Chapter 444 This fish is rare! I have to show it off

"Pomfret is priced at one pound per pound. Fish of this size are common, but this big one is rare."

"Do you know how much a fish this big can sell for?"

Chen Hui said this casually, wiped his head and face with his shirt, and quickly put on his clothes.

Carrying the net bag, I went to the purchasing point.

He found the stall of Li Jianshe, who was familiar to Wu Shuisheng, and borrowed his scale to weigh the goods.

Not more, not less, exactly eight kilograms!
"You really are..." Li Jianshe didn't know what to say.

"You've seen your cousin weighing 80 kilograms. It's only 8 kilograms. It shouldn't be that serious." Chen Hui joked.

"That's different! You can't calculate it like that!"

"Your eight-jin pomfret is as rare as an eighty-jin giant grouper."

"We can't go out to sea today. Where did you get this?"

Li Jianshe was extremely curious.

"I caught it in the sea! I think it was brought in by the waves from the typhoon."

"I was fishing at the beach, and when I saw something fishy, ​​I went down to take a look. After swimming forward for about ten minutes, I caught it in deep water."

For normal people, going to the sea after a typhoon is a very strange thing.

Many people on the beach noticed it, so Chen Hui just said it.

"Going to the sea to catch fish today? You're awesome!" Li Jianshe was convinced.

Chen Hui smiled, patted Wu Si and said:

"I'm going to the county town first. Please go to the mountain and tell my aunt that I'll come back to pick her up later."

"I'm not free today. I'll treat you and your sister-in-law to a drink next time."

After saying that, he trotted away, and heard Wu Si shouting from behind: "Please have dinner, forget about the drinks."

This kid also knows that he will talk nonsense after drinking, right?

Chen Hui turned around, made an OK gesture, and continued running back.

"What does he mean?"

Yu Huiying imitated Chen Hui's gestures and looked at Wu Si and asked.

Wu Si thought about it and said confidently: "He said he would treat us to three meals!"

"Three meals? That's not good!?"

"There's nothing wrong with that. Our relationship is fine even if we eat for three days."

Wu Si chatted with Yu Huiying and sent her back home.

Chen Hui was riding his bicycle with the fish when he saw two people chatting along the way.

For some unknown reason, I felt a sense of relief, like an old father.

The bike was halfway through the ride.

After being quiet for half a day, it started raining again.

When Chen Hui arrived at Huang Xiu Lian's house, his hair and clothes were already a little wet.

Li Ping was surprised to see Chen Hui when she opened the door, and shouted into the house, "Auntie, it's Chen Hui, the fishmonger."

"Chen Hui?! Why are you here on such a rainy day?"

When Huang Xiulian saw people, she asked in surprise and quickly took out an umbrella to open the door outside.

Seeing the fish basket tied to the back of Chen Hui's bicycle, he was a little bit unbelieving, "Are you here to bring me fish today?"

"Yes! It was just caught from the sea. It came here right after it was caught. It's still alive." Chen Hui said with a smile.

Huang Xiulian leaned over to take a look at the fish basket. "Wow! Is this a pomfret? Am I seeing right? It's so big?"

"It's pomfret." Chen Hui nodded.

"Is it really a pomfret? I've never seen such a big pomfret in my life."

"Last year, my brother, Wen Qian's father, caught a fish that weighed over four kilograms, which was already very rare!"

"How many kilograms does this weigh? It should be about seven or eight kilograms, right?" Huang Xiu Lian asked.

"It's exactly eight pounds. I took it to the purchasing point to have it weighed."

"I should give you a good one. I don't dare to send you ordinary things."

Chen Hui grinned.

"Kid, when can't you go fishing?" "It's just a typhoon. It's too dangerous to go out to sea today. And you're sending it here in the rain."

"Come in quickly, wipe your hair, and get one of my son's clothes for you to change into first."

I didn't expect Chen Hui to take his promise to me so seriously.'

Huang Xiu Lian was touched and a little embarrassed.

Holding an umbrella, he let Chen Hui take the fish into the house.

She shouted to the second floor, "Xiao Ping! Bring down a clean towel and a set of clothes for my son."

"I understand!" Li Ping's response came from the second floor.

Chen Hui took the fish basket directly to the kitchen.

He asked outside, "Sister Xiulian, should we kill this fish now? Or should we keep it?"

"Kill him now. I don't have the equipment like Juanjuan's family has."

"Cut it into four pieces for me, and I'll give one piece to my brother. He likes pomfret the most, and his children like it too."

"Give some more to Juanjuan and Guixiang."

Huang Xiu Lian responded and waited for Li Ping to come down with a towel and clothes.

He urged Chen Hui to go to the room downstairs, change his wet clothes and wipe the rain off his head.

After changing her clothes, Huang Xiulian casually asked Li Ping to take them to wash.

Chen Hui quickly grabbed the wet clothes he had just changed and said, "I'll take them home to wash. I'll send them back next time after I wash them clean."

"Why are you being so polite? Just do what you say."

Huang Xiu Lian said this and found an apron for Chen Hui to wear.

Then he stood by and watched Chen Hui scraping the fish scales with a knife with great interest.

The fish scales are not big, but densely and small, covering the surface of the fish.

Huang Xiu Lian picked up some fish scales out of curiosity and played with them in her hands. They were soft and would bend when she held them upright and pressed lightly.

He laughed and said, "It turns out that pomfret also has scales, how interesting."

"For a pomfret this big, the scales are all soft. For a pomfret weighing one or two kilograms, you can't even see any scales after scraping it off. It's really not worth scraping."

Chen Hui said casually as he turned the pomfret over and started processing the other side.

After both sides are processed, it is time to deal with the sides.

After everything is done, use two buckets of water to rinse off the scales on the table and the fish.

The pomfret was originally silver and looked a little damaged.

After some processing, it becomes white, tender and delicate, with excellent appearance.

Even Chen Hui couldn't help but touch the fish and exclaimed: "Wow! It's so beautiful!"

"It looks delicious!" Huang Xiu Lian said, swallowing unconsciously.

"Sister Xiulian, how are you going to divide this?"

"Do you cut off the head first and then divide the rest into four portions?"

"Or should we share it together with the fish head? After all, the fish head is not big?" Chen Hui asked.

Huang Xiulian looked at the fish and thought for a while, then suddenly laughed.

He patted Chen Hui's arm and said, "Don't kill him yet. I'll ask Xiao Ping to make you a cup of tea. Wait for me."

After saying that, he asked Li Ping to make tea for him, and went out smilingly holding the umbrella.

"Sister Xiulian, where are you going?"

"Should I go with you?" Chen Hui asked.

"No, no, I'll go call my brother!"

"He bought a fish weighing more than four kilograms last time and brought it to my house to be slaughtered. He was very proud of it for a long time."

"He happens to be at home today. I'll ask him to come over and take a look. I'll also let him take his copy back later so I don't have to deliver it to him."

Huang Xiu Lian said this and walked away holding an umbrella.

Li Ping made tea for Chen Hui.

Before the tea had cooled down to drinkable temperature, Huang Xiulian's noisy voice could be heard from outside.

There was another voice that sounded quite familiar to me.

(End of this chapter)