Chapter 207 There are more second-rate people on the street: selling fish requires weapons
The next day, Li Long and Tao Daqiang went to collect the nets, and Li Qingxia followed him because he couldn't sleep.
Although he couldn't sell the pot of fish himself today, he was happy looking at the fish.
This time Li Long went into Xiaohaizi to get a net. The eight large mesh nets would definitely be able to catch big fish. He was worried that Tao Daqiang would not be able to fish if he was knocked into the water by a fish again.
As soon as Li Long reached the head of the first net and untied the rope tied to the reeds, he heard something flapping in the water not far ahead. He raised the outline of the net and saw the flapping. Things are offline.
It's time to catch fish.
Li Long was a little excited. He suppressed it and slowly closed the net.
More than ten meters away, when the net was received, Li Long saw a grass carp more than half a meter long wrapped in the net. It struggled from time to time, which was somewhat futile.
It was not a carp. Li Long was a little disappointed. He bent down and slowly wrapped the fish tightly with the net he had collected in his hand, and then picked up the fish.
The grass carp began to struggle violently. Li Long had already picked at its gills and mouth and quickly stuffed it into the urea bag.
This is a net with four fingers and a half eyes. The grass carp weighs five or six kilograms. Li Long continues to collect it. Soon the net is finished. In addition to some large crucian carp, there are also two silver carp and one carp hanging on the net. Silver carp and silver carp weigh about two to three kilograms, which is not particularly big.
There was no movement in the first five or six meters of the second network, but soon Li Long saw a yellow-red shadow rising and falling there. He immediately relaxed his grip on the network cable and used a water paddle to paddle it. I looked at it twice, and when I came closer, I saw a carp of about three kilograms. The head and tail were yellow-red, and the body looked very fat and wide. It must have been struggling violently, and the net was messed up by it.
Li Long smiled, this fish is good!
He followed the old method and directly wrapped the fish in circles with a net. After making sure that the fish could not escape, he reached into the water and lifted it up under the fish. When it was almost out of the water, he pointed his fingers Picked the fish’s gills——
“Pa!”
The fish's tail flapped violently, and Li Long was already on guard. He leaned back, avoided the blow, and at the same time, he picked up the fish and stuffed it into his pocket.
The harvest from these two nets has already filled a urea bag.
On the shore, Li Qingxia had already taken out the fishing basin according to Tao Daqiang's instructions.
There were not as many fish today as yesterday. I don’t know if it was the wrong place or there was something wrong with the ingredients inside.
Li Qingxia was a little disappointed when he brought the basin up. He said to Tao Daqiang:
"This basin of fish is four or five kilograms less than yesterday..."
The basin was placed on the shore, and when he heard a lot of movement inside, Li Qingxia suddenly became happy:
"Not bad, not bad. There are fewer fish, but they all swim happily. They should be alive. Live fish are valuable!"
Tao Daqiang nodded vigorously in agreement. He was also shocked by Li Qingxia's superb skill in treading water. When will such technology be available?
Li Long took a little longer to close the net today than usual. From time to time, he could see water splashing on the shore, which was a bit intense.
When Li Long slowly rowed back with four urea bags, Li Qingxia couldn't help shouting:
"Xiaolong, do you want me to swim over and help you?"
"No. No, it’s mainly because the duckweed has grown up. The water is quite tiring, but it’s okay. Dad, please don’t come over. There are more duck and turtles in the water, which will be troublesome to bite.”
The duck and chicken turtles mentioned here are all animals. The parasites on the body are similar to grass turtles and a bit like bed bugs. Chicken turtles grow on chickens or in cracks in the walls of chicken pens. They suck blood for a living. Their bites are itchy and painful, and they can also transmit diseases.
Duck turtles are similar, but they grow in water. When people who swim or catch fish in the water are bitten, they usually get a big red bump, which is red, itchy and painful. People often can’t help but scratch it. , can be scratched and then become infected and ulcerated.
Tao Daqiang swung a rope hard and landed next to Li Long. Li Long grabbed the rope and was pulled to the shore by Tao Daqiang.
"Are there many fish? Are there many big fish?" Li Qingxia asked.
"It's strange. There are four or five big carps of two to three kilograms. Dad, how many of them can you take to Uncle Liang's house today? By the way, Daqiang, you can take two back to eat too. This The fish looks so beautiful..."
"I won't take it." Tao Daqiang waved his hand, "The fish looks beautiful, but it's not delicious at all. It's not as good as a small crucian carp... I'll take some ditch fish and fry it. .”
Li Long smiled.
Once upon a time, Tao Daqiang, a man who couldn't even get a hot meal when he went home, can now eat fried fish, which is great.
“We also caught something rare today, water chickens!” Li Long said with a smile, “Let’s take them out alive from the net and give them to the powerful to play with.”
The three of them carried their things and went back talking and laughing.
When he returned to Li's house and started to collect fish, Li Qiang saw the water chicken struggling on the net at a glance. He screamed and pounced on it, and then ran away with a "ah" sound.
He was pecked by a water chicken and looked like he was crying while covering his hands.
If there weren't so many people around, I might have cried.
Water chicken is a rather peculiar bird. Its claws are not webbed, but it is good at swimming. There will be many of them in Xiaohaizi in summer, more than wild ducks.
Li Long checked the information in his last life. The water chicken here is a kind of bird called pìtī. It likes to eat small fish and shrimps. It is an aquatic bird and is smaller than wild ducks.
The bird caught in Li Long's net is just an adult bird. It is very painful to peck people. He remembered that when he was setting nets in Xiaohaizi in June and July in his previous life, he would often get entangled in small water chickens. These animals had a short temper and struggled very hard after being entangled in the net. Many small water chickens had been entangled for a long time. , and killed himself.
"Qiangqiang, this water chicken belongs to you. I will take it off. You can play with it or burn it and eat it. It's up to you. Let you take revenge." Li Long went to take off the water chicken. , holding its head up to avoid being pecked - this thing has a sharp mouth.
The two feet of the water chicken were tied together so that it could not move. Li Long threw it to the wall and handed it over to Li Qiang.
Li Qiang was so happy now that he ran to Shuijizi, squatted down, and looked at the guy carefully.
Li Long could tell that Li Qiang didn't want to eat the water chicken in a short time, so he stopped caring about it and concentrated on choosing fish.
Because he wanted to take big fish to the Liang family, Li Long was very careful when choosing them and tried not to take off their scales, so he moved a little slower.
“You can take your pick of these carp.” After selecting the fish, there were five large carp that met the requirements. Li Long said while loading other fish into the urea bag, “There are a lot of big fish today. "If you put the fish in the pot now, it can live a little longer." "Just take two," Liang Yuemei said. "I can't eat any more." She was telling the truth.
Because Li Jianguo said yesterday that not only fish, but also some meat and wine should be brought. This is already a very good gift.
The meat was brought back by my brother-in-law, but he never asked how much he wanted. If he asked, he would only let more be taken - just sending fresh meat to the Liang family was not the same time.
“Bring a few more, the carps are beautiful, and some big crucian carps,” Li Long thought for a moment and said, “If you can’t eat them, you can give some to your relatives. Uncle Liang has been helping us in the past few years. It’s a lot.”
He said this for his parents. Although it was a bit embarrassing for his parents, he was telling the truth.
Two large carp and seven or eight large crucian carp were left behind. Tao Daqiang took away two kilograms of ditch fish, and asked Li Long to put the rest into three bags, still spreading two layers of sacks on top, and then took them with him. Then Li Juan left the village.
Li Juan hadn’t sat in her uncle’s car for several days. Now she sat down and started chatting non-stop.
Li Long responded from time to time, feeling pretty good, at least he wouldn't be hunched over and rushing around.
He dropped Li Juan off at the elementary school and watched Li Juan walk into the school with her head held high in the envious eyes of her classmates. Li Long smiled and continued on his way.
There are a lot of fish today, and he plans to go to Shicheng to sell them. There is a lot of traffic there and the fish is sold quickly.
Otherwise, the 60 to 70 kilograms of fish I brought today, plus those ditch fish, may not be sold out in the morning market in the county town.
I went to the courtyard to get a basin and a scale, and rode all the way to Shicheng. The sun had already risen.
Arrived at the old street, Li Long slowed down and looked around. To his surprise, at a prime location at the three-way intersection, a stall owner was packing his things. Looking at the basket he was holding, Li Long guessed that he was selling eggs.
Before the man got up, Li Long quickly rode over and took this position before another stall owner was about to move his things over.
"Thank you." Li Long said to the stall owner, "I just want to sell fish."
"Haha, this location is very good." The original stall owner said with a smile, "There are many people coming and going, so the sales are fast. Okay, I'm leaving!"
Li Long first set up the bicycle and took up the position. When the stall owner packed up and left, he put down the three pots and started pouring fish.
Before he could shout, someone had already gathered around him.
"How to sell fish?" Someone squatted down and asked while stretching out his hand.
“Don’t move, don’t move!” Li Long saw that the other party was about to make a move and immediately stopped him, “This fish is still alive. If you move it a few times, it will die. I’ll catch which one you want. The ditch fish has eight hairs, the small crucian carp has eight hairs, the big crucian carp, carp, five black ones have one piece, and the silver carp has nine hairs..."
It was a young man who was breathless. He continued to stretch his hand into the basin and said as he did so:
"Of course I choose the fish I buy. You choose? Who knows whether you will exchange the dead fish for Me?”
“Take your hand out!” Li Long knew that he had encountered a troublemaker, so he slapped the other person’s hand out of the basin. If the fish is soft at this time, then don’t sell the fish today. “I won’t pick the wrong one for you. I’ll tell you how to sell it. If you want to buy it, just do what I want, or else change it to another place!”
There were two people beside the young man. They were wearing 65-style green military uniforms and green military caps without red stars on their heads. They looked at Li Long with arrogant expressions.
Li Long knew that he had met a gangster.
He smiled.
"I think you haven't figured out the situation yet?" Li Long said, "You know? The gang of thieves who were here two days ago asked me to hold a gun to the jail. Are you planning to go in and give it a try?”
“Blow, keep blowing.” The man whose hand was knocked out by Li Long reached out and pushed him, saying: "Still using a gun? Where's your gun? Can you take out the gun and let me take a look? If you hit my hand, then you should pay for it. My hand feels uncomfortable. I don't have fifty yuan to make it better! Otherwise, you Leave a hand as well!"
Li Long took a step back, looked around and avoided the other people who were not planning to buy fish but were ready to watch the fun, knowing that things would not go well today.
He picked up the scale, took off the scale pan, weighed the lump in one hand and the beam in the other, and said with a sneer:
"Then come here and see if you break my hand first or if I smash your legs first!"
These three gangsters didn't expect that Li Long would be so tough and there would be no room for relaxation. Keep!
They met a stall owner who was not very demanding, just to get some pocket money. When you meet Li Long, naturally you are looking for trouble. Otherwise, how can you have any excuse to extort money?
I just didn’t expect that Li Long would not give any face to him and would not act according to the script!
Li Long was stunned when he saw these three people. He immediately knew that these three people were probably just coming out to hang out, and they were not veterans, so he said:
"Okay, let's go, lest the administrator comes over later and you are caught... You have been extorting other people's money, right? Think about what those people said about you when the administrator investigated!"
Being threatened by Li Long, seeing more and more people surrounding him, the leader pointed at Li Long and said harshly:
"Wait for me!"
Then the three people left quickly.
Li Long knew it and had another feud.
It was a mistake not to bring a gun today!
The problem is, it’s impossible to come here with a gun and sell fish every day!
But that’s it, let’s sell the fish first. At worst, I can change the direction and go back. A man can bend and stretch.
Although there is only one road from Shicheng to Ma County in Mahe, there are many roads out of the city, not just this one.
But these guys are too courageous. They just come here to extort money and don't worry about being discovered by the joint defense officers and arrested?
Li Long was not afraid of their retaliation afterwards, so after scaring the people away, he continued to sell fish.
Other old men, old ladies, and fish-buying customers still hesitated as they watched the troublemaker leave.
Li Long knew that these people had concerns, so he shouted loudly again. While shouting, he also reminded a few words:
"I will take whichever one you like, don't reach in. Just now Three of them were beaten away. If you reach out too much, the fish will die, and others will not be able to eat fresh fish. The loss is everyone's! Fresh wild fish! ”
"This ditch fish? Is this a flower loach? Don't tell me, I have never eaten a loach after being here for so long! Come on, weigh it for me. It costs three yuan. I haven't eaten this fish for a long time... ...think about it!”
"Okay, okay, uncle, you really know your stuff. The scientific name of this is Alpine Loach. It's very rare and it can also aphrodisiac! Come on, this is three yuan. The scale is high. Have you got the basin? It's just right!"
Business is open!
(End of this chapter)