Chapter 93: Chapter 93: The First Net of Fish Sold

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    These people quarreled back and forth, eyes locked in a standoff that looked liable to escalate into a brawl.

    Yue Jiandong, however, paid them no mind, rummaging through the fishing net to pick out over a dozen hefty fish.

    He placed them into baskets and handed them over to several people who had placed orders for fish.

    Jin Aijun scratched his head out of habit and said sheepishly, “Brother Yue, these fish are quite large, two would be enough.”

    “Take them, we agreed on three, you’re getting three, no less.”

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    He finished speaking and then handed some to Granny Zhou.

    Granny Zhou received them with a chuckle, “The Yue Family is truly blessed.”

    After giving some to Chief Zhang, the chief couldn’t help but laugh, “It seems my concerns were misplaced; your fish are really big, you won’t have any trouble selling them.”

    Chief Zhang’s youngest son, with a finger in his mouth, cheered, “We’re having fish for dinner tonight.”

    The village children all listened enviously and turned to look at their own parents almost simultaneously.

    The villagers’ faces turned red.

    At the beginning, Yue Jiandong had said that weighing the fish for fellow villagers would be too troublesome, so he decided to charge by the number of fish instead.

    Sometimes when he couldn’t comprehend the content, Yue Jiannan would take out a few fish in two small tanks and raise them using different methods to see which one worked better.

    Most importantly, while other fishpond owners couldn’t be bothered, lazily throwing in some water plants and calling it feeding time, he was diligent in his care, adding powdered shrimp and eggshells to supplement the fish’s diet.

    At the outset, many villagers criticized Yue Jiannan for such extravagant feeding practices, calling him a profligate.

    So no matter how skeptical the villagers were, Yue Jiannan remained confident about the fish pond.

    He was finally able to find his own worth in this small pond.

    Meanwhile, Wang Pengfei and the others finally came up with a share after discussing amongst themselves. They personally rolled up their pant legs and waded into the pond alongside the three Yue brothers to draw the nets.

    All to expedite the harvesting of the fish.

    However, the Yue Family’s fishpond really exceeded their expectations; not only were the fish heavy, but their total number was not insignificant either.

    With so many people working together, they still only managed to harvest fish from half the pond.

    Wang Pengfei didn’t care about his somewhat clean clothes getting muddied, his smile never left his face.

    “Yue brothers, once I sell this batch of fish, let’s pick another auspicious day to catch the rest,” he said.

    Yue Jiandong nodded, “Alright, let’s do it two days from now.”

    Wang Pengfei quickly agreed, secretly rubbing his hands together, figuring he should bring some inexpensive gifts for the Yue Family next time.

    The Yue Family seemed to value relationships deeply; it would be best to strengthen ties with them in hopes of securing an exclusive contract for their fish in the future.

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