"Young man, give me a bream.”
"Alright, this bream weighs nine taels, and the price is seven cents. I'll charge you one, and your change is three cents.”
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"Brother, do you want two Crucian Carps? No problem, I'll pick two fat ones for you!”
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"Big sister, this big carp is exactly two catties and four taels. I'll charge you two yuan and give you 13 cents back. Oh, I'm sorry, I don't have any change. Can I add another three taels of carp to it?”
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Among the hawkers near the family building, Li Xia was the most diligent. Naturally, his business was the best.
Li Xia was doing a business that did not cost anything. The fish he sold were all pure profits.
The income was considerable.
The sun above their heads was getting stronger.
Li Xia put on his straw hat and wiped the sweat off his forehead.
There were only a few fish left, and the other prawns and eels were also sold out.
The people in the county town were different from the people in the countryside. They slowly began to pay attention to their food and drink.
The people in the county knew how to cook and eat eel, loach, and other aquatic products.
Therefore, almost all the seafood that Li Xia had salvaged were sold out.
There was no one around. Li Xia squatted at the corner of the wall, took out a thick stack of bills from his pocket, and began to count them.
He sold a total of 82 catties and six taels of fish, which was 78 cents per catty.
The river prawns were six catties and four taels, one yuan and two cents per catty.
Three catties of eel…Three catties of loach…
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Li Xia's fingers were playing with the notes as he calculated in his mind.
[Total income: 72.80 yuan.]
Li Xia's heart skipped a beat. It was twice as much as yesterday.
Holding a thick stack of banknotes and a handful of coins in his hands, a satisfied smile appeared on Li Xia's face.
The days were getting more and more promising.
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Yang Guiru only had one class in the morning, which was after nine o'clock.
Therefore, she took advantage of her free time to shop around to buy fish.
Yesterday, she heard from her husband that the fish stall was near the east side of the family building.
In the blink of an eye, she found the place.
Yang Guiru still wanted to eat the steamed bream from last night.
He had to buy another one today.
As soon as she arrived at her destination, she saw a young fishmonger in a straw hat with his head lowered and counting a thick wad of money.
Yang Guiru's eyes widened.
Why is there so much money?
A rough estimate would be about seventy to eighty yuan!
Yang Guiru's heart skipped a beat. This was equivalent to her husband's monthly salary!
Yang Guiru remembered what her husband had said yesterday. Now that the market was open, doing business was no less profitable than working.
It really was!
However, this fish seller had earned too much!
Yang Guiru was even a little jealous.
However, on second thought, the fishmonger's money should be gross profit. There should be a cost to collecting fish!
Moreover, there were not that many fish to sell every day.
Thinking of this, Yang Guiru felt much more balanced.
After all, she had a good life. She was a middle school teacher, had a decent job, and earned a lot.
Her husband was the deputy director of the mechanical maintenance department of the agricultural machinery factory. He had a high position and a high salary.
A well-off family formed by a husband and wife was the envy of many people.
This made Yang Guiru feel a great sense of superiority ever since she got married.
Yang Guiru walked forward.
"Yo, boss, business is really good. You earned so much money this morning!”
"Do you still have fish? I want to buy fish."
Yang Guiru shouted at Li Xia, who was squatting by the wall and counting money.
Although Yang Guiru and Chu Mengxi were good sisters who grew up in the same courtyard, that was before they got married.
After they got married, the two of them had much less contact.
Yang Guiru and Li Xia weren't very close. They might have only met once at the wedding banquet.
After that, they probably never met again.
Not long after they got married, Li Xia started to behave badly. She was not at home all day and fooled around outside.
Yang Guiru had gone to look for Chu Mengxi a few times, but Li Xia was not at home.
Four to five years had passed.
Now, Yang Guiru could not recognize Li Xia, and Li Xia did not have much of an impression of Yang Guiru.
"What? Buying fish!"
"Hello, what kind of fish do you want?"
Seeing that there were still customers coming, Li Xia hurriedly put away the money and walked over quickly.
Yang Guiru glanced at the plastic basin. There were only two carps in it.
"The fish are almost sold out? Then I'll take the remaining two!”
"Alright!"
Li Xia immediately weighed the fish, tied it with straw, and handed it to Yang Guiru.
"Take the fish! The big one is one jin and seven taels, and the small one is four and a half taels. It's a total of 1.67 cents. You just have to pay 1.60 cents.”
Yang Guiru chuckled and said,"You're giving me a discount of seven cents. Boss, you're really generous."”
Li Xia grinned and said,"Just treat it as making friends and come back next time."”
Yang Guiru gave Li Xia an appreciative look and smiled,"
"Boss, you really know how to talk. No wonder business is so good.”
Yang Guiru carried the two fish and walked back.
Yang Guiru only had one class this morning, so she planned to go home and cook the fish. Then, she would make some delicious food and pack it to the canteen of the textile factory to have lunch with her best friend, Chu Mengxi.
It had been a long time since they had eaten together.
Moreover, Yang Guiru knew Chu Mengxi. In order to save money and feed her children well, she only ate coarse grains such as steamed buns, black flour buns, and sweet potatoes every day. It was not easy for her.
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Li Xia cleaned up the water grass, fish scales, and other miscellaneous things in the basin and bucket, packed up the cart, and headed home.
The street of small stalls and hawkers in the area of the family building could be said to be very lively.
Some were selling bamboo products, some were selling homemade sesame peanut candy, some were selling fresh vegetables, some were selling fruits…
However, among all the vendors, the most eye-catching one was Li Xia.
When Li Xia pushed the handcart across the street, everyone's eyes turned to Li Xia.
Why?
Because business was booming!
Have you ever seen a stall that sold out everything in just an hour?
This was extremely rare!
And now, Li Xia had only been here for two days and everyone had already seen it.
It was also the first time the others had seen someone selling things as loudly as Li Xia!
His voice was so loud that he wanted everyone in the county to hear him.
How could anyone do business like this?
This young man really went all out!
However, it was really effective. At that time, customers were immediately attracted to it.
Moreover, there were more and more people.
Some people pointed at Li Xia and discussed.
"This young man is amazing. He sells fish so well. He's good at doing business!”
"That's right. I'm so jealous. It's only been a short while, and dozens of catties of fish have been sold out!”
"Sigh! I don't know if these vegetables and carrots can be sold out by night. They're almost wilting!”
"Let's start shouting too. Maybe business will be better?”
"I tried it earlier, but it didn't work. It's quite tiring!”
"Fish still sells well! People living in the county town all loved to eat fresh fish!”
"If this continues, that fish seller will be rich!”
"Come on, don't be jealous. They only sell for a day or two. Where can they get so many live fish every day? Fresh fish were not sold in the market every day!”
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