"Otherwise, I'm already this old, where would I find a job that pays fifteen hundred yuan a month?
Old Liu next door, he guards a company, a big one at that, and only gets twelve hundred a month, and he has to watch his words.
If he accidentally offends someone, he could be kicked out at any moment.
I'm Yifeng's third uncle, working for him, would he dare to boss me around?" Liu Cha Sheng's eyes were filled with smiles, feeling like he had struck a goldmine.
Li Rong Fang agreed, smiling, "If you work for him, our family can eat free crawfish every day from now on."
"That's right, I heard this kid sells them for twenty yuan a jin. Who can afford such expensive crawfish? We'll be able to eat our fill then."
The couple were making grand plans in their hearts.
The next morning, Liu Cha Sheng got up early to work. Du Zi Heng would be coming to buy crawfish in the morning, and he needed to catch them beforehand.
Of course, he couldn't do it alone. Liu Chun Sheng and Liu Yi Feng also went to help.
Today, he didn't call Qiang Zi. Qiang Zi had to work every day, and helping him out so early every day would surely wear him down.
After a busy morning, all the crawfish were finally loaded onto the truck.
This trip, Liu Yi Feng made forty thousand yuan, all in crisp bills.
Liu Chun Sheng, watching from the side, was extremely envious and vowed to steal Liu Yi Feng's breeding techniques.
Then he would also raise crawfish and become rich.
Afterward, Liu Yi Feng went to the crawfish farm and bought another four thousand jin of crawfish.
This crawfish breeding base was the largest in the entire province.
Many city crawfish vendors sourced their goods from here.
The daily turnover of crawfish alone was hundreds of thousands, so they bred a large quantity, which also meant many died.
Every day, several thousand jin of crawfish would perish.
Vendors wouldn't buy these half-dead ones, as they needed to sell them.
If these near-death crawfish couldn't be sold immediately, it would be a total loss.
Therefore, the owner of the breeding base would gather these crawfish, process them into crawfish tails, and sell them to various markets.
But they didn't make much money, at best breaking even.
It wasn't until Liu Yi Feng appeared that these crawfish had a buyer, allowing him to make some profit.
So, every time he saw Liu Yi Feng driving his old van, the owner would greet him with a smile.
Because he knew that Liu Yi Feng's arrival meant business.
After dumping all the crawfish into the field, Liu Yi Feng quickly poured the Hun Yuan San into it while his third uncle was tidying the baskets.
"Yi Feng, what did you just pour into the field?" To his surprise, his small action did not escape Liu Cha Sheng's eyes.
Liu Yi Feng calmly explained, "Nothing, just some useless stuff. I had nowhere to throw it, so I dumped it in."
"Really?" Liu Cha Sheng was half-believing, but he didn't think much of it. It was just a small bottle; how much of a difference could it make to raising crawfish?
Seeing that his third uncle didn't press further, Liu Yi Feng secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed he needed to be more careful next time he did something like this.
"By the way, Yi Feng, I'll take a few jin of crawfish home to eat later, is that okay?" Liu Cha Sheng asked.
Liu Yi Feng nodded, "Sure, just don't waste them."
Liu Yi Feng had bought these crawfish for less than two yuan a jin. Even if his third uncle took five jin, it would still be less than ten yuan. He wasn't so stingy as to mind that.
"Okay, but your cousin will be back for dinner later, so I'll probably need to take a bit more back, so he can try some too."
"Isn't your cousin working out of town? Why is he back so suddenly?" Liu Yi Feng asked curiously.
Hearing Liu Yi Feng's question, Liu Cha Sheng's smile widened: "Your cousin has made it. He's been transferred to our city's branch as the general manager and will officially take office tomorrow, so he's coming back for dinner today."
"Is that so? That's truly great news. Cousin is indeed the only high achiever in our family," Liu Yi Feng chimed in happily.
Although he himself was a university graduate, it was from a not-so-prestigious university, so it was difficult to find a high-paying job after graduation.
But his cousin was different. He graduated from a 985 university and pursued postgraduate studies. As soon as he started working, many companies offered him high salaries.
After much comparison, his cousin chose a private enterprise in another city, earning over ten thousand yuan a month.
In this era, very few people could earn over ten thousand yuan a month. Excluding those in business, his cousin was the highest earner in the entire Liu Family Village.
Now that he was the general manager of a branch company, his annual salary was likely at least a few hundred thousand, plus year-end bonuses and the like.
His annual salary would be enough to buy a house in the city outright.
How could Liu Yi Feng not be envious? Fortunately, he now had his precious son, and he was earning no less than his cousin.
"That's right. You and your father should come over later too." Liu Cha Sheng rarely invited the whole family for a meal.
He was being so generous today to show off his son.
It was rare for his third uncle to invite him for a meal, so Liu Yi Feng readily agreed.
At noon, Liu Yi Feng, his father, and Tong Tong walked to his third uncle's house.
Although the two families were in the same village, it still took five to six minutes to walk to each other's house.
This was because Liu Cha Sheng's house was built by the roadside, while Liu Yi Feng's house was further inside, some distance from the road.
As soon as they reached his third uncle's yard, they saw a black Mercedes parked at the entrance, shining brilliantly.
He could hear his third uncle's voice from the living room, along with the flattering voices of others.
Liu Cha Sheng had invited these people, including his maternal aunts.
"Kai Chen is truly the most accomplished in our Old Liu family. He's become a general manager at such a young age, and his mode of transport is a Mercedes.
I doubt there's another person driving a Mercedes in the entire Liu Family Village." Liu Yi Feng heard his second aunt gushing as soon as he entered the living room.
Liu Kai Chen said humbly, "Second Aunt, you're exaggerating. There are many people more capable than me. I'm just making a living."
"Don't be so modest. Second Aunt is telling the truth. Look at your other siblings, who earns more than you?" Liu Ju said.
"I heard my father say that Yi Feng has made quite a lot of money raising crawfish recently, and my father is even working for him now!" Liu Kai Chen said with a smile as he saw Liu Yi Feng walk in.
Liu Yi Feng greeted everyone as they looked at him.
Liu Ju, however, looked displeased at Liu Yi Feng, "Yi Feng, I heard you've been raising a lot of crawfish, and every household has eaten your crawfish. How come Second Aunt hasn't even seen a single shrimp shell? You didn't take Second Aunt seriously!"
Liu Yi Feng quickly explained, "Second Aunt, you've misunderstood. I've been too busy lately, and you live quite far away, so I really haven't had the time to deliver them.
I was planning to bring some over when I had more free time. Since you're here today, I'll catch some later and let you take them back for cousin and the others to try."
"That's more like it!" Liu Ju's expression softened.
"Yi Feng, is this your son?" Liu Kai Chen had also heard that Liu Yi Feng had become a father.
However, he was working out of town and couldn't make it for the celebration banquet.
Seeing Liu Yi Feng holding a little boy's hand now, he guessed their relationship.