Chapter 123 Grandma Likes It Very Much! Zhao Dahai Needs to Work Harder!

Zhang Li rode a tricycle and found a place to park at the entrance of the vegetable market and walked quickly inside. It was the busiest time in the morning market. Ding Xiaoxiang couldn't handle it alone, so she had to help.

“Today’s skinned fish was a good size!”

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"Would you like nine-section shrimp? They are about 20 pieces per pound."

"The price of catching fish in shallow seas with nets is a bit more expensive."

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"Are you talking about these black sea bream? Although they may not look big, they are all fish from the fishing mouth. Every one is alive and kicking. They are so fresh that if you buy them back and make soup, they will definitely taste good."

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Ding Xiaoxiang greeted the dozen or so people gathered in front of the fish stall, and everyone was able to keep up with the price. We were bargaining back and forth, weighing the fish and pretending to be the fish, without delaying the work at all.

Zhang Li walked quickly to the stall and saw a large plastic plate placed right in front of the fish stall. It contained black sea bream and was sold for seven or eighty percent. There were only a few fish left and they were very popular.

Zhang Li's face was a little ugly. It was most likely that Zhao Dahai sent it to Liu Gang when he went to sell fish just now. He missed an opportunity to catch the current situation.

Zhang Li remained calm and greeted the business. It didn't matter if he missed it once. There were plenty of opportunities. It was impossible for Zhao Dahai not to come. All he had to do was seize it once.

Zhao Dahai returned to the village on his motorcycle, feeling so good that he wanted to fly.

I'm going to meet Ding Xiaoxiang at nine o'clock tonight. It's not a date, I'm just picking up a puppy, but no matter what, it's always one meeting and it's not a meeting at the fish market. If there is a first time, there will be a second time, and there will be many times. Isn't this how feelings slowly accumulate?

Zhao Dahai looked up at the sky. It was very blue, very much like his current mood.

"grandmother!"

"I will bring you a puppy tonight!"

Zhao Dahai parked his motorcycle and shouted to his grandmother Zhong Cuihua who was weaving fishing nets in the main room.

"good!"

"You have to leave some for the puppy when you eat at night!"

Zhong Cuihua was very happy when she heard it. It would be great to have a puppy.

Zhao Dahai told Zhong Cuihua that he would go to the pier and go to sea to find a fishing place. If he could catch fish, he would come back later. If he couldn't catch fish, he would come back earlier.

When Zhao Dahai arrived at the pier, all the fishing boats that had put fishing nets back had all the fish sold. Most of the people had gone home. There were only a few fishing boats where people were packing up the fishing nets or washing the boats.

Zhao Dahai saw Liu Bin and remembered the big yellow snapper he caught yesterday. He walked over and asked if any yellow snapper had been caught in the fishing nets in the past two or three days.

Liu Bin nodded. He had caught yellow sea bream in the past two or three days. Today, he caught the most, almost ten kilograms.

Zhao Dahai chatted with Liu Bin for a few words and then drove the fishing boat away from the pier. He had no intention of fishing today. He wanted to find out if there was a suitable fishing spot and then start fishing seriously tomorrow.

While recalling the topography of the surrounding seafloor at low tide, Zhao Dahai drove his fishing boat and found several places with large pits and possible flowing water on the seafloor, but he failed to catch any fish after trying for a while.

Zhao Dahai frowned. Where there is running water, there are fish. The reason is very simple, but it is really not easy to find flowing water. The sea area where you fish is shallow fishing, and the topography of the seabed is not complicated. There are few places like trenches or reef trenches created by the propellers of large fishing boats. Nowadays, One of these two places has disappeared and no fish can be caught, and the other is too crowded to fish.

Zhao Dahai searched for two hours and found nothing.

Is it possible that we have to try our luck again?

If you can't find running water, you can only look for deep water, and you can only try everywhere to see where you can catch fish. There is no other way. At this point, you can only do this.

Zhao Dahai looked at the time. It was almost five o'clock in the afternoon. He made an appointment with Ding Xiaoxiang at nine o'clock this evening. He had to arrive early. Finding a fishing spot is a matter of longevity. If you can't find it today, look for it tomorrow. If you can't catch fish today, you can fish tomorrow. There's no point in being anxious.

Zhao Dahai drove the fishing boat back to the dock and passed by the mangrove forest.

"Huh?!"

“Isn’t there running water here?”

Zhao Dahai slowed down the speed of the fishing boat and took a closer look to confirm that there was nothing wrong. There was indeed flowing water. It was flowing from the mangroves. It was not long, about ten to eight meters long. He was a little disappointed. It was high tide now and it was full of water. , the water flowing out of the mangroves is often fresh water with lower salinity than the surrounding seawater. This kind of water is not without fish, but there are relatively few fish and they are all small fish.

Zhao Dahai tried a few poles, and it was exactly as he thought. There were fish, but they were all small fish, and they were basically thumb-sized yellow snapper. He was very helpless. He finally found a flowing water, but it was of no use. , went back to the pier without any further delay, went home and went out early after dinner, and rode a motorcycle to the entrance of Dashi Village. It was only half past seven, and the moon had just risen. It was not too bright, and I could see about ten meters away. In the distance, the motorcycle was parked on the side of the road, staring at the entrance of the village. Ding Xiaoxiang could see it as soon as she appeared.

It's getting darker.

The fishing village is getting quieter and quieter.

Several dogs barked in the distance, making it even more quiet.

There are many people in Dashi Village.

A swath of lights began to shine at the entrance of the village, extending back a thousand and hundreds of meters.

Zhao Dahai looked at it and couldn't help but wonder where in this light was Ding Xiaoxiang's home. As soon as the thought came to his mind, a man rushed over at a trot.

Zhao Dahai looked like Ding Xiaoxiang, flashed the light twice, waved and shouted.

"ah?"

"Have you come early?"

"Didn't I tell you to come at nine o'clock?"

Ding Xiaoxiang was holding a cage. With the help of the motorcycle headlight, she saw a layer of dew on the iron sheet. Zhao Dahai's hair was wet. He must have waited for a long time.

"There's nothing to do at home. Come early."

Zhao Dahai smiled. He must come early. If he came at a certain time or was late, he must have a brain problem.

"This is my puppy. My favorite one in this litter!"

"I call it Little Black Milk!"

"Remember to treat it well!"

Ding Xiaoxiang handed the cage to Zhao Dahai, reluctant to leave. She liked this puppy too much. If her family didn't want to raise it, she would definitely keep it.

"Okay!"

"Don't worry!"

"Come to my house to see the puppy in a while. It must be white and fat."

Zhao Dahai took the cage from Ding Xiaoxiang and hung it on the handlebars of the motorcycle.

"Who said I was going to your house!"

Ding Xiaoxiang blushed. She would never go to Zhao Dahai's house. If others saw it, I don't know what they would say. If it got to my mother's ears, her legs would really break.

Zhao Dahai took out a small red envelope from his pocket. According to the rules or customs of the village, if you take a puppy or kitten from someone else's house, you won't give money if you don't buy it, but you will get a small red envelope. The amount doesn't matter, five, ten or even one yuan will do, but you have to get one.

"Ah?"

"No!"

"I said the puppy is for you. If I don't give it to you, I will definitely give it to someone else. I might as well give it to you. At least I know you."

Ding Xiaoxiang shook her head.

"How can I refuse it?"

"It's the rule."

Zhao Dahai didn't say anything. Ding Xiaoxiang refused. He stretched out his big hand and grabbed her small hand, and slapped the red envelope in his palm.

Ding Xiaoxiang didn't expect Zhao Dahai to be so hard-hearted. She was stunned. The moment the big hand grabbed her small hand, she immediately felt that the work was very rough, but very powerful, and she couldn't resist. She also felt at ease.

"Ah?"

"Someone is coming!"

"I'll go back first!"

"Remember to take good care of Xiao Nai Hei!"

Ding Xiaoxiang saw the lights of cars in the distance and suddenly woke up. Her face flushed and she turned around and ran to the village.

"Okay!"

"You touched it, so you touched it. It's a matter of time, isn't it? There will be a second time after the first time! This is a good thing."

Zhao Dahai scratched his hair. He really just wanted to give her a red envelope just now. Seeing Ding Xiaoxiang's reaction, he realized that he touched the little girl's hand and rode his motorcycle home. The puppy in the cage barked from time to time.

Ding Xiaoxiang ran to the door of her house.

"Ah?!"

"Where did you go?"

Zhang Li came out of her house and saw Ding Xiaoxiang panting, her face as red as an apple.

"I met my elementary school classmate during the day. She said she wanted to raise a puppy, and I just took it out to her at the entrance of the village."

Ding Xiaoxiang had thought of an excuse long ago.

Zhang Li didn't care and turned to leave. She had something to talk to the village chief about. The dogs in the village were all local dogs. It was not easy to find someone to send them out these days. If someone was willing to send them out, it would be fine. Ding Xiaoxiang found someone and she had one less headache.

Ding Xiaoxiang watched Zhang Li walk away, hopped into the house, returned to her room, closed the door, opened her palm, and saw the red envelope that Zhao Dahai had stuffed in, which was wrinkled with sweat.

"Humph!"

"How can you force a red envelope?!"

Ding Xiaoxiang muttered, looked at the red envelope in her hand, thought about it, and didn't open it. She stuffed it under her pillow. She had to get up early tomorrow morning to sell fish, shrimps and crabs. She turned off the lights, rested her head on the pillow, and fell asleep in a while.

Zhao Dahai rode his motorcycle back home and called his grandmother Zhong Cuihua, saying that the puppy was back.

Zhong Cuihua walked out of the main room and saw a pure black puppy coming out of the cage. It was not shy at all and was very curious. It ran around in the yard.

"Good!"

"Good!"

"This is a good dog!"

Zhong Cuihua walked into the kitchen and brought the rice soaked in fish soup that was specially reserved for dinner. She put it on the ground, and the puppy immediately ran over and ate it with big mouthfuls.

"Grandma."

"The name of this dog is Xiao Naihei!"

Zhao Dahai did not help. He often went out to sea. He brought the puppy back. One was to watch the house, and the other was to accompany and protect Grandma Zhong Cuihua. Grandma Zhong Cuihua had to feed the first meal herself. Local dogs are smart. Whoever feeds, especially the first meal, is the owner, and will remember it clearly for the rest of his life.

"Good!"

"This is a good name!"

Zhong Cuihua stretched out her hand and kept scratching the head of Xiao Naihei who was eating fish soup rice with big mouthfuls.

Zhao Dahai smiled. Grandma really liked this puppy very much.

The moon is cool like water.

Zhao Dahai was tidying up the things for fishing tomorrow in the yard. After finishing the tidying up, he stood up and walked into the main room. He saw Xiao Naihei lying at Grandma's feet. He looked up immediately when he heard someone coming in, and then lay down again when he saw that it was him.

Work hard!

Make money!

I will try to raise the dog and marry him after a few years!

Zhao Dahai went back to his room to sleep and went fishing tomorrow.