Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 131 The Unreliable Old Man

After dinner, the couple continued to deliver the goods, while Qin Dahe prepared to weld some things at home.

The sun is strong in the afternoon, so it would be much better to light a stove and place it next to you.

He called Erhu and the others over, and they prepared to weld the fishing platform, which is the simplest thing. Otherwise, it would be too troublesome to adjust the fishing spot every time they went fishing.

He is planning to do something big next year, so he needs to prepare everything first.

Four lifting legs plus a thin steel plate will do, but some angle steel should be added under the steel plate for support.

It is definitely heavier than the professionally produced fishing platforms of later generations, but it is also more stable.

Drill holes in the steel plate, reserve positions for clips, and then provide support.

The fishing platform needs to be large but also easy to fold, so it has to be divided into sections and fastened with buckles.

The lifting legs should also be equipped with spring clips and a foot support should be made underneath.

Professionals do professional things. In his previous life, he welded his fishing platform himself using special steel, which is light and stable.

There is no need to think about special steel now, thin steel can only be used as a makeshift.

"Dahe, will this thing hold up?"

"You'll know if you try it." He simply set up a ready-made fishing platform. Erhu weighed 170 kg, but he stood on it without collapsing.

"It's a little shaky."

"We haven't added the fixing rods at the bottom yet, so you come down first." Just four rods are easy to bend, and thin steel plates are not so easy to fasten tightly.

I just tested the load-bearing capacity, and there are four movable fixed rods.

There are many things, but now there are no high-carbon rods that are eight meters or even longer, so we can only rely on fishing platforms to extend the fishing distance.

The waters of large rivers and lakes are very shallow. If you walk two or three meters forward to the fishing platform, you can fish farther away.

"You can weld two more lamp stands, the kind that can radiate light, and then I will take you night fishing next summer." He didn't do these little things himself.

"how is it like?"

"It should be about the same height as a street lamp, two meters high. I'll need a lot of equipment for night fishing next year."

Erhu and Tiedan murmured to each other and looked up at him.

"what happened?"

"You bought all this fishing gear and tackle, and now you're the one supplying the steel for the welding. This isn't good."

"It's just a few dollars." Qin Dahe smiled and shook his head. He bought angle iron, steel pipes and other things according to the price of iron. He basically took back all the remaining materials from the Xinba Flower Factory. At least they could be used for a long time.

Although it cost some money, it was much cheaper than going to town to buy a new one myself.

"That's not the case. It's okay if we go fishing for a short time, but we can't be like this for brothers for a long time." Tiedan said seriously.

"You wasted time selling fish on the street today. We brothers don't really understand each other. Can you take a bigger share of the money when we split it up?"

"Are you sure? The money today hasn't been divided. Yanyan and I can get half of it together." He said jokingly.

"It's just a few dollars, it's settled." They didn't consider Yanyan and Hanwaer's opinions at all, and were completely devoted to Qin Dahe.

"That's fine. Looks like I'll earn more next year." He didn't care. He had many ways to make money.

“Hey, I’ll make a lot of money following you.”

Then Qin Dahe took out the money and divided it up. He took half and kept Yanyan's money in his hand, ready to give it to her when he had the chance.

Erhu and his friends each got about 70 yuan, which finally made their suffering from the cold worthwhile.

Although the sun was strong when I was fishing yesterday, it was not that comfortable because the bait was all cold.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the couple came back and saw the three brothers busy at work but didn't pay much attention.

The old man grabbed the crucian carp from the fish basket and poured it into the transfer box, then put it on the motorcycle tricycle and was about to go out.

"Dad, where are you going?" Qin Dahe was confused.

"Selling fish."

"Now?"

"You're such a big deal. I even told you when I was selling fish."

He ran away on a motorcycle tricycle. Qin Dahe didn't think much about the scolding. This was just how cool his dad was.

He has nothing to do with the next job, so let Erhu and the others practice more.

He moved out the recliner again and started his lying down life.

"Mom, do you have any dried fruits at home?"

"There are red dates and walnuts, which are eaten during the Chinese New Year. What are you going to do with them?"

"Give me some, I'll roast them."

"Okay." She made some money today, and she was willing to give her son more food. He needed some nourishment as he was getting married soon.

Put an iron net on the small stove, a pot of tea and a table of red dates and walnuts on it, and roast by the fire while basking in the sun.

Fried Noodles was a little restless in his arms, wanting to eat, and its tail was wagging the whole time.

"You can't eat them. There are only a few of them. I'll give you some more bait tonight."

It was not known whether the little yellow dog understood or not, but it just continued to lie in his arms.

The sun was shining, there was not much wind in the yard, and the stove next to it was still warm.

He would eat a walnut and drink tea from time to time. Qin's mother smiled and shook her head when she saw her son coming back. She thought that he would not only make money but also enjoy life.

After Erhu and his friend welded the lamp stand, they called him to their home to play games.

"Little Bully?"

"Yeah, I bought it for over 60 yuan. Tiedan and I are almost done with Contra."

"No, it's boring. There's an Internet cafe in town. I'll go there and play computer games later." In the days without mobile phones, only computers could interest him.

"Is that fun?" The two looked at him curiously.

Qin Dahe took a leisurely sip of tea. "It's just okay. It's okay for playing single-player games, but it's expensive. It's three or five yuan an hour."

The two of them immediately shook their heads. What's the point of playing with it when it's so expensive? They would be beaten to death when they got back.

"What do you think my dad has been doing?" The old man has been acting mysterious lately. He goes out with a box of fish every afternoon and doesn't come back until eight or nine in the evening, and the fish are all intact.

"I don't know. It seems he's heading towards Ligezhuang."

"Forget it, forget about it. Do you want to eat it?" He asked, holding up a walnut, and then stuffed it into his mouth.

"Damn it, let's go."

After you put the roasted walnuts into your mouth, chew them slowly and you will feel the fragrance. It is so delicious to drink some tea after that.

"Son, who wrote that slogan?" Before dinner in the evening, when Qin's mother went to feed the fish, she discovered that there was a slogan in her house.

"me."

"It's a nice white wall, why are you writing on it?"

"If I don't write in the village, I'll come and write. What I write will be even uglier. I might as well do it myself."

I looked at the dinner and there was no meat dish, so I gave it a bad review.

"Mom, please steam some more duck with fermented lees."

"Go away, go away. We'll finish it if you steam it again. How can we eat meat every meal?" The mother waved her hand to send her son away. Why was he so greedy?

"Then put more lard on the vegetables."

"Got it, go away and don't get in the way."

Qin Dahe came out depressed and started mixing bait for the four little ones.

I promised to give Chao Noodles some bait today, so I can’t be partial to the other three.

"what?"

"Where is my dad?"

"Go make money."

"???" He asked without thinking, how can I make any money now?

"Be specific."

"Your father won't let me tell you, so guess for yourself."

At the dinner table, Qin Dahe was eating bored, still wondering where his father was doing.

Selling fish? That's not right. Who would buy fish at this time?

"Mom, I'm going out for a while." He decided to just eat half full for this meal, and go to the store to buy some snacks to make do, and by the way, check on the child's family.

"Where are you going? Finish your meal." The mother looked at him with a fierce face.

"Oh." Having failed to escape, he could only shovel the remaining food into his mouth before leaving.

Since you are full, there is no need to buy snacks. Just go directly to the child’s house.

When I entered the house, the lights in the main room were still on, and the picture of grandma hanging on the wall was still smiling kindly.

Qin Dahe first lit a stick of incense, hoping that grandma would have a better life in the underworld.

"Where are you, baby?"

"elder brother."

In the backyard, the silly kid heard the sound and hurried into the house.

"What are you doing?"

"Five ditch items were stolen." The child opened his palms, indicating that five ditch items were stolen, with a depressed look on his face.

"Were all the ground hooks stolen?"

The kid nodded heavily. Stealing the fish was one thing, but stealing the hook was too much.

"Will it rain tonight?"

"Down."

If he wanted to make money, he had to fish. No matter how cold it was, he had to do it. He also had to work in the carpentry shop during the day.

"What time do you usually collect your hooks in the morning?"

"Four and a half." Every time he said four, he would be stuck for a while, and his face would turn red.

Qin Dahe smiled and didn't care about this detail.

"At three o'clock in the morning, we'll go and wait for him. Fuck him, and beat him up if we catch him." Qin Dahe said fiercely.

The kid from the Xiang family is really sick. He steals nets in such a cold day. His shrimp cages have been stolen many times.

The silly boy nodded immediately, he had been robbed many times.

"Also, please find some time tomorrow to clean up the house. It's such a mess." He frowned. This room is almost becoming a storage room.

The sieves that were originally hung neatly on the wall are now placed casually on the wooden rack outside. I guess they were not put away after use.

The yard was full of leaves and nets. He hadn't looked in the bedroom, but he guessed it wasn't much better.

"Oh, tomorrow." The child touched his head, feeling a little embarrassed.

My house is indeed dirty, but sometimes I feel too lazy to clean it, so I just leave it alone.

Qin Dahe helped to make the ground hook. This thing is very cheap. It is just a wooden stick tied with foam, and then a fishing line is tied to the foam, and then a worm is hung on it.

The place where the hook is lowered must be free of obstacles so that it can be retrieved smoothly, that is, some bright water surface outside the Yuxi River can be used for it.

For example, places like water jumps and water pumping stations are not very well concealed. Now that it is cold, it is too difficult to find them if you completely immerse yourself in water, and your hands will be frozen to death.

After the ground hook was tied, he followed everyone to the Yuxi River and started fishing, as there was nothing to do at night anyway.

From the water pump station opposite Liming Supermarket, go all the way south and hook dozens of holes for more than 300 meters.

"Okay, let's go up." The wind made his nose run.

He admired the tenacity of the silly kid, and even more so the one who stole the hook. He was definitely a talented person. With such willpower, there was nothing he couldn't do.

It is not enough to steal the hook too early, because the fish has not yet taken the bait. You have to steal it in the second half of the night. If you want to catch someone, you have to suffer together.

The hook has to touch water, it's freezing.

The two of them went up and saw a figure at the intersection leading up to Ligezhuang in the distance. Qin Dahe felt that the figure looked familiar, so he took Hanwaer to take a look.

When he arrived at the place, he looked at the old man in front of him speechlessly.

"Why are you here? It's already past eight o'clock." Qin's father looked at his son guiltily.

"Dad, what are you doing?"

"Selling fish." The old man fiddled with the transfer box in front of him, and the oxygen pump was already set up.

"Who are you kidding? Who would buy fish at this time?"

"Then why don't you sell fish? Standing here is too conspicuous."

Looking at the bonfire beside Qin's father, he sighed. This guy is still just watching people gamble.

"You're still trying to stop them when they come?"

"Don't I have a cell phone? Let me make a call." Father Qin came to his senses and realized that his son had guessed it. Ce was really smart.

"Okay, come over here in your tricycle later. It will be more comfortable if you put a heater in the cab." He was too lazy to talk anymore.

Just arrest him. At worst, your son can go into business.

The money an old man earns should be given to him, so it would be pretentious to say more.

"Okay, lend me your little stove later." The old man smiled, and the hot air from his mouth turned into mist.

Qin Dahe felt a little sorry for his father. He was so old and still doing this. He was freezing even with a bonfire on the road.

If a place is opened in Ligezhuang, the only ways for people to enter are cars and boats. They are not worried about boats, but they are afraid of a surprise attack from the county road, so they arrange people to guard it every year.

Outsiders are not enough, we have to have locals watching over them to feel at ease. It just so happens that Qin's father is here and can keep the situation under control.

At that time, Qin Dahe spent a lot of money on his studies, and the old man had no choice but to do this. It was actually no big deal if he was caught. He just paid the fine and was released. There was no criminal record at all. He specifically asked about it a few days ago.

Besides, he was just selling fish there, there was no reason to arrest him.

It’s okay to change cars. When you meet someone, just say you are resting in the car. When you see a large group, just call. There’s nothing wrong.

Seeing that it was already past eight o'clock, the place was probably about to disperse, so Qin Dahe and Hanwaer didn't leave. They waited until around nine o'clock when they saw a bustling crowd of people going upstairs, and then they helped Qin's father pack up.

"I'm so unlucky today. Three three-pointers in a row."

"That's right, Qin Laoer made more than 3,000 yuan in one night, which is more profitable than his supermarket." Qin Laoer is the owner of Weimin Supermarket. He and his father are cousins, but cousins are the least close in rural areas, and the two families don't have much contact.

Some time ago, Qin Dahe helped his family repair the excavator, which led to their initial social interaction. They usually go to Liming Supermarket to buy things.

After packing up their things, Qin Dahe and Hanwaer sat in the truck bed, and Qin's father quickly started the car.

He also realized that his son disliked what he did, so he decided not to make his son feel unhappy.

But if I don't do this, there is no other way to make quick money. I still need some money for getting married. A married couple needs some start-up capital. Fertilizers, seeds and other things at the beginning of the year all cost money.

Three people and a box of fish weigh at least 500 kilograms, but the car is surprisingly fast. The motorized tricycle is reliable, while the electric tricycle would have broken down long ago.

They quickly reached the supermarket, put the child down, and went home.

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