"Did you ask?"

As soon as Li Sixi got on the boat, his wife immediately came over.

Li Sixi glared at her angrily: "No, you think Lu Quan is a fool and would tell us."

"Even if you don't tell me, take a chance and look at the bamboo tube Guang Guan mentioned."

Aunt Li didn't think there was anything wrong with her: "Last night, the third and fourth children of the Lu family went to the river beach to dig wild vegetables, and they brought the bamboo tube with them. Lu Quan and the fourth child went to the river beach early this morning, and they brought them when they came back.

He bought two buckets full of long fish and returned with the bamboo tube on his back. Do you think they could have caught so many if they had not used the bamboo tube?"

Speaking of the two full buckets, Aunt Li's tone was filled with unspeakable envy.

The man in her family is good at fishing for long fish, but he doesn't catch this thing every time, it also depends on luck.

The most important thing was the first time. I caught two big fish, which weighed more than one catty together. I sold them for two coins.

Later, sometimes I didn't catch anything, and sometimes I caught one or two, or two or three, but they weren't all that big.

Just this has made her family's life a lot easier.

The Lu family caught two buckets full of long fish this time. How much copper would it cost to sell them?

No, she must find a way, even if she steals it, she must steal a bamboo tube and come back to see how it was done.

"There are only two buckets. I saw that there was more than half a plate of loaches in his pot."

Ever since Li Sixi learned how to catch long fish, he felt that he was one of the best in this family.

Being suppressed by Lu Quan, he couldn't swallow this breath.

"How many loaches can there be? Let me tell you, you haven't seen it..."

The couple talked about the Lu family while leaning against each other. There was no one in the entire Ye Pier who was not talking about the Lu family.

Some are envious, some are jealous, and some are genuinely happy for their family.

…

On the way back, Lu Quan held Xiao Si in one hand and held the pig's trotters in the other.

Lu Sheige wrapped six pieces of sesame seed cakes in lotus leaves and held them carefully in his arms.

Originally, Lu Quan only planned to buy three pieces of sesame cakes, one for Xiaosi, one for Xiaoqing and Xiaoli, and one for Xiaoyu and Qiu.

He's such a big man, he won't eat sesame cakes anymore.

Although this stuff smells good, it costs two cents a piece, which is a bit expensive.

But Xiaosi’s calculation is that he has to buy six pieces, one piece for his father, one piece for his mother, one piece for his eldest sister, one piece for his second sister, one piece for Xiaoyu, and one piece for Xiaosi.

Looking at the children at his feet, counting the places in the house that could eat sesame cakes, Lu Quan felt as if he had been soaked in sweet water, feeling indescribably comfortable.

Seeing how sensible his little boy is, he thinks of his parents and sister even when he eats sesame seeds.

This child is indeed a child of the Lu family. Lu Zhuang is such a good teacher!

After buying sesame cakes, Lu Xiaosi went to buy pig trotters, saying he wanted to give them to Xiao Wu.

She also said plausibly that everyone had eaten sesame cakes, but Xiao Wu didn't, so she had to buy Xiao Wu a pig's trotters.

Before the Dragon Boat Festival, I ate fatty intestines, meat for the Dragon Boat Festival, rice dumplings, salted duck eggs, and big bone soup. After that, the Ding family sent meat, cooked more than half a bowl of pork fat, and made dumplings, which I ate last night.

Snake meat.

The whole family was happy about eating these past few days, but Lu Quan also felt an indescribable feeling in his heart, feeling both happy and afraid.

He could live for decades without eating like this!

It always felt like a dream, and he was really afraid that when he woke up from the dream, the whole family would go back to the days when the cold wind stirred the winter days, lying in the cabin of the boat, starving and waiting to die.

Lu Quan was reluctant to buy pig trotters and coaxed Lu Sheige: "Didn't my family just eat snake meat last night? We will buy it in a few days."

"That's different." Lu Xiige reasoned with her father: "Today, dad bought us sesame seed cakes, but if he didn't buy them for Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu would be unhappy. Dad bought him a pig's trotters, and mom ate them, and Xiao Wu would be unhappy.

He will be happy if he has milk to drink."

Fallacies.

How old Lu Xiaowu is, he knows what makes him happy and unhappy.

Lu Quan felt that if he bought pig trotters, the happiest person would probably be Xiaoyu instead of Xiaowu.

But thinking about the snake meat eaten at home last night, and Xiaosi didn't touch it, he felt heartbroken.

Just buy it. Didn't you just sell the long fish? Buy some pig's trotters to make soup for Qiu and Xiaosi.

This child had only been at his house for a short time, and he had already lost weight.

He was the one who felt sorry for Master Lu and didn't even take care of Lu, the only child he had left.

"Dad, you haven't said how much money you got from selling the long fish."

On the way Lu Quan led Lu Shengge to Ding's house to buy pig's feet, they passed by Fushun, and Lu Shengge only remembered this key issue.

"Shopkeeper Li said that this long fish is rare. The store always charges eighty cents per catty, totaling twenty-five catties and nine taels. Shopkeeper Li said that it was twenty-six catties, and it sold for a total of 2,080 cents."

It was two taels of silver. When Lu Quan got it, his hands were shaking.

Lu Xiangge couldn't believe it: "Dad, didn't you say that Uncle Li got two coins for selling two long fish to Lai Fushun? The long fish we caught today must have been about thirty, why is it so small?"

"

"Listen to your nonsense, Aunt Li. How can you get as much as two cents of silver just by selling long fish? Wouldn't it become a rare treasure?"

Seeing Lu Xiangge looking up at him curiously, Lu Quan smiled and touched Xiangge's little head: "The two long fishes your Uncle Li caught are not small. They weigh more than two kilograms. Logically, they should be sold.

It was more than 1,780. It just so happened that a merchant from Yangzhou was in the store that day. He took a fancy to this long fish and decided to give it to Uncle Li directly. The extra money will be counted as a reward.

I heard that the silver dime is worth two cents."

"oh."

It turns out that this is the reason why two long fish were sold for two cents of silver.

Lu Sheige lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking, and Lu Quan didn't care either.

Seeing Lai Fushun right in front of him, Lu Quan couldn't help but sigh: "If we can catch so many long fish every day, I don't know if we can still sell them at such a high price."

The price of Laifushun long fish is high because it is rare to find long fish.

But if you can get more than ten or twenty kilograms of long fish every day, I'm afraid that the long fish won't be sold at a high price.

Lu Xiangge was a little confused: "Isn't Lai Fushun famous for its fish noodles? They must need fish noodles?"

"Needed."

Lu Quan smiled: "But in Jiangjiaba, you, Uncle Li, are not the only one who can catch long fish. There are also those who are lucky enough to catch long fish. In Jiangjiaba, only Lai Fushun can catch long fish.

Other places don’t want it. Although Lai Fushun’s long fish noodles are very famous, not everyone can afford it. When merchants come, they always order other dishes after ordering long fish noodles, such as fish, shrimp, meat, etc.

You can’t just eat all the long fish. If you only make noodles, the amount of long fish you can use is still limited.”

Lu Shege thought thoughtfully: "It's not impossible to use long fish for cooking."

"What?"

Lu Quan didn't hear clearly, so he lowered his body, approached Lu Sheige and asked again.

"I said, Lai Fushun can make a long fish feast, such as braised tiger tail, dragon and tiger fight, soft pocket long fish, oily eel paste, fried eel tube, fried butterfly slices, big roasted Ma'anqiao, fried eel...

As long as the reputation of Lai Fushun's long fish feast is eliminated, merchants passing by Jiangjiaba will be very curious when they hear that there is a long fish feast in Lai Fushun and come to try it. Then the long fish that his family needs

Not much more."

Lu Xiangge added in his mind, in this way, our long fish will be able to be sold at a high price.
Chapter completed!