When the three of them arrived at the Zhou family's door, they saw Tietou helping his grandfather with work. The little guy was holding a wooden basin that was bigger than himself and walking unsteadily.
When she saw the person standing in front of the door, she put down the wooden basin and ran towards her happily: "Sister, why are you here?"
Li Yan smiled and patted Tietou's head: "Long time no see, Tietou can help with housework now!"
Tietou blushed in embarrassment.
Maomao still remembers this playmate. He played with him when his family invited people to dinner last time.
Tietou also saw Maomao and happily invited his little friend into the house.
Old Man Zhou saw Li Yan and her group hurriedly coming out of the yard: "Why are you here today? Come in quickly."
Li Yan led the two children into the yard: "Uncle Zhou, do you have fish at home? I came here to buy some fish!"
Zhou Bo nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, come with me!"
Li Yan followed Uncle Zhou to the backyard and found several fish floating in the pond, which were obviously dead.
Zhou Boli quickly took out the net bag, fished out the dead fish, and planned to throw it away later.
"Why did this fish die?" Li Yan asked.
Uncle Zhou sighed, "Oh, don't mention it. I caught a lot of fish recently, so I put them all in this small pond. Maybe there are too many fish and they are suffocating to death!"
Uncle Zhou said as he fished out the dead fish, "Ever since Pinxianglou stopped buying my fish, the quantity we have available in town has been very limited. With twenty or thirty coins, everyone would buy a pound of meat to eat, and the fat can be used to make oil for cooking. Who would buy fish? Don't you think?"
Li Yan nodded in response.
When Zhou Bo finished his work, he asked Li Yan, "What kind of fish do you want today? I'll get them for you right away!"
"Give me a catfish, a black fish and some crucian carp!" Li Yan planned to buy some to take home for her mother's nourishment.
As Zhou Bo put the net bag into the water, the fish in the pond immediately became agitated, and some even jumped out of the water.
The two children had never seen such a scene before. They pointed at the fish in the water and said, "Fish! Look, there are so many fish!"
Zhou Boli used the net bag to scoop up the fish from the water in just a few strokes.
A big black carp and a silver carp.
Uncle Zhou held up the fish and said, "Come on, the crucian carps are all kept in wooden basins at home. Go pick out as many as you want!"
Tietou led Li Yan to the main room, where a large wooden basin was filled with a lot of crucian carp.
When the two boys saw so many fish, they squatted down and looked at them curiously.
Li Yan picked out three large crucian carps from the wooden basin and prepared to go back and make soup for Lin.
After weighing the fish, Uncle Zhou brought a bunch of cattails and helped Li Yan string them together.
"Uncle Zhou, how much is it in total?
Old Man Zhou said, "Silver carp weighs three catties and two ounces, six coins a catty, and this black fish weighs four catties and one ounce, ten coins a catty. Just give me fifty-eight coins!"
"The crucian carp hasn't been counted yet! Uncle Zhou"
The old man waved his hand: "It's not worth anything, take it back and eat it!"
"How can I eat your food for free!"
"Then you can come and take care of my business often in the future!"
As the two people were pushing and shoving each other, voices suddenly came from the door over there.
I saw a few shabbily dressed people walking into the yard.
Old Man Zhou went up to them and asked, "Dazhu, why are you here?"
An old man with a weathered face came forward and said, "Brother, I lent you a few days ago. When is it convenient for you to pay me back? My wife is sick at home! I really can't wait until the end of the month!"
When Old Man Zhou heard him say this, he felt ashamed. Originally, Old Man Zhou promised to return the money at the end of this month, but now others are waiting to use the money but his family can't even take out a tael of silver!
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