Chapter 18 Selling Fish
Ying Yuanxing looked at the slow speed of the bus and thought that the bus was broken. He was thankful and said, "Fortunately, the bus didn't break down while we were on it, otherwise I don't know how long it would have been delayed."
The village chief was looking around for Boss Yu. When he heard Ying Yuanxing's sigh, he glanced at the bag in Ying Yuanxing's hand, was silent for a moment and said, "Xiao Ying, I have something else to do, you..."
"Village chief, you go and do your work. I'll just find a place to set up a stall and sell fish." Ying Yuanxing is not a child anymore. Why does he need the village chief to accompany him to sell fish? He waved his hand nonchalantly.
The village chief nodded and left.
Ying Yuanxing glanced around. They arrived relatively early and the market seemed to be somewhat empty. They quickly found a spot to set up their stall and put out the five bully fish. They also took out some of the other fish as well, but not a large number, because these fish were not as energetic as the bully fish and would not survive for long outside the backpack.
After doing all this, Ying Yuanxing turned on his mobile phone, turned the volume to maximum, and started selling automatically.
The volume of the phone was quite loud, and the shout quickly attracted the attention of others.
Ying Yuanxing thought that business would come soon, but many people just took a glance and left.
Is he such an unattractive fish?
Ying Yuanxing looked down at the fish on the stall. Apart from the bully fish, it was still full of energy and its scales were shiny. The other fish were also very fresh, flapping their wings on the ground from time to time.
The most important thing is that he didn't see any other stalls selling fish along the way. How could business be so bad without any competitors?
Ying Yuanxing couldn't help but gasp. If he couldn't sell the fish, he would lose a source of income. It would be fine if it was just the fish, but when the vegetables in the field were grown, apart from the part he would eat, he would definitely have to sell some of them. What if he couldn't sell them either?
Ying Yuanxing felt a toothache and sensed the impending economic crisis.
Ying Yuanxing's predicament was also seen by the people in the live broadcast room.
[Is it so difficult to sell fish in the Weird Game? The Weird people coming and going don’t seem to be interested. What should the anchor do if he can’t make money? ]
[Don't panic, it's not a big problem. The anchor can still look through the trash cans. Anyway, we are in the village, we have fields, and we can eat and drink, but we can't buy things.]
[It’s so funny. I thought inheriting a farm was a good thing, but now I can’t make any money, I’m dumbfounded]
[I quit my job too impulsively]
[Although, have you forgotten the two weird meals the anchor ate from the village chief? Just from eating those, the anchor earned enough to work for several years.]
[You are right. Even if you don’t count those two weird meals, if the anchor was still in Hongxing Company, he would have spent money on food, accommodation and shopping. After returning to the village, he has only spent six dollars on transportation.]
As the comments went on, they couldn't help but talk about Ying Yuanxing's frugal life after returning to the village.
Ying Yuanxing was hesitating whether to lower the price or wait and see when a tall young man walked up to the stall and his eyes fell on a few bully fish.
A guest is coming.
Ying Yuanxing was overjoyed and quickly started to introduce it. Although he didn't know the characteristics of the bully fish, he could have made some preparations before going out. He searched for the taste description of the fish meat.
It has few bones, tastes delicious, and the meat is firm, delicate and chewy.
Although Ying Yuanxing had never eaten bully fish, it did not stop him from talking about it very naturally, as if he had tasted it many times.
When Boss Yu heard what Ying Yuanxing said, he looked at Yu Fei and Yu Ye, who were starving and looked listless. He didn't know that the two little monsters were acting like this because they were hungry and greedy. He just thought that Ying Yuanxing had really eaten their meat. If his reason hadn't told him that the monster in front of him was a monster with unfathomable strength, he would have fought with Ying Yuanxing on the spot.
However, no matter how much he restrained himself, the strange aura around Boss Yu still erupted for a moment, making the entire market suddenly quiet for a moment.
Countless pairs of eyes looked over here, hesitated for a moment on Ying Yuanxing, fell directly on Boss Yu, and then retracted in an instant.
Boss Yu found that Ying Yuanxing didn't care about these little weird offenses. Thinking of the village chief's reminder, he suppressed his anger and pointed at his brother's son on the ground and asked: "Boss, I want these five fish, how much?"
"These ones are more expensive and rare," said Ying Yuanxing.
Boss Yu was ready to be ripped off. After all, redeeming his brother and son was the best outcome. He could accept a higher price. At worst, he could just sell some more things.
Boss Yu clenched his fists, and then he heard Ying Yuanxing say, "A pound of this kind of fish... well, fifty."
Ying Yuanxing searched online but did not find any information about the bully fish. He didn't know if he had not found the right channel, but it was obvious that this fish should be quite rare, and the price of fifty yuan per catty was not low.
Anyway, there are only five now. If the price is really too low, he will raise the price later.
Five hundred thousand?
Even though he knew he would have to spend a lot of money this time, when he heard Ying Yuanxing's price, Boss Yu couldn't help but frown because he didn't have that much money on him yet.
Ying Yuanxing noticed the embarrassment on Boss Yu's face and felt a pang in his heart. Could it be that his price was too high?
"Boss, I don't have the money. Can I pay it with blood?" Boss Yu asked. He didn't dare to leave like this, for fear that once he left, he would never be able to redeem his brother's son. Thinking carefully, what else on him could make Ying Yuanxing's heart beat, it was naturally his blood.
As an aquatic monster, its blood contains the essence of weird energy. If it is refined by oneself, the weird energy contained in the blood will be purer and the price will naturally be higher.
Ying Yuanxing was stunned and his eyes fell on Boss Yu. The man's clothes looked quite bright and beautiful, but he was so poor that he couldn't even afford a fifty-yuan fish and even had to sell his blood to buy fish.
No, we are so poor now, we’d better not eat the fish.
Seeing that Ying Yuanxing didn't say anything, Boss Yu racked his brains to think about what else he had worth selling. Apart from the blood, the only thing he had was fish scales, which could be made into protective gear or some kind of food.
But the price of scales is definitely not as high as blood, so about one-third of the fish scales need to be peeled off.
"Do you really have to eat fish? Otherwise, you can buy the fish here. This one..." Ying Yuanxing thought for a moment. A 51-jin fish has to sell its blood. Ordinary fish at ten yuan a jin is probably unaffordable. Ying Yuanxing picked up a small fish and said, "This one is cheaper. I'll charge you five yuan. If you really want to buy fish, buy this one."
Ying Yuanxing was sincere, but Boss Yu was confused.
Make it cheaper, five dollars. Did he misunderstand something just now?
"Is this fish fifty..."
"Yes, fifty yuan per pound." Ying Yuanxing nodded, thought for a moment and persuaded Boss Yu, "When you don't have money, you should save money. Selling blood to eat fish, I don't know who in your family wants to eat it, but if he knew that you sold blood to let him eat fish, he would definitely not be able to eat it."
“Isn’t this fish sold for half a million?” Boss Yu was still confused, but now he was mistaken.
Ying Yuanxing almost thought he had misheard. After asking for confirmation, the corners of his mouth twitched: "If this fish is sold for 500,000, I wouldn't dare to take it out."
After all, at this price, it must be a national first-class protected animal. No, it should be of a higher level, otherwise it would not be worthy of this price, and maybe if we eat one less, we will end up with one less.
Wait a minute, he isn’t going to actually fish up the protected species, is he?
When Ying Yuanxing thought of this, he panicked a little and quickly looked through his memory, but his original body had not read any information on protected animals, and there was even less information on fish.
It's just that one is better than the other. Although the government in his memory had no presence, he never knew. Ying Yuanxing could only think of fishing to make some money, but he didn't want to go to jail.
Seeing Boss Yu take out the money, Ying Yuanxing stopped him and said, "I won't sell this fish for the time being."
Boss Yu froze, all his joy gone. Even though he didn't know why Ying Yuanxing changed his mind, he knew he had missed an opportunity.
"You..." You're going too far.
Boss Yu couldn't help it and wanted to snatch the fish from Ying Yuanxing. He saw Ying Yuanxing picked up five fish, ran quickly to the river beside the market, threw the five fish into the river, and soon disappeared on the water surface.
Ying Yuanxing breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the fish swimming. Thinking carefully, since he caught the fish, even the village chief had only looked at it through the bag. As for the market, although he took the fish out, no one should have noticed it.
As for Boss Yu, he did see the fish, but he let them go. Even if the other party still wanted to buy it, there was nothing he could do.
Ying Yuanxing sighed. He had worked extremely hard to catch two of these five fish, and he had been hoping to make more money, but now, he had no choice but to let them go.
Ying Yuanxing turned around, worried that Boss Yu would think he still had the Bully Fish and would harass him, but he didn't expect that the other party would disappear.
Could it be that he was chasing after fish?
Ying Yuanxing was suspicious for a moment, but soon let it go. Although the river beside the market was not very wide, it was not easy for people to catch five specific fish. He hoped that the five fish could follow the river and return to their original home.
Look at the map, this river is connected to the location where he caught four fish. If Ying Yuanxing really prays for the protection of fish, he can be said to have made a contribution to nature.
After Ying Yuanxing sighed, he turned around and found that something had happened at his stall. A thin young man fell to the ground and howled, several fish were scattered all over the ground, and a black cat just jumped off the young man, then lowered its head and picked up the fish and put it back on the stall.
Damn, someone stole the fish.
The sigh in Ying Yuanxing's heart disappeared instantly, and he ran towards the stall quickly. He really underestimated the dangers of this world.
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