Ling Chuchu really wanted to roll her eyes at him. Does she look like such a stingy person?

"I called you to help me here. After you finish the work I asked you to do, I will give you two yuan as a reward."

Two yuan, in modern times, can't even buy a torch ice cream, but at this time, it is enough to buy a family's daily necessities of oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.

"You, what did you say?" He wondered if there was something wrong with his ears, so he had auditory hallucinations.

"I said, I want you to help me work, and I will pay you." Ling Chuchu felt that she had made it clear enough.

"Then what do I need to do specifically?"

Ling Chuchu's eyes flickered slightly, and she pointed at the wooden barrel containing the fish with her index finger, "You are responsible for knocking the fish out. I will pay you after I sell all the fish."

Lu Yuan was stunned for a few seconds, and then quickly reacted, "Is it just that simple?"

Ling Chuchu nodded.

She thought, killing fish is also considered a butcher.

Lu Yuan added: "Then it's settled. If you regret it, you're a dog."

These two dollars are really too important to him.

Ling Chuchu: "..."

How childish.

"By the way, what's your name?"

"My name is Lu Yuan."

"My name is Ling Chuchu, you can call me Sister Chuchu."

During the chat, Ling Chuchu learned about Lu Yuan's family situation.

Lu Yuan's father just passed away not long ago. Now there are four people in the Lu family, including Grandma Lu, Mother Lu, Lu Yuan, and Mother Lu gave birth to Little Sister Lu not long ago.

All the burdens fell on him.

But he was only a teenager of fifteen or sixteen years old.

After eleven o'clock, the number of people on the street gradually increased, and Ling Chuchu's fish was alive, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

In this era, you need to use a fish roll to buy fish, and each household can get a fish roll every year.

For households with more than five people, each household can get three kilograms, and for households with less than four people, each household can get two kilograms.

No fish rolls means no fish.

"Comrade, how much do you sell this fish for?"

The questioner was the middle-aged woman who had been following Ling Chuchu all the way.

"No fish rolls, 45 cents per pound."

The price was very reasonable.

Everyone at the scene knew that even if there were fish rolls, 45 cents would be enough to buy such fresh fish.

"Weigh this one for me and tell me how many pounds it weighs." The middle-aged woman pointed to a fish in a wooden barrel and said.

Once on the scale, the fish jumped because it lacked water. It was slippery and hard to catch. It was not easy to pass the scale.

"Two catties and one ounce, so let's count it as two catties and give me 90 cents."

"Okay, okay."

The middle-aged woman quickly took out a dollar, as if she was afraid that she would regret it.

Ling Chuchu gave her 10 cents.

"Little comrade, it's not convenient for me to move with it, you help me knock it out."

Ling Chuchu handed the fish to Lu Yuan. "Brother Lu, help this elder sister knock out this fish."

"Okay." Lu Yuan took the fish and knocked it out quickly.

Ling Chuchu's eyes flashed with admiration.

Just as Lu Yuan was so quick to kill the fish, he would have no problem killing the pig.

Ling Chuchu was thinking that she would bring him along when she sold fish in the future.

Lu Yuan couldn't help but shudder.

"Comrade, give me a fish."

"Comrade, I want the one with patterns on my back."

"Comrade, I came first, weigh it first."

The large number of people proved that the business was good. The only thing that worried her was that with so many people gathered here, it would easily attract people with red armbands.

No matter what, let's make money first.

Everyone was pushing forward, and no one wanted to give way to anyone else.

Ling Chuchu shouted loudly: "Don't worry, line up and come one by one, I guarantee that everyone can buy fresh fish."

Her shouting really worked, and everyone lined up unconsciously.

More and more people came to buy fish.

Soon, the fish was sold out.

Some people queued for a long time, but they couldn't even buy the fish skin, and they complained.

"Little comrade, didn't you say that we can buy fish as long as we queue up?"

"That's right, now the fish are sold out, what else can we buy?"

Everyone started arguing.

It was so chaotic that Ling Chuchu couldn't hear who was saying what.

Now the red armbands are really catching the second-hand sellers, and she couldn't promise to come to sell fish in the afternoon.

"Once the fish are sold, there will be no more. Let's go."

Knowing that they couldn't buy any fish no matter what they said, they were too lazy to waste their breath and went away with a lot of curses.

Ling Chuchu took out two one-dollar bills from the income from selling fish today and handed them to Lu Yuan. "This is your reward."

Lu Yuan stared at the two one-dollar bills in front of him in a daze. He earned two dollars just by killing fish. It was like a dream.

Seeing him staring at the money, Ling Chuchu didn't take it, but stuffed it into his hand, and then said, "Brother Lu, take the wooden barrel and follow me."

"Where are you going?"

"To eat."

She wanted Lu Yuan to help her kill fish in the afternoon.

Lu Yuan hesitated for a moment, then obediently picked up the wooden barrel and followed Ling Chuchu closely.

When the two walked to a small alley, Lu Yuan suddenly stopped. "Can I take the fish home first?"

"Okay, go ahead, I'll wait for you here."

With a "creak".

Lu Yuan pushed the door open and walked in.

Grandma Lu, who was changing her granddaughter's diaper, and Lu's mother all looked at the door.

Just saw Lu Yuan holding a big fish.

"Child, where did you get this fish?"

"I worked for someone at noon and they gave it to me."

"Who are you trying to fool? You worked for a whole day and they gave you such a big fish?"

Grandma Lu looked unconvinced.

Did this child do something bad? Mother Lu couldn't help but think of the bad side. "Yuan, tell me the truth, where did you get this fish?"

"What I said is true. I worked for someone at noon today and they gave me this fish. They also gave me two yuan as today's reward." As he said that, he took out two yuan from his trouser pocket.

Mother Lu and Grandma Lu were so shocked that they couldn't speak.

They were all thinking, what kind of evil things did they make their children do to make them give them fish and money?

Grandma Lu walked up to him and asked excitedly: "Yuan, tell me honestly, what did you do to deserve the fish and two yuan?"

Mother Lu: "Yuan, although our family is poor, we can't do such evil things."

Lu Yuan then realized that grandma and mom thought he had done something bad to earn two yuan and a fish.

"Mom, grandma, don't worry, I definitely didn't do anything bad."

Although he also participated in the business of being a middleman today, he didn't think he was wrong.

As for helping Sister Chuchu sell fish, he would never tell anyone, including his mother and grandmother.

"By the way, I have to go out for a while. Grandma stewed this fish for Mom to nourish her body today."

Hearing this, Lu's mother's eyes turned red.

Lu Yuan looked up at the four big words "State-owned Hotel" and remembered that when his father was still alive, he would always bring him here for a meal after receiving his salary.

As they walked, Ling Chuchu found that Lu Yuan stopped walking and just looked up at the sign of the state-owned hotel, so she asked, "Little brother Lu, why don't you leave?"

"Sister Chuchu, are we really going to eat here?"

"Where else can we go if not the state-owned hotel?"

Apart from the state-owned hotel, there seems to be no other place to eat here.

"I think the food here is very expensive, sister Chuchu, my grandma cooks delicious food, why don't you come with me to my house to eat?"

"Since we are here, let's go in, anyway, we are just having two bowls of noodles."

The tomato and egg noodles were very filling, and Ling Chuchu finally had some leftovers.

After dinner, Ling Chuchu took Lu Yuan to the waste station she had been to this morning.

Lu Yuan asked doubtfully: "What are we doing at the scrap yard?"

"To borrow a flatbed cart."

Ling Chuchu didn't expect that she would have to go to the boss again so soon.

Lu Yuan: "Sister Chuchu, I have a flatbed cart at home."

Ling Chuchu: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"You didn't ask." Lu Yuan said weakly.

The boss of the scrap yard heard that they were here to borrow a flatbed cart, so he didn't ask any more questions and lent the flatbed cart to Ling Chuchu.

The cart was borrowed, but the fish was still in the manor pond.

"Little brother Lu, wait for me in the alley, I'll go get the fish."

"Sister Chuchu, I'll go with you."

Ling Chuchu quickly waved her hand to refuse. "No need."

Just kidding, I'll be exposed if I go with her.

After a while, Ling Chuchu appeared in Lu Yuan's sight, pushing a small flatbed cart with great effort.

Lu Yuan quickly stood up and stepped forward to help. "I'll do it."

Ling Chuchu didn't let go and said to him, "I'll push it with you."

This time the fish is bigger than the last time.

Each fish is at least three pounds.

When the workers get off work, it is the best time to sell fish.

This time there are quite a lot of fish, at least more than 300.

But they were still sold out very quickly. It's better to say that they were snatched up by everyone than to say that they were sold out.

This time she gave him money, but Lu Yuan refused to take it.

Ling Chuchu collected the money.

Ling Chuchu let Lu Yuan kill the remaining two.

"Sister Chuchu, will you come here to sell fish tomorrow?"

Ling Chuchu couldn't help but laugh, "Why do you want to help me sell fish tomorrow?"

"If you need me."

She really didn't want to sell fish every day, and selling fish in one place was very risky.

"I won't come here to sell fish tomorrow."

"Oh, is that so." The smile on his face disappeared instantly.

How can such a good thing happen every day.

"But, you haven't found a way to make a living yet, right? I can give you the fish, and you help me sell them. For every fish you sell, you can take five cents as your personal reward."

After working together today, she felt that he could do it alone.

Lu Yuan stretched out his hands, counted his fingers, and murmured: "If you take five cents for each fish you sell, as long as you sell fifty fish a day, it will be two dollars and fifty dollars for a hundred fish."

Ling Chuchu raised her eyebrows slightly, "Not bad."

"So do you want to do it?"

Lu Yuan nodded repeatedly, "Sister Chuchu, I'll do it."

Anyone would rush to do this job.

Besides, he really needs to make money to support his family.

"Okay, let's meet in the alley tomorrow."

"Okay, let's meet tomorrow."

Ling Chuchu returned the flatbed truck to the scrap yard.

Then she returned to the guesthouse.