Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 130 Drawing Slogans

When the kid got in the car, he really brought some fish to sell.

All you can see are three kinds of miscellaneous fish, a few big crucian carp, small catfish, and onding.

Currently, Hanwa is the only one selling miscellaneous fish in the town, and everyone else finds it troublesome.

In such a cold weather, no one wants to catch small fish and freeze to death while earning little money.

He would leave immediately after the passengers were halfway seated, as it was easier to take passengers in the cold weather.

After entering the vegetable market, he didn't rush to sell his crabs. He just set up a stall to sell them.

Wu Ye was not at home today, so he rented a stall and the two of them sold fish together.

"Wow, this store has good goods today. They also have river crucian carp with beautiful fur." Someone noticed the crucian carp here and came over immediately.

Some of the crucian carp we caught yesterday were river crucian carp. They have a slender body and a small mouth, and are tastier than ordinary local crucian carp.

But the number is not large, only about four or five pounds, and most of the others are native crucian carp.

"How much are these river crucian carp?"

"Seven yuan for more than half a catty, eleven yuan for one to two catties." He quoted a price randomly.

The market price of many rare fish in the countryside is not fixed. It depends entirely on whether there is anyone willing to buy them. If no one buys them, they will eat them themselves.

"Can you buy two for a lower price?"

"That won't do. We only caught this little after the Sancha River froze for a whole day." He deliberately sniffed, pretending to have a cold.

Upon hearing this, the other party immediately looked at the fish's mouth and found traces of fish hooks, and gave a thumbs up.

"Great, going fishing in such a cold day." After hearing this, the customer stopped bargaining. Some money should be earned by others.

I weighed three fish weighing more than a pound, and asked him to start killing them.

The water in big rivers and lakes flows well, and the fish has much less earthy smell, so you can eat it directly.

Fish from wild rivers and ponds are not suitable, they must be raised for a few days.

His fish-killing skills were only average now, and it took him a while to kill all three fish.

He sells ordinary crucian carp for five yuan. People around know that these fish are caught from the Yuxi River, so they sell faster than the stalls next door.

The catfish is a little harder to sell. No one was interested when he offered it at fifteen. He planned to try to lower the price to twelve when the next customer came to ask.

"Young man, nice to meet you again." At this time, a middle-aged man walked over.

Qin Dahe was a little confused when he saw the person, and it took him a while to figure out who it was.

"Uncle Lei, are you home?"

"I'm going back to my hometown to develop. Haha, today is my day off so I'm going out with my mom to buy groceries."

Uncle Lei was deeply impressed by Qin Dahe. As a fisherman, how could he forget the sight of him catching silver carp and bighead carp?

"Do you want to eat fish? This catfish was caught from Sancha River." He pointed at the fish on the stall, trying to sell the catfish.

"That's not my business. My mom will be here soon." He took out cigarettes and gave them to both of them, then asked them about their fishing.

"Can we still fish in winter? Some of my friends have put away their fishing rods in winter, or go fishing for small crucian carp." Looking at the catfish, he was quite envious.

"You can only catch so much in the winter. If you're interested, let the kid tell you. He's a better wild angler than I am."

Seeing that the other party was not planning to buy fish, he didn't think much about it as he already had customers to entertain.

Uncle Lei turned around and asked Silly Kid, but the little bit of goods Kid had sold out long ago.

After all, the kid was quite honest, and he stammered as he told me his ideas about fishing in winter.

"In winter, it's hard for fish to speak." The silly kid tried hard to speak more fluently.

"If you want to fish, use shallow water."

"They say the big fish are in deep water?"

Qin Dahe casually said, "The big fish in the deep water are hibernating and don't open their mouths."

"This catfish is the only big fish you can catch right now, but it depends on your luck."

At this time, more guests came. Qin Dahe began to greet them, and the boy followed to help him kill the fish.

Uncle Lei didn't mind. He just stayed by the side and asked from time to time how to fish after the two of them warmed up.

Seeing that fewer people were eating red-eye fish, he lowered the price again. At the same time, he was a little speechless. How could this guy be so addicted to fishing?
At this time, an old lady came over, patted Uncle Lei on the shoulder and asked him to move away.

"You're already an adult, please pay attention to your image, or others will laugh at you."

"Mom, the skin and meat of this catfish are delicious. They caught it in the Yuxi River. Let's buy it and roast it." Uncle Lei was not angry. Instead, he smiled and persuaded my mother to buy the fish.

"The fur is indeed good, isn't it farmed?"

"How could that be? I went fishing with him in the fall. He's definitely a good fisherman."

"How much is it?" the old lady asked casually. The family was still missing a fish for today's dish, so it was okay to buy it.

"Grandma, twelve yuan per pound. This fish is very fat and its belly is soft." Qin Dahe pinched his belly.

The most delicious part of the catfish is its belly, which melts in your mouth when cooked. There is a reason why he sells it at this price.

"Just weigh it and kill it cleanly." The old lady said and went to buy other things.

Since her son knew him, she couldn't bargain, in case the favor ended up being worth it.

"okay."

Qin Dahe quickly weighed the fish, cut open its belly, removed the internal organs and gills, and cut it into large pieces for packaging.

The catfish has no scales, so it is very easy to kill. It can be done in no time.

"Sixty-four, sixty for you." He handed over the fish with a smile.

Uncle Lei paid the money and specifically asked me to go fishing with him when the weather got warmer. He had left his home phone number when he went fishing for silver carp and bighead carp.

After collecting the money, he continued to serve the next customer.

"How much is the red-eye?"

"Four dollars and a half a pound, and they're all big ones."

"Four pieces. Can you weigh three for me?"

"Row."

After picking out the three fish, I threw them directly to the kid and started killing them.

It's already past eight o'clock, and he has to close the stall early to take in another wave of customers, so he deliberately quoted an extra fifty cents to encourage people to bargain.

The crucian carp were sold out in a short time, and the remaining red-eyes could only be sold at a reduced price.

"Let's go and exchange crabs. No one even asks the price." Qin Dahe said depressedly.

"It's expensive. I can't bear it. Eat it!" the child said, pointing at the crab.

Sixty or seventy yuan is just for the shell, eating herring is more cost-effective than crab.

Qin Dahe would not eat a female crab weighing more than 100 grams, as it was too wasteful.

When they arrived at the purchasing point, Qin Dahe directly quoted a price of 75, because the crab weighed five taels.

"Five taels of female crab, I won't even bother to talk about the price, is that okay?" he said with a smile.

"Okay." After dealing with him several times, the other party also knew that Qin Dahe was not someone who could be fooled.

Moreover, after collecting fish here for a year, he has realized that the city methods are completely useless in the countryside.

Fighting? Who doesn’t like fighting? Even the fishmongers carry knives with them.

After receiving the money, I sold more than 400 yuan worth of fish and crabs today, and my kids also made dozens of yuan, which is better than farming.

But the prerequisite is to endure hardship. In this weather, fishing or casting nets are more difficult than carrying a bag.

"Brother, here." The kid handed over a pack of Sheng Tang cigarettes with a naive smile. Qin Dahe accepted it without hesitation. The kid was immediately happy when he saw it.

When he got home, he found a tricycle parked in the yard and he was too lazy to fix it because his hands were freezing. So he called Erhu's house and asked him to come and seal the tricycle. Sure enough, he came over immediately with a welding machine.

Qin Dahe built a stove in the yard and sat on a bench, leisurely petting his dog.

Chaomian is becoming more and more close to him now, and with Feifei always by his side, he is so happy.

"Dahe, come and take a look?"

"Look for yourself. As long as there are no leaks and it looks comfortable," he said indifferently. It's not like he's making a missile.

"Then hand over the car?"

"Well, I'll give you the money." He counted out twenty yuan and handed it to him. He could earn about ten yuan without doing anything.

I took a quick glance at the car and ignored it as it looked fine.

After extensive training at the flower-making factory, Erhu and Tiedan's welding skills are now barely qualified.

Erhu had nothing to do at the time, so he brought a bench and sat by the fire with him.

He thought of pulling Sang Biao over to stroke him as well, but before Qin Dahe could even open his mouth, he was tickled.

"Wow, you're so brave." He walked forward to check with amusement, and found that it was just a little skin break but no bleeding, so he ignored it.

Brother Biao is still particular. When he scratches people, they usually don’t bleed. If they bleed, they need to be given an injection, and the cat can’t be saved.

"I see Yanyan often holding the black bear for fun." Erhu picked up the black bear in a sullen manner.

This dog looks sneaky and is not as pretty as the tabby cat.

"Compared to her, this broken cat is very smart and knows who to mess with."

Thinking that he couldn't even touch it, Qin Dahe sighed. This tabby cat was really annoying.

How can it be so fat and cute? It feels warm when sitting on people and even snores.

"Why don't you paint something on the wall of your house?" Erhu pointed at the big white wall of the new house.

"how?"

"Every year at the end of the year, if the village doesn't have other propaganda tasks, they have to paint family planning slogans. If you don't paint on your big white wall in advance, it will definitely be occupied."

Qin Dahe frowned and forgot about it.

I spent a lot of money to paint the walls of my new house white, and it looks so ugly if I draw the family planning logo on it.

"So what can I draw?"

"Have someone draw some pictures or something. It's only a few hundred bucks. Slogans are too ugly."

"Slogan?" Qin Dahe thought of something and immediately started thinking about it.

He can write too. He is pretty good at writing big characters, so it makes him feel more comfortable to write some slogans of later generations on it.

He did it right away. He excitedly went to Limin Supermarket to buy two bottles of ink, and then went to the brigade headquarters to borrow a large sum of money.

"Erhu, get me a ladder and help me hold the big wooden board."

On the large white wall near the county road, he first drew dividing lines with a wooden board, about one meter apart, and then began to add ink.

This thick brush has a slanted tip and is specially used for writing large characters. He wants to write on two walls.

The current slogan in the village is really too awesome, and he can't bear to see his new house ruined.

First, write "Don't forget your original intention" on the side near the county road, then add a little ink to make it thicker, and then write "Remember the mission", which instantly makes it look very impressive.

This is to remind myself to take good care of my family and live a good life.

"Daha, your handwriting is so beautiful." Erhu laughed.

"Just reading the words?"

“The slogan is also very good.”

Looking at his expression, you can tell that wild boars cannot eat fine bran. This is a quote that became popular all over the country in later generations.

On the other side, he thought for a while and started writing slightly smaller words.

“Even if there is a bright moon in a foreign land, it is not as bright as a lamp in my hometown.”

Both slogans are used to remind himself. He tried his best to write the words neatly, after all, this thing will be hanging for many years.

He will have to repair it when the words on the back become blurred, so these two slogans are enough.

"Erhu, what do you think of this poem?"

"Great." Erhu gave a thumbs up. "Did you write this?"

“I copied it.”

"That's nothing, haha."

Seeing that it was already eleven o'clock, Erhu took the big writing brush and returned it to the team headquarters. Qin Dahe was about to start eating.

Today the couple went out to collect bean dregs again, buying them at 1.2 cents per pound, and cleared out all the goods from the surrounding tofu shops.

As a high-protein food, fish, ducks and other animals all like to use it as feed.

However, it is difficult to preserve and will go bad easily. If it is fed to fish after it goes bad, they will easily get sick.

Qin Dahe only buys about a hundred pounds at a time and feeds them for two days.

And I don’t feed it often. I only go to the tofu shop to pick up goods when I remember.

Now people don’t charge him any money, he just needs to send over some of the small fish he gets.

The farm is breeding now. After the New Year, many people want to catch chicks and ducklings, which need to be carefully fed for a period of time, so I called to collect bean dregs.

After the rice was steamed, he took another portion of duck cooked with fermented rice and steamed it together with the rice.

This is the food he has been longing for for a long time. It has a wine aroma with a hint of sweetness, and it tastes amazing when eaten with rice.

It was not until half past twelve that Qin's father and his companions returned. The boat was full of bean dregs, and the fragrance of beans could be smelled from afar.

"Son, should I leave some for you to feed the fish?"

"Leave a hundred pounds and fill up quickly," Qin Dahe said casually, and went forward to tie the rope on the boat. "Dad, who did you sell all the crucian carp to?"

"No? I caught more than ten kilograms and have been raising them." The old man pointed to the fish guard in the corner of the fish pond behind him.

"Then why did you catch it?"

"Don't worry, I'm useful."

He didn't want to say more, so Qin Dahe had to give up.

I'll go in and cook some vegetables first.

When the weather gets cold, the Chinese cabbage tastes very fresh and sweet, and it will become soft after being simmered with a little lard.

"This fermented duck is delicious. Mom, you are really capable."

"It's because you like to eat it. If you want to eat it in the future, ask your wife to pickle it."

"Then you have to teach her. Yanyan didn't know how to do it last time." Damn, he almost let it slip and told about Yanyan's stewed rice.

"Okay, I'll teach her well when she comes home." The old lady said with a smile.

Yanyan is a good girl. My son is lucky to marry her. He won’t let her farm anymore.

Besides taking care of the housework at home, the old couple can just work more in the fields. Their son is also a capable person.

"Is the car ready?"

"Well, whose is it?" He might not be there when the tricycle took the order. Usually, Qin's father and his men would take the business and then just put a note on the tricycle.

"Old Liao from Fenghuang Bridge held you in his arms when you were little."

"A lot of people hugged me when I was little, hey!"

At that time, the old man’s greatest pleasure was to take his son to play on the street. He had been familiar with various places such as bathhouses and fried noodle stalls since he was a child.

(End of this chapter)