The third uncle wants to slip away, and the fish also wants to slip away.
The people nearby hurried to help stop the fish, staring at the fish on the ice, their voices rising:
"Oh my god??? I actually caught such a big fish? It looks like it must weigh several kilograms, right?"
"Yeah, just now there was a bet from an old man that if this guy could catch a fish, he would buy it for thirty cents!"
A man nearby pointed at the third uncle, Yan Bugui, who had already slipped away half a meter, and said with an innocent look on his face: "Is that the uncle you are talking about? I think he is trying to slip away."
Seeing that the third uncle had already slipped away half a meter, the enthusiastic people nearby immediately pointed at him and shouted, "That uncle! Oh no! He's trying to slip away! Everyone, stop him!"
In the end, a few people surrounded the third uncle and dragged him back.
The third uncle hung his head and said, "Xiaojun, look at what happened today."
Liu Xiaojun extended his hand and handed over the fish: "Uncle, let's not talk about anything else. Just give me the money."
The people around them also started to make a noise:
"Yes, sir, please don't bully a child. Who said he would accept the loss? Why did you run away with yourself?"
A trace of embarrassment flashed across the Third Uncle's face: "Don't make a fuss, who, who, who ran away!"
"You didn't run away, so you gave me money." The people around him didn't tolerate the old man either. They just knew how this old man cheated others of their money.
The third uncle was helpless. There were simply too many people surrounding him and he couldn't do anything.
He reluctantly pulled out a red cloth-wrapped banknote from his inner jacket pocket, carefully counted out three cents, and handed it to Liu Xiaojun:
"Here, here, here, your uncle can't deny his debt to a child like you!"
Liu Xiaojun took the three cents handed over by the third uncle with a suppressed smile, and the third uncle also took the silver carp, and the transaction was completed.
But the third uncle feels sad.
Just look at this silver carp weighing three or four kilograms. How much does it cost?
What are you talking about? Thirty cents! That's just nonsense!
If I were to buy it myself, I would have to haggle with him about the price.
With my mouth, it would be no problem to get 1.8 cents.
This is great. I spent thirty cents to buy such a fish. What a loss!
At this moment, the third uncle felt like his heart was being scratched by a cat's claws. He felt uncomfortable, very uncomfortable!
But there is no way, if anyone is to be blamed for what happened today, it is Liu Xiaojun.
This guy is so cunning. He has such good fishing skills, but he didn't show them early in the morning.
I lost the plan because of the old man.
He thought that his uncle had been scheming for half his life, but was actually schemed by a young boy.
What bad luck.
The third uncle looked at Liu Xiaojun and Tangtang not far away, shook his head and sighed, then walked towards the courtyard with the fish in his hand.
This way.
Liu Xiaojun is still fishing.
Not long after the third uncle left, he also caught three or four fish weighing about three pounds.
This made the other fishermen nearby extremely envious.
Even the person who initially thought that Liu Xiaojun couldn't catch any fish looked at Liu Xiaojun with fiery eyes.
"I was wrong today. Looking at how skilled you are at digging a hole in the ice, young man, you must have been fishing for several winters, right?"
Liu Xiaojun took a look and found that it was the brother who had praised him for his good ice hole digging.
"It's okay, I'll just fish casually."
The elder brother asked again: "Young man, have you caught any crucian carp here?"
Liu Xiaojun lifted up his fish basket and took a look: "I didn't catch many crucian carp, only about a few kilograms."
When the elder brother heard about the crucian carp, he immediately said, "Great, great! My wife is anxious to eat crucian carp to increase her milk production. Can you sell me this crucian carp?"
Liu Xiaojun's eyes lit up. Since his family was short of money, he might as well sell it.
However, he immediately thought of another question.
It is now the winter of 1952, and public-private partnership is about to begin. By then, everything in the sky and under the water will be public property.
It’s better not to buy or sell things at this moment.
If I sell the fish to others and get reported, I will be arrested and convicted.
If he was arrested for selling fish, Tangtang and her adoptive mother Liu Huizhen would be left alone at home as orphans and widows, and their lives would be difficult.
It's not worth it.
Lin Xiaojun: "That won't do, brother. I just want to exchange something, no money required."
The eldest brother touched his head:
"Okay, that's a weird request, but okay, what do you want to change?"
The eldest brother stood beside Liu Xiaojun with a troubled look on his face.
Liu Xiaojun was also thinking about this issue.
In order to ensure that you will not be reported for speculation and profiteering later, it is better to be safe.
Every policy has its own countermeasure.
Since buying and selling is not possible, you can barter.
Liu Xiaojun's grandparents also came here in the 1950s.
He had heard his grandparents mention it.
In the late 1950s, whether you hunted or obtained something through other means, you could only sell it to state-owned enterprises and supply and marketing cooperatives. Private transactions were not allowed, otherwise you would be arrested for speculation.
but.
It is acceptable to occasionally help each other in small amounts among neighbors to meet basic living needs rather than for profit.
And I don’t really need money right now.
What I lack more is food.
Then can't I just exchange the fish in my hand for food from my eldest brother's house?
So Liu Xiaojun said, "Brother, how about we exchange goods at market price? This pound of crucian carp is about the same price as a pound of flour. Can you give me a pound of flour in exchange?"
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