"Thank you so much, old man. If you hadn't told me about this place, I don't know how long it would take me to find such a suitable location." Yang Jing would naturally not be stingy with words of respect and praise for such help.
The old man waved his hand and said with a smile: "I am fifty-nine years old this year, but I have lived on this river for fifty-six years! I followed my father on the boat when I was three years old, and started helping my family fish when I was six years old. I can live on this river all my life. Even if the construction of the dam in front started more than 20 years ago and the water began to be stored here, I have lived on this reservoir for more than 20 years. Naturally, I am familiar with every inch of it. I am not bragging. If you want to find a place here, there is nothing I don't know. Whether it is above the water or below the water."
The old man is extremely confident, just like carpentry to Master Lu Ban and programming to Brother Gates. It is obvious that the old man is really familiar with this place.
The guy next to him also shouted: "And me! I go fishing with Grandpa every week during the holidays. I am very familiar with this place!"
The old man touched the guy's head affectionately, smiled and did not refute, obviously he loved this eldest grandson very much.
Hearing what the father and son said, Yang Jing's heart moved, and he immediately asked: "Old man, do you want to sell this carp you caught?"
"Sell it, if you don't sell it, we won't be able to eat it. It's more than 100 yuan per pound now!" The old man was stunned, and then a smile appeared on his face. Cheng fished here, so he certainly understood what the guy in front of him meant by asking this question.
Authentic Yellow River carp is basically nowhere to be found on the market nowadays. There are fishmongers in their area every year who come to buy fish. As long as it is authentic Yellow River carp, the current purchase price has reached 160 yuan per catty. As for how much these fishmongers sell it for, that is not something the old man can know.
Of course, if he happens to catch a Yellow River carp and happens to meet tourists, the old man will also sell it to tourists at the price that fishmongers buy it for. It's the same money, so it doesn't matter who you sell it to.
"What? You want to buy it?" the old man asked with a smile.
Yang Jing nodded and said, "My family is from Shandong Province. I once ate Yellow River carp in Qihe, which is on the bank of the Yellow River. After that, I never ate authentic Yellow River carp again. So when I saw you caught three carp, I was very greedy."
The old man laughed out loud, "My boy, the price of carp sold by fishmongers now is 160 yuan per catty. I won't ask you for more money. Just follow this price. I have three fish here, one weighing 5.5 catties, one weighing 7.4 catties, and one weighing a little over 10 catties. I can charge you 10 catties. Which one do you want? Or do you want all of them?"
Yang Jing pulled his boat up to the old man's fishing boat, thought for a moment and said, "Old man, I'll buy the fish and eat it myself. I can't eat the ones that are too big."
The old man nodded and said, "Well, that's true. In fact, the bigger the carp, the tastiest it is. The tastiest carp is between three and five catties. You should buy this one. It's five and a half catties, and it costs eight hundred and eighty."
"Oh, this number is auspicious, but I don't have any change. Grandpa, such a good fish, I will make it an integer for you! Perfect is not bad either, what about you?" Yang Jing took out his wallet and counted out ten red Mao Zedong notes and handed them over.
"Oh, how can I do this? I can't charge you more money! Wait a minute, I'll give you the change."
"Forget it, old man. It's not easy for you and your father to go out fishing in such cold weather. Besides, the price is already very cheap. This is authentic Yellow River carp. You can't buy it outside even if you have money. I know that. So, don't worry about this little money. I'm the one who got it. Besides, I have to stay here for a long time. Why don't you give me a bucket and a net bag so that I can put the fish in. At least they won't die."
The old man was slightly stunned, then smiled and said, "Okay, let's do as you say. I have an extra bucket here, so I'll give it to you. Fill half of the bucket with water and put the carp into the net bag and then into the bucket. I guarantee that the fish will be fine."
The old man picked up a plastic bucket with a diameter of 40 centimeters, bent down and scooped half a bucket of water from the lake, then took the still lively Yellow River carp out of the water tank and threw it directly into the bucket with a net bag.
This half bucket of water and the fish weighed more than thirty pounds, almost forty pounds, but the old man lifted the bucket easily as if he was lifting something of five or six pounds.
Yang Jing took the bucket with one hand and raised a thumb with the other hand and said, "Old man, you are really strong. I think even young people can hardly match your strength."
The old man smiled proudly, "You are right. I am a fisherman. When there were a lot of fish in the past, I could catch 100 to 180 kilograms of fish in one net. I was the only one doing it, so I have trained myself to have this strength a long time ago."
Seeing Yang Jing put the bucket in a corner of the speedboat, the old man said again: "You'd better cover it and add something heavy. These wild carp are very strong. Even with a net bag, they can splash a lot of water when they flutter in the bucket. So, you'd better add something heavy."
Yang Jing nodded and put his waterproof backpack directly on it.
A deal was done like this. But judging from the scene, the lake was empty in the early morning, with a hand-cranked fishing boat and a speedboat. If you look at it from a distance, the scene looks like a meeting between smugglers in a movie.
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