Chapter 308: Junqi's Past Fifteen - Picking Up Fish
Qi Zhengzhe went out for two days because of the purchase. I went out with Qi Caihong.
I've been helping to look after the store for the past two days.
Qi Zhengzhe opened the store really hard. He put a homemade label on each item, and the price was indicated on the label. You don't have to bargain when you come to his outlet to buy something.
I don't know if this is Qi Zhengzhe's cleverness or stupidity. Most of the people who sell goods on the street like to make a false price, and then wait for the customer to bargain, so there is a saying that the pig is killed and the pig is killed.
However, the sales model of large supermarkets more than ten years later tells us that the clear price has its super advantage. Perhaps, at that time, it was already clear that Qi Zhengzhe would embark on the road of opening a supermarket.
Because of this, I, a person who doesn't know anything about the market of goods, can guard the store for him. Just sell it at the price on the label.
Maybe my brother will be suspicious. Is the Qi family so relieved of you? Let you keep the store, aren't they afraid that you will accumulate selfishness?
Speaking of this, it is also very touching to me, the Qi family has never treated me as an outsider.
I can take the things in the consignment store as casually as Qi Zhengli, although I never do.
That's why my father and I have been living with them for more than ten years.
My father never left the Qi family until he died.
On the afternoon of the second day of guarding the store, when I was tutoring Qi Zhengli in mathematics, news came that there was a fish in the river. It was Mother Li next door who told Auntie, and Auntie ran upstairs to tell us.
"Put down your homework first, and hurry up and pick up the fish." Auntie said.
"Really?" Qi Zhengli jumped three feet high.
"Really. Our Qijiatun River medicine fish is rare to encounter once in ten years. There will be a lot of big fish in the medicine. Hurry up, I've got you covered. "It's rare for Auntie to be so excited.
"You guys? Auntie, do you mean I'll go too? ”
"Go, why don't you go? Tell Lili to take you there on a bicycle. If it's too late, you won't be able to pick up any big fish. ”
"Why don't you let Qi Zhengzhe take it?" Qi Zhengli's face was full of displeasure.
"Don't you know that your brother went to stock? You're crazy. "Auntie made a gesture to knock on her head in line.
And just like that, I sat on the back rack of Qi Zhengli's bike for the first time.
In a hurry to go to the river to pick up fish, we all put aside our mutual fears.
When we went up to the embankment, we saw that on the river bank, the river was full of people. It's spectacular. It can really be described in one word - the whole city is out.
We weren't excited, but we got excited. When we arrived at the riverbank, as soon as Qi Zhengli put down the bicycle, we ran into the river, each holding a net bag in his hand. I also carry a basin for fish.
You don't have to worry about your clothes at all. I was ready to wet my clothes for a long time. Those who walked around the river and looked around had wet clothes.
There are a lot of small fish floating on the water. They were half-dead, like drunken people. There are also some fish that swim violently in the water, and then lie motionless on the surface of the water on their stomachs.
People pick bigger fish.
Occasionally, a large carp or grass carp will swim from the deep water to the shallow water, and a group of people will rush to one place to catch it. Those who grabbed it were elated, but those who didn't were not disappointed, and they immediately moved on to the next target.
I carried the basin and followed Qi Zhengli to drip water. At first, there were no fish in the basin, and I could still grab a few, but later the basin became heavier and heavier, and I actually became Qi Zhengli's helper.
Qi Zhengli is worthy of being a sports person, he is agile, and the fish he sees at the same time are often grabbed by him. That's how a grass carp weighs almost two pounds is obtained.
When there are more fish, there are more people who pick up fish, and there are fewer people who have a big catch. As time went on, the medicinal properties decreased, and some of the drunken fish came back to life, making it harder and harder to catch.
Those who were impatient withdrew one after another.
I followed Qi Zhengli and walked around persistently. I've put the basin with most of the fish on the sandbank.
Brother may be worried, if the fish is put on the sandbank, no one will steal it?
You can rest assured that no one will ever take the fish out of the basin, just as no one will push the locked bicycle away no matter where it is lost.
At that time, the folk customs were so simple.
Of course, the beggar who wanted to bully me was completely different.
One of us grabbed a net bag and "patrolled" the river like a patrolman. There are also many people who "patrol" like us.
The sun is still so hot, but you can't feel it in the water.
The deeper the water, the cooler the water. But few people go to deep water. The Qijiatun River is twice as wide as the river in our hometown. No one knows how deep the deepest place is.
A red carp jumped out of the water in deep water. People screamed. But after the red carp entered the water, there was no movement. I waited for a long time and didn't move.
Some left disappointed.
Qi Zhengli was still standing there. I had to stand there. There is nothing to say, but a tacit understanding has been formed.
The water in the deep water area suddenly rippled. Qi Zhengli held the net bag and rowed towards the deep water area. That's a very chic move. It's a very watery man's action.
Holding the net above the water, the other hand is paddled in the water, and the person is half-floating on the water, with his legs stretched straight. What a handsome figure.
In a few seconds, Qi Zhengli arrived at the waters that made waves. I saw him poke the net pocket into the water, and when he lifted it up again, there was a palm-sized red carp in the net pocket.
I heard several people sigh.
I also sighed. Without Qi Zhengli's speed, who could catch this fish?
Qi Zhengli turned around in the water, and then swam back. A net with a red carp was held above the water.
But the accident came quietly at this time. The net seemed to have gained weight dozens of times all at once, and it sank into the water. Qi Zhengli also struggled to sink into the water.
God, it's Qi Zhengli's leg cramps!
I threw away the net and swam quickly towards Qi Zhengli. It was a very deep water. I plunged into the water. The deeper you go, the cooler the water gets. When I got into the water, I saw Qi Zhengli hooking his body and sinking to the bottom, but he didn't give up struggling.
I swam up to him, and he immediately extended his hand to me. I got under his armpit, put my shoulders around his arms, and kicked the ground with both feet, and Qi Zhengli cooperated as best he could, and we managed to get out of the water.
As soon as Qi Zhengli got out of the water, he said to me: "You quickly get into my belly and lower it, and push me with your back." ”
I quickly dived into the water and, as Qi Zhengli said, pressed my back against Qi Zhengli's stomach. Then we swam forward together.
Qi Zhengli is a very intelligent person. His feet cramped, but he could still move his hands. With the buoyancy of the water, I only need to hold his body a little and he can paddle forward.
Brother, you know I'm very breathless in the water. What the? Brother also saved a leg cramp? It's a high school classmate. It seems that we all have to thank the experience of playing in the water as children, and I remember very clearly how Mr. Zheng taught us to swim.
Soon two adults swam up to us. Needless to say, we are saved.
The two adults carried the salute to the embankment. Qi Zhengli sat down on the lawn. I walked up to him with a basin and a net.
Some people gathered around to see if it was okay and then dispersed again.
I crouched down and massaged Qi Zhengli. I think it's the lack of blood that causes the leg cramps.
Qi Zhengli sat with his hands propped back on the lawn. His water-soaked skin looked whiter.
When I massaged Qi Zhengli's legs, I could clearly feel the muscles in his legs. That's a very powerful muscle. It is a muscle unique to a perennial exerciser.
My hair is wet. Many strands of hair are integrated into a bunch and thumped downward. The water kept dripping down.
I stopped the massage and ran my hair back with both hands, and that's when I noticed Qi Zhengli's eyes looking straight at my chest.
The sheer-permeable shirt hugs my body, reflecting my skin and the color of my bra.