Not far from the door, Lin Xi saw Liang Sansi running and followed her.

Lin Xi knew that Liang Sansi must be worried that he would have difficulty moving around when he first came to Donggang Town alone, so he must have been waiting nearby today.

Because she just wanted to go to the fish market to buy things, it would be inconvenient to have a fisherman follow her, so after Lin Xi told Liang Sansi a few words, she told Liang Sansi not to follow him yet, and walked towards the fish market alone.

The reason why this fish market has become one of the three major markets in Donggang Town is that this fish market not only provides the daily needs of the residents of this town, but is also a large distribution center for fishermen and fishmongers on the entire Xizi River.

From a distance, the overlapping butter cloth awnings on the fish market look like sailing ships, with more than 120 fixed stalls inside. In addition, there is a water market in the small harbor below.

Usually in the morning and evening, there will be at least fifty or sixty small fishing boats on the Xizi River.

The aquatic products caught that day on these small fishing boats are slightly cheaper than those in the shops. However, the fish are not uniform in size, so the waiters of some local hotels and restaurants often paddle a small boat directly between these small fishing boats.

, pick something suitable.

Lin Xi walked along the bluestone road that had been washed clean by yesterday's drizzle, still some distance from the entrance of the fish market. A strong fishy smell rushed straight into her nose, and even the surrounding air seemed to be thicker.

But Lin Xi was overjoyed.

Because we are closer now, we can see more clearly. The terrain of this fish market is not gentle, like a hillside. This makes the shops above seem to be stacked on the shops below, making it appear extremely crowded. The awning above

They overlap one another, giving people the feeling of blocking out the sky and the sun.

Most of the shops have fancy banners and signboards hanging sideways, and only a few dozen have door plaques hung with black lacquered solid wood. However, in front of all these shops, apart from the large wooden barrels of different shades placed in front of them,

, there are also stone pools inside and outside the shop.

Some ponds look so huge at first glance that they can even hold thousands of catties of fish. A fish market of this size is certainly the best for Lin Xi's "water-based living".

There are two types of fish that Lin Xi mainly wants to find, black sturgeon and snowflake fish, both of which are unique to this Xizi River.

The Xizi River is very deep, so the water below is very cold. There is a unique black sturgeon in it. This fish is not only large in size and can grow to more than twenty or thirty pounds, but according to the book of Qingluan College, the nutritional content of this fish is

For practitioners, it is three to five times more useful than other common river carp, black carp and other fish meat. However, for practitioners, the most precious black sturgeon female fish with seeds. The black sturgeon fish in the Xizi River

Each egg is about the size of half a mung bean, and is black and translucent, commonly known as "black gold." These fish eggs themselves are precious condiments in some big restaurants, but for practitioners, they are a much higher value tonic.

product.

Snowflake fish is a kind of wicker fish in the river. This small snow-white fish usually only has one finger. The most valuable thing for practitioners is a snow-white spine in the fish body, which can be used to make soup.

It will all melt and turn into a white and smooth jelly after freezing.

Both of these fish are very expensive, and due to the very purposeful fishing methods of fishermen, their numbers have become very scarce.

For Lin Xi now, the bigger the fish market is and the richer the fish in it, the more likely it is to find these rare things.

Without any pause, Lin Xi walked into the fish market while sizing it up.

...

Just when Lin Xi walked into the fish market, one of the three major markets in Donggang Town, a Upeng fishing boat was fishing in the distance near the river.

On the bow of the boat is a young fisherman and his wife, collecting their nets.

Both of them were wearing coarse clothes, their faces were sunburned purple, and they both looked healthy, strong, honest and honest.

On the stern deck of the ship, there lay a little boy who was learning to speak. He was holding a crude wooden duck in his hand. His dark and innocent eyes were staring at the river outside the eaves of the ship not far from him, unable to see anything.

Fear.

In the waves of the river at the stern of the boat, there is a large piece of white foam, with many vegetable leaves and oil stars floating in it. This should be left behind when a large ship passed by. For this fisherman child who was born on the river, it seems that it is also

I have long been used to it, and I don't think it's new.

But suddenly, a very curious look appeared in the eyes of this boy who could not yet speak.

On the edge of the large piece of white foam, vegetable leaves and other things, there was a ball of green and white dead things floating, which looked extremely swollen in the rippling white foam of the river. The boy couldn't help but scream.

There was a loud sound, and his little hands and feet began to tap on the deck, hoping to let his parents on the bow of the boat come to see what it was. However, at this critical moment when the young fisherman and his wife on the bow of the boat were closing the net, they

They had no time to care about what was happening at the stern of the ship. The sound of banging on the deck made the two of them feel more at ease.

This large piece of white foam and a group of dead things floating in it floated behind them, away from the small fishing boat.

The little boy couldn't see and became quiet.

The young fishermen couple did not see this group of things, but this group of things was floating in the water foam not far from the river, slowly along the current, downstream, towards Donggang, the largest pier in Donggang Town.

passed.

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"Black sturgeon? It's hard to find these things. Wang Mazi over there got one a few days ago, but it was taken away long ago. As for the snowflake fish, you can still see it quite often. I found a dozen or so on the boat in the water market below.

It’s not difficult to make a bowl together.”

Lin Xi stood in front of a shop, talking to a skinny boss holding a cattail leaf fan.

Most of the shops here have the same layout. There is a large counter between the barrel and the pond. If you buy fish and want to kill them right away, the shop assistants will kill the fish directly on the counter.

All the fish scales and internal organs were thrown into a large bucket below.

This fish market is big, and there are a lot of strange and unusually large fish in it for Lin Xi. Just walking through a few stalls, Lin Xi saw more than one big herring weighing at least thirty kilograms, and even some larger than

An adult's arm can grow many large black fish.

He just casually inquired about a few, and it seemed that the black sturgeon he was looking for was rare. Normally, it would take about five or six days for such a fish to appear in the entire fish market.

However, after some casual inquiries with some easy-to-talk people, Lin Xi found out that not all was lost. At least she learned that the shops with the Thirteen-Wu plaque in the middle of the fish market were Fatty Xu's shops, and these shops were quite powerful.

I am not willing to spend money to buy things, so most of the rare things on the river and some big "fish kings" will appear there.

A few days ago, one of the shops there sold a king crab this year. The green-shell river crab they received was the size of a small basin. It was said that it broke a few barbed wires, and it was caught after being caught.

I even pinched off two fingers of a fisherman.

What Lin Xi found interesting was that Fatty Xu's dozen or so shops all had one shopkeeper.

This is obviously to let these shopkeepers cross the sea and show their magical powers. After a year, it will be seen which shopkeeper's shop has the best harvest. This will also stimulate the enthusiasm of each shopkeeper the most.

"Eh...is this?" Lin Xi wanted to walk all the way to Fatty Xu's shops, but after passing an inconspicuous shop, he suddenly paused and walked back to this small shop, looking at it with a little surprise.

Looking at a group of green things in the small stone pool at the door.

He had just walked past and at first glance, he originally thought it was a millstone stepping stone in the water, but after walking past it, he felt that it was a living thing. Now when he walked to the edge of the pool, he saw clearly that this was actually a basin with feet.

It is a big and small old turtle, and its shell is covered with blue-gray algae.

His heart was suddenly filled with surprises.

Deep water turtle!

This is a great tonic that was also mentioned in the booklet he brought from Qingluan Academy.

This kind of extremely old Tuan turtle has a special name in the booklet, called "Laojiang Tuan!"

It takes at least one hundred and fifty years for Laojiangtuan to grow to this size. Moreover, this kind of Laojiangtuan has extremely strong digestion ability. It swallows everything including the shell and the mud, and its stomach is full of sand and gravel.

The meat is very old, even if it is cooked for several days, it will not become rotten, and the fishy smell is hard to get rid of. Most people cannot eat it at all. However, the booklet Lin Xi brought from Qingluan College stated that the method of dietary supplementation can be made by using several medicines.

This Laojiang dumpling spits out all the sediment, and when cooking it, you can use some methods to remove the fishy smell and stew the meat till it becomes tender.

Such a head of Lao Jiang Tuan is probably enough for Lin Xi to eat for two meals, which is really an unexpected surprise.

The owner of this shop is a fat proprietress, wearing a black shirt and a waterproof apron. When she saw Lin Xi looking at the old river group by the pool, she immediately walked up with a smile on her face.

, said: "This little brother, why do you like this old turtle? This kind of old turtle is most suitable for warming and tonic. After cooking it for a few days, just drinking the soup is a great tonic."

"But the smell of this old turtle is hard to get rid of, so I'm afraid I won't be able to eat it." Lin Xi smiled slightly and said.

The landlady froze slightly, but then smiled brighter: "Since I'm so knowledgeable, are you buying this old turtle to release?"

"How much silver?" Lin Xi's father in Lulin Town is a businessman. He naturally knows that the better he behaves and talks, the more likely he will be cut off, so he didn't waste any time, ordered the old man, looked at the landlady and asked

.

When the lady boss heard that she was really asking about the price, she immediately became energetic and stretched out four fingers: "Forty taels of silver."

Lin Xi shook her head, "Two liang."

"My little ancestor, you can ask around. This year, there is only one turtle bigger than me. Although I am not the king of the river, I am still the second. This..."

"Even if he is King Jiang Tuan, he is of no use. The key is to be useful." Lin Xi directly interrupted the boss lady.

The landlady said with a bitter face: "Three taels of silver, it can't get any lower."

Lin Xi glanced at the landlady, turned around and said, "Forget it then."

"My little ancestor, you are Chrysostom. Two taels is two taels!" Seeing Lin Xi take a few steps, the landlady finally called out.

The landlady, who looked like she had suffered a big loss and was in great pain, was very proud in her heart. She just collected one tael of silver yesterday, and at most it could only be used to release the old turtles when praying to gods and Buddhas. Today she made a lot of money.

One tael of silver.

Lin Xi also smiled in her heart and said nothing.

In a small place like this, if it were in a big provincial city with many practitioners, the price of Laojiang Tuan would be so much higher, and it couldn't be bought with just two taels of silver.

….

According to Lin Xi's request, this Laojiangtuan, which weighed at least 70 kilograms including its shell, was tied with straw rope and put into a breathable straw sack.

Just as he paid the money and started tying, Lin Xi, who was waiting in the shop, looked around with interest. At this glance, he saw another big problem.

In a shop on the left side of the lower floor, there is an ebony plaque with the name "Shisanwu", and a bare-chested, muscular man with a bald head is killing fish.

There was a tattoo of a black-headed fish on his back. Under the case where he killed the fish, there was a large bucket without scales and fish offal. The fish offal and other items he killed were thrown directly into a pond not far behind.

middle.

Every time a pile of viscera and bloody things were thrown in, the water in the pool would rumble with a roar. It felt extremely ferocious, and all the viscera and other things were swallowed up in an instant.

In the reddish water, there were two huge black shadows stirring.

However, just when his eyes were completely attracted to that place, a female beggar in ragged clothes walked up behind him, and her slender fingers stained with filth quietly reached into his sleeves.

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Chapter completed!