1979 The Life of Idle Fish

Chapter 94

Luo Tao took Little October to Mr. Zhang's house when he had nothing to do. He wanted him to receive some cultural influence from an early age. The little guy would also live up to his expectations. He would not cry or make trouble when being held by his second elder, and would even comfort him from time to time. Make them happy.

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Today's weather is just right, Luo Shaoyi and Lao Zhangtou went to Niujie early in the morning to see the thrush.

Luo Tao called Hou Ming and went to the Temple of Heaven to see if there were goldfish and fish tanks for sale.

Hou Ming rode a tricycle and took Luo Tao to the Temple of Heaven. After passing the front door, he entered the Temple of Heaven Street.

"Brother, is this it?" Hou Ming stopped the car and Luo Tao said.

"This should be it, go to the goldfish pond in the east," Luo Tao directed Hou Ming.

"Delay" rode for a while again. The land was too desolate, and there were many simple bungalows. This was the goldfish pond.

It seems that if you want to ask someone, the two stupid young people are not easy to find.

Luo Tao got off the car and walked nearby for a while, and then he saw an old man sunbathing. Luo Tao went up to ask: "Uncle, you are always having trouble. I want to ask you something."

The uncle took the cigarette and said, "Tell me and see if I can help you."

"Well, did you know that there is a goldfish breeder here?"

"Hey, that's it. That's a good cigarette for nothing. Do you know how this place name came from?" the uncle asked Luo Tao.

"I know this. I heard that this place was a place where goldfish were raised in old age. It was also a resting place for dignitaries, but it gradually became dilapidated and abandoned in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China.

It seems to have been renovated in the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, but it was again ruined by disasters in three years. Later, the pond was filled in and these houses were built. "Luo Tao talked about the history of this place in detail.

"Hey, boy, you don't know much at all, but did you know that this used to be a slum?" The uncle asked Luo Tao again.

Luo Tao replied without thinking too much, "I have read Mr. Lao She's "Longxugou" to understand a little bit."

"It's enough if you know, but now there are no ponds and goldfish." The uncle said with emotion.

"Oh, can I ask where they are?" Luo Tao heard that there was no one to raise them, so how could this happen?

"I think about it!"

As soon as he speaks, you can tell that he is an experienced driver, and he doesn't speak secretly.

"Please take care of us, keep this cigarette for smoking." Luo Tao then pushed the pack with a few cigarettes already smoked to the uncle at the front door.

The old man took the cigarette and said without any nonsense, "I see you are pleasing to me, let's go."

The old man got on the tricycle without any courtesy and was not afraid of selling it to him.

Hou Ming rode a tricycle and followed the direction pointed by the uncle.

After riding along the old road of Longxugou for a while, he pointed to an alley and entered it, arriving soon.

The door was small and the brick carvings were very exquisite. The uncle stepped forward and knocked the door knocker.

After waiting for a while, an old man came to open the door. He had a good figure, a mustache, a kiwi fruit on his head, and a naive face, which made him feel like he wanted to get close.

"Lao Qi, why are you here? Who are these two?"

Oh, this tone sounds like a friend!

"Lao Zhou, these are two friends I just met today. They said they wanted to buy goldfish. Didn't your red tiger head produce another hundred or so little tiger heads? I was thinking about it, so I brought it to ask if you could Give them a few." Uncle Qi briefly introduced Luo Tao and the others.

"Oh, you guys come in, I was just thinking about giving some fish to those guys during this time." Uncle Zhou led the three of them into the small courtyard.

The small courtyard is very clean, there are only two low pomegranate trees, with the main house as the central axis, and three large vats on each side of the stone road.

These fish tanks are very ordinary. The large gray tanks are at least one meter in diameter and forty to fifty centimeters deep. Four of them have water lilies or bowl lilies planted in them.

"Look at this tiger head, what do you think?" When Uncle Zhou mentioned this goldfish, his face was full of pride.

"Uncle Zhou, this goldfish has been well fed by you, it's amazing!" Luo Tao complimented him, not forgetting to give the old man a thumbs up.

"That is, except for Liu Jingchun from Xicheng, the others are about the same as me, maybe not as good as me."

I didn't expect that this person is still the number one figure in the goldfish world. Even goldfish master Liu Jingchun knows him.

"Uncle Zhou, you are so awesome. Even Master Liu knows you. You must be the dragon's eye in the red tiger's head!" Luo Tao then complimented him and asked about this fish species humbly.

"Hey, you can do it, kid. He's a bit wise. He can even see this thing. He can raise a few for fun." Hey, I didn't expect that the blind cat encountered a dead mouse today. Luo Tao also raised it in his previous life. Goldfish, but they are all popular products, and they are somewhat elegant. I really don’t understand goldfish with pure bloodline like this.

The whole body of this red tiger-headed dragon's eye is rich red from head to tail. The sarcoma on the top of its head is plump and thick, and its protruding eyeballs are also sunken into the flesh.

Liu Jingchun, as Uncle Zhou said, is a master in this field. This red tiger head is the new goldfish species he cultivated. He is a great professor himself, likes to raise goldfish and crickets, and is also a big boss in the capital.

He lives in the west city. Speaking of which, it's not far from the depths of Baihua, that is, in the Fusui area of ​​the west city, two or three kilometers away.

"Hey, I'm just guessing. How many can Uncle Zhou give me?" Luo Tao was modest, and then asked about important matters.

"How many tanks do you have at home?" Uncle Zhou asked.

"Uh, can I say nothing?" Luo Tao said honestly.

"Boy, you are just trying to make fun of me. If you don't have a tank, why don't you use a pot to raise it?" Uncle Zhou now suspected that Old Man Qi had brought Luo Tao to cause trouble for him.

"I said, boy, you are not honest. You don't even have any fish in the land." When Uncle Qi saw what Uncle Zhou said, he quickly put aside the relationship with Luo Tao. He couldn't ruin the two brothers because of half a pack of cigarettes. Decades of friendship.

"No, I don't have a tank at home, but I have a fish pond." Luo Tao really doesn't want to get rich, hey, he can't help himself!

"What? What kind of conditions does your kid have at home with a fish pond?"

Look, these two sixty-year-old old men look like they have never seen the world. It’s not enough to have a fish pond at home!
Luo Tao had no choice but to talk nonsense and asked Uncle Zhou who had an unused fish tank that he could buy. Uncle Zhou said, "How many tanks do you want?"

"Two are enough, but how many can I raise?"

"Let's mix your thirties first, and I'll take you to buy a tank first."

Luo Tao and the others followed Uncle Zhou to another house in this alley and bought two smaller tanks, and took them back to Uncle Zhou's house on a tricycle.

Both tanks were filled with some water first, and fifteen goldfish were allocated to each of them. Luo Tao also took a fancy to the water lilies and bowl lilies in the fish tanks, and spent a lot of time asking for more than a dozen.

Uncle Zhou also gave some fish worms, which are simply water fleas and are specially used to feed goldfish.

He also taught Luo Tao a lot of knowledge about goldfish, saying many things such as: "Fish farming must first pay attention to the life of water, and fish will live forever. Sweet water should never be used for fish farming, and river water should be used near rivers. , You must first prepare a tank of water to dry it in the sun. After two or three days in the sun, you can put the fish in. The fish should avoid new cold water. If the water is changed frequently, the fish will fade.”

Before leaving, he gave Luo Tao a few books about flowers, birds, insects, and fish from the Qing Dynasty. Luo Tao was so excited, this old man must be so kind.

As soon as he left the door, Uncle Qi grabbed Luo Tao and said mysteriously: "Boy, do you still want to order something good?"

"Uncle Qi, what do you mean?" Luo Tao was confused by the old man.

"This week, there are more than a dozen purple-topped purple robes in the old man's house. This is not common."

Luo Tao had heard the name of this goldfish, a rare species.

"Can he give it to me?" Luo Tao wondered a little in his heart.

"Follow me inside and I'll make sure you get a few back."

The two people turned in, and Uncle Zhou seemed to feel something, so he drove them away. Uncle Qi, who was also a capable person, pulled him and muttered something.

After a while, Uncle Zhou said: "You can do whatever you want, kid. It's 300 yuan a piece, not even a penny less."

Okay, this is the bad idea that Uncle Qi came up with.

"Uncle Zhou, here are 600 yuan. Just click and you can choose a pair."

"What, you really want it!" Uncle Zhou said to Luo Tao in disbelief.

Then he turned around and cursed at Uncle Qi, "I know you, old boy, didn't hold your shit in well today."

The soles of the shoes also flew with the words.

It turned out that Uncle Qi wanted Uncle Zhou to give him a few, but unfortunately it didn't work. Luo Tao happened to be here today, so he was holding back his bad feelings.

In the end, Uncle Zhou reluctantly mixed the two tails and gave them to Luo Tao. His heart was probably bleeding. This was really a careless friendship.

Before leaving, Luo Tao told him the location of his home so that he could give him some guidance when he had time.

Luo Tao gave Uncle Qi the only ten yuan he had in his pocket to buy cigarettes.

Without him today, I really wouldn't have had such a good thing.

(End of this chapter)