Reborn As Lucky Star

Chapter 93: Chapter 93: The First Net of Fish Sold

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These people quarreled back and forth, eyes locked in a standoff that looked liable to escalate into a brawl.

Yue Jiandong, however, paid them no mind, rummaging through the fishing net to pick out over a dozen hefty fish.

He placed them into baskets and handed them over to several people who had placed orders for fish.

Jin Aijun scratched his head out of habit and said sheepishly, “Brother Yue, these fish are quite large, two would be enough.”

“Take them, we agreed on three, you’re getting three, no less.”

He finished speaking and then handed some to Granny Zhou.

Granny Zhou received them with a chuckle, “The Yue Family is truly blessed.”

After giving some to Chief Zhang, the chief couldn’t help but laugh, “It seems my concerns were misplaced; your fish are really big, you won’t have any trouble selling them.”

Chief Zhang’s youngest son, with a finger in his mouth, cheered, “We’re having fish for dinner tonight.”

The village children all listened enviously and turned to look at their own parents almost simultaneously.

The villagers’ faces turned red.

At the beginning, Yue Jiandong had said that weighing the fish for fellow villagers would be too troublesome, so he decided to charge by the number of fish instead.

The price he set was also very reasonable.

But they worried that the fish wouldn’t weigh enough, and swayed by Wang Jinshun’s provocations, even those who had placed orders began to back out.

Now, upon lifting the fish out, not only was their weight satisfactory, but they were much bigger than the fish sold elsewhere.

Turned out that if they had stuck with the original plan, they would have gotten their fish for more than half off the market price.

Those with thicker skins boldly approached Yue Jiandong, “Big Brother Yue, we didn’t expect your fish to be so splendid. Can we still buy them at the previous rate?”

Before Yue Jiandong could reply, Chief Zhang interjected coldly, “Regretting now? Where were you earlier? The price Yue Family offered you was already generous enough, and yet you were swayed by mere rumors.”

“Thinking of buying now? Too late! Haven’t you seen that ruckus over there? They’re sweating buckets just to buy more fish. It’s not your turn anymore.”

Indeed, as soon as Wang Pengfei and others heard that the villagers wanted to buy fish, they united in indignation, insisting at the very least that Yue Jiandong kept his promised quotas for them.

They were even willing to pay a premium!

Wang Pengfei scanned the people around him and raised his voice deliberately, “Jiandong, business must be conducted with integrity.”

This insinuation made those who had backed out of their deposits blush, and they could only retreat in frustration, their mouths watering in vain.

Yue Jiannan watched from the side, a trace of triumph finally surfacing on his face.

Ever since his brothers entrusted this task to him, he had put great effort into studying it.

He fed the fish punctually every day, unswayed by wind or rain.

He even managed to acquire a fair number of fish farming books.

Sometimes when he couldn’t comprehend the content, Yue Jiannan would take out a few fish in two small tanks and raise them using different methods to see which one worked better.

Most importantly, while other fishpond owners couldn’t be bothered, lazily throwing in some water plants and calling it feeding time, he was diligent in his care, adding powdered shrimp and eggshells to supplement the fish’s diet.

At the outset, many villagers criticized Yue Jiannan for such extravagant feeding practices, calling him a profligate.

So no matter how skeptical the villagers were, Yue Jiannan remained confident about the fish pond.

He was finally able to find his own worth in this small pond.

Meanwhile, Wang Pengfei and the others finally came up with a share after discussing amongst themselves. They personally rolled up their pant legs and waded into the pond alongside the three Yue brothers to draw the nets.

All to expedite the harvesting of the fish.

However, the Yue Family’s fishpond really exceeded their expectations; not only were the fish heavy, but their total number was not insignificant either.

With so many people working together, they still only managed to harvest fish from half the pond.

Wang Pengfei didn’t care about his somewhat clean clothes getting muddied, his smile never left his face.

“Yue brothers, once I sell this batch of fish, let’s pick another auspicious day to catch the rest,” he said.

Yue Jiandong nodded, “Alright, let’s do it two days from now.”

Wang Pengfei quickly agreed, secretly rubbing his hands together, figuring he should bring some inexpensive gifts for the Yue Family next time.

The Yue Family seemed to value relationships deeply; it would be best to strengthen ties with them in hopes of securing an exclusive contract for their fish in the future.

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