My 1978 Hotel

"Those kids from the city want to buy our fish?"

Everyone was talking about it, and after learning the price, many people said, "Captain, I think it's better to sell it for a penny."

"I think so too."

"What's the point of eating this fish? It has too many bones, it smells fishy, and most importantly, it won't fill you up."

"Of course I do. I eat it for two cents a pound."

"okay."

Han Fuguo patted the wooden basin. "Fuguo, take note of the total. Anmin, go get the scale and weigh the fish later."

"Okay, Da."

Han Anmin happily went to get the big scale.

When Li Feng and Wu Jing came over, everyone had been waiting for a while. When they saw Li Feng, Han Anmin hurried over to greet him. "What are you doing, kid? It took you so long to get here."

"Why don't you clean it up and wipe it at the same time."

Li Feng thought to himself, everyone is so anxious, it seems that they are very enthusiastic about selling fish. But he is also right, these days there is no oil or seasoning, and the fish tastes earthy when eaten. Besides, there are many fish bones, and it is not filling. As soon as Li Feng asked to buy fish, everyone was happy.

"Why are you still so particular?"

"It's not hot, it's uncomfortable, so I wiped it off."

Li Feng looked at the crowd. "What's going on? Are you all happy to sell fish?"

"Of course not. We are waiting for you to come."

"Hahaha, is that so? Fine then, let's go."

When they arrived at the yard, Han Fuguo and Han Futian were both there. "Uncle Fuguo, Uncle Futian, Uncle Fuqiang, are you all here?"

"Aren't they all waiting for you?"

"Why are you waiting for me? Just weigh yourself first. I don't trust you guys."

Li Feng said with a smile. "Have you weighed the loach and turtle I wanted?"

"not yet."

Han Anmin pointed at the wooden basin and didn't move.

"Okay, weigh it for me first."

Li Feng took out the bill as he spoke. The loach weighed over 10 to 20 kilograms, plus a dozen or so turtles, for a total of three or four yuan. "And some small fish, to make it ten yuan." He slapped the big unity on the wooden basin.

"Weigh him another twenty pounds of small fish."

Han Futian said with a smile. "What do the other fish say?"

"Accountant Han, the rest of the fish are ours."

Wu Jing stepped forward. "Do you think it's okay?"

"You want all of them?"

"We'll follow you first. Any amount is fine with us." Chen Long said with a smile. When the two of them said this, it seemed that they were not short of money.

"All the big fish have been weighed."

Han Fuguo waved his hand, and the other members had no objections. If they really paid, so many fish could be sold for a lot of money, and it was possible for each family to get one or two dollars.

"The fish weighed eight hundred kilograms."

"Smaller, 400 pounds."

"There are also about 300 kilograms of small fish."

"Is this much okay?"

"Row."

Wu Jing and Chen Long nodded, since they were not the ones paying anyway.

"Tomita, how much is it?"

Han Futian took out the abacus and figured it out in a few seconds: 160 yuan for a big fish, 60 yuan for a small fish, and 30 yuan for a small fish, totaling 250 yuan.

"Row."

More than two hundred yuan, this is not a joke. Wu Jing and Chen Long took out the big unity and counted it. "Accountant Han, count it."

Han Futian took it and counted everything under everyone's gaze. "Two hundred and fifty yuan, that's right."

"Captain Han, Accountant Han, we're not very good at killing fish. Could you please help us with the fish? We'll pay for it." Wu Jing said, taking out five yuan. "Captain Han, Accountant Han, what do you think?"

"Five dollars?"

My goodness, this guy really is from the city. He's so rich! No wonder he says he has no worries about food and drink. He's so picky about food that he's become fat. Look at how he spends money. It's no joke. Killing a fish costs him ten yuan, which is almost equivalent to half a month's salary for an ordinary member of the cooperative.

"I'll help kill the fish."

He shouted to his sister-in-law and Aunt Big Foot, who stepped forward immediately. This was a good opportunity to earn extra money. Han Wang also ran over to help.

"Han Wangshi, just forget it."

Li Feng spoke directly. He had always been at odds with her family. "I think we should leave this matter to the less well-off families in the team. Call them Sister-in-law, Aunt Big Foot, An Yu, An Cheng, and settle them down."

When Li Feng said this, Han Wangshi was so angry that she wanted to curse, but Han Fuguo glared at her, so Han Wangshi could only hold it in. She just looked at Li Feng with eyes that seemed to want to strangle him to death. "Okay, you take care of this."

"I just mentioned a few places. Go back and get the knife and quickly process the fish."

"How do you get the internal organs?"

"Whoever kills him will be held responsible."

Li Feng said with a smile, "Just leave some fish balls for me."

"to make."

Several families happily went back to get their tools, as they were afraid it would take them an entire afternoon to kill more than a thousand pounds of fish.

"An Min, take the fish to Li Feng's house."

Han Fuguo then looked at Han Futian. "Let's divide the money among everyone first."

"Divide now?"

"The fish caught in the reservoir should be divided up as soon as possible. Otherwise, if Wangjiazhai and Zhangjiazhuang make trouble and the commune tries to mediate, the money may not be ours." As soon as Han Fuguo said this, the other cadres nodded in unison.

"Of course, Tomita, you should quickly calculate the amount and divide it among the families."

"Okay, I'll just do it. I'll share it with everyone before dark."

When the remaining members heard there was money to be shared, their faces lit up with joy. Over two hundred yuan, each family would get at least one yuan, and who wouldn't want that? "Uncle Tomita, hurry up and calculate. I'll be waiting here."

"Get lost."

Han Futian put the money away and glared at the boys who were talking. The boys laughed and didn't take the joke seriously and dispersed. On the other side, Han Anmin drove the ox cart to the door of Li Feng's house and helped to lift the wooden basin down.

"Put the tub here with you first. Once it's dried, we can return it to the warehouse."

"That's great. Let's go inside and have some tea. I brought some from the city."

Li Feng said with a smile. "Try it."

"Forget it, forget it, I have to go back quickly, I haven't had lunch yet."

Han Anmin waved his hand, and Li Feng didn't stay any longer, seeing him out the door. "Let's eat first, and then we'll prepare it when the sisters-in-law come over." Over a thousand kilograms of fish is a lot, and it's quite dazzling when it's displayed in the yard.

“So much for dried fish?”

"There's no way. These fish are different from the knife loaches. I can't keep them."

Sun-dried fish is also good, though not as tasty as smaller dried fish. Still, it's wild fish, so it tastes pretty good. Larger ones can be pickled and made into salted fish. "Originally, I was thinking of buying some, but the team sold them all."

This is part of Li Feng's subsidy to the team. After all, he got a lot of money from the furniture. He can use this money to buy things to take back. Now there is nothing good to buy, so he simply bought some fish and made them into dried fish and salted fish to take back.

I'll have to talk to Li Muxiao later. I can't always bring salted fish or something like that. It would be a disservice to my title as the owner of the Spacetime Hotel. "Hey, I don't know how the old-for-new exchange is going. I hope I can get some good furniture."

After all, this area was quite wealthy during the Ming and Qing dynasties, especially since it was not far from Huizhou. Huizhou merchants were one of the biggest business leaders in China, and they were very particular about appearances. Their porcelain was all custom-made from Jingdezhen, so their furniture would probably not be too bad either.

Li Feng thought that once the furniture trade-in promotion had been publicized, he would eventually get some good furniture, but he was worried it would take some time. "News is spreading too slowly right now."

"Dad, it's time to eat."

"coming."

Li Feng paused. "I think you forgot something?"

"what happened?"

Li Muchen was a little confused when he saw that Li Feng didn't come into the house to eat.

"Ouch, I almost forgot."

Li Feng slapped his forehead. "I was so busy buying fish that I forgot about those kids. Now, what's wrong with me? Is the fish soup ready?"

"It's ready."

"Okay, wait a minute."

Li Feng smiled bitterly. He wondered where these kids had gone to and why they hadn't come back yet. It was already past one in the morning. "Come on, little brother, accompany me to the reservoir to check on these little guys. Why haven't they come back yet?"

"I'll go with you too."

Liu Wen had just remembered it, but how could she have forgotten it? Well, in the end, Wu Jing and Chen Long also caught up. The kids had just said they would be back soon, but who knew they hadn't been seen for a long time? I hope nothing happened.

Arriving at the reservoir, I saw that they were still there, just another puddle. "These kids are never done catching fish."

Li Feng didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Wu Jing and Chen Long had just said on the way that when they were going back, a few children followed them. Then they said they wanted to take a shower and went back. They thought they would be back soon.

Unexpectedly, this guy came back to catch fish again. Fortunately, Han Mingliang and a few others were here, so nothing happened.

"Come up quickly, don't you know you're hungry?"

Li Feng said helplessly. "What time is it? Hurry up and don't waste time."

"Wait a little longer, there are still some fish that haven't been caught."

Li Ran replied without even raising his head, "This kid is really excited about catching fish. The other kids just lowered their heads and laughed. There's nothing they can do. Li Feng and the others didn't dare to confront them, but Li Ran is the son of the great devil Li Feng, and he doesn't hold back when confronting his father."

Li Feng felt helpless and embarrassed, but there was really no good way to deal with such a rebellious son. He couldn't just beat him up. He was afraid that this guy would go back and complain to his mother, so Li Feng frowned.

"Don't you see what time it is? Don't you want to eat?"

Li Feng tapped his watch. "Two o'clock. One by one, catching fish. How many have you caught?"

"I grabbed a basin."

Li Ran raised his neck and retorted proudly.

"A basin?"

Li Feng was a little surprised. Are you kidding me? When did this guy become so capable? He just learned how to catch fish. How could this be possible? "Where is it? Let me take a look."

"The basin next to it is mine."

Li Ran proudly pointed at his wooden basin. Li Feng walked over to take a look. Wow, there were quite a few, including a large carp that weighed about two kilograms. "Did you catch all these?"

"of course."

Li Ran was even more proud. "I just caught a big carp."

“It’s really not small.”

Liu Wen and a few others also came over and looked at the wooden basins, each filled with a lot of fish.

“That’s great.”

Li Feng thought to himself that this kid had only been here for a few days and it was worth it for him to learn the skill of catching fish.

"Okay, I admit you're good at catching fish, but it's really late. I've already stewed the fish, and if you don't eat it, I won't care."

As soon as he spoke, Li Feng was about to leave.

"Wait."

Li Ran hurriedly shouted that the fish stew was definitely for him, but he had something more important to do. "Well, Mingliang said he can sell you the fish he caught, so I'm going to sell you some too."

"You want to sell me some fish?"

Good heavens, Li Feng thought he had heard it wrong.

"Ah."

Li Ran looked at Li Feng and said.

"Why do you want to sell me fish?"

"For money, of course."

Li Ran rolled his eyes. Could it be that this was just a fake father-son relationship?

"for money?"

"Are you short of money?"

"What do you think?"

Li Ran rolled his eyes and said, "Do you think black steamed bread is delicious, or something?"

"Then tell me, how are you going to spend the money from selling fish?"

Li Feng was curious about what this kid was planning to buy.

"I wanted to buy some meat, but Minchang said he hadn't eaten meat in over two months."

Li Ran said, "I want to buy him some meat."

"That's it."

"Row."

Li Ran nodded. "Bring the fish you caught, and you guys too. Send them to my house and I'll weigh them for you. 1.5 yuan per pound."

"It's only 15 cents."

Li Ran muttered a little disappointedly, and Wu Xiaotian and others also shouted that it was too cheap.

"What do you all know? Do you know how much a pound of rice and flour costs? Okay, hurry up."

Li Feng said helplessly. "You guys aren't hungry, but we are. Let's pack up and leave."

"Mingliang, your dad has gone home and won't be able to see you. I'm going to beat your ass later."

"what."

Han Mingliang was busy catching fish, but when he heard Li Feng say his father had returned, he shuddered. "Uncle, you have to save me. I've been listening to you teach them how to catch fish."

"Okay, you come along too, and we'll have fish soup together later."

"Thank you, uncle."

Han Mingliang climbed out of the puddle happily. Wow, the wooden basin of this kid was filled with almost all knife loaches, which must be more than ten pounds, not less than what Han Anmin and his friends caught.

"Okay, kid."

"hey-hey."

Han Mingliang chuckled. Knife loach is only three cents a pound, much more valuable than small fish. "Hurry up, go back and eat."

Taking this group of mud monkeys back to the yard, Li Feng scooped some mud for them to wash. As for the mud on their clothes, there was no way to wash it off themselves with water later.

“Eat first.”

"Two multi-grain buns per person."

"A bowl of fish soup."

Li Feng said with a smile. "Prepare after you finish eating."

"Plenty of fish soup."

Needless to say, they were all really hungry. They slurped the fish soup and munched on their multi-grain buns. The food was so delicious. If Han Zhaoxia and the other children's parents saw this scene, they would definitely be shocked.

This guy is not a picky eater at all. He eats more happily than a piglet. Even Chen Jingyi's mouth is full of oil, and she slurps the fish soup.

"Slower."

"Don't get stuck."

Although Li Feng had given the instructions, he was still worried. After all, it was very difficult to deal with a fish bone stuck in his body.

"one more bowl."

Li Ran finished a bowl of fish soup while talking. Li Feng pointed to the kitchen. "Go get it yourself. Why do you need others to help you with the food?"

"Serve it yourself."

Li Ran snorted. This kid, he really wanted to kick his butt. Why was he so rebellious?

"Li Ran, wait for me."

Wu Xiaotian also finished eating. Wow, Chen Jingyi drank at least three bowls of fish soup, and Wu Xiaotian drank five bowls and was still not satisfied. If Li Feng hadn't stopped him, he would have drunk another bowl.

After lunch, Li Ran, Wu Xiaotian and other little guys were talking about selling fish.

"Okay, I'll weigh them for you, one by one."

Li Feng didn't know what to say. "Mingliang, you go first."

"Well, uncle, I'll help you fill the basket."

"Row."

Han Mingliang was indeed quite capable. Twelve pounds of swordfish was a lot. "Three dollars and sixty cents, all right."

"hey-hey."

Han Mingliang chuckled. Li Ran and the others also realized at this time that their teacher had cheated them. No wonder they wanted other fish in exchange for their knife loach. It turned out that this thing was expensive. Han Mingliang chuckled and pretended not to see their cannibalistic behavior.

"Okay, who of you comes first?"

"I'll go first."

Li Ran glared at Han Mingliang as he came over with his wooden basin. "Pour it into the basket?"

"Ah."

"Not bad, ten pounds."

"One dollar and fifty cents can buy one or two pounds of meat."

Li Feng smiled and handed Li Ran one dollar and fifty cents. As for the meat ticket, he didn't tell Li Ran that he needed it when he bought the meat. (End of this chapter)