

This time he tested it underwater; one end was indeed much lighter, and he could lift a bit by himself.

After coming up, the rope split into two strands; Xiao Hu and Ye Guowei each took one, slung them over their shoulders, and began pulling upward like hauling a hawser.

Their feet dug hard into the mudflat, and as they both exerted force, the log began to move.

"Great!" Ye Cheng rejoiced.

Then he and Jiang Yunxiang went over together to help pull.

The load follows its weight, but with seawater buoyancy plus the incoming tide, they soon hauled the log to the seaside.

Ye Guowei and Xiao Hu stopped; then Ye Cheng pushed the handcart over, front end on the ground, and together they lifted one end onto it.

"Done!" Ye Guowei let out a big sigh of relief.

Once one end is up, it's easy; now we just need to slowly move the log onto the cart, and everything will be fine.

The four of them worked for about half an hour and finally got the log onto the cart.

The log was too heavy, and it was muddy ground; pushing directly was tough, so they could only dig out a bit of mud in front of the wheels and then put down planks.

By the time they pushed it onto a proper road, it was already 2 a. m.

With great effort they pulled it to Ye Cheng's house and unloaded it; the four were utterly exhausted.

Fortunately it was late at night, so no one saw.

"Brother, you're just leaving it in the yard; aren't you worried?" Xiao Hu panted.

"Yeah, huh."

"It's night now, no one sees; but come daytime, with people coming and going, they'll wonder what this thing is in the yard."

"Besides, ebony is distinctive; you can tell at a glance."

"Brother, do you have any plastic sheeting? I'll cover it with that." Ye Cheng looked at Ye Guowei.

"Yes, have your sister-in-law go get it, but you need to get rid of this quickly, or the whole village will hear about it."

Ye Cheng also knew he had to get rid of it fast, but even hurrying couldn't make it today.

Jiang Yunxiang brought a few pieces of plastic sheeting from home; it wasn't enough, so Ye Cheng also pulled some grass to cover it with, at least so passersby couldn't tell what was inside.

After finishing, it was deep night, and each went home to rest.

Ye Cheng slept uneasily that night, waking at the slightest sound, always fearing the log would be stolen.

But something this heavy wouldn't be easy to steal even if someone tried.

After finally making it to dawn, Ye Cheng got up with two black eye circles, did nothing, just stared at the ebony in the yard and kept checking the time.

He had to wait until 8 o'clock to call that person, otherwise the little miss wouldn't know if she'd gotten up.

When 8 arrived, Ye Cheng took out his phone and dialed; the phone rang several times before someone answered.

"Hello, who is it?" a lazy voice came from the other end.

"Hey, Xiao Rou, it's me, your big brother Ye."

The other end paused, then reacted immediately,

"Ye Cheng, stop trying to take advantage of me; what 'big brother Ye', waking me up this early?" Xiao Rou said angrily, and a beauty's morning temper is usually big.

"If I'm looking for you, Xiao Rou, it must be important; I wouldn't dare bother you otherwise." Ye Cheng hurriedly coaxed the little miss.

"\"Tch! \", a satisfied scoff came from the other side,"

"\"Come on, what is it? You're not trying to sell fish again, are you? \""

"\"No way, if you want to sell fish just ask your brother. \""

"\"Then what do you want? You're not planning to confess to me, are you? \""

"\"Cough cough—\" Ye Cheng coughed a few times from fright, damn it, this girl, she's fierce."

"\"No, it's selling wood. \" Ye Cheng hurried to finish his sentence, otherwise he wouldn't know what she might say."

"\"Selling wood?! \" a piercing scream came from the other side, \"You want me to sell wood first thing in the morning? \""

"\"Listen to me, it's definitely not ordinary wood—have you heard of ebony and eastern divine wood? That kind of thing only forms after tens of millions of years of sedimentation, you've probably never seen it; it calms the spirit and wards off evil. \" Ye Cheng said this deliberately in a mysterious way."

Xiao Rou has a lively personality and is especially interested in unknown things; if you don't put it that way, she definitely won't be interested.

"\"That amazing? \" Xiao Rou's voice changed as soon as she heard it."

"\"That's right, you'll know once you come and see. \""

"\"Okay, I'm coming right away. \" Saying that, Xiao Rou was about to hang up."

"\"Hey—wait a minute. \" Ye Cheng hurried to call out; he was selling things, but it wasn't just to let Xiao Rou come look at things."

"\"What now? \""

"\"At least bring a buyer over. \""