Chapter 97 Fishing
"Little brother, which one do you like?"

"I'm not bragging, but the fish here are all top-quality species. Look at the color, so beautiful." The owner smiled and started selling.

"Can I fish it out myself?" Xiao Xiao wanted to fish out the pearl beetle at the same time, and he felt that it would be most reassuring if he did it himself.

"Hmm?" The shop owner was stunned for a moment by Xiao Xiao's strange request, but he quickly reacted, "Sure, sure. Of course."

It's a harmless thing. As long as business can be done, customers can take the money themselves if they want.

"Third brother, which fish do you like?" Zhang Bo and his two companions as well as Wu Ya, Xu Ying and several other girls gathered around. Seeing the owner go to get the fishing tools, Zhang Bo opened his mouth to ask.

"I don't know. I'll just take whichever one I catch." Xiao Xiao answered casually, and his gaze returned to the pearl fish.

Zhang Bo and the other two: ...

Wu Ya, Xu Ying and other girls: ...

The shop owner who happened to be walking over and overheard this: …

"Haha, the customer really has ideas." The shop owner was the first to react. He had encountered some weird customers before, but this was the first time he had encountered such a person as Xiao Xiao. Do you think we are playing a game of catching fish? ! However, the fish in the shop are clearly marked with prices, some are high and some are low, it's not a one-size-fits-all approach, young man!

The shop owner roared inwardly, but smiled enthusiastically on the surface, and greeted him attentively: "Come on, little brother, take as much as you want."

"What do you think of this red-nosed scissorfish?"

The red-nosed scissorfish, as its name suggests, has a bright red snout and a cross-scissor-shaped tail fin. The fish is translucent silver-white overall, with black and white stripes on the tail fin. A black longitudinal line can be seen running through the fish's body on the central body axis between the snout and the fins.

At this time, the school of red-nosed scissorfish were swimming quickly to the other side as if they were frightened.

"Oh, so beautiful!" Zhang Jiajia exclaimed, and the other girls also looked fascinated.

The lights specially installed by the owner on the aquarium float among the ripples on the water surface, making the red-nosed scissor fish look more translucent in white and bright in red.

"Isn't it beautiful?" The shop owner looked smug.

"You should know that the redder the 'nose' of the red-nosed scissors fish, the better the breeding conditions and the better the water quality of its life. Look at the red-nosed scissors fish I have here, their 'nose' is so red..." The owner introduced it rapidly, and the others responded with "hmm hmm" very politely. However, when the owner glanced at the host, he found that Xiao Xiao's eyes were not on the red-nosed scissors fish at all!
"Hehe, don't you like red-nosed scissorfish? Then take a look at this one." The owner immediately changed his target.

"How about the clown flag?"

“The black stripes like coffee beans are its biggest feature.”

"So cute!" Luo Xiaoluan's eyes lit up.

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"Where's Gaofan Yinqi? This is a top-quality tetra!"

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"Or this brass lamp would be nice too."

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The owner had a sincere expression on his face, as if he was devoting himself to the customers, and he introduced...the most expensive fish in this aquarium!
Unfortunately, the shop owner was talking so much and talking nonsense that Xiao Xiao didn't pay any attention at all.

Xiao Xiao slowly put the net bag into the water and kept it motionless until the fish that had been scared away began to swim freely again. Then he approached the direction of the pearl fish cautiously and unnoticeably.

On the surface, Xiao Xiao seemed to be looking at which fish in the aquarium was better, but the corner of his eye never left the beaded fish.

The originally quiet pearl beetle fish began to swim around in the aquarium, perhaps because it sensed the danger or it was time for it to exercise.

In order to prevent the pearl beetle from making too much noise, Xiao Xiao could only try to approach it quietly, but he always got a little closer and was pulled away by it again.

Xiao Xiao took a deep breath and told himself to take it slow.

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Xiao Xiao's eyes suddenly lit up. Finally, a fish passed by the pearly fish!
I don’t know what happened before, but all the fish subconsciously avoided the area where the pearl fish was, making Xiao Xiao unable to catch it for a while.

Even if they can't see it, the living creatures' instinct to seek good and avoid danger will still make these ornamental fish avoid the source of danger, right?
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Swimming slowly above the pearl beetle was a small black fish. Xiao Xiao, who was an idiot when it came to ornamental fish, naturally couldn't tell what kind of fish it was.

But, it's you!
"Swish~" the net bag broke through the water, and inside was a small black fish that was spinning in circles out of fear.

There was also a pearl fish floating on the bottom that only Xiao Xiao could see. Xiao Xiao couldn't help but smile widely.

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"what fish is this?"

"Old Third, you fished for so long and only caught a black fish."

"But it's small and cute."

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"This is a black tetra." The shopkeeper, who finally found an opportunity to interrupt, smiled and said, "You have a good eye, little brother. This is a top-quality tetra. I don't have many of them here."

"Shopkeeper, I want this one." Xiao Xiao didn't care what kind of fish this was, but the name of the fish was quite domineering and he liked it.

No wonder it is not afraid of the pearl fish.

"Okay, okay." The shop owner wanted to take the net bag from Xiao Xiao's hand and put the fish in it for Xiao Xiao, but Xiao Xiao dodged and said, "I'll do it myself."

Shopkeeper: ...

What? What? I've been running the shop for 20 years, are you still worried that I can't pack a fish properly?!

The owner flipped the table and roared in his heart again, but after a moment of stunned expression his smile became even more blossoming.

Especially when seeing Xiao Xiao packing the fish and coming to pay, I just felt that young people are better because they don’t even ask the price when buying fish.

"Brother, since you are so forthright, I can't be stingy. I will sell this imperial black light to you for 100 yuan."

"What?!" Before Xiao Xiao could answer, the others started shouting.

"So expensive?!"

"Isn't it just such a small fish?"

"It's still pitch black, and not very pretty."

"Boss, you won't cheat us just because we are students, right?"

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"Oh, this hurts my heart. I, Lao Yu, always value honesty when doing business and never cheat or deceive others!"

"Besides, ornamental fish of the species Lantern are originally this small."

"Besides, this guy picked out top-quality tetras. You can go ask other stores. My prices are definitely the cheapest."

"If I hadn't seen that this young man was so straightforward, I would have sold it to most people for 120 yuan."

The shop owner cried out loudly and argued his case.

"But many other ornamental fish only cost a few dollars each." Luo Xiaoluan puffed up her cheeks, still a little bit unconvinced.

"Little girl, you said it was a lot, not all. Some ornamental fish are expensive."

"Third brother, why don't you change it? It's so expensive but you only buy such a small fish." Zhang Bo didn't care that the owner was right in front of him and said in a loud voice.

"It's okay. I have a connection with it." Xiao Xiao made up an excuse. "Shopkeeper, this is the one I want. Here's the money."

"Hey, okay." The shop owner smiled happily, took the money and carefully reminded, "Little brother, the emperor black light fish is not particularly suitable for beginners to raise. You have to be more careful. Otherwise, I will give you a phone number. You can always ask me if you have any questions."

"OK, thanks."

"You're welcome, you're welcome."

Later, the owner gave Xiao Xiao a lot of things, including a fish tank, a fishing net, a bag of fish food and a bag of sterilization salt.

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(End of this chapter)