Siheyuan: Traveling through Cai Quanwu, pretending to be Uncle Shazhu

After chatting with Jia Dongxu for a while, Cai Quanwu found an excuse to send him away and went home.

There was no way out, the awkward chat was too boring for Cai Quan to continue.

When I got home, the door was open, but He Yushui was not there.

I guess he went to find someone to play with.

Cai Quanwu made himself a cup of tea, rested at home for a while, felt a little bored, closed the door and prepared to go out for a walk.

When I came back, I didn’t see Uncle San guarding the gate. I wonder if he went fishing. I just went to take a look and see what Uncle San had caught today.

Nowadays, the temperature is getting higher day by day, and the quality of fish should be getting better and better.

From the beginning of the year to now, the third uncle has asked Cai Quanwu to go fishing with him several times, but Cai Quanwu refused for various reasons.

Now I feel a little bit restless.

Now that Sha Zhu's problem is solved, there won't be much to do next time. Cai Quanwu thought that next time the Third Uncle goes, he can be called along.

When I passed by the door of Jia's house, I didn't see Jia Dongxu. I didn't know whether he took the children out for a walk or went home.

When I walked to the gate of the courtyard, I saw a group of little kids playing wildly in the alley, and He Yushui was among them as expected.

Just when I was thinking about going to ask the two boys from the Yan family whether the third uncle had gone fishing, I looked around in the alley and saw a man carrying a bucket walking towards the courtyard at the entrance of the alley.

Cai Quanwu and others walked closer and saw that it was either the Third Uncle or someone else.

Now Cai Quanwu was no longer anxious and waited for the third uncle to come at the gate of the courtyard.

Maybe because he was holding things in both hands, the uncle didn't walk fast. It took him several minutes to reach the gate of the courtyard, a distance of several hundred meters.

"Uncle Zhuzi, what are you doing standing here?"

The third uncle walked over, put the bucket on the ground, leaned the fishing rod against the wall, rubbed his hands and asked.

Cai Quanwu saw the third uncle rubbing his hands, probably because his hands were a little tired from carrying the things for such a long distance.

"Wait for you."

As Cai Quanwu spoke, he walked over and looked into the bucket of the third uncle.

"Teacher Yan, we have gained a lot today."

Cai Quanwu had no intention of teasing the Third Uncle. There were quite a few fish in his bucket.

No big fish though.

Except for a small carp weighing about half a pound, the rest were some small miscellaneous fish.

Cai Quanwu estimated that it weighed about one and a half kilograms, definitely less than two kilograms.

But in this era, only big fish are valuable.

Generally no one wants fish like the ones in Uncle Three’s bucket.

Come to think of it, if the third uncle had caught a big fish, he would have sold it long ago, and Cai Quanwu would not have seen it.

Hearing Cai Quanwu's praise, the third uncle smiled proudly, and then pretended to be modest and said: "Not bad, not bad, they are just some small fish."

The third uncle just finished being humble at first, but then he started bragging.

"Oh, I have bad luck today. I had a big carp on my hook, but it slipped away after a while and got off the hook just as I was about to land."

"That big carp must weigh at least ten kilograms."

"what a shame."

"If someone had given me a hand at that time, the carp would definitely not have escaped."

After the third uncle finished speaking, a trace of unwillingness appeared on his face.

That acting is really amazing.

Without exposing the Third Uncle's boasting, Cai Quanwu made a look of regret and echoed:

"That's a shame. We're almost at the shore."

"Next time, ask me to come with you. When you catch a big fish, I'll give you a hand."

When the third uncle saw Cai Quanwu's regretful look, he thought that Cai Quanwu believed his bragging and agreed with Cai Quanwu's words that it was a pity.

"No, that's a shame."

Cai Quanwu's next words made the third uncle look surprised.

The third uncle had invited Cai Quanwu many times, but Cai Quanwu refused every time. Unexpectedly, he would take the initiative to bring it up this time.

However, despite his surprise, the third uncle still agreed immediately.

"Okay, I'll call you next time."

"Row."

Cai Quanwu agreed with a smile, then took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to the third uncle.

The two men lit up cigarettes and started smoking at the gate of the yard.

The third uncle took a puff of his cigarette and shouted to the second son of the Yan family who was playing, "Jiefang, come here and take the bucket and Dad's fishing rod back."

"okay."

Yan Jiefang, who was playing over there, heard his father calling him, answered and ran over quickly.

As soon as Yan Jiefang came over, the third uncle picked up his fishing rod leaning against the wall and the bucket on the ground and stuffed them into Yan Jiefang's hands, saying, "Be careful, don't fall, you broke my fishing rod."

When Cai Quanwu heard what the third uncle said, he immediately laughed.

No wonder none of your children support you in your old age.

Uncle, is this human language?

At first, Cai Quanwu thought that the uncle was worried that the child would fall and get hurt.

After listening to it, I realized that the old man was afraid of breaking his fishing rod.

It turns out that a living person is not as important as a fishing rod.

It’s okay if a person falls, but the fishing rod must not fall.

The third uncle's idea is a bit weird.

It was difficult for the uncle to carry this bucket and fishing rod by himself, let alone the half-grown child Yan Jiefang.

Yan Jiefang was holding the fishing rod in his left hand and the bucket in his right hand, and he was staggering. Cai Quanwu couldn't bear to watch and said to Yan Jiefang, "Jiefang, take the fishing rod back first and leave the bucket here. I have something to discuss with your father."

When Yan Jiefang heard what Cai Quanwu said, he glanced at the third uncle and waited for his instructions.

The third uncle's eyes gleamed, and then he said to Yan Jiefang:

"Liberation, take the fishing rod and go home first."

"Dad will take this bucket back later."

After receiving instructions from the third uncle, Yan Jiefang ran home without even raising his head, because he couldn't be delayed from playing.

After Yan Jiefang left, the third uncle pretended to be ignorant even though he knew the truth and started chatting with Cai Quanwu.

The third uncle was very smart. When he heard Cai Quanwu asking Yan Jiefang not to take the bucket, he guessed what Cai Quanwu meant.

However, due to considerations, the third uncle could not speak first.

The third uncle felt it was too embarrassing to ask for money directly for such a small fish.

But asking him not to ask for money is even more impossible, as that would be cutting into his flesh.

The third uncle chatted with Cai Quanwu while waiting for Cai Quanwu to ask to buy fish.

As long as Cai Quanwu speaks, he will be easy to talk to.

There is a huge difference between you wanting to buy and me wanting to sell.

The two talked for a long time, but Cai Quanwu didn't mention the matter of buying fish, which made the third uncle anxious.

The third uncle thought that Cai Quanwu didn't say anything in order to lower the price, and secretly cursed Cai Quanwu in his heart.

In order to lower the price, they really have no shame.

The third uncle was completely judging others by his own mean character. Cai Quanwu really had no intention of lowering the price.

I was just plain bored and wanted to chat with the old man for a while.

After chatting for a while, the third uncle couldn't help but asked tentatively:

"Uncle Zhuzi, this fish..."

As soon as Cai Quanwu heard what the third uncle said, he immediately understood what he meant.

"I haven't eaten fresh fish for a long time. You name a price for these miscellaneous fish, and I'll ask Zhuzi to stew some for me tonight."

When Cai Quanwu said this, the third uncle was immediately delighted.

"Uncle Zhuzi, my fish must be fresh. Look, the gills of this carp are still open."

"Well, we are neighbors, and I can't ask for more. How about you give me thirty cents?"

The third uncle thought about it for a long time and then gave a price.

Cai Quanwu looked at the expectant Third Uncle and knew that his calculating problem had come back again.

This is an attempt to make Tsai Quanwu a scapegoat.

Normally, a large fish weighing more than two kilograms will cost only 0.2 yuan per kilogram.

For miscellaneous fish like this, it would be a stroke of luck to be able to sell it for 5 cents per pound. In most cases, no one would buy this kind of fish.

There is no other reason. First, there are too many fish bones, and second, it consumes too much oil.

This kind of fish must be fried thoroughly to be delicious.

The third uncle asked for thirty cents, which, considering that there were less than two pounds of fish, would cost fifteen cents or more per pound.

It can be said that this is a completely outrageous request.