Siheyuan: Seventeen-year-old He Yuzhu

He Yuzhu did not take the fish down immediately. He looked around.

“Does anyone want to buy this fish?”

"It's not expensive, just six dollars."

Everyone looked at me, I looked at you, and we were all very excited.

They could accept six dollars for such a big fish.

And it really makes you proud to bring it back.

It's acceptable, but there is still a problem: they don't have much money.

I had some pocket money at most, and I used it all to buy fish. I felt a little sad.

It takes a long time to save up six dollars.

Yan Bugui also wanted to buy it, but it was even more impossible for him to afford it.

I was thinking whether I should talk to Zhuzi in private later to see if he could give me one.

After all, it's in the same yard, right?

It is right to help each other.

A voice said, "Six dollars, I'll buy it."

He Yuzhu looked over and saw that the man was wearing brown clothes and looked slightly younger than the others, probably less than forty years old.

The people around were a little surprised. "Xiao Zhou, didn't you say that your wife manages the family's money? How did you get enough money to buy fish? And it was only six dollars."

"This is taking out all the private money."

"Xiao Zhou, you're really willing to spend a lot of money."

Xiao Zhou took the money out of his inner pocket, counted out six yuan and handed them to He Yuzhu.

"It's not that exaggerated. I can still afford six dollars."

Although he said it was easy, his heart was bleeding. He only had eight dollars of pocket money, which he had saved for three years.

How can I not feel heartbroken when I have to spend six dollars all at once?

When I took the fish from He Yuzhu, held it in my arms, and felt its weight.

Suddenly I didn't feel so heartbroken anymore.

Such a big fish, worth it.

He had been fishing for nearly half a year, but had no success. The most he had ever brought home was two small fish, each weighing about one or two taels.

People at home kept talking about him, saying that he went fishing in a hurry every day, but only caught this little bit, which was not even enough to fill his stomach.

Every time people in the yard saw him going out with a fishing rod, they would laugh at him.

He just couldn't stand it anymore.

This time I'm bringing back a big one, let's see what you guys say?

When Xiao Zhou thought of the shocked looks in the yard and the happy and admiring looks of his family members, he felt very happy.

Six bucks, well spent.

In the next half hour, He Yuzhu caught three more fish weighing more than ten kilograms, all of which were sold.

It is true that they feel sorry for the money, but when they see that everyone who goes fishing with them catches a big fish, while they only have one or two small fish in their bucket, how can they bear it?

Buy, must buy.

They all paid money.

He Yushui was so happy to see that his brother not only caught a big fish but also sold it for a lot of money.

"Yushui, take the money."

He Yuzhu handed the money to Yu Shui, who was surprised and excited.

After she took the money, her eyes opened wide. She had never received so much money before.

He carefully put it in his pocket, then covered the pocket tightly with one hand, not letting go for a moment.

He Yuzhu was touched by the cute look of the rain.

He looked at Yan Bugui and said, "Uncle San, everyone else has bought one, why don't you buy one?"

Yan Bugui said: "Who said that everyone else bought it but Zhang didn't?"

"Besides, you don't have any fish here."

In fact, he was really envious and tempted, but he was reluctant to spend money to buy it.

He Yuzhu said, "Isn't there another one in my bucket? If Uncle San wants it, I'll sell it to you for five dollars."

Yan Bugui shook his head and said, "If you don't buy it, don't even think about making money from me."

"Haha."

He Yuzhu laughed, it was indeed that third uncle, calculating and extremely stingy.

He caught fish again.

The sun has begun to set, and the fiery red sunset glows on the river, emitting a soft red light, and the ripples on the water are like silk.

Lao Li said, "Little brother, the sun has already set and it will be dark soon. Are you still fishing?"

Xiao Zhou said: "Yes, you have gained a lot today."

"Almost every one of us bought a fish. If you catch more fish, we won't buy any more."

He Yuzhu smiled and said, "Isn't there someone who hasn't bought it yet?"

Old Li laughed, "Old Yan and Old Zhang."

"Don't even think about it, Old Yan. He's so stingy that he won't spend any money anyway."

He looked at Lao Zhang, "Lao Zhang, why didn't you buy it?"

"Isn't your family well-off?"

Old Zhang watched He Yuzhu fishing and replied casually, "I left in a hurry today and didn't bring much money. I'm short of money and can't compare with you guys."

Old Li laughed and scolded, "You can't fool me with that. I don't even know you, so how can you go out empty-handed?"

"You don't think highly of this fish weighing more than ten kilograms, do you?"

Old Zhang smiled and said nothing more.

In fact, he felt that the fish weighing more than ten kilograms was not a big deal, and he was slightly tempted, but not very strongly.

He has been fishing for a long time. He had fished in other places before. Although he had never caught such a big fish, he had caught fish weighing more than ten kilograms.

He had also seen others catch fish weighing fifteen or sixteen kilograms, or even twenty kilograms.

When I saw the big fish caught by He Yuzhu today, I was not as excited or envious as others.

The only thing that made him envious was that He Yuzhu could always catch such big fish. After just a short while, he had caught six.

The masters I have met before probably didn’t have this kind of efficiency.

He came here mainly to learn He Yuzhu's fishing techniques.

As for buying fish, I didn’t think much about it.

Unless He Yuzhu can catch a big fish that he absolutely cannot refuse.

It was getting dark and everything around was grey.

"Young man, it's getting dark. Let's go and come back tomorrow."

"Yes, the fish in this river can't escape, so it will be the same if you come here to fish next time."

"You don't really want us to have one each, do you? Let me tell you, Lao Zhang is different from us. He has high standards. A fish weighing more than ten kilograms may not impress him. Let's retreat first."

Lao Zhang also said: "Little brother, don't think about my money. To be honest with you, unless you can catch more than 20 kilograms of fish, I won't be interested."

"It's getting dark now. I'll come back tomorrow. If you insist that I buy fish as well, then you can come back tomorrow."

"As long as you can catch a big fish weighing more than 20 kilograms, I will keep my word and buy it."

He Yushui pulled He Yuzhu's sleeve and said, "Brother, it's getting dark, let's go."

He Yuzhu touched her head and said, "Yushui, wait a little longer, brother will be well soon."

In just two or three minutes, a dark shadow appeared in the river, but it was not clear in the dim environment.

But He Yuzhu smiled slightly and finally waited for you.

He swung the hook and then pulled it up with force.

A big black creature jumped out of the water.

It is quite powerful. As soon as it comes out of the water, it tries to break free from the hook and dives back into the river.

How could He Yuzhu let it do as it wished?

He had waited so long just for this moment. If he let it run away, all his efforts would be wasted.

The fishing rod was thrown hard towards the shore, and the big fish was interrupted from diving into the water and flew towards the shore.

He Yuzhu increased his strength and heard a bang.

The big guy was thrown heavily onto the shore.