Ye Zhiqiu asked with amusement, "What's the matter? Did you hide any fish today?"
Hearing this question, Erwa didn't get angry. He smiled innocently and replied, "Brother Ye, we usually go fishing in the river! Today, we are asked to pick up the shrimp, but they don't give us any benefits. Anyway, everyone is hiding it, so I just followed their example."
Without even asking them, Ye Zhiqiu knew the shrimp were stolen! Otherwise, he couldn't explain why these two kids brought in several kilograms of shrimp when he only received over 30 kilograms.
But this was someone else's business, so he didn't care. He said cheerfully, "You guys are really cunning. If you send me fish that aren't dead, I'll take 40 cents for it, no matter what kind of fish it is. If it's dead but not smelly, I'll take 35 cents."
After getting Ye Zhiqiu's answer, Erwa looked very happy, which made Ye Zhiqiu feel very strange. Could it be that this little brat is very good at fishing?
Thinking of his unscientific fishing career, he asked curiously, "Erwa, are you good at fishing? How big a fish have you caught?"
Erwa stretched out his hands and said proudly, "I once caught a grass carp this long, weighing a full eleven pounds! But even though the fish was still alive, the commune secretary took it away for three cents a pound. If only Brother Ye were here at that time, I could have earned an extra dollar and ten cents!"
Ye Zhiqiu couldn't believe it. How terrifying was the underwater power of this 11-jin fish? The key point was that Erwa, a little boy, actually brought the fish ashore!
"Erwa, how did you catch that? What kind of fishing line could catch such a big fish?"
Erwa scratched his head and replied, "What fishing line? We don't have that! We just use a small hemp rope to tie a big hook, put a worm on it, and throw it out to catch fish."
Ye Zhiqiu was a little suspicious of his own hearing. He had paid for that fishing rod, and the fishing line and hooks were all carefully selected! And you told me that such simple fishing equipment could catch a fish weighing 11 kilograms. This is not scientific at all!
At this time, voices were heard outside, as well as the crying of a baby.
"Dad, I found this. Why should you sell it? I need to buy comic books with the money from selling the shrimp!"
"You little brat, why are you buying comic books? Don't you have to pay for your tuition? Sell the money and buy a pound of meat, and then buy a pound of wine for your father. Isn't it time for you to show your filial piety?"
As more people arrived, there were several familiar faces. Weren't they the villagers who had been fishing today? Ye Zhiqiu began to understand why everyone had turned a blind eye to the children hiding the shrimp!
Ye Zhiqiu began weighing fish for people, recording the quantities in a small notebook, and then paying them. Wow! The village fish pond sold him 35 kilograms, but these guys only took 31 kilograms!
There were over 60 kilograms of shrimp, which was more normal, after all, it was a fish pond of more than two acres. Although there were many fish that ate shrimp, it was impossible to have only a few dozen kilograms of shrimp!
After paying, Ye Zhiqiu realized that even though it was getting late, he couldn't leave dozens of kilograms of shrimp at home. He told Wang Xiaolan that he was going to take the shrimp back to the factory. With her help, he got his bicycle outside the yard, hopped on it, and headed out.
When no one was around, Ye Zhiqiu put half of the shrimp back into the space bubble. He didn't plan to send the rest back to the factory, but to sell it to Li Xingwu. He was worried that Wu Shengli was still angry and would chase him and beat him up, which would be embarrassing!
Running at top speed, Ye Zhiqiu saw Li Xingwu pushing his bicycle, preparing to go home from get off work, and shouted, "Brother Li Xingwu, don't go yet, wait for me!"
Hearing someone calling his name, Li Xingwu turned around and saw Ye Zhiqiu coming quickly on a bicycle. He quickly put the bicycle's kickstand in place.
Ye Zhiqiu sold the shrimp to Li Xingwu because he felt it was unnecessary to keep so many. A few spares would be enough, and there were already some in the fish pond in the space. It would be better to sell it to Li Xingwu to deepen their friendship. One more friend means more opportunities!
Ye Zhiqiu braked and parked his bicycle. He said with a grin, "After all the hassles and haste, I finally caught up. Brother Li, if you were off work, I'd have made this trip for nothing!"
Li Xingwu handed them a big cigarette with a smile, and Ye Zhiqiu quickly took out a match to light it for the two of them.
Only then did he ask, "Brother Ye, it's almost six o'clock. I'm about to send the fish back to the factory and get off work. What's the matter with you coming to see me?"
Ye Zhiqiu pointed to his saddle basket and said with a grin, "I cleaned up the fish pond today, thinking about what Big Brother Li said to me. I decided I couldn't let you waste so much time teaching me a lesson!"
These shrimps come in all sizes. I bought them for 50 cents each, and I think they weigh about 15 or 16 pounds. I'll sell them to you cheap, and you can sell them back to the factory, so we can all share in the profits!"
Li Xingwu said happily, "Good boy! You still think of me when you have good things to do. I, Li Xingwu, recognize you as my brother!"
"Hey, Brother Li, you're not hiding anything. You're so serious about everything you say to a buyer! This is the first time we've met and talked, and I already consider you my friend!"
"Haha, it's Brother Li's fault! Come on, weigh it first and see how much it weighs!"
There were seventeen pounds of shrimp in total, and Li Xingwu paid Ye Zhiqiu sixty cents for them. Although they weren't all large shrimp when he brought them back to the factory, he could definitely give him seventy cents.
Since it was almost six o'clock, there was no need to waste time. Li Xingwu told Ye Zhiqiu his home address. Ye Zhiqiu also mentioned the address of his Sanlitun yard. He hurriedly sent the goods back to the factory to avoid storing the shrimp overnight after get off work.
After agreeing to have a drink together when they were free, Li Xingwu hurried back to the factory, while Ye Zhiqiu slowly rode his bicycle home.
I didn't have much in mind when it came to making friends with Li Xingwu. I simply had just arrived in the city, and I ran into such a warm and helpful guy, so I had to make some friends. After all, relationships are a thing, and no one wants too many!
After Ye Zhiqiu parked his bike at home, Ye Tianya came back from get off work a short while later. Unexpectedly, he asked Ye Zhiqiu to go to the fish pond to look after the fish first, and he would wait for Qian Dafu to come, and then the two of them would take the cart to the fish pond to find him.
This was exactly what Ye Zhiqiu wanted. He also wanted to release the fish from the space, so he was supposed to go there in advance!
So Ye Zhiqiu walked directly to the fish pond. When he passed the cafeteria, he saw a lot of people waiting for food! The entire commune had more people than the brewery employees. Even if each person had two white flour buns, this meal would cost a lot of white flour!
Arriving at the fish pond, Ye Zhiqiu looked around and saw no one around. He squatted down to watch for signs of traffic. After smoking a cigarette, he spotted Qian Dafu and Ye Tianya pulling a cart towards him. He placed the fifteen sacks of fish from his space bubble onto a clearing in their blind spot.
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