"My fish is the only one in the county. It costs 1 yuan per catty. If it's less, I won't sell it," Liang Xiaonan said.
She had just heard that it was sold to customers in the restaurant for 5 yuan per pound.
Zhang Ming still wants to bargain, but now pork is only 8 cents per pound, apples are only 25 cents, big and thick sesame cakes are only 3 cents each, and fish is really expensive at 1 yuan.
He had already made a calculation in his mind. Liang Xiaonan's fish was very big. If it cost 1 yuan a pound, he would have to pay hundreds of yuan today.
A country girl who catches a few ownerless wild fish and earns a hundred yuan is so evil and greedy.
The waiter ran over and said, "Manager, what should I do? I want to order mandarin fish. Now there are more than thirty tables asking for fish."
Zhang Ming and Liang Xiaonan clearly heard the guests complaining at the door: "This is the best restaurant, but the ingredients are not enough, it is not as good as a private restaurant!"
At this time, a big man came downstairs, he was about 1.9 meters tall and he didn't look like a good guy. He said angrily: "Mr. Xie wants to eat mandarin fish."
"Okay, okay, do it right away." Zhang Ming immediately changed his attitude 180°, holding his waist in his mouth, and said flatteringly, "Mr. Xie wants to eat the fish from our store, it is our honor."
"I want the same mandarin fish that the man ate just now."
"Ah, okay, okay!" Zhang Ming sent the big guy upstairs with a smile on his face as if singing.
Seeing the big guy heading upstairs, Zhang Ming said to Liang Xiaonan: "Just one yuan, Xiao Liang, I want all your fish!"
Liang Xiaonan's big eyes flashed twice and he thought to himself, who is this Mr.
Zhang Ming asked someone to catch fish from the water tank and weigh them. There were 12 fish in total, including mandarin fish, herring, and grass carp, weighing a total of 122 kilograms.
The finance officer paid 122 yuan to Liang Xiaonan, and Zhang Ming asked the waiter to pack 5 steamed buns for Liang Xiaonan, and also wrapped a braised rabbit head in lotus leaves.
"Xiao Liang, you can't find a second price in the whole Yu County for the price I gave you. Also, rabbit heads are our specialty, can I take good care of you?"
"Thank you, Manager Zhang!" Liang Xiaonan smiled lightly. The rabbit head had been touched, probably by someone else.
Liang Xiaonan counted out 15 yuan, stuffed the rest into the space, walked out of the hotel, and handed the money to Liang Xiaobei: "Here, this is today's fish money."
Liang Xiaobei didn't know that she had raked in 12 fish. She thought it was only the two fish she caught in the morning. 15 yuan was a huge sum of money.
He grabbed a stack of bills and counted them over and over excitedly.
"Stop counting and eat quickly." Liang Xiaonan pointed at the steamed buns and rabbit heads and moved the large water tank to the cart.
Liang Xiaobei was so greedy that his saliva was swirling in his mouth, but he still held back and said, "Go home and eat with grandma."
"Eat it, it's free. It's so hot, it won't be good if it goes rancid. There's a sesame seed vendor selling sesame cakes across the street. Let's buy some for grandma to take back."
Not to mention that Liang Xiaobei had eaten enough in these years, he had been beaten half to death by Liang Dazhuang. How had he ever touched steamed buns or meat?
I grabbed the steamed buns three times and then ate one without even chewing it.
"The fish is so easy to sell, I will catch it early tomorrow morning."
"I'll catch it with you."
The two of them went to a sesame seed cake shop and bought 10 sesame seed cakes for 30 cents. They also bought meat buns wrapped in lotus leaves. One pack was kept for grandma and the other was for Xiaobei to eat.
Liang Xiaobei was reluctant to eat. Seeing Liang Xiaonan swallowing one piece in two mouths, he couldn't help but said: "Sister, don't choke."
"I have to eat quickly and go on my way. It's too late to go back, and grandma is worried."
Originally she wanted to buy some small fry, but forget it, let's do it another day, it's too late today.
The road was not easy to walk at night. There were no street lights and the lights were dim. Liang Xiaonan ran home one step at a time.
In this era, there was no TV or radio in the mountain village, so Liang Xiaobei's mind was filled with ghost stories told by the village elders.
It was fine during the day, but when I walked at night, all those ghost stories came out one by one.
The two of them were walking in the moonlight. The owl in the mountain made a few "ooh" sounds, which made their hair stand on end. Liang Xiaobei asked Liang Xiaonan: "Sister, are you afraid of ghosts?"
"Ghost?" Liang Xiaonan heard the fear in Liang Xiaobei's voice and laughed loudly, "Xiaobei, can I tell you a ghost story?"
"Sister, stop talking!"
"What kind of ghosts are you afraid of, a real man? Those are all legends. Has anyone seen ghosts?"
Naturally, Liang Xiaonan will not tell ghost stories to Liang Xiaobei. She never forgets to accumulate laughter, so how can she waste time!
"On a dark night, a man was walking at night and passed by a cemetery. Suddenly he noticed a cluster of fire in the distance that appeared and disappeared. Ouch, it was a 'will-o'-the-wisp'!"
"He gingerly picked up a stone and threw it towards the fire. The red light flew slowly to the back of another grave."
"He picked up another stone and threw it towards the fire, and saw the red light flying towards the next grave. He was about to collapse, so he picked up another stone and threw it towards the red light regardless."
"I just heard an angry curse coming from behind the grave: 'Damn it, who is it? Shit, smoked a bag of cigarettes and hit me three times.'"
Liang Xiaobei laughed so hard that he felt that the night road was not so scary anymore.
At about 8 o'clock in the evening, the siblings returned to Dakeng Village and saw Grandma Liang standing there looking from a distance.
"Grandma, it's so late, why are you still waiting here?"
Grandma Liang breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the two of them coming back, and said, "It's good that you guys are back. Go home quickly. I made the noodle soup and it's cold."
The two siblings unanimously kept silent about making money by selling fish, but Grandma Liang asked: "I heard from Xiao Hongyu that you two went to the county town? Why are you still holding our big water tank?"
Liang Xiaonan whispered: "Grandma, let's go home and talk."
When they got home, Liang Xiaonan unloaded the water tank, and Liang Xiaobei pulled her grandma into the house, handed Grandma Liang the remaining 13 yuan, 40 cents and 2 cents from her pocket, and then gave her three white flour steamed buns, 10 sesame seed cakes, and 5
Steamed buns, braised rabbit heads wrapped in lotus leaves, take them out to grandma.
Grandma Liang was shocked and asked repeatedly: "Hey, dear, didn't you take it from someone else?"
"Taking" in Dakeng Village means stealing.
"Oh, grandma, where can we get so much money and so much delicious food? My sister earned this from selling fish."
So I told Grandma Liang how Liang Xiaonan caught two big fish in the pond and sold them in a big hotel in the city. Grandma Liang clasped her hands together and chanted the Buddha's name.
Liang Xiaonan said to Grandma Liang: "I borrowed the cart from Hongyu's family today and gave them a few sesame seeds so that I can borrow the cart next time."
Grandma Liang said: "Yes, we must not forget her. But, Xiaonan, people's hearts are separated from each other. Don't say you made a lot of money catching fish."
"I understand, grandma." Liang Xiaonan picked up four sesame seed cakes and returned the trolley to Xiao Hongyu's house.
During the dinner, Grandma Liang was so happy that she cried and laughed at the same time: "Xiaonan, I didn't expect that Grandma would have the opportunity to eat meat buns one day."
Like Liang Xiaobei, she counted the huge sum of 13 yuan, 40 cents and 2 cents over and over again, which made Liang Xiaonan almost unable to bear it and took out the more than 100 yuan he had hidden so that she could count it.
"Xiao Nan, are there any fish in the pond?" Grandma Liang never expected that two fish would be sold for so much money.
"I don't know. There should be more. I'll go take a look tomorrow."
Liang Xiaonan is thinking about the peach tree now.
The fry that had been dripped with a few drops of spiritual spring liquid grew into the best big fat fish. She didn't know what would happen to the wild peach tree on the mountain that she had dripped with spiritual spring liquid.