Chenji Fish Shop, Changningfang, Beicheng District.
"Xiao Xuan, I want this grass carp. Kill it for me and cut it into slices."
A middle-aged woman carried cabbage on her shoulders and came to the fish shop pond and pointed at one of the grass carps.
"Okay, Aunt Wang."
Chen Xuan fished out a rather large grass carp from the pool, weighed it on a scale and showed it to Mrs. Wang, then placed the grass carp on the table and pulled out a fish knife with the other hand, with the handle facing the back of the fish's head.
Bang bang twice.
The grass carp twitched on the spot.
Then, Chen Xuan raised his knife and dropped it.
Brushing, brushing, brushing...
The blade scraped across the grass carp's body, and the scales were scraped clean.
Chen Xuan skillfully opened the belly of the grass carp, cleaned out the internal organs, rinsed it with water, and then began to slice it into pieces. Each piece of fish fillet was evenly thin and thick.
Soon, the grass carp was sliced.
Except for the fish head, only the bones of the fish body are left.
Fish Killing Knife Technique 1
Chen Xuan was no longer surprised by the text messages that appeared in front of him.
He is not from this world.
Half a year ago, he was eating hot pot and singing songs, and suddenly traveled through time.
My predecessor was also called Chen Xuan. My mother died of illness a year ago. My father is a fisherman. He has been fishing and selling fish for generations. But I don’t know if there is too much fishing. For generations, my ancestors have been in Canglan.
While fishing in the river, he encountered a water monster and died.
Half a year ago, my predecessor went fishing with his father and encountered a water monster attacking the fishing boat.
The fishing boat was broken into pieces, and Chen's father made a quick decision and threw all the fish he caught into the water to attract the attention of the water monster.
The two jumped into the water together and swam toward the shore.
But the water monster had no intention of letting the two of them go after eating the fish.
In order to save his predecessor, Chen's father got entangled with the water monster in the water. The predecessor swam desperately towards the shore. When he was approaching the shore, his energy was almost exhausted. He also suffered from cramps in his legs and feet, and unfortunately drowned.
Only then did he come through time travel.
At the same time, a proficiency panel appeared in front of Chen Xuan.
Chen Xuan——
Fish Killing Knife Technique: 4546/10000/Level 2.
Fishing: 14/10000/Level 2.
Swimming: 2121/5000/Level 1.
Cooking Skill: 4012/5000/Level 1.
Writing: 124/5000/Level 1.
This is the proficiency plug-in that you carry when you travel through time.
With proficiency in plug-ins, you will be rewarded for your efforts.
Every time you kill a fish, you can improve your proficiency in fish-killing knife skills and fishing skills.
He is able to have such good knife skills only because his fish-killing knife technique has reached the second level.
"Xiao Xuan, your knife skills are even better than your father's." Aunt Wang exclaimed: "Not to mention your father, even the chefs in the restaurant may not be able to cut the fish fillets so thinly and neatly and beautifully.
, how did you practice this?"
"There is no skill in knife skills. You just need to be familiar with your hands." Chen Xuan smiled slightly, then wrapped the fish head and cut fish fillets in oil paper, handed them to Aunt Wang and said, "Aunt Wang, it's a total of fifteen cents."
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"Fifteen cents, here you go!"
Aunt Wang counted out fifteen copper plates and placed them in Chen Xuan's hand, then put the fish fillets wrapped in oil paper into the vegetable basket.
"Hey, Aunt Wang, what a good day it is today. Not only did I buy fish, I also bought meat."
Seeing Aunt Wang put the fish fillet wrapped in oil paper into the vegetable basket, and there was a piece of lean meat in it, Chen Xuan couldn't help but smile and asked.
"You also know that the child's father works in a mine dozens of miles away. The mine stipulates that he can only come back once every six months. He has three days to rest and is not allowed to catch up."
Aunt Wang said.
"The work in the mine is indeed much harder, so we need to make up for it."
Chen Xuan nodded and said.
"Little brother, bring me a crucian carp."
As the number of people in the vegetable market increased, Chen Xuan also became busy.
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It's close to noon.
All the fish in the pool were sold out, and Chen Xuan started cleaning.
After cleaning up the fish shop, he did not leave immediately. Today was the day to pay the rent and the "protection fee".
In Qingshui County, whether it is setting up a stall to do small business or opening a shop, it is not an easy task. If you do not have a background, you must first pay money to the local gang, which is protection money, before you can open a shop.
Otherwise, ruffians would come to make trouble every day, and this business would not be able to continue at all.
If the business is good, there is a 100% chance that the local gangs will target them. Either the shop will be taken over and sold at a low price, or they will have to pay a large sum of money every month. If they work for the gangs, they can only earn some hard money.
If you are stubborn and stubborn with the gang, your life will be long.
It's not just Qingshui County.
In this world, no matter where you are, some profitable businesses are controlled by big forces. Even in civilian areas, gangs divide their territory. Ordinary people can only survive in the cracks and are constantly exploited.
Ordinary people want to get ahead, but it is as difficult as climbing to the sky.
After a while, a tall, thin old man came to the vegetable market with a few servants and started collecting rent from each household.
This person's name is Wang Zhongquan, the third housekeeper of the Ye family, who is responsible for collecting rent.
In the Changningfang Vegetable Market in Beicheng District, one-third of the shops are owned by the Ye family.
In addition, the Ye family also has a large amount of land with hundreds of tenant farmers, making them a large landowner in Qingshui County.
"Steward Wang, here is this month's rent. Please take it."
Seeing Butler Wang approaching, Chen Xuan immediately went back to the house, took out the prepared money bag and handed it over.
Wang Zhongquan took the money bag, opened it, looked at it and nodded slightly.
After handing the money bag to a servant behind him, Wang Zhongquan continued to the next house to collect rent.
Not long after Butler Wang left, a dozen strong men in black came to the West Market. All of them were tall and burly, looked powerful, and wore uniform clothes, black shorts, trousers, and waistbands.
There is also a knife in the room.
"The people from the Iron Wolf Gang are here."
I saw a dozen strong men in black with knives appearing, and every shop and vendor obediently paid their 'membership dues'.
The Iron Wolf Gang is one of the top five gangs in Beicheng District. There are hundreds of people in the official gang. They mainly collect protection fees. Every one of them is brave and fights hard. They are extremely ferocious and cannot be offended by ordinary people.
"Boss Bai, please keep this month's dues."
Chen Xuan, like other merchant stall owners, honestly handed over the protection fee.
The leader is a burly man named Bai Xingtang, a minor leader of the Iron Wolf Gang.
He is in charge of the Changningfang Vegetable Market.
"Chen Ji Fish Shop, pay your dues on time, mark it down."
Bai Xingtang took the money bag, checked it carefully and nodded slightly.
A member of the gang following behind held a notebook and recorded the merchants who had paid their 'membership dues'.
"When will this day end?"
Seeing the people from the Iron Wolf Gang leaving, Chen Xuan sighed.
By fishing and selling fish, you can earn almost twenty taels of silver a month.
But you have to pay rent every month. Even if you don't rent a house, as long as you sell in the vegetable market, stall fees are indispensable. And then you have to pay "protection fee" to the Iron Wolf Gang. If you don't pay the protection fee, there will be gangsters every day.
If you come here to cause trouble, you won't be able to do business at all.
In addition, individual fishing taxes must be paid to the county government every month.
Once the rent, protection fee, and personal fishing tax are paid, excluding food and clothing expenses, there is not much silver left in a month.
"I have been in this world for half a year and I have saved some money. It is time to find a place to learn martial arts."