"why?"

The bearded man was curious.

"Safety is not only for the safety of fish, but also for the safety of people. Brother, if you know that there are fish in this pond, will someone have any evil thoughts? If they secretly come here to steal fish, if they just lose some

Fish, that’s a small matter, but if it falls into the pond and drowns, it’s a big deal. Don’t you think so?”

"Oh, that's true, that's true." The bearded man looked like he suddenly understood.

He suddenly pointed to the sign and said, "If it's for concealment, why do you need to write a sign? Doesn't this clearly tell people that this is a fish pond?"

Damn it! I really ignored this. I wanted to use this as a cover to deal with the bearded man, but it turned out to be superfluous.

I quickly explained, "No, you are a customer. The purpose of putting up a sign is to guide customers. When there are no customers, the sign will be taken away. Aha!"

I even smiled very reluctantly.

"Hey? Where's Boss Yu? He's your friend. Can I meet him? It'll be easier to talk to him when we meet again in the future. I have to thank him properly."

I am the fish boss. How can I find another boss for you?

"That's it. My friend has something to do in the past two days. He has been out of the province. His classmate is getting married and attending the wedding. He is not here."

"Ah, what a coincidence."

The bearded man seemed a little disappointed.

"Brother, I don't understand something. The fish pond is more than 100 miles away from the county seat. I drove for nearly two hours, and I drove very fast. You use an electric three-wheeler to deliver fish to me, how can you go there all the time?

Car? Is your electric three-wheel faster than my car?"

Damn it! How did he think he was coming up here? How can I answer to get over it?

"Ah! That's it. This buddy of mine delivers fish to the county town every day. I have a place in the city. Of course, he doesn't just deliver the fish to me alone. After putting down the fish, he goes elsewhere. Yes, that's right

so."

In my haste, I came up with a plan of rhetoric, hoping to fool him.

The bearded man asked again: "I remember you said that you caught the fish from the fish pond, why did you send it to your friend instead?"

"ah?"

My mind is racing.

"That's right, we did make an appointment the first time. Seeing how good the sales were at your place, my friends started giving them away, so I stopped fishing."

"oh!"

The bearded man seemed to understand, but his next question caught me off guard.

"I remember you said that the fish pond is in the north of the county, but this is obviously in the south!"

My head felt dizzy, I did say that.

"Did I say that? Brother, you must have remembered it wrong. I remember saying it was the south. If I really said the north, it was definitely a slip of the tongue."

I quickly denied it and tried to smooth things over for myself.

The bearded man finally stopped asking, and I let out a sigh of relief. How difficult it is to make up a lie, and you have to use one lie after another to smooth things over. It doesn't matter whether the bearded man believes it or not, as long as he doesn't continue to ask, otherwise

I really don't know what to say.

In order to cover up my uneasiness, I politely pulled him back home and let him eat some more dumplings.

The bearded man then left the fish pond. He didn't want to eat the dumplings and wanted to go back quickly. It was too late and the fish would not be sold out today.

I wish he would leave quickly.

After opening the car door and getting into the car, he turned around and said to me, "My colleague is almost sold out and there is no more product for you."

I knew he was talking about the middle-aged woman selling fish. She didn't call me, and even if she called, I couldn't deliver it to her.

"Brother, if you don't do this, it will definitely be good for you to listen to me. After you go back, you give her a fish tank, and she will be very grateful to you. In this way, both of you have something to sell and can sell out.

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The bearded man was stunned for a moment.

"This method can be considered. Thank you brother for thinking about me."

He naturally knew that I was trying to ease the conflict between the two of them.

After sending the bearded man away, I put away the tools by the pond and put them back into the space. I carried the sign with the words back home.

When I saw my mother coming out of the house, I suddenly had an idea. There was a way to deal with those cucumbers.

My mother is an expert in making side dishes, and I have loved eating them since I was a child. I leave these cucumbers to my mother to ensure that they will not be wasted.

There are more than a dozen empty pots and jars at home.

"Mom, I will go back to the county town tomorrow. I have a batch of cucumbers that need to be processed. I'm afraid they will rot. You can make them into side dishes. They will last longer."

The mother was stunned, "Where did the cucumbers come from? The ones your dad planted behind the house didn't grow much. They were small and tender. It was a pity to pick them."

"I found it in the back mountain. It may be wild. Just prepare a jar."

I didn't wait for my mother's consent, and rode a tricycle out of the house. Of course, I wouldn't go to the mountains behind, so I entered the space behind the house, picked a cart of cucumbers, and returned home.

Mother saw that the cucumber was thick, long, and green, exactly the same as the variety she ate for lunch.

"It would be a pity if this melon becomes a side dish. It's better to sell it fresh."

"also."

I don’t object to how my mother handles it. I don’t have that much time, so I just transport it home one by one.

The dozen or so trees I planted later also produced a lot of melons, just a little less than the previous ones, and they were just as thick and long.

There were less than 30 cucumber seedlings, but I actually pulled 6 carts. My mother seemed to have seen a monster and quickly woke up my father. She said that there were such good cucumbers in the back mountain. How come they didn't notice it earlier, but their son saw it?

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Afraid that they would get to the bottom of it, I said mysteriously: "The secret must not be leaked, you just deal with it."

My father loaded up the tricycle and took my mother to the countryside. There were many people coming and going in the countryside, so setting up a stall sold quickly.

I saw my parents off at the door and was about to return home when a BMW parked in front of me. The door opened and two people got out, one on the left and the other on the right.

"Chen Lingyu, it's rare to see you. You are not at home all year round, and I don't have your phone number. I originally planned not to notify you. But since I saw you today, it means that we classmates are still very destined."

"Chen Yousheng, long time no see! He is truly a big boss. He drives a luxury car and brings beautiful women with him. He is really enviable."

When I saw someone greeting me, I hurriedly went up to talk to them.

Chen Yousheng is from the same clan in our village. I don’t know how many generations we are apart. Anyway, the family relationship is far apart. We have been in the same class since childhood. When I was in the third grade of junior high school, I dropped out of school. He only lasted one month longer than me.

, and I didn’t get my diploma.

His family background is good, his father is well-connected, and he is engaged in business. No one in the village knows what kind of business he is. He has been following his father over the years, and I heard that he has made a fortune.

We have never been in contact, and I was a little surprised when he took the initiative to greet me today. He and his father could not see a poor family like ours. My father also once commented on their family's unkindness for being rich and getting rich.

After getting rich, the villagers can't take advantage of it at all, as if they are not from this village.

"Chen Lingyu, congratulate me. I will get married tomorrow. When I catch you at home, I will formally inform you that you must go to support me! I didn't bring the invitation, so I delivered it personally."

"Okay! I'll be there for sure!"

I agreed readily, and he handed me a huazi."

"This is a wedding cigarette, you must smoke it." He pointed to the woman beside him. "This is your sister-in-law, my distinguished wife. Bless us!"

"Hello sister-in-law, happy wedding!"

"Hello, thanks!"
Chapter completed!