On average, it costs 62 cents per pound.

A total of 57 pounds of fish were sold for 35.34 yuan.

Good guys!

Li Yonggang's basic monthly salary is 52 yuan. Liu Junhui earns 35.34 yuan a day by catching and selling fish. Isn't this a miracle?

Liu Junhui returned to her future in-laws' home and gave the money to the old lady.

The old lady was stunned at first, then she said, "Huihui, you caught the fish and you sold it, so of course you keep the money. I don't want it!"

Liu Junhui thought about it and said, "Okay, Mom, I'll keep it. After all, this money is for our living expenses!"

The old lady understood that Liu Junhui would definitely follow her son, and when she married her son in the future, she would still use her money to support them.

After spending some time together, the old lady has come to feel that although Liu Junhui looks silly, she is not stupid at all.

However, the old lady also had a question in her mind: how could Liu Junhui catch fish so well? Lijiazhuang had never seen anyone who was so good at catching fish in their lifetime.

The old lady couldn't help but ask, "Huihui, you caught fifty or sixty kilograms of fish in just half a day. I can't even imagine it!"

Liu Junhui evaded the question with one sentence: "Mom, I don't know what's going on. There are so many fish in the Grand Canal this year. In some places, there are so many fish that they look like dumplings!"

The old lady was paralyzed in bed and couldn't go to the Grand Canal, so she had no choice but to believe Liu Junhui's words.

The market in Hexin Town is held every five days, so Liu Junhui couldn't sell the fish she caught every day. So she dug a hole in the yard, filled it with water, and raised the fish in it.

In the morning and afternoon, Liu Junhui goes to the Grand Canal to catch fish, and catches about 100 kilograms of fish every day.

If we save them for five days, that would be five or six hundred kilograms of fish, which is too much for a bicycle to carry.

She went to her mother's house and drove the small tractor that had been used to take Li Yonggang to the train, and used the tractor to pull the fish to the market in Hexin Town to sell them.

There are too many fish and they cannot be sold out in one morning. If we pull them back and have to deal with a lot of trouble, the fish may die.

There were no refrigerators at that time, so the fish would definitely rot if they died.

Liu Junhui was just worrying about it when a middle-aged man driving a passenger and cargo truck came over and bought all of Liu Junhui's fish.

However, the middle-aged man bought fish in bulk and lowered the price, wanting all the fish at 55 cents per pound.

This is fine. It's better than pulling the fish back, killing it, and then throwing it away.

The talented young woman Liu Junhui thought this person who had collected over 200 kilograms of fish at once must have some background, so she asked, "Excuse me, are you a fishmonger?"

"Hahahaha!" the man laughed. "Who would dare to sell fish these days? That's called speculation!"

In 1978, small vendors began to appear, but the policy had not yet been relaxed.

Liu Junhui asked, "Why did you buy so many fish? Your family won't be able to eat them all!"

The man said, "Oh, I'm from the state-owned restaurant in Hexin Town. Let alone 200 kilograms of fish, I'd dare to take it even if you had 2,000 kilograms!"

When the talented young woman Liu Junhui heard this, her face lit up: "Then can I just supply you with fish in bulk?"

"Of course! It saves me from going to the market!"

Liu Junhui smiled and said, "May I ask your name?"

"Oh, my name is Liu Sanbao, the manager of the state-owned hotel."

"Wow, you're the manager! I was wondering if you were special!"

The talented young girl Liu Junhui accidentally said "Wow", but Liu Sanbao didn't pay attention to it.

"Girl, what's your name?"

"My name is Liu Junhui."

"Okay, Comrade Liu Junhui, you will provide me with fish from now on. I'll take as many as I can. It's best to stagger your delivery time with the market."

"Okay, Manager Liu, it's a deal!"

Liu Sanbao paid the money and drove away without saying a word.

He didn't care who caught the fish, nor did he ask which village Liu Junhui was from.

He only cares about fish and how to run a good restaurant, because in recent years more and more people have been eating in restaurants, and some small restaurants have appeared on the street.

Liu Junhui no longer needs to go to the market to sell fish. She can just take the fish to the state-owned restaurant and sell it.

In this way, the time spent on selling fish slowly at the market is saved and can be used to catch more fish.

The news that Liu Junhui caught fish in the Grand Canal and sold them for a lot of money soon became known to everyone in the village.

Who wouldn’t be jealous and who wouldn’t follow suit?

Some used a scoop net like Liu Junhui, while others used a more powerful casting net and tried their best to cast the fish, but it was all in vain for them.

If you use a scoop net, you can only catch one or two small fish at most in a day, or even no small fish at all.

Using a casting net is a little better, but even if you try your best, you can only catch one or two pounds of fish.

People who couldn't catch any fish began to approach Liu Junhui, wanting to see what tricks the silly girl used.

How could Liu Junhui allow them to bother her?

If you are not careful, your secret will be exposed.

Liu Junhui deliberately cast more than ten nets but couldn't catch a single fish.

Then, its almond-shaped eyes glared, spitting fire, its little mouth grew bigger, and its eyes also grew bigger.

"You guys are sick! The Grand Canal is so long, why are you clinging to me like a tail? If you go fishing in a group, won't the fish be scared away?

If anyone keeps pestering me, I'll kick you into the river!"

After cursing, Liu Junhui put the fishing gear on the back rack of his bicycle, rode his bicycle along the bank of the Grand Canal to the river a few miles away to catch fish.

The silly girl's size, strength, and aura had long made her famous in Lijiazhuang. Not to mention the women, even the men, how many were not afraid of her?

Well, there's no point being jealous. That silly girl sleeps on a golden kang and is destined to be rich. Even the fish in the river are on her side.

Just do what you should do.

The honest and wise ones admitted it.

However, not all of the more than a thousand people in Lijiazhuang are honest...

Liu Junhui drove a tractor to deliver fish to the state-owned restaurant in Hexin Town five times, earning more than 200 yuan each time.

Including the money from the previous sale, Liu Junhui has already earned more than 1,300 yuan from selling fish.

After Li Yonggang sent another thirty yuan, Liu Junhui wrote to Li Yonggang.

"Yonggang, you don't have to send money home. I've caught a lot of fish in the Grand Canal recently. I've made over 1,300 yuan from selling fish, which is enough for me and my mother.

Keep the money you earn to buy yourself some good cigarettes, and save the extra money for us to use when we start a family.

I wanted to give the money from selling fish to my mother to manage, but she didn't want it and asked me to manage it myself.

Don't worry, I won't take this money back to my parents' home. At most I'll give it to them as a token of my appreciation.

The money I earn will be used to cover my and my mother's daily expenses, and will also be saved in the bank and used for our future family.

In addition, I also want to buy you a watch, but I can't get a ticket to buy a watch. If you can get a ticket to buy a watch, please send it back and I will buy you a diamond watch.

Also, you don't need to get fine grain coupons. I often deliver fish to the state-owned restaurant in Hexin Town. I have become familiar with them and they sell me meat buns and big white steamed buns for free.

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