"That time we joined hands was a turning point, a new world, and perhaps fate." - "A Fish Seller Who Doesn't Want to Be Named"
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After walking for more than a thousand meters, Ye Feifan saw the fresh fish sold here...but he had no intention of selling the fish.
When passing a step, a burly man suddenly shouted: "Brother, can you come over and help me?"
Ye Feifan stopped and looked at the big man, who was looking at him with a simple smile on his face.
The big ship docked by the steps, and the man seemed a little embarrassed.
"Okay, big brother, you have a great harvest!"
Smiling and rolling up his sleeves, Ye Feifan stepped forward and grabbed the handle of a large bucket in the boat. Inside the bucket were a bunch of creatures such as big herring and big carp.
The man also grabbed the handle on the other side of the vat, and he and Ye Feifan moved the vat to the open space on the steps.
With Ye Feifan's strength, he could lift it up alone, but on the one hand, he had to guard against the monitors, and on the other hand, he didn't know the man's details... It was better to be cautious when it was time to be cautious.
There were three large barrels of fish in the boat, and Ye Feifan helped him carry them one by one. They seemed to weigh hundreds of kilograms.
The man took out two wooden stools, a steel scale and a stack of plastic bags from the boat, and then handed the oar to the seventy-year-old man on the boat.
"Dad, please go back first. I'll be back after I finish selling."
"I understand, please be careful and bring me back for lunch later."
"I recognize it, go back quickly."
After watching the old man driving the big boat away, the man came to the steps and spread his stall while talking.
"Brother, I can't see that you are very strong. Thank you... Where are you from?"
Ye Feifan also stepped forward to help the man build the stall, and said with a smile: "I am from Black Rock City, what is the name of my eldest brother?"
"They all call me Fish Seller Qiang. You can just call me Lao Qiang. What's your name, brother?"
"My name is Brother Fat, you can just call me Lao Fat."
After setting up the stall, the fish seller forced Ye Feifan to sit on a stool, and the two sat down to chat.
"Dad is not in very good health. I'm afraid he might get away from me. Thank you very much for today. I'll come home with you for lunch later..."
"I'm so sorry. I appreciate your kindness. I haven't finished shopping yet and I have to find a place to stay at night."
Hearing that Ye Feifan was looking for a place to stay, Ma Yuqiang was moved and asked quickly: "Brother, are you coming to Tianzi City for a trip?"
"A friend said that the lychees in Litchi Bay here are delicious, so I came over during the Mid-Autumn Festival to have a look..."
When it was mentioned that Ye Feifan was going to Lychee Bay, Mao Yuqiang's expression changed immediately.
"No...Brother Qiang, what's wrong with you?"
The fish seller raised his head and looked around, and whispered: "Brother, you should not die today. Listen to my advice, you must never go to that place!"
"Why?"
Ye Feifan had some curiosity on his face, but his heart also jumped. Ma Yuqiang seemed to be an insider.
"I won't say any more. Brother, don't run away, don't find a hotel, and stay at my house for two days... If nothing else, there's still a bed. I'll tell you what's going on inside after dinner."
"This... okay, then don't bother Brother Qiang."
"It should have been like this a long time ago. Men should be more generous."
While Ye Feifan continued to try to get some words out of the fish seller, countless fish buyers came to the stall one after another.
The fish in the bucket is very fresh and the price is a bit expensive, but it can't stop everyone from buying fish.
The fish seller was bargaining with the fish seller while working with scales and plastic bags. Ye Feifan could only help a little.
In less than an hour, the three large buckets of fish sold by Yuqiang were sold out... only one carp and one big herring remained.
"We're going back."
"There are two left..."
"Save it for dinner and dinner tonight. Brother, you must give me some face today."
The fish seller mentioned this, so Ye Feifan naturally refused and could only follow him home with a big bucket and a stool.
Meeting such a generous person was far beyond Ye Feifan's expectations, but he needed to know many things from the fish seller... So even if today's banquet was a Hongmen Banquet, he had to bite the bullet and eat it.
Mai Yuqiang's home is about a few hundred meters away from the square. It was renovated from a courtyard house. While retaining the courtyard, a small western-style building was built inside. The living standard is pretty good...especially since the view from this place is very good. His family has also seen many things that are difficult for ordinary people to see.
Ye Feifan is wearing a military coat today, which looks quite normal, while Xiao Huang is taken into the pasture to practice... He can command Xiao Huang through the live broadcast at night to explore the weird fishing beach.
"Put it here."
When he came to the yard, the fish seller put the big bucket and things aside.
"Um."
After putting down the things, Ye Feifan followed the fish seller to wash his hands.
There is a well in the yard, which uses groundwater, but the source is from the Drowning River. With soap, the fishy smell on the hands has been reduced a lot.
Returning to the main entrance of the small foreign-style building, Ye Feifan saw the wooden frame built in the yard, on which the arranged fishing nets were drying.
A room on the first floor is the kitchen. The table has been set up there. There are five or six dishes on the table, including carp in clear soup, pan-fried crucian carp, fried dried fish with garlic sprouts, two acres of land, fried peanuts, fried pork with pickled vegetables, etc. wait.
The fish seller arranged for Ye Feifan to sit in the south seat, while he sat in the north seat. Then the old man who drove the boat away in the morning slowly walked out of the room and sat in the east seat.
An ordinary middle-aged woman sat in the west seat with bowls and chopsticks, and distributed bowls and chopsticks to everyone.
The old man asked kindly: "Can you drink?"
"know a little."
"Then have some sorghum corn wine roasted by yourself..."
Picking up a large white bucket under the table and opening the lid, the old man poured a small bowl for Ye Feifan, then a small bowl for himself, and finally a small bowl for the fish seller.
"I forgot to introduce you. This is my father Su Daqiang. You can call you Uncle Qiang... This is my daughter-in-law Guifen. You can call me sister-in-law."
"Hello, Uncle Qiang." He wanted to greet the old man, and then Ye Feifan said hello to the middle-aged woman: "Hello, sister-in-law."
"There is no need to be restrained here, we are all brothers in the world, come and go."
The fish seller took the lead, and Su Daqiang also picked up the wine bowl.
Seeing this posture, Ye Feifan couldn't say anything and quickly picked up the wine glass: "Okay, I respect you."
Although there was no problem, Ye Feifan was still a little worried and asked the system to cast an illusion to create the illusion of himself eating and drinking.
Perhaps they were used to the forced fish sales for many years, but when he thought of the millions of innocent souls drowning in the river, Ye Feifan found that he still couldn't move his mouth after all.
The fish seller's wife greeted him warmly, and then she lowered her head and ate alone.
None of the three men present had eaten. They were all drinking wine, eating side dishes, and chatting with each other.
Ye Feifan hadn't felt this rare tenderness for who knows how long.
They say, "Rely on your parents at home, and rely on your friends outside." This is true at all... Meeting someone you get along with is indeed like coming to a second home, because it can convey the enthusiasm of your loved ones.
The chat at the dinner table was nothing more than making money and some small things that happened recently. There was no information that Ye Feifan wanted, and Ma Yuqiang didn't mention the incident at Lychee Bay.
Maybe... we'll talk about it over dinner.
