"Help, help, spare your life, spare your life! Dad Luo, Sister Qian, help me, I don't dare, I don't dare, I won't gamble again next time! I'll do it again, I won't do it again! Don’t dare to gamble, come out and help me, help me!”
Chutian smiled "Haha" and took a few steps to reach Zhong Dagou. He gently tapped the eyebrow-level stick in his hand and hit Zhong Dagou's calf.
With a "click" sound, Zhong Dagou's calf was neatly broken into two pieces. The fracture was even and there were no broken bones. Although it was painful, it was bandaged slightly and healed without any serious problems.
Zhong Dagou howled in pain, and Chu Tian and the other big men laughed loudly.
A group of passers-by gathered around and looked at the crying Zhong Dagou, shaking his head and sighing.
"Big dog, you deserve to die in pain. If it weren't for Chu Dongtou, your mother would be dead a long time ago, and you still ask your mother to help!"
"Big dog, don't bet. If you can find a job to support your mother, why don't you find a wife?"
Chu Tian clasped his fists and saluted the passers-by without saying a word. He rummaged around in his sleeves for a while, found out a piece of broken silver the size of his thumb, and threw it next to Zhong Da Gou: "Zhong Da Gou, this is your medicine. Fee. When your legs are healed, go to the fish market and I will find a job for you. You go to Yazhou City to gamble again, this time it will be one leg, and next time it will be three legs!"
Zhong Dagou's body trembled, and he subconsciously covered his lower body with his hands. Two lines of hot tears rolled out, and he cried loudly like a dead mother.
Chu Tian stopped paying attention to this guy, separated from the crowd and strode towards the fish market.
At two o'clock in the morning, in the teahouse next to the fish market pier, the stewards of each household and the purchasers of various restaurants and restaurants had already filled their bellies with poor tea. They were holding their bellies with both hands and groping around. Suddenly something happened. The fish-toothed man laughed hurriedly.
"The Chu stall is here, here it is, the market is open, the market is open!"
"Managers and bosses, Chu stall is here and the market is open!"
"The best fish from Baimangjiang River, live fish, fish, shrimp, turtle, and crab!"
"Get out of the way, get out of the way, don't block Chu Dong's way!"
More than a dozen Yu Yazi squeezed out from the crowd, approached Chu Tian with great attentiveness, separated the crowd for him, and walked along the avenue to the fish market pier. Chu Tian looked around, nodded, and without saying a word, casually inserted his iron-wood eyebrow-leveling stick into the dock. A big man accompanying him hurriedly tied a red cloth belt on the head of the stick.
The river wind blew by, and the seven or eight-foot-long red ribbon flew in the wind. Seeing this bright red, the fishermen on the countless fishing boats on the river shouted in unison and shook their oars one after another.
One after another, fishing boats came to the shore and docked at the pier of the fish market. The fishermen stood on the shore and shouted loudly. The fishermen laughed and reported the precious and rare aquatic products on their boats, including those high-ranking officials. The stewards in the nobles' mansions and the buyers in the restaurants shouted loudly and bid for the freshest aquatic products from the river.
A waiter at a teahouse on the pier diligently moved a set of tables and chairs over. Chutian sat steadily on the armchair, picked up a fine porcelain teapot, and tasted the fragrant tea and melon slices that the teahouse owner was particularly flattering, while looking coldly at the noisy fish. city.
Four big men stood in a row behind Chu Tian, blowing their noses and staring at the flow of people coming and going around them.
Other big men were carrying eyebrow sticks and walking back and forth in the fish market that stretched for miles. If someone had a dispute, these big men would yell at the top of their lungs. It didn’t matter whether you were a manager of a wealthy family or a wealthy buyer. When the big man roars, their tone often drops several tones, and their voices become extraordinarily soft and gentle.
After more than half an hour, Yu Yazi kept coming over with ledgers in hand, reporting to Chu Tian how many kilograms of mandarin fish, how many kilograms of silver carp, how many prawns and giant crabs came out today. How many more baskets have been eliminated
When Chutian listened to these Yu Yazi's reports, he didn't take any notes. He only had to listen to each account number one by one and he would remember it firmly in his heart and never forget it again. Ever since he occupied the mouth of the Baimang River three years ago and became the fish stall owner of these three fish farms, he has not made any mistakes in any of his accounts.
After being busy for more than an hour, baskets of fresh fish, shrimps, turtles and crabs were loaded onto the carriage. The satisfied workers and buyers returned to Yizhou City with the purchased fish happily.
Someone who was familiar with Chutian didn't forget to come over and say hello to Chutian.
Chu Tian didn't do anything big. Whenever someone came to greet him, he stood up and greeted each other in a pleasant manner, and made an appointment to have a drink in Yazhou City another day. Everyone was smiling, and their words and smiles were full of joy.
"Humph", a light cough came. A short and fat old man wearing a light green satin gown with a few bats embroidered on the cuffs smiled and cupped his hands to Chu Tian: "Chu stall head? Rare, rare!"
Chu Tian looked the old man up and down, and also smiled and cupped his hands: "I'm sorry, old man, but I'm unfamiliar with you, but you don't look like a fish buyer."
The short and fat old man laughed "haha", gently touched the three-inch silver whisker on his chin, and said slowly: "I came here today to buy fish. I heard that as long as Chu Dongtou opens his mouth, the white python in the river will As long as the fresh fish is available in the world, you can’t get it?”
Chu Tian smiled gently. He glanced at the two young men in green clothes and small hats who were following behind the pudgy old man. He smiled and said: "It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous, but it's not Chu Tian's lies. If there are people in the White Python River, If you keep asking for fresh fish, it will be delivered to you within three to five days."
The short, fat old man nodded with satisfaction. He dug around in his sleeves for a while, then "pop-pa-pa-pa" whipped out three pieces of garlic gold and placed them on the tea table next to Chu Tian. Each garlic strip is about three inches long, and each strip weighs about ten taels.
Yazhou is a border state, so gold is precious. One tael of gold can always be exchanged for twenty taels of silver. These three pieces of garlic gold are a lot of money.
The fish teeth all around gasped in unison and let out an "ouch" in unison. This money is not easy to earn. There are certainly many rare fish in the Baimang River. How many of them are worth paying with gold
Chu Tian raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile: "Thirty taels of gold as a deposit? What does the old man want?"
The short and fat old man looked at Chu Tian with a smile and said in a gentle voice: "Our young master has recently entered Yashan Academy and is thinking of inviting all the classmates to have a 'Dragon Gate Banquet' to take advantage of the auspicious omen of the carp leaping over the Dragon Gate. "
Drawing a number with both hands, the pudgy old man smiled and said: "Ten big carp with golden scales, one foot long, can be prepared and sent to Yishan Academy within three days. Thirty taels of gold is indeed just a deposit. How much is the price of the fish? Chudang Just open your mouth."
Chu Tian narrowed his eyes and asked with a smile: "May I ask, who are you, young and old?"
The short and fat old man puffed up his chest and said with a calm smile: "Our young master is none other than Ling Yue, the cousin of the Chu family in Yizhou."
There was deathly silence all around, and the word "Chu" was enough to shock all Yuyazi present.
But Chu Tian smiled slightly, sat on the big armchair, and waved his hand lightly: "Okay, let's go, I won't send you off!"