C101 The flow of wealth (I)

He scooped up a few hooligans, half a basket of crucian carp with a bamboo basket, and then picked up the inch or two long ones, leaving the ones that were one chopstick long and the ones that were half chopsticks long.

After putting these into the fish basket, he picked up eight half-chopsticks and tied them together, intending to take them home.

That night at dinner