041: Selling the last big fish
After the family finished lunch, the mother and daughter finally couldn't bear it anymore.
I was busy fishing last night and almost didn't sleep all night. I was running around for half a day today. Now, after eating and drinking, I am too tired to move.
Xu Ying fell sideways on the camp bed, closed his eyes, and went to meet Zhou Gong.
The unpleasant smells and noisy voices in the ward all disappeared automatically.
When Yu Xiaoye saw her mother fall asleep, she also felt tired and sleepy, her eyelids were drooping. She went out to find an empty corner, returned to the yacht, lay down on the sofa in the cockpit, and fell asleep in less than two seconds.
I had such a sweet sleep.
It seemed like I just took a nap and woke up an hour later.
She rushed back to the ward and woke up Xu Ying who was still sleeping soundly. The two of them planned to sell fish again.
Today is their last day in the county town. They will be discharged from the hospital and join the company tomorrow, so they must take advantage of today and sell as many as possible.
But they had visited all the major vegetable markets in the county, and there were only a few large state-owned factories. There were not many people who could spend several dollars to buy a big fish at a time.
Therefore, their business is destined to be small and can only be a one-time deal.
I’ve cheated everyone in the entire county today. There won’t be a next time.
So let's just take the risk and go to those vegetable markets I've been to before again. I hope that the people who come out to buy vegetables at noon and in the afternoon are not the same group of people.
The mother and daughter took the big fish to the vegetable market with some trepidation, and together they sold four more big fish.
When they were selling the fourth fish, a somewhat thrilling incident occurred. They met the old lady holding the pipe again.
When Yu Xiaoye saw the old lady, his eyelids jumped with fright, fearing that the old lady would expose their scam, and he almost ran away with the big fish.
When the old lady with the pipe saw Yu Xiaoye appear again with the big fish in her arms, she was a little dazed and thought it was an illusion for a long time.
She often had hallucinations, where things that had happened before would reappear before her eyes, or things that were happening before her seemed to have happened somewhere before, but she could not remember exactly when they happened.
When she saw Yu Xiaoye appear in Caishikou holding a big fish, she felt like she was in a dream.
When Xu Ying squeezed in from behind the crowd to make a fuss, the old lady blinked and looked around to make sure she was not dreaming or recalling what happened yesterday. Finally, she slowly figured out what was going on.
She opened her mouth to say something, but finally put the cigarette holder into her mouth to block it, and puffed on the pipe without saying anything.
Not only did he not say anything, he also took the initiative to help sing and helped the mother and daughter sell the fish for four yuan and twenty cents.
After selling the fish, Yu Xiaoye ran away with the money, leaving the onlookers to slowly disperse.
Xu Ying was about to leave, but the old lady suddenly grabbed Xu Ying's arm and smiled.
Xu Ying also smiled subtly at the old lady.
The two old ladies looked mysterious, as if only God and the earth knew about it, and you and I knew about it.
The old lady with the pipe joked:
"Sister, you two are amazing. You managed to deceive so many people."
Xu Ying thought, since this was the last deal, he would never do this business again, and he wasn't afraid of being exposed, so he simply stopped pretending and laughed:
"Didn't I hide this from you, elder sister?"
Xu Ying thought the old lady was trying to blackmail her for some benefits, but the old lady asked quietly:
"Are there any more big fish?"
Xu Ying: “???”
The old lady continued:
"If you have one, sell it to me at a lower price."
"Yes, what a coincidence, there's only one left!"
Xu Ying didn’t lie, there really is only one left!
They kept ten fish to sell, and after a busy day, they had sold nine of them.
It was getting dark, and he thought he couldn't sell the last one left, so he kept it for himself. Then he ran into an old lady who came to ask about him.
Xu Ying rolled his eyes and said:
"We were planning to keep the last one for ourselves, but if you want to buy it, I'll give it to you. We're destined to be together."
The old lady giggled at this.
Xu Ying immediately took the old lady to find her daughter.
When they arrived at the place where they had agreed to meet in advance, they saw Yu Xiaoye hiding in an alley, leaning against the wall, happily counting money.
When I looked up and saw my mother leading the old lady, the smile on my face froze.
Xu Ying hurriedly said:
"It's okay, my girl. Your aunt also wants to buy a fish. We still have the last fish for ourselves. How about we sell it to you at a lower price?"
The old lady heard the tone of discussion when Xu Ying spoke to her daughter, as if her daughter was the one who really made the decision. The old lady was surprised and said:
"Oh, it turns out you're not stupid, not only not stupid, but also smart!"
Xu Ying said proudly:
"Whether they are smart or not, they are smarter than me anyway."
Yu Xiaoye looked at the two old ladies in front of him, who were talking to each other in a harmonious atmosphere, and smiled:
"Auntie, do you want to buy some fish?"
"Yes, can you sell me one at a lower price?"
"Of course I can. You're my aunt."
"Hahahaha, you two are both sweeter than each other!"
"Wait a minute, Auntie. I'll go home and get you some fish."
Yu Xiaoye pretended to go home to get the fish.
About twenty minutes later, he came back carrying a huge mackerel weighing more than 20 kilograms.
It was already dark, but luckily there were a few streetlights in the county town. The old lady saw the big fish under the light and laughed with joy:
"Wow, look at this fish, it's so big! How much is it?"
Xu Ying rushed to say:
"Old sister, I think you are a straightforward person, why don't you
Please give me some money. How much do you think is appropriate?"
Xu Ying threw the ball to the old lady and asked her to pay.
This time, the old lady felt it difficult to lower the price too much. After all, the first fish was sold for five dollars and fifty cents right under her nose, and the fish in the afternoon was sold for four dollars and twenty cents.
This fish is bigger than the one sold in the afternoon. If the old lady lowers the price too much, it will hurt her feelings.
This posed a big problem for the old lady.
The old lady felt bad if she gave too much, but she couldn't bring herself to give too little. After a long time, she couldn't come up with a specific number, so she simply passed the buck to Yu Xiaoye:
"Or, girl, what's the appropriate amount?"
Seeing that it was already dark, Yu Xiaoye didn't want to bother with the old lady, so he simply held up three fingers:
"Auntie, three dollars, I didn't add a penny. If I bought this fish myself, it would have cost me three dollars. I'm not doing this to make money from you. I just like you as a person and want to be your friend."
"Hahahaha..." the old lady laughed so hard that she couldn't stop. "This girl is really good at talking. Okay, three dollars is three dollars. I've made a friend like you!"
The old lady was also very satisfied with the price.
When I sell it to others, it's 4.20 or 5.50, but when I sell it to her, I sell it to her for just 3. Isn't this a great bargain?
The old lady agreed readily, but she didn't have that much cash on her. Coincidentally, the old lady couldn't carry such a big fish by herself, so Xu Ying helped carry the fish and personally delivered it to the old lady's house.
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