Chapter 950: Oil Fish Pretending to Be Salmon (7,000 Words)

Although the local food is not delicious and a little too sweet, no one wastes it.

The five grown men cleaned up all the meat and vegetables, and implemented the CD-ROM policy. They only had to mix the soup with the rice, but the soup was too sweet, and no one wanted it.

After eating and drinking enough, everyone burped and walked out.

Nowadays, state-owned hotels require you to pay before the meal, and there is no reason for you to pay after the meal.

They still had luggage on hand, so they took the luggage back to the tractor with Uncle Zhou, and then they went to find the guest house.

Walking on the street with the lockbox in hand, they couldn't help but hold their heads high and their chests high. They also felt that their self-confidence was soaring. It felt like the passers-by couldn't help but look at them more.

"If I had known, I would have brought my toad glasses with me. Many of the people dancing in the park just now were wearing them."

"Come on, if you act like a boss, you will be robbed in an instant if you don't protect everything."

"Crow's Mouth."

Ye Yaodong was scolded by his father and immediately shut up.

After leaving Uncle Zhou to look after their luggage again, with less than two hours until the sun set, they didn't care about wandering around any more and started looking for people to ask for directions.

We need to solve the problem of accommodation for the night first, otherwise no one will be in the mood to go shopping.

After asking three people in a row, they walked around two streets and walked a kilometer or two before finding a guest house.

While searching and asking, they also visited almost two streets. There were the same number of people on each street, carrying baskets in their hands, looking at the prosperous and bustling scene.

They showed their letter of introduction and booked a Datongbu room. There were really no single rooms left. There were unexpectedly many people traveling to and from the provincial capital. If they had come a little later, they might not even be able to sleep in Datongbu, and they would have to Look for it again.

After the reservation was made, Ye Yaodong asked Father Ye and Father Pei to stay in the guest house first. He and A Guang went out to find Uncle Zhou and led him to drive the tractor over here.

However, at a turning intersection, the two of them met an unexpected acquaintance, and they were both stunned.

When the other party saw them, they were also a little panicked. They immediately packed their things and put them in the big canvas bag behind them, picked up the small bench and ran away.

When they just came over, they saw someone polishing leather shoes, so they didn't pay attention and walked back again before they saw it.

After all, shoe polishers can be seen everywhere on the streets, especially on bridges and under bridges, at crossroads and other places. Shoe polishing does not require any skills.

Seeing the person turn around and disappear, Ye Yaodong and A Guang looked at each other.

"I haven't seen him for more than a year. I didn't expect him to come to the province. I heard he didn't go back during the New Year. If he hadn't made one or two phone calls back, his family would have thought he died outside."

Ye Yaodong shook his head, "It seems like he doesn't look like a human being."

"It's not that easy when you're out and about, and people aren't clever."

"It may be that we are encountering difficulties. We need to make a temporary transition and make ends meet first."

"If it were me, I'd rather pull a rickshaw than shine my shoes there."

"You're stupid too, I'm going to sell tea eggs."

Although there are opportunities everywhere these days, you have to be smart and discerning, and be optimistic about your goals. Instead of polishing shoes and pulling a rickshaw, it is better to sell tea eggs, which are both low-cost. Once you save a little money, you can find a way. You might get rich faster by reselling some electronic products.

Well...he actually only has one mouth.

I have never done it, I have only heard about it, just talking about it on paper.

I have only worked as a fisherman in my two lives, so this is the profession I am most familiar with.

If you really ask him to resell electronic products, although it is very likely to succeed, it will have to leave his hometown. What's the point of staying outside alone.

He doesn't expect to become the richest tycoon, and he is also afraid of being sold out, so he is still counting money for him. I have heard that some people have become inflated, and as a result, they have been tricked, and there are also people who have jumped off the building.

It is better to be safer in the field that he is familiar with. Originally, he had no big ambitions. He was just a common man. He would be rich once again and his family would be safe.

Anyway, children and grandchildren will have their own blessings, and they will not bring them with them when they are born, and they will not take them with them after death. It would be nice to leave a little family property for the three children to make their lives easier in the future.

No dynasty can last forever.

"Are tea eggs easy to sell?"

"Is it easy to sell? Otherwise, why are there tea sellers everywhere on the streets?"

“Everything is sold on the streets.”

"Never mind him, let's take our sunny road and let him cross his single-plank bridge. Don't talk too much when we get back, so as not to spread the word to his ears, and he will feel shameless and will hold a grudge against us."

"Are you afraid of him?" Aguang pursed his lips, "That's how small-minded people are. Why haven't you noticed that this person is so small-minded before?"

"In the past, no one was better than anyone else. Everyone had no money."

"The Mid-Autumn Festival is over, and the Chinese New Year will be here in a few months. I don't know if I will go back this year. After I go back, I see that my brothers have developed several ships in just over a year. I don't know if they will. It will be more uncomfortable.”

"Don't worry about it, let's make our money, and I also wish him to get rich soon."

He has no hatred, and he never thinks that he will be happy as long as others are unlucky.

He likes to see everyone making a lot of money smoothly and within their own abilities.

These days, the spirit of the New Year is still very strong. There is a saying that if you have money but don’t have money, go home to celebrate the New Year. Not going home during the Chinese New Year and having to be alone in another place feels so pitiful and miserable.

"Anyway, we'll go back early tomorrow morning."

"It's not easy to come to the province. My buttocks hurt from sitting. I haven't walked a few steps and the sun is going down again. I haven't even gone shopping yet. I only walked two streets. I'll take advantage of the department store later. Before closing, hurry in and take a quick look around, it’s a rare visit and you have to take something back with you.”

"Well, let's see if there are any different and good things in the province."

"Remember to take out the camera from your suitcase and take it with you. You can take a picture of me at the door of the department store later."

"Won't you buy a camera yourself?"

"We'll see later. If you don't want industrial tickets, just buy them."

The two walked quickly, chatting as they walked.

Uncle Zhou held the two lockboxes tightly in his arms, and he breathed a sigh of relief after seeing them both.

"You are finally back. The people walking back and forth kept staring at me. I was afraid that they would all rush up and snatch me away later."

"We just found the guest house where we are staying. Let's drive the tractor over there now. We can settle in early and have some time to go around the department store."

"Then come up quickly."

Uncle Zhou quickly returned their luggage to them. The two lockboxes were so ostentatious that the young people dancing the disco stopped to look at them as they passed by.

They also discovered it.

The sun was setting now, and there were more people near the park. People coming and going would look twice at the lockbox in their hands. Although it was a provincial capital, there were not many people holding lockboxes on the road.

If you stay here any longer, there's no guarantee that someone won't blatantly grab it and run away.

You still have to keep this thing at home, or when you can only go home, you can act cool when you get off the car, but you can't show off when you bring it out.

Fortunately, they drove a tractor and left immediately after getting on.

Father Ye and Father Pei have been waiting at the door of the guest house. They are not as bold as the two boys, running around, and they are not relieved until they find someone.

It wasn't until everyone was gathered, they put down their luggage, and then prepared to go back to the department store two streets away.

It was quite a toss-up, going back and forth several times.

Moreover, the department store got off work at that time, so they didn't go shopping for long before they had to go out.

Ye Yaodong held several little books in his hands. He did not buy toys. The children at home had enough toys. He had ordered them not to play with toys in the past two days. He could not break this rule.

But when I came to the provincial capital, it was unreasonable not to bring them some gadgets, so I had to buy books and read to improve my brain. Unfortunately, I didn’t see any exercises, otherwise I would have bought more exercises for them to do back.

There is also a book about knitting sweaters that I bought for Ah Qing. I can see that she is taking apart sweaters and knitting sweaters in different patterns every year.

She definitely likes this kind of pattern knitting book. I heard it has just started to become popular. They don’t have it in our small place yet.

The most important thing is that he bought the old lady a black wig!

Ye Yaodong gestured with the wig on his father's head, and his father couldn't help but dodge.

"Why, who did you buy it for? I don't need it."

"It's for grandma. If she wears this, she will definitely be ten years younger. It doesn't matter if she is your sister."

"You're not serious, why should you wear a wig? Isn't it normal to have gray hair at your age?"

"You don't understand this. Everyone has a love for beauty. From a three-year-old girl to an eighty-year-old lady, there is no one who doesn't love beautiful people. If you take this back, the old lady will be happy. Look in the mirror every day.”

Father Ye gave him a disgusted look, "You are 80 years old and you still look in the mirror every day... I think you have nothing to buy, so you insist on buying one..."

Opponent, his father is really a roundworm in his stomach.

We really have everything at home, everything we should have and shouldn’t have, and there seems to be no shortage of big or small items. In addition, the things in the market are very new to many people, but To him, what is ordinary cannot be more ordinary.

After seeing it, I have no desire to buy it.

What he most wants to buy are some small appliances, but he already has everything at home. He just saw a semi-automatic single-tub washing machine, and he actually wants to buy it. It only costs more than four hundred yuan, but it requires Industrial votes, he has no industrial votes.

I bought a brooch for his mother. It will get cold soon and it will be just right for her to show off. Just pin it on her chest. She will definitely like it.

Of course his wife must have one too.

His father also had a few pairs of cashmere socks and two towels in his hands. Although he didn't want to buy anything, he couldn't really bring nothing. He had already come and he could say it when he went back. This was saving money. I bought it in the city, and my face is bright.

Ye Yaodong also had it on his hand. His towel had several holes in it.

I heard that the old lady's towels were even more torn than his, and they were all torn apart, but she put them all in her room so that no one could see them...

The five of them all went in and out together, and most of the things they bought were similar.

You think it’s good, I think it’s good too, let’s buy it together.

He and A Guang also bought a calculator each. They had to settle accounts every three days. They happened to see it, so they bought one. It was convenient.

The main thing is that he doesn't know how to use an abacus. For a powerful person, he may find it easier to use an abacus.

"It's a pity that I arrived too late today, and I didn't even go shopping for a while before getting off work. I really mean getting off work right after get off work."

"Anyway, I've been here before. It's good to have a look. Next time I have a chance, I'll go to other streets to look around."

"I also want to go to the farmer's market and see if there are many people selling vegetables and goods."

"It has to be early in the morning. Before dawn, the farmer's market will probably be full of people."

"Then let's get up early in the morning? Let's go over here at three o'clock and take a look. After seeing the excitement, it will probably be daybreak, so we can just go back directly?"

"Okay, we're here anyway, so let's get up early and take another look."

They walked to the guest house while discussing their arrangements for tomorrow. Anyway, they didn't plan to go anywhere at night. When they got back, they would take a bath, rest for a while, and go to bed early.

It's chaotic during the day these days, let alone at night. For your own personal safety, it's best not to go out after dark. Generally, people who go out for a walk after dark are not good people.

The sun has also set, and as they walk on the road, their shadows are stretched out.

Ye Yaodong held an armful of things in one hand and a wig in the other, spinning it around in his hands.

Father Ye couldn't help but said, "Can you please stop turning around? People who don't know better would think you are turning heads."

"Huh? Do you want it to be so scary?"

Father Pei also smiled and said: "It does look similar. You didn't look at the people around you who stared wide-eyed, and then breathed a sigh of relief."

"Isn't it rare for someone to have so much money to buy this thing?" Father Ye continued angrily.

"Fine."

Ye Yaodong put the wig directly on his head, and walked swaggering without paying attention to the looks of passers-by. This way, he took one less thing.

Other fellow travelers couldn't help but shake their heads after seeing it.

Even the receptionist at the guest house opened his mouth in surprise after seeing him, and then looked at him a few more times.

It's quite convenient for the five of them to share a large berth. They don't have to squeeze in with others, and they can take care of each other even if they sleep together.

After arriving in the room, they pulled out the luggage and the lockbox that were lying under the bed, opened them individually, and sorted out the things they bought.

Ye Yaodong was the one who bought the most. He didn't know what to buy. When he saw what others were buying, he thought it was suitable and followed them.

Originally, the lockbox only contained one set of his clothes, and it was light and empty. However, it was filled with the things he bought in an instant, and it was just enough.

The five of them had been up since three o'clock in the morning. After sitting on the tractor all day, their buttocks were cracked by the jolts and their bones were about to fall apart. They had not rested today, so their excitement had sustained them until now. .

They each spent two cents to get a basin of hot water, and after a simple wash, they lay down and snored one after another.

Even the sounds of people walking up and down the corridor and talking were not affected by them.

The sun had just set. They went to bed so early. There was probably no one else in the guest house. Fortunately, they had just eaten and didn't need to finish their meal.

At three o'clock in the morning, they all woke up on their own initiative and full of energy.

They are all people who are accustomed to working. They can fall asleep when they say they want to sleep, and wake up immediately when it is time to wake up.

However, it was still dark outside, and they didn't say they would pack their luggage and leave immediately. They just planned to follow the tractor to the farmer's market to have a look, and then come back before leaving.

In the dark night, the moonlight illuminates the streets. Only the current street has street lights. On the way to the farmer's market, half of the roads have no street lights, so we can only rely on flashlights to illuminate the way forward.

There wasn't even a ghost on the road. It wasn't until they were approaching the farmer's market that they saw some country farmers carrying burdens and pushing carts from some small roads.

As we got closer to the farmer's market, there were more and more people carrying burdens and pushing carts, and they were all densely packed. They all came from the countryside early in the morning, and some of them were sweating profusely. It was only early in the morning, and the temperature was still low. I don’t know how many miles I walked.

When they parked the car on the side of the road and got out of the car, Ye Yaodong happened to see a tractor passing by them, and the water on the tractor kept flowing.

He sniffed the remaining smell in the air, "Is that cart of seafood? It smells fresh."

"I don't know where it came from. There is so much water, the ice may have melted."

“It’s better if it’s fresh.”

"There are a lot of people around, more and more. Has the morning market started?"

"Let's just take a walk and go home after shopping. After all, we are also people who have inspected the market."

The two walked arm in arm.

Father Ye called from behind and called the two of them to come back after shopping for a while. Don't get too involved in shopping and pay attention to the time.

Ye Yaodong stretched out his hand and raised it behind their back.

The tractor that just passed by didn't go very far because there were people in front of it. They found an empty space on the roadside and stopped directly. They kept carrying baskets from the vehicle down, and kept talking. Shouting.

"Fish is sold, fish is sold, salmon is sold cheap..."

"Salmon is on sale...if you're passing by, don't miss it."

"It's free to take a look, it's guaranteed to be fresh, and the ice hasn't even melted yet..."

Originally, the two of them just planned to stroll around and were not interested in the fish seller, but the shouting really attracted them.

"Salmon? Are there salmon here?" Ye Yaodong asked doubtfully.

Although he couldn't understand the local dialect, he could still understand the fish's name.

"What do you mean? Can't have salmon?"

"Of course, this is a cold-water fish that likes to live in cool seawater. It is a fish that lives in the north. However, in September and October, salmon will go to freshwater rivers to spawn. , but will it go to the south?”

You must know that there is no cold chain transportation now, local specialties are consumed locally, and the travel expenses are not enough to send them such a long distance.

A Guang had only been a fisherman for a year or two and didn't understand these things. He listened to him blankly and only said, "Let's go and take a look?"

"Go and have a look."

"30 cents per pound, 30 cents per pound, salmon is sold cheaply, 30 cents per catty, such a big deep-sea fish is sold cheaply..."

Many people have been attracted by the shouting. The attraction of tractors is still very strong. There are really no people who directly drive tractors to sell fish. At most, there are a few pushing carts and shouting.

These baskets were placed all over the floor. There were so many of them, and they were quite attractive.

In ordinary people's thinking, the greater the quantity, the cheaper it must be, just like wholesale.

"How much does such a big fish cost 30 cents per pound?" a local asked curiously.

In this era, no matter where you are, as long as you are an employee, you will have easy money. What's more, there are many units in provincial cities, and of course there are many employees, and their purchasing power is also strong, so you are afraid of running out of things to buy.

The woman who asked the question was well-dressed and her face was smeared with makeup. It was obvious from a glance that her family conditions were not bad.

"Yes, it's only 30 cents per catty. There is no shop like this after passing this village. This is deep-sea fish and tastes very good. You can look at the eyes and gills. They are all still very fresh."

"It looks quite fresh..."

"It's quite cheap, only 30 cents per pound. In the past, such a big fish cost 70 or 80 cents."

"Yes, yes, there were too many goods, so we dealt with them cheaply and sold them at a loss. There is no such store after this village. Everyone hurriedly grabbed them. That's all. They are sold out."

"Weigh a smaller one for me..."

"I also want a smaller one..."

Ye Yaodong listened to the people around him talking and grabbing goods. Standing behind him, he didn't see the baskets of goods on the ground, but he saw what was not being carried on the tractor.

Where is the salmon in this horse? This is obviously an oily fish.

I had always heard that some people used oil fish to pass off as salmon or cod, but I didn’t expect that he actually saw it with his own eyes.

He just said, where do the salmon come from in the south these days?

Damn salmon.

A Guang also echoed without knowing why, "It's indeed quite cheap. It's only 30 cents per pound and it's still retail. It's still sold by driving a tractor. I don't know if I can make gas money."

"It's a cheap piece of wool. Can't you tell it's an oily fish? It's just a trick to these ignorant city dwellers."

"Is it an oily fish?"

Aguang was surprised.

"Of course, take a closer look."

There are no street lights around, so people rely on their own flashlights to illuminate the surroundings. The light is a bit dim, and the flashlights keep swaying around. In the dark, it is really difficult to identify at a distance.

"It really does look a bit like it. Isn't this harmful to people? I touched it in the dark so no one could see clearly. I just heard the price and bought it quickly."

He already knew the dangers of oily fish, and the more he looked at it, the more it seemed like it.

"It's either a bit like it, or it's an oily fish."

"What should we do? Everyone is trying to grab this, for fear that it will be gone if it's too late."

Ye Yaodong was also a little hesitant. He was a foreigner, so no one might believe him when he opened his mouth to speak. Moreover, they even criticized him, saying that he was jealous of their good business, so he might have to be beaten.

"Destroying someone's wealth is like killing one's parents. I'm afraid of being beaten."

"Uh... forget it, one is willing to be beaten and the other is willing to suffer. It's just two days of oil leakage from the buttocks. This one still tastes very good."

"You have eaten?"

"I didn't know that when I was a kid, I ate it once."

"Have you eaten ass oil once?"

Aguang: "!?!"

"I'm talking about oily fish!"

"What kind of oily fish are you talking about? Don't you guys talk nonsense? Are you here to cause trouble? A foreigner is so bold and dares to come here and talk nonsense."

"That's right, this is a genuine deep-sea salmon, some kind of oily fish. Don't talk nonsense and keep your mouth shut."

Unexpectedly, they met someone who knew the goods. When the two fishmongers heard this, they panicked and immediately opened their mouths and yelled at them.

Come on, the firepower has been attracted, Ye Yaodong thought, he had no choice but to bite the bullet.

"We are not wrong. This is oily fish. It is poisonous. The butthole of the fish will leak oil, and it will not stop leaking. You two are so evil. You mistake oily fish for salmon, fool the people, and make money. People with dirty money will go to the eighteenth level of hell."

The people who were picking fish were instantly frightened and did not dare to pick any more fish, and even took a step back.

"Is this fish poisonous?"

"Really? Is this fish poisonous?"

"How dare they sell poisonous fish?"

"Ah! Then I don't want it anymore. I want my money back. I don't want the fish anymore. You guys are so black-hearted. You still sell poisonous fish. Do you sincerely want to poison us?"

The two fishmongers immediately became anxious, "Shut up and stop talking nonsense. What I sell is salmon. Why do you make false accusations with empty words?"

"That's it, folks, don't listen to him. What do outsiders know? They are jealous of our good business and attracting so many customers, so they come to cause trouble. Don't listen to him. Who dares to sell poisonous fish to others? Not afraid of being shot."

"That's right, both of our faces are exposed here and everyone can see it. How can we dare to sell poisonous fish?"

Everyone heard this and thought it made sense.

Compared with foreigners, of course they choose to trust the locals.

"It's not enough to be shot. This fish is poisonous. In fact, it's not really poisonous. It just contains wax and grease that the human body cannot absorb. Once it is eaten, the butthole will keep spraying oil. As you can imagine, when walking on the road, the butthole will not stop. The oil leakage stopped..."

"It's nonsense. Don't listen to his nonsense. They must also be fishmongers who came here to destroy it on purpose. How could such a good deep-sea fish leak oil after eating it?"

"You two who know each other should get out of here quickly. Everyone can do their own business and don't interfere with each other."

Aguang said: "You two black-hearted fishmongers, are you anxious when you meet us who know the goods? Others can deceive us, but don't even think about fish traders. I have a pair of piercing eyes. You can tell at a glance that they are fish." What kind of fish?"

Ye Yaodong also said in an old-fashioned way: "This fish will cause stomach cramps after eating, and the oil will continuously flow out from the anus... If you eat more, it will also cause the feces in the intestines to flow out together. And there’s no control, you can imagine.”

"We are not from the local area, nor do we sell fish. We have no grievances against him. We just happened to come here to buy vegetables. We heard the shouting and came over to take a look out of curiosity."

"If this is really the case, how can salmon be so cheap? There is an old saying that goes very well. Good products are not cheap, and cheap products are not good. No one would sell fish at a loss."

"Hurry up and pay me back, I don't want any more fish..."

"I don't want it anymore...refund the money..."

"Don't listen to their lies, they are just here to cause trouble..."

This point is still updated and I didn’t let you down. I really worked too hard! I’m afraid I’ll let you wait in vain and let you down, so I’ll give you a monthly ticket as a reward!