Tian Mi always thought that she was a strong girl. Even her parents divorced when she was in junior high school and didn't want her anymore, leaving only a nanny to take care of her.
She just cried secretly for a few times and then continued to live happily.
But now, she understood that the strength she once thought she had was just the confidence brought by money.
After working so hard for a long time, Tian Mi was told that it was all in vain. Suddenly, she couldn't hold it in anymore and wanted to cry.
Perhaps there was also the grievance of the huge difference in living conditions after coming to this world, and perhaps the grievance of the sense of urgency brought by the scumbag Liu Xiangdong. Anyway, all kinds of feelings came to her heart at this moment, making her eyes red.
".No one wants to eat lobsters?" Tian Mi was silent for a long time, and she held back her grievances and tears with great difficulty, but she continued to ask without giving up.
Although Wang Li sympathized with the little girl, she was not a bodhisattva, and it took confidence to do good deeds regardless of the cost.
She said with pity, "Uncle and auntie didn't lie to you. No one really eats this stuff. It's so fierce. Besides, there are so many shrimps in the sea. The shells are piercing. It's too troublesome to feed them to pigs. But you look so weak, but you are really capable. You can catch such a big shrimp."
Tian Mi could no longer hear what her aunt said next because the blow was too great.
As the saying goes, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.
She had originally thought that the Splendid Lobster could be sold for many W in the future, but in this era, 50 yuan was still worth considering.
But I never expected that people in this era don't know the value of things! Not to mention selling them for money, even giving them away for free would be despised, how can I seek justice
When did crayfish become popular in China
No wonder, no wonder she was so lucky to meet and catch such a big lobster.
So it wasn't that she was lucky, but that there were too many lobsters.
Just when Tian Mi was overwhelmed by all kinds of emotions, regretting that he might have accompanied his wife and lost the army today, and all his work was in vain.
I heard another surprised voice: "Wow! So many big yellow croakers?"
Tian Mi blinked and looked at the black-faced uncle in confusion.
I saw him squatting on the ground, taking out yellow croakers one by one from another sack.
Seeing this, Tian Mi also squatted down, with a look of hope in his eyes: "We are lucky today, we encountered a school of large yellow croakers. Comrade, can we sell these yellow croakers?"
"What do you mean comrade? Please tell me? You are so polite. You intellectuals are really funny. You can call me Aunt Li and he can just be Uncle Sangen." Wang Li loved to laugh and was so amused by the little girl's name that she bent forward and backward.
Tian Mi pursed her lips awkwardly: "Uncle Sangen, Aunt Li, you two can just call me sweet girl, that's what the elders in my family call me."
"Hey! What a good name! The girl makes people feel soft at heart when she looks at her." Wang Li's compliment was sincere. This girl is a little thin and her butt is not big enough, but her face is really pretty. I don't know if she has found a partner yet.
"Large yellow croaker is quite popular. It has few bones and the texture is good. The chefs in state-owned restaurants like it the most. It's just not easy to catch. We haven't caught such a big yellow croaker in a few months. You are really lucky, little girl." Uncle Sangen answered Tian Mi's previous question after he took the last fish out of the snakeskin bag.
At the end, he did not forget to sigh again: "The little girl is very capable." Such good-looking yellow croakers cannot be caught by luck alone.
After hearing these words, Tian Mi's mood finally eased a little. As long as it wasn't all in vain, it was fine.
She no longer holds on to the unrealistic mentality of getting rich overnight. It is indeed more practical to take one step at a time.
Chen Sangen didn't rush to negotiate the price. Instead, he lit a cigarette and took two puffs before asking, "Will you come fishing again in the future?"
Tian Mi naturally wanted to, but she had to find a reason to come to the county town. She tightened her loose triangular scarf, suppressed her increasingly dizzy head, and answered honestly: "I will come again, but I'm not sure when."
"Any day is fine, as long as it's not windy or rainy, our fishing boats will be there. If you want to sell fish, come over in the afternoon. In the morning, the fishing boats have to go out to sea to fish, and there's no one on the shore." At this point, Chen Sangen remembered the little girl's behavior of treating shrimps as something special. Knowing that she didn't know much about seafood, he said a few more words.
He stretched out his rough hand and pointed at the fishing boat beside him: "Go and take a look. We buy several kinds of fish here, but the price of yellow croaker is higher. We charge 0.2 yuan per pound for small yellow croaker and 0.18 yuan for hairtail. Oh. Yellow croaker is the most expensive, 0.6 yuan."
Tian Mi looked inside and saw that the fish had been sorted according to their species in several bamboo baskets in the cabin.
Embarrassingly, she could only recognize a few small yellow croakers that were a little longer than a palm, and the most common one was hairtail, but she was clueless about the rest.
"We don't buy shrimps, but we do want crabs. The price is not bad. We accept crabs of all sizes. Those that are more than 100 grams can be sold at 0.7 yuan per pound. The price for larger ones is negotiable. As for the price of this yellow croaker today, if you think it's okay, I will weigh it and give you the price." Although Chen Sangen was interested in these yellow croakers and lowered the price a bit, he was not conscienceless.
"Okay, let's calculate it at 60 cents." Tian Mi agreed immediately.
Perhaps the shock she received from the lobster was too great. Tian Mi was actually quite moved by the fact that wild yellow croaker, which used to cost thousands or even tens of thousands per pound, is now only worth 0.6 yuan per pound.
"Okay, I'll weigh them!" The girl was straightforward and didn't hesitate to ask for the price. Chen Sangen rarely showed a simple smile, stood up, took out the net bag, picked up all the fish, and weighed them on the scale: "43 catties and 6 ounces, 44 catties for you!"
26.4 yuan!
As Uncle Sangen finished speaking, Tian Mi had already figured out the total price.
It’s not bad. Although it’s much less than expected, this is only the monthly salary of many workers, and they have to be regular employees.
Looking at it from a positive perspective, she earned a month's salary in just a few hours, which is definitely worth it.
In fact, if she didn't prepare a way out for herself, she wouldn't be so anxious to make money.
Tian Mi counted the money Aunt Li handed over to him in person and put it in his pocket only after making sure that there was no problem.
Adding the remaining three dollars, she now had almost thirty dollars in savings. Although it was still pitifully small, it still gave Tian Mi a sense of security.
As long as the method is sustainable and can make money, that's fine.
She thought that if she could find more opportunities, she could accumulate a lot.
This was the first time for the two parties to cooperate, and both parties were quite satisfied. For Wang Li and her husband, yellow croaker is not easy to catch, and they can make more than ten yuan by reselling the fish they received today. Even if they give half of it to the government, it is still a considerable windfall.
In addition, fishermen are generally superstitious. Even though the campaign to destroy the four olds is being promoted everywhere, it still does not affect the beliefs they secretly hold in their hearts.
In the eyes of the couple, the little girl in front of them was extremely lucky and maybe she could catch more yellow croakers next time.
So, when they parted, Wang Li said enthusiastically: "The weather will be good in the next few days. My old man and I will be here every afternoon."
Tian Mi finally left a promise that if she came tomorrow, she would definitely sell the fish to the couple, and then left with the cleaned snakeskin bag.
When I returned to Gu Yan's house, it was already completely dark.
When the sun set, Gu Yan was waiting at the intersection. When she saw someone, she immediately trotted over to greet him: "Why are you here so late? Is nothing wrong?"
I am really tired, hungry and have a headache now.
At this time, she didn't care about being polite and said weakly: "Nothing happened, I was just delayed by something. Yan Zi, is there anything to eat? I'm so hungry!"
"Yes, yes, yes, I saved it for you." Knowing that her friend was still hungry, Gu Yan did not bother to ask anything else. She took her hand and led her home.
I didn’t want to, but I was shocked by the cold feeling in my hands: “Why are your hands so cold?”
Tian Mi said with a not-so-distinct nasal tone: "I seem to have a slight cold."
"Look at you, you're such a grown-up, but you don't know whether it's hot or cold? All right. Go to bed and warm yourself up first. I'll bring you food and find you some cold medicine."
"Do you have any medicine at home?"
"Should be. My younger brother fell ill a few days ago. I remember there are still two left. Stop talking and get into bed to warm up. I'll fill two more hot water bottles for you." Seeing that her friend was hesitating, Gu Yan, who was impatient, pushed him into the bed directly.
People tend to be vulnerable when they are sick. Tian Mi had felt sad and wronged several times today. Now that she was being taken care of like a baby, she was immediately moved to tears: "Yanzi, you are really like a mother."
Gu Yan responded cheerfully: "Hey! My dear daughter!"
Tian Mi
I don’t know if it was because of his young age or because he sweated after taking cold medicine, but when Tian Mi woke up, he was full of energy again.
Today is Gu Yan's wedding day. Before dawn, the entire Gu family was busy.
At that time, wedding banquets were held at home. If there was not enough space for the tables, they would be set up in the yard or at a neighbor's house. By borrowing bowls, tables, and benches, several tables could always be put together.
As a good friend of the bride, Tian Mi did not go anywhere and stayed in the room with Gu Yan.
When relatives and neighbors came into the house to see the bride, they also looked at Tian Mi from head to toe.
Some of the aunties and ladies who are very familiar with each other would even pull Tian Mi aside to praise her in various ways, and then ask her all sorts of questions without any hesitation, which is like a household registration survey.
Of course, most people stopped talking to her after learning that she had a rural household registration and did not have a job.
Tian Mi didn't care either. She focused more on the wedding banquet.
The first wedding ceremony she witnessed in the early 1970s was much simpler and more modest than she had imagined.
The green military uniform that Gu Yan was wearing and even the black leather shoes on her feet were all borrowed from relatives.
The only bridal accessory she had was the pair of thin red hairbands on her braids.
Not only did she not have a decent wedding dress, she didn't even put on any makeup.
However, as it was a happy occasion, Gu Yan was in high spirits, with joy all over her face.
Tian Mi thought that no matter how scarce supplies were, as long as her good friend and his wife had expectations in their hearts, life would get better and better.
At 9:09, the groom Yao Chunjun arrived.
Yao Chunjun is not good-looking and is not tall, about the same height as Gu Yan, only about 1.6 meters. He looks shy, and his face has been red since he entered the room, but the look in his eyes when he looked at the bride was warm and happy.
As a bystander of this extremely simple marriage, Tian Mi was happy for her good friend, but at the same time, she seemed to see a miniature of her own future marriage.
In such a conservative era, she, who never expected marriage, wondered if she could be lucky enough to find a revolutionary partner who respected each other.
According to local customs, the bride must arrive at the groom's house before 12 o'clock, so the banquet on the bride's side starts very early.
As a relative of the girl, Tian Mi had a completely vegetarian banquet at the girl's home. Naturally, it would not be convenient for her to go to the boy's home for another meal, as food was precious in everyone's home these days.
After watching Gu Yan ride on the bicycle borrowed by the groom and head off to her beautiful new life, she went to the beach again.
This time, Tian Mi made better preparations.
Although she was still frozen like a dog when she got ashore, she changed her clothes and dried her hair until it was mostly dry before she went to exchange money.
The second time I sold fish, I made 32.3 yuan.
After a trip to the county town, Tian Mi didn't get any antiques or gold, but he got more than 60 yuan in "huge sums". On the bus back, because of the money in his pocket, Tian Mi felt that motion sickness was not so unbearable.
vomit.
The golden crow sets in the west, and another day is about to pass.
Tian Mi hurried and finally returned to Chaoyang Village before dark.
But as soon as she entered the village, she found something wrong. When the few villagers she met saw her, they either hesitated to speak or showed sympathy in their eyes.
Tian Mi's mood was originally quite high, but now it was immediately overshadowed.
With a bad feeling in her heart, she lost her leisurely attitude and ran towards the direction of the Tian family.
From a distance, she saw a group of people gathered at the door of her house.
When he got closer, he heard sharp crying sounds.
Just as she was wondering who this harsh yet familiar voice belonged to, she heard a shrill cry:
"No! How can Changqing go to labor camp? How could such a good boy like him act like a hooligan? It's obvious that he was plotted against. Boss, don't they want the second girl? Tell that damn girl Tian Mi to go and get my beloved grandson back. Changqing, you're really going to kill me. Woohoo, my Changqing, your beloved grandson."
At this moment, Tian Mi felt that all the blood in his body had frozen. The big lobster that he was carrying on his back, wanting to share with his family, seemed to have become a joke.
(End of this chapter)