Family and villagers are always different; at least family can listen to your explanation and believe you.
After Shi Zhengang's explanation, Ye Meihui and Shi Yuying also believed his words.
This fish was caught by Shi Lin, while the wild duck next to it, headless and neckless, was shot by Old Shi.
Both were surprised that Shi Lin could shoot and asked how he learned.
Helpless, Shi Lin told another lie, saying he secretly went to a classmate's house to learn when he was in school.
Of course, this wasn't entirely a lie; he did sneak over and play along twice, but he only fired two bullets in total and didn't learn anything...
Hearing this reason, Old Shi immediately cursed him as a prodigal Son, picking up his cane and wanting to hit him,
I risked my life making money in the mountains to support your schooling, and you secretly went out to play with guns?!
However, Shi Lin knowing how to shoot, and shooting accurately, was considered a good thing at this time, so the family was too lazy to investigate further and started dealing with the matters at hand.
Ye Meihui took out the scale and carrying pole, and with Shi Lin's help, hung the Fathead up to weigh it.
"Wow, 41 catties!"
Shi Yuying was in charge of watching the scale and said in surprise,
"It's still 41 catties without half a head. If it were a whole one, it would probably be close to fifty catties, right? How should we deal with this fish?"
How to deal with this fish was the most important question to consider now.
Shi Lin thought for a moment and said:
"The fish head can be made into chopped chili fish head, and the fish body can be made into iron pot stew."
"Our family probably can't finish forty-one catties. We can call Second Uncle and Uncle Leshan and have them come over to eat together, or we can send them some fish."
It was a pity that none of his four Sisters married into their Village, otherwise he could have sent some to his Sister's family.
However, as soon as he made this suggestion, it was immediately rejected by Ye Meihui.
"Eat what? We still have chicken at home, and this duck. Isn't that enough for you?! Take it to sell! Fish is very expensive, such a big fish will definitely sell for a lot of money!"
Ye Meihui's opinion was to sell it!
As soon as she proposed this idea, it received the unanimous approval of everyone in the family except Shi Lin.
If it were in the past, with the game Lao Shi hunted back himself, he might have agreed with Shi Lin's idea and kept it at home to share with relatives and friends.
But after the incident where his Son proposed marriage and the Lin Family demanded exorbitant terms, Lao Shi also felt that he should work hard to save more money, otherwise the family line might indeed end with Shi Lin.
Since they all decided to sell it, Shi Lin didn't want to be the one who didn't fit in, so he agreed to sell it.
There was just one more problem: where to sell it?
"No one in our Village buys this kind of stuff, where should we sell it?"
In his previous life at this time, Shi Lin had never been involved in hunting, fishing, or selling goods, so he really didn't know much about the local Market at this time.
Ye Meihui said, "Just send it to Shanghe Village, to Liu Baoquan, the one who used to buy goods from your father frequently. Send it to his house, he buys this stuff."
"Right, Liu Baoquan buys it. You go to Shanghe Village first, then ask anyone, they basically all know his house. If he doesn't remember you, just mention my name, he won't rip you off,"
Shi Zhengang followed up and said.
Oh, this.
From his Mother and father's two sentences, Shi Lin basically understood that he had to go sell it, and the selling location was Shanghe Village.
Fortunately, walking from their house to Shanghe Village only took about twenty minutes, so it wasn't too far.
"Okay, I'm hungry. I'll eat first, and go after I'm full."
He had been busy all day, and his stomach was already rumbling with hunger. If he went to sell the fish now, it would take about an hour round trip.
Even an iron man couldn't stand it; it was better to eat first.
What he didn't expect was that his Mother actually said at this moment:
"Eat what? I'll make you a bowl of malted milk to tide you over. It's already dark, go quickly and come back quickly, and eat when you get back."
Hearing this, Shi Lin almost couldn't hold back and said helplessly:
"Oh Mother, we still have chicken and chicken soup in the pot. You won't let me eat chicken and drink chicken soup, but you want me to drink malted milk? Am I still your Son?"
"Huh?"
Seeing her Son's helpless look, Ye Meihui explained,
"Wasn't I thinking that malted milk is nutritious? I wouldn't even be willing to give it to someone else."
In this era, malted milk could be considered a luxury item,
In rural homes, chicken and chicken soup could occasionally be seen, but malted milk was usually only bought by families with children.
This also led many people to mistakenly believe that the nutritional value of malted milk was higher than that of chicken, chicken soup, and other things.
"No matter how good malted milk is, it's not as delicious as chicken and chicken soup!
Moreover, the nutrition of malted milk is actually just so-so, not that great. It's mainly for supplementing energy and incidentally supplementing some trace elements,
Or you can simply understand it as sugar water..."
Shi Lin helplessly gave his family a simple explanation about malted milk, otherwise he was really afraid that his Mother and father would eat malted milk as a staple food.
It would be better for their bodies to eat proper meals.
Huh?!
Shi Zhengang, Ye Meihui, and Shi Yuying were all dumbfounded and confused after hearing his words.
Drinking malted milk like sugar water?
In that case, they might as well drink honey water. At least there was a lot of honey at home now, and it didn't cost money.
After talking about malted milk, Shi Lin ignored their surprise and went into the kitchen by himself, scooped up a large bowl of rice, and started devouring the pot of chicken soup.
After eating, he still had to go sell the fish, so there was really no need to wait for the whole family to eat together.
Moreover, their family didn't have a rule about waiting for everyone to be present before eating.
In the yard, Shi Zhengang thought for a moment and said to Ye Meihui:
"Go to Second Uncle's house and borrow his bicycle. Let Xiao Liu ride it later."
Riding a bike was much faster and less tiring than walking.
Ye Meihui nodded, "Okay, I'll go borrow it now."
Speaking of which, Shi Lin's family originally had a bicycle, but the year before, Shi Lin rode it to the County to watch a movie, and then the bike was gone.
Shi Lin himself knew clearly that the bicycle had been stolen, but some people in the Village speculated that he, the prodigal Son, had secretly sold the family's bicycle.
This also led to Shi Lin's reputation in the Village becoming even worse. Many people were unwilling to lend him a bicycle; if he wanted to use one, other family members had to borrow it...
...
"Ride the bicycle there. Here's the flashlight, keep it safe, don't lose it."
"First go to Shanghe Village and sell the fish to Liu Baoquan, then go to Xiahe Village and give the malted milk, honey, and this duck to your Fourth Sister."
Originally, they only planned for Shi Lin to go sell the fish.
But now, since they had borrowed a bicycle, Shi Zhengang and Ye Meihui simply had him go a few more steps and make a trip to his Fourth Sister's house.
His Fourth Sister had just given birth to her second child not long ago, and at this time, both the adult and the child needed nutrition,
The old couple in the family were also reluctant to drink the malted milk, so they simply had Shi Lin take it to his Fourth Sister.
"Okay."
Shi Lin nodded.
He put a bag on the back seat of the bicycle, tied the fish to the back seat, took the things for his Fourth Sister, and pedaled the bicycle towards Shanghe Village.
With the bicycle, the journey that originally took twenty minutes to walk, Shi Lin only took ten minutes to reach.
Upon reaching Shanghe Village, he didn't need to ask for directions.
He rode directly towards the brand-new large tiled house at the entrance of Shanghe Village.
He thought for a while on the way and finally remembered who this Liu Baoquan was.
Speaking of which, he was also a figure. In his previous life, after Shi Lin learned hunting, he also did business with him.
Liu Baoquan, everyone called him Quan Ge.
He used to be a Hunter, just like Lao Shi, making a living by hunting.
Later, when the Market opened up, he started his own business, buying mountain goods from other Hunters and selling them on the Market to earn a price difference.
Catching the wave of the era's dividends, his business grew bigger and bigger, becoming the most famous local tycoon in their area by the late 1980s.
However, a few years later, the Wildlife Protection Law was enacted. Liu Baoquan was addicted to making money and didn't know when to stop. Eventually, he was arrested for reselling protected animals, and his money was confiscated.
That incident was quite sensational in their area at the time, and it also made many Hunters who still held onto a sense of chance change their ways.
Arriving at the entrance of Liu Baoquan's courtyard, Shi Lin stopped his bicycle and shouted loudly:
"Is Quan Ge home?"
"Yes, yes. Brother, come right in."
A man's voice came from inside the house.
Immediately after, Shi Lin saw a short, stout Middle-aged man who was a bit bald, wiping his mouth as he walked out of the house.