Rebirth of Fishing Village: Starting from Hua Axiang in Jiehu Village

Chapter 1630 Buying a New Fishing Boat?
Lin Zuhua was panting heavily, gripping the pole with both hands, and he really felt like he couldn't breathe.

"Damn it!"

"How can this go on? I have a feeling that if we were to try to catch this fish by ourselves with a rod, we would definitely not be able to."

Wu Weimin lowered the pole and placed it on the gun carriage.

ten minutes.

It had been a full ten minutes, but the mackerel that had taken the bait, though having expended some energy, was still incredibly fierce.

They didn't continue running forward, but pulling them back is still not an option for the time being.

Wu Weimin was 100% certain that if he weren't using the rod on the gun mount, he wouldn't have been able to pull the fish back with his bare hands, and might have given up long ago.

"Correct!"

"We really can't pull it back using just the strength of our hands!"

As Gao Zhicheng spoke, he carefully examined the fish on his hook. He was almost exhausted, so he pushed the switch on the electric reel to start reeling in the line.

Gao Zhicheng was very worried at first, but after watching for a while, he noticed that the electric reel was rhythmically pulling the line back to the fish, and he breathed a sigh of relief. The fish was basically not going to get away.

"One hundred and fifty jin!"

"This fish must weigh at least 150 pounds."

Gao Zhicheng excitedly swung his fist forcefully.

This trip to sea was incredibly lucky; we caught such a huge mackerel!

"Uncle Shizhu!"

"You can fish for these mackerel if you want, or not if you don't!"

Zhao Dahai carefully examined the backflow area in the sea and discovered that the school of mackerel had arrived, and they were all large mackerel.

Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin, and Lei Dayou can fish for these fish if they want, or they can choose not to.

Why?

Shi Guangming found it a bit strange.

The sea was teeming with mackerel. At first, they probably thought they should wait for Wu Weimin, Gao Zhicheng, and Lin Zuhua to catch one, to avoid their lines getting tangled. But now, Zhao Dahai simply told Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin, and Lei Dayou that they could fish if they wanted, or not if they didn't.

Isn't this blatantly giving up a great opportunity to make money?

Such large mackerel, whether one or two, are very valuable.

“These mackerel swim very fast, and there aren’t many sea bass left in the water near our fishing boat at this time of year.”

"I estimate that these mackerel will not stay in this place for very long."

"Even if you start fishing now, you won't catch many fish."

"Fishing is fine if you want to, and it doesn't matter if you don't want to fish or not. It won't have a big impact!"

Zhao Dahai smiled.

There are indeed fish in the sea now, and they are all large mackerel. You can sell one for a lot of money.

But you can't catch many fish; they'll swim away in no time.

At most, one person can catch two fish, or even just one.

A mackerel weighing 150 or 160 pounds might be very valuable to other people, but to me it's nothing special.

"Forget it!"

"You guys might as well just give up fishing!"

Zhao Shi waved his hand.

Just as Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin, and Lei Dayou picked up their fishing rods, ready to fish, it was best to stop them directly.

It's really not worth going to such lengths for just one or two fish. Anyway, I've been fishing for so long now, and I'm really a bit tired.

It's better to just rest early and ignore this matter.

Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin, and Lei Dayou originally wanted to go fishing, but after Zhao Shi said that, they thought about it and realized they really wouldn't be able to catch many fish, so they decided not to go.

"big!"

"This mackerel is really quite a good size!"

……

"Yo!"

"It must weigh around 170 or 180 pounds!"

……

"No way?"

Are these mackerel really this big?

……

Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin, and Lei Dayou, who weren't fishing, all went to the side of the fishing boat and waited until Wu Weimin and the others had pulled their fish to a spot not too far from the boat. They could see very clearly that all of them weighed over 150 jin (75 kg).

This mackerel isn't the largest, but in this artificial reef environment, it's definitely one of the largest and very rare.

"Damn it!"

"Old Zhao."

"If you had a trawler now, that would be a huge deal."

"None of these mackerel will escape!"

Shi Guangming was indignant.

Schools of mackerel, and large schools of mackerel at that, are now starting to appear around the fishing boats.

Unfortunately, the current fishing boat is used to transport fish, and its main function is to hold live water.

If there were a trawler, none of these large mackerel in the sea could escape at this time of year.

But there are no "what ifs" in this world.

"Isn't what you're saying just stating the obvious?"

"How could it be a trawler? If it really were a trawler, all the mackerel in this sea would be ours right now!"

Zhao Shi glared fiercely at Shi Guangming.

These mackerel are all very large, and most importantly, the school of them is very large.

There really is a trawler anchored here. These mackerel have no chance of escaping; you could easily catch tens of thousands of kilograms.

Having fished at sea for so many years, this was the first time Zhao Shi had ever seen such a scene.

"Second Grandpa!"

"Grandpa Shi!"

"Let's buy another large trawler!"

"Why don't we just keep our two big fishing boats together when we go out to sea in the future!"

"We'll just wait there, and when we see a large school of fish, we'll set up our nets to catch them."

Seeing that Zhao Shi and Shi Guangming looked extremely regretful, Zhao Dahai simply suggested buying another large trawler.

A large trawler costs a lot of money, but this amount is just a drop in the ocean for me; I could definitely buy one if I really wanted to. "What would I buy this for?"

Without a second thought, Zhao Shi immediately shook his head.

Zhao Dahai has plenty of money now, but this kind of thing isn't something you can just buy because you have money.

If it's truly useful and can be used to make money, then not only those with money, but even those without money, must buy it.

Buying a fishing boat like this is really useless now.

Zhao Dahai, Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin, Lei Da, and a few others usually fish, not go out to sea to fish, and they catch far more fish than a trawler can, and earn far more money.

There's no need to buy a trawler; it's just sitting here and serves no purpose.

Even if you have money but nowhere to spend it, you shouldn't spend it like this.

"Old Zhao!"

"I think Zhao Dahai is right. It really is worth buying a trawler."

At first, Shi Guangming thought Zhao Dahai was just joking, that it was impossible for such a trawler to be completely useless. But then a sudden inspiration struck him, and he blurted out an idea.

"Humph!"

What are you thinking about?

"Buy a trawler?"

"Buying a fishing boat is an easy thing, isn't it? But what would you do with it? Besides, are you going to drive it?"

Zhao Shi glared at Shi Guangming.

"what!"

"You're absolutely right, I'll drive."

"To be precise, it's just the two of us driving."

Shi Guangming smiled and nodded.

That was truly my idea; I genuinely believed that it was just me and Zhao Shi who would be operating this trawler.

"What on earth are you thinking? Why are you and I operating a trawler? We're both too old for that. Why would we need to go out to sea to fish?"

"Are you short of money for food right now? If you really don't have money, you can just stay on Ding Dawen's big fishing boat. Do you think we need this one meal?"

Zhao Shi was completely bewildered, not understanding why Shi Guangming brought this up.

"Grandpa Shi!"

"What exactly are you thinking about? What idea do you have?"

When Zhao Dahai mentioned this, it was just an idea, but he wasn't joking. If Zhao Shi wanted to buy a large trawler, he could just buy one himself. He really didn't lack the money; he would buy it if Zhao Shi wanted it. But right now, Shi Guangming was definitely thinking of some kind of idea, and he must have come up with something.

"Zhao Dahai!"

"You only have one large fishing boat right now, which is used to carry fish."

"No problem, it can hold a lot of fish. Once it's full, we'll go back to the fish raft to unload the fish."

"But no matter what, a fishing boat is still not very convenient, and although it can carry a lot of fish, it's not an extremely large amount."

"Other people's words don't have much impact, but it's actually a bit inconvenient for you, for example, sometimes when you catch a lot of fish."

"When the fishing boats return, you will still be affected to some extent. You might not have enough time or the weather might change, so you will have some concerns when you are fishing."

"With two fishing boats, there won't be any problem at all."

"One fishing boat is full, another fishing boat is waiting for you to fish in the open sea, and the speedboat will do."

"The other fishing boat can go back. In any case, it won't have much of an impact, or even any impact at all."

"Other people really don't need to spend this money; it's not worth spending this money to do this."

"But it's really worth it for you, a great deal."

"If that's the case, why not just do it?"

"Another thing is that if there are large schools of fish in the sea and it's time to set up fishing nets, there will be a trawler here, or a fishing boat that can set up fishing nets here."

"For example, right now, isn't this perfect? ​​It saves us from seeing these large schools of fish in this place and being completely helpless."

"Generally speaking, sea bass don't swim very fast in areas with backflow, but mackerel or other fish really don't stay here for very long."

Shi Guangming quickly shared his thoughts.

"Where is such a necessity?"

Zhao Shi hesitated for a moment, then shook his head.

"I think Grandpa Shi's statement makes a lot of sense."

At first, Zhao Dahai didn't pay much attention, but as he listened, he really thought Shi Guangming's idea was excellent.

Now it's just a large fishing boat. Every time it's full of fish and we have to go back, I, Zhong Shizhu, Liu Binlei, and others always have some reservations when we go out to sea to fish.

Or at least it feels a bit inconvenient. If it were two large fishing boats, it would be a completely different story.

There's no need to pick a time or coordinate anything; you can go back whenever you want, and you don't even need to wait until all the fish are in the tank before you go back.

Another one is Shi Guangming, who is absolutely right. He spends all his time fishing at sea, often driving his speedboat around. Sometimes he finds schools of fish, but these schools aren't for fishing; they're just on the surface of the water.

Without fishing boats, you can only watch helplessly as the fish swim away, not knowing where they've gone. It's a real waste of opportunities to make money.

A large trawler doesn't need to specifically fish; it can simply stay in one place.

Generally speaking, it is used to raise the fish that one catches at sea.

If one day I go out to sea to fish and see a large school of fish or think there are fish somewhere, I can just step on the gas and come back to call for a large trawler to catch them.

Is it really necessary?

Zhao Shi hesitated for a moment.

Zhao Dahai's words make sense, but I'm really undecided whether I should buy such a trawler.

"Second Grandpa!"

"The main purpose of this trawler is definitely not to catch fish, but to carry the big fish that Uncle Shizhu and I caught when we went out to sea."

"Sometimes, this fishing boat is really not enough. Another issue is that the fish we catch are mostly valuable grouper or large sea bass."

"It's better to have a larger space when raising these fish."

Zhao Dahai had already noticed that although the fishing boat was very large and could hold a lot of fish, he and Zhong Shizhu had caught far too many fish.

I have to go back every few days, which is really inconvenient. Another problem is that there are too many fish caught, all crammed into the live water tank of the fishing boat, which is not a good thing. If I buy another fishing boat, the space will be much larger.

"Second Grandpa."

"This fishing boat is really not enough right now!"

"I've been thinking about whether or not to talk to Zhao Dahai about this, but I don't think it's a big deal."

"One or two more trips will suffice."

"But if we were to buy another large fishing boat now, it would actually be a very good idea."

When Ding Dawen heard Zhao Dahai say he wanted to buy a new fishing boat, he couldn't help but chime in.

(End of this chapter)