Traversing the courtyard

Chapter 18 Selling Fish
Yi Weidong saw that Shazhu was sitting on the side drinking the worst tea, and asked:

"Brother, are you not working?"

"Who says I don't work anymore?" Sha Zhu put down the enamel teapot and said:
"I only cook small stoves, and other people cook in large pots. I can't let me do it all."

Yi Weidong finished the chicken legs in two bites.
Not to mention, the stew is fragrant and rotten.

Seeing that Yi Weidong had finished eating, Silly Zhu said, "Let's go, I'll take you to see Director Fan."

After leaving the back door of the kitchen, there are several women washing vegetables and radishes by the sink.

Silly Zhu entered an office not far away,

Yi Weidong was waiting in the corridor in front of the door.

Later, a middle-aged man in his 50s and wearing a Chinese tunic came out and asked:

"Can you really get fish?"

"I've scooped up all the water. I just need to catch the fish. I just don't have a car." Yi Weidong replied.

Silly Zhu also said: "Director Fan, you can rest assured that I will definitely have fish."

Director Fan turned around and said:
"I'm not at ease if you're just an idiot, it's rare for you to piss me off!"

Then he said to Yi Weidong:
"As long as there are more than [-] catties of fish, I can collect them at twenty-five cents. If there is not enough fish, it will only be twenty cents."

Yi Weidong said:

"Director Fan, don't worry, there are three to five hundred catties."

"If you can get it, I'll get you a set of overalls." Director Fan said.

Now the fish is hard to get, and you can’t buy them.
Chicken, duck, meat and eggs are all rationed, there is not enough to eat every month, and the higher authorities often come to check,
Always entertain!
You can't ask someone for a meal ticket for the meat and fish you eat.

Director Fan had to figure out a way to collect the ingredients himself.

If there is not enough food at the end of the month, we have to find ways to find food.

Today I heard from Shazhu that his cousin wants to borrow a tricycle to pull fish,
Still don't believe it!
It is not easy to catch fish these days,

There are all kinds of water pumps in later generations, but there are no such pumps at this time.

Can only cast a net to catch fish.

Not many were caught.

This is why Director Fan promised to send work clothes.

Shazhu continued:

"Director Fan, spit a nail at a time, and when the time comes to send the fish, you can't go back on your word."

"Okay, silly Zhu, I'm not like you. I keep my word. If I weigh three hundred catties today, I'll get you a set of overalls."

Director Fan pointed to the three tricycles not far away and said:
"You just push one away, do you want me to find someone to catch it for you?"

"I don't need Director Fan, I can fix it myself." Yi Weidong said.

Just kidding, all my fish are in the space, you go with others, only small fry are left.

That's waxing.

"Okay, I'll wait." Director Fan said and walked into the office.

Sha Zhu walked in and asked, "Is there really three hundred catties of fish?"

"Yes."

"Okay, I'll take you out, otherwise you wouldn't be able to push through the gate."

Silly Zhu said.

Silly Zhu accompanied Yi Weidong out of the gate, and then turned back to the Red Star Rolling Mill.

To be honest, I never rode a tricycle in my previous life.
It is very awkward to sit on the pedals.

Get up and run straight to the side,

The handle is still very hard.
I can't twist it.

Fortunately, the road is relatively wide and there are no other vehicles.
Climbing forward crookedly,

Came to the path, turned into a grove,

Lie down in the frame and rest.

This still space also has a bad point,

What time is the mobile phone sent in, and no matter when it is taken out,
It's still the same time,
This phone can't access the Internet, and even the time can't be used.
It can only be offered as a mascot.

About the same time,
Yi Weidong just got up and put the fish he caught yesterday directly into the bucket of the truck.

And mixed with the not too big fish received from the moat,

You can't see it mixed together.

The fish came out still full of energy, bouncing back and forth,

From time to time, fish jumped out of the car and onto the road.

Yi Weidong could only stop and pick it up.

Toss back and forth.

It was hard to get to the gate of Hongxing Steel Rolling Plant.

Uncle Qin, the guard, looked at the fish on a tricycle and asked:
"You caught all of this?"

Yi Weidong turned around and picked up three or four catties of grass carp, threw it in the guard room and said:

"Master, I'll go first."

"Hey, young man" Uncle Qin turned around and put it away.

I thought this young man was open-minded and would be a man.

One trip back and forth, the tricycle is almost ready,

No more going sideways.

Bypass the cafeteria and stop at the open space in front of Director Fan's door,

He knocked on the office door twice.

"Please come in." Director Fan said in the office.

Yi Weidong just pushed open the door and said:

"Director Fan, I brought the fish."

Only then did Director Fan look up, seeing that it was Yi Weidong who borrowed the car:
"Okay, I'll be right here."

Close the ledger, put it in a drawer and lock it.

I got up and left the office, looking at the truck full of fresh fish,
Patted Yi Weidong on the shoulder and said:

"Young man, his name is Yi Weidong, right?"

Seeing Yi Weidong nodded, he said:

"Yes, it looks like I'm going to give you a set of overalls."

"That's Director Fan taking care of me, thank you Director Fan."

As Yi Weidong said, he picked up two big fish and handed them to Director Fan.

Director Fan shook his head and said, "No need, Wei Dong, if you know it's you who gave it to me, but if you don't know it, you'll just say that I took something from the public house, as long as you have the intention."

Seeing Yi Weidong being so knowledgeable, Director Fan nodded in satisfaction.

He shouted towards the kitchen: "Ma Hua and Liu Lan, let's have a show."

Ma Hua came out with a young girl with a bright face,
There were two aunts behind pushing a scale.

This Liu Lan seems to be Li's concubine?
She looks pretty,

This little face is really pretty.

It is not comparable to those artificial beauties who have scraped eighteen layers of putty in later generations.

No wonder Deputy Factory Manager Li wanted to receive it.

Ma Hua brought another basin of clean water and put some muddy things in it to wash.
First put a big iron basin and weigh 5 catties of skin.

Put the fish in again.

Weigh out the quantity and then subtract 5 catties, which is the net weight.

Weighed 5 times in a row,
Liu Lan did some calculations and said, "Director Fan, the total weight is 363 catties."

After speaking, hand over the next page.

Director Fan took the paper and said to Yi Weidong:
"You have a meal with the chef at noon, and I will pay the bill first."

"Thank you, Director Fan." Yi Weidong said.

Ma Hua said with a smile: "Director, don't forget, you are talking about overalls."

"Boy, a set of work clothes is indispensable." Director Fan cursed with a smile.

Only then did Ma Hua drag Yi Weidong into the back kitchen.

Ma Hua ran to Shazhu to announce the good news:
"Master, Wei Dong really caught a fish, weighing 363 catties! Now Director Fan really wants to give me a suit of clothes."

"Hurry up and get to work!"

Sha Zhu put down the kitchen knife in his hand, walked over and said:

"Weidong, is there really 363 catties of fish?"

"Of course, just agreed, big fish and small fish are all here." Yi Weidong said.

"You play here for a while, I'll fry some more meat later, and leave after eating."

"Okay, brother."

Yi Weidong watched the people coming and going in and out of the kitchen busy all the time, even if he wanted to help, he didn't know how to do it.
I can only sit at the Eight Immortals table and watch.

(End of this chapter)