23: High-priced stone nine

"I want to keep some fish!" Yang Qi said, "Keep 5 fish over 5 liang, and 10 live fish that are 4 liang. As for the 3 liang ones..."

Before Yang Qi could finish speaking.

"Stop, hold on, Yang Qi, why do you want to keep so many fish? You said to keep 5 fish of 5 liang to treat Brother Jun and his friends, and given your relationship, I understand.

But why do you want to keep so many 4 liang and 3 liang ones? Isn't it better to convert them all to cash? I can't leave them for you; I need to take all the others away."

Yu Dafu immediately got anxious.

"Don't be anxious, Yu Ge! Listen to me. The 5 fish over 5 liang are naturally for treating you all.

I plan to have Brother Jun take the live 4 liang ones back for his parents to taste. If Long Ge's family weren't in the capital, I would have kept more for him to take back.

As for the 3 liang ones, we've worked hard all afternoon, so we should at least keep some for ourselves to eat!"

"Oh, come on! Do we have to eat live ones? These just died; if we eat them immediately, isn't it the same?

The live ones are just for adding a gimmick to my restaurant."

Yu Dafu spoke agitatedly, "Bai Xue, I think you should rein this guy in; he doesn't treat money seriously enough."

Everyone immediately turned their gaze to Bai Xue, making her face flush red and leaving her a bit flustered.

However, she quickly composed herself and said, "General Manager Yu makes a good point. In my opinion, we should keep the 5 large ones for everyone to eat tonight, and also keep the 10 live 4 liang ones for Brother Jun to take to his parents to try.

As for the ones we keep for ourselves to eat, I think the freshly dead 3 liang ones are perfectly fine."

She spoke with the air of a hostess, neither servile nor overbearing, and her words were so well-considered that everyone nodded in approval.

Her father was especially comforted: "My daughter has truly grown up!"

At this moment, Zhang Jun spoke: "How about this! For my parents, let's change it to freshly dead fish over 4 liang! After all, they're still very fresh, and the taste is pretty much the same; just consider them chilled. As for the rest, let's go with what Bai Xue said!"

Finally, combining Bai Xue's and Zhang Jun's suggestions, everyone reached an agreement.

Then they started to settle accounts:

Over 5 liang:

50 fish X 280 = 14,000 yuan

4 liang - 5 liang:

39 live fish X 120 = 4,680 yuan

12 dead fish were all given away.

3 liang - 4 liang:

85 live fish X 80 = 6,800 yuan

42 dead fish X 30 = 1,260 yuan

2-3 liang:

Total 13 jin of live fish X 70 = 910 yuan

Total:

14,000 + 4,680 + 6,800 + 1,260 + 910 = 27,650 yuan

Yu Dafu and Bai Xue checked the accounts. He transferred 27,700 yuan to Yang Qi.

As he was in a hurry to go back and arrange the fish, Yu Dafu left after paying.

Uncle Bai also happily took the empty boxes to return them. At the same time, he invited everyone to his house for dinner later.

Actually, he knew they were about to split the money, and as an elder, it wasn't convenient for him to stay there.

Looking at the transfer record on his phone, Yang Qi himself couldn't quite believe his eyes.

"27,700 yuan," hearing this number stunned Bai Xue's family of three; after all, this was only for half an afternoon's work!

"Is fishing so profitable now?"

Yang Qi walked over to Bai Xue and Bai Lang and said, "Bai Xue, A Lang! Come over here, let's split the money!"

"Alright! We'll divide this money into three parts. A Lang and I will each take 10,000 yuan, and Bai Xue, you take 7,700 yuan."

Bai Xue immediately got anxious: "What money am I taking? I didn't fish; I just helped move things. I don't want it! Besides, most of it was caught by you, and Xiao Lang shouldn't get that much either!"

Bai Lang also waved his hands repeatedly: "Yes, Ge, I can't take that much."

Yang Qi said: "Although I caught more, without the two of you, we wouldn't have sold them for this much money.

There's no need to mention A Lang; we fished together. As for Bai Xue, if you hadn't decisively borrowed those large water tanks and oxygen pumps, so many fish wouldn't have survived. Everyone contributed!"

The three of them argued back and forth, unable to settle it.

It was Zhang Jun who said: "Yang Qi, Bai Xue, I think it should be like this: your younger brother Bai Lang takes 10,000 yuan. If Bai Xue truly doesn't want her share, then you can buy her more clothes and treat her to more meals in the future as compensation, and that will be fine!"

Finally, the others also followed this suggestion and transferred 10,000 yuan to Bai Lang.

This made Bai Lang incredibly excited; it was the first money he had ever earned in his life, and such a large amount!

Everyone tidied up the yard, cleaned up, and carrying the remaining fish, headed towards Bai Xue's house.

Only then did Yang Qi remember that it was his first time visiting her home, and he had been busy fishing all afternoon, so he hadn't prepared a gift.

Zhang Jun pulled Yang Qi to his luxury car, opened the trunk, took out two boxes of premium Huanghelou cigarettes and two bottles of Maotai liquor, and handed them to him:

"Take these! After all, it's your first time visiting your father-in-law's house, so don't be impolite!"

"This~ then thank you, Brother Jun. I'll make it up to you next time, little brother!" Yang Qi said.

"Why say that? Bai Xue is a good girl, so put some effort in. I'll also take two boxes of tea! It's not good to just freeload on a meal!"

When Bai Xue saw the two of them whispering and carrying things out of the car, she immediately knew what was going on.

"Brother Jun, why are you bringing things when you're just coming to my house for a meal! No need, no need."

"Hey~ Bai Xue, this is Yang Qi's first time visiting your home; he should bring some gifts. He needs to leave a good impression on your parents."

Bai Xue thought for a moment and said, "Then thank you, Brother Jun!"

"What a clever and intelligent girl, not only sensible but also beautiful. Little brother, you've found a treasure!"

This made Bai Xue blush with embarrassment! Yang Qi just chuckled.

Soon, they arrived at Bai Xue's house.

Bai Lang had already gone home ahead of them to deliver the good news. He ran to the kitchen, gesticulating wildly, talking about the fish sales and how incredibly capable Yang Qi was.

He pulled out his phone to show off the 10,000 yuan, which was undoubtedly confiscated by his mother.

Under the guise of: "I'll keep it safe for you!"

This made Bai Lang recall the New Year's money he had collected during his childhood.

However, today was good; his mother casually gave him two hundred yuan as return money.

Better than nothing!

Bai Lang stood at the door to greet everyone. Seeing Bai Lang's expression, Bai Xue chuckled: "How was it? Didn't get any back?"

Bai Lang sadly held up two fingers.

"Yay~?"

"It's two hundred yuan, what 'yay'!"

Bai Lang's answer made everyone burst into laughter.

Entering the yard, Bai Xue's parents also came out to greet them, and there was a round of pleasantries.

There were also some close relatives of Bai Xue's family inside, and everyone started drinking tea.

Bai Xue first put the other fish in her freezer before carrying the fish for dinner into the kitchen.

After a while, the previously cooked dishes were successively brought to the dining table. Tonight's dinner was originally to thank Yang Qi for saving Bai Xue's life, so the family had made it very grand.

They had also invited some close relatives to accompany them, so the variety of dishes was already very rich. There were all kinds of seafood, as well as chicken, duck, fish, and meat; everything imaginable.