The little brother who sold fish yesterday was still in that position, Ruizhu's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly pulled the young lady over.

The little brother who sells fish looks very pleasing, in his twenties, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, when the two came over, the little brother was shouting at the top of his voice, "The fish just sent over, very fresh, all of them are alive and jumping, buy big fish and small fish, and sell them cheaply." ”

As he was shouting, he saw two women coming over, he knew Ruizhu, the girl who bought fish at his stall yesterday, and came to buy fish today? Just as she was about to say hello, she saw another woman in cloth who walked with her to the front of the stall.

The fish seller looked over, his mind suddenly went blank, and he looked at it in a daze for a long time.

It wasn't until Rui Zhu angrily scolded him that he reacted, his face turned red for some reason, and he said embarrassedly: "Girl, buy, buy fish." ”

"Nonsense! Do you sell anything other than fish? Ruizhu looked disdainful, secretly saying that he was a country man's place, he had never seen the world, and he looked at people directly, but he couldn't speak anymore, and his tone became more and more bad.

However, thinking of the fresh fragrant fish balls made by Miss yesterday, I resisted the urge to turn around and leave, and quickly squatted down, and after a while, I turned over the fish offal in that basket, and actually picked out a lot, so that the little brother quickly called it and paid to leave.

The little brother said that no one eats the eight-ribbon fish, if they want it, they will give it to them, no money, Ruizhu glanced at the young lady, saw the young lady nodded, but happily wrapped it up and packed it in a basket, who doesn't like things that don't want money.

Tan Wanqing walked to the bucket, looked at the fish, and then picked one, the fishmonger brother immediately tied the fish up neatly, and handed it to Tan Wanqing without even weighing it, his face was still a little red, and he said: "I heard that the girl was sick a few days ago, so send this fish to the girl to stew soup and drink." ”

Tan Wanqing glanced at him in surprise, of course she wouldn't ask for it in vain, those octopuses couldn't be sold, so she gave them away for nothing, but it was not easy for fishermen and farmers, and she had to take risks to beg for food on the water, so she just thought that it was not good to take advantage of others, so she bought a fish and brought it back by the way.

But the fishmonger brother was very real, and in the end, although he couldn't accept the money, he still gave two small ones in the end.

When the two walked back, Rui Zhu told Tan Wanqing about the fishmonger's funny red face just now, and Tan Wanqing asked casually, "How did he know that I was sick?" ”

"Oh, when I bought fish yesterday, I said it by the way, didn't I think he could be cheaper, the fishmonger is actually not bad, he really charged a few pennies, and he also gave a lot of fish offal, he is a good person, otherwise, I wouldn't pull Miss over, there are a lot of fish sellers in front, where is not to buy." Ruizhu carried things, and by the way, put the fish in Tan Wanqing's hand into the basket, saving the young lady from strangling.

"By the way, Miss, why did you order so many eight-ribbon fish from him just now? We can't finish eating. "No matter how the two of them eat, it is impossible to eat more than ten catties, thinking that before the young lady left, he suddenly asked if he could buy more, and the fishmonger said without thinking about it, "Yes, I know that there is a place where there are a lot of eight-ribbon fish, this thing can't be sold at a high price, no one catches it, if the girl wants, I will catch some more, and keep it for the girl." "Even the price was explained.

This is just Tan Wanqing's temporary idea, because I really can't think of any money-making business, it just so happens that the octopus here is cheap to the point of giving it away for nothing, and I heard the fishmonger say that there is a place where you can catch a lot of fat eight-ribbon fish, which is a vague idea.

Now the day is getting colder and colder, in the winter the fish will not be good to fight, if you can collect more octopus now, take advantage of the weather to freeze it, and then slowly make some fish balls to the market to roast to sell, I don't know if it is feasible, I want to come to this is some cheap things, I can't lose much, if you make money, a winter, ten taels or eight taels is still very considerable.

After going back, Ruizhu was eating the fresh and tender roasted octopus balls, while discussing with the young lady, she felt that this thing was feasible, there were many women who did business in the market, and they were all ordinary people who set up stalls freely, taking the things at home to sell, others could sell them, of course they could, anyway, there was nothing to do in winter, buy a stove and set up a corner next to the old woman who baked the oven cake, and sell some food or make it, and this octopus ball is so delicious, and it is a fresh thing that no one has ever sold, so I don't believe that no one will buy it.

Two or three days later, Ruizhu rushed back to the house, and the young lady was sitting at the table leaning on a soft cushion, with a warm cotton mattress on her legs, holding the picture book she had collected from under the Westinghouse mat a few days ago, and slowly flipped through it.

"Miss, I have already told the mother-in-law who sells baked cakes, she has an old stove to borrow from us, but the charcoal fire has to be prepared by yourself, oh yes, the fishmonger brother said, I will go to him early tomorrow morning to get fish, he said that a net can catch more than a dozen catties of eight-strip fish, enough for us."

"Didn't you say how much?" Tan Wanqing turned the page and said softly.

"He said that he would bring it with the fish, and it wouldn't take any trouble, and we would just give him twenty yuan for running errands."

"Twenty Wen?" Tan Wan cleared her hands and looked up at Ruizhu, "This is too little, not even a penny per catty, not to mention the work of fishing, just picking up the foot into the city is not enough, although their lives are difficult, they will not earn the hard-earned money of selling fishmen." She thought about it, put down the picture book in her hand, and said, "I'll talk to him tomorrow when I go." "In the long run, everyone can get it.

On the second day, when the fish was taken, the fishmonger's brother really only needed 20 yuan, and if he gave him more, he would say nothing and nothing, until Tan Wanqing put the fish back, and the fishmonger brother hurriedly took the money bag containing 30 yuan from the hands of this beautiful painting-like, white lotus-like person, and set the price of 5 wen per catty when needed in the future.

It wasn't until the beauty left with something that he thought of something, quickly fished out a fish from the water and tied it into a knot, chased after it, and stretched the fish in front of her vigorously, Tan Wanqing had to accept this one, Tan Wanqing was hindered by the people coming and going on the street, although he felt that it was inappropriate, hesitated, or took it from his hand.

Before he could say thank you, there was a commotion in the streets, and it seemed that horses had come in, and the streets and alleys were spacious, and the horses could pass smoothly, but the people who came were the guards.

Naturally, I can imagine the commotion on the street, many people give way, some people even take out the goods they sell to give them away, and some people who have received kindness and knelt down on the street, almost in a mess.

Such a crowd of people, Tan Wanqing was naturally affected, she was carrying a bamboo basket containing a few catties of octopus in one hand, and the other hand took the long fish bundled by the fishmonger's brother, holding things in both hands, and when the horses came, the people behind them were desperately crowded forward in order to see the adults, so squeezing and pushing, she was unstable, knocked down the woman next to her, and the things in her hands also fell out.

She hurriedly helped the woman up, apologized, and then went back to retrieve the basket.

However, the contents of the basket had fallen to the ground, and the octopus had spilled out, wetting the vacant green board.

And Lord Xie's horse actually stepped on the basket of octopuses spilled on the side of the road impartially.

Tan Wanqing, who was standing on the side of the road, was very close, close enough to smell the smell of saddle leather, she lowered her head and stood there, watching the horse's hooves crush the spilled octopus into mud, anxious but did not dare to have any dissatisfaction and voice.

Unnoticed, the eyes of the people on the horse kept falling on her, staring at the top of her head, watching her grovel.

It was probably Lord Xie's horse that stepped on something, and it stopped inexplicably, and everyone saw the basket and the octopus spilled out, and someone said, "There are still people who eat this, and the poor at home can't open the pot, it's really pitiful." ”

"This thing is spilled on the road, and the adults' horses can't move."

"My lord, I have the best fish here, you can take it back to replenish your body, take it."

"I have eggs here, ...... for adults"

"Master Xie, you saved our family, there is no way to repay you, I will give you a snort......"

"Adult ......"

When he walked out of a section and turned back, in addition to the warm call of the people in the middle of the road, the woman knelt on the ground alone, bowed her head and put the remaining intact octopus into the basket, like the ugly fish on the ground like gold and jade.

The subordinates around Lord Xie silently followed the adults out of the streets and alleys, because for some reason, the adults, who have always disliked many people, did not leave the road today, but turned around and entered the narrow alleys, and out of the alleys, the people were still cheering behind them, but the adults suddenly changed their faces.