"Brother, you are so good at fishing. Brother, why are you so good at fishing?"
Jiang Tao did not flatter like Jiang Yuan, but said: "Brother, these fish? How do we get them back?"
Li Laifu put the fishing line and fishhook in his pocket, and put all the bills into the space. As for the fishing rod, he threw it directly on the ground. He pulled some reeds from the lakeside, four fish weighing one kilogram, and two fish weighing three kilograms. , pass the reed through the gills of the fish, and hang it directly on Jiang Yuan's neck.
He used the same method to hang four big fish around Jiang Tao's neck, and he carried the fish weighing five kilograms.
Walk along the wall to the outside of the park and avoid the old men, otherwise they will chase after them again. He is going to sell these fish for money.
The return rate along the way is almost 100%. The key is that these three guys are too arrogant and have fish all over them.
If there weren't so many people on the street, someone would have stopped them to buy fish. The three of them walked to the entrance of the alley and just passed by the supply and marketing cooperative when they suddenly heard someone shouting: "Kid, kid!"
Li Laifu glanced at the supply and marketing cooperative. Inside was the middle-aged woman who sold him cigarettes yesterday.
Li Laifu carried the fish into the supply and marketing cooperative and asked, "Auntie, what did you call me for?"
"Just call me Aunt Liu. Didn't I tell you yesterday? Do you have anything good to tell me?"
Li Laifu smiled and said: "Aunt Liu, what did you say yesterday? I have some bird meat to tell you, is it fish today?"
Aunt Liu rolled her eyes and said, "Don't interrupt me, kid. Don't you want to go to the purchasing station next door?"
"Yes, how can our family eat all these fish?" Li Laifu nodded.
At this time, several other salespersons also came over. There were only four of them in total. Aunt Liu lay on the counter and stretched her head and said, "Is there anything you are missing at home that we can exchange for?"
Li Laifu looked at Jiang Tao and Jiang Yuan's shoes and said, "My two younger brothers' shoes are broken. Can I exchange them if I don't have a shoe ticket?"
"Brother, my shoes? My mother can still wear them after mending them," Jiang Tao said hurriedly.
"You're wearing a fart, your toes are sticking out of the soles of your shoes, they are obviously much smaller."
"Then wait a moment, and I'll call our director." Aunt Liu didn't say much and ran directly to the back office.
After a while, Aunt Liu brought out an old man, wearing a Chinese tunic suit and a pen strap in his jacket pocket. He looked very gentle.
He pushed up his glasses and asked, "Xiao Liu, do you know this kid?"
"We are in the alley, so don't worry if you know everything! Director," Aunt Liu replied.
"Kid, this fish of yours probably weighs five or six kilograms. How many pairs of shoes do you want to change?" The old man stared at the big fish and saw that it was still breathing, and asked with great satisfaction.
Li Laifu recalled that the current cloth shoes cost only seventy or eighty cents a pair. The most important thing was the shoe ticket.
Bargaining is inevitable when doing business. Li Laifu said unceremoniously: "Three pairs of cloth shoes." Thinking that he still had a sister, he added: "And a pair of red little tiger-head shoes."
The old director was still looking at the fish, but he said: "You are quite cruel, you have enough money to buy shoes, but you still have shoe tickets!"
Li Laifu threw the fish to the ground, took out a big one, and said to him: "Uncle Director, look what you said, bills are difficult for us? Bills? In your hands, it's just a matter of words."
"You kid, I saw you were honest just now, but now you are not honest," the old director said as he took the cigarette.
The old man lit his cigarette and said, "How about this? I'll give you four pairs of shoes in exchange for this big fish?"
He took a drag on his cigarette and said, "But for the four of them, you have to sell each of them a fish. Is it okay to sell them the same price as next door?"
It’s no wonder that this old man can be a leader. At least he doesn’t eat alone. When the three kilograms of fish were brought to the next door, the insiders divided it, and they couldn’t buy it even if they wanted to.
"What's wrong with that?" Li Laifu said.
"You go pick out your shoes, Yu... Aunt Liu will weigh them for you."
Jiang Tao tugged at Lin Laifu's clothes and whispered, "Brother, do you really want to change your shoes?"
"Don't talk nonsense, pick it up quickly, remember to pick one size larger, or else your mother will beat you when you go back."
Jiang Tao's eyes were red and he said, "Thank you, brother. He has never bought shoes before, and his mother made these shoes on his feet."
Li Laifu picked a pair that fit his feet, Jiang Tao and Jiang Yuan picked a pair two sizes too big, and gave Li Xiaohong a pair of red tiger-toe shoes.
The three and a half boys got their shoes and five three-pound fish for a total of five yuan and eighty cents.
There were four crucian carp weighing over one kilogram and one carp weighing over two kilograms left, and the three of them refused to sell them.
Li Laifu did not turn into the alley, but walked to the state-owned restaurant on the east side of the intersection. "Brother, you are crazy. You don't want to go to a restaurant, do you?"
"Big brother will take you to a restaurant in a while. We can't do that now. I'm here to buy steamed buns."
"Brother, are you saying we should eat steamed buns tonight?" Jiang Yuan was not aware that he was still very sensitive to eating.
Ignoring Jiang Yuan, he pushed the door into the state-owned hotel and asked the waiter at the table at the door: "Comrade, are there any steamed buns for sale here?"
The salesman's attitude was much worse. He looked at the three people with an impatient frown and said, "Steamed buns are three cents each, and two taels of food stamps."
Li Laifu didn't want to pay attention to her, so he took out two kilograms of food stamps, gave them thirty cents and said, "Ten steamed buns."
"Wait."
He put the money and tickets in the drawer, locked it, and went directly to the kitchen.
When she came out, she was holding a large yellow paper bag. She put it directly on the table and said, "I've counted the ten steamed buns. There are too few to go out. I don't care."
Li Laifu frowned. This was a white flour steamed bun. It was mixed with at least half of sorghum flour.
But these steamed buns are really quite big, each one is almost as big as the face.
Walking from Nanluoguxiang alley to my home, I was stopped by at least seven or eight old ladies and men who wanted to buy fish.
"Laifu, you are so awesome, where did you get these fish at the door?" Old Mrs. Liu shouted.
"Grandma Liu, my eldest brother caught this. My eldest brother is very, very good," Jiang Yuan said anxiously.
"Grandma Liu, my dad is about to get off work. I'm anxious to go home and cook, so I won't tell you." Li Laifu made the steamed buns and went inside.
"Xiao Tao, go and kill the fish. Let's drink fish soup today," Li Laifu ordered.
"Okay, brother."
Jiang Yuan held his shoes in one hand and lay next to the steamed buns to smell the smell. Li Laifu was sitting in the kitchen smoking a cigarette, not daring to smoke in the house, in case he was smelled.
After he finished smoking, Jiang Tao also killed the fish, cut a few pieces of fat meat, fried the oil in the pot, put the five fish into the pot together, added water and put the lid on the pot.
In ten minutes, a large pot of fish soup was ready. Three people took small basins, each with a fish. "Brother, let's eat first, don't wait for parents?"
When Jiang Yuan heard what Jiang Tao asked, he was stunned while holding the steamed buns.
"Eat quickly. They are back and they want to save the next meal. Let's eat until we are full."
Li Laifu drank a bowl of fish soup and ate two steamed buns, which were all full for him. The two boys were not far behind. Each of them ate one and a half and drank two bowls of fish soup.
"Brother, I'm too full. I have to lie down on the kang to rest for a while." Jiang Yuan was young and had eaten a lot, so he was full.
