Last time, Su Yunjin bought rice flower fish from Lady Qin's fish pond; the fish from her pond were always fresh, and besides, such small fish were rarely sold elsewhere.
Most fish peddlers sold the kind that weighed two to three, or three to four catties each.
For convenience and to save trouble, Su Yunjin still decided to go to Lady Qin's fish pond to buy fish.
This time, Su Yunjin bought a large quantity of fish, hiring a cart; she bought half a cart's load of Xiaoyu, which she carried in large wooden barrels. Su Yunjin estimated that with so many Xiaoyu, she should be able to make about ten or eight jars of Pickled Fish Sauce to sell.
Mrs. Zhang, the eldest sister-in-law at home, saw Su Yunjin bringing back so much Xiaoyu in one go, and wore a look of disdain, thinking Su Yunjin was a complete fool.
Who buys so much fish?
If there's too much, won't it go to waste?
It's just wasting silver!
