Perfect pastoral life

Chapter 33 Big Fish Eat Small Fish

At this time, Chen Mu took Chen Xiaoyu past a children's clothing store, and went in to buy two sets of cute clothes for his daughter.

After shopping for clothes and walking out of the store, Chen Mu took Chen Xiaoyu's little hand while he held the bag containing the clothes in the other hand, and the two started to wander the streets again.

There were a lot of people on the street, and Chen Xiaoyu was not used to walking in the crowd of strangers. At this time, she held onto Chen Mu's fingers tightly, and walked beside her father in a regular manner.

"Rake, where are we going now?" Chen Xiaoyu raised his head and asked.

"Well, let's go buy fish, shall we?" Chen Mu said, "Daddy will cook you a big meal tonight, Xiaoyu will definitely like it."

Unexpectedly, Chen Xiaoyu became unhappy; "Rake rake, Xiaoyu doesn't eat fish."

"Why, isn't the fish tasty?"

"Because my name is Xiaoyu, and I don't want Xiaoyu to eat Xiaoyu."

"Haha, little fish, you call it big fish eating small fish." Chen Mu couldn't help laughing, "Only by eating small fish can big fish grow up quickly."

Chen Xiaoyu was dazed, patted his head, and asked naively, "Papa, then am I a big fish? Should I be called Chen Dayu from now on?"

After hearing this, Chen Mu smiled wryly; "No, you are still a small fish now, and you can only be called a big fish when you grow up."

"Oh, rake rake, small fish will become big fish in the future."

The two kept talking, and soon came to a fish shop.

Although this fish shop is not big, there are several tanks in front of the shop, and there are all kinds of fish in it.Of course, these fish are all freshwater fish, and there are wild fish caught from the Qingshui River, but most of them are forage fish raised in fish ponds.

"Boss, how do you sell this mandarin fish?"

Chen Mu asked, pointing to a tank with mandarin fish. There was a sign beside the tank with the words "pure wild mandarin fish" written on it.

The boss is a middle-aged man in his fifties, plump and bald, he looks like a butcher who kills pigs.

"Do you want to buy mandarin fish?" The bald boss said stealthily, "My mandarin fish is not cheap. They are all wild fish caught from the Qingshui River. The price is at least twice as expensive as the farmed fish. If this guy wants it, he will sell it." I'll give you 90 yuan a catty."

What, wild mandarin fish?

Isn't this fooling people? Chen Mu can't tell whether the mandarin fish is wild or not?
Compared with wild mandarin fish, farmed mandarin fish are raised in ponds with sufficient feed, so generally farmed mandarin fish grow fat and strong, while wild mandarin fish live in wide rivers, they are naturally The competition in the environment is fierce, and there are often ups and downs, so wild mandarin fish are generally thinner and slender.

When Chen Mu was young, he went fishing with his friends in the village. He often caught wild mandarin fish. He still has the ability to distinguish between wild mandarin fish and farmed mandarin fish.

This is simply judging from the shape of the body. Chen Mu also knows that because the living environment of farmed mandarin fish is narrow and they are cultured in still water, their maws often have a very dark black membrane, while wild mandarin fish does not have a black film. The film, even if it has color, will be very light.

Chen Mu could tell at a glance whether the mandarin fish in the tank was wild or not.

"Let me tell you, boss, it's not normal for you to do business like this." Chen Mu looked at his fish and said, "Everyone lives by the Qingshui River, do you think I can't tell what is a wild mandarin fish? You This fish looks like it was bred."

After hearing this, the bald boss thought that the guest had a general questioning attitude. He felt that Chen Mu could not really distinguish between wild mandarin fish and domestic mandarin fish, so he put on a straight face and said arrogantly;

"What do you mean, I can still sell fake fish, I am wild mandarin fish."

Seeing that the bald boss was still making excuses, Chen Mu sneered, without saying a word, bent down and put his hands into the water tank to grab a mandarin fish, pointed the belly of the fish at the bald boss, and said;

"Boss, have you seen the black film on the fish's belly? Tell me now, is this fish wild?"

The bald boss didn't expect to meet a knowledgeable person, and his arrogance was instantly extinguished, Yan'er laughed apologetically;

"Here, little brother, my shop is only doing some small businesses, and there is nothing I can do about it. Don't make a fuss. I can sell this fish to you for 40 yuan, okay?"

Chen Mu said disdainfully; "A small business can fool consumers, right? Your conscience has been eaten by a dog?"

"Oh, what this little brother said is that I will definitely do business seriously in the future, I promise."

Seeing that this guy was honest, Chen Mu raised his chin, pointed to the small wooden sign next to the sink that said "pure wild mandarin fish", and motioned for the bald boss to cross out the words "pure wild mandarin fish".

The bald boss is also a very savvy person, so he immediately found a brush and crossed out the three words "pure wild".

Chen Mu bought two mandarin fish weighing more than two catties, and spent a total of 200 yuan.

Carrying the fish bag and turning around to leave, he suddenly heard the bald boss behind him shout;

"Little brother, wait a moment."

Chen Mu turned around and asked, "What else?"

"That's right." The bald boss said with a flattering smile, "Just now little brother could tell at a glance that my mandarin fish is not wild, so I thought you must be a person who often deals with Jianghe. Can you sell wild fish to me?"

When Chen Mu heard this, he was stunned for a moment, but the bald head's words reminded him.

It is not impossible to let him go fishing in the river. His eyesight can see through the bottom of the river at a glance, and he can easily find the location of the fish in the river. With this advantage, it is not difficult to catch wild fish at all.

Seeing that Chen Mu was in a daze, the bald boss thought he was ignoring him, so he continued;
"To tell you the truth, little brother, don't look at me as a small fish shop. My son even opened a restaurant in the town. All the fish in the restaurant are directly bought from me. The restaurant wants wild fish. Fish, as long as you have wild ones, little brother, my fish shop will dare to accept them.”

Chen Mu listened, thought for a while, and said, "That's okay, I will consider it if I catch fish in the future."

Seeing something interesting, the bald boss quickly took out a pen and a small notebook from his pocket, wrote down the phone number, tore off the paper, and then walked over with a happy face and handed the paper to Chen Mu;

"Little brother, this is the contact number of the store. If you have wild products, just contact the store."

Chen Mu took the note, didn't say anything, took Chen Xiaoyu's hand, turned around and left.

Taking Chen Xiaoyu along, he bought a lot of things on the street. He also specially bought the ingredients and seasonings needed for cooking fish at night. Seeing that the necessities were almost bought, Chen Mu called Wang Fugui.

At this time, Wang Fugui had already taken the guests back and forth twice to the nearby villages. Seeing that there was no business, he stuffed all the things Chen Mu bought just now into the car.

Under the setting sun, the three of them went all the way back to Longdong Village in the direction of the setting sun.

(End of this chapter)