Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 189 Buying a Refrigerator

He sold five large grass carps and one mandarin fish on the roll-on/roll-off ship, and also found a truck that was returning in the afternoon to help him transport the things.

I came here to do some shopping today, but my tricycle can't carry all the refrigerator and other things.

After crossing the river, the tricycle headed straight for Scar Ye.

"Grandpa, the goods have arrived."

After entering the store, he started to distribute Double Happiness cigarettes as usual. He was reluctant to buy more Red Nanjing cigarettes because they were all gone.

"You got another fish nest?" Scar's eyes lit up. He made a lot of money from the loach nest last time and also helped his friend to build some connections.

Treating guests with that kind of top-quality swordfish is very prestigious.

"Mostly grass carp, but there are also some river crabs, river shrimps, and spotted mandarin fish. Come and take a look."

"Okay." Scar was still a little disappointed when he heard that most of them were grass carp.

The purchase price of river shrimp is 36, which is acceptable. The price of mandarin fish is 25 to 30 per catty, 30 yuan for about one and a half catties, and the others range from to yuan.

This thing is still very rare, and I don’t see anyone catching it often around here.

"Not bad, all good stuff." Scar paid the money with a smile, then pointed at the grass carp and said, "Do you want me to help you find a buyer? These grass carp are also good."

In fact, when he saw the grass carp, he was tempted to catch it. The fur of grass carp in spring is beautiful, not to mention that they were all caught in the river, so their quality is top-notch.

My business doesn't involve this aspect, and those big restaurants rarely order grass carp, so I have to give up.

"Okay, it would be best if it could be connected to the vegetable market." Qin Dahe thought about collecting the fish later, and now he could get a feel for the situation in advance.

"What? Are there still goods?" Scar asked curiously.

"The sluice gate over there is about to release water. The water level this year is particularly high, and I estimate that a lot of silver carp and bighead carp will be washed down." Qin Dahe repeated his plan.

"These fish are all dead when we pick them up. I guess you won't accept them, so it would be best if we could sell them in the market."

Scar thought about it and realized that he couldn't do this business himself. The buyers wanted fresh fish, and they didn't care about the life or death of rare fish like knife fish.

"Okay, come with me."

This time we didn’t go to the fish stall next door, but walked to the Jiangxian Market across the street.

"Qiangzi, someone come here, stop playing cards." Scar shouted at a group of people playing cards at the entrance of the big market, and a big man in his thirties came out immediately.

"Uncle, there are still fish at this time." The man named Qiangzi hurried over.

Scar pointed at the grass carp on the motorcycle tricycle. "This is a grass carp that one of my brothers caught from the Yuxi River. I think it weighs about 600 kilograms. Take a look."

He has been collecting fish for decades and can roughly calculate the weight of these fish at a glance.

"Let me see." He reached out and fished one out, even opening its gills and mouth, nodding his head. "The fur is good. How about three dollars and twenty cents?"

As he said this, he turned to look at the two brothers.

"Okay." Qin Dahe smiled bitterly. He sold it for three dollars on the ferry, but the wholesale price here is three dollars and twenty.

Pull it directly to the stall and start weighing it. Pour it all into the basket and drain out the water before starting to weigh it.

After twenty minutes, Scar had already gone back.

"A total of 615 kilograms, 1968 yuan, take a look."

"Brother Qiang, you are familiar with Scar Master, so he will definitely trust you." Qin Dahe took the list with a smile and calculated it silently in his mind.

After taking the money, he also asked the silly boy to help him catch fish.

There are several huge fish tanks in the stalls here, with built-in oxygen pumps. Qin Dahe has already seen quite a few silver carp in them.

After finishing his work, he began to pass out cigarettes and lit a cigarette himself and took a deep puff.

"By the way, Brother Qiang, do you accept dead fish? I mean, the kind that just died."

"We don't want anyone to die of illness." Qiangzi shook his head.

"They're the silver carp and bighead carp that get flushed out when the water is released. The reservoir next to our village is about to release water, so I guess we'll be able to pick up a lot of them."

"I want to try collecting a wave, do you think it's possible?"

After hearing this, Brother Qiang thought about it and nodded in agreement. This business is profitable.

His family has stalls in Beigang Vegetable Market and Yjiangqiao Vegetable Market, so he doesn't have to worry about not being able to sell his products.

"After the fish dies, they need to be put into ice blocks and delivered to me on the same day so that I can still sell some." After a pause, he continued:
"The price should be lower. Silver carp, two dollars, bighead carp, five dollars and a half. Can you do it at that price?"

"Yes." Qin Dahe was delighted when he heard that. This price was acceptable.

Dead fish are not live fish, so the purchase price in rural areas is even lower. There are countless silver carp and bighead carp in the reservoir, so there must be a lot of them washed down.

After finishing the things here, I turned around and took the kids to eat.

It's already past twelve o'clock, and I still have to go shopping after dinner.

They arrived at a big meat noodle restaurant. The big meat noodles here were cheaper than those in Wuwei, so they ordered big bowls of noodles.

After finishing the noodles, he ordered two more bottles of soda and gulped them down.

"Great, haha."

"Brother, I made money today." The kid smiled innocently, as he had almost enough money for his wedding.

"It's over 3,000. Each person can get at least 600."

The kid was also very excited. He earned more than 600 yuan. His brother was really awesome.

However, these six hundred plus were not easily earned. I have been preparing the bait for three days. I fished all day yesterday, and today my hands are so swollen that I can’t fish anymore.

In addition, the cost of fishing gear is also high, and its efficiency cannot be compared with that of loach nests.

After eating and drinking, Qin Dahe went to the fishing tackle store first and bought three glass rods and some floats.

They mainly use heavy floats, as they mainly float in big rivers. Light floats are of no use at all, so they even need to bring one for Uncle Liu.

After buying the fishing gear, he stepped on the accelerator and drove to the long street.

Jiuzi was very familiar with the place and easily found a store selling kitchenware.

He didn't plan to buy a household refrigerator because it was very expensive and consumed a lot of electricity.

The refrigerators specially used in hotel kitchens are the best to use, with good cooling effect and low price.

I spent three thousand yuan to buy a large refrigerator and called a driver I knew on the roll-on/roll-off ship to ask him to come and pick up the goods.

When the car arrived, everyone worked together to lift the refrigerator up.

"Brother, come with me to the North Gate again. We need to buy something." Qin Dahe handed a cigarette to the driver.

"Okay." The driver took the cigarette and lit it.

Everyone is exhausted from moving the refrigerator just now, so let's take a break before we continue.

The other party curiously asked how much they sold their fishing rods for, and was very envious when he learned that it was three thousand yuan.

A sports car only earns this much in half a month. It's a small truck and can't be compared with a big one.

After smoking, Qin Dahe set off first, and Hanwaer followed the car to prevent the owner from taking away the things.

This is someone I just met, so I have to be on guard against him.

It was difficult to buy a scooter, so I asked several stores and called Scar.

After going around in circles, I finally returned to Xinshikou and bought a new domestically produced low-speed scooter for 3,500 yuan, which is a very cheap price.

Qin Dahe specially chose the pink one for Yanyan to use for commuting to and from get off work.

He had been thinking about this before he got married. It would be so painful to ride a bicycle to and from get off work every day.

The pedals were moved onto the car and the work was completely done. The motor tricycle was still running quite fast on Tongjiang Avenue because the goods were unloaded. After agreeing on the unloading location, he went home first.

"Yan'er." He started calling his wife as soon as he got home. Before getting married, he called her "Mom". After getting married, he called her "wife". Almost all men do this.

"I'm here, I'm picking vegetables." Yanyan washed her hands and helped him move the things off the motorcycle tricycle.

"Where's Silly Boy? Didn't he set out with you?"

"He's in the car behind. Didn't he buy the refrigerator?" he said with a smile.

"Really?" The little girl was delighted, as there were new things for the family.

"I also prepared a gift for you as payment for your hard work in getting pregnant."

"what?"

"You'll know when you get there." Qin Dahe smiled mysteriously and began to pack up the tricycle.

The car used to sell fish gets very dirty and needs to be washed and then placed in the yard to dry.

After the car was finished, the small truck also came over. Qin Dahe stepped forward to direct it into the yard.

His family's yard has a large gate next to the bamboo forest to facilitate the entry and exit of tricycles.

The little girl almost jumped for joy when she saw the pink motorcycle. Brother is so nice.

"like or not?"

Yanyan nodded vigorously. If there wasn’t someone around, she would have started kissing him long ago.

"I'm glad you like it. I'll go move it down."

Move the two large items down carefully, especially the refrigerator, which can easily break if it falls over.

It took a lot of effort to land safely. After wiping the sweat off his forehead, Qin Dahe settled the bill for the freight of 120.

This price is already very cheap, and it is given for the sake of the return truck.

Truck drivers nowadays are very powerful. They can make thousands of dollars a month as if it were a piece of cake.

After the driver left, Qin Dahe asked Hanwaer to call people to share the money.

Yanyan kept admiring the scooter on the side, and only looked up when she saw the refrigerator: "Brother, let's move the refrigerator back and plug it in."

"Let's carry it in first and plug it in later. The compressed liquid inside hasn't settled yet."

The refrigerator is placed directly in the main room of the new house, so it is convenient for them to get popsicles and other things.

The two greedy guys bought this mainly for eating, and the other vegetables and other things were just incidental.

"The electricity bill is estimated to be fifty or sixty yuan a month. If mom asks, just say 20. Do you hear me?" Qin Dahe gave her a worried reminder.

There is energy consumption behind the refrigerator. If you want to see it, you have to move it over. They just put it away and you can't see it.

The little girl is a college student, so she can definitely calculate the electricity bill. If she lets it slip, I will definitely think they are wasting money.

"Yeah, I know." Yanyan nodded quickly.

With a refrigerator, I can freeze popsicles and watermelons in the summer, and I can also buy extra meat to keep. How great is that?

The only family in the village that has a refrigerator is Zhang Dazhu's. If he can't sell all the pigs he slaughters, he keeps them in the refrigerator and takes them to the town to sell.

After the refrigerator was moved, the other three brothers came over.

Qin Dahe began to divide the money.

Today I went out and sold fish for 600 yuan. I will divide it into 1200 yuan for the time being, which means yuan each and he will take yuan.

However, the 1200 yuan has been spent. Even if I brought yuan with me today, it would not be enough. Including the money I spent on the fishing rod, the total cost was yuan.

At this moment, I only gave the money to Erhu and Tiedan, and put Hanwaer's money in the account first.

You can give me the money when I help you find a wife. There must be this kind of trust between brothers.

Yanyan's face wrinkled when she realized how much money she had spent, but since her brother made a lot of money, she wasn't worried about being poor.

"Come here and take your own nets back, and leave your shrimp cages behind." Qin Dahe called everyone to start working.

My mother and her colleagues worked for half the night and went to work in the fields in the afternoon. How could they have time to clean up the nets, which were still piled up?

First they rinsed the nets with water, and then they divided the traps among themselves.

"You two should go scoop up some earthworms and bring them over later. We have to set up the shrimp traps tomorrow."

"All in for fifty?"

"All in, you still think there aren't enough opportunities to make money." He said unhappily.

The two of them definitely didn’t think it was too little, so they agreed to send it over after dinner.

Qin Dahe lent his motorcycle tricycle to Erhu and the others to take the big earth trap home, as the big earth trap could not be caught.

There are fifty shrimp cages, thirty from Qin Dahe's family and twenty from Hanwa's. We will continue to release the shrimps when we go fishing tomorrow, and we need to dry them in the sun today.

Fishing nets must be dried frequently, and the attached materials must be shaken off after drying, so that they can be used to catch fish and shrimps.

"Kid, help me mend the net."

"Okay." The silly kid had nothing to do when he got home, so he got a bench and helped.

Yanyan held Feifei and sat on the side, watching the two of them busying themselves, and from time to time she would go and look at the scooter.

"Brother, can I ride it?"

"I'll take you to try it when I'm done."

Pregnant women cannot ride alone, otherwise they will be in trouble if they fall off.

It is quite troublesome to repair the fifty shrimp nets. After they are repaired, they are spread out in the yard to dry.

Only his yard is big, most people's homes don't have such a big yard.

After the kids left, Yanyan couldn't wait to ask him to teach her how to ride a bike.

"Just watch me operate first."

At this time, the standing legs have not been retracted and the rear wheels of the car are suspended in the air.

"Press the brakes a little, and gently release them when the ignition is on. At this time, if the car is on the ground, it will move forward a little bit. Don't panic."

This pedal is also electrically started, which is very convenient and you don’t have to worry about the clutch.

"Once the car starts, turn off the electric starter immediately and release the brakes in time."

After the car started, there was a very crisp motorcycle roar. You could tell the engine was just average. Considering the price, how could it be possible to have a good engine.

Generally, people who can ride bicycles or motorcycles can do so very quickly. As long as the little girl can figure out how to start the machine, there will basically be no problem.

After starting the bike back and forth several times, Brother Qin simply took off the standing leg and asked her to try riding on the small path left in the middle of the yard.

There are shrimp cages on both sides, so there is a cushion even if you fall.

The little girl was quite brave. She sat on the car and started it quickly. She just turned the accelerator lightly and rushed out.

When we reached the old house, we stopped again, turned around and continued riding towards this side, having a lot of fun.

The four little ones were also curious about this new iron thing and kept circling around the motorcycle.

Qin Dahe saw that she was riding well and ignored her, and started to wash rice and cook.

I guess I'm going to get scolded today because I spent more than 6,000 yuan without consulting my mom.

However, if we discuss it in advance, we should be able to buy back the motorcycle, but forget about the refrigerator.

Such an expensive big thing, and it consumes so much electricity, Qin's mother must be reluctant to spend money on it.

Even though the money is in their hands, it doesn't matter where they put it as long as they don't divide it. The old couple will still feel bad when they spend money.

(End of this chapter)