Chapter 76. No. 76 Fish Peach Blossom Fish
[I still remember going out to buy clothes with my mother not long ago. There was a piece of clothing that was very nice, but it cost three hundred yuan. I couldn't bear to spend it, so my mother told me to control my emotions and act like I didn't like it. Then she turned around and asked the boss to quote a price of one hundred and fifty yuan.

The boss refused at first and said the lowest price was two hundred and fifty. My mother turned around and asked who she was calling an idiot. The store owner changed the price to two hundred and forty. My mother said one hundred and sixty. The boss said no, the lowest price was two hundred and thirty. Then my mother took me and turned around and left.

I was completely confused at the time, and I was stopped after taking only two steps.

The boss said the minimum was 200, and my mom said 170, so forget it... In the end I spent 170 and got a beautiful dress! 】

[Sure enough, everyone has similar experiences! ]

[My mother bargained: One hundred? It's too expensive, buy it for fifty. I bargained: One hundred? Ah... okay then.]

[I am dying of laughter. What do you call bargaining? You are just being timid, right? 】

Everyone was watching with great interest the sound of the aunties and grandmas discussing prices, without any impatience at all.

But the aunties and grandmas here didn't feel so good. After finding out that this was actually a TV show, they first regretted that they couldn't bargain, and then turned around and started arguing over a fish.

"I want this fish."

"What do you want? I was obviously the one who saw you first!"

"What are you talking about? I was the first one to fish it out!"

Qiu Ruoran: “…” Help!!!
Qiu Ruoran looked at Jinjiu for help.

In fact, she originally wanted to ask Aunt Jin for help, but Aunt Jin also had customers coming, and she was embarrassed to ask others to help her at the expense of her own business.

Upon seeing this, Jinjiu lowered his head and rummaged through the other barrels, then pulled out a fish.

"This is the top-ranking fish. Its scales are golden, which means success in the imperial examination. The fish also has whiskers that resemble a dragon's head, which means it has jumped over the dragon gate, studied hard for ten years, and become the top-ranking scholar." Jinjiu said to one of the ladies, while pointing at a certain spot on the scales.

The old lady was slightly stunned, then she leaned over to take a look. What she saw was amazing, the fish scales were actually golden!

Moreover, this fish is a grass carp. Grass carp have no whiskers, but this grass carp actually has whiskers, which is rare. Add on, today's wine has both 'dragon head' and 'fish leaping over the dragon gate', and I suddenly felt like I was fooled.

I was originally hesitant about whether to buy it, but now I am ready to buy it.

"Your grandson is going to take the college entrance examination, right? If you buy him such a good fish, he will definitely get good grades." These words directly touched the old lady's heart.

She could save money by not buying fish for herself.

But if it is good for the child, I am willing to spend any amount of money.

"Okay, I'll take it!" The old lady took the fish without hesitation.

"Weigh it." Jinjiu said lightly.

Qiu Ruoran was stunned, then hurriedly weighed it, and the result was 2.88 jins!
"This number is auspicious!" The lady next to her was excited when she saw it.

If she didn't know that this lady had a child who was going to take the college entrance examination and she didn't have one at home, she would have been willing to pay a higher price for such a good fish!
"Oh, I'm so lucky today." The lady who bought the fish smiled.

She didn't believe this at first, but now she has to believe it.

Two catties and eight ounces of fish, at nine yuan per catty, should have been 25.92 yuan. A normal person would charge 25.9, or a generous person would just round it down to 25. However, this was a mission, and Qiu Ruoran couldn't round it down to 25.9, so he could only quote .

But now the old lady is happy, she doesn’t care about 25.9 and directly takes out 28.8.

"Take it, take it." The old lady stuffed the money into Qiu Ruoran's hand, and without waiting for her to react, she took the fish and ran away.

Qiu Ruoran turned to look at Jinjiu. Jinjiu calmly took out 2.9 from Qiu Ruoran's hand, put it in his pocket, and then said to Qiu Ruoran in surprise: "Two dollars and ninety cents is not too much for the service fee of helping to pick the fish, right?" Qiu Ruoran: "...Not too much, not too much." Anyway, it's extra money, they wouldn't waste it!

This is three dollars!
Except for Jinjiu, everyone among them is extremely poor and doesn't even have money to buy a bottle of water. What qualifications do they have to look down on three dollars?

The other ladies were a little amused when they heard Jinjiu's words.

"Sister, how about you pick a fish for me?"

"I want one too. If you choose well, I can give you more money."

Qiu Ruoran: “……?” Are they selling fish?
It shouldn't be some weird sales scene, right?
Under Qiu Ruoran's shocked gaze, Jinjiu actually fished out two fish from the bucket.

"Peach Blossom Fish, tying the red thread, guarantees marriage." Jinjiu pointed to the heart-shaped scales under the fish's head, and then pointed to the flower-like patterns on the fish's tail.

"Handling the red thread? Is that true?" The thing that this old lady is most worried about lately is undoubtedly her son's marriage.

Her son is already thirty years old, but he is just a blockhead and can't do anything. She despises such a man, let alone other girls.

But what can you do if you dislike me?

They all crawled out of my own stomach. If I'm not satisfied, can I just put them back and reset them?
Regardless of whether this fish is effective or not, Jinjiu’s words really touched the heart of this old lady.

"Well, do you want it?" Jin Jiu didn't say much and asked directly whether he wanted it.

"Want to want."

"Weigh it." Jinjiu skillfully threw the fish to Qiu Ruoran, and continued to stare at the bucket.

"Two pounds and six ounces, 31.2 yuan." This is crucian carp, twelve yuan per pound.

"Okay." The old lady paid promptly and walked away happily carrying the fish.

The lady in blue clothes who was still waiting couldn't help feeling anxious as she saw Jinjiu fiddling with the fish for quite some time without succeeding in catching a single fish.

"How's it going, sister, do you have a suitable fish?"

After hearing this, Qiu Ruoran really had no energy to complain anymore.

They are selling fish!
This is not fortune telling by drawing lots!

Others buy fish to eat, they buy fish for good luck!
However, Qiu Ruoran just complained in her heart. She understood Jinjiu's abilities. She always felt that the two fish just now should not be simple.

Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that the first grandson of the aunt took the college entrance examination, and Jinjiu could catch a fish with whiskers and golden scales?

The second fish was also abnormal.

When she weighed the fish just now, she saw that the circle of heart-shaped scales under the fish's head really looked like a heart, and it was not the kind that was forcibly twisted into a heart shape.

She couldn't see the pattern on the fish's tail clearly, but it seemed to her that it was indeed different from other fish.

"There's no fish suitable for you here, but I suggest you don't buy any fish to eat."

"Why?" The lady in blue was a little unhappy when she heard the first half of the sentence.

After all, everyone else has fish with such good meanings, but she doesn’t. What does this mean?
Is she unlucky?

(End of this chapter)