Since 1981 Health School

Chapter 14 Encountering a classmate in the vegetable market

In the early morning of the next day, when the sky was still dark, Chen Qi appeared at another large vegetable market in the city, the Dalong Market.

On the road outside the market, he brought out 4 wooden basins, which contained rice field eels, loaches, field snails and frogs.

In order to prevent the frog from running around, it was tied tightly with a fertilizer bag.

The business opened soon, and those city people stopped when they saw a seller of snails.

"Young man, how do you sell this snail?"

Chen Qi didn't have a scale, so he still used the old method, "Sister, I don't have a scale, anyway, it's just a bowl, and a bowl must be more than a catty, just give me 30 cents."

"3 cents? OK."

Seeing that a large bowl of snails only costs 30 cents, a group of people immediately gathered around, you want a bowl, I want a bowl, and soon a large bowl full of snails will be sold out.

Escargot is a large snail with a lot of meat. It is one of the best appetizers.

Chen Qi looked at everyone who only bought snails, but didn't even look at rice field eels and frogs, and felt a little anxious:

"Hey, big sister, don't you want to buy such a thick wild eel? Take it back and fry it in oil, it's very fragrant."

A middle-aged woman hesitated for a moment, then shook her head, took the snail and left.

Then Chen Qi yelled a few more times, but still no one came to buy it. Now he was surprised, wondering if people in Yuezhong don't eat rice field eels and frogs?

Didn't do the market research well?

Seeing Chen Qi's anxious look, an old man selling green vegetables couldn't bear it, so he reminded:

"Young man, you can't sell it directly like this. People in the city don't know how to kill eels and frogs, so you can't sell them whole."

When Chen Qi heard this, he knew that the old man was worthy, so he quickly took out a peach and handed it over, asking flatteringly:

"Uncle, I see that you are a person with rich experience, how can I sell this?"

The old man took the peach and was quite satisfied, so he reminded:

"That's not easy, just yell, whoever buys your eels and frogs, you can help kill and clean them up, okay?"

Chen Qi snapped his fingers: "Uncle, you are too smart."

It's no wonder that eels and loaches are slippery and disgusting to the touch, while frogs are frogs, which are hard to catch when they jump around.

The point is not disgusting, the point is that there are a little bit of cleanliness in the city. If you ask them to kill, some can't bear it, and some are afraid of trouble. No wonder he hasn't sold it for a long time.

Once he found the problem, Chen Qi knew what to do.

Butchering an eel and a frog is not difficult at all for a surgeon like him.

So Chen Qi dared to yell loudly: "Come here, sell rice field eel and loach, as well as fat and tender big frogs, 80 cents a catty, including killing and shredding."

Sure enough, the yelling immediately attracted some women who came to buy vegetables in the morning.

"Young man, can you help kill this eel? Can you cut it into shreds?"

"Auntie, that's a must. I'll cut the eel as finely as you want, and I'll make sure you're satisfied."

The old lady squatted down immediately: "This eel is really fat, come on, give me some, but you have to cut it up for me."

The vegetable farmer next to him took the initiative to weigh the portion for Chen Qi because he got a peach for nothing. The rice field eel was expensive, and if he miscalculated the weight, it would be a loss of a few dimes.

The old lady quickly picked the three thickest eels, and the vegetable farmer said: "Three, two catties, 1 yuan and 60 cents."

Chen Qi was already holding a scalpel in his hand at this time, there was no other way, he had no other knives, the only thing he was good at was the scalpel.

I saw him silently muttering a few words to the scalpel:

"Brother Dao, brother Dao, don't blame me. I have no choice but to use you to chop vegetables. I will wash you clean and disinfect you several times later. Amitabha, Amitabha."

After worshiping the sword god for a long time, Chen Qi pointed decisively at the eel and swiped a few times, the knife saw blood, and his movements were skillful.

In less than two minutes, the three eels were dissected. The bones were returned to the bones, and the meat was returned to the meat. They were clean.

The old lady was satisfied when she saw it, "Young man, your skills are not inferior to those chefs. Here, take the money."

There are no plastic bags these days, either a bundle of a few straws, which you can carry away, or you have to prepare a bamboo basket or net bag yourself.

Someone is the first to eat a crab, and the second person will follow immediately.

Stir-fried eel shreds in sauce is very famous in "Vietnamese cuisine", and it is also a dish that ordinary people like. Of course, this dish is only eaten by urbanites.

It’s just that the cooking method requires hot oil to stir-fry. After a dish is finished, maybe two or two taels of oil will be gone. Rural people can’t get a few taels of oil all year round. Who would be willing to fry shredded eel.

At the end of the morning, Chen Qi also forgot how many times he had added eels and frogs, anyway, he sold as many as he took out.

The business is so good that the old man who sells vegetables next to him is a little skeptical about his life. What he thinks in his mind is that he will not sell vegetables tomorrow, and he will also catch some eels and frogs to sell at night.

Rice field eels, loach, frogs are 80 cents per catty, and snails are 30 cents per catty. Chen Qi has already earned 80 yuan in just one morning, and his cheeks are so happy that he laughs so hard.

This speed of making money is comparable to a money printing machine. Any workers or cadres are just floating clouds.

Just as Chen Qimei was yelling, he suddenly heard someone calling himself:

"Chen Qi? Is that you? What are you doing?"

Chen Qi was baffled, and when he looked up, he saw a middle-aged woman followed by a girl, wearing a floral skirt rarely seen in this era, looking at him flickeringly with those big Kazilan eyes.

It can be seen from the dress that the girl's family conditions are relatively superior, the key is that she is also beautiful, a natural beauty without makeup.

It's just that in her eyes, there is an incredible doubt and shock.

Chen Qi's brain started immediately, and he found the memory in an instant. I dare to say that this girl is a classmate of the original health school.

The original owner was the class monitor, she was the literary and art committee member, the two class cadres got along day and night, and they were adolescent boys and girls.

Fortunately, Chen Qi is no longer the original owner, and he has a thick skin, otherwise he would have to "socially die" if he made a fool of himself in front of the girl he liked.

"Hey, it's classmate Pan Ye. Why did you come here to buy vegetables in person?"

Pan Ye rolled his eyes at him, pointed to several wooden basins on the ground and said:

"I haven't seen you in a month. When did Squad Leader Chen become so glib? By the way, why are you here at the vegetable market? Are all these eels and snails yours?"

Chen Qi shrugged and said indifferently:

"It's easy to understand. I want to take advantage of the summer vacation to come to work and study. See, such a big snail, such a thick eel, and this jumping frog are all caught by me. If you want to invite me, it's better to meet them by chance. Come, I'll send you a few back to try something new."

The middle-aged woman next to Pan Ye frowned, "Xiao Ye, who is this?"

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