This mullet weighs more than three pounds.

The two brothers opened the plastic bag they were carrying, filled it with some water, and then put the mullet inside.

This guy was full of energy, he struggled in his pocket several times, his tail flicked so that the pocket crackled, Tang Mingyao couldn't help but worry about whether the bag would be thrown off.

He didn't have the heart to fish anymore, so he rushed home with his brother with the harvest and put the fish directly into the water tank.

Well, it's safe!

Tang Mingyao lay on the edge of the tank, watching the mullet sink to the bottom of the water, the gills opening and closing rhythmically, and relieved his heart.

It's good to be alive, and only when you're alive can you sell it for money!

If you die, you can only eat it yourself.

At this time, it was still early, and after settling down the fish, Tang Mingyao couldn't sit still, so he took the fishing rod and his younger brother, and went down to the river to continue fishing.

It took almost an hour to go back and forth, and they were not too tired to panic.

Unfortunately, I didn't have so much luck next, and I found two big mullets, but they didn't take the bait.

After reading the book the next day, Tang Mingyao went down to the river again.

This time he changed a snakeskin bag, did not catch a fish and ran home, arranged the time reasonably, and after half an afternoon, he caught a lot of fish, a total of four fish.

However, there is only one as big as yesterday's one, and the other three are a little smaller, and the three together are only more than four catties.

In two days, five fish, almost ten catties.

The next day is the 29th, and it's time to catch the market. Tang Mingyao got up at dawn, asked his mother to "borrow" two yuan for the boat fare on the pretext of selling fish, and then took his younger brother, who rarely got up early, to the river early to wait for the boat to come.

"Brother, can I eat sour plum cake after selling fish?"

Tang Mingyao: "Hmm. ”

"Haha, I finally have sour plum cake to eat! Thank you, brother. ”

Tang Mingyao didn't bother to pay attention to him, he didn't know anything, a sour plum cake was coaxed around, and if he tasted ice cream in the future, he would not be like a pug.

Well, it's fun to tease silly boys.

Tom tom to......m to

The roar of diesel engines broke the quiet of the early morning in the mountains.

Tang Mingyao stood by the river and looked out, and saw a tin boat coming out of the mist upstream and quickly arrived near them.

Younger brother Tang Lingfeng jumped and beckoned.

Waiting for the boat to dock, the two carried the bucket of water at home and boarded the boat.

"One dollar per person, a total of two dollars for the boat fare!" The ticket sales aunt shouted.

Tang Mingyao paid the money, walked into the motor boat less than ten meters long, put the bucket at his feet, checked that the snakeskin bag covering the mouth of the barrel was not loose, and then began to look inside and outside the boat.

This boat is a major feature of my hometown.

Because the township is next to the river, there is no road on land in the mountains, so water transportation naturally develops.

The big boat can't drive into this small river, which is not very wide, and only this kind of small motor boat, equipped with a diesel engine in the stern as a power, can run back and forth in the river freely.

In fact, the volume is not small, and a full ship is no less than that of a truck.

The river breeze blows in the early morning, and it is somewhat cool.

There were about 20 people in the boat, all of whom got up early to go to the countryside to catch the market, some old and some young. Amid the roar of noisy machines, they shouted loudly and talked about all kinds of trivial matters in the countryside.

Tang Mingyao poked his hand out of the side of the boat, his fingers spread out and stretched into the water, and the river water squeezed through his fingers, causing a series of white sprays.

Suddenly, his heart was at peace.

At this moment, he seemed to have found a spiritual home, and for the first time, he truly got rid of the endless pressure of the big city in his previous life.

At this time, Tang Mingyao felt that he was no longer a middle-aged uncle who was almost crushed by life, but a real young man.

His eyes were inexplicably moist.

I don't know how long it took, but a loud "bang" pulled him back from his trance.

When you look closely, the ship has arrived, and people are jumping ashore and plunging into the misty bazaar.

Tang Mingyao cleaned up his mood, followed with a bucket, and soon arrived on the street, and found that the infrastructure of the township was really poor enough, the road was made of irregular stone slabs, there was no cement pavement, potholes, and in many places there was water that rained a few days ago, mixed with thin mud, and dirty and couldn't get down.

In rural market towns, except for the specially set aside vegetable markets, there is no charge for stalls in other places, and no one cares.

Tang Mingyao casually chose a position at the head of the bridge, put the bucket on the ground, opened the snakeskin bag, and began to sell fish.

It was still early, less than eight o'clock, and the streets were deserted. Tang Mingyao was bored waiting, so he chatted with an old man selling brown sugar next to him.

After chatting for a while, he learned that the other party was from the next village, and he was the father of his grandfather's younger brother's daughter-in-law.

After half past eight, the first customer finally came to the door.

I asked the price, and I didn't say anything immediately, and I just wanted to buy two small ones.

Tang Mingyao turned his head to find a newly recognized relative to borrow a scale to weigh the fish, and his income was 26.4 yuan, and the fractional four cents were confiscated generously because he couldn't find a ticket.

"Little baby, you have done this business, and the money for two fish is enough for me to sell water and sugar for a day."

"Thank you, old man." Tang Mingyao replied humbly.

After waiting for a while, a middle-aged man appeared in front of the stall.

Tang Mingyao was about to ask politely, but suddenly found that this person was a little familiar, and when he looked at it, it turned out to be his homeroom teacher in elementary school.

Damn, how can it be so coincidental.

He hurriedly put a smile on his face: "Hello Teacher Zhang." ”

"Tang Mingyao, you still fish and sell, it's okay." Teacher Zhang smiled, "I happened to meet you here, so I don't have to find someone to bring you a message to your home, so I'll talk to you here." ”

He put his hands in the pockets of his cheap suit trousers, looking a little formal: "A few days later, on August 5th, there will be an exam in the town, which is organized by the county No. 1 Middle School, saying that it is an experimental class, and every town in the county will take an exam, and the best will be admitted to a class." Your grades are among the best in our township, so you can take the test when the time comes. ”

Tang Mingyaoxin said that he finally came, in his previous life, he studied in the county No. 1 middle school in junior high school, and it was this exam that he began the evolution of his life from the countryside to the city.

It's just that in his previous life, Mr. Zhang asked someone to bring the message to his home, and he didn't have personal contact with the teacher.

This time, it's a little bit different.

He immediately nodded and said, "Okay Teacher Zhang, I'll go when the time comes, let you bother with it, teacher." ”

Teacher Zhang didn't say anything, and glanced into his bucket.

Tang Mingyao went on the road and said, "Teacher Zhang, I'll catch a fish for you, you can take it back and burn it at noon." Wild and delicious! Without waiting for the other party to refuse, he fished out the largest mullet and put it in a bag and stuffed it into his hand.

Teacher Zhang resolutely refused.

The two pushed a few times, and Teacher Zhang compromised, took out the money and said: "It's not easy for your little baby to fish, the teacher is not greedy for your cheapness, I'll buy it with money." ”

In the end, a big fish that should have been sold for more than 20 yuan, Tang Mingyao received 15 yuan, and both parties were happy.

Looking at the back of Mr. Zhang stepping on fashionable sneakers and carrying a fish, Tang Mingyao pinched his chin and thought, "Am I forced to buy and sell?" The business is done to his own teacher, and it is also the first share. ”