CHAPTER XXXI

With three points of anger and two points of helplessness, Jin Wansheng left the water urn, fortunately, his head didn't hurt anymore, and he didn't feel thirsty, and then he went to sleep, just took two steps, he inadvertently looked at the sky, the three stars hung obliquely, the big Mao Star and the two Mao stars had already come out, he looked closely, when did the three Mao stars also jump out, the sky was almost dawn, Jin Wansheng felt unprecedented sleepiness, he walked into the house in a few steps, plunged into the bed, and immediately fell into a deep sleep.

At dawn, Zhang Youwang came to Jin Wansheng's house, saw that he was still asleep, and immediately shook his head, Jin Wansheng didn't react at all, Zhang Youwang reached out and touched his face again, Jin Wansheng was still asleep, Zhang Youwang saw that he was sleeping very smoothly, so he quietly left.

In the evening, Zhang Youwang came to see Jin Wansheng again, saw that he was still asleep, thought about it, and felt that it was normal, he drank two jars of old wine in a row, and it was not too much to be drunk for a day and a night, so he left Jin Wansheng and returned home.

On the evening of the second day, Zhang Youwang returned home from fishing, the twilight was heavy, he was not worried about Jin Wansheng, carrying a fish basket, which contained live fish intended to be given to Jin Wansheng, and quietly entered Jin Wansheng's house, the house was already dark, and there were many shadows, he saw a figure in the house, a little familiar, and he was not sure, so he had to ask each other; "Who?"

The man lowered his head, his back was facing Zhang Youwang, facing the bed, he was fiddling with something, a little unstoppable, hearing Zhang Youwang's question, he was stunned at first, his back trembled, and he didn't know whether he was lifting his pants or doing anything again, anyway, the room was dark, Zhang Youwang had just come in, and he didn't see what was going on at all, and after a while, the man turned around and scolded; "Damn Wang Batou, I don't even recognize the old lady, I still sleep with you in my arms every day."

Don't look at it, it must be his mother-in-law Ji's woman, Zhang Youwang asked hurriedly; "What are you doing here?"

"I'll see what's wrong, he's my brother too."

In a word, Zhang Youwang was speechless for a moment, he strode forward, Ji's woman pushed back, Zhang Youwang stumbled, opened his mouth and scolded; "You have suffered a thousand knives*, what kind of ghost are you doing, I'm afraid that Lao Tzu won't be able to see it!"

"You green-covered little king, the old lady is watching her brother, and he will have to sleep for a few days before he wakes up, you have a dick to use here."

"I came to see him, and by the way, I left him the live fish left from the sale, so that he could eat it."

"You're pretty fucking filial, you see someone who can still eat when they're asleep, get me the fish and roll back."

"Lao Tzu is not leaving."

"If you don't fucking leave, my mother will go."

The Ji woman turned around, glared at his man Zhang Youwang fiercely, waved her hand to strike, Zhang Youwang dodged, the Ji woman took a thick leg and stepped out of the house in two steps, Zhang Youwang approached, saw Jin Wansheng still sleeping with his eyes closed, and he didn't feel anxious, thinking, it's the third day, if you don't wake up tomorrow, do you want Zhao Adaa to come over and take a look, and wake him up by the way.

The room was completely dark, Zhang Youwang didn't want to go home and see the Ji woman, so he sat on the head of Jin Wansheng's bed, looking at Jin Wansheng, it was expected that he hadn't sat down yet, the Ji woman came back in a hurry, stepped forward to grab Zhang Youwang's ear, and scolded; "You dead king, why don't you go home with my mother."

Zhang Youwang shouted loudly; "Ears, my ears."

Ji's daughter laughed and laughed, and the two of them scolded and shouted out of the house, and when they got outside, Ji's girl asked; "How many live fish are in the basket?"

Zhang Youwang said; "If you let me go, I'll tell you."

And then he said; "Three, three live bass, very fat."

"Go home, go home, I'll give you fish stew."

The sound in the courtyard gradually quieted, and Jin Wansheng still couldn't wake up in the house.

On the fourth day, the sun was three poles, Jin Wansheng woke up thirsty again, he got down from the bed, walked to the water urn, stretched his head in, grunted, drank enough water in one breath, then he felt very hungry, he straightened up, didn't even stretch his waist, busy looking at the sky, the sun was shining, the breeze was blowing, the rare good weather, he turned back to the house, opened the rice tank, it was empty, and his stomach told him that if he didn't go fishing, he would starve today.

Jin Wansheng forgot what happened a few days ago, he felt that he was still himself, so what else was there to think about, quickly tidy up the fishing nets, put the fish basket on his back, and go to the river to eat.

Jiang Tao slapped the shore, the waves splashed, Jin Wansheng untied the cable, rowed, suddenly, the boat arrived in the center of the river, Jin Wansheng looked around, not yet to a good place to fish, he raised the oars again, unconsciously, he rowed the boat to the isolated island in the center of the river where few people go, oars and oars, after a short time, Jin Wansheng looked up, in front of him was the isolated island, why did he come here, he didn't want to, look at the direction of the current, find a flat and open water surface, cast the first net, and then collect the net, there are only a few grasses in the fishing net, Jin Wansheng looked at the fishing nets and sighed, there are more than a thousand nets, and there are fish in the nets, how come they come to me, but there are no fish.

After sighing, Jin Wansheng rowed a small boat, cast a few nets around this isolated island, but still found nothing, Jin Wansheng did not feel depressed, and had no choice but to look up at the sky, the sun was westward, and the river wind was fierce,

As the saying goes, the river breeze is accompanied by hunger, and the waves knock on the boat.

Helpless, God doesn't help, what can Jin Wansheng do, he rowed a boat, left the isolated island, rowing, rowing, suddenly found that the river in front of him was flooded with a faint red light, as the so-called, the sunset reflects the red river, the evening breeze waves, Jin Wansheng was interested in the afterglow of the slanting sun, he couldn't help but cast the fishing net into the red river in front of him, the fishing net fell into the water, the boat fluttered, until the sunset dispersed, the sunset was not there, he reached out to pull the fishing net, very heavy, really very heavy, It's not to fish up the stone, it feels different, there is a feel, trembling, heavy, hard, and then make a little harder, one meter, two meters, the fishing net is leaning in front of the boat, Jin Wansheng pulls the fishing net out of the water, the waves, the waves of the fish jumping, splashing everywhere, the water and the sky are the same, and the twilight is heavy.

Late life was happy, dragged up the fishing net, and threw it into the cabin, this net of fish is enough for hundreds of catties, perch, almost all are perch, the big perch has more than ten catties, the small one is still very small, according to his own rules, he threw the small fish back into the river, and threw the largest female fish back into the river.

"Sigh," Jin Wansheng whistled contentedly, rowing the boat back, where to go, there is no firewood, rice, oil and salt at home, and the lamp oil has long been dry, turn around, smear and go to the market, catch up with what price is what price, in short, can't starve anymore.

Jin Wansheng raised the water and stabbed the water, the boat was like an arrow, how could it be so fast, there was a whirring wind in his ears, how to dissipate for a while, the boat arrived at the dock on the side of the market, the speed of the boat was too fast, before he could stabilize the boat, he saw two people coming down from the dock, Jin Wansheng's eyes were sharp, and at a glance he saw the fishmonger Jiang Daya, who was headed by five short figures, yellow skin, and a fishmonger with a blurred eye in the corner of his eyes all year round, and the other one, although he looked a little familiar, but he couldn't name it.

No matter what he is, Jiang Daya is here, he is not afraid of getting dark, Lao Tzu's fish has a market.

Jin Wansheng jumped off the boat and tied the cable smoothly, Jiang Daya hurriedly shouted; "Brother Late Sheng, is there any fresh live fish in the boat that has just been caught from the river?"

Jin Wansheng knew that Jiang Daya would call him, so he said to Jiang Daya unhurriedly; "Brother Jiang, come up and open your eyes, I just caught a fresh sea bass from the river, the big ones can be more than ten catties, and the small ones are two or three catties, and they are all bouncing in the cabin."

Jiang Daya listened to Jin Wansheng's words, and immediately jumped on the boat, and when Jin Wansheng lifted the cabin cover, Jiang Daya looked at it and saw that the warehouse was full of fresh perch jumping around, and immediately said to the person who was still standing on the side of the boat; "Shopkeeper, what am I talking about, good food is not afraid of being late, this late boat often carries good fresh goods, I haven't seen such a big sea bass for a long time, you come up and take a look."

The person who was called the shopkeeper by Jiang Daya was the shopkeeper who opened a live fish restaurant in the town, and tomorrow there will be a family owner in the town who will have a treat, and he will eat fresh live sea bass by name, now it's okay, the hanging heart of the shopkeeper Zhang was suddenly put in his stomach, he looked at the sea bass in the cabin, and immediately said; "I want all your fish, but you have to give me the price of the fish in our market."

Jiang Daya is the best at doing this kind of business, because he can't lead the shopkeeper to come in vain, so he wants to lower the price on the one hand, and increase the price on the other, so he said to Jin Wansheng; "Brother Late Sheng, it's already dark, I see that you have a boat full of fish, if you don't meet a buyer like Shopkeeper Zhang, you will have to pay for a few dead tomorrow."

Jin Wansheng knew in his heart that the dealers in the tooth shop relied on one mouth to eat, and they would definitely lower the price for him, he didn't expect to meet the buyer so soon, besides, he also wanted to buy rice before the rice shop closed, as well as those oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and lamp oil, all waiting for this boat of fish to exchange, so he said; "Brother Jiang, I naturally know the truth that you get what you pay for, just with a fresh live bass like me, it will cost fifteen yuan a pound to say the least."

Jiang Daya immediately said; "In the morning market, perch like yours sells for a maximum of ten cents a catty."

didn't wait for Jin Wansheng to continue bargaining, and the shopkeeper Zhang, who got on the boat, looked at Jin Wansheng's face and asked; "Zhuangshi, are you a late Jin student?"

"Of course, if it's fake."

"Zhangwan Village?"

"That's 18 years of living in Zhangwan Village."

Jiang Daya saw that the shopkeeper Zhang was asking Jin Wansheng carefully, and he seemed to think of something, looked at Jin Wansheng with strange eyes, and said something in his mouth; "It's really terrifying, people who roam the river all year round are different from ordinary people."

Jiang Daya didn't pay attention to what Jin Wansheng said, he just looked at his live fish, but unexpectedly, Shopkeeper Zhang listened to Jiang Daya's words, became more and more interested, and then asked Jin Wansheng; "Jin Zhuangshi, are you the Jin Wansheng who compared wine with people in a wine shop not far from your Xiawan Village a few days ago?"

"Than wine, with whom do I compare wine?" Jin Wansheng had no impression, so he had to ask rhetorically.