In the early morning of the next day, Zhang Ran and Sankui, with the help of Zhang Meng, Zhang Li and others, loaded two large buckets of fish into a small cart and set off for Xinfeng County.

The road to Xinfeng County is still so rugged and difficult, but after experiencing it once, Zhang Ran gradually got used to it.

After taking turns pushing the car all the way and walking for more than 20 miles, Zhang Ran and the two finally arrived at Xinfeng City after more than an hour.

After showing the wooden calf with the identities of the two people written on it to the city gatekeeper, and after some inspection, Zhang Ran and the two entered Xinfeng County smoothly and came all the way to the fish market in the west of the city.

After choosing a relatively spacious place in the fish market, Zhang Ran and the others unloaded the wooden barrels containing the fish, and after selecting all the fish that had died due to lack of oxygen on the way, they planned to start selling fish.

"That's... Brother Ran, what should I do next! ”

Looking at the wooden barrels and tubs that had been placed, Sankui suddenly made a difficulty...

Zhang Ran glanced at Sankui and said, "What should I do?" Of course it's shouting... Do you still want to wait for the guests to come to the door themselves? In that case, when will you buy it? ”

"Uh, what's the shout? I won't! ”

"I'll come first, you learn!"

Knowing that Sankui was more clumsy, Zhang Ran didn't bother to embarrass him, so he directly pulled him behind him and shouted at the top of his voice:

"Fresh carp, five dollars a pound!"

"The fresh fish that I just pulled is only four dollars a catty! Carp only costs five dollars! Don't miss it! ”

......

Zhang Ran shouted at the top of his throat for a long time, feeling that his voice was about to burst, and he didn't see a single customer come to the door.

I had no choice but to wave my hand to Sankui beside me and said, "Sankui, you come and shout for a while, your voice is almost hoarse, I'll drink saliva first and rest..."

"Uh... What to shout? Sankui said a little dazed.

"I rub .." Zhang Ran glared at Sankui angrily, so that he couldn't squirt out the water he had just drunk into his mouth.

Swallowing the water fiercely, Zhang Ran closed the lid of the bamboo tube, pointed to himself, and said, "I shouted for so long just now, and you didn't remember a word?" ”

Sankui lowered his head a little ashamedly, and said, "I originally remembered it, but I... I was nervous and forgot..."

"Alas~" Zhang Ran sighed, waved his hand helplessly and said, "Forget it, you just shout and sell fish!" ”

"Alright then!"

Sankui nodded, and under Zhang Ran's gaze, he hesitated for a long time before he pinched his throat, coughed dryly, puffed up his momentum, and shouted:

"Selling Fish~"

“......”

Good guy, this sound, the customer did not come, but scared Zhang Ran, who wanted to drink saliva to moisten his throat, so much that the water in the bamboo tube was almost spilled on the ground.

Not only that, but even the other fish vendors around them also turned their heads in shock and turned their eyes to Zhang Ran and the others.

"Selling Fish~"

After Sankui shouted the first sound, it was as if the door of the new world had been opened all of a sudden, and the whole thing became extremely excited. After the shouting just now, there was another shout.

"Selling Fish~"

......

Soon, the sound of a broken gong, like a sharp arrow, pierced the sky above the fish market and resounded throughout the streets...

Although he felt that his head was buzzing, in order to sell the fish as soon as possible, Zhang Ran still covered his ears and endured it.

But Zhang Ran could bear it, but the surrounding vendors were unwilling, because Sankui's shouting was too loud, which had seriously affected their business, so that the customers who were originally buying fish at their stalls all turned their heads to look at Sankui's side.

What's more, he directly threw down the fish that had already been weighed, turned around and went straight to Sankui's side.

It didn't take long for a whole circle of people to gather in front of Zhang Ran's booth, most of whom were attracted by Sankui's shouts and came to see the excitement.

But there were some of them who really wanted to buy fish, such as an older man who looked down at the fish in the barrel, pointed to one of the larger carps, and asked, "How much does this carp cost?" ”

As soon as he saw that the business was coming, Zhang Ran hurriedly stepped forward and scooped up the carp, and said to the old man: "This kind of carp is five dollars a catty, if you want it, how about I weigh you?" ”

"Five cents? So expensive? The old man frowned, a little dissatisfied.

"It's all at this price!" Zhang Ran saw that the old man was too expensive, so he couldn't help but persuade him: "This old man, look at it, I am an authentic Weishui carp, and it is also a fresh carp that is alive and kicking, and it is definitely the best choice to take it home to make fish belly... Like this Weishui carp, which is more than four catties, it is really not expensive to sell for five yuan! ”

Hearing Zhang Ran say this, the old man looked down at the carp that was still struggling in Zhang Ran's hand, and said thoughtfully: "Weishui carp?" It looks a bit like..."

"It's not like it, but it's a Weishui carp!" After Zhang Ran finished speaking, he pursed his mouth again and asked the old man, "Look at this fish..."

"Five dollars is five dollars, give me the scale!" The old man hesitated slightly, and finally gritted his teeth and said.

"Okay, I'll weigh you..."

As he spoke, Zhang Ran picked up the scale from the side, hung the gills with an iron hook, weighed it, handed the scale pole forward, and said to the old man: "Uncle, look, this is a total of four catties and three taels... I'll give you a change, how about twenty dollars? ”

"Okay!"

The old man looked at the crosshair of the scale rod, and after finding that Zhang Ran was not cheating, he nodded with satisfaction, took out the money bag from his arms, counted twenty yuan, and handed it to Zhang Ran.

......

With the beginning of this old man, the customers who are willing to buy fish around him have also gathered around to choose their favorite big and small fish from the barrels or wooden basins...

For a while, Zhang Ran's business unexpectedly became so hot that Sankui couldn't even care about continuing to shout...

Due to the fact that there were too many customers around, and it was the first time to do business independently, in the face of such a hot scene, at the beginning, both Sankui and Zhang Ran were inevitably in a hurry.

Fortunately, neither of them is stupid, after a short period of adaptation in the early stage, they quickly stabilized their position, and quickly divided labor under the command of Zhang Ran, one is responsible for weighing fish, and the other is responsible for settling accounts and collecting money, and the cooperation complements each other.

There are more customers, business is naturally good, and Zhang Ran's fish are sold relatively cheaply, and most of them are live fish, so after a while, Zhang Ran sold dozens of catties of fish.

As time went by, more and more people bought fish, and the crowd spread the word, and soon half of Xinfeng City knew that there was a new fishmonger selling live fish in the fish market, and the fish sold were not only fair prices, but also extremely fresh live fish.

As a result, Zhang Ran's business became more and more popular. Two buckets, more than 300 catties of fish, were snapped up by the crowd who heard the news in less than three hours.

"Brother Ran, count quickly, count quickly, and see how much money we have made today?"

After simply cleaning up, putting the empty barrel back on the wheelbarrow and fixing it with a rope, Sankui rubbed his hands, walked up to Zhang Ran, who was collecting copper coins, with excitement on his face, and urged urgently.

Zhang Ran lowered his head, put the last few copper coins in the blanket around his waist, and then raised his head to look at Sankui, and replied unhurriedly: "Don't count, it's a total of one thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars, I remember them all!" ”

"What!?" Sankui's eyes couldn't help but widen, his lips trembled, and he asked excitedly: "One... Thousand... More than one thousand? Isn't that more than a min? Brother Ran, are there really so many? ”

Zhang Ran rolled his eyes and replied helplessly: "Of course!" Isn't that obvious? Carp is five dollars a catty, ordinary live fish is four dollars a catty, and dead fish is only three dollars. One of us sold more than 60 catties of carp, a total of 300 yuan, 150 catties of live fish, a total of 600 yuan, and more than 80 catties of dead fish, which was sold for more than 200 yuan. Excluding the erased zero, the ones that are more than those given to others are a total of 1,125 dollars! ”

Hearing Zhang Ran's words, Sankui's head "buzzed", and the whole person seemed to explode, and his mouth kept muttering: "Get rich, get rich!" We actually earned more than a min! With so much money, how much corn can you buy! ”

"It's just over eleven stones!"

According to the current prices, corn is no more than 100 yuan per stone, and more than 1,100 yuan can buy 11 stone of corn, which is almost equivalent to the output of five or six acres of land in a year. It is no exaggeration to say that in just one morning, the money earned by Zhang Ran and the two is equivalent to nearly one-third of the harvest of Zhang Ran's family in a year.