12: Zhang Jun buys fish

Yang Qi hung up the phone, thought for a moment, and then sent Zhang Jun his location.

Although Zhang Jun had told him the place, sending him his location was not contradictory.

He pulled out a cigarette and offered one to the two older brothers. They both sighed again, exclaiming how lucky Yang Qi was!

"Comparing goods, you'd throw them away; comparing people, you'd die!"

"You mere mortals, how dare you compare yourselves to a cheat like me!"

"Who gave you the courage, Liang Jingru?"

The three of them chatted idly for a few more minutes, then dispersed, returning to their respective fishing spots.

"Aren't you two older brothers going to rest a bit longer?"

"Rest my ass! You've caught plenty, but I'm still empty-handed!" The older brother ignored Yang Qi, not even turning his head, cursing silently in his heart.

Yang Qi decided to rest for a while; those ten-plus minutes of wrestling with the large Green Grouper had indeed exhausted him.

Smoking a cigarette, his eyes aimlessly gazed into the distance.

All he saw was a vast expanse of white, where the sea and sky merged into one, indistinguishable. Under the sun's rays, the seawater looked like countless fish scales spread across the surface, sparkling beautifully.

"Oh, the sea! You are all water!"

"Drop-dead gorgeous!"

He couldn't help but recall Wang Zi'an's timeless verses:

"The setting sun and lonely wild goose fly together; the autumn water and the vast sky are of one color!"

He casually picked up his phone, took a few pictures, paired them with Wang Zi'an's famous lines, and posted them all to his Moments!

Before long, his Moments became lively!

Likes and comments poured in continuously.

All sorts of praise, exclamations, blessings, envy, and concern filled his Moments!

Yang Qi replied to each of his relatives' and friends' comments.

"Yang Qi! I'm here!"

Zhang Jun had arrived! Carrying a large fish box!

"Brother Jun."

He offered Yang Qi a cigarette, then looked at the live fish tank and said:

"Today an important client came, and your large Green Grouper is perfect for a 'one fish, three ways' dish! It's impressive!"

"Shall we have lunch together?"

Yang Qi quickly waved his hand: "Brother Jun, I won't go. You'll be discussing important business, so it wouldn't be appropriate for me to be there!"

"Alright then! Next time we'll eat by ourselves! This fish is about thirty-two jin, no need to weigh it, let's just say 3500 yuan! How about that?"

Yang Qi hadn't expected it to be so much money.

"Brother Jun, you've definitely given me too much! I don't need this much!"

"Just take it! It would cost me more than this at a restaurant! If the deal goes through, I'll even have to thank you!"

Saying that, he immediately transferred the money to Yang Qi and insisted on watching him click 'receive payment'.

Then he transferred the fish to his own fishing box that he had brought.

"Well, I'll go back and prepare now. Let's hang out again next time!"

"Wait a moment! Brother Jun!"

Calling out to Zhang Jun, Yang Qi led him to his fish keep net, took out the three to four jin Green Grouper and a Sea Bass of about three jin, and put them into Zhang Jun's large fish box. He said:

"You're using the big one to treat guests, so take these two fish back for my uncle and aunt to try!"

"Alright! I won't be polite with you, I'll listen to you! I'll thank you on behalf of my parents!" Zhang Jun replied, withdrawing his surprised gaze.

"Speaking of which! You've caught so much in just half a morning? You're truly amazing!"

After speaking, he also gave a thumbs-up.

"Hehehe, luck, it's all luck!"

"Then you continue fishing! I'll be going now. Let's fish together sometime!"

"Mhm, alright! Brother Jun, take care!"

He watched Zhang Jun walk away, stumbling a bit with the fish box on his back!

Yang Qi also turned around and started looking for fish! Honestly, the fish resources in the nearshore were not very good. Slightly larger fish swam in twos and threes. There were quite a few palm-sized small fish! But virtually no large fish!

The larger fish must be beyond the reach of his ability! They rarely come to the seaside!

He couldn't help but think about his ability: "A fifty-meter radius, on land, it's certainly not small. But in the vast, boundless ocean, it's really nothing."

"Especially when shore fishing, this fifty-meter distance is a bit hard to describe. It seems a bit insufficient!"

"After all, the fifty meters above the coastline don't work, so the ability is essentially cut in half, wasted!"

Yang Qi scratched his head: "I should go fishing in the sea. That way, the fifty-meter radius can be fully utilized."

But then he thought of his empty pockets, with only about ten thousand in assets. How could he talk about buying a boat?

Ask his family for money? Impossible!

His parents were honest, inland people who had never even seen the sea. If he suddenly asked for money to buy a boat to go sea fishing and earn money, it would worry the old couple to death!

Besides, they didn't have that much money anyway!

"Forget it, I won't consider buying a boat for now. It's impractical! I'll just take it slow! With a golden finger, won't I be able to earn money later?"

Then let's consider the current reality!

Yang Qi turned to look at the two older brothers. Both were fully engrossed in their grand fishing endeavor.

Even though they hadn't caught a single thing yet, they persisted in their casting motions, completely focused.

"Yang Qi, you've really become arrogant!"

"You got a golden finger, and now you're even complaining that your ability isn't perfect enough. You're already earning one or two thousand in half a day, and you're still not satisfied."

"Have you forgotten your hard, miserable life before?"

Yang Qi strongly condemned himself internally!

"Have I forgotten my roots? It doesn't seem like it!"

"Is it 'having gained Long, one desires Shu'? It seems a bit like that."

"Human greed is boundless!"

Fortunately, he had a timely epiphany today. He would cherish what he had and make the most of it!

Yang Qi suddenly felt apathetic. Forget it, that's enough for the morning, no more fishing.

Yang Qi pulled up his fish keep net, poured the fish into the live fish tank, and began packing up his fishing gear.

"Young brother, aren't you going to fish anymore?"

Yang Qi smiled and replied: "Yes! I have some things to do and I'm going back. You two continue, I wish you continuous catches and full nets!"

Just as Yang Qi had packed up his things and was about to leave, one of the older brothers called out to him and asked: "Brother, are you selling these fish?"

Well, well! Another customer indeed!

"Yes, I'm selling them! The fish I catch are for sale!" Yang Qi replied, putting down and reopening the fish box.

"How many do you want, pick them yourself!"

The older brother leaned in to look at the fish and said: "What's there to pick? There are only six Sea Bass in total, give them all to me! That three-jin Green Grouper you gave away, I wish I had bought it then!"

"He's a big client!"

Yang Qi quickly responded: "Don't worry about it, older brother! That's my real older brother! I had him take it back for my uncle and aunt to eat."

"Look at these fish, give me a price."

"I see the two big ones are a bit over three jin, the other three are about two and a half to just under three jin, and the smallest one is about one jin. How about 750 yuan for all of them? You won't lose out!"

Yang Qi secretly calculated it himself and found it to be about right. He immediately nodded in agreement: "That's fine, older brother, very fair!"

He scanned the QR code to pay, and the payment was successful.

"Older brother, continue fishing, I'm leaving now!" Yang Qi emptied the water from the fish box, picked up his gear, and headed home!