Chapter 75 Selling Fish

  Since everyone else had left, Xiao Ping and Li Wanqing naturally didn't need to stay either. The two of them walked slowly on the street, savoring this rare tranquility. As they strolled shoulder to shoulder, most of the passersby they saw were couples, and a subtle atmosphere began to spread between them.

  It was Li Wanqing who couldn't hold it in anymore, quietly saying to Xiao Ping: "I really have to thank you today, if you hadn't come, I would definitely have been drunk by Chen Yintao and Wu Hao."

  "They're not just trying to get you drunk, they even want me to join in and fall down together!" Xiao Ping shook his head and said: "These two guys are really nothing!"

  Li Wanqing asked in surprise: "How can this be?"

  Xiao Ping told Li Wanqing about the unexpected conversation between Chen Yintao and Wu Hao, without even hiding the fact that he had switched to fake wine. After hearing Xiao Ping's account of the situation, Li Wanqing was shocked and exclaimed: "These two people are so shameless! I...I think I'll change units too."

  "Heh heh, don't worry, Chen Yintao won't dare to be shameless for at least the next few months." Xiao Ping whispered with a smile: "Just now when I was mediating, I deliberately stepped on this guy's legs, I reckon he'll have trouble even going to the toilet recently, let alone doing anything to you!"

  Xiao Ping's straightforward words made Li Wanqing blush, and she quickly turned her head to pretend she hadn't heard. However, at this moment, Li Wanqing's heart was sweet because she knew that Xiao Ping did all this for herself, as long as he was by her side, she didn't have to fear Chen Yintan's schemes.

  Xiao Ping always escorted Li Wanqing to her doorstep. As they stood outside the door, both of them felt a little reluctant to part with each other and remained silent for a while, neither of them willing to bid farewell.

  Xiao Ping finally spoke up, smiling at Li Wanqing who was lowering her head in silence: "It's getting late, hurry back home and rest. If anything happens in the future, just look for me, as long as I'm around, no one can bully you!"

  "Hmm!" Li Wanqing didn't raise her head, she just softly responded with a single word.

  However, just as Xiao Ping thought they would part ways like this with Li Wanqing, she suddenly took a deep breath and lightly hugged Xiao Ping, burying her head in his shoulder and softly said: "Thank you, tonight... I'm really happy!"

  Xiao Ping involuntarily pulled Li Wanqing into his arms and whispered in her ear, "I'm also very happy!"

  Although the two of them didn't get any closer, this had already exhausted Li Wanqing's courage. As soon as Xiao Ping finished speaking, she let go of his hand and hastily opened the door to leave in a flustered manner. However, under the moonlight, Xiao Ping could clearly see the smile at the corner of Li Wanqing's mouth, and her mood was apparently very good at that moment.

  Xiao Ping was also infected by Li Wanqing's emotions, and he walked quickly towards the village outside the city. As he walked up to the small bridge at the entrance of the village, he finally couldn't help but exclaim loudly: "Life is really wonderful!"

  It is indeed a fact that for Xiao Ping, difficult days have passed and future life will be better and better.

  Even in the Jiangnan region, the weather before and after the Spring Festival is quite cold. It's worth mentioning that Xiao Ping really needs to thank Wang Dapao and other experienced farmers for reminding him to build a vegetable greenhouse early. Fortunately, they can continue to plant emerald vegetables during this severe winter season, ensuring a relatively stable source of income.

  There are only about ten days left until the Spring Festival, and Xiao Ping decided to sell all the bass he had raised for several months. The prices of all non-staple foods will rise significantly before the New Year, and this is absolutely the best time to sell fish.

  Then Xiao Ping started running customers again after a few days of leisure. The taste of crucian carp is only delicious when it is killed, so Xiao Ping asked Zhou Jun to send a truck over and loaded two large water tanks onto the car, filled with fish and water, and headed to the city.

  The first stop was still the Garden Hotel, and even Sun Lin, who had seen a lot, was surprised when Xiao Ping brought back two large fish. The size of these sea bass was too big, at least twice as large as ordinary sea bass. If it weren't for the fact that they looked exactly like ordinary sea bass, Sun Lin would have suspected that this was some unknown new species.

  But for insiders like Sun Lin, a big head is far from enough, the most important thing is that the taste must be good. To savor the original flavor of fish, steaming is of course the most suitable. Under Sun Lin's orders, other chefs immediately got to work, quickly and neatly cleaning the bass, then finding the largest steamer and plate, and sending the bass to the stove for steaming.

  It will take quite a while to steam such a big fish, and Xiao Ping and Sun Lin are waiting by the stove. With the experience of having jade vegetables and green-shelled eggs, Sun Lin is also full of expectation for the large carp that Xiao Ping brought, smiling at him: "Xiao Xiao really has a good hand in making side dishes, whatever he gets his hands on immediately becomes different, I wonder what surprise he will bring me this time?"

  "Hehe... I just like to muddle along by myself." Xiao Ping humbly smiled: "Just good luck, that's all."

  Sun Lincai didn't think Xiao Ping could come up with so many good things just by luck. However, their relationship hadn't reached the point where they could dig deep into each other's thoughts, so Sun Lin just smiled and changed the subject.

  The steamed mandarin fish was done quickly, and Sun Lin picked up a piece of fish meat to savor it carefully. Soon, he showed a surprised expression and beckoned the other chefs: "Come try some, see how the flavor is?"

  The other chefs had been waiting for this moment, and immediately swarmed around the extra-large serving bowl, picking up their chopsticks. As soon as the first piece of fish meat entered their mouths, all the chefs showed the same expression as Sun Lin, but no one spoke a word, they just silently stuffed the fish into their mouths. Occasionally, someone would let out a few dry coughs, which was because they were eating too quickly and the fish bones got stuck in their throats.

  Sun Lin waited for half a day without getting any response from his subordinates, and couldn't help but say somewhat anxiously: "Hey, I'm asking you questions, don't just focus on eating!"

  Still a young chef with a quick mouth, grinning at Chef Sun said: "Boss, this fish is too delicious, let's finish eating it first before giving you an answer!"

  "These little rascals! I almost fell for your trick!" Sun Lin, who had just come to his senses, cursed with a smile and joined the crowd in devouring the delicious food.

  Xiao Ping smiled and watched from the side, without asking, he knew that this batch of fish would definitely be sold out. The chefs in Huayuan Hotel were all seasoned, what dishes had they not eaten? Ordinary chicken, duck, fish, and meat were already tired, and many people even lost their appetite when they saw these things. But the sea bass raised by Ling Ye was a scramble for these chefs to eat, and it goes without saying how good or bad this taste is.

  As expected, after the chefs ate the whole bass and left only the fish head and a bone, Sun Lin put down his chopsticks and wiped his mouth, saying: "Little Xiao, you're really impressive, to be able to raise such delicious bass. I, Old Sun, truly admire you! Name your price."

  Xiao Ping had already calculated the price and immediately smiled: "Three hundred a piece, basically all are this size."

  "Alright!" Sun Lin made a decision without hesitation: "I want 400, temporarily raise them at your place, I'll have people come over to collect and take them all away before the New Year, how about that?"

  Xiao Ping knew that Sun Lin's side couldn't afford to keep hundreds of live fish either, so he agreed to his terms without much consideration and then bid farewell to promote the sea bass at other hotels. Just as he was walking out of the kitchen, he still heard Sun Lin loudly instructing other chefs behind him: "Steam the other fish too, you bunch of bastards are too quick with your hands, I've only eaten a few bites, but it's addictive!"

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  Haima found out at noon that the chapter was wrong and hurriedly made corrections. After finishing the correction, he went out. Unexpectedly, when he came back in the evening, he found that there were still mistakes, which was really beyond his expectation. Now Haima has revised it again, and the current chapters 72 and 73 should be correct. Everyone can rest assured. Haima is deeply uneasy about the inconvenience caused to everyone and sincerely apologizes to everyone again, please forgive him.

  Especially added a chapter to apologize, sorry, sorry.