Chapter 169
The dinner was held at Song Jia's house. Because the Cai family moved out, the second floor of their house was empty again. The two brothers lived on the third floor and did not come down. They had originally planned to put some important things on the second floor, but soil was hard to buy and there was nowhere to dig nearby, unless they drove to a faraway place to dig up dry and cracked soil, bring it back for fertilizer and use it again. But they were too busy at work to do that, so the floor was left vacant for the time being. Now the second floor is just the right place for dinner parties.
When Mu Nan and the others came over, the house was very lively. Some were playing cards, some were playing with dogs, and some were cooking in the kitchen. As soon as they came in, Yu Feng and Xu Ming came back right after them.
Seeing the corn in Xu Ming's hand, Jian Chu's eyes lit up. His family had finished eating all the canned corn a long time ago, and he hadn't eaten corn for a long time. It was considered an adult's restraint not to drool in public when seeing the corn.
Seeing his eyes shining with gold, Yu Zibai said, "I'll give you my share later."
Mu Nan, who was passing by him, also said: "I'll give you my share later."
It would have been fine if Yu Zibai had said this to Jian Chu, but when Mu Nan said this to Jian Chu, he suddenly felt embarrassed. At such an old age, it seemed that his self-control was not as good as Xiao Zhu's.
Thinking in my heart, I subconsciously looked at Xiao Zhu, who was already standing on tiptoe in the kitchen looking at the braised pork cut into pieces, and asked with drooling mouth: "Sister, when can we eat?"
Yang Jing smiled and replied: "When you count to one hundred, you can eat."
Xiao Zhu's eyebrows were furrowed and about to be knotted: "But I, I can't count yet."
Hearing this, Yang Jing also frowned and looked at him in distress: "What should we do? If we can't count to a hundred, the meat won't be cooked, and the meat that isn't cooked can't be eaten."
When Xiao Zhu heard that he couldn't eat, he immediately got anxious, scratched his head, and then turned around and ran to Cai Siqi, threw himself into her arms and shouted, "Mom, I want to count to one hundred!"
Those who were not playing cards made Xiao Zhu laugh and play. Sometimes children are really interesting toys. However, this fun is only for other people's children. It would be very tiring to take care of them by yourself.
Xu Ming can cook, but he doesn’t want to and doesn’t like cooking because cooking produces a lot of fumes, just like Mu Nan doesn’t like the humid air brought by rainy days. He always feels suffocated by the fumes.
But Yu Feng likes to cook, but unfortunately he didn't have the environment and conditions before. He went to school and joined the army. Not long after he was discharged from the army and started working, the world ended. Now there are no ingredients, so there is no place for him to show his talents. Today, there is a rare fish. I asked them about their plans. There are many people, and one fish is definitely not enough for stewing soup. This fish is not the kind of fish that can be stewed in soup. Originally, they planned to stew two fish and cook a plate of fish fillets, so that everyone can at least have two bites of fish meat.
Yu Feng took over the task of braising the fish fillets. Seeing that the fish had not yet been scaled and cleaned, he consciously took over the cleaning work.
After being placed in the kitchen for a while, the frozen fish that Mu Nan took out from the space had softened. Yu Feng rinsed it with water and began to scrape the scales and dig out the gills. Seeing the bright red gills, he said, "This is quite fresh. It seems that the cold chain is indeed worth improving. If this batch of fish sells well, I feel that there will be more and more fleets running to coastal cities in the future. Now the only food resources seem to be left in the sea."
Mu Nan was standing aside watching Qin Huai cutting meat. The braised pork Qin Huai made last time received unanimous praise. After being strongly requested to return, he took over as the chef of the braised pork this time. Hearing Yu Feng's sigh, he looked at Qin Huai with a guilty conscience. If it was revealed that the fishmonger was selling dead fish, then they didn't know if the fresh fish they were eating this time would arouse suspicion.
Qin Huai knew what Mu Nan was thinking just by looking at him, so he waved his hand and drove him out of the kitchen: "There are already three people in there, don't join in the fun, go outside and play with Xiao Zhu Niuniu."
He stood there with a guilty look on his face, and even though there was originally no problem, he turned it into a problem out of guilt. Yu Feng's observation ability was definitely unmatched by anyone in this room. Even though most people would not casually associate something with space, they still had to be doubly careful and alert about some minor details.
Mu Nan snorted: "In your heart, am I only three years old this year?"
Qin Huai smiled and said, "No, you are at least four years old."
This meal was so sumptuous, even better than the one during Chinese New Year. It was amazing that I could eat fish again after several years. The milky fish soup was so delicious that people wanted to swallow their tongues while drinking it.
For Xiao Zhu, this was the first time in his life to eat fish and drink fish soup. He was so amazed that the taste immediately surpassed Rourou's position in his heart and became the number one on his favorite food list.
It had been a long time since we had seafood. This little fish soup and a plate of fish were not enough, and it made us even more greedy. The girl even said, "I wonder if they're all sold out after we finish eating. Otherwise, the three of us can pool our money and buy another one. We still feel like we haven't had enough."
Mu Nan pursed her lips and said nothing, hoping in her heart that Shi Yuanfei would get rid of the fishmonger as soon as possible and not let more people be deceived.
However, just as they finished eating and were about to play a game of cards to digest the food, Cai Wentao held up his cell phone and said "WTF?"
Cai Wenwen leaned over and asked, "What's wrong?"
Cai Wentao quickly said: "Something went wrong with the fishmonger!"
The people who were already sitting at the card table looked over quickly: "What's the problem?"
Cai Wentao: "Look at the headlines yourself. The fish stalls were smashed."
Everyone quickly took out their cell phones to check. They originally thought that the fish were selling too well and those who didn't buy any were getting emotional and causing trouble. But they didn't expect that when they clicked on the picture, the first picture was an overturned car and fish all over the ground. The second picture was the details of the fish. Even though the fish hadn't been thawed yet, there were actually frozen maggots in the fish's belly when it was turned over.
When everyone saw this photo, their stomachs suddenly felt uncomfortable. After all, they had just happily eaten fish!
Seeing their reactions, Mu Nan quickly said, "But what we eat is fresh, the fish meat is plump and tender, right, Brother Yu?"
The fish was cooked by Yu Feng, so Yu Feng has the most say in whether the fish is fresh or not.
Yu Feng nodded: "Yes, the fish we just cooked is absolutely fresh."
Song Jia guessed: "Could it be that we went earlier, so we picked the better ones?"
Qin Huai put one hand on Mu Nan's neck and replied, "It's possible. If that's the case, then we are lucky."
Jian Chu looked at the headlines and couldn't help but whisper to Yu Zibai, "I was thinking about saving some money. If they make a lot of money from selling fish this time, there will definitely be a second time. We will buy more next time. I didn't expect that it would be like this right after dinner."
Yu Zibai: "We can save some money, then drive to the coast and eat our fill before coming back."
After reading the news, although it was related to them, it had little to do with them. After all, they were lucky and the fish they bought were fresh. So after reading the news, Song Jia touched the cards and asked, "Do you still want to play?"
Jian Chu stuffed the phone into Yu Zibai's hand and said, "Call, come on."
Seeing that they continued to play cards and did not pay too much attention to the news about selling fish, Mu Nan leaned on Qin Huai's shoulder and smiled. Fortunately, his brother changed the fish, otherwise today would be a big hassle.
Qin Huai ruffled Mu Nan's hair, held his wrist, and held the empty milk tea pot: "You guys play, we'll go home first."
Song Jia took the time out of his busy schedule to raise his head and asked, "Are you going back?"
Mu Nan hummed and waved at them: "We are going back, you guys enjoy yourself."
After returning home, Mu Nan pushed Qin Huai to take a shower. Qin Huai had been busy in the kitchen for so long that he was much hotter than him and smelled of cooking fumes. He took a shower to make himself comfortable. After Qin Huai finished showering, he took some clean clothes and went into the bathroom. After the heat and sweat on his body turned into the refreshing fragrance of shower gel, he came out wiping his hair. Seeing Qin Huai leaning on the bed and looking at his phone, he went over to him and asked, "Are you watching the news?"
Qin Huai hummed: "The incident has escalated."
Mu Nan, with a towel wrapped around her head, turned to look at him: "Upgrade what?"
Mu Nan glanced at the interface of the mobile phone in Qin Huai's hand. It was still a fish seller. There were people who were just like them. They bought fish, but found that the fish was smelly halfway back. They turned around and went back to find the fish seller. As a result, the fish seller denied his identity. The man naturally refused to accept it. The fish was not cheap. One or two yuan could buy food for several days now. A fish could be worth dozens of yuan at random, which was a huge amount of money.
One party denied it, and the other party was unwilling to suffer a loss. The person who bought the fish simply threw the thawed fish on the ground and shouted that the fish he was selling was dead.
After this commotion, other buyers who were frantically scrambling for the fish naturally hesitated. After all, the fish were so expensive, and they would be at a huge loss if they were dead.
When the fishmonger saw this, he pulled the troublemaker aside. There were many of them and only one person was causing trouble, so it was easy to deal with him. He just had to beat him up until he shut up.
Soon, groups of people who had bought fish earlier came over and asked for a refund, saying that the fish was rotten.
At this moment, those who were hesitating whether to buy or not immediately dispersed. Wouldn’t it be better to spend so much money to buy some potatoes to fill their stomachs? It would be a big loss to buy a dead fish.
As more people came, they started pushing and shoving each other, and some people joined in the commotion, eventually overturning all the fish stalls on the car.
Because the edited video was posted earlier and the time and place of the fish sale were announced, many people nearby couldn't help but come over to see the excitement even if they didn't buy anything. They haven't seen even a fish bone in several years, so it's good to satisfy their cravings. So the place was crowded with people, and when they saw the fish stalls were overturned, some people immediately rushed over, no matter whether the fish were good or bad, they would grab the fish first without paying.
By the time Shi Yuanfei and his men arrived, it had already turned into a mob fight. The ground was in a mess, with fish carcasses trampled into pulp, bloodstains from injuries sustained in the chaos, and even two people with their heads split open lying on the ground.
The photos released in the news now show the crowd being evacuated, the troublemakers being taken away, and the mess left on the ground.
Mu Nan also saw in some photos that people were bending over to pick up fish on the ground. He just didn't know whether these people were cleaning up the scene or just picking up the fish to eat at home.
Mu Nan was a little worried: "It seems like this is a big deal. We bought fresh fish, isn't it a bit unreasonable?"
Qin Huai took the towel and wiped his hair carefully: "What's unreasonable? It's just good luck. This matter ends here for us. What happens next has nothing to do with us. Just be a spectator."
"Only those who bought bad fish will make a fuss. Buying good fish has nothing to do with you. So even if the matter becomes a big fuss, Jian Chu and the others won't think that there is not a single good fish in the cart. They will just attribute it to us going early and having good luck, and then just watch the fun. So don't think about it, just consider yourself as one of the spectators."
Just as Qin Huai said, Jian Chu and the others did think so. Seeing the situation escalating online, they sighed at their good luck. If they had bought dead fish, they would have been so angry that they not only didn't get to eat the fish, but also lost money. Now it is said that the fish sellers have not yet compensated the money to those who bought the dead fish, because in the previous chaotic riot, two of the partners whose brains were beheaded were from the joint ventures. One of them died after failed rescue efforts, and the other is still lying in the hospital.
The case of selling dead fish escalated into a loss of life incident, and it became such a big deal and attracted so much public attention that the higher authorities can only investigate according to the procedures and settle the matter accordingly. As for those who lost money by buying dead fish, they will be put in the back row until the murder case is sorted out before dealing with other issues.
This scared Mu Nan a lot. Fortunately, he didn't go back at that time, otherwise he really didn't know what the situation would be like now.
Other people who were interested in this matter could only learn about it from the news and some forum groups. Of course, the authenticity of the news remains to be verified, but Song Jia learned some of the inside details of this matter through the friend who introduced him to the editing job. That person was the son of a big boss who was planning to get into the land business. He just surfed the Internet when he had nothing to do. Because he saw the food video that Song Jia had made for Jian Chu before, he started to chat with him privately. At first, it was to buy a cake, but after chatting a lot, they became netizens.
Song Jia learned from him that the fish owner was also wronged in this matter.
There are three partners in the fish business, all of them are in their twenties or thirties. They come from wealthy families and are the second generation to run machinery factories or farms. One of them got the resources of a cold chain vehicle and wanted to go farther to get some rare goods, so he started to develop in coastal cities.
Of course, it was not the turn of the young boss who was used to dispatching others to do things, to follow the car himself, so he hired someone. He did take a video along the way and sent a copy of the video material back first. It takes time to place orders and load the goods, so he did some preliminary warm-up first.
As a result, the fish I bought and the fish loaded on the cold chain truck were not from the same batch. Some of them were eaten by people, but not all of them were dead. Some were already dead, and some were still struggling to survive. Anyway, this kind of fish was much cheaper than those just caught from the sea, and it could eat up some of the payment.
So the whole thing has become what it is now.
The one who was beaten to death this time was a small boss whose family contracted a farm. He was twenty-six or twenty-seven years old and the only son in the family. His father contracted several farms and had very favorable conditions. He lived a good life both before and after the apocalypse. But his son lost his life because of a prank he did with someone else. How could people tolerate this?
Song Jia sent a message to the small group of only three people: "I heard that the farm owner has made a list of people who beat his son that night, as well as those who were in charge of the transport team this time, especially the one who cheated people out of their money. The boss directly hired killers, and the names on the list are clearly marked with the price of a life."
Jian Chu: "So direct and without any concealment?"
Song Jia posted a spread-hands emoji: "Why are you still hiding it? In the past, a person in his 50s could find someone to do IVF and maybe have another child, but now it's impossible. The son I raised so much is gone. After I die, who will I leave the money I earned to? I'm so angry that I want revenge."
Mu Nan: "It's so direct, no one cares?"
Song Jia: "Of course I can't say openly that I'm going to spend money to avenge my son. Isn't that stupid? I must do it secretly. It's just that I have to be more careful than before to not let anyone know. Now I just need to not make a scene in front of others. Now it's such a mess, who cares so much."
No one expected that the booming sales of sea fish would turn into the current situation. Mu Nan felt a little uncomfortable and didn't feel like eating fish these days.
The sale of pork has diverted some attention away from the marine fish incident. The pork is made from live pigs, so it will definitely not repeat the mistakes of marine fish. But the price is not cheap either. Even though it is regulated by the government, the price of pure meat is already fifty yuan, and the price of meat and bones is already forty-five yuan. Pure bones are the cheapest, at thirty-one kilograms.
This outrageous price of meat is still driving people crazy.
Five pigs are available for sale online every day, and the number of flash sales is limited. Accounts that have purchased cannot buy them a second time. We have tried our best to allow as many people as possible to buy them. Although there are still many people who cannot buy them, the resources are too scarce, and it is not easy to sell such a small amount of meat at present.
Therefore, the food section became the section with the strongest traffic for the next period of time.
From making meat buns, frying fat to make lard, to the more luxurious pork rib soup, pork bone soup, potato and pork shreds, pork sauce, etc., there is a tempting little recipe every day, and those who can't get the meat feel autistic but also want to read it.
As a result, the famous dark food section has become everyone's go-to dish for meals these days. Some people watched the production process in the video, which was equivalent to eating meat themselves. It was so sad that it made people cry.
Mu Nan also filmed a lot of videos of his brother cooking, but he didn't dare to go too far. Today he made tinfoil spareribs, and tomorrow he made fried crispy pork. After filming a whole video, he sent it to Song Jia and asked him to edit it. Then he put it in Jian Chu's food account. These videos can also make money. With the rewards of one cent at a time, he can make a few dollars in total.
The food section has seen a lot of traffic these days, and I’ve made more money. The share I get from tips alone is almost ten yuan!
However, Mu Nan’s video not only tempted netizens far away, but also the poor neighbors.
Song Jia: "To be honest, the fried crispy pork was too much, and the chili powder was too much."
Jian Chu: "It's a pity there's no garlic, otherwise fried pork ribs with garlic paste would be very good."
Mu Nan: "I still have the Tip of the Tongue series here, would you like to watch it as a side dish?"
Jian Chu and Song Jia: "Yes!!"
Song Jia even asked: "Can I edit it and put it online?"
Mu Nan didn't care. Anyway, they never charged for the videos in the food section. Rewarding was a spontaneous act. Moreover, if Song Jia edited and extracted the videos later, it would be considered as labor. So he didn't think it was a big deal. He simply said, "Let's put it on. There aren't many episodes in the "Tip of the Tongue" series. There are only more than 20 episodes in total. It's quite short."
Song Jia: "We can make an edited summary, with one food condensed in each episode, and update one episode every three to five days. Wow, then we can slowly run this food account and generate income."
Mu Nan: "You did the editing yourself, and you also generated the income yourself. I didn't shoot the video, I just downloaded it."
How can you calculate this matter like this, especially when it comes to money, you always have to be clear about it before you can get along with each other in the long run. Otherwise, if you don't care at the beginning, problems will definitely arise slowly.
Song Jia thought about it and said in the group: "How about this, you provide the video, and I will process and edit it later. If you don't want it, then we can set up a public fund account. I will earn half and the other half will be confiscated. In the future, if there are dinner parties like the one we bought before, we will use public funds to pay for it. How do you think?"
Mu Nan: "I'm fine."
Jian Chu: "Then I made too much money, it's completely easy money. I didn't provide the video, and I didn't do the editing. I didn't pay anything."
Song Jia: "You paid for account maintenance. This is our private library. It has nothing to do with them."
Jian Chu thought of the several TV series in Mu Nan's phone before, and said, "Song Jia, can you comment on TV series? Like the three to five minutes of movie commentary in the past? Nan Nan has TV series, but it's not good to release them directly, after all, we don't have the copyright, but we can do commentary. Cut a few minutes of highlights, a longer one, ten to twenty minutes, to comment on a movie, or a few episodes of TV series, free of charge, free to reward, you are responsible for editing, I'm responsible for writing the commentary, and Nan Nan is responsible for providing resources."
Mu Nan felt that Jian Chu really had a business mind. Although this commentary model was learned from his predecessors, he had so many movies and TV series in his hands, but he had never thought of making money from traffic rewards.
Song Jia was quite excited by this, but he also knew that this was not the Internet age of the past, where you could easily search for any film and television resources you wanted, so he asked, "Mu Nan, how many TV series and movies do you have?"
Mu Nan searched through the space, took out a hard drive of TV series and a hard drive of movies, took a photo and sent it to the group: "Just these two hard drives."
Song Jia immediately sent a thumbs-up emoji: "Amazing, you managed to save it until now."
Mu Nan: "Of course it's necessary, it's spiritual food."
The three people who did not work at home quickly found a new direction for their business. Qin Huai did not stop them. Anyway, they were in the yard and would not go out, so he let them do what they wanted.
However, the time that had been scheduled to take Mu Nan for a physical examination was cancelled because of the follow-up issues regarding the dead fish. Those who picked up the dead fish and took them home to eat paid the price for their greed.
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