Chapter 82

With the help of the "cheat" bait, it didn't take long to catch over a dozen fish. The lightest one was over two jin, and the largest grass carp was over five jin.

She had plans for the afternoon, so she didn't linger. After all, these fish added up to nearly forty jin; if she kept fishing, she was afraid she would attract attention again.

When she left the hospital, she had specifically borrowed three wooden buckets from the kitchen. Adding the one she contributed, four buckets fit perfectly on the tricycle.

Putting the buckets on the tricycle, she saw the float move and prepared to reel in and leave, but she didn't expect this one to be a big catch. She played with it for a full half-hour before dragging it up.

Seeing someone on the opposite side constantly looking her way, that eager-to-act look was not lost on her.

Adding this last one, it reached over sixty jin. She covered it with the tarp on the vehicle.

After packing up, she ran off.

By the time the person on the opposite side made their way around, Chuxue was long gone. The person stomped their feet in anger: "Damn, a step too late again."

They had noticed her yesterday, but there were so many people around that it wasn't his turn to act. Now that he had finally found her, he hadn't caught her. Why was it so hard to buy the fish in her hands?

With the tricycle, Chuxue saved a lot of trouble.

On the way back, she had finally completely conquered the tricycle. And let's just say, it gave her more of a sense of accomplishment than getting her driver's license in her previous life.

As soon as she arrived at the kitchen, the kitchen assistant, Sister Wang, shouted: "Director, she's back, she's back."

Holding vegetables in her hands, she gestured right there.

Director Zhang had been waiting here specifically, wanting to see if this girl was bragging.

Hearing the sound, he walked quickly outside.

Ignoring the need to greet Chuxue, he went straight up and pulled back the tarp on the tricycle: "You really caught fish?"

After checking the four buckets one by one, his eyes were full of brilliance: "Head Nurse Cheng really wasn't wrong; you girl really have some ability."

After saying this, he shouted toward the kitchen: "A few of you come here, hurry and carry the buckets in; we're adding a dish tonight."

With many hands, everyone swarmed into the kitchen.

Without needing Director Zhang to order, Chef Hao had already prepared the scale: "Come, come, come, catch the fish into this basin."

What they didn't expect was that the fish were very lively, and it took a lot of effort to get them all into the basin.

Chef Hao looked at the scale, his face full of excitement: "Sixty-seven jin and three liang."

At this moment, except for Director Zhang, no one was likely happier than Chef Hao. After all, even a clever housewife cannot cook without rice; seeing so many fish, it would be strange if he weren't excited.

It wasn't that there was no fish supply on ordinary days, it was just that the quantity was too small.

Making a basin like that, after setting some aside for connections, there was nothing left. It would be snatched up at the window in no time, leaving those who had been queuing for a long time without any, leading to endless complaints.

Grass carp and silver carp made up the majority, with only a few black carp. Director Zhang thought for a moment and stopped calling her "Comrade": "Little Liu, look, how about this? Let's not calculate them separately; let's average it out and count it uniformly at five mao, how about that?"

Liu Chuxue naturally had no objections. After all, in these times, grass carp was only about three mao seven or eight per jin; being able to get five mao was already quite a lot.

Seeing how straightforward they were, she also smiled slightly: "Okay, thank you, Director Zhang."

Chef Hao on the side said with a smile: "After removing the skin, it's sixty-one jin and one liang in total."

Chuxue looked at Director Zhang: "Let's just settle for sixty jin."

She didn't say anything overly embellished; after all, no one was a fool.

Director Zhang had originally wanted to say it wasn't necessary, but thinking that the little girl would continue to deliver fish to the canteen, and this wasn't a one-off deal, he smiled and said: "Then we'll listen to Little Liu."

(End of chapter)