Chapter 17 Buying Fish
When she came to the kitchen, An Lan remembered that almost all the meat she bought was given to Lu Fuzi as a gift from her apprentice, so what should she eat? Seeing that there were only a few shriveled greens left in the kitchen, An Lan was speechless.
She sighed and was ready to go out and buy some meat, as for the vegetables? It's been so long since the time outside, and the vegetables in the space should have ripened a long time ago. An Lan looked left and right, but didn't see An Feng and the others, so she entered her space with confidence......
"Huh"
An Lan disappeared in place, she entered the space, carefully inspected the acre of vegetable field, and found that the vegetables were all ripe, she picked up a small hoe and dug towards the roots of the vegetables. An Lan picked up a few cabbages, patted the dirt that had accidentally stained the cabbage, and then dodged out of the space.
Close the door, put the key, An Lan walked to the street alone to buy meat, when she came to the uncle's stall, only to find that there was no one on the stall, she estimated that the uncle had already closed the stall and went home.
After looking around, I saw that there was no one at the boiled meat stall nearby, and it seemed that they were also sold out. An Lan knew this, so she had no choice but to resign herself to her fate.
She walked back quickly, and suddenly saw an old man in shabby clothes walking briskly not far from the opposite side. She saw that he had two baskets on his shoulders, and there were two buckets in the baskets, and she looked closely, and the buckets were fish.
It's fish, thinking of braised fish, steamed fish, fried small fish・・・・・・ she swallowed her saliva unconsciously. Seeing the old man gradually approaching her, when he was about to pass by her, she hurriedly stopped him.
"Grandpa, do you sell this fish?" An Lan said crisply.
When the old man heard this, his pace slowed down, and then he gradually stopped, and finally relieved himself of his burden. Only then did he look up at An Lan, and he found that it was a little girl who stopped him, and he was a little disappointed, but he didn't show it on his face.
The old man unconsciously thought in his heart that it was almost dark now, and he blamed himself for being too happy, and brought the fish he had caught in the morning to the town to sell. Ay! Even if you send the fish to the restaurant yourself, the restaurant may not be all finished, forget it, you can sell as much as you want! Thinking of this, he said to An Lan with a kind smile,
"Little girl, do you really want to buy it?" The old man still couldn't believe it.
"Uh-huh!" An Lan nodded heavily.
For fear that he wouldn't believe it, he then took out a purse, shook it in his hand, and said sweetly,
"Grandpa, how many fish do you have here?"
"There are thirty big fish here, each about two or three catties; Ten small fish, each ranging from about half a catty to a catty. No matter how big or small the fish is, it will be 12 dollars a catty. How about the girl, which one do you want? Pick it yourself? The old man looked at her with a hint of hope in his eyes.
"Hmm." An Lan thought carefully.
Which one do I want? I want them all. There is only water and nothing in my spatial pool. I should raise some fish, well, it's better to raise some shrimp and crabs, and then I'm going to grow lotus roots in them. You don't have to worry about the lotus root yourself, there is a lotus pond in your home.
But? Now what am I going to tell him? An Lan frowned, the old man who had been looking at An Lan's expression was sinking in his heart, his lips moved, but he still didn't speak.
Aha, got it?
An Lan said happily to the old man,
"Grandpa, I have a feast at home tomorrow, but there are not enough fish at home, and I went to the market just now to find that the fish sellers are not there. So, I want all these fish, you see? How much does it cost? ”
The old man was obviously stunned when he heard this, and he grinned after determining that An Lan really wanted to buy it.
He said excitedly,
"In this way, these old men don't weigh these fish one by one, the big fish is two and a half catties, and the small fish is nine taels. What do you think, girl? ”
An Lan silently calculated in her heart and said,
"Grandpa, since I bought them all, see if it can be cheaper."
The old man tilted his head and thought about it, nodded and said,
"What does that girl mean by how much is a pound?"
"10 Wen, I want it all."
The old man was not very satisfied with the 10 yuan, but he saw that it was not too early, and he still had to carry the burden back to the village, so he did not bargain with An Lan again. He gritted his teeth, and finally nodded in agreement.
"Here is the usual money, I also bought these two barrels. Do you think it's okay? Seeing that the other party was an old man, An Lan unconsciously used the honorific title.
The old man quickly calculated, a total of 930 yuan, which is a little less than when he usually sells it alone, but it takes a day to stand in the market to sell it out, and besides, there are only two old wooden barrels, who in the peasant family can't do it! In this way, he made 70 yuan of barrel money for nothing.
He happily took the money, and then lifted the barrel out of the basket and placed it on the ground.
An Lan saw him put a wooden barrel in the basket, and asked puzzledly,
"Grandpa, why do you still have wooden barrels in the basket?"
The old man replied nonchalantly,
"Oh, that's right, I picked up the basket to buy something to go back, and the old woman is sick, buy him some medicine and supplements."
"Then you don't need such a big basket!" An Lan asked.
"I'm talking girl! How do you know the plight of our poor people! I'm going to pick up some firewood on the way back to the village, and if I save too much, how many pennies can I sell for a load? Okay, little girl, I won't tell you, is the old woman still waiting for my medicine? I'm going to buy medicine! ”
After the old man finished speaking, he took up the basket on the ground, turned around and walked towards the main street without looking back.
Leaving An Lan there silent, the life of the ancient people was really difficult, and their lives were not easy! An Lan sighed in her heart. Ah! What do you want to do so much, everyone has their own life, and now that I am running out of money, I still have to find a way to make money, where can I care about others.
Alas! An Lan still couldn't help but sigh.
When will I become a landlord! Sitting at home all day, waiting for the tenant to pay the rent, that day is called that nourishment. Forget it, I don't want to think about it, the more I think about it, the more sad I become, let's go back and cook for my younger brothers and sisters!
An Lan looked around vigilantly, and when no one was looking at her, she used her mind to send two wooden barrels into the space. Then head towards Main Street.
I walked to the door and took out the barrel full of big fish. An Lan began to knock the door.
"Knock knock knock・・・・・・ knock・・・・・・ knock ・・・・・・"
After knocking for a long time, no one paid attention to themselves, these two little guys are going against the sky! I didn't hear myself open the door. An Feng is writing, and An He is sleeping.
After knocking on the door for a long time, no one answered her, and she remembered that she didn't tell her brothers and sisters when she went out, and, it seems, it seemed that she had locked the door herself.
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An Lan's face was instantly covered with black lines, and she dared to knock on the door for a long time, and knocked in vain. I'm busy today, if it weren't for the space water, I would have been as tired as the original owner.
She searched in her arms for a long time before she took out the key, opened the door, and carried the barrel in with great difficulty.