Whose house does the moon fall

Standing in front of "Chen's Fresh Fish", Mr. Chang, a regular customer who has eaten fish for 40 years, and the people behind him talked about the exquisiteness of eating fish while admiring Chen Jiangsheng's killing of fish, "Bream in June is as fresh as chicken, you know It looks like the big bream from Yangcheng Lake. It tastes a little sweeter than ordinary bream, and the meat is softer. Be careful when changing the knife, eh—”

Teacher Chang pointed to Chen Jiangsheng's knife, "If you don't know how to change the knife, and you can do it when you go home, you can find Xiao Chen. Xiao Chen, I steamed this fish." Teacher Chang told Chen Jiangsheng, six yuan per catty Wu’s bream, the service he asked for was extremely meticulous: it’s easy to scrape the scales and remove the gills, and the internal organs and black membranes must be removed cleanly, but if you encounter fish roe and fish bubbles, you have to keep them for him. love to eat."

After completing these procedures, Xiao Chen changed the knife so that the edge of the knife was slanted and cut along the direction of the fishbone, so as not to damage the texture of the meat.After the head and tail are separated, the fish body is changed into a fine and orderly knife, and the knife stops abruptly at a distance of one centimeter from the fish maw. When packing, the fish maw is bent, and the fish body stretches along with the knife edge, forming a shape of "flowers blooming and wealth".

"How could Yangcheng Lake bream be six yuan and five dollars?" Another regular customer muttered.

"How much fish have you eaten? Since I was five years old, Alamum and I have eaten fish from Taihu Lake, Yangcheng Lake, Jinji Lake and Shihu Lake. I know the place of origin at a glance, so I don't need to eat it. Alamum is a member of the hydrogeological team. You know..." While reporting the family history, Teacher Chang did not forget to remind Aunt Pan who was packing, "Lao Pan put a bigger and stronger bag."

When she started selling fish, Auntie Pan, who is frugal by nature, was a little reluctant to meet such requests from customers. The cost of strong bags is high, and sometimes she can’t make a few cents for a catty of fish, and she still expects customers to buy more. .And Chen Jiangsheng told her mother, "Regardless of the cost, we mainly supply restaurants, and retailing has a good relationship."

Auntie Pan has heard the saying "to form a good relationship" many times. Since monks, nuns and Taoists all say this, there is a reason for it.So she pulled the bag behind her decisively.Just don't think about the thought that sometimes pops into your head: killing so many fish, I'm afraid it's a fate that can't be reborn.

This big bream, which was identified as living in Yangcheng Lake, was actually produced in the fish pond of her fourth uncle's hometown in the countryside.According to the unwritten city regulations, a fee of ten yuan will be charged for erasing four cents.However, Mr. Pan, who works as a cashier in the property company, does not let Chen Jiangsheng suffer. Every time he comes to buy fish, he will popularize science on how to buy fish, make fish and eat fish.Of course, from time to time, he would put up signs for Chen Jiangsheng, "Xiao Chen's fish is fresh and clean, and the price is acceptable."

Before leaving, I greeted politely, "Let's go, thank you." Teacher Pan said that the shop on the west side has opened, and the fried dough sticks wrapped in rice cakes are very good, so I bought them for my sister to eat once in a while.

Chen Jiangsheng, who was busy killing fish for the next customer, took the time to glance at the signboard of the rice cake and tofu shop——the horizontal sign reads "freshly made rice cakes, fresh tofu, dumpling wonton wrappers, handmade noodles". There was a light box with a horizontal signboard that couldn't fit, and on the side facing Chen Jiangsheng, it said "tangyuan · freshly squeezed soy milk · tofu flower · stewed tofu".It can be said that there is no personality, rough and direct.Chen Jiangsheng felt that the style of this advertisement was similar to the method of stacking entries of Coconut Tree Brand Coconut Juice, which has been popular for many years.It's just that a woman wearing a cheongsam with a twisted "S" waist and big breasts is missing from the light box signboard.

"How do you sell the bass?" Someone looked at the bass in the tank and stopped.

"22." Aunt Pan replied.

"Why is it so expensive?" The man said that ordinary sea bass only cost seventeen or eight dollars.

"This is also the perch from Yangcheng Lake." Chen Jiangsheng's face was calm, and he took the time to point to the label on the fish, "direct supply from the place of origin." The fourth uncle's labeling has become more and more real over the years, and Chen Jiangsheng In other words, his face is cold and his eyes are straight, not at all like those slick peddlers who smile at each other but have twinkling eyes.

"Then... it's cheaper, [-] is fine." The other party was still negotiating the price, and then Aunt Pan would take the call, "We'll only get [-] at this wholesale price, and there's shipping. I'm sorry, [-] Can't sell."

Chen Jiangsheng, who helped the guests kill five small crucian carp, didn't take over. She didn't like this kind of talkative work.Now I can take a rest for a while, since [-] o'clock in the morning, I have prepared [-] catties of fish for the restaurant, and it is almost eleven o'clock now, and the breath she was holding on to finally showed signs of letting go.

The weather in Wuzhong in June was already hot, and Chen Jiangsheng's hair was wet and dry, and it was sticky all day long.The guests who hesitated in front of the perch in Yangcheng Lake finally felt that it was not worth the money and left. Chen Jiangsheng washed his hands under the sink, and then started to chew on the half plate of pork liver fried noodles that he hadn't finished eating in the morning.

Under the coconut tree-style signboard on the west side, there are two deliverymen, one in blue and one in yellow, holding their mobile phones and waiting for orders.Unlike the general delivery staff who just stare at the phone or make voice calls, the three of them all looked at the inside of the store together.

Lao Jiang had let go of the words a long time ago, "This time the store won't fail." Now two weeks have passed, and the business is really getting better and better.Unlike Coconut Tree Xishi, which has low-end hints, the bean and rice product Xishi in this store is behind the counter all day long, wearing an apron, wearing a light blue turban on the head, and wearing a mask showing only a pair of curved eyebrows and The eyes are bright, and the forehead is as white and tender as tofu.It's enough to see this without showing your whole face.

The proprietress also said this to the little brother, "No. 178, two rice cakes wrapped with deep-fried dough sticks, one with meat floss and one without, take it."

Chen Jiangsheng couldn't hear it. The blue delivery man heard it, and took the packing paper bag with a smile, "See you later." There is no rest for a moment when you are looking for a meal, and you can rest for a while while waiting for the meal.

The tip of the proprietress He Qiang's fingertips that wrap the rice cakes are almost white and translucent, her movements are embedded with inner strength, and her eyebrows are very serious.The eyes of the people waiting for the meal rested, their hearts were massaged, their bodies and minds were relaxed, and they were less impatient when they restarted their electric cars—then greeted the shop with a smile, “Let’s go.”

They both set up shop in "Dongmao", and these two people have hardly met face to face these days.Say "almost", because there is another time that counts as half a meeting.Xiao Li, who was driving a fish tank truck, parked the car near He Qiang's door and knocked over her light box while unloading. Several watery and lively herrings jumped on the light box.Chen Jiangsheng, who was pulling the pickup truck to pick up the goods, picked up the fish after picking up the light box, "I'm sorry." She didn't make eye contact with He Qiang carefully when she was busy.

"It's okay." He Qiang answered, her hands were also quick, and her left and right hands held two fish heads firmly, and her thumbs were on the edge of the fish's gills. It looked like an old hand.She turned around after throwing it into the water, and Chen Jiangsheng seemed to smell a little sweet-scented osmanthus.

Xiao Li used to blame his car for not being able to drive into "Dongmao". Since He Qiang's shop opened, he stopped complaining.The fish tank trucks were always parked impartially, crowded at the side entrance of He Qiang's store.When unloading the goods, he also took the time to say hello to He Qiang, "The proprietress will make a rice cake for you, and I want pickled vegetables."

Today is no exception. When Xiao Li ate rice cakes and fritters, Aunt Pan said that he would always eat this indigestion.Xiao Li smiled, saying that he loves this bite, and when he said that, his eyes were still drifting to the west—where he could see a human face, it was just a silhouette wearing a mask.

The farmers market is a small river and lake.When business is free, young people bow their heads to shoot pesticides and watch videos, old people love to chat, and middle-aged people like to play poker behind the booth.While playing poker, they made a lot of noise, and Director Jiang reminded him with a cigarette in his mouth, "Shouldn't you be talking? Can't you drive away customers if you are so noisy?"

They also have moments of whispering.The husband in the vegetable section with a mustache and black lip hair was listless when doing business, and played poker vigorously.He was nicknamed "Bearded Husband".This obvious humiliation of physical characteristics made his wife Xiao Hu very unhappy, but he accepted it cursingly, "Just have a beard, as long as you don't lack everything you need."

The words were passed from the bearded husband, "I know He Qiang. We used to be in junior high school. She had an abortion in high school."

People say you saw it with your own eyes?Don't talk nonsense.They have husbands and children.

"Then why have you seen her daughter, but not her husband? Are you divorced?" Someone asked again.

"I left a long time ago." The bearded husband threw down a few cards, as if he was whipping the plastic bench used as a card table, "She used to run a restaurant, but the shop closed after her husband owed usury. A relative in the family opened a bean product company , I just took the goods and opened this shop.” He spoke clearly, and people gritted their teeth, as if they were sorry for this woman, and as if they were envious of the man who owed money to usury.

When the word reached Aunt Pan, the Liuyang River had bypassed Jiudao Bay.At 06:30 today, the fish is almost sold out, and the mother and daughter are going to eat in the store before going home.Aunt Pan picked the water spinach and said that Xiao He didn't look like a divorced one.

Chen Jiangsheng, who was washing the chopping boards, said that whether people get divorced or not is none of our business.

"Then it's none of my business if you get married." Auntie Pan whispered, pulling the vegetable leaves, "Are you going or not?"

don't go.Chen Jiangsheng picked up the water pipe to rinse the countertop floor, and scraped the stubborn fish scales with a broom in his hand.The garbage has also been disposed of, and there are two big bags full of fish intestines, fish viscera and gills.

"The fourth uncle's family has made a five-service deal with us. Xiao Pan is very good. Although he sometimes comes home late at night through online car-hailing, there is no way to make money." Auntie Pan said "Xiao Pan" is the nephew of the fourth uncle's family. , would like to introduce to Chen Jiangsheng.

Chen Jiangsheng kept a cold face and stopped talking to his mother. Auntie Pan usually stopped chattering for a few minutes. Perhaps Chen Jiangsheng was inquired about while listening to He Qiang's gossip today, which made her even more worried, "Look at the little roast duck seller. Zhang is less than 23 years old, and the children are five years old."

"Then her husband is suspected of breaking the law. She was not yet an adult when she was pregnant." Chen Jiangsheng took off his waterproof apron and shook after rushing to the ground, revealing a dark blue close-fitting Polo shirt. It was hot and white salt stains were deposited on it.

"You want to kill me too, don't you?" Aunt Pan threw down the water spinach, pretending to be talking about the matter, "You are almost thirty, what do you say? What can women do if they don't get married or have children? ?” These clichés were not what Aunt Pan wanted to say, but they slipped out of her mind naturally, and she couldn’t control her mouth.

Unaffected by Chen Jiangsheng, he slowly took off his rain boots and put on sneakers, "What do you care about?"

"Your brother is gone, and you are the only one I have. You must give me something to think about, right?" Aunt Pan's tone softened, with some prayers.

Chen Jiangsheng threw the rain boots heavily into the corner, "What do you want? What do you want to be like him?"

Aunt Pan was startled, her eye circles suddenly turned red, she turned her head and cried secretly.Chen Jiangsheng felt that this was too serious, and she was so angry that she didn't know how to persuade her mother for a while. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw a figure standing in front of the store.She turned her head and saw He Qiang wearing a light blue polo shirt and white trousers. Apparently, the conversation between mother and daughter fell into He Qiang's ears. She was a little embarrassed and didn't want to leave or stay, so she pointed at the few remaining fish boxes. , "I want to buy a grass carp, is there any more?"

"There is one more thing. Yangcheng Lake products are just a little expensive." Chen Jiangsheng, who had changed his mood, didn't stop his mouth for a moment, and the old lines slipped out of his head.

He Qiang looked at the big blue-yellow grass carp with a smile in his eyes, as if saying, "Don't lie to me."

Chen Jiangsheng picked up the fish and put the net bag forward, "Eight yuan and twenty one catty in the morning." Then he threw the fish on the scale with a "snap", three catties and two taels, 20 yuan, you can take it.

He Qiang nodded and said thank you.All of a sudden, it was more than six yuan cheaper, and the fish in Yangcheng Lake also made money.But she didn't ask Chen Jiangsheng to kill the fish, and she went back to the store with the big herring whose tail was still shaking.

Chen Jiangsheng looked at her back and sighed, and his mother said quietly behind her, "I knew that you would sell fish at a loss when young and beautiful women came to buy fish."