After picking up the daughter of the lucky star, the whole village prospered

Chapter 19 Big Fish

Jiang Sanlang hesitated for a while, but finally couldn't hold back his daughter, so he had to lead her to the river.

Yingbao knelt down and put the small dough with Wudingzhi into the water.

"What did you put?" Jiang Sanlang asked curiously.

"Fish bait." Ying Baoshen said mysteriously, "Fish might like to eat it."

Jiang Sanlang smiled and said: "I think it's dough, of course fish like to eat it, but..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard Jiang Dalang and Jiang Erlang screaming at the same time: "Look! Look! Sanlang, look! There are fish coming!"

Jiang Sanlang looked up, and sure enough, two dark fish spines cut two water lines, coming towards this side.

"Drink! Big guy!" Jiang Sanlang picked up his daughter and handed it to his nephew, "Hurry up and take my sister to the shore."

Immediately, he picked up the net and saw that the net seemed to be too small to catch such a big fish.

"Big Brother and Second Brother, I can't catch you." Jiang Sanlang jumped anxiously.

Jiang Da Jiang Er had already run over, but he was also helpless.

Half of their bodies were exposed, the two big fish swam to the shallow water area to eat the bait, swam a few times and swam back.

"Alas! Alas!" Jiang Sanlang couldn't help sighing.

The fish was too big and the water too cold for him to venture into the water, or he would die.

"If it's summer, I can't let it go." Jiang Dalang also sighed, "It's almost nine feet long from head to tail, God."

He only saw such a big fish once in Jianglin County. It was caught by fishermen from the big river, dragged to the county town by cart, and the cut fish meat was sold in pieces like tofu.

The steward of a wealthy family bought two baskets of fish for two taels of silver, and said that this kind of fish was the best for making fish cakes.

Ying Bao was also stunned, she didn't expect to attract two huge monsters with a small ball of Wuding Zhi.

This, this is too outrageous.

Jiang Sanlang was stunned by the river for a long time before asking his daughter in a low voice: "Bao'er, you, do you still have any bait?"

Ying Bao took out from her pocket and took out three pieces of dough the size of bird eggs, "There are three more."

Jiang Sanlang hesitated and asked, "Can I give it to Daddy?"

Yingbao nodded, and put three baits into her father's generous palm, "Here, go fishing."

Jiang Sanlang smiled and rubbed his daughter's tiger hat, "You go home first, I will discuss it with your uncle and uncle before coming back."

"Yeah." Yingbao has verified the magic of Wudingzhi, and she is satisfied, so she can go home to see her younger brother. "Dad, be careful, don't fall into the river."

"Well, Dad knows."

Jiang Sanlang asked his nephew Jiang Quan to send his daughter home. He and his eldest and second brothers also made plans to go back and find some tools for fishing.

It is not enough to rely on fishing nets alone. This big fish is so fierce that it might even be dragged into the river with a net.

Then you can only use iron forks, iron hooks and ropes to catch hard.

Tie two long ropes to the iron hook and iron fork, and tie one end to a big tree. Use the iron hook to hook the fish, and then use the iron fork to assist.

Not to mention how Jiang Sanlang fished, but when Yingbao came home, he saw sisters Da Ni and Er Ni were there, watching A Niang spinning the twine.

The two younger brothers were still sleeping, so Ying Bao didn't disturb her, and moved a stool to sit beside A Niang to watch.

Chunniang looked up at the three of them, and said, "Bao'er took my cousin to sit on the kang, it's too cold, be careful of frostbite on your feet."

"Ah."

In fact, Yingbao is not cold at all, but the two little cousins ​​seem to be stomping their feet in the cold.

So, the three little sisters sat on the hot kang with quilts around their legs. Elder sister Da Ni was embroidering with a handkerchief in her hand, and Er Ni was sewing with a rag.

Little country girls are sensible early. They start to learn spinning and embroidery at the age of five or six, and must learn to weave and tailor at the age of nine or ten.

Ying Bao also wanted to learn more, so she took a rag from A Niang's sewing basket to practice embroidery.

Unknowingly, it was noon, and A Niang was about to go to the kitchen to make some food, when she suddenly heard a noise outside.

I ran out and saw that a large group of villagers were carrying a big fish towards Uncle Jiang's house.

"Oh my god, such a big fish, don't you think it's a fine thing?" Second Aunt Wang stood in amazement at the door, and turned to see Chunniang, "Chunniang, Sanlang and the others caught a big fish in the river. Go and have a look."

Chunniang was also surprised, and hurried to the uncle's house to have a look, drink!There is another one in the yard.

Even Chen Fu's patriarch's family came over and murmured around Big Yu.

The old man Jiang smiled from ear to ear, and said loudly: "Brother Chen, stay for dinner today, let's try the sashimi too."

Patriarch Chen nodded with a smile. "It's better to be respectful than obedient, let's just have a drink." Turning around, he told his grandson: "Go back and get the pot of Bi Yi at home."

The grandson agreed and ran away quickly.

So, the Jiang family began to entertain guests again in the afternoon, and invited the patriarch Cunzheng, the master of the school, and several village elders.

Mrs. Zhou and his sisters-in-law were cooking in the kitchen, stewed fish with soybeans, grilled fish over charcoal, fried fresh fish, and stewed shark fin.

Several large pots were brought to the table, and everyone ate with greasiness.

After eating, several people each carried a square piece of fish back home.

After clearing the table, Old Man Jiang sat down and discussed with his three sons how to distribute the remaining fish.

"Give some to those who help, and keep some for the family to eat, and take the rest to the town to sell."

Jiang Sanlang said: "We don't need to sell it too expensive, just a little higher than the usual fish price, let's set it at nine cents a catty."

"Nine cents a catty, isn't that expensive?" Jiang Dalang hesitated, "What if this can't be sold?"

The usual price of fish is five or six yuan a catty, but during the New Year's festival the highest is no more than eight yuan, because the pork in the town is only twelve yuan, and mutton is the most expensive at seventeen or eight yuan a catty.

"If we can't sell it, we'll bring it back and eat it during the New Year's Eve." Jiang Sanlang said, "I haven't seen this fish for decades, so it's a loss for us to sell it for nine cents a catty."

Jiang Erlang said: "Listen to Sanlang, it's nine cents a catty. Big fish are rare, and the quality of the meat is so good. Rare things are more expensive. I don't believe they can't be sold."

"Okay, there will be a fair tomorrow, so you can take them to the town early in the morning." The old man Jiang made the final decision.

There was nothing to say all night, and the snow stopped early the next morning. The three brothers borrowed a scooter and pulled the remaining big fish to the town.

It was difficult to travel in the snow, and when the cart arrived in the town, it was already time, but there were not many people in the market.

Maybe because of the cold weather, deep snow and slippery roads, many people did not come.

After finding a suitable place to park the cart, Jiang Sanlang began to yell, "Come here! It's rare to see a hundred-year-old fish. Eat it to prolong your life and prevent all diseases."

Jiang Dalang felt ashamed when he saw his younger brother jumping off like this, so he poked him, "Sanlang, don't bark."

But Jiang Erlang smiled and said: "Brother, you don't understand, how can you do business without shouting, look, isn't someone here?"

Jiang Dalang saw that there were indeed several people walking towards this side.

"How do you sell this fish?" The man was in his 40s, wearing a fox fur hat, a thick cotton robe, and moccasin boots. He looked like a rich man.

Jiang Sanlang replied, "Ten coins a catty."

Jiang Dalang Jiang Erlang: "." Immediately shrinking his neck and turning his face, he pretended not to recognize the third brother.

"Ten cents a catty? It's about to catch up with the price of pork." The fox fur hat reached out to touch the fish, and said, "It's a bit expensive."

When Jiang Dalang heard this, he became more and more ashamed, his head almost dropped to his chest.

Jiang Sanlang laughed and said: "Guest officer, my fish is a hundred-year-old fish. The so-called refinement is rare, and you still think it's expensive for ten yuan a catty. Wouldn't ginseng be the price of cabbage in those ten years?"

The fox fur hat glanced at him, and smiled, "You are so unreasonable, you can weigh twenty catties for me."

(End of this chapter)