Lao Zhang took the big yellow croaker to the best Bihai Hotel on the island, and he didn't enter the door, just sat on the side steps and lifted the lid of the box.

The security guard at the door of the hotel immediately came up to catch people: "Who, don't sit here and affect our image, give it to me quickly...... Hey? As a native of Chuanshan, this security guard is also knowledgeable about the big yellow croaker, and he was stunned when he saw the box, "This, such a big big yellow croaker!" ”

The security guard turned around and ran, why? Find a manager. The manager quickly rushed out, and when he saw Lao Zhang's appearance, he guessed that most of them were old fishermen, bringing such a big yellow croaker to show off, just to sit on the ground and raise the price.

"This ...... Master, please sit inside. ”

The manager wants to invite people in, people come and go here, and others see this big yellow croaker, maybe they will have to raise the price, although the Bihai Hotel is the best on this island, but if the news really spreads, it may not only be the hotels on the island to rob. Although there are fewer fish in Chuanshan in recent years, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the status of the domestic aquatic industry is still there, and people from aquatic companies from all over the country often come to see the market on each large island.

"Oh, I'm a bad old man, seeing that your hotel is so high-end, what if I get dirty when I go in? It's not good, it's not good, we're talking here, you want to buy fish, I want to sell fish, and I should go home early when I'm done. ”

The manager sighed, and began to be picky and depressed the price: "You fish, shouldn't it be farmed?" ”

"Hey." Lao Zhang was dismissive, "You shouldn't be a layman, right?" This large yellow croaker, wild and farmed, is easy to distinguish. ”

Lao Zhang stroked it with his hand: "Oh, the upper part of the head, between the eyes, there are uneven depressions, commonly known as numb face." On this side, the caudal fin, black-brown. This is the characteristics of wild large yellow croaker, and the body is thin and slender, unlike the farmed ones are thick and fat, and then look at the feel...... "Lao Zhang patted it, "The fish skin is very hard, and it can't be cut without force when the knife is cut, farmed?" Hmph, seeing that you're a layman, I don't even want to talk to you about it. ”

As he spoke, Lao Zhang was about to pick up the box and leave. The manager was suddenly anxious, he didn't know the difference between wild big yellow croaker and farming, but he just wanted to find a reason to lower the price, and hurriedly persuaded: "Don't worry, let's negotiate the price, on this island, our blue sea is the highest-end, you sell it to other hotels, people may not pay much ......"

Before the words fell, someone next to him had already interjected: "What a big yellow croaker, I am from Lin'an Zhangji Aquatic Products Trading Company, we bought it." Just a few words from Lao Zhang, there were already several people gathered here, some of whom were still customers of the Bihai Hotel for dinner.

The manager of the Bihai Hotel immediately competed with the people of Lin'an Zhang Ji Aquatic Products, and after a few minutes, more people came around, and the five-pound big yellow croaker was nothing decades ago, but now it is really rare.

In fact, it is the truth that scarcity is expensive, the wild big yellow croaker here, the wave-resistant fish of Fuxian Lake, and the saury of the Yangtze River are also like this.

"I am the ...... of XX Hotel" Although it is not as good as Bihai Hotel, XX Hotel is a direct competitor, even if the price is higher to let Bihai people have more blood.

"I am the ...... of Shencheng XX Aquatic Products Company"

When Lao Zhang went back, he hid eight yuan in his arms, which is the benefit of rushing to buy, otherwise he would only talk to Bihai for forty or fifty thousand.

"Xiao Ao." Lao Zhang found the small hotel where Ao Tang and they lived, "The big yellow croaker was finally snapped up by others and carried to 80,000." ”

"Eighty thousand?" Yu Zhiwei and Zhao Jia couldn't help but shake their heads, "It's just a five-catty big yellow croaker, in fact, it only costs one or two hundred to buy five one-catty big yellow croaker." Even if five can't be compared, ten can still be compared, right? If ten doesn't work, then fifty or one hundred are much more affordable than a five-pound one. ”

"Who's to say it isn't?" Lao Zhang smiled, "What is the saying, uh, gimmick, yes, it's just a gimmick." ”

Ao Tang smiled: "Actually, it's still different, now it's about a person who doesn't have me, a pound of big yellow croaker can be taken out by any hotel, how many you want, but five catties, it is estimated that you won't see one in a year or two." I took out a five-pound one in this hotel, and other hotels can't take it, that is the strength, that is the style, that is the heritage, that is the signboard. ”

Lao Zhang took out the eight bundles of RMB, and pushed three bundles to Ao Tang: "Xiao Ao, if you give me the big yellow croaker, I will calculate it according to 50,000, and I can't accept that much." ”

"Then how can you do it, you can sell 80,000 is your ability, if I go alone, I am not familiar with the place, and just one accent is not like the local, others can deceive and lower the price."

"That's not what I said, I'm an old fisherman, how dangerous the sea is, how superstitious the fishermen are, oh, the boys don't believe it anymore, but an old man like me still believes it, even if I know it's superstition, but I just believe it." Lao Zhang took out a cigarette, lit a fire, and said, "My Lao Zhang has been fishing all my life, and it is no problem to support my family, and my children and grandchildren have grown up, but I have never made any money, which shows that I am not a person with financial luck." Money, who doesn't love it, but people who don't have financial luck can't stand to take off to make a windfall. I rented a boat for ten days, and I shouldn't have charged 50,000 yuan, a few thousand is enough. What kind of experience tuition do you say, then I reluctantly accept it, I am already greedy for money, and now I have 30,000 more out of thin air, but I don't dare to accept it anymore. ”

What kind of wealth is not lucky, if the God of Wealth was still there in the past, there may still be some truth, but now, the God of Wealth is gone, and it will naturally become a real "superstition". However, Ao Tang will not change the minds of others, since others don't want it, then he will take it.

Lao Zhang immediately smiled and began to tell his decades of experience as a fisherman, although this old man is not educated, he is also used to listening to radio commentary, and it is very interesting to tell his experience as a story.

The knowledge of the sea, the knowledge of fish, the weather at sea, the fight of fishermen, talked about it, and talked about a strange thing. Fishermen who have been fishing for decades will more or less encounter some strange things at sea.

"When I was young, I went out in a small boat, and when I encountered a storm, I immediately overturned my boat and fell overboard. There were great white sharks swimming in the water, and to make matters worse, I was bleeding from a nail in my hand and boat when I fell into the water. ”

Yu Zhiwei and Zhao Jia immediately covered their mouths, sharks can't see blood, that's well-known. Although I know that Lao Zhang must be fine, otherwise he wouldn't be sitting here telling stories, but how can a bleeding person who falls into the water escape the pursuit of the great white shark?

"Seeing that I'm going to die, I'm a fisherman, I don't ask God, I ask the Sea Dragon King, I pray desperately, hey, but a big turtle suddenly appeared next to it, oh, the turtle is a common name, that turtle should be a hawksbill turtle."

The hawksbill turtle is one of the more ferocious turtles, and because it is quite long-lived, it has the nickname of the thousand-year-old turtle.

Since ancient times, tortoiseshell armor has been used as a gemstone material to make various crafts. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Pingyuan Jun wore a hairpin made of tortoiseshell, and Chang'an Famen Temple also unearthed the Tang Dynasty Kaiyuan Tongbao made by tortoiseshell, and the name Dong Xiaowan left a tortoiseshell peach blossom fan, and left a variety of tortoiseshell treasures in history. And today, tortoiseshell is still widely used, such as tortoiseshell glasses. In addition, tortoiseshell turtles are also commonly used as medicinal herbs.

However, with the development of human beings, hawksbill turtles have also become endangered species, listed on the Washington Convention, and listed as second-class protected animals in China.

Lao Zhang continued: "When I look at this tortoiseshell, I think it could be that the Sea Dragon King sent to save me? But although the hawksbill turtle is fierce, the big shark is the natural enemy of the hawksbill turtle, especially the great white shark, whose terrifying teeth are enough to bite the tortoiseshell of the hawksbill turtle. Unexpectedly, the great white shark bit down and broke its teeth! The hawksbill turtle bit hard, but the great white shark that bit it fled into the wilderness. At that time, the hawksbill turtle was more than capable of killing the great white shark, but probably when he looked back and saw that I was in danger in the water, he let the great white shark escape, and carried me all the way to the shore. Since then, I have never caught a turtle again, and every year I use some of my savings to buy turtles and release them. ”

Dolphins save people, everyone knows that it is true, but turtles save people, that is really only seen in novels, stories, religious legends. Yu Zhiwei and Zhao Jia were surprised, but Ao Tang didn't think about it, when Lao Zhang was young, the Sea Dragon King had already left for hundreds of years, so this was just a coincidence. But looking at Lao Zhang's statement, this tortoiseshell clearly has some spiritual surnames. Of course, turtles and turtles have roots, and if they can really live for hundreds of years, maybe they can naturally sprout a trace of spiritual surnames.

However, the so-called "thousand-year-old turtle" is just a term after all, and it will live for decades under normal circumstances. In the Guinness Book of Records, the oldest sea turtle is 152 years old, of course, this record is only a one-sided record of human beings, a record under limited observation, and people hundreds of years ago would not have thought of marking turtles to let future generations know the age of turtles. So in nature, there must be turtles that are more than 152 years old.

Could it be that this is an old tortoiseshell that has been lucky enough to live for hundreds of years and has a spirit surname? Of course, this kind of spontaneous spirit surname is far inferior to the ignition of the dragon king, but Ao Tang is still interested, if this is the case, it can be ignited to be a turtle prime minister, and ask carefully at the moment.

Lao Zhang only thought he was curious, so he said: "That tortoiseshell doesn't know how old it is, and in the next few decades, I have encountered it a few times, I said to my children and grandchildren, that is the tortoiseshell that saved me, but my children and grandchildren said, how do you know that it is the original one?" In the eyes of people, aren't all tortoiseshells the same? The tortoiseshell must have died long ago after decades, and this time it must have been other tortoiseshells. I think what my children and grandchildren said is also reasonable, but in my heart, I always hope that the tortoiseshell that will save me will live a long life. ”

After all, it was just a coincidental rescue, and Lao Zhang couldn't have too many clues, but Ao Tang had already had the idea of looking for this tortoiseshell. The ocean is vast, and other turtles may run around, but the hawksbill turtle is a kind of home-loving turtle, since Lao Zhang first met in this sea, then this hawksbill turtle is probably home.

In the dead of night, Ao Tang quietly left the small hotel and plunged into the sea.

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