Xu Milu hadn't expected there to be so many intricacies involved in raising fish. She waved and said, "Uncle Liu, please make yourself at home. Would you like some fruit?"

Xu Minian came over after washing the fruit, carrying a plate of freshly washed grapes, eggs, and cherries. The large size of the fruit immediately caught Liu Xing's eye.

"Holy crap, is this a grape? Or a peach or a plum?"

Xu Minian was somewhat smug:

"Try it. These grapes and cherries were given to me by the company where my sister interned. You can't buy them anywhere else. They taste amazing. I didn't even dare to bring them to school."

Liu Xing was skeptical. He held a ping-pong grape and examined it for a long time. Then he looked at the egg and cherry and found it even more unbelievable.

"How can it be so big? Is it from the moon? Is this size normal?! It looks too fake!"

Liu Xing was honest; he took a bite of half an egg cherry, the skin broke open, and the solid flesh and sweet and sour juice exploded in his mouth, immediately spreading a rich fruity aroma.

Take another bite of the Ping Pong grape. The round, heavy grapes are so big that you can't even hold three in your palm. No need to peel them. Just a gentle push with the tip of your tongue and the flesh separates. The sweet taste instantly wins over Liu Xing.

"Wow! This is delicious! It's so much better than those Shine Muscat grapes. Those grapes are so sweet, they don't taste like grapes at all. And these cherries, so much meat, it's so satisfying to eat!"

"Old dog, let me tell you, these are all new varieties. They are new varieties that people grafted themselves. If we weren't close, I wouldn't have been willing to give them to you to eat."

For a moment, Xu Minian forgot that his parents were still there and blurted out the other person's nickname.

Calling someone's son "old dog" in front of his father, Xu Milu glared at her silly younger brother and smiled sheepishly at Liu Qifeng.

But Liu Qifeng didn't hear him at all. He kept staring at the four guppies in the turtle tank, sometimes looking amazed, sometimes frowning and shaking his head at his phone.

"Old Wang, hey, can you tell me what kind of seedling this is?! It looks like a snake king to me, but I'm not sure."

"Hey, Teacher Xu, yes, yes, I just posted it in the group. Do you think the color and shape are some kind of variant?"

"It's true! Whoever photoshopped it is a coward! I'm right here in their house, and the fish looks even better than in the picture!"

Although Xu Milu didn't understand the psychology of these fish enthusiasts, she could tell that her fish did have some value; otherwise, someone who had been raising fish for over a decade wouldn't be so captivated by them and so enamored with them.

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The group ate and chatted for a while before Liu Qifeng reluctantly shifted his gaze from the little sprites. He took a sip of his tea, calmed himself, and then asked Xu Milu, slightly embarrassed:

"Xiao Xu, this fish of yours... I've never smoked or drunk alcohol in my life, my biggest hobby is raising fish, and seeing such a good fry like yours has really gotten me excited... Um, could you tell me which fish farm it came from? If it's inconvenient to say, that's fine..."

Xu Milu didn't feel embarrassed at all, and said generously:

"It didn't come from any fish farm; I just bought it from someone near the Qingshui River."

Liu Qi asked excitedly, "Really?! Have you seen any other varieties? Could it be a new variety hybridized in the wild?!"

Xu Milu didn't even blink: "I don't know either. I just bought a few because they looked nice. Uncle, you saw them too. These fish are easy to keep. They'll eat anything you give them."

Watching the guppies dance up and down with Xu Milu's fingers, their tails fluttering like exquisite gowns, Liu Qifeng's eyes welled up with tears. To encounter such friendly and beautiful guppies was truly exceptional luck.

Liu Qifeng liked it more and more the more he looked at it, and his heart itched more and more. In the end, he couldn't help but swallow his pride and said:

"Well, Xiao Xu, I really like these fish. I wonder if you could... part with them?"

He said the last few words with a shameless grin. If Liu Qifeng and his old friends knew that he was begging for fish fry from a child, they would laugh him to death.

"Um, well... actually, this fish can't be raised as breeding stock. Wouldn't it be ripping people off if I sold it to you?"

Xu Milu was somewhat embarrassed.

Liu Qifeng was taken aback, clearly not believing Xu Milu's explanation, and said righteously:

"I bought these just to play with myself. Otherwise, would I be buying your breeding fish at the price of fry?"

Liu Xing, unable to bear it any longer, impatiently shoved Liu Qifeng and turned to Xu Milu, saying:

"Sister, just sell this fish to my dad. He can't afford it, and he can't eat for months. Don't worry, it's okay if it's a little more expensive. He spends a lot of money on his fish every month anyway, so let's keep the profits in the family!"

Xu Minian laughed and punched him: "Get lost! Who says we're not strangers?"

Liu Qifeng, standing to the side, seemed to find nothing wrong with Liu Xing's words and nodded repeatedly.

"Yes, it's reasonable for these new fish fry to be a bit more expensive. It's all about fate when it comes to these fish. If you encounter them in the wild, that's fate between you and these fish. My encounter with them today is also fate between me and these fish."

Xu Milu originally thought she could just give away a few fish, but since the other person brought it up so seriously, she felt it was inappropriate to just wave her hand and say she would give them away.

Xu Milu thought for a moment, then hesitated before speaking, "I bought this fish anyway, so it wouldn't be right for you to charge too much. Why don't you just give me any price?"

Seeing that he might be able to buy fish, Liu Qi's eyes gleamed:

"I'll just shamelessly take advantage of you. I'll charge you 5,000 per fish, and I'll give you 20,000 for four, okay?"

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