Survival skills maxed out, I feed my wife and daughter by catching fish and shrimp

Chen Changfan kept shouting for a while, but only a few people came up to ask questions.

Only one person bought a crucian carp, perhaps because there was a woman in his family who needed to breastfeed.

Recently he always brings crucian carp for Shen Cuiyun to eat. The young lady's milk is constantly leaking out, and he says that she can't get more milk and needs to eat lighter food.

This is not because Shen Cuiyun is holding the milk in her mouth, but because she has too much milk.

Luoluo always burped because of the bulging stomach, and she was afraid that the baby would get hurt.

Besides, breast engorgement is really uncomfortable, and she can't give the excess milk to her man, so she doesn't dare to drink the crucian carp soup for the time being.

A piece of crucian carp was sold for 12 cents. Chen Changfan couldn't help but sigh that the people in this county town were well-off.

He still remembered the first time he sold fish to the fishmonger, and each fish cost less than two copper coins.

This medium-sized crucian carp can be sold for 12 cents in the county town, which is a huge price difference.

With the financial incentive, Chen Changfan had the motivation to continue shouting.

It would be best to sell all the fish before dark, as Cuiyun is waiting for him to buy rice to take home.

"Fresh catch! Snakehead carp, grass carp, big catfish, crabs, river shrimp, and giant turtles!"

The hawking sounds quickly attracted two customers. Chen Changfan looked at the attire of the two customers and knew that they were wealthy.

The visitors were two young girls. The one in the lead was dressed in luxurious clothes and had fair skin and tender flesh. She was obviously a daughter of a wealthy family.

The girl behind her was wearing a plain dress and had a gloomy face. She looked like a maid.

The young lady didn't even look at the big fish in the bucket, but her eyes were fixed on the crabs tied up in the bucket next to her.

Obviously, he was tired of eating ordinary fish and knew how delicious crabs were.

It is said that only poor people ate crabs in ancient times, but this is not true. Rich people also loved this taste.

When will wealthy families no longer be able to eat delicious food?

If you eat too much, you will get tired of it.

The crabs in autumn are full of fat and meat, and the crab roe is fragrant. The taste is extraordinary and the crabs are the most delicious!

It’s much better than the river fish that smells fishy!

Of course, if ordinary people want to eat river food, they will indeed choose river fish which is more cost-effective.

For example, sea bass, grass carp, and even redtail.

Crabs are still a niche product, but those who buy them are definitely rich people.

After all, this track is definitely a high-end track.

The smallest crabs he caught were three or two taels in size. If they were caught in later generations, he would not be able to afford them.

"Boss, how much are you selling these crabs?"

As expected, the lady asked about the price of crabs as soon as she opened her mouth. It was obvious that she came here for this.

Chen Changfan didn't know how much the crab cost, so he smiled and made an "eight" gesture.

Before Tang Wan'er could say anything, her maid Xiaoyun spoke up quickly, "Eight cents a piece, how come it's one cent more expensive than before?"

When Chen Changfan heard this, he immediately realized that the old man Ding had sold them for 7 cents each before.

He smiled and explained, "You two may not know, but the crabs are getting fatter and fatter every day, and they are much bigger than before. Moreover, the river water is freezing cold right now, so it's really hard for us to catch crabs in the river."

Seeing Chen Changfan's sincerity, Tang Wan'er seemed to see him struggling to catch fish in the icy river water. She softened her heart and said, "Eight cents is fine. Pick me ten big ones."

Tang Wan'er was obviously not short of money and was too lazy to bargain.

She was in a hurry to buy some crabs to take back to honor her mother, as steamed river crabs were her mother's favorite delicacy.

Chen Changfan nodded and carefully selected the ten largest female crabs. Just as he was about to pack them up, Na Yun'er called out:

"You're a dishonest fishmonger. My lady wouldn't lower the price with you and told you to pick the biggest one. Why did you keep the biggest one?"

Hearing this, Tang Wan'er couldn't help but look into the wooden barrel. Sure enough, at the edge of the barrel, there was a largest crab tied up tightly, lying quietly inside.

She frowned and looked at Chen Changfan, but he suddenly smiled. "Don't cheat people in business. This crab is a male crab. It doesn't have crab roe yet, so it doesn't taste as good as the roe of a female crab. If you want it, I'll get it for you."

"Can you tell the difference between male and female crabs?" Yun'er didn't believe it.

She had never eaten crabs, so naturally she didn't know how to distinguish between male and female crabs.

I don’t even know when male crabs are delicious and when female crabs are delicious.

"Of course, female crabs are the best right now. In half a month, male crabs will be even more delicious!"

Chen Changfan sighed silently, this rich family doesn’t know how to eat crabs!

After hearing this, Tang Wan'er quickly understood.

Although she couldn't tell the difference between male and female crabs, she knew that some crabs had roe and some did not.

It turns out that there are male and female ones, and they even have their corresponding best eating seasons.

"You're making a lot of sense, and I'm suddenly interested too. Put the male crab in there too. Let's steam it and see if it's the only one without roe."

After saying this, he told Xiaoyun to pay 88 copper coins and left gracefully.

Weighing the copper coins in his hand, Chen Changfan couldn't help but sigh that having money means you can do whatever you want.

At the end of the day, all the fish were sold, leaving only a few river shrimps and four crabs.

This was pretty much what he expected.

In this era, there is a shortage of meat, so people prefer to buy big fish with more meat to satisfy their cravings.

However, not many people are willing to buy river shrimps with a strong fishy smell and crabs with little meat.

You have no idea how delicious the deep-fried river shrimps and spicy crabs are!

Chen Changfan secretly sympathized with the people of this era.

I counted the money and found with tears in my eyes that I had earned five taels of silver and 200 copper coins today.

——The main reason was that there was a wealthy dog ​​owner who actually spent money to buy all three red-tailed dogs at once.

He said he was not going to eat it but to raise it, and gave it five taels of silver directly.

Regardless of whether he was viewing, braising or steaming the fish, the three fish were still sold at the price of Shiweizhai, and Gou Da Hu also said that the price was really fair.

Even the dog owner said that if the dog died, he would come back to buy it again.

The rich have dogs that rot in their houses, but there are frozen corpses on the streets!

Five taels of silver just for viewing is equivalent to five years' worth of rice for their family.

However, the more I catch redtail fish, the fewer they are. I have to thank Wu Ergou and others for the five taels of silver today.

Even if he mastered the Spring and Autumn fishing method, he was not completely sure that he would be able to catch fish next time.

Moreover, the Hetu Luoshu, which was a fusion of the two fragments, gave a somewhat vague weather forecast for fifteen days later:

[Fifteen days later, the weather will be very cold]

As for why the predicted time was further away but the accuracy decreased, Chen Changfan guessed that it might be because the piece of debris in the river was a little too small.

As for whether there are other ways to improve prediction accuracy, he is still studying.

So it will probably become more difficult to catch fish in the future. These five taels of silver can be considered an unexpected gain.

In addition, crabs were not easy to sell in that era. Except for Tang Wan'er who bought 11, he didn't sell a single one.

If we only count the income from ordinary fish catches, it would be about 100 coins a day.

This actually exceeded Chen Changfan's expectations.

I didn’t expect the fish stalls in this market to be so prosperous.

A stable income of 100 coins every day is already far more than many people.

You know, Hu the bricklayer's daily wage is only 5 cents.

The driver only earned 10 cents for transporting five carts of adobe bricks.

Of course, the reason why his income is so high is because he can catch fish easily.

After all, not everyone has the golden finger for perfect fishing skills.

Why are prices in this world always rising? Isn’t it because of the shortage of supplies leading to inflation?

He had secretly made up his mind to catch more fish to sell while winter was still here and the Chiwei River was not frozen.

When his injuries were almost healed, he planned to go for a walk in the mountains.

It should be feasible to hunt some wild game and sell it in the market.

After cleaning the stall, Lao Wei drove over. The two of them loaded several wooden barrels onto a cart and headed straight to the rice shop.