Lin Qin took the initiative to scoop out the fish for them. "Look, they're all alive! The supply and marketing cooperative charges 1.6 yuan a jin, but we’ll give them to you for 1.5. They’re clean and beautiful—perfect for a new mother’s milk supply!"
"Oh! 1.5 isn't exactly cheap! And they're so small, not big enough at all!" A few of the older women began to nitpick.
Lin Qin explained in a patient, pleasant tone, "Grandma, crucian carp are just about this size. If they were any bigger, we would have sold them all in the city. We wouldn't have come such a long way to sell them, right? Your village is over an hour from Nanxi Creek! Since we’ve traveled this far, selling them for 1.5 a jin really doesn't leave us with much profit!"
Chapter 39