Chapter 16: Two Mandarin Fish Sold for Fifteen Dollars

I only heard a click, the chain broke, and a pair of leg cuffs were split by Zhang Xiu'e.

Li Qiang's daughter-in-law shouted in surprise: "I said Mrs. Zhang! I didn't think about it, you still have the ability to do this! ”

"Hey, I have a lot of skills, except for trading, I can do whatever I can!"

After a short while, everyone was free again, no longer bound by leg cuffs, and could walk normally.

Song He'er looked at everyone's outfits, and then said: "The big guys turn their clothes over and wear them, don't let people see the prisoner words on it, and when the money is sold, let's get a clean dress and change it first." ”

Zhang Xiu'e was so tired that she sat on the ground and gasped for breath, "The officers and soldiers said that if we don't arrive at Xinzhou, the wilderness land, within the agreed time limit, then our family members will be killed." ”

Song He'er disagreed, took out the map of the officers and soldiers from his arms, and replied: "Without the beating of the officers and soldiers, we will go faster, as long as we follow the direction on the map, we are guaranteed to arrive in Xinzhou in advance." ”

Qin Xiaoniang took a closer look, and saw that it was really an object on the officers and soldiers, and instantly felt incredible, "I said He'er, when did you get this?" ”

"If the officers and soldiers are lost, I will pick them up~"

Su Yu's daughter-in-law smiled, "In our team, there are smart people like the five girls, why can't they arrive in Xinzhou?" ”

Qin Xiaoniang breathed a sigh of relief and reminded: "Okay, let's think about the problem of silver first, without money, we can't even cross this river......"

"What the little lady said makes sense."

Song He'er has money in his hands, but he can't take it out blatantly at this time, it's better to think about it in the long run.

And it's a long way to go to the mountains, any disaster will happen, if they run out of money now, how will they live in the wilderness.

"I think there must be fishermen on the river, and if we catch some fish and sell them, we will definitely be able to pay for the boat." Song He'er suddenly spoke.

When Zhang Xiu'e heard this, her face was overjoyed, and she replied excitedly: "Fishing is good!" I love fishing the most! ”

"This river is very deep, you can't grab it empty-handed, you must have a net!"

"What's a net?"

Qin Xiaoniang thought for a long time, and replied: "It's similar to the trap net that catches rabbits in the forest.......

Song He'er nodded: "My little lady is right, she probably looks like this." ”

"Then let's take a hemp rope and weave it, and cast a net in the river, and make up as much as we can......

"Good!"

Everyone worked together to split all the hemp ropes used to pull the cart in the team, and within an hour's effort, a fishing net of no size was knitted.

Song He'er took the bucket and squatted in the shallow water, waiting for the opportunity to catch the fish that swam ashore to breathe.

If you really wait for the fat fish to take the bait by yourself, I am afraid that it will take a whole day of hard work to get dozens of fish, and ordinary crucian carp will not be able to sell for a few dollars.

Song He'er suddenly thought that before leaving, she stuffed a water tank with mandarin fish in the general's mansion into the space, and now if you take out two mandarin fish inside, why can't you sell them for ten yuan?

Thinking of this, Song He'er quietly took out two moderately sized mandarin fish from the space and put them into her bucket.

When Li Qiang's daughter-in-law came over, she was startled by the living creature in the bucket.

"Fifth girl, what kind of fish is in this bucket, why have you never seen it?"

"The book says that this fish is called Songjiang perch, also called mandarin fish, and it can be sold for four dollars a catty!"

"Four money?"

"Yes, Tian Niangzi, you have been a housekeeper in the house for so many years, don't say you haven't seen such a fish, right? We've bought it before? “

Li Qiang's daughter-in-law shook her head: "Where is my housekeeper, I am the housekeeper, I usually only do some rough work that people do, but I have never seen this fish." ”

"Okay, please pay more attention to Mrs. Tian, and if you find fishermen passing by on the river, be sure to stop them."

"Of course."

With that, Li Qiang's daughter-in-law began to look for the shadow of the ship.

Coincidentally, about a stick of incense had passed, and there was a fishing boat coming from across the river.

Li Qiang's daughter-in-law waved her hand in that direction, and soon, the boat was heading in this direction.

At the head was an old man with a gray beard, who seemed to be an old fisherman who often sailed on the river, followed by a man in the prime of life.

When he approached the shore, he said lightly: "What is the matter with the ladies?" We are fishing boats, not carrying people. ”

Song He'er smiled, "We don't want to take your boat, but to do business with you?" ”

Hearing this, the gray-bearded old man stroked the beard on his chin and said with a smile: "I don't know what business to do with the old man?" ”

Song He took the fish in his bucket to the old man's eyes and let him take a look.

Immediately, the old man showed an exclaimed face: "This is Songjiang perch?" ”

"You know the goods, it's true!"

"I've been boating on this river for more than 30 years, and I've never seen Songjiang perch, but I've heard that the upper reaches of this river are connected to the branches of Songjiang, so it must be a high-quality fish coming down from the upstream.....

Song He'er went down the slope and replied directly to him: "Yes, I am also lucky, but a few of us have encountered some difficulties temporarily, so we urgently need money, otherwise such a precious fish will have to be kept by ourselves." ”

The old man nodded, thought for a while, and asked, "I don't know how much the girl wants to sell?" ”

"These two fish, how can you have four catties, even if you have four pounds of money, you have to pay sixteen pounds, for the sake of your knowledge, I will give you a discount, how about fifteen pounds?"

The prime man behind him felt that the price was quite high, and directly stood up and retorted: "You robbed it!" For fifteen dollars to sell these two broken fish? ”

When Li Qiang's daughter-in-law heard this, she instantly didn't like to hear it, "I said Gongzi, how can you say that our fish is a broken fish?" Take a good look, this is a species that you won't necessarily encounter in your lifetime! ”

"You ......"

The old man stopped the prime of life, stepped forward and carefully looked at the fish in the bucket, and then stretched out his hand to fish out the fish and weigh it, and saw that the color was good, and he was a little happy, so he had to speak again: "Girl, I think you are also a sincere person, why don't we each make a step and ten dollars each, how about it?" ”

Song He'er saw that he had the intention of buying, and carefully calculated it in his heart, and then replied: "Fifteen times, no one point is missing, I can send you some fish, which has just been hit!" ”

The old man really wanted to buy it, and when he had no other choice, he had to agree to it: "Okay." ”

When Li Qiang's daughter-in-law heard this, she hurriedly and happily ran to Zhang Xiu'e to get fish.

Zhang Xiu'e and Qin Xiaoniang, who didn't know the situation yet, were startled by the situation here, looked at the ships here and were stunned for a long time, and then followed Li Qiang's daughter-in-law over.

The old man checked the seven or eight crucian carp in the bucket, and when he saw that they were very headed, he didn't say anything, and asked the prime man behind him to pay, and then turned the boat around and sailed away...