Chen Gui: You're lying through your teeth! You young man have such dark skin, it's obvious you do a lot of farm work every day, and you're afraid of getting sunburned?
After looking at the twenty-odd fish, which were quite large, he seemed to understand something.
Chen Gui chuckled, "Good lad."
Weigh him on the scale. “Thirty-two catties. As we agreed before, it’s five coins a catty, so that’s one hundred and sixty coins.”
“If you remove the 100-coin entry fee, that's 60 coins, but you... only fished for half an hour, so that's 110 coins.”
The boy waved his hand, "We agreed on an hour, but in the end I couldn't hold on any longer. It's my fault. I'll only take fifty coins."
Seeing the boy's insistence, Chen Gui remained silent.
"All right."
Only after receiving the money did the boy show a rare expression of joy, his serious demeanor disappearing.
Soon, the sun began to set, casting its golden rays upon the riverbank, bathing the entire Bazhang River in its golden light.
Chen Gui said in a deep voice, "Time's up!"
Let's begin the inventory!
Duan Zhujun and Shi Jingxing's skin was tanned dark red.
His face lit up with joy.
Chen Gui counted them; they were seventeen and fifteen respectively.
The two received forty and thirty-seven coins respectively.
As for the others, they received between twenty and thirty coins.
Duan Erlang looked excited. "Old village head, you really didn't lie to us. There are really a lot of fish in the river. To be honest, I've fished before, but I've never encountered anything like this before. As soon as the bait was thrown, the fish went crazy and started thrashing around wildly."
It just won't stop.
"It's just that I'm not very skilled; otherwise, I might have caught half as many more."
Shi Jingxing nodded as well.
"Hmm, that's too many. It's strange; there shouldn't be so many fish in the river after a drought."
Da Cheng's father, who was standing aside watching the commotion, almost burst out laughing.
Hold it in.
Chen Gui said with a serious expression, "I never lie. I'm an honest man. If you don't believe me, you can ask around the whole village. Can you find another honest person like me here?"
"Uh-huh!"
Some students began to apologize.
"I'm sorry, old village head. I was just saying that the straw hats you were selling were a rip-off. I was wrong. At least there are definitely plenty of fish in the river. It's our own fault that we didn't catch many."
Chen Gui smiled and said, "Then please, young men, when you go back, spread the word about us and tell your friends and relatives to come to our village to fish. I guarantee that next time it will be the best straw hat ever!"
Da Cheng's dad quietly added, "There might not be that many fish... It all depends on your own abilities."
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