Traveling through time and space to become a child, supporting the family by catching fish and shrim

crunch.

The courtyard gate opened and Li Xiuzhi walked out.

After seeing Sun Yuwei, Li Xiuzhi was a little stunned because the two had almost no contact in the past.

But after seeing the wooden barrel in Sun Yuwei's hand, Li Xiuzhi understood.

"Brother Sun, I'm selling fish, shrimp, and crabs. Please come in quickly."

Sun Yuwei, a grown man, was acting as shy as a little girl at this moment. He asked in a low voice, "Xiuzhi, I heard that Erlang is buying fish, shrimp and crabs. Is that true?"

Li Xiuzhi smiled and nodded: "Of course it's true."

Sun Yuwei suddenly became excited, and held the wooden barrel forward, saying, "How much do you think these can be worth?"

Li Xiuzhi said, "Brother Sun, please come in first and let's talk slowly."

Sun Yuwei let out a sigh and walked into the yard with Cuicui in his hand.

Li Xiuzhi shouted into the house, "Erlang, Brother Sun is here to sell fish, shrimps, and crabs."

Chen Lang, who was lying on the bed, endured the pain, got out of bed, and came to the yard.

Seeing Chen Lang's pale face and staggering gait, Sun Yuwei asked with concern, "Erlang, what's wrong?"

Chen Lang said: "Nothing, just a scratch from a wolf."

Sun Yuwei was shocked and thought, this is nothing?

Chen Erlang is quite bold.

However, Sun Yuwei was more concerned about how much the fish, shrimp and crabs in his hands were worth. "Erlang, look at these..."

Chen Lang asked Li Xiuzhi to bring a few basins and sort the fish, shrimps and crabs in Sun Yuwei's bucket, picking out the dead and small ones while sorting.

However, Sun Yuwei is a very down-to-earth person. The fish, shrimps and crabs he caught not only had a low mortality rate, but were also very plump in size, which made Chen Lang very satisfied.

After dividing the items, Chen Lang said, "Brother Sun, my purchase price here is six coins per catty for shrimp and crabs, fourteen coins per catty for loaches, and four coins per catty for fish, regardless of species, just size. Do you think this price is acceptable?"

Sun Yuwei's eyes were red with excitement, and he nodded vigorously: "Yes, yes."

After weighing, Chen Lang gave Sun Yuwei a total of thirty cents.

Sun Yuwei held the money in both hands, tears rolling down his face uncontrollably, and he kept saying thank you.

Just as Sun Yuwei was about to leave, Chen Lang called out, "Brother Sun, please stay. I have something to trouble you with."

Sun Yuwei wiped his tears and said, "Erlang, what's the matter? Just tell me directly. I will definitely do it for you if I can."

Chen Lang smiled and said, "That's right. The villagers all think I'm in debt and can't afford to buy fish, shrimp, and crabs."

"When you go out later, if anyone asks you, tell them I'm collecting fish, shrimp, and crabs on behalf of Tianshangju."

Sun Yuwei frowned and said, "Erlang, aren't you afraid that the villagers will find out about this and send all the fish, shrimps and crabs to Tianshangju?"

Chen Lang smiled and said, "I signed an exclusive supply contract with Tianshangju. In other words, Tianshangju will only purchase goods from me and will not accept bulk goods from villagers."

Sun Yuwei nodded: "I understand. I'll tell everyone I meet when I get out."

"Thank you." Chen Lang said.

Sun Yuwei took his daughter out of Chen Lang's house, and before they had gone far they were surrounded by villagers.

"Old Sun, is it true that Chen Erlang collects fish, shrimps and crabs?"

"He owes dozens of taels of foreign debt, where does he get the money to pay all this?"

"What are the prices of fish, shrimp and crabs? Is it worth the effort to catch them?"

Sun Yuwei raised his hand, signaling the villagers to be quiet, and said, "Look, Erlang really does buy fish, shrimp, and crabs. I just sold him the bucket I caught."

"As for the money, you don't have to worry, because Erlang is helping Tianshangju in the county to collect it. Erlang has no money, but Tianshangju has plenty of money."

The villagers said again: "Tian Shang Ju collects these? Then why should we let Chen Erlang make money from this middleman? Can't we just sell them directly to Tian Shang Ju?"

Sun Yuwei sneered and said, "Tian Shang Ju only accepts Chen Erlang's goods. If you bring fish, shrimps, and crabs to Tian Shang Ju to sell, they won't even look at them."

"Oh, Chen Erlang is quite cunning. He makes money from all the villagers." The villagers were a little dissatisfied.

Sun Yuwei sneered, "Chen Erlang has to make a living too, so what's wrong with making some money? Besides, if Chen Erlang didn't collect these, could we have made money right at our doorstep?"

"People should know how to be content."

After saying that, he took his daughter and left.

"Hey, this old man Sun is lecturing us."

"But there's some truth in what he said."

"What are you waiting for? Go catch some fish, shrimp, and crabs."

Everyone hurried home to get their stuff.

In this way, the news that Chen Lang purchased fish, shrimps and crabs on behalf of Tianshangju instantly swept the entire village.

The villagers no longer worried about Chen Erlang's financial resources, and they all picked up their wooden buckets and rushed to Fuyang River.

This also includes many half-grown children.

A few cents may not mean much to an adult, but the temptation to a child is enormous.

You can get a few or even dozens of coins by picking up two or three pounds of fish and shrimp. What’s the difference between this and picking it up for free?

After picking up four or five pounds, the children ran back in a hurry.

They were worried that if they delayed too long, the fish, shrimps and crabs would die.

The dead are definitely not as valuable as the living.

So while the fish, shrimps and crabs in the basket were still alive and kicking, he hurried back to Chen Lang to sell them.

When I arrived at Chen Lang's house, I found a long table in the yard with several basins on it.

Chen Lang signaled to the villagers who came to sell fish, shrimps and crabs to put the fish, shrimps and crabs into these basins according to their types, and then weigh them separately.

At the same time, during classification, those that are not big enough or dead will also be eliminated.

At first, some people were unhappy, thinking that Chen Lang was deliberately making things difficult for them. If he didn't want to accept younger children, he should have made it clear in advance.

Now that they have been arrested, why not take them in?

Chen Lang was too lazy to waste words with these people. In short, if you want to sell goods to me, you have to follow my rules.

If you don't follow the rules, turn around and leave, and don't come here again.

No one can resist money. Even if they are not convinced in their hearts, they have already surrendered in words.

The children were much more obedient. After hearing Chen Lang's rules, they obediently picked out the dead and small ones.

However, among the children's baskets, there were some that were not up to the standard in size, but there were really not many that died.

A moment later, a little boy about seven years old timidly walked up to Chen Lang and showed him the fish, shrimps and crabs in his basket. He said, "Uncle Lang, I only caught big ones, alive."

"Do you want it?"

Looking at this child, Chen Lang seemed to see Guoguo from a month ago.

A big head and a small body is a typical symptom of malnutrition.

The clothes were full of holes. It wasn't that the family didn't want to patch the clothes, but that they were so poor that they couldn't even afford the materials to patch them.

Another poor kid.

"Zhu Zi, these are all good things you caught. Uncle will take them all."

"Put them in these basins according to their species, and I'll weigh them for you."

Zhuzi quickly arranged the fish, shrimps and crabs according to their types, and then stared at the scale in Chen Lang's hand.

Chen Lang said, "After subtracting the weight of the basin, Zhuzi, you caught a total of two kilograms of shrimp and crabs and half a kilogram of loaches."

Li Xiuzhi counted out twenty coins to Zhuzi.

Looking at the twenty copper coins in his hand, Zhuzi was stunned, and then pinched his thigh hard.

pain!

It’s not a dream, I really made money!

Zhuzi bowed to Chen Lang with tears in his eyes, then ran away picking up his bamboo basket.

He wanted to go back and tell his grandfather the good news.

Zhuzi lost his parents when he was young and has been living with his grandfather. Two months ago, the old man accidentally broke his leg while farming, and the burden of the family fell on this seven-year-old boy.

There are many cases like Zhuzi in Hezhong Village. This is why there are so many little kids by the river who continue to catch fish and shrimps even if they scream in pain after being pinched by crabs.

I'm afraid of being poor.

It was not until it was completely dark that Chen Lang finished his acquisition for the day.

The couple were so tired that they had no strength left. After making some food for a meal, they washed up and went to bed.