Chapter 99: Introducing the Buyer, Successfully Sold the Tuna

Most people took one look at the sign, turned and left without saying a word.

Ye Cheng looked at the ice in the water tank; more than half had melted—if he waited any longer, it would become dangerous.

Just then, the auntie who had bought sea urchin earlier came out, glanced at Ye Cheng and the tuna, shook her head and said, "It won't sell."

"Yeah, auntie, if you know someone who could introduce a buyer, I'll give you 200 yuan."

The auntie had just come out to shop and made a casual remark; she hadn't expected Ye Cheng to actually offer her such terms.

The auntie suddenly got excited, forgot about buying salt, and pointed at Ye Cheng solemnly, saying,

"Really?"

Ye Cheng was indeed serious; letting a small profit to move the goods, why wouldn't he be serious?

"Beautiful lady, I'm standing right here; we can do the transaction on the spot—what do you have to fear?"

Seeing Ye Cheng's sincere expression, the auntie took out her phone and started making calls.

"A Mei, didn't you say last time your son was like someone who sends gifts to superiors?"

"Exactly, I don't want it too expensive but I want the leader to remember it. Let me tell you, there's a tuna stall at our community gate for 3000 yuan—this thing is huge, giving it to a leader will definitely be remembered."

"Besides, his comes with ice, so it stays fresh."

"Oh, it's not my relative; I just saw this stuff looked good and thought of you. I and A Hong also bought some sea urchin—it's quite nice."

"Let me tell you, this young man is very down-to-earth; you'll know if you just come and see."

"Ah, right, right, at the community gate."

The auntie's call actually reached someone; Ye Cheng truly didn't expect the effect to be this good.

Ye Cheng quickly took out two hundred yuan and placed it on the table, "If the deal goes through, you can just take this money."

"Don't worry, it's definitely going to work—I know her." The auntie was full of confidence.

Taking the opportunity, Ye Cheng pointed at the community and asked, "This place must be pretty expensive, right?"

"Oh, what expensive? It's not a villa, just about six or seven thousand." Hearing someone praise her community, the auntie was very happy.

Six or seven thousand—Ye Cheng nodded silently; the price seemed about right.

After all, Donghai Shi isn't a first-tier city, so six or seven thousand is about right.

Nowadays the apartments aren't those huge flat layouts; they're likely around 100–120 square meters, so a unit would be worth roughly sixty to eighty thousand.

For that price, the down payment would also need ten to twenty thousand—Ye Cheng's current money isn't enough.

But he doesn't need to buy such a high-end community; as long as it's in a school district, it's fine.

After chatting a few sentences, a thin, small auntie hurried out of the community; from afar she saw the auntie at the gate, and they greeted each other.

"Lan Jie, is it really true?"

"Oh, it's right here—could I lie to you? Take a look yourself; isn't this fish great?"

The auntie at the gate was actually called Lan Jie; as she was introducing business to herself, Ye Cheng also cooperated and began explaining,

"Beautiful lady, look at this fish—it was rolled in by yesterday's waves; it's not common."

When A Mei heard the words "beautiful lady," her old face blushed a little, "What beautiful lady? That's just something from when we were young."

"A Mei, I told you—this young man is very sincere." Lan Jie started to strike while the iron was hot.

A Mei looked at the tuna in Ye Cheng's water tank, pressed the fish body—the flesh was firm and had no rotten-fish smell.

"Don't worry, I just hauled it up yesterday afternoon; I've kept it fresh with ice all along—absolutely no problem. If you buy it, I can give you the water tank and ice together."

The water tank isn't costly either, and the ice is just from my own fridge—giving it away doesn't bother Ye Cheng at all; if this tuna rotted in his hands, that would really hurt.

A Mei was moved, glanced at Lan Jie, gave her a look, called her aside, and began muttering.

After a minute, the two walked over, and Lan Jie spoke first,

"Like this, handsome guy, if you let the price go down to 2900, we'll take it—how about that?"

Ye Cheng's face showed difficulty; "Damn, this act still needs to be played out."

Gritting his teeth and stamping his foot, Ye Cheng let out a big sigh, "Fine, I'm giving in just for Lan Jie's sake."

Upon hearing that, Lan Jie felt her face shine with pride and also felt the benefit; she kept giving Ye Cheng thumbs-up.

Finally, Ye Cheng helped lift the tuna onto them, and directly handed over the water tank and ice.

Leaving the community, Ye Cheng gave a wry smile, "Good grief, selling fish is really a hassle."

"You say this lousy system—it's already a system, why can't it have a recycling function?"

"I toss the fish I catch each day into the system, then you spit out the money—everyone settles up, how great would that be?"

"Forcing me to come out every day to sell fish is like the old factory days pulling projects—using all kinds of tricks and deceit."

It was already past ten; Ye Cheng found a spot and began counting his money.

Boss Qian gave him 1500, the tuna brought in 2700, the sea urchin totaled 3000, adding up to 6200 altogether.

After subtracting the 1500 given to Xiao Hu, his savings were about 17,000.

The road ahead is long and arduous, the road ahead is long and arduous.

After resting a while and smoking a cigarette, Ye Cheng started looking for a place to have lunch.

Alone, eating seafood was impossible, so he roadside found a boxed meal stall—six yuan for two meat and two vegetable dishes.

Ye Cheng ordered braised pork, a deep-fried fish, stir-fried chili with dried tofu, and a smashed cucumber.

Frankly, food safety in this era is still decent, not so much high-tech trickery.

Most importantly, nowadays catering is all physical, no delivery, so if there were any high-tech shenanigans, everyone could see them.

Like this boxed meal vendor, she's a woman in her thirties, fairly pretty, not really like a rural woman.

"Big sis, are all these dishes homemade?" Ye Cheng also bought a bottle of beer, feeling honored to have a seat at the only small table.

Although drunk driving regulations existed early on, strict enforcement only began around 2011; now neither law enforcement nor drivers really have that concept—just don't get drunk.

"Yes, all homemade, you can eat with peace of mind—there's plenty of food."

"You aren't a local, are you?"

"Not from the city, but from the county; the child came to study, and I came to accompany (them) in studying." The older sister said, and upon seeing the child's face, she couldn't help but smile.

"Going to the city to study, impressive. Have you bought a house?"

"Yeah, bought a small house, then started repaying the loan."

Hearing that this older sister also bought a house, Ye Cheng became a bit interested, and bought a bottle of beer to at least get a feel for the situation.

The house this older sister bought is in the school district of Donghai Shi's Third Elementary; previously the most famous was the First Elementary.