1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 189 Selling Toothfish and Six-line Fish

Zheng Liu's recent looks have been ever-changing. Last time, his head was covered with white gauze, but this time the gauze was gone, and he had a big cotton hat on his head.

The kind with earmuffs, almost hiding the entire face inside the hat.

In a fishing village in the south, it would be very strange to wear such a hat, because even if the weather is very cold, it is not cold enough to need to wear a big cotton hat with ear protection. Moreover, it is not the coldest time in the south yet since winter has just begun.

Zheng Liu was wearing such a tight hat, which not only made him look very special, but also made him look like he was trying to cover up something.

So whenever he saw someone coming in to sell fish, he would rub his hands, sniff twice, and say guiltily:

"The wind was blowing non-stop these past few days, and I caught a cold. I'm very afraid of the cold..."

Liang Ziqiang was very curious, what kind of injuries did he have on his face that he had to hide them so obviously? With Zheng Liu's thick face, if it was just one or two small scars, he shouldn't be so embarrassed.

When it was Liang Ziqiang's turn to have his catch weighed, he asked with concern:
"Uncle Zheng, are you catching a cold? This kind of hat is really good for colds, it keeps you out of the wind!"

Zheng Liu immediately found him more pleasing to the eye and answered him loudly, "That's right. I'm particularly afraid of cold after catching a cold!"

Liang Ziqiang said, "Then why are you wearing such a thick hat and not more clothes?"

Zheng Liu: “…”

I was careless, there was a loophole!
Liang Ziqiang came closer, lowered his voice, and reminded him kindly:

"Uncle Zheng, next time you come across rainbow trout when you're buying, you must keep two and cook them for yourself!"

Zheng Liu nodded: "You mean, rainbow trout can cure colds?"

Liang Ziqiang shook his head: "No, rainbow trout is very effective in healing wounds, especially wounds on the face and neck!"

Zheng Liu: “*@Y#$*!”

Thinking that Liang Ziqiang's suggestion would be of great help to the recovery of the wound on his face, he was not angry at all and even thanked Liang Ziqiang.

After thanking him, he started to weigh fish for Liang Ziqiang.

The most valuable item today is the Otaki six-line fish, with a total of 73 kilograms, 70 cents per kilogram, and 51.1 cents per kilogram.

Then there are 355 kilograms of toothfish, 0.40 cents per kilogram, which is 142 yuan.

There are not many hairtails today, only 46 pounds, 0.2 yuan per pound, and 9.2 yuan.

The most common item was blue carp. Liang Ziqiang alone caught 1,252 kilograms of blue carp, which came to 187.80 yuan.

This time, the total price of the four types of fish reached 390.1 yuan, which was a slight increase compared to the previous two Longjuling winter floods.

It is said that the number of fish in winter is decreasing as time goes by until they gradually disappear. This time, the income did not decrease, mainly because we were lucky enough to encounter two relatively cold-resistant fish, the toothfish and the big taki six-line fish, which appear later in winter.

Li Liang's catch this time was not much less than his, also more than 300.

After leaving the purchasing point, Liang Ziqiang gave Liang Zifeng six yuan as wages, and then the two of them put tools and supplies such as fishing nets on a cart and pushed it all the way back home.

This time, I kept some toothfish and herring as usual. I will keep some of them for a few days to cook them as dishes in the near future, and some of the herring will be dried.

Liang Ziqiang once again admired his mother's gossiping ability. He didn't know who she had met in the vegetable garden during the day, but the news that Li Liang and Yuan Xiaomei had reached their marriage had quickly reached her ears.

At this moment, she was sitting under a tree, weaving a net, and talking about Li Liang with Kuang Haixia, Chen Xiangbei, Lizhi and others in a very emotional voice.

As soon as he came back, his mother turned to him and said indignantly:
"A Qiang, you're back? You've heard about Yuan Xiaomei, right? A beautiful girl got stuck in cow dung. No matter how unlucky she is, she can't let herself be ruined by marrying Li Liang, a rotten thing with sores and pus!"

Liang Ziqiang was not in a position to defend Li Liang, fearing the possibility of being hit by a broom, so he replied:
"Mom, why do you care? The bad guy has a tough life, it just so happens!"

After saying that, he didn't want to get involved and went about his own business.

In fact, Liang's mother was not the only one gossiping about Yuan Xiaomei. At this moment, almost all the older women in the village were talking about Xiaomei and Li Liang.

The hottest topic in the village a few days ago was the matter of Zheng Liu having an affair and getting beaten up, and the popularity remained high.

Today, it was finally overshadowed by the news about Li Liang and Yuan Xiaomei.

At this moment, at the center of the boiling news, Yuan Xiaomei had no idea that she was being pitied by the indignant village women.

She was currently in her room, looking carefully at some pieces of letter paper with another girl in the village named Lu Haitang.

Lu Haitang held two letters with different handwriting but identical contents, and laughed so hard after reading them:
"Who of them copied whom? They wrote a love letter and copied homework!"

"How would I know? That's why I asked you to help me analyze who is the sincere one between the two of them!" Yuan Xiaomei said angrily.

"According to my analysis," Lu Haitang thought for a moment, "these two guys are all plagiarists. They probably bought the same book at a street stall and copied the same thing!" Xiang Xiang advised again, "Sincerely, both of them should be sincere, but if I'm not mistaken, you should like Li Liang, right?"

Yuan Xiaomei did not hide it in front of her friends and nodded: "My parents also chose Li Liang for me!"

"Why are you thinking so much?" Lu Haitang didn't rush to return the letter to her. "But you know what, these two people really have good taste. I wonder which roadside stall they bought such a good love letter model from to copy? Xiaomei, wait a minute. I brought a pen. I'll copy one now!"

"Are you eighteen this year? Why are you copying love letters like others? No, Haitang, you don't like someone in the village, do you? Who is it? Tell me."

"No, I was just copying for fun!" Lu Haitang ran away after copying.

"Your father, Mr. Lu, is so educated, why do you need to copy this?"

“My dad didn’t teach me these things…”

An hour later.

The earthen stove in Liang Ziqiang's house was filled with the aroma of fish.

Liang Lizhi suddenly appeared from nowhere and stuffed a letter into Liang Zifeng's hand:
"Third brother, Lu Haitang asked me to give you a letter!"

Liang Zifeng was standing and talking with Liang Ziqiang when Lizhi suddenly appeared and disturbed them:
"Who are you talking about? That little girl Lu Haitang, who wrote to me?"

"Well, she also asked me to ask you, have you received those books that were placed on the stone pillar?"

Hearing this, even Liang Ziqiang was stunned.

It turns out that those old textbooks were secretly placed here by Teacher Lu’s daughter, Lu Haitang? This is quite interesting…

"Why don't you read the letter quickly!" he urged his younger brother Liang Zifeng.

Liang Zifeng unfolded the letter and read only a few lines. His expression was as strange as if he had seen a ghost:

"Aren't these all the words I wrote? Not a single word has been changed..."

"Is this happening?"

Liang Ziqiang glanced at the letter paper and laughed so hard that he almost couldn't straighten his back.

He thought twice and understood what was going on:
"Keep it well. It's a love letter you wrote to yourself. It's so precious!"

Liang Zifeng glared at him: "Second brother, what should I do?"

Liang Ziqiang quickly pulled Afeng to the side of the house, and the two of them discussed the matter alone.

He looked at the flustered Liang Zifeng. It turned out that this was what a young man looked like when he was suddenly hit by love!

This is different from Liang Ziqiang himself. He fell in love with Chen Xiangbei at first sight during the blind date, and there were no twists and turns in between.

After some discussion, they decided to keep the matter as low-key as possible, return the book to Lu Haitang, and talk to her in a nice way so as not to hurt the little girl's feelings.

Lu Haitang was able to collect those old textbooks and give them to Afeng, and we should at least thank her for her kindness.

But Liang Zifeng just wants to prepare for the exam now and doesn't intend to consider emotional matters at all.

In addition, Liang Ziqiang felt that Ah Feng seemed to dislike Lu Haitang's physique. The girl was fine in other aspects, but she was a little fat...

After dinner, Liang Ziqiang ignored the noise outside and went straight into his room.

Those big things outside are not as important as this one——

Counting money.

After deducting the labor fee for Liang Zifeng, there was still more than 380 yuan left.

Last time, I spent a lot of money going to town to make winter clothes and buy a cart, and there were only three thousand three hundred left at the bottom of the box.

Adding today's latest income, the savings quickly increased to more than 3,600!

Watching my wife counting the more than 3,600 yuan, the whole night became quiet.

It was so quiet that the only sound left was Chen Xiangbei reading out the numbers.

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(End of this chapter)