Today's business is good, Meng Zitao just finished cleaning the store, and then he did several businesses one after another, which can be regarded as a small profit.

"Uncle Meng, come and help me see this arowana I bought!"

Busy until more than nine o'clock, Meng Zitao just sat for a while, he saw Zheng Yaxin running in in a hurry, and then he saw Song Yiming and a porter, carrying a small fish tank into the store, there is also an ornamental fish noble, Arowana.

Arowana is a household name in the ornamental fish world, because of its long body and beard, similar to the dragon in ancient mythology, so it is commonly known as Arowana. It is a very popular ornamental fish in Southeast Asia. In the coastal areas of our country, Arowana is regarded as a "feng shui fish" that can bring good luck and attract wealth.

In these years, as life is getting better and better, and many people have a certain understanding of the theory of feng shui, Arowana as a feng shui fish is also quite popular, and the value of Arowana is of course rising.

In addition, there are only a few good Arowana producing areas in the world, and the number of slaughters each year is not large, and there are even fewer real high-quality products. The supply is scarce, so that the price of high-end arowana has always been quite expensive, and the top arowana can easily reach millions.

After putting the fish tank away, the porter who came in with Song Yiming took the money and left.

Meng Zitao looked at the fish tank, which was less than 30 centimeters of arowana, and asked, "How did you think of buying arowana?"

Zheng Yaxin saw that Song Yiming was about to speak, pushed his elbow against him, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, I just think that the arowana is very good-looking, I want to raise one, so I went to the flower market in front and bought one." ”

Meng Zitao noticed Zheng Yaxin's small movements, and said with a teasing smile: "Is this really the case?

Zheng Yaxin said with an unhappy expression: "Why are you so suspicious, why don't you just buy a fish, it's not expensive." ”

Meng Zitao smiled: "Of course I can't care if you buy Arowana, but why did you bring your fish to me?"

Zheng Yaxin immediately changed her smiling face: "Uncle, can I put this arowana here for you?"

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "Hey, it's quite neat to shake off the shopkeeper." By the way, what do you call me? Uncle? Am I that old?"

Zheng Yaxin smiled: "Hehe, you are my grandfather's disciple, I am a generation older than me, what do I call your uncle?"

Meng Zitao looked at Zheng Yaxin a little strangely: "You used to call me brother, but today you suddenly called me uncle, saying! Is there some conspiracy?"

Zheng Yaxin pouted: "What kind of conspiracy can this be, isn't it good to call your uncle, I'm not happy to change someone else!"

Meng Zitao said: "It's strange to believe you!"

"Don't believe it or not, you just say that the Arowana Gang won't help me raise it. ”

"Not that interested. ”

Zheng Yaxin said coquettishly: "Oh, I don't have to go to school and have no time to raise it, you can help me raise it, and it won't delay much effort." ”

"You know you don't have time to raise it. ”

Meng Zitao pointed his finger at Zheng Yaxin and nodded: "Besides, do you think that Arowana is very easy to raise? In terms of food, Arowana should feed small fish and shrimp, in terms of living environment, the water temperature needs to be kept at about 28 °C, and Arowana will get skin diseases, etc., there are many places to pay attention to, I often have to go out, how can I have time to feed?"

Zheng Yaxin was a little dumbfounded when she heard this: "It's so troublesome to feed the Arowana? The owner of the fish shop told me that as long as you feed this kind of feed, you can do it." ”

As she spoke, Zheng Yaxin took out a package of fish feed and handed it to Meng Zitao.

Meng Zitao took a look: "It's not impossible to feed fish feed, but Arowana is a very delicate fish, and to raise Arowana well, the nutrition of fish food must be comprehensive." You only feed fish feed, you can't raise excellent arowana at all, in this case, why do you buy arowana? ”

"Moreover, the color of your Arowana looks very good, it should be a red Arowana of good quality, the price should not be cheap, if you feed it casually, isn't it blind?"

Arowana is divided into silver dragons, golden dragons, red dragons and other categories, among which red arowana is the rarest and precious, in 2004, a red arowana even sold for nearly 5 million prices.

Although, Meng Zitao didn't know how much this red arowana was, but seeing that it was not yet an adult, the color was already so dark, so it shouldn't be cheaper. However, Zheng Yaxin has a lot of pocket money for a month, and Meng Zitao is not worried about the money to buy Arowana.

Zheng Yaxin's eyes rolled slightly, and she said with a smile: "My good brother Meng, since you are so familiar with Arowana, I bother you to raise it for a while, and when I have a summer vacation, I will take it back, okay!"

Meng Zitao smiled: "Don't sugar-coat me, I won't agree to this." Besides, I haven't raised Arowana, what if I die?"

Cheng Qiheng's father likes to raise arowana, and Meng Zitao's knowledge of arowana was heard from Cheng Qiheng.

Zheng Yaxin smiled: "If you raise you to death, you will raise you to death, I must be fine." ”

"It's okay with you, I do. Meng Zitao waved his hand, but still expressed his refusal.

Zheng Yaxin was about to persuade again, when she saw someone walk in, everyone looked at it and found that it was Ma Xingwei.

Ma Xingwei said hello and looked at the dragon fish in the fish tank: "Yo, Xiao Meng, are you going to raise a red dragon?"

Meng Zitao was about to speak, when Ma Xingwei suddenly sighed lightly: "Hey, there seems to be something wrong with this Arowana!"

Zheng Yaxin was stunned when she heard this, and her tone was a little bad: "Do you understand Arowana!"

Meng Zitao reprimanded: "Xiao Xin, don't be rude, Mr. Ma has been raising arowana for six or seven years. ”

Ma Xingwei smiled and waved his hand: "It's okay, this red dragon does look good, if I don't have some experience, I really can't see that there is something wrong with it." ”

"What's the problem?" Meng Zitao asked.

Ma Xingwei said: "If I'm not mistaken, this red dragon should have been made using the hunger method. ”

"What is the Hunger Method?" Meng Zitao, they were all a little confused.

Ma Xingwei said: "The starvation method is to provide only a small amount of food to the Arowana that can sustain its survival. This type of Arowana has a darker body color compared to other normally growing Arowanas, but this can hinder the growth of the Arowana's body. Since there are no other obvious distinguishing characteristics, many Arowana enthusiasts can only judge the age of an Arowana by its size. ”

"This method can lead Arowana lovers into thinking that this old man fish is in particularly good condition, because it shows excellent color at a 'very young' age. This type of arowana has several characteristics, often showing large eyes, sunken abdomen, and disproportionate body due to poor swimming habits. See if that's the case. ”

Everyone hurriedly followed Ma Xingwei's observations, and found that Ma Xingwei could actually see what Ma Xingwei said, which made Zheng Yaxin a little stunned.

Ma Xingwei continued: "The high price of Arowana and the lack of knowledge of Arowana lovers to identify high-grade Arowana have caused some unscrupulous merchants to devise various ways to make Arowana more colorful, and these people have made a lot of money. So, in the market, this situation is not uncommon. ”

"For example, the sun exposure method is that when the Arowana is exposed to the sun, the color of the Arowana will deepen due to the enhancement of its pigment. Due to their dark color, these Arowana are treated as high-quality fish and sold at a premium price. However, when the fish is moved into an indoor tank without sunlight, its color fades."

"There is also the latest and most brutal method, called the blind dragon method, which is to deliberately blind the eyes of the arowana, which will make the arowana only see a piece of darkness, and the natural color-changing instinct of the fish will deepen its own color to adapt to the dark environment around it. In this way, the purpose of adding color is achieved. Because this method is so secretive, inexperienced dragon farmers will not be able to notice that the eyes of the arowana are blind. ”

"There are actually a lot of methods on the market, such as the exposure method and the blind dragon method, because these methods are relatively hidden, and people without a certain amount of experience can't see it, and in the end they often spend the price of high-grade Arowana to buy an ordinary Arowana, or even a sick fish. Therefore, you should be cautious when buying Arowana, if you don't understand it and no one can help you, it is best to go to a reputable store to buy it. ”

Zheng Yaxin was silent for a moment, and suddenly gritted her teeth and said, "Made, you dare to lie to the old lady, you are really impatient!"

After speaking, she ran out of the store, Song Yiming greeted Meng Zitao, and followed in a hurry.

"This little girl bought the Arowana?" asked Ma Xingwei a little strangely.

Meng Zitao said: "It's not, I don't know what kind of madness this girl is, she doesn't even know how to feed the arowana, so she dares to do it." ”

"I guess it's fun. Ma Xingwei smiled and continued, "Why don't you go and take a look?"

Meng Zitao waved his hand: "She can't afford to lose, I'm still worried that she will smash that store." ”

Because of two accidents before, Zheng Yaxin's parents were very concerned about her safety, and they also arranged bodyguards for her, but they were just secret signs, so they did not accompany them. In addition, Song Yiming is much calmer than Zheng Yaxin, so Meng Zitao has nothing to worry about.

"Uh, whose child is she?" Ma Xingwei was a little curious.

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "My master's granddaughter, and another one is his grandson. ”

"It turned out to be Zheng Lao's granddaughter, no wonder. Ma Xingwei smiled, although he had never seen Zheng Yaxin before, he had also heard that Zheng Yaxin was eccentric and even had a somewhat brutal personality.

Putting aside the matter of Arowana for the time being, Meng Zitao invited Ma Xingwei to sit down and talked about coordinating the contradictions between Song Jiming and Li Shandong.

"Teacher Ma, how is Mrs. Li's persuasion?" Meng Zitao asked.

Ma Xingwei said: "He has already said that he has moved, and he has already moved the idea of selling things." (To be continued.) )