148: Fan Jin Buys Fish

Returning home, they put the several large black carp into a big tub. Zhang Jun and Liu Yao started taking photos for their Moments and fishing groups.

They uploaded all the photos and videos taken by the reservoir at once.

And captioned it: "This weekend, a few brothers and I went to our old hometown in another region for fun. We drove 4 hours early in the morning to a mountainous area, fishing for large black carp in a super-large reservoir. We had a bountiful harvest, come and enjoy!"

The two of them had several identical groups, and this 'group-bombing' operation immediately ignited various Moments and fishing groups.

After that, calls and messages kept coming in. The two of them chuckled, playing tai chi with the people on the other end, talking about how difficult the mountain roads were, how hard they had worked, and most of all, how powerful these wild black carp were and how good their own fishing skills were!

Not to mention those on the phone, even Yang Qi's maternal grandparents and Uncle were confused. Uncle explained for a bit, and everyone suddenly understood that it was all for secrecy.

Just as Zhang Jun hung up the phone, Lao Fan's call came in.

"Hello, Manager Zhang! I'm almost at the town you mentioned, about two or three kilometers away."

"Hello, Lao Fan, you're almost here! Alright, I'll send you the exact location."

Zhang Jun replied. It seemed this 'Old Six' hadn't given Yang Qi's maternal grandparents' specific address at the time.

"Manager Zhang, I just saw that you guys caught a lot more big black carp! You didn't sell any of the other fish, did you?"

Lao Fan asked. It wasn't that he wouldn't make money by paying 36,000 yuan and traveling so far just to buy one black carp.

He would definitely make money, but the expenses were the same, so one more fish meant a little more profit.

"What? Other fish! No, I didn't sell them! You can come over and we'll talk!" Zhang Jun said.

"Good, good, good!"

He had just hung up Lao Fan's call and sent him a location. The phone rang again.

"Hello, Lao Chang, is something wrong?"

"What's wrong? Why didn't you invite me to fish for big black carp?"

Chang Jianqiang's questioning voice came from the other end.

"What do you mean 'didn't invite you'? I came to Yang Qi's old hometown to play in the middle of the night yesterday. Would you have even picked up the phone?"

Zhang Jun understood Lao Chang's habits; he put his phone on silent after going to sleep.

Chang Jianqiang was speechless, immediately feeling like he had lost a hundred million.

"Tell Yang Qi to answer the phone! I don't want to talk to you anymore!"

Zhang Jun was also speechless, muttering, "Such character. Doesn't want to talk to me, so why call my phone?"

He casually handed the phone to Yang Qi and said, "Lao Chang's call."

"Hello, Brother Jun, it's me, Yang Qi."

"Yang Qi, next time you go back to your old hometown, remember to invite me! I also want to visit your old hometown."

"Alright, alright, alright, I'll invite you next time."

What followed was a series of meaningless conversations.

Not long after, the sound of a car came from the entrance, and Zhang Jun's phone rang again. Lao Fan had arrived!

Lao Fan was a fishing ground owner, specializing in buying live large fish to raise in his 'giant fish pond' for people to fish.

The fishing fee was 500 per hour. The large fish had tags, and based on their size, the tags were worth hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands. He didn't take the fish back.

It was essentially a disguised form of gambling, but he made a lot of money.

This was also why Zhang Jun and the others wouldn't become close friends with him. Being ordinary friends was fine, but their relationship couldn't be too deep.

In fact, second-generation rich kids like them, having received a more comprehensive education since childhood than ordinary people, all cherished their reputation.

Lao Fan was in his forties, of medium height, slightly overweight, a businessman, and a smiling tiger. This was Yang Qi's first impression!

"Manager Zhang, Manager Liu, and everyone else, hello! My name is Fan Jin."

His first words upon meeting were an introduction. He smiled broadly as he looked at everyone present, nodding frequently to acknowledge them, ensuring everyone felt included. He was truly thorough.

"A businessman, a shrewd one!" Yang Qi felt inferior.

"Manager Zhang, Manager Liu, you two are truly magnificent! You've caught so many big ones again. Such great skill, such good craftsmanship! I'm impressed, truly impressed! Come visit my place sometime!"

Zhang Jun and the others smiled, not responding, watching his performance.

"This, Manager Zhang, Manager Liu, how about you sell all these big black carp to me?"

Fan Jin's eyes went wide as he looked at the black carp.

"My two aren't for sale! I'm taking them home to give as gifts." Liu Yao was quite direct.

"You can take three! A Yao and I aren't selling four of them; we want you to deliver them back for us. For the other three, can the price be raised a bit?"

Zhang Jun was a bit more reserved than Liu Yao, and his words were relatively more subtle.

"Aren't there eight? You can sell me the other one that's about twenty catties too!"

Fan Jin was still trying to negotiate.

"We're planning to eat that one ourselves tonight. Otherwise, you can join us later." Zhang Jun said.

"Hey, hey! Brother Jun, why did you sell all of mine? I still wanted to keep one to try myself!" Yang Qi immediately raised an objection.

"Eating my smaller one tonight will be enough. It's not easy for Lao Fan to make this trip, so you should sell yours! Maternal grandparents, isn't that right?" Zhang Jun asked his maternal grandfather.

His maternal grandparents nodded with a smile; this kid was worth dealing with!

"You, you, sigh!..." Yang Qi pointed at Zhang Jun, somewhat speechless.

Liu Yao kept chuckling.

Except for the twenty-catty black carp, the other seven large black carp were all about the same size, all around 50 catties.

Finally, after some discussion, they agreed to sell three black carp to Fan Jin, raising the price to 38,000 yuan per fish.

All the large black carp would be transported back by Fan Jin in his live fish truck. He could then freely choose the three black carp with the best skin and scales.

The other four would be picked up from Fan Jin's place after Zhang Jun and the others returned.

After settling the deal, everyone began to net the fish and load them onto the truck. After Fan Jin transferred the fish payment to Yang Qi, he also took his leave. He didn't dare to linger; the sooner he returned, the higher the survival rate of the black carp.

After Fan Jin left, everyone returned to the house. Zhang Jun patted Yang Qi's shoulder,

"Brother, don't feel bad about those fish."

Yang Qi smiled helplessly, "Alright, you guys arranged it properly."

In the evening, Yang Qi slaughtered the twenty-catty black carp. The 'black carp stone' was not big, only about the size of a finger, and not worth much money.

Combined with some miscellaneous fish Uncle caught in the afternoon, they made a sumptuous all-fish feast.

Braised black carp, home-style tofu stewed with fish bones, braised large black carp head, braised soft-shelled turtle, braised local catfish, braised large carp, stir-fried local river snails, crucian carp and radish soup, and so on.

Everyone sat around, feasting happily. Indeed, ingredients were king.

That night, Zhang Jun, Liu Yao, and Yang Qi didn't plan to collect the soft-shelled turtle traps, so they drank to their heart's content.

The family also prepared a room for the two of them to rest. There was no other way; neither of them considered themselves outsiders and insisted on staying at home instead of a county hotel... PS: Recently, the data for this book has been continuously plummeting, dropping from eleventh on the new book list directly off the charts. Perhaps my skill is limited, and I'm not writing well!

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