I pointed to the fish in my basket. The meaning was clear. If he wanted to buy a fish from me, I could help him kill that fish without any problem.

However, the man took out a hundred yuan note from his armpit bag and threw it on the table.

He exhaled a smoke ring again, looking a bit fierce.

"Can you kill it?"

These days, it's all about mobile payments. It's rare to see cash. I carefully inspected the bill in the light. Really.

My expression immediately changed 180 degrees. This was a wealthy man!

Even if he didn't offer a hundred, I would have been willing to do it for twenty. After all, for someone buying a ten-yuan crucian carp, I would still need to spend two minutes gutting and scaling the fish.

Let alone being paid a hundred yuan to kill just one fish. Most likely, it would only take about ten minutes to finish, whether slicing or chopping the fish.

After putting the hundred yuan note in my money bag, I opened the basket and took out the fish.

As soon as I took it out, I was stunned. The fish's eyes were actually shedding tears drop by drop. I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me. I blinked.

Hey, the fish was really shedding tears. There were even faint sounds of a child crying. I carefully looked around and found no children nearby.

I glanced at my wife beside me who was helping out.

"Wife, do you see this fish crying?"

My wife nodded at me. I continued to ask:

"Did you hear the crying sound?"

My wife nodded again, her face filled with unease.

"Dongcheng, maybe we shouldn't kill it?"

"Why not? It's a hundred yuan. Pure profit."

My wife hesitated for a while before speaking:

"Dongcheng, have you forgotten the grandfather's instructions before he passed away? We cannot kill this fish."

After being reminded by my wife of the forgotten instructions, it struck me as if it were the grandfather's last wish.

But how many rich people in this society are not making money with a clear conscience? I was just earning some hard-earned money by killing a fish.

I felt a bit impatient. I had decided to kill this fish today. Just for that hundred yuan.

My wife didn't know how to persuade me and could only shake her head helplessly.

Although the fish looked pitiful, I quickly finished the job.

The fish fainted immediately after a few hits. I couldn't hear the sound of an infant crying anymore, which made me feel a bit relieved.

I quickly scaled the fish and gutted it.

Inside, there were hundreds of small fish fry. I felt a bit remorseful looking at them.

Did this fish shed tears for these hundreds of fish fry?

I spoke to the man with the big gold chain:

"Brother, how about I take these fish fry or exchange the fish head with you? What do you think?"

The man replied impatiently.

"Whatever, just hurry up. It's already noon."

Although he didn't give a definite answer, I still felt relieved. I promptly put the fish fry into the water.

Seeing the fish fry swimming happily, I then went to slice the fish on the chopping board.

After finishing up, I gave the fish head that I had initially kept for making fish soup to the man.

The man didn't even bother to look at the bag, showing disdain on his face, and then left.

My wife looked at the fish fry in the basin, forgetting the incident that just happened, and had a hint of joy on her face.

"Dongcheng, these fish fry are not cheap."

Yes. When I was killing the fish, I didn't feel anything. However, after finishing the job, I felt a sudden palpitation. I don't know why, but after killing the fish, I felt physically and mentally exhausted.

"Didn't mom and dad dig a fish pond recently? We can put these fish fry in there to raise them later."

I didn't quite catch what my wife said clearly, I just nodded absentmindedly.

I felt like the fish had some kind of magic. The sound of a baby crying actually rang in my mind.

I couldn't help but tap my head and chuckled self-deprecatingly.

After killing fish for so many years, did I miss sparing the life of this fish?