"Dad," Zhao Shanlin took a bite of fish meat and put it in his mouth and chewed, "Let's go to the city this time, do we really want to continue selling fish?" ”

It's not that it's bad to sell fish, it's just that the fish in the river at home are very fishy, and they can't be sold at all, unless those people can make it as delicious as the pot of fish soup in front of them......

Well? Wait, fish soup?

Zhao Shanlin was stunned when he saw this, and forgot to chew the fish in his mouth.

Staring intently at the pot of milky white and delicious fish soup in front of him, Zhao Shanlin looked at his father and mother who were eating with his head down, thoughtfully.

Zhao Fuxiang was eating and didn't speak.

Zhao Shanchuan and Zhao Shanhe saw this scene in their eyes, glanced at each other, and continued to bury their heads in hardship.

The four old men ate all the pot of fish soup on the dinner table.

After filling his stomach after being hungry all night, Zhao Fuxiang got up and prepared to leave with his three sons.

"Be in charge, be careful on the road," Li quickly instructed, "If it doesn't work, come back as soon as possible." ”

"Don't worry," Zhao Fuxiang raised his leg and walked out the door, "There is enough at home, and the work of fishing for fish should be stopped for a day." ”

Now the house is full of dried fish, and the smell of fish is everywhere, and there is no place to put too many fish.

What's more, the summer harvest will be in a while, and instead of wasting it on these worthless river fish, it is better to rest more, nourish your body, and prepare for the next summer harvest.

After hearing this, Li nodded in response, "I know." ”

"Cheng, let's go."

Zhao Fuxiang commanded his three sons, "Boss, you go and put the ox cart in place, the second and third, you go and move the fish bucket, I will go get those other things, and we will gather at the door." ”

"Boss," Li rushed out of the house, quickly stuffed Zhao Fuxiang with an object wrapped in a white cloth, and whispered, "Take it, it is some silver money saved by the family, and buy more money while the price of food has not risen at the moment." ”

Who let such a big pit in front of them with Jiafu blocked, they don't have much preparation at the moment, and when others know about it, they will lose even more.

"I know," Zhao Fuxiang put the things that Li stuffed into his sleeve and put them away, he held the potbelly bottle filled with fish soup in one hand, and carefully put it into the basket beside him.

Then, he put on the flat pole, bent down slightly, and picked up the two baskets smoothly.

In short, you can't afford to lose!

………

Loaded with a cart full of river fish, Zhao Fuxiang and the four of them drove the oxcart into the city.

Because they slept too late last night and got up too early today, the three brothers were sleepy, and the road out of the village was not very smooth, and the ox cart kept jolting back and forth slightly, making people drowsy like a cradle.

Not long after, the three brothers took a nap and fell asleep one after another.

Zhao Fuxiang saw that his son was asleep, and although he didn't say anything, he still subconsciously slowed down the speed of catching the car.

………

"Bang-"

Crooked his body, Zhao Shanchuan, who accidentally bumped into a hard object, woke up.

Rubbing the sore place, Zhao Shanlin shook his head and looked around curiously.

The steep path that originally went uphill has become a smooth road, and from time to time there are villagers carrying flat poles and baskets on their backs, and the ox carts are very eye-catching on this road.

"Dad, where are we?"

Zhao Shanlin naturally arched his back and shouted forward.

"Just after Zhoujiakou, I will arrive in Changle County immediately."

The destination of their trip is Changle County.

Hearing that he was about to arrive at the place, Zhao Shanlin reached out and rubbed his face, and he didn't plan to sleep.

Turning his head, he saw the two younger brothers sleeping soundly on the side, and slowly leaned over, trying to wake people up, but as soon as he stretched out his head, he smelled a familiar fragrance.

Well?

Zhao Shanlin sniffed hard and began to rub around curiously.

Finally, the eyes fell on the potbelly bottle in the basket.

That's right, the smell comes out of the bottle.

"Dad, are we really going to sell fish in fish soup today?"

"Well, try to see," Zhao Fuxiang drove the ox cart and didn't look back, "If you succeed, even if you don't succeed, you won't lose anything." ”

Zhao Shanlin nodded when he heard this, what his father said was right, this is the reason.

"Boss, go wake up the second and third children, let's go directly to Nancheng," Zhao Fuxiang shook the whip in his hand, looked at the end of the road ahead, and his voice was louder than before, "There are many people who eat fish there, and in normal times, the fish is pulled over there and sold quickly." ”

Now that there is delicious fish soup again, Zhao Fuxiang doesn't believe that it will really not be able to sell.

………

When Zhao Shanchuan and Zhao Shanhe woke up, Zhao Fuxiang was talking to the guards guarding the city gate with an ox cart.

"This official," Zhao Fuxiang politely bowed his hand to the guards who approached the door, "Please inquire, when will we close the city today?" ”

The guard smiled with a satisfied smile as he held a little more money than he had paid when he had entered the city.

Seeing that the old man in front of him was interested, he didn't care to say a few more words, "Ordinary is a moment of time, today is special, the city is closed at three o'clock, old man, hurry up, don't miss the time to go out of the city." ”

Zhao Fuxiang nodded hurriedly, "Thank you for telling me, the little old man knows." ”

The guard's words are a kind of reminder in disguise.

You must know that when entering the city in this era, there is a curfew time.

People who have exceeded the curfew time and have not left the city, even if their origins are innocent, as long as they are seen on the streets and have nowhere to go, they will be arrested and put in prison by the officials of the government.

As for staying in a hotel, it's not just a matter of words.

If you want to stay in the hotel, you need to prove your identity by road guide or customs clearance document, because every time you arrive, there will be an official from the government to come to check the room, and once you find that the identity of the person staying is wrong, you will also be arrested and put in prison.

What's more, the cost of staying in a restaurant is too expensive, and for a family like them, it is distressing to stay for one night.

Even if they are locked in the city and can't get out, they won't want to go to the hotel.

Knowing that the city would be closed two hours earlier than usual in the morning, Zhao Fuxiang did not stay and drove the ox cart directly into the city.

After entering the city, go straight to the south of the city.

"Dad, the fish we brought..."Zhao Shanchuan was worried about how to sell fish so as not to delay time, so he listened to Zhao Shanlin beside him and said, "There are a lot of catties of fish, and it can be done by selling fish in fish soup?" ”

"Dad, the fish soup is delicious, but how can we convince those aunts that if they buy our fish, they can also make fish soup with the same taste?"

"When my mother came, how did I tell you, you and we learned, and then we could talk to those aunts."

Zhao Shanchuan......

Zhao Shanhe......

Zhao Fuxiang turned his head, looked at the three sons with different expressions, and said, "I said with the three of you, after you listen, keep it in your heart, and after a while, you will meet the aunt who bought fish, and learn it to them word for word." ”

………

Soon, the ox cart bypassed the restaurants and shops on both sides of the street, came to the end, and turned a corner.

The four of them saw an alley that was narrower and deeper than before.

After driving the ox cart into the alley, after a few similar turns, the alley, which was slightly lower than the previous house but more lively, appeared in front of the four people.

The south of the city has arrived.

Changle County, divided by southeast, northwest and northwest, is the east of the city, the south of the city, the west of the city, and the north of the city.

The people of the four lands are different.

In particular, the people in the south of the city are not as rich as the people in the east of the city, nor as powerful as the people in the north of the city, but they are not as chaotic and poor as the people in the west of the city.

Most of the people who live here are ordinary people who are more than enough than the top.

Therefore, they will spend a little money every day to buy fish and go back to their families to add vegetables.

This is also the reason why Zhao Fuxiang pulled a cart of fish and went straight to the south of the city.

After explaining to his three sons, Zhao Fuxiang parked the ox cart under a thick willow tree.

The fish buckets on the cart were removed and placed in front of the ox cart and lined up.

Wrapped in oily paper, the mouth of the potbelly bottle tied with hemp rope was also opened by Zhao Fuxiang.

The aroma of fish soup slowly wafts around.

In addition to Zhao Shanhe staying to help Zhao Fuxiang take care of it, the two brothers Zhao Shanlin and Zhao Shanchuan each carried a flat shoulder and began to walk the streets and alleys to sell.

Of course, unlike the sales pitch in the past, there is a ready-made fish soup to taste today, and if you meet an aunt who wants to buy fish, the probability of success is greater.

Sure enough, not long after the split action, buyers came to the door one after another.

It's an aunt who looks rich, and at the same time, this aunt is also their repeat customer.

Every time Zhao Fuxiang and a few people came to sell fish, this aunt would spend money to buy two.

Today is no exception, and those who come from afar begin to greet, "Selling fish again today?" ”

"Yes, Aunt Zhou, are there still two today?"

Zhao Shanhe replied skillfully, and by the way, he pulled out a piece of hemp rope from his waist, tied a slipknot out, and prepared to tie the fish to his aunt for a while.

"Yes, pick two big ones," the Zhou aunt looked at the river fish jumping in the bucket and smiled, "After buying it for so many years, it is still the freshest fish in your family, and it looks alive." ”

Seeing that Zhao Shanhe had already started fishing, the Zhou family's aunt didn't stop him.

The price of horizontal and vertical fish is cheap, even the most expensive river water, it is only three yuan a catty, more is two yuan a catty, buy two back to stew a pot, it is only ten yuan, cheaper than meat.

The aunt of the Zhou family went out early today, and Zhao Shanhe and they also set up a stall, so the river fish that will be caught are all big and fresh.

Zhao Shanhe turned it upside down, estimated a rough number of catties and reported it to the Zhou family's aunt.

The aunt of the Zhou family was just about to give money, but was stopped by Zhao Fuxiang.

The aunt of the Zhou family was stunned, and she didn't know why.

Zhao Fuxiang hurriedly explained, "You taste this first, if you are satisfied, we will talk again." ”

As he spoke, he directly sent the potbelly bottle in his arms forward.

The aunt of the Zhou family took the wooden spoon handed over by Zhao Fuxiang and tasted the fish soup in the potbelly bottle.

At the entrance of Puyi, the Zhou family's aunt's eyes lit up directly.

This soup is delicious!

It has the smell of fish, but it does not smell fishy, which is good!

Seeing the satisfied attitude of the Zhou family's aunt, Zhao Fuxiang breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and said,

"This fish, originally two pennies a catty, the fish smelly, the price is reasonable."

"But it's different right now."

"You just tasted it, the fish soup is delicious, but it doesn't smell fishy."

"We have a way to get rid of the smell of fish."

"How much does this fish cost?" The aunt of the Zhou family asked Zhao Fuxiang.

"This fish, five dollars and two catties." Zhao Fuxiang was very patient with the old customer of the Zhou family's aunt, "Two, we will help deal with it, and take advantage of the fishy method, a total of twenty-one articles." ”

After listening to this, the aunt of the Zhou family was silent.

This price is less than half the price before.

However, the aunt of the Zhou family thought of the delicious fish soup she had just drunk, and silently calculated the account in her heart, and still felt that it was a good deal.

Twenty-one Wen, can only buy less than two catties of meat, not enough for the family to satisfy their hunger, but buying fish is different, such two big fish, stewed in a pot of fish broth, enough for them to eat.

"Okay, that's all."

The aunt of the Zhou family still agreed, counted some money and added it, handed it to Zhao Fuxiang, and at the same time, reached out to take the two river fish that Zhao Shanhe had handled.

Zhao Fuxiang handed over a few wild vegetables, and explained the steps of making fish soup to the Zhou family's aunt.

The aunt of the Zhou family nodded, and couldn't wait to turn around and leave, apparently wanting to go home quickly and experiment.

The two of them got off to a good start, selling more money than usual, and they were also in a good mood.