At this time, the people who had negotiated the price grabbed his arm again and wanted to buy a few fish. Yu Songyuan said: "I'm sorry everyone, I'm still here next week." ”

A sister-in-law grabbed his arm and whispered, "This restaurant owner is not a good person, young man, be careful." ”

"Xiexie, your sister-in-law, I have a number!" Yu Songyuan nodded to his sister-in-law, but still followed towards the hotel.

This hotel is called "Guanhe Hotel", and it is not far from the magnificent state-owned "Guanhe Hotel" next to it. The hotel is not large, but the decoration is exquisite. Walking into the store, the middle-aged man was more anxious than Yu Songyuan, and weighed the bag on the scale, twenty-seven pounds and six taels. Then, the fish and aquatic plants were quickly poured into the cement pond, and a cook was asked to hurry to find the chaff.

Because the weather is cold and the muddy water is not touched, even the red fish that died out of the water in the summer are still alive, and the manager has a smile on his face. The cooks gathered around, and a young woman dressed flamboyantly but vulgarly, danced with joy.

The middle-aged man explained to Yu Songyuan, "We have an important reception mission in the evening, which was arranged by the county to receive several old leaders who fought guerrillas here during the Anti-Japanese War. Don't choose the state-owned 'Guanhe Hotel' next to it, but choose our private small hotel reception, just because the signboard of our hotel is live Guanhe fresh water. But today, live fish can't be purchased, and the Guanhe perch named by the county can't be obtained because of the wrong season. No, I'm in a hurry, you're here, young man, you've saved my life. ”

As he spoke, he took out his wallet, counted out ten large tickets of ten yuan, and handed them to Yu Songyuan. Yu Songyuan was taken aback, "It's too much, it's not worth so much." ”

The manager said: "My name is Liu Daohua, and I opened a restaurant with the word 'righteousness'. Speak righteousness to those who are righteous, speak righteousness to those who are righteous, and I am shameless to those who are shameless. I can see that you are not a person who fishes for a living, and this fish was just caught by you, right? ”

"I'm a student, and I'm fishing for fun."

"I say a hundred dollars is worth it, and it's definitely worth it. Do you want to know weishenme? ”

“……”

Seeing Yu Song looking at him puzzled, the manager said, "These saury fish and red fish are all alive now, before going to the pot at night, let the chiefs take a look at the live fish, and give the county and the restaurant a brighter appearance." Just this one, it's more powerful than any advertisement. You think, in the future, the important hospitality in the county will not all be in our store. ”

"That's it, it's not worth a hundred dollars."

"I'm not done. There are also fifteen river fourgill perch, and they are alive. This kind of big perch is called Guanhe perch, which is a well-known specialty of our province and is famous at home and abroad. In the sixty-eighth chapter of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", when the celebrity Zuo Ci and Cao Cao were having a meal together, he said, 'There are two gills of perch in the world, but there are four gills of Songjiang perch'. The literati of the Qing Dynasty also had the famous couplet of 'the four-gill perch came out of Songjiang alone, and the eight-legged crab was rampant in Kyushu'. In fact, the Guanhe fourgill perch and the Songjiang fourgill perch are the same species, but they were discovered later. ”

"Every year, before and after the 'mango species', the perch is fat, and it is the time of fishing and listing, and the price is generally more than one yuan. The meat of the four-gill perch is white and tender, the meat is like a garlic clove after cooking, the soup is thick like fresh milk, it is ru-white, thick and sticky lips, and the fragrance is like the fragrance of the osmanthus tree, which lasts for a long time. The color and fragrance are comparable to the Songjiang sea bass, and it has always been a feast delicacy. ”

The manager looked at him again and said, "You brought me the precious river fourgill perch in the winter, when we needed it most. These perch, when they come to the chaff, soak it with water, put it in, and they can live for seven or eight days. You said that you helped me so much, even if you ask for more, I will give it. ”

Yu Songyuan nodded, "Hearing you say this, I want a hundred yuan." ”

"That's right, can you do me another favor?" The manager has to inch in.

"You say."

"Next Wednesday night, I have an important reception, and I want to tell you all about an important person, which is to celebrate the 80th birthday of the old father of a big cadre in my county. People choose to do it in my hotel, because they can afford to be a private hotel. I need more than 30 pounds of live bass, saury and redfish that I just caught. Little brother, there is really no other way, it's all up to you. ”

"I can't promise you, I'm a student. How do I go fishing until I have to. I have to go to school on Wednesday and I don't really have time. ”

"I beg you, little brother, I really don't dare bet on the fishmonger, the sea bass is the hardest. Besides, even fishmongers can't get live fish this winter. It's all up to you, it doesn't matter if you miss a day of school. And, thirty pounds, I'll give you one hundred and fifty dollars. The manager persuaded and seduced.

Yu Songyuan compromised, he needed money too much, he earned 100 yuan a day of fishing, and the teacher's monthly salary was 30 or 40 yuan, and he caught up with them for three months a day. If you fish again, you can not only reduce the burden on your family, but you can even buy an old car, and it is convenient to go back and forth. So, he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I don't dare to pack thirty catties, ten to fifteen catties." ”

The manager said: "It's okay, at least fifteen pounds, no less, the more the better." ”

Yu Songyuan put away the money and was about to leave, when he suddenly remembered something, "I can't use this pocket, I'm going to buy rations." Can you lend me a pocket and pay it back to you next time? ”

The manager said: "This is so easy to do, the hotel lacks everything, and there are many things." So he asked the cooks to find three nylon pockets, one of which contained twenty or thirty catties of rice. The manager said, "This rice is for you, don't forget our agreement." ”

"I will do my best to do what I promise. However, I can't ask for this rice. ”

"Don't care too much, it's just a matter of gratitude, and it's not interesting to push it around." The manager looked very righteous, and Yu Songyuan had no choice but to accept it.

Yu Songyuan walked outside the door of the hotel, just carried the food in his hand to his shoulder, and was about to leave, but heard a woman inside scolding the manager loudly, "You are fucking crazy surnamed Liu, giving so much money to a poor boy?" Twenty dollars will be sent away, you give a hundred? I tried so hard that you didn't see it! ”

The manager's voice said, "You know a, this country boy is a poor bastard, but you see that he doesn't have that look, it's harder than the stones in the pit." The more poor these guys, the harder the bones. I'm not soft, and he definitely won't pee on you. In the middle of winter, where do you ask me to go to find this endless stream of live fish? Give a few more dollars, and you should give alms to beggars, or let thieves steal, and you will die? ”

"What kind of restaurant do you have no ability, what did you and my dad say at the beginning?"

"Don't use your dad to press me, I don't want you to fucking fuck off. Messing around, hooking up with three or four, what were you and Director Li doing in the box that day, don't think I don't know. I haven't settled the account with you yet,**......"

The manager intervened his hand, held a cigarette, and walked to the door of the hotel with a curse, but saw Yu Songyuan standing next to the gate, silently looking at the sky in the distance. Knowing that he had leaked his mouth, the manager immediately salivated and pasted it, "Classmate, don't care, this old lady is a little oily, it's too annoying, I coaxed her to say that......"

Yu Songyuan ignored him, and he left the hotel quickly. Behind him was the manager's voice, "I'll wait for you on Wednesday......"

Walking out a long way, Yu Songyuan's tears quietly flowed out. He tried his best to restrain himself and force himself to forget about it all. It has come to the time of great calamity, and people have come under the roof. At the beginning, Han Xin was humiliated by his crotch not far from here, and today, I have to swallow this breath vigorously!

On Wednesday, he took a day off on the grounds that he had an urgent matter at home. As a result, there was a rare light rain before winter that day, and after a busy day, I only caught more than 20 catties, of which there were only six or seven large perch. promised other people's things, but Yu Songyuan wanted to fish again, and it was not too early.

He had gone to the library to check where the perch should return to the mouth of the Guan River to spawn at this time, perhaps because of the unique geographical structure of this ditch, or perhaps the abundant food source here, or the unique ecology of mixing sea and fresh water when the tides rise and fall here, so that these big bass have delayed their trip.

When he delivered the fish to the restaurant in the afternoon, the manager was looking at the door with a wistful eye. Suddenly, seeing Yu Songyuan coming with his pocket, the manager's heart was put down, so he knelt down for him, and thanked him for a thousand thanks, and he had to give him a hundred yuan. And said that whenever he sent fish, he would receive it at this price, and the more the merrier.

Yu Songyuan ignored him, didn't say a word from beginning to end, took the money and left quickly.

He swept away the decadence after the theft, was full of spirits, went directly to the market, bargained, and finally spent 78 yuan to buy a new Shanghai Feige brand bicycle. I also bought back a bottle of sweet potato roast, a bag of salt-fried peanuts, and 20 catties of cornmeal.

Back in the dormitory, clean up the two big red fish that had been left behind by you because they died, set up a wooden frame in the open space in front of the pool, and light a bonfire. After the open fire has passed, the fish is cooked over a charcoal fire, sprinkled with minced salt, and begins to comfort yourself. After eating the two fish, a bottle of 65-degree sweet potato roast was also drunk, and the peanuts were also eaten.

Then, with the urge to drink, wearing only underwear, he went to the wooden trestle and beat a set of punches, only until he sweated profusely, and all the injustice and depression in his heart seemed to be vented, and his mood was extremely happy.

After practicing, he was naked, facing the river in the night, screaming hoarsely and loudly, until he collapsed to the ground from exhaustion, and before he knew it, his face was overflowing with tears.

He didn't think that this kind of life was much like this, compared to the suffering of his family, compared to the family who was still suffering in hardship, he was nothing like this. He is in the middle of being bored, he doesn't want to add trouble to more people, and his own road, no matter how hard and difficult it is, will go on alone.

The determination was made, but he was not destined to be a person who was easy to be lonely and should be alone. The habit of solitude, which had been gradually developed, soon became vibrant because of a new "guest" in the "haunted house".

"The destruction of the Six Kingdoms, the non-soldiers are disadvantageous, the war is not good, and the disadvantage is to bribe the Qin ......"

There was no early reading that morning, Yu Songyuan woke up early, first went to the river embankment to memorize English words, and then recited the "Theory of the Six Kingdoms" again, and the early reading was completed.

He threw the book on the trestle and punched it. At this time, he noticed that a majestic big black dog was sitting far away on the river embankment, tilting his head like a human and holding up his two big ears high, watching him practice thoughtfully.

This is obviously the big black dog that scared Mr. Zhang a lot that day. For half a month, it always appeared in Yu Songyuan's field of vision from afar. When Yu Songyuan approached it slightly, it didn't run away, but just looked at Yu Songyuan calmly, not afraid of him at all. On the contrary, there is a sense of closeness in the eyes.

Suddenly, two more dogs ran in the distance, slightly smaller, one white and one gray. Yu Songyuan noticed that the two dogs also often haunted the river beach. The two dogs tentatively approached the big black dog, and whined and growled, constantly making warnings and threats, and it seemed that they were fighting for territory. The big black dog ignored the hostility of the two dogs, and still looked at Yu Songyuan kindly.

The two earth dogs teased, threatened, and tentatively attacked the big black dog. The big black dog was enraged, it stood up calmly, suddenly rushed towards the white dog that had bitten it, and quickly bit its neck, and then threw it to the side, and the white dog was thrown a few meters away with a scream.

The gray dog also rushed up, and the big black dog jumped and moved, extremely vigorous, and in less than a round, the gray earth dog was defeated. That's when the drama came.

The greyhound was defeated, knowing that he couldn't escape, so he simply lay down, belly up, scratched his head, and put on a well-behaved appearance of being coquettish and begging for mercy. Yu Songyuan knew that this big black dog must be a male dog, and the gray dog must be a female dog.

The big black dog didn't take a fancy to the gray dog, ignored the gray dog's flattery and teasing, and didn't chase the fleeing white dog, but just took Tian Tian's wound and sat down to stare at Yu Songyuan. This scene made him wonder.

Master, I'm in trouble so far, it's the most fucking time to be down, do you want to come to take refuge?