Shi Lin didn't hesitate at all, directly lifting the Fathead and placing it in front of Liu Baoquan.
"Quan Ge, this is a Fathead I just caught. Give me a price."
Seeing this Fathead over a meter long, Liu Baoquan was also startled.
Such a large Fathead is really rare!
Although they have a river in this generation, they mainly rely on the mountain. People usually eat more things from the mountain, making fish relatively precious.
Such a large Fathead might be worth a lot of money!
After checking the freshness of the fish, Liu Baoquan rubbed his hands and looked at Shi Lin, asking:
"Brother, you look unfamiliar. You're not from our Big River Village, are you? Did you shoot this fish with a gun?"
Shi Lin chuckled, "Quan Ge, I'm from Xigou Village, named Shi Lin. My father, Shi Zhengang, you should know him, right? He asked me to bring this fish to you."
As soon as Liu Baoquan heard Shi Lin introduce himself, he immediately understood and laughed heartily,
"It's you, kid! Shi Family's Lao Liu! You should call me Uncle!"
"When I was young, I often went hunting with Shi Lin's father. Last time Shi Lin's father broke his leg, I even went to your house. Did Shi Lin's father catch this fish?"
"Hehe, I was just thinking of calling you younger so you could give me a better price later. Uncle Quan, you have a sharp eye, you could tell it was Shi Lin's father who caught it at a glance."
Shi Lin chuckled and didn't bother to explain.
Basically, anyone familiar with their family would find it hard to believe that he caught this fish.
After all, in everyone's eyes now, he is a good-for-nothing who has never done any work and is lazy.
"Hey, you kid, the reason Uncle's business is successful is because of integrity. I wouldn't cheat people, let alone you!"
"I have to explain the condition of this fish first. The Fathead is famous for its head. Although your fish is very large, half of its head is gone, so it's not as valuable."
"I can only buy it from you at 1.1 yuan per jin at most. If it's higher than that, Uncle can't take it. What do you think of this price?"
In those days, there weren't so many dishonest merchants. Liu Baoquan spoke honestly. He could only offer 1.1 yuan per jin. If it worked, he'd take it; otherwise, he wouldn't.
"Okay, of course. When I came, Shi Lin's father said that Uncle Quan is honest in business, just let Uncle Quan name the price."
Shi Lin laughed heartily and followed Liu Baoquan to hang the fish on the scale to weigh it.
Hearing Shi Lin's words, Liu Baoquan also laughed very happily.
"Haha, Uncle's business mainly relies on the support of old Brothers like Shi Lin's father. How could I cheat you?"
"Even if it's 42 jin, Lao Liu, help me bring this fish in. I'll get some ice for it first and ice it down."
The scale showed a little over 41 jin, and Liu Baoquan rounded it up to 42 jin.
The final settlement was 42 * 1.1 = 46.2 yuan. Liu Baoquan gave 47 yuan and told Shi Lin to bring more goods next time.
He was quite honest and also very enthusiastic.
After settling the bill, Liu Baoquan wanted to keep Shi Lin for dinner, but Shi Lin had to go to Fourth Sister's house, so he refused.
......
Leaving Liu Baoquan's yard, Shi Lin got on his bike and didn't go directly to Xiahe Village.
Instead, he first found a grocery store in Shanghe Village and spent three yuan to buy two cans of preserved food, a box of shortbread, and a bag of loose candy.
These were the small gifts he, as an Uncle, brought when visiting his niece.
His Fourth Sister's first child was a girl, already three years old. This second child was also a girl.
Shi Lin remembered that in his previous life, his Fourth Sister's husband's family favored boys over girls, and Fourth Sister was very persistent about having a boy.
To avoid strict family planning checks, she and Fourth Sister's husband went to the South to work. In four years, she gave birth to two more girls. Finally, when she was pregnant with the fifth, there was an accident, and she passed away...
In his previous life, after Fourth Sister got married, Shi Lin didn't have much contact with her. It wasn't until he heard the bad news later that he sighed with regret.
If he had known this would be the outcome, he shouldn't have let his Fourth Sister go to the South, and shouldn't have let his Fourth Sister marry Fourth Sister's husband...
Shanghe Village and Xiahe Village are connected. It only took Shi Lin less than ten minutes to ride his bike to his Fourth Sister's house.
By this time, the moon had already started its shift. When Shi Lin arrived at Fourth Sister's yard entrance, he didn't see any light inside, so he shouted loudly:
"Fourth Sister, Fourth Sister's husband."
He called out several times before the door of the house in the yard opened a tiny crack.
A childish voice came from inside, "Is that Little Uncle?"
"It's me."
Shi Lin frowned, pushed open the yard gate directly, and walked in with his bicycle.
Coming to the door of the house, he picked up the dirty and scrawny little one and asked softly, "Pan'er, where are your parents?"
"Daddy and Mommy went to the fields. They haven't come back yet."
The little one's clothes were a bit thin. Blown by the wind outside the door, she shrank her neck and snuggled into Shi Lin's arms.
"What time is it? Why haven't they come back yet? Have you eaten? Where's Meimei?"
"Meimei is at Grandma's. Pan'er has to wait for Daddy and Mommy to come back before going to eat."
While the little one was speaking, Shi Lin clearly heard her stomach rumbling.
She must be very hungry, yet she's waiting here for her parents to come back.
The house wasn't lit either. A three-year-old little one was just left alone in the house like this...
If this were in later times, his Fourth Sister and Fourth Sister's husband would probably be drowned in spit.
"Let's go, let's go into the house first. Little Uncle will make you a bowl of malted milk to eat."
Saying this, Shi Lin took the things off the bicycle and carried the little one into the house.
He looked around the house and found that there was no electricity installed, so they could only use a kerosene lamp.
Lighting the kerosene lamp, Shi Lin found the thermos bottle, got a bowl, and made a bowl of malted milk for Xiao Pan'er.
The can of malted milk had just been opened, and the milky aroma had already attracted the little one's attention. By the time Shi Lin finished making a bowl, a small puddle of drool had already formed in front of the little one.
Seeing this, Shi Lin felt both amused and heartbroken. He pushed the finished malted milk in front of the little one,
"Eat it. Eat it spoon by spoon, don't get burned."
"Are you really giving it to me?" The little one looked up at Shi Lin, her eyes full of hope.
Shi Lin stroked the little one's head and smiled, "Of course. If I don't make it for Pan'er to eat, who would Uncle make it for? Eat quickly."
Hearing Shi Lin's words, a bright smile bloomed on the little one's face, and she said seriously:
"Then Pan'er will just eat a little bit, and leave the rest for Brother..."
Huh?
Shi Lin was stunned. Pan'er said Brother?
Where did Pan'er get a Brother? Shouldn't it be Meimei?
Could it be that after being reborn, Fourth Sister's second child turned into a boy?! Different from the previous life?