Chapter 160 Buying water fish has to be divided into male and female
"Boss, how do you sell this fish?" Lai Wang squatted in front of a man selling fish in a bucket.
"This fish is a wild fish. I caught it from a net in the river. You can see it is still alive and kicking. It is different from those raised with feed." There was a fishy smell on the man's body, but the fish in the bucket was as he said.
, it seems that it was really caught from the river. And there is more than one kind of fish in the bucket.
"Haha. Your fishing net is really neat, not a single scale is damaged, and several different fishes look like brothers when put together. They don't jump at all." Lai Wang said with a smile. Lai Wang grew up in the countryside.
Of course, we know that fish caught with a net will inevitably have their scales damaged when caught. Because wild fish are very wild, they will definitely struggle to death after being caught. The scales of the fish can easily be scraped off by the fishing net.
.But the fish in the barrel didn’t have any scales damaged, and it didn’t have any wild surname. Naturally, it couldn’t have come from the net in the river. Instead, this guy mixed different fish he raised and sold them as wild fish. Wild fish
The price is much more expensive than feed fish from fish farms.
"Brother, are you buying fish? If you don't buy fish, don't interfere with my business here." The man glared at Lai Wang threateningly.
"Of course I sincerely buy fish, but you get what you pay for. I want to buy this fish. What's the price?" Lai Wang asked.
"Since you are also an expert, don't make things difficult for me, brother. You can go over there. There are all kinds of fish." Seeing that Lai Wang was not afraid of him, the man didn't want to really make the matter a big deal.
The most important thing is that Laiwang doesn't look like a soft persimmon that he can step on casually.
Lai Wang saw that the other party said soft words and ignored them. Originally, he wanted to buy some real wild fish, and maybe he could buy some rarer fish. But he didn't expect that he was here with fish from a fish farm.
people.
Lai Wang walked in the direction pointed by the man, and there was indeed a fish shop over there. However, there were some common grass carp, bighead carp, carp and the like, but the fish Lai Wang wanted to buy was nowhere to be seen.
"Boss, do you have any other fish here?" Lai Wang asked.
"Aren't all the fish here? Are there any other fish here in Huangshi? Aren't these the only ones that eat fish? You want to buy expensive ones, do you want water fish?" the fish seller said disdainfully.
.He didn’t look like Wang was dressed like a rich man. He thought he was just pretending.
"Water fish? How much does it cost per catty?" Lai Wang asked.
"It depends on the weight. Well, isn't there a price marked on it?" the owner of the fish shop said, pointing to a piece of hard paper.
"It's quite expensive," Lai Wang said casually.
"If it's too expensive, I can only buy silver carp, which costs four yuan per catty. Compared with aquatic fish, it's basically like giving it away for free. It comes from a farm. If it's wild, it doesn't cost a hundred yuan per catty.
Don't think about it." The fish shop owner's words can make people angry to death.
"It's true that you are a boss. When I go to your store to buy something, you seem to be trying not to let me buy it. Forget it, I'm too lazy to talk nonsense to you. Just catch a few of them for me, male and female.
Only." Lai Wang said.
The owner of the fish shop was drinking water. When he heard what Lai Wang said, he immediately squirted out a mouthful of water. Lai Wang stretched out his hand quickly and immediately stepped aside.
"Why do you distinguish between male and female fish when you buy them? Aren't the males and females eaten the same? Are you letting it lay eggs in your stomach?" said the owner of the fish shop.
"Maybe you can't tell the difference between a male and a female." Lai Wang couldn't tell the difference himself. Water fish used to be common in rural areas, but now, they are really rare. Farmers can only buy them in fish shops.
Only then can we see the water fish.
"What's so difficult to tell? The easiest way is to look at the tails of aquatic fish. The female's tail is short, and the male's tail is long, thick and hard, and the length will exceed the skirt of the aquatic fish. How many pairs do you want?" asked the owner of the fish shop.
Laiwang really wants to buy it, no matter what he uses it for.
"For those small ones, get five or six pairs." Lai Wang said.
"Let me see, there are not five pairs in total. There are only two males and five females. Do you want them all?" Although the fish shop owner's tone was still stiff, his attitude had already begun to turn 180 degrees.
"I want them all," Lai Wang said.
On a scale, it looks like a lot, but it only weighs over six kilograms. This small water fish costs thirty yuan per kilogram, which is less than two hundred yuan in total.
Lai Wang took out two brand-new hundred-dollar bills and handed them over, "Get a bag and put them in them for me."
"Okay!" The fish shop owner made a business and made at least dozens of yuan. He was still very happy. He found a plastic bag and put the fish in it. "This fish has been raised here.
It's been a few days. If you take it back and raise it, I won't care if it doesn't survive. Do you still want this big fish?" asked the fish shop owner.
"You can keep those for yourself!" Lai Wang said angrily, why did the boss have such a bad tone just now?
The owner of the fish shop wasn't angry either. Who could have done it wrong just now? How could he drive people away when there was business? Fortunately, the mother-in-law went back to her parents' home, otherwise she would have been scolded again.
Laiwang walked a few steps and then turned back and asked, "Hey, where can I buy rarer fish. For example, the sturgeon and snakehead fish we have here."
"Where can I buy fish now? There are fish farms, but they are all sold to big cities. Our small place can't sell them at all," Lai Wang said.
"Weren't there many fish like this in the Yellowstone River before?" Lai Wang asked.
"You also said that was in the past. Now there are medicine fish in the river, electric fish in the river, and fish fry in the river. The descendants of these fish have been killed by us. They have been extinct for a long time.
.Haha. When we were children, we could touch several kilograms of fish when we took a bath in the river. Who dares to go down to the river to take a bath now?" When the fish shop owner talked about this, the topic immediately started to increase.
"It can't be really dead, right? There can always be some left, right?" Lai Wang asked.
"There may be some in the river upstream of the paper mill, but certainly not in the lower reaches. I heard that some people have caught swordfish up there. That swordfish is very valuable. It can be sold for thousands of dollars and a tael over there in the south of the Yangtze River." Fish shop
The boss said.
"Is it so expensive?" Lai Wang was surprised.
"Is it expensive? It sells for 10,000 yuan per tael. If you can't buy it, it's not empty. There's no way to breed saury. It's basically extinct in the river, so the price is naturally very expensive. When we were young, there were a lot of saury in the river.
At that time, they thought the fish was too small and didn’t have much meat.” The owner of the fish shop sighed.
"When did you hear that someone caught swordfish up there?" Lai Wang asked.
"It wasn't long ago. But if you want to catch swordfish now, it's almost like fishing for gold in the haystack." The owner of the fish shop said.
"Don't I also want to try my luck? Maybe I'll be lucky and catch a swordfish all at once? One or two sturgeons are not bad either." Lai Wang said with a smile, Lai Wang was really tempted.
"Hey, you'll be happy if you can catch half a crucian carp. How many live fish are there in the river now?" said the owner of the fish shop.
When Laiwang was about to leave, the owner of the fish shop gave him a suggestion.
"If you buy a few cages, you might be lucky and you might encounter one or two live fish," the fish shop owner said.
Laiwang's heart moved, and he followed the direction indicated by the fish shop owner and found a fishing gear shop. There were all kinds of fishing rods, and the prices were not very cheap. The net cage was not expensive, a few meters long.
It's only a few dozen dollars.
"Just buy a net cage. Sneak the fish cage into the reservoir at night and pick it up the next day. Make sure there is a cage of fish inside. Now the reservoir has become a fish farm, and the fish inside are densely packed." The owner of the fishing gear shop
said.
Lai Wang was puzzled. Isn't this inciting people to commit crimes? The reservoirs are contracted by others, and the fish they release naturally belong to them. Aren't you trying to steal other people's fish by placing the cages?
"I don't want to put fish in the reservoir. With a river as wide as Huangshi, is there any need to go to other people's reservoirs to steal fish?" Lai Wang said.
"Then you'd better not buy it. There's no chance of releasing fish into the Huangshi River. Where are the fish in the river now? If there were fish in the river, wouldn't I be able to sell any of the cages here?" said the owner of the fishing gear shop.
"How could it be? In such a big river, there are still some fish. Didn't some people catch saury in the river some time ago?" Lai Wang asked.
"Everyone has caught aquatic fish, but it's hard to wait even a thousand years. This net cage hasn't been sold for more than half a year. I don't want to trick you," said the owner of the fishing gear shop.
"I'm still going to buy it. It doesn't cost much anyway. I'll try my luck," Lai Wang said.
"That's up to you. Don't blame me if you don't catch any fish," the owner of the fishing tackle shop said.
Laiwang paid the money, took the cage and walked to the Huangshi River.
"Hey, young man, you don't want bait. There are special fish netting spices here. There are eel nets, crucian carp nets, all kinds of things!" the owner of the fishing tackle shop shouted.
Lai Wang turned around and asked, "Is there anyone who nets saury?"
"I still want it!" the owner of the fishing tackle shop said angrily.
"Then it won't end? I'll find a way myself." Lai Wang said.
"Another fool! It's crazy to be able to catch swordfish in the Huangshi River!" the owner of the fishing tackle shop said to Lai Wang's back.
Laiwang is full of confidence. The taste of the products in Hongmeng Space is so unique that it would be strange if the fish in the water cannot come out.
Laiwang went back to the hotel first and ordered some offal such as chicken intestines and duck intestines from the kitchen. He packed them in a plastic bag and prepared to carry out his fishing plan.
"Lai Wang, what are you doing mysteriously all day long?" He Biyun asked immediately when he saw Lai Wang mysteriously.
"Of course I'm busy with business!" Lai Wang said.
"Only ghosts believe you. You are so nervous every day. Have you gone to the mahjong parlor?" He Biyun asked.
"Only ghosts go to the mahjong parlor. Forget it, I won't tell you anymore. I'm busy!" Lai Wang said.
