1970s: A hot-tempered wife who accompanied a soldier to the military compound and made a fortune.

Chapter 84 You're quite capable, girl.

With the help of external bait, it didn't take long to catch more than ten fish. The lightest one weighed more than two pounds, and the largest grass carp weighed more than five pounds.

She had other plans for the afternoon, so she didn't linger. After all, these fish weighed almost forty pounds in total, and if she continued fishing, she was afraid it would attract attention again.

When I left the hospital, I borrowed three wooden buckets from the kitchen. With the one I contributed myself, the four buckets fit perfectly on the tricycle.

I put the wooden bucket on the tricycle, saw the float move, and was about to pack up and leave when I realized that this was a big one. It took me a full half hour to reel it in.

She noticed that someone on the other side kept looking in her direction, their eager expressions making a move obvious to her.

With this last one added, the weight reached over 60 kilograms, enough to cover the truck with a tarpaulin.

Pack up and run.

By the time the person on the other side took a detour to get there, Chu Xue was nowhere to be seen. Frustrated, Chu Xue stomped her feet and said, "Ugh, I'm too late again."

I noticed her yesterday, but there were so many people around that I didn't get a chance to make a move. Now that I've finally found her, I haven't been able to catch her. Why is it so difficult to buy the fish she has?

With the tricycle, the first snowfall was much easier.

On the way back, I finally conquered the tricycle. I must say, I felt even more accomplished than when I got my driver's license in my previous life.

As soon as she entered the kitchen, Sister Wang, the kitchen helper, called out, "Director, you're back, you're back!"

Holding the vegetables in his hand, he started gesturing.

Director Zhang was waiting here specifically to see if this girl was just bragging.

Hearing the sound, I quickly went outside.

Without even greeting Chuxue, he went straight over and pulled off the tarpaulin on the tricycle: "You really caught a fish?"

After inspecting the four buckets one by one, her eyes gleamed: "Nurse Cheng was right, you really are quite capable." After saying that, she called to the kitchen: "A few people, hurry up and take the buckets in, we'll add some dishes tonight."

With many hands making light work, everyone quickly followed suit and went into the kitchen.

Without Director Zhang's instructions, Chef Hao had already prepared the scales: "Come on, put the fish in this basin."

To their surprise, the fish were very lively, and it took a lot of effort to get them all into the basin.

Chef Hao looked at the scale, his face full of excitement: "Sixty-seven pounds and three ounces."

At this moment, apart from Director Zhang, probably no one was happier than Chef Hao. After all, even a skilled cook can't make a meal without rice, and seeing so many fish, it would be strange if he wasn't excited.

It's not that there's no fish available on weekdays, it's just that the quantity is too small.

They make such a large batch, and aside from reserving some for those with connections, there's practically nothing left. It's all snapped up in no time at the window, leaving those who queued for ages without getting any to complain endlessly.

The fish were mostly grass carp and silver carp, with only a few black carp. After a moment's thought, Director Zhang stopped calling out "comrade" and said, "Xiao Liu, how about this? Let's not calculate them separately, but combine them and calculate them all at 50 cents each, okay?"

Liu Chuxue naturally had no objection. After all, grass carp only cost about 37 or 38 cents a pound these days, so giving 50 cents was already quite a lot.

Seeing how readily the other person agreed, she smiled slightly and said, "Okay, thank you, Director Zhang."

Chef Hao, standing nearby, smiled and said, "After removing the skin, it weighs a total of sixty-one catties and one tael."

Chu Xue looked at Director Zhang and said, "Just settle for sixty jin."

She didn't say anything too embellished, after all, nobody's a fool.

Director Zhang initially wanted to say no, but considering that the young girl would be bringing fish to the cafeteria again, and this wasn't a one-off deal, he smiled and said, "Then we'll listen to Xiao Liu."

(End of this chapter)