He forced me to sever ties with my family and sleep on a dilapidated boat, then turned around and be

Sure enough, Jiang Zhida chuckled and lowered his voice.

"Brother Niu, you're a smart man indeed! You figured it out! The day after tomorrow, my boss, a leader from the city bureau, is coming here to go fishing. He's on vacation and wants to relax."

"But even though I enjoy sea fishing, I'm terrible at it. What if I cause him to catch nothing too? That would be so embarrassing!"

"I was originally looking for you, Brother Bayi, to see if you could do me a favor. Now that we've met, how about we go fishing at sea together the day after tomorrow? How about it?"

"Don't worry, as long as you help me catch the fish, I'll pay you whatever the fish costs, no matter how much it is, based on market price, without saying anything to your face."

Niu Bayi immediately straightened his face.

"No!"

Jiang Zhida was taken aback, then smiled wryly.

"Why not?"

Niu Bayi said, "Director Jiang, you've helped me so much. If it weren't for you today, I would have suffered heavy losses and been beaten by a bunch of people. So, I will definitely go fishing with you the day after tomorrow."

"Whatever fish you catch, it's yours."

"Don't mention money to me. If you do, I won't go."

Niu Bayi, having been given a second chance at life, is indeed quite shrewd.

Jiang Zhida is the head of the county public security bureau; we must cultivate a good relationship with him, as he will definitely be useful in the future.

Not to mention his superiors.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Zhida beamed with joy and patted his chest in relief.

"My God, Brother Bayi, you scared me half to death! I thought you didn't want to go fishing with me. Oh, it's true. Okay, I'll do it your way."

"From now on, we'll be friends despite our age difference!"

"Although I'm over forty and you're in your twenties, I could almost be your father, but from now on I'll be your older brother and you'll be my younger brother. I've seen your abilities."

"As long as you agree, you're guaranteed to make a profit on your voyage."

After thinking about it, he felt a little embarrassed.

"Actually, I accompanied that leader out to sea five times. Although we caught some fish, they were all small ones, which made me lose face. If we could catch a big fish, Brother Bayi—"

"You've really helped me save face, I'll be very grateful!"

"It's settled then. Come to the county bureau at nine o'clock the day after tomorrow. We'll go fishing at sea then. I've prepared the boat."

Niu Bayi readily agreed, and since there was nothing else to do, he took He Zhenzhen on the bus back to the village.

I got back just in time for dinner.

As soon as they entered the door, they smelled the aroma of food.

Upon seeing Niu Bayi and He Zhenzhen enter, the three family members immediately went to greet them.

He Rong asked eagerly, "Bayi, Zhenzhen, have you sold the pearls? How much did you get for them?"

Just as Niu Bayi was about to speak, He Zhenzhen tugged at his sleeve.

Then, with a mysterious look on her face, she said, "Dad! Mom! Brother! Guess how much these pearls sold for in total? Each of you guess one number, and the one who guesses closest will get a 50 yuan reward."

He Zhenzhen is incredibly wealthy and powerful these days.

Following Niu Bayi, she also benefited, and her pockets became much fuller.

Immediately, her parents and brother became interested.

He Laifu couldn't wait to stretch out two fingers.

"I guess it's 2000 yuan!"

He Zhenzhen curled her lip in disdain.

He Rong and Zhang Xiuli immediately noticed her expression.

Zhang Xiuli thought for a moment and then held up three fingers.

"3000 yuan!"

He Zhenzhen looked at He Rong with a grin.

"Dad, what do you think?"

He Rong scratched the back of his head, pondering it over and over.

He was, after all, an old fisherman; although he didn't sell pearls often, he knew a thing or two about the market.

He said, "Your hundred-plus pearls are all high quality. If you sell them to the purchasing point, they'll only fetch two or three thousand yuan at most. But knowing Bayi's personality, he probably doesn't want to sell them for that low."

"Given how late he came back, he probably went to the pearl market to sell them."

"So, I guess it sold for 4000 yuan!"

He extended four fingers.

He Laifu shouted, "Dad, are you crazy? Even if you went to the pearl market, even if the pearls were of the highest quality, you couldn't possibly sell them for 4000 yuan!"

Zhang Xiuli nodded repeatedly.

"That's right, Laifu is right. Lao He, you're exaggerating too much. How could it possibly sell for 4000 yuan? Even if pearls are valuable, they're not worth that much."

This made He Rong a little insecure.

He scratched the back of his head and simply looked at Niu Bayi.

"August 1st, how much did it actually sell for? Which of our reported figures is closest?"

Niu Bayi said cheerfully, "My brother-in-law said 2000 yuan is not right, it's too far off."

He Laifu was dumbfounded.

"Sigh! Serves me right for not earning that 50 yuan, doesn't it?"

Zhang Xiuli exclaimed in surprise, "Could it be that I guessed right?"

He Zhenzhen shook her head.

"Mom, you guessed wrong, it's still a bit far."

He Rong jumped three feet high.

"Haha, it seems I deserved to earn this 50 yuan. I sold it for 4000 yuan, right? I knew that with Bayi's skills, selling it at the pearl market for around 4000 yuan would be no problem at all."

He Zhenzhen said, "Dad, although your offer is closest to our selling price, it's still quite far off."

She pulled the bag off Niu Bayi's back, unzipped it, took out a stack of ten-yuan notes, and slapped it on the table.

"look!"

Then, he took out a second stack of ten-yuan notes and slammed them on the table.

"Let's look again!"

She pulled out the third stack of ten-yuan bills.

boom!

Slam it on the table too!

"Let's look again!"

Every time a stack of ten-yuan bills was slapped on the table, He Rong and his companions would jump.

Until five whole stacks of ten-yuan bills were slapped on the table.

He Zhenzhen said proudly, "Bayi is amazing, he sold a whole 5000 yuan worth of goods."

He Rong, Zhang Xiuli, and He Laifu gasped in shock.

He Laifu started shouting.

"How can it sell for so much? 5000 yuan! My God, I wouldn't even be worth that much if I were sold!"

Zhang Xiuli said, "You really aren't worth that price."

He Laifu: "..."

He gave Zhang Xiuli a resentful look.

No, is this really my biological mother?

He Rong shook his head: "That's right, that's right, 5000 yuan is too outrageous. I feel that 4000 yuan is the maximum. How... how come there's a whole 1000 yuan more?"

He Zhenzhen said arrogantly, "Because the way Bayi sells is different from how others sell. Others might sell for three or four thousand yuan, but my Bayi will sell for at least 5000 yuan!"

The three people spoke in unison.

"What exactly is the sales method?"

He Zhenzhen kept everyone in suspense.

"Why are you in such a hurry? Bayi and I are both hungry. Let's eat and talk at the same time. I guarantee you'll be amazed."

The whole family then went into the kitchen.

The table was already laden with delicious dishes, along with two bottles of Luzhou Laojiao liquor.

He Rong said with a grin, "I guess I'm benefiting from Bayi's success. I used to be reluctant to buy bottled wine, I was happy with the bulk kind. Tonight is a good time to celebrate Bayi making another fortune."

"Let's finish both bottles, we're resting tonight anyway."

"Bayi, you should rest too, right? You're not going out to sea to fish. Tomorrow you have to go to town with Secretary Niu to handle the paperwork for opening a house."