1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 7 It's Really Valuable
When they arrived at the dock, Zheng Liu, who was buying seafood, saw them from afar and took the initiative to greet them and asked:
"Is this the return of the high-legged fishing net? What kind of shrimps are there?"

Liang Ziqiang unloaded the bamboo basket and asked:
"How do you know there are only shrimps? Maybe there is what you want most!"

"So there's more explosive news? Show me now!"

After hearing what Liang Ziqiang said, Zheng Liu became interested.

Looking into the bamboo basket, Zheng Liu was stunned. He stared at it with wide eyes for a few more seconds:
"Did you really push this up with the stilt net? Do you know what this thing is called?"

"There are many names. Cut with Three Knives, Flower-tailed Eagle, and Bite the Cloth." Liang Ziqiang said calmly.

Someone nearby heard the sound of three swords being cut and leaned over to take a look.

Someone directly said:
"The parrot beak, zebra body, and sika deer tail of the Three Swords King. The real Three Swords, it's not small, I'm afraid it weighs more than a pound!"

Zheng Liu asked Liang Ziqiang: "How do you want to sell it?"

Liang Ziqiang said calmly: "Uncle Zheng, you have to tell me the price. Why are you asking me about it?"

Zheng Liu opened his mouth but didn't say anything. Finally, he made a "six" gesture.

"Six dollars? Uncle Zheng, you're making a lot of money. At this purchase price, you can make more than three times the profit if you resell it."

Liang Ziqiang complained.

In fact, he didn't know the exact price of three knives. However, based on the information revealed by Lao Zhang, the purchase price of three knives should be about twenty times that of large yellow croaker.

The yellow croaker of that era was actually sold at a very low price, far from being as expensive as it was in later generations.

At this time, the retail price of large yellow croaker sold to citizens is only a little over one yuan per catty, while the centralized purchase price is only four or five cents, and that has to be more than seven taels. The price of smaller yellow croakers is even lower.

Twenty times of forty or fifty cents, that is to say, the purchase price of Sandao must be close to ten yuan per catty!
After hearing what Liang Ziqiang said, Zheng Liu started to complain:

"You are wronging me! How can I make any money? It's just that someone wants to eat this kind of fish, so I help buy a few. It's just a matter of convenience. I pay them the original price."

Liang Ziqiang naturally didn't believe his lies and said decisively:

"Ten yuan a pound, even at this price, it won't hinder you from making money at all."

Zheng Liu felt a pain on his face:
"It's not as profitable as you think. Seven dollars, that's the maximum."

After some bargaining, the two finally reached a deal at a price of eight dollars.

As Zheng Liu weighed himself, he couldn't help but sigh:

"Qiangzi, you have changed. Why have you become so cunning now?"

Liang Ziqiang: ...Was I stupid before?
As he poured out the rest of the fish from the big bamboo basket, he responded:

"I've been dealing with Uncle Zheng for a long time, so I have to become more sophisticated!"

After weighing, the fish weighed one pound and four ounces. This fish alone was sold for eleven dollars and twenty cents!

Next, the swimming crabs, stone crabs, sea bass, yellow croaker, red shrimps and green shrimps in the bamboo baskets are not so valuable.

Especially hair shrimp, which can be sold for less than one cent per pound. This thing wins simply because of its large quantity.

Zheng Liu charges 40 cents for stone crabs, 45 cents for red shrimps and 50 cents for swimming crabs.

The saddest thing is the yellow croaker, which is priced the same as sea bass, only 40 cents per pound.

I sold three baskets and dozens of kilograms of fish and shrimp for a total of only twenty-one yuan.

The point is, it also includes the eleven dollars and twenty cents brought by the knifefish!
In other words, three baskets of shrimps and crabs, all added together, are not worth that one fish!

Even so, on the way back, the two guys next to me were still laughing all the way.

Liang Tiancheng counted on his fingers and included them all:
"I can earn about 20 yuan a day by working on stilts and fishing. Two or three equals six, which means more than 600 yuan a month! Damn, if I do this every day, I can earn ten months' salary as a city worker!"

My younger brother Liang Zifeng finally hadn't been completely lost in money and reminded me in time:
"Brother, wake up. Do you think that the three-knife fish is a skinned fish that is sold everywhere and can be picked up every day?
Besides, if it doesn't rain, there won't be wind. If there aren't big waves in the sea, there aren't many days in a month when you can really go fishing on stilts!" Liang Ziqiang listened to the two of them bickering with relish, and he slowed down his pace and joined in from time to time.

Soon returned to the doorstep.

Liang's mother was sitting under a tree in front of the door with her daughter-in-law and daughter, weaving a fishing net.

Seeing them from afar, Liang's mother did not stop weaving the net, and said:
"You all look so happy and cheerful. Did you catch a good catch this time?"

Liang Ziqiang took out the twenty-one yuan he had in his pocket, which was still wet with sea water, and handed it to his mother.

"Just pushing a stilt fishing net, and it really sold for... so much money?"

Yuan Qiuying was surprised when she saw the two big unity pictures.

The sister-in-law standing by also looked surprised, her eyes flashing along with the banknotes.

The three brothers briefly told her about their morning experience in the shallow sea. Of course, they only mentioned their unusually good luck, but avoided the thrill of being hit by the waves in the water, so as not to worry her.

Sister-in-law Kuang Haixia looked at the banknotes in Liang's mother's hand, rolled her eyes, and suddenly interrupted:
"Our family has been blessed with good fortune these past two days. I heard that Yang Laizi compensated us with more than 80 yuan last night? Adding the 20 yuan today, it's more than 100 yuan now!"

Liang's mother always felt that there was more to her words, so she looked up at her daughter-in-law, waiting for her next words.

Liang Ziqiang also felt the same way as his mother. Sure enough, the next second he heard his sister-in-law continue to say:
"Mom, you know that the bed in my room is really unsleeping. It's small and old, and the frame is almost falling apart.

It's okay if Tiancheng and I fell, but what if your grandson fell? This matter really can't be delayed any longer..."

Sure enough, the wet money has not evaporated yet, and everything has been arranged.

Liang's mother's face turned a little dark.

It is said that there is no family affection in rich families. My family is extremely poor and usually seems to be united, but when they accidentally get a little money, the abacus beads around the money start to spin.

She lowered her voice and asked her eldest son:

"Tiancheng, what do you think?"

Kuang Haixia blinked her eyes at her husband like crazy. Then Liang Tiancheng said stupidly:
"That kid is very naughty. He likes to do somersaults on the bed. Even if you buy him a golden bed, he will still fall down..."

As soon as he finished speaking, his son Liang Xiaohai rolled over on the ground in public, getting covered in dust, as if to illustrate his father's words.

Kuang Haixia was almost angered to death by this father and son.

She couldn’t cure the big one, so how could she cure the small one?
Like an eagle catching a chick, he picked up Liang Xiaohai and walked aside to beat him up and vent his anger.

After a while, Liang Xiaohai's loud howling was heard...

Beating the kid over there does not affect the preparation of a delicious lunch over here.

Liang Ziqiang deliberately kept some hairy shrimps and a sea bass and did not sell them. He took them out of the bamboo basket and gave them to his mother.

Soon, the house was filled with the aroma of steamed sea bass.

When Liang Ziqiang met his nephew Liang Xiaohai again, he found that the little guy was already guarding the steamer in the kitchen.

The sad tears that I had just cried out now happily flowed out of my mouth...

In order to ensure quality and quantity, the author basically stays with the computer every day.

For the prices of seafood in that era, the author had to search and sort out a lot of literature, striving to make it consistent with the actual situation at that time. There is one thing that book friends can rest assured that before coming to Qidian, the author has always been stable in quality, stable in updates, and perfect in completion.

Let's talk about the topic of price that some readers may be concerned about. In fact, according to accurate documents, the purchase price of seafood in 1983 (referring only to the purchase price, the retail price sold to citizens is doubled or even more) is as follows: large yellow croaker weighing more than 7 taels is 4 yuan per catty, small yellow croaker weighing more than 2 taels is 5 yuan per catty, Spanish mackerel weighing more than catties is yuan per catty, herring weighing more than catty is yuan per catty, and pomfret weighing more than taels is yuan per catty.

Unlike what is portrayed in movies and TV shows, in fact, in those days, yellow croaker was really worthless, and was only one cent cheaper than common fish such as Spanish mackerel and pomfret. Later in 1985, the price was liberalized, and the prices of all the above species rose sharply.

I have tried my best to use integers here, and write the real-life 30 or 40 cents as 40 cents or 50 cents, which makes it easier and more comfortable to read.

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