The days of being a buyer in Siheyuan

Chapter 625 Changing Fish

Aunt Yang happily took it and planned to go home, but when she weighed it, she found something wrong.

"No, why is your bucket so light?"

As he said this, he was about to turn over the covering piece of cloth.

"Oh my god, it's just this little?"

There were only a dozen or so small fish weighing only two or three taels, three or five fish weighing less than half a catty, and not a single fish weighing more than half a catty.

Aunt Yang said unhappily, "It's just a small amount of fish, is there any need to hide it?"

Aunt Yang had a puzzled expression on her face. Yan Bugui could only say helplessly, "Who told you that I made a lot of money? Put it down quickly and don't embarrass yourself."

Having said that, Yan Bugui drove his wife back home, and then looked at the neighbors in the yard with an embarrassed expression.

"Everyone, although the fish today is a little small, it will still be very delicious when cooked into fish soup. If you need any, just let me know."

"Uncle, I was thinking of asking you to exchange some fish for my grandson, but I didn't expect it to be so small. Let's wait until next time."

After saying this, an older aunt turned around and left with a child of a few years old, and went back to Liu Minghui's house.

"Ahem, Old Yan, my Ping An wants to eat fish too, but the small fish has too many bones. I'd better go to Ming Hui and ask him to exchange it for a bigger one."

Even Chen Xiulan, who had been here all the time, said the same thing.

Nowadays, even for people with high incomes like Yi Zhonghai, it is impossible to eat meat every day, so fish and other meats are considered good meat.

Although cooking fish requires a lot of seasonings, it is still easy to find fish. Another disadvantage is that cooking fish requires more oil.

Otherwise, Yan Bugui would not cook fish soup every time, because it consumes too much oil. The oil used in making braised fish once may be enough for a family of three for a month.

"Alright, alright."

What else could Yan Bugui say? He deeply regretted leaving first. He should never have asked Liu Minghui to go fishing with him today. In the end, he was the only one who suffered the loss.

At this time, another person walked in from outside.

"Hey, what are you guys doing gathered here?"

The person who came was Qin Huairu who had gone out early. When she entered the courtyard, she saw a lot of people gathered at the door of Liu Minghui's house, and couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Ah, sister, you are back?"

Qin Jingru was also here to join in the fun, and immediately responded after hearing Qin Huairu's voice.

"They caught a lot of fish, and these people are discussing exchanging the fish."

Qin Jingru said this while licking her lips and showing an envious expression.

"Why, you want to eat fish too, can you cook it?"

Qin Huairu had good eyesight and saw Qin Jingru's expression at once, so she asked.

"I want to eat it, but it's a little difficult to cook. After all, when I was at home, my mother only cooked fish soup, and I've never seen other methods."

Qin Jingru said dejectedly that although there was a river near Qinjia Village with many fish in it, some people would go down and catch fish if there was really nothing to eat.

But even if it is free, not many people like to eat it. After all, if the fish is not handled properly, it will easily be full of fishy smell and it will be impossible to eat it.

So if you want to eat fish, you have to be prepared to waste several months' worth of oil at one time.

"It's okay, I can do it."

Qin Huairu heard this and said generously.

"Sister, do you still have money now?

Qin Jingru looked at Qin Huairu with worry. Although she didn't know the financial situation of the Jia family, Qin Huairu had only received one month's salary since their family's money was taken away last time.

Who knows, there may still be a lot of famine outside.

"Don't worry, just help me take care of Banggeng and the other two. I won't let you go hungry."

Qin Huairu assured with a smile.

"You went to see Grandma Bangteng, how is she doing?"

Qin Jingru thought about what Qin Huairu saw when she left in the morning, so she asked tentatively.

"Well, it's not bad. Although I can't eat enough, I won't starve either."

How could Qin Huairu go to see Jia Zhang today? She could only make up a reason and tell Qin Jingru.

"I see. That's really tragic."

Qin Jingru said this with trepidation.

But she came back to her senses without saying much, and thought to herself: "No, you know it even though you haven't been there, why don't you go to heaven?"

Qin Jingru really wanted to ask Qin Huairu who she left with in the morning, but there were a lot of people here and Qin Jingru was embarrassed to ask. She planned to wait until the two sisters returned home and closed the door before asking Qin Huairu.

"Don't worry, we have them all."

At this time, Yu Li was busy catching fish for others. Liu Minghui agreed to accept those who came to exchange fish for food. After all, he had caught so many fish and did not plan to sell them on the black market, so he might as well give them to these neighbors.

Just bring some small things over.

Liu Minghui didn't lack these things, but He Yuzhu looked distressed.

"Minghui, the steel mill charges 30 cents per pound for this fish. You just give it away so casually. It's really not worth it."

The last part of He Yuzhu's words was very interesting. I didn't know whether he was saying that this was a disadvantage or that these people in the hospital were not worthy of Liu Minghui's treatment.

However, Liu Minghui didn't think much about it. No matter what he said, as long as he didn't feel unhappy.

"It's okay. It's not much anyway. It doesn't matter if each family shares some."

Liu Minghui showed a magnanimous attitude.

"Hey, Zhuzi, why are you worrying so much? Minghui knows what he is doing. Are you smarter than him?"

He Daqing pulled He Yuzhu over and started scolding him.

"No, I'm just thinking about him. It would be great if it could be sold to a steel mill."

"Alright, alright, stop making such a fuss and go back to cook."

He Daqing was really impressed by He Yuzhu's intelligence. Even though he explained it so clearly, he still couldn't understand.

There is really no hope.

"Well, did I say something wrong?"

He Yuzhu touched his forehead and muttered blankly. Tonight, the whole courtyard was filled with the smell of fish, even the most frugal Yan family was the same.

Qin Huairu also asked Yu Li to exchange a fish weighing a little more than one kilogram. Yu Li didn't ask for more, and only asked for two cents.

These people happily accepted this.

In this way, from the neighbors' perspective, Liu Minghui is definitely doing good things and caring for neighbors in need.

As for Liu Minghui, there is no need to give the things to these neighbors for free. Just charging a little less money will make these neighbors feel grateful to him.

After all, it is impossible to let Liu Minghui give it to others for free, especially to the people in Courtyard No. 95.

If Liu Minghui gave it away for free this time, but didn't give it away next time, would others say that he was greedy and didn't help his neighbors?

If you give it away for free again like you did today, wouldn’t you be a complete sucker?

Liu Minghui doesn't want to be the scapegoat.

So Liu Minghui simply waved his hand and set the price at 20 cents per pound.

In this way, even those who live in poor conditions in the courtyard will be able to accept it.