Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 129 Winning the Big Prize

"This crucian carp is the biggest one."

It looks like it weighs almost two kilograms, which can barely be considered a kilogram of crucian carp. It is really hard to find in places like Waihe.

"Today's goal is fifty kilograms."

"Okay, done."

"Haha, I've caught more than four kilograms."

"One of my catfish weighs six or seven kilograms." Erhu said proudly.

As soon as he finished speaking, he was killed, and his joy turned into sorrow.

At this time, the big blue dog was squatting beside him, thinking that he had caught a fish, and kept barking "wang wang wang" to cheer him on.

"Brother Niu, we won't bark anymore." Erhu touched the dog's head miserably.

Qing Gou didn't know whether he understood or not, and watched him pull the pole curiously.

"It can be pulled. Is it a branch?" he said in surprise.

But it doesn't feel like that, it feels like pulling a dead fish.

"Pull it up first."

When he pulled it up, he was stunned. Suitcase?

"Oh my god, I won the jackpot." Qin Dahe stood up in surprise.

"what?"

Everyone was a little confused to see him so shocked.

"Forget it, let's put the box on the shore first and continue fishing."

"What's the matter?" Yanyan acted coquettishly towards him and shook his arm.

"I told you not to be afraid, didn't I?"

"Yeah, there are so many people."

The others were also curious and came over.

He first threw the rod into the water, protected the crucian carp in his hand, and then explained to them.

"Generally speaking, fishermen and murderers look for the same places—undiscovered places with water."

At this word, everyone was shocked, and Yanyan looked at the box with horror in her eyes.

"Women's suitcases and men's bags, there's a high probability that there's a little cutie inside."

"Damn, they even put a jingle on it. Could it really be that?" Erhu said nervously.

He's about to get married, it would be bad luck if he caught this thing.

"Not necessarily. Maybe it's the third prize, some miscellaneous clothes." He lit a cigarette, and the other three quickly lit one as well. It was so exciting.

"What about the second and first prizes?"

"The second prize is RMB, maybe a box of money."

Several people became excited again. This kind of situation often occurs when watching Hong Kong movies. Maybe they can get rich in one go.

"The first prize is the people." Qin Dahe took a deep puff of his cigarette and spoke again: "The special prize is the people's fragments."

A few people were stunned for a moment before they realized what the People's Fragments were.

"Then let's open the box. If it's someone from the public, we'll call the police."

Hanwaer was better off, as his fishing spot was far away. Erhu and the others really didn't dare to stay there. What Qin Dahe said was too scary.

"What a bummer! As a fisherman, you don't even have the courage to catch anything." Qin Dahe curled his lips.

When fishing resources were scarce in later generations, all kinds of great fish would look for any place where there were fish, such as deep mountains and forests, bridge holes, wild rivers, and some places with steep terrain that normal people could not reach.

In this way, all kinds of strange things such as people, RMB, people's fragments, antiques, inflatable dolls, etc. began to be caught.

The experience is nothing short of legendary, and the news is getting more and more outrageous, but it's all true.

What's even more outrageous is that the fishermen who are able to find these hidden places are all so addicted to fishing that they are reluctant to call the police early.

Otherwise, taking statements and salvaging other things will delay fishing. They basically fish first and then call the police when there is no bite at all.

What followed was news reports that publicized the fisherman’s outrageous incident.

"This box has been soaking for at least ten days, so a little while won't make a difference. Open it after you finish fishing."

He waved his hand and told them to continue fishing. It was no big deal. They hadn't even opened the box yet.

"Afraid."

"Why should I be afraid? If it's really a special prize, it will attract fish and there will definitely be a lot of fish in the nest."

As soon as these words were spoken, Erhu's eyes lit up again.

Indeed, the fish he caught were indeed better. After thinking about it, he went back and held Brother Niu in his arms.

Qin Dahe gave a thumbs up, this is the style of a fisherman.

"Keep fishing, I want to catch 20 kilograms today." He said with high spirits.

He also accepted the fragments of the people, since Brother Niu was by his side.

Yanyan quietly moved the bench next to him. She was not afraid as long as her brother was there.

As if there was a buff, Erhu and Tiedan started to work together.

"Finally caught a crab. I didn't believe you when you said that the silly kid used a ground hook to catch crabs."

Erhu said happily while holding a crab weighing more than 100 grams, it's a female crab.

"It's valuable, as valuable as a piglet." Qin Dahe said with a smile.

Now this guy has forgotten about the box. The fisherman is not afraid of anything except the empty air force.

When the fish bites, it works better than anything else.

Unfortunately, no white eels were caught, and the earthworms Qin Dahe used to hook often came off the hook.

However, the crucian carp caught were also big, at least three or two catties.

The small crucian carp cannot swallow the hanging earthworm and will just run around with the hook, making it impossible to catch it.

It's now four o'clock, and he has only caught about four or five pounds. Except for two catfish, the rest are crucian carp.

"It's almost time for us to go back. If we wait any longer the temperature will drop and we'll suffer." He clapped his hands, signaling everyone to start packing up their stalls.

"It's still early. The temperature will drop for a while." Yanyan was a little addicted. A lot of people took the bait she hung.

In terms of weight, it is not worse than Qin Dahe, except that there are more small fish.

"There is still a box. If we win the grand prize, we will still be questioned. We have to reserve some time." He said helplessly.

With just one word, Erhu immediately put away his fishing rod and forgot about the box.

Everyone started to pack up their things. Qin Dahe stuck the shovel into the ground and took all the other things up.

"Today's fish weighed over 40 kilograms, which is not bad."

"Well, the fish are really biting here in Sancha River, but the leader line is suffering heavy losses."

Today I lost three short floats and one long float, plus the sub-lines, the losses alone amounted to dozens of dollars.

The total price of these fish is about three to four hundred yuan. The bigmouth catfish is mainly valuable, while the half-pound crucian carp and red-eye carp are of average price.

After putting the things away, Qin Dahe asked Yanyan to watch the things on the tricycle, as he didn't want her to see anything she shouldn't see.

Then the four brothers came down and were a little nervous when they saw the box.

"Who's driving?"

“Whoever catches it gets to drive it.”

"Crap, I don't dare."

Qin Dahe handed over the shovel he had saved. "It's ready for you. Use it."

Erhu could only slowly approach with the shovel. He hadn't felt anything when he was fishing just now, but now he was getting more and more scared. What if there were people or human debris in there? He would be scared to death.

"Forget it, let me do it, you useless thing." Qin Dahe snatched the shovel.

"Brother, I." The kid stopped him as well.

"You two, get married." He was probably nervous and started stuttering again.

Qin Dahe thought about it and handed it to him. The silly kid was brave by nature and had just experienced life and death, so he was not afraid of these things.

I saw him holding a shovel and approaching the box, then hitting the slider lock hard, and it broke in a short while.

Then use a shovel to hold the zipper and start pulling it open on both sides. As the zipper is completely removed, you can see the whole picture by just lifting it up.

The kid lit another cigarette, and the other three followed silently. It was so exciting.

Taking a deep breath of the Tang Dynasty wine, he lifted the shovel up.

"Hey my strategy"

"Why is there a bag inside the box?"

"Shovel it first and see if it's soft." Qin Dahe's voice was trembling. This is the special prize. The probability of people's fragments is very high.

The kid carefully touched it twice with a shovel and said tremblingly, "It's soft."

"Let's go to the township office." Without saying anything, he pulled a few brothers and left.

There's no need to read on now, as it'll make you sleepy at night.

Several people walked up to him, and when Yanyan asked him, he just shook his head.

When he arrived at the township office, he briefly told the police about the situation.

"Are you sure it's a corpse?" the police officer asked with a puzzled look in his eyes.

It's really strange that these people have nothing to do in the middle of winter and go fishing.

“Not sure, but very likely.”

Erhu also repeated the rhyme that Qin Dahe had said, which left the police stunned.

At this time, the police station chief didn't let them continue talking nonsense and took them away directly.

When they arrived at the sand mining plant, people were working as usual. The leader even nodded to the director. Qin Dahe's face turned pale when he saw this. He thought they were so arrogant.

The group went down again. Qin Dahe said hello to the director and asked Yanyan to stay upstairs.

They actually didn't want to go down, but if they really won the prize, they would have to explain the situation on the spot.

These policemen were quite brave. A man in his thirties put on gloves and stepped forward to start untying the bag.

As the bag was untied, a foul odor hit us.

It was past five o'clock in the evening when they got home. Qin Dahe went straight to bed without even eating.

I feel so sick today. I actually won the first prize, luckily it’s not the special prize.

When the police learned that they had been fishing for two hours before calling the police, they were a little speechless and gave them a verbal warning.

They could only nod in agreement, but they were still envious of them for catching so many fish.

At this time, my mother came in with a bowl of rice.

"Mom, I have no appetite." Qin Dahe took a breath.

"what happened?"

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He didn't dare to tell his mother anything. What if she got scared?

"Let Dad come in, I'll tell him what's going on."

"Okay." The mother glared at her son, thinking that there were some secrets that couldn't be told to her.

When the old man came in, he explained what had happened.

"It's normal. When my family was building the Shuitiao in Yuxi River, I fished out a longevity lock and sold it for twenty yuan." Qin's father said indifferently.

He had been through so many things, especially the famine in the 1960s and 1970s, so this was just a topic of conversation.

"Don't think your mother is too fragile. She'll be angry later. I'll go talk to her later. You should eat your meal. It's not a big deal."

Looking at his father's disdainful expression, Qin Dahe just nodded. He was not timid or afraid, but he was disgusted. How could he eat?

"Are you going to sell fish tomorrow morning?"

"Well, I'll sell it, but it's not much."

"You guys are pretty awesome. You called the police after you finished fishing, haha."

"Isn't that because I'm afraid of delaying the fish from biting? There are indeed a lot of fish over there in Sancha River."

"Many people have thought of ways to deal with the subsidence area. The most effective one so far is to set up some shrimp cages. The losses are high, but it also makes money. There are a lot of white eels in that area."

Seeing that his son was not afraid but simply couldn't eat, he waved goodbye and left, and his wife had to coax him.

On the other side, Yanyan also returned home. He didn't see what the first prize looked like, so he was still able to eat.

But when I think about how secretive they are, I know they are not good people.

She was a little scared, but she didn't dare to sleep with me. She had just lost her virginity today, and she would be in trouble if she was discovered.

She stayed in bed until after nine o'clock, and only when my mother came in and urged her to turn off the lights did she speak.

"Mom, can you sleep with me tonight?"

"what happened?"

"It seems like something bad happened today." She said with a bitter face.

When she saw the sudden change in my mother's expression, she knew there was a misunderstanding and quickly told her what happened in the afternoon.

"I was so scared. I thought you had met something unclean."

"No way, bring the clothes here and we'll sleep together." She hugged me and started to act coquettishly.

"Okay, wait a minute." The daughter was scared, so of course she would come over.

After coming in, he hugged the girl and started asking questions.

I didn't think much about what they had experienced during the day. People who had experienced starvation in the 1960s and 1970s would not care about such things.

"It's normal. Daha and the others are here, so what are you afraid of?" The mother patted her daughter on the back.

Yanyan felt much more at ease in my arms, but she couldn't fall asleep either.

"We caught a lot of fish today. Erhu even caught a large catfish."

"That catfish weighs five or six pounds. I'm sure it will fetch a lot of money tomorrow when I go to sell fish."

"Go to sleep. If you don't sleep now, I'm leaving." The mother patted her daughter's butt. The little girl's face trembled, but when she thought of what happened in the morning, she immediately became obedient.

"Oh." She leaned in her mother's arms angrily and slowly fell asleep.

The next morning, there was a little wind. Qin Dahe took the fish to Liming Supermarket to wait for customers, and took Hanwaer with him to sell fish.

The kid is now doing very well with his ground trap net. He uses ground hooks, ground traps and shrimp cages in turn and doesn't seem to be afraid of being stolen at all.

If there is a shortage of goods, they are sold on the main road above Limin Supermarket. According to the old man's suggestion, he just writes the price on the side and doesn't say anything when others bargain.

If you meet someone shameless who throws down the money and takes the fish, just beat him up.

After I hit an old lady from the same village with a hammer, the effect was indeed much better.

At that time, the other party was still not giving in, so Qin's father stepped in and said directly, "Do you dare to let your kid go to jail for a year?"

The other party didn't dare to say a word. If he came back after a year, they would become mortal enemies. Now the silly kid has no worries.

Qin Dahe was quite helpless when he knew about it at that time, and hit the woman with the first hammer. Fortunately, his father reacted quickly, otherwise the silly boy might have to pay compensation.

The other party was also frightened at the time, otherwise the people from the town hall would only order him to pay compensation and would not arrest anyone.

As a unit responsible for maintaining grassroots order, they will not arrest people easily, especially for such a trivial matter.

(End of this chapter)