Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 11 Preparing the Fishing Rod
On the way back from his sister's house, he was still sighing that this brother-in-law was not bad.

It can be seen that my elder sister has a very high status in her husband's family, and I guess Binbin deserves a lot of credit for this.

After getting off the bus, I tried to pay the fare but was refused again.

"Dahe, come to my house when you have time. I won some money today."

"Thank you, uncle. I'll go down now."

Xu Village behind was also very close to his home, separated by a fish pond and an inner lake. Everyone was familiar with it, and if they brought it back at night, they would rarely ask for money.

The inner lake and the small fish pond are sections of a river. This river is separated from the Yuxi River by a large embankment, but it has been artificially divided into countless fish ponds, with many dirt roads opened in the middle.

Now the Qin family of the fifth group is in charge of the contract, and according to seniority he has to call them Third Master.

There is a three-acre fish pond between Neihu and his home, but it has been abandoned for several years. The pond is too small and people are reluctant to spend money to maintain it.

Qin's father would occasionally place eel cages in the fish pond, but the pond was too small to accommodate frequent use of the cages.

"Mom, where is my dad?"

"They're working on the road across the street. They said you'd be going there often, so they took the time out today to do some work on it."

"Hey, then I'll go cut some bamboo."

"Wait a minute, how is Binbin now? Tell me." Mother Qin put down the work in her hands and began to care about her little grandson.

"He's fat. Today I bought a duck leg, and the boss gave him a duck neck as a gift. I ate it all."

"That's good. It's better for children to be a little fat. They are so cute."

"Oh, this is pressed duck. Everything except the legs is here. Let's have it tonight."

"Hey kid, why are you eating pressed duck when we have fish at home? You need to save money now. Once you have saved enough to build a house, you can get married."

"Oh, I understand. I'll get busy."

He put down his things and turned around to run away. His parents were very frugal. In their opinion, pressed duck that cost a dozen yuan was something they seldom ate unless there were guests or during festivals.

He went to the bamboo forest next to the house and started selecting bamboo from the edge.

First, I selected two small bamboos about three meters long and cut them down to use as hand rods to catch small fish. It doesn’t matter much, as long as they are elastic and can protect the line.

The bamboo here is common arrow bamboo, with short joints and the tallest one is more than five meters long, which is quite suitable for making fishing rods.

There are long green bamboos in the village on the other side of the river, but they are too weak to catch big fish.

He picked and chose again and found a straighter and longer bamboo that looked almost five meters long.

At present, Master Deng has not yet emerged and the platform fishing circle has not yet been formed. A five-meter rod is considered relatively long and is very comfortable to cast.

After the rise of platform fishing in later generations, there were all kinds of fishing rods, such as 7.2 meters, 8.1 meters, and even some people used rods that were more than 20 meters or 30 meters long. They were so hard to pull together that it was almost fatal.

And if they are close, the long pole can easily close the mouth of the short pole and force the other person to roll together.

"Mom, please help me rub some corn out and chop it into pieces with a knife." He shouted into the house.

"What are you going to do again?" Qin's mother came out and looked at him unkindly, pinching her waist, looking extremely scary.

"Make a nest for the night and go fishing with Dad tomorrow."

"Hmph, if you can't catch any fish, you two can go work in the fields together." She didn't disagree. Let's try it first, and we'll settle the score if we don't catch any fish.

Seeing his mother leave angrily, his heart sank. He was afraid that he would be in trouble if he couldn't catch any fish tomorrow.

But thinking of the resources of the Yuxi River and his own experience fishing from the platform, he felt a little relieved. If things really didn't work out, he could only rely on his dad. He could always catch some black bass and bluefin bream by fishing from the platform.

After marking the bamboo, he began to prepare bait for tomorrow.

The bedding is a mixture of corn crumbs, pig bran and a small amount of flour. Now that we don’t raise pigs at home, we have several hundred pounds of bran stored.

The bait is the corn soaked last night and fresh corn, plus a hand rod with earthworms to catch small fish and a lure rod. The three rods should be quite safe.

After a while, Qin's father came back carrying a shovel. Seeing him preparing the nesting materials, he came over to ask him.

"Rice bran contains germ, which is very fragrant. Add fresh cornmeal to make a bait overnight. There will definitely be more fish when you go there tomorrow."

"Is this what you learned in school?"

Looking at the question mark on the old man's forehead, he nodded guiltily.

"Business administration textbooks are all randomly compiled. How can you learn anything from them? I just find time to go to the nearby electromechanical department to learn some welding and cutting. I learned fishing by occasionally hanging out with the old masters."

"Can you also weld and cut?" Qin's father became interested.

These are hard skills. Once you learn them, you will never have to worry about food and clothing.

“It’s easy to do some simple things.”

When I was a warehouse manager in my previous life, I learned these things as well as the old masters. Now is a good time to tell them, so that people around me won’t be suspicious if I suddenly learn them in the future.

"That's great. Come and fix something when it breaks down at home."

Qin's father was quite satisfied when he heard this. Although his son was not good at studying, it was true that he did not like to lie. Since he said he knew a little bit, it should not be a problem for him to get started.

"Oh, Dad, go pick out a three-meter fishing rod. The front part doesn't need to be too thin. And help me deal with that five-meter long rod. We'll go fishing together tomorrow."

"Tomorrow? It's too late tomorrow. I still need to dry it in the shade and apply oil. Let's use some raw bamboo first. That's the important thing."

"Okay." Qin Dahe nodded helplessly.

A five-meter-long raw bamboo, the thicker ones weigh almost two kilograms. If you throw it for a long time, your arms will be broken.

"By the way, did you buy the wheels?"

"I bought it. I bought it from a idiot for 70 bucks. This would cost at least or bucks elsewhere. What a steal."

Qin Dahe excitedly recounted his purchase experience and shook the uniquely shaped metal Shimano several times for his father to hear.

"Haha, you can tell it's worth it just by looking at the material. The sound of the exhaust is really pleasant to listen to." Father Qin snatched it away and played with it by himself.

"I have a set of braided lines here. We can just make some guide rings and tie them to the bamboo."

"What kind of guide ring do you want?"

The two went to the utility room and began to look through some things in the house to see if there was anything they could use.

"Your fish hooks are all made of bent embroidery needles. They are not strong." Qin Dahe saw a lot of fishing tools. It seems that his father also likes fishing.

"Even if it's not strong, you can still catch a big fish weighing more than ten pounds. I've been using hemp thread and embroidery needles for so many years, and you're the only one who went out of your way to buy a line set." Dad threw the hook back.

"This steel hook I bought can pull anything weighing 100 kilograms, as long as the line can bear it." He boasted.

Got it. I dug out some guide rings that fell off when laying the wires. This one is just right.

"Just use this. Just make an appointment. Get some electrical tape and glue and wrap it up perfectly."

(End of this chapter)