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Chapter 52: Selling Fish

Jinghan was listening to the words of Mrs. Tao, and felt strange. When she came to deliver the thorny buds last time, the old lady was quite happy. Today, she came to deliver the fish, why did she still look like this?

Jinghan didn't know that the old lady was not very clear about the Xu family before. Tao Qingnian brought a lot of Chaihe back from the Xu family, and did not tell her family about the Xu family going up the mountain. Later, the old lady heard from others that the Xu family owed a lot of money and even sold the house. Now she went to the mountain to see the visit. The old lady remembered the incident when Zhixin came to the Tao family that day. It was probably Zhixin might have come to borrow money from Qingnian, and she was even more annoyed.

Since Huixin married into the Tao family, she didn't talk much, and she didn't refuse anything the old lady asked her to do. But Huixin would never do more things that she shouldn't do. The old lady looked at Huixin's dowry and thought of picking out some, but it was hard to say it clearly, so she always had something to say in her words. However, Huixin was at home since she was a child and had never seen Chen picking up the things of her daughter-in-law, so she didn't understand what her mother-in-law meant. In this way, the old lady didn't get any advantage from Huixin, and she felt even more unhappy. The old lady didn't know how much money Zhixin had borrowed, but probably she borrowed some, so she was thrust all day long.

Zhiming didn't look very good after hearing the old lady's words, "Auntie, we don't mean that, but this brother always cares about the girl. Well, Auntie, we have to go to the market, so we left first. After the festival, we came to pick up Huixin and stayed back for a few days. My mother missed the girl. Anyway, Huixin is pregnant now, and it's time to take a good rest." After Zhiming finished speaking, he led Jinghan and Wenhan Wencheng out of the Tao family and drove the ox cart to the market.

"Uncle San? Is it true that you said you should take your aunt home to live?" Jinghan was happy to hear that the younger aunt had never been home since she got married.

"It's true. Look at the old lady of the Tao family? I guess I know what our family looks like now. I look down on us. Jinghan, Wenhan, Wencheng? We must make some money quickly, then buy a house and land, so as to save people from looking down on you." Zhiming made up his mind to live a life and not let outsiders laugh at you.

"Hey? Don't worry, Uncle San? Our whole family is diligent. It won't take two years to do it. We will definitely live a good life." Jinghan said. Wenhan and Wencheng also agreed.

My uncle and nephew came to the market and started selling fish. Since tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival? In addition to making rice dumplings during this holiday, I also have to make some delicious food. So when everyone saw such fresh fish, many people gathered around me. You have one? I have two, but in a short while, there were only three or four fish left in the bucket.

Jinghan was so happy when he saw the barrel was empty. They changed into large wooden barrels, with more than 20 fish in total. On average, each one was 3 pounds. Carp was 130 cents per pound, and fine scale fish would be more expensive? Eighteen cents and two tars, which were also sold for 18 cents. Just calculate this way, it was probably sold for about 900 cents. Jinghan calculated it and felt very happy. If this could be done often, it would be quite good. "Brother, can we buy some meat and go home today? I'm greedy for meat. These fish, citrus and other things are not as good as meat killing greed." Zhiming went to the medicine shop to sell medicinal materials, and the three of them were left selling fish here.

Wenhan looked at his sister and smiled, "You are just a greedy cat. Okay, we will buy meat later. After the festival, we should eat some good food. If there weren't many dishes at this time, we should buy meat and make dumplings." At this time, it's usually leeks, but the Xu family went up the mountain in the first year of this year, and there were no leeks at all.

"I dare not think about dumplings anymore. It's good to have some meat." Jinghan said with a smile.

People here bought fish again, "Brother, sell all of your four fish to me. Can you be cheaper?" asked a man in his forties.

Wen Han nodded after hearing this, "Uncle, if you buy all these four fish, you can give it ten cents per pound. We also want to sell it out quickly so that we can go home."

"Okay, then weigh it to me. By the way, can you guarantee that you have fish every day? I am from Baiweilou, the town. If you can have it every day, you can send it there. Although it is a bit cheaper than you buy it like this, it is guaranteed." The man asked.

After hearing this, Jinghan thought this was good. After all, I don’t think there are too many times today, and I don’t celebrate the festival every day. “Okay, uncle, then I’ll agree that we will send you fish from tomorrow. How much do you want every day?”

The man thought for a while, "Let's get ten pieces a day first. If they sell well, let's talk about it later. Our restaurant is the best in the town. In the past, this fish was not enough to sell."

Wenhan has already weighed the fish, "There are four fish in total, twelve and a half pounds, even if it is twelve pounds, one hundred and twenty cents."

The man handed the money to Jinghan and took the fish away. "Don't forget to send the fish." He also reminded him before leaving.

All the fish were sold out, and Zhiming happened to come back from the medicine shop, "Oh, it's really fast. Okay, let's go back?" He sold all the medicinal materials.

"Uncle San, wait a minute, we are going to buy something. Buy some meat and something. Let's make something delicious tomorrow." Jinghan couldn't help but say happily. Today, the fish sold for one or two taels of silver, and it was also decided to send fish every day. This means that there will be investments every day in the future. How great is it. Jinghan told Zhiming about what happened just now, and Zhiming was very happy to hear it.

So, everyone went to buy meat together and came to the place where the meat was sold. When they asked that the pork was actually worth 30 cents per pound, Jinghan was scared. "Uncle, why is this meat expensive again? Thirty cents is too expensive, right?"

The butcher laughed, "It's the holiday tomorrow, and there are many people buying meat. At this time, there are fewer pigs that can be slaughtered, so of course it will be expensive."

Jinghan gritted her teeth and bought two kilograms of waist strips of meat. The waist strip was just as fat and lean, and the cooking was delicious. Then she saw a set of pig's head and hooves on the chopping board, and asked, "Uncle, how do you sell these?"

When the butcher saw Jinghan asking about the water, he said, "You can just give me fifty cents to this whole pair. Most people are unwilling to clean up this thing."

Jinghan looked at it and found that there were quite a few of them in the water. Although these things cannot be compared with the taste of good meat, they are also good things. Her mother is quite good at washing these things, and the taste is also good. Why not buy them again and eat a few more meals when you go home. "Okay, uncle, give me all of these."

The butcher found some hemp ropes, tied all the water and other things together, and handed them to Wen Han and Zhiming. Wen Han took them and put them in the wooden barrel. It happened that there was no fish in the wooden barrel, and the water had just poured all over, so it was just right to put them.

Next, they went to buy some salty salt, pepper, large ingredients and other seasonings, and bought some food. There was not much grain at home, and there were only about ten acres of land in total. How could such people eat at home? Now, after spending most of the money for selling fish, Jinghan began to sigh that it was not easy to make money.

Uncle and nephew drove a ox cart, pulling a lot of things and slowly walked back. Waiting to return to the venue, Chen and Xue saw the things on the car and asked, "Zhiming, why are you here to buy such things? Now it's hard to make money, save some money."

"Grandma, I want to buy it. We live in the mountains, which is already hard enough. If we don't eat something good, how can people suffer? Look at my father and others have to get up to walk the river at night, so it's so hard to get people." Jinghan said quickly. Walking the river is an idiom for ginseng, which means to come out at night and patrol the ginseng field. This ginseng soil is a long ridge called Yichuaner, so when you go out at night, it's called Liuchuaner.

Chen looked at Jinghan's little face, flushed, and there was a little sweat on his forehead, so he quickly took a veil and helped Jinghan wipe his sweat. "You have a lot of work. Okay, grandma also knows that the mountain is too hard, just to save more money. Okay, since I bought it, we should eat it, and we can't exhaust everyone. Merrill, Yingzi, you two quickly took the pig into the water to wash it. If you can't eat it for a while, you marinate it and eat it slowly. These are good things, and they can't be considered meat." When the old lady asked Jinghan to say this, she naturally felt sorry for her husband and son, and she didn't care about buying these things. Besides, these are the credits of the children. These children are all sensible and can't lose too much to the children.

Jinghan talked to grandma and mother about sending fish to the town every day. Everyone was very happy to hear that, and Chen was a little worried, "Jinghan, you promised me, but I didn't think about it. What if I couldn't catch ten ones one day?" I dare not say that this fishing day is like today.

"Mom, I'm not afraid of this. I'll go to the riverside to find a place and dig a small hole. If we catch too many things on one day, we will put them in the small holes and keep them. If there are fewer one day, just take out the small holes and send them to the restaurant. When the elder brother is free, we will dig a place and make a small bubble." Zhiming had long thought of this problem.

When Chen heard this, he thought it was feasible, so he stopped talking about it. It happened that Zhiming talked about going to the Tao family today, and Chen said that he would take Huixin back and stay for a while. "It depends on his old lady. Huixin may be angry there, so it would be better to take it back and stay for a few days. Even though we have a little worse food and accommodation in the mountain, I don't know if I can give it up. Forget it, let's talk about it then, it's better than being angry there."

"Grandma, it's okay. There are also many good things on this mountain, and my aunt will like it." Jinghan naturally wanted Huixin to come back.
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