Lu Dahai took out a scale and started catching fish with the man and weighing them.
"It really is about half a pound, maybe a little more."
Seeing this, Lu Dahai looked at Chen Feng. Since this wasn't his goods, he couldn't make a decision for Chen Feng.
Whether this amount of money counts or not depends on Chen Feng's opinion.
Seeing this, Chen Feng said nonchalantly, "Okay, that's fine. Let's just call it half a jin."
In business, you can't be too stingy; rounding down is essential. Although Chen Feng had never run a business before, he understood this principle.
The man smiled upon hearing this, feeling he had gotten a good deal, and took out two yuan from his pocket.
"Is this money for you or for Lao Lu?" he asked Chen Feng.
"Give it to Hai Ge first, and he can give it to me later," Chen Feng suggested.
Lu Dahai found a plastic bag, put the fish in it, and the man took the bag and happily went home to make fish soup.
Seeing this, many people spoke up and selected the fish they wanted, keeping Lu Dahai very busy. He couldn't even attend to those who wanted to buy, and had his wife come out to sell first.
Chen Feng then walked over to Lin Nian, nodded at the fish basin, and said, "Take a few back and stew them with your grandpa. Don't catch fish and not get to eat them yourself."
“Okay, my grandpa loves to eat fish. I’ll weigh it and take it away in a bit.”
In Lin Nian's mind, this was a fish that he and Chen Feng caught together, so he couldn't just take it away. He had to weigh it, calculate the cost, and then deduct the amount from their share.
"What's the point of using a scale? Just grab a bag and take two of these, or all the good ones will be picked out. I'll take two of these too."
Upon hearing this, Chen Feng slapped him on the head in an annoyed tone and said, "This kid really has business acumen; he has a very clear sense of boundaries."
However, for the two of them now, the sense of boundaries is a bit too much, and there's no need for that.
"Oh." Lin Nian rubbed his head upon hearing this, then picked up a plastic bag and put in a large carp and two crucian carp weighing a little over three ounces each.
"Brother, do you think this is okay?" Lin Nian handed it over to Chen Feng to show him.
"What do you mean, 'okay' or 'not okay'? It depends on what your grandpa wants to eat. If he wants crucian carp, take a couple more home." Chen Feng said, noticing that there weren't enough crucian carp.
"No need, this is enough. We can't even finish it in one meal. I'll take it home first." Lin Nian said, and then took the fish home.
Before long, a third of the fish had been sold, which surprised Chen Feng. He hadn't expected them to sell so well.
Chen Feng thought to himself that he estimated he could sell all the fish today.
Meanwhile, Lu Dahai's wife, He Lan, stood behind the counter, watching Lu Dahai busily working, and couldn't help but hesitate.
Although Chen Feng had a good relationship with them and always bought things from their store.
But you said that Lu Dahai carried and sold things for a long time, and his own house was still covered with plastic bags.
In the end, she got nothing and was just busy working for others. He Lan felt a little uncomfortable when she thought about this.
But if you ask Chen Feng directly for some money from selling the goods, she's too embarrassed to ask, and more importantly, she can't say it, it would seem very awkward.
If Chen Feng were to catch a fish himself and take it home to cook, he couldn't say anything, but it would also make him seem stingy, like he was taking advantage of someone's misfortune, demanding payment for doing a little work.
Just as He Lan was struggling with her decision behind the counter, Chen Feng saw that everyone who had bought fish had left. After Lu Dahai had some free time, he looked at the sweat on his forehead and couldn't help but laugh.
“Look how tired Brother Dahai is, he’s covered in sweat.”
Lu Dahai smiled upon hearing this, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said, "Of course, this basket of fish is really heavy. We carried it all the way from outside the village, and then we had to empty the basins and drain the water."
"You're such a clever kid, bringing back just a detector. Why didn't you tell me to carry the detector? You were carrying fish."
"It's not that I can't lift it; what can I do without Brother Dahai?"
Chen Feng grinned, took a cigarette out of his pocket, put it directly into Lu Dahai's mouth, and lit it for him.
"Um."
Lu Dahai had water on his hands, so he casually wiped them on his pants and took a puff of his cigarette.
"Anyone interested? Let's take some home and stew them tonight," Chen Feng said, gesturing to the fish basin.
Upon hearing this, Lu Dahai's face immediately lit up with a smile, and he said somewhat embarrassedly, "Is this alright? I'll sell it for you and take one of your fish with me."
"Oh, what's wrong with that? We caught it ourselves and didn't spend any money. Everyone can eat it. I'm not going to let others eat fish while you watch."
Chen Feng chuckled and gestured to him again.
"Alright, if that's how you put it, then I won't stand on ceremony. We're out of vegetables for dinner anyway, so I'll catch one and stew it tonight." Lu Dahai smiled upon hearing this, and with a cigarette dangling from his lips, he prepared to catch a carp.
"That one's big, I'll just look at that one," Chen Feng said, pointing to a large carp that weighed over three pounds.
"No need, that's too big, I can't eat it."
Lu Dahai grabbed a carp weighing over two pounds, put it in a bag, and handed it to He Lan behind the counter, telling her to keep it in water and cook it that evening.
He Lan took the fish, her heart filled with joy. Her previous hesitation vanished instantly. She said to Chen Feng, "Xiao Feng, this is really not good. I'll just help you sell some fish, and we'll even take one from you."
"It's alright, sister-in-law, just take it home and eat it. It's no big deal," Chen Feng said with a smile.
"Okay, I'll go to the back then." He Lan said and went back to the back to find a pot to put the plants in.
Little did Chen Feng know that he had been considering this when he arrived. Lu Dahai had indeed helped a lot, carrying and selling the fish, and he couldn't let him do all that for nothing.
But if you say you'd just give him some money, the fish aren't worth much at all, so there's no way to divide it up.
If Chen Feng and his companion spent an afternoon soaking in the river, they could only earn about ten or twenty yuan, which seemed like a small amount, not worth it.
But if you say you'll give me a few dollars, that's practically an insult. Who cares about a few dollars? Lu Dahai wouldn't accept it either; it's better not to give it at all.
Chen Feng originally thought that he would buy more things this time as a way of repaying the favor and not letting the favor go to waste.
But after seeing the fish here, I changed my mind.
It would be better to just give him two fish. Two fish only cost a few dollars. That way, Lu Dahai would be happy, his efforts wouldn't have been in vain, and he would be pleased. That would be much better.
He readily agreed to help whenever Lu Dahai was needed in the future.
Isn't that how relationships are built?
Chen Feng also picked out a two-pound carp and a half-pound crucian carp, sent them home, and then returned.
When he returned, Lin Nian also came back, his face beaming with joy. As soon as he saw Chen Feng, he couldn't wait to say something.
"Brother, you have no idea how surprised my grandpa was when he saw the fish. He didn't even expect me to actually catch one."
"And when he heard that we had caught sixty or seventy pounds of fish, his expression was quite something. He asked me several times if it was true, hahaha."
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