Chapter 1315: Chapter 1316: The Young Widow of the Courtyard 43
When Zhang Yu returned to the scrap station, Zhao Lei had already gone to school.
It’s a good thing the young chap went to school, otherwise, seeing Zhang Yu looking so worn out would have scared him half to death.
Of course, before he went to school, he had lulled Zhao Hong to sleep.
Old Man Wang was also alard upon seeing how exhausted Zhang Yu looked, “Little Yu, you, what happened?”
Old Man Wang quickly got up to let Zhang Yu sit down. After resting and catching her breath, she shared about today’s fishing event.
Ah? Old Man Wang knew Zhang Yu often had good catches when fishing, but he never expected the girl’s luck to be this good.
“A big black fish like that is quite rare.” Old Man Wang was equally puzzled, “The place you fish also yields a lot.”
“Logically, there shouldn’t be such big black fish over there.” Most fish eat aquatic plants or plankton, but black fish eat smaller fish.
So, in river sections with a lot of black fish or big black fish, there tend not to be many other fish.
Zhang Yu also found it odd, “I’ve never heard of anyone catching black fish over there before.”
If there were indeed big black fish, it wouldn’t be so clean that not a single one is around. No wonder Old Man Wang was puzzled; even Zhang Yu herself didn’t understand.
“Forget it, don’t think too much, at least one big black fish got a bike.” Old Man Wang thought about it but still couldn’t make sense of it.
Since they couldn’t figure it out, Old Man Wang decided to let it go. After all, no matter what, the bicycle ticket had already been given to Zhang Yu, and with so many witnesses, even if soone reported it, it could be explained.
“So what do you plan to do with this bicycle ticket?” Old Man Wang knew Zhang Yu already had a bicycle, so she might not necessarily buy another one.
If not encountering neighbors, Zhang Yu would probably trade the ticket for money.
Of course, before that, she would discuss it with Zhao Lei, and the outco would likely be selling it for cash.
Unfortunately, the neighbors saw it, so the transaction couldn’t happen.
Zhang Yu didn’t want to give the compound neighbors a bargain. Relationships weren’t great anyway, and even if she gave them the ticket cheaply, it might still cause trouble.
After pondering for a long ti, Zhang Yu thought the best approach was to buy a bicycle herself.
“Do you have money?” Old Man Wang was quite worried because Zhang Yu seed to be spending a lot, renovating houses and making furniture.
Now planning to buy a bicycle, Old Man Wang was really concerned about her finances.
“I don’t have money.” Zhang Yu replied straightforwardly, “But I can ask for money.”
“Otherwise, would I waste this bicycle ticket?” Zhang Yu wasn’t worried anymore.
As for letting soone else have the bicycle ticket, she could argue for it; clearly there was money, so why give it up?
If she gave up the bicycle ticket this ti, who knows when the next one would co.
Several neighbors who watched Zhang Yu fish were in disbelief the entire way ho.
When family and neighbors saw them like this, they were inevitably curious, wanting to know what happened to leave them in such a state.
“Xiao Zhang is really amazing.” One person finally reacted, gesturing with hands, “She actually caught such a big fish.”
“About a ter and a half long,” soone chid in.
“A big black fish.” The thought of Zhang Yu being able to catch such a big fish was astonishing.
Everyone present was stunned, unable to believe it, “Really?”
“The three of us were there, watching her arrive, cast the line, and catch the fish.”
“It took us at least 20 minutes to reel it in.” Soone added.
“Yes, the three of us witnessed it.”
“And with such big news, many witnessed it; if you inquire, you’ll easily hear about it.”
Upon hearing this and given they were neighbors, people surely believed the story was true.
“Such a big fish, Zhang Yu’s family of three definitely can’t finish it.”
“And in this hot weather.” Instantly, everyone’s eyes lit up, thinking that surely Zhang Yu would have to share with them.
“Yes, yes.” Those present, initially envious and jealous of Zhang Yu’s luck, now beca excited.
“Instead of letting the fish go bad, it’s better to share it with everyone.”
“Exactly.” People began imagining having black fish soup tonight, feeling thrilled at the thought.
One neighbor, seeing everyone’s excitent, had no choice but to say, “Don’t even think about having fish soup.”
“Right.”
While everyone was puzzled as to why they wouldn’t get any fish soup, one neighbor stepped up, “Stop dreaming. You have no idea, the mont that big fish landed, many were stunned.”
“Many people wanted that fish.”
“An old man said he had already spoken to Zhang Yu, and the biggest catch would be his.”
“Upon seeing the fish, he imdiately gave Zhang Yu a bicycle ticket.”
It’s a pity not to have the big fish, but the bicycle ticket was even more valuable.
The price of a bicycle was high, but the cost wasn’t the issue; for big families, they could easily save up enough money in a year or two to buy a bicycle.
However, to purchase a bicycle, you needed a ticket, which wasn’t easy to obtain.
“But doesn’t Zhang Yu already have a bike?” People were confused, “What’s she going to do with another ticket?”
“Right, her family already has a bicycle.” Soone, upon saying this, suddenly rembered sothing and quickly clamd up.
Everyone’s eyes brightened. Yes, Zhang Yu’s family already had a bike, so the ticket was of little use to her.
More importantly, Zhang Yu was short on cash. With this revelation, everyone beca more determined: definitely no returning cash.
Even if Zhang Yu couldn’t buy a bicycle, looking at the surrounding neighbors, they were all potential competitors.
No way; finally seeing a chance for a bicycle, they wouldn’t just lose the opportunity to soone else.
After so light chatting, everyone headed ho, contemplating how to approach Zhang Yu about this subject next.
Now everyone really regretted not being friendly with Zhang Yu earlier, thinking she would eventually beg for rcy.
But seeing Zhang Yu leading a good life now, their feelings were truly sour.
Upon getting ho, Zhao Lei, after hearing that Zhang Yu had caught a big fish and traded it for a bicycle ticket, imdiately reacted with, “Sell it.”
He knew it was a hot commodity and there was no worry about finding a buyer.
“The compound neighbors saw it.” Of course Zhao Lei had this idea.
Huh? Zhao Lei felt a rush of frustration, “So what to do now.”
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