Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 225 The Child's Partner

On the third day after Tiedan got married, he and Erhu started to go to his house to do welding, and they were very motivated.

After working for two days, they handed in the car and each of them received 500 yuan in wages.

Then they started going to Dazha to fish again. Including them, there were about twenty people fishing every day.

These are pretty much the only fishermen left in town, all gathered here.

Every day a group of people brag and chat, and can also fish, it’s so fun.

The work of collecting fish is also proceeding normally, and a lot of money is coming in every day.

It was not until June that the fishing situation at the sluice gate began to weaken. At least they caught nearly 20,000 kilograms of silver carp and bighead carp, which is shocking to tell others.

However, no one has been fishing for this for many years, and they are not allowed to use large nets, so it is normal to have so many of them.

A 65-pound silver carp also appeared in the middle, which aroused everyone's envy and jealousy.

With a heavy rainstorm, the silver and bighead carp fishing almost came to an end. Everyone made a lot of money, and Erhu and his friends got at least 5,000 yuan in dividends.

They even came to take a look on the day of the heavy rain. As usual, there were silver carp and bighead carp floating below the sluice gate, but there was no such grand sight of black masses as in previous years.

No matter how abundant the resources are, they cannot withstand such fishing. Once the density returns to normal, everyone has to give up.

During this period, he made more than 10,000 yuan just by selling silver carp and bighead carp bait. On the day of the heavy rain, he announced a price reduction of 10 yuan, which made the anglers even happier.

This isn't the only place in town where you can fish for silver carp and bighead carp; there are other places with high fish densities.

A rich guy like Mr. Wang just bought a snake skin bag of bait and took it back with him. It can be used for a long time.

Uncle Six and Dabao also bought some, because they often went fishing with Qin's father, and Qin Dahe also gave them a lot.

There was a short period of slack in farming at this time, so the three old men went to the big bay to start fishing for silver carp and bighead carp.

Believe it or not, there are still some goods over there. On the first day of the hot weather, the three of them caught more than 150 kilograms of fish. They just dried them in the sun and became completely tanned.

The situation at the sluice gate is similar now. If you set up a set of fishing gear for silver carp and bighead carp, you can still catch dozens of kilograms of fish a day.

Qin Dahe was dissatisfied with the small amount of fish he caught, but the fishermen didn't mind. They thought it was amazing that they could catch so many.

There are always six or seven people fishing there every day, and they use a lot of bait.

If you go there in the morning and cast dozens of times, you won’t be able to catch any fish, so you can only come to him to buy.

Now that there are fewer people, he doesn't deliver goods anymore. People now ride their bikes to his house early in the morning to buy things, and he has turned the storage room in his old house into a fishing tackle store.

But I'm the one who runs this fishing tackle shop. Of course, apart from the bait, other fishing tackles don't sell for much money.

My second uncle has been collecting lobsters since June and has been doing very well. The purchase price here is 1.2 yuan and he can collect 200 kilograms a day. If the price is lower, he won't be able to collect any more.

The price in the city is one yuan and eighty yuan, which means he can make about one hundred yuan a day after deducting the cost of gas. My second uncle was very excited.

There were few lobsters in May, so I didn't do this. I officially started it in June, and I didn't expect to make quite a lot of money.

Even he himself started to set up small traps and eel cages, catching some eels, miscellaneous fish, and lobsters. He earned two hundred yuan a day, which was considered a lot of money.

Qin Dahe also started to place eel cages. His eel cages were modified and he placed them directly in the area under the graves at the end of the village.

The cage net is square, so you will definitely catch more fish than the normal "L" shape, but you have to find a suitable place to put them all in, and they are also easy to be discovered.

He and Hanwaer started fishing last night, and they chose the Sancha River at the end of the village, which is shaded by the graves and connects Xinba, Fenghuang Bridge and the head of their village.

Even the small pond that was drained during the New Year was their destination. There must be a lot of goods in this place.

It is now morning and the day is just beginning. The two brothers come over and start collecting the nets. They do not take them back after collecting them. They put a new bag of bait in the net and continue fishing in another place. They collect the nets once a day.

There are many small wooden boats on the outer river in the early morning. They are used by people from Xinba, Ligezhuang and the surrounding villages to travel.

Qin Dahe was not afraid of being seen. At most, he would steal two nets. At least he would not be as careless as Xiao Xiang from Xucun and throw away the nets.

The net was good, so the two brothers sat on the boat and smoked.

The weather is getting hot now, and even though it's morning, I'm sweating from all the busy work.

The sunlight shines on the water, making the ripples sparkle, and the reflection on the face makes the rolling beads of sweat glow.

Small wooden boats on the street would pass by from time to time. If someone knew them, Qin Dahe would just say hello and nod in response.

A gust of wind blew and I finally felt a little cooler.

"Baby, what about the girl my mother told you about?"

The silly kid's face turned slightly red, and he was always a little shy when talking about this topic.

He nodded heavily and said, "Sister Baoer, you are a good woman."

"Haha, it must be good. You don't have to save on meat anymore."

This sister Baoer is the daughter of the butcher in Cangtou. I heard that she is also a tough character who can control pigs.

She is quite pretty, but a little bit fierce in character, which makes her a perfect match for the silly kid.

Qin's mother asked many people to find the connection, and Hanwaer also went to meet him once, and the other party did not object.

Some families have daughters with strong personalities who are afraid of getting into arguments with their superiors (elders) and being wronged after marriage, so they will also consider single men like Hanwaer.

The kid has always had a good reputation. Now that he has an older brother to help him make a lot of money and he also has carpentry skills, it's no surprise that people are interested in him.

But they have a request, which is to build a new house.

If Hanwaer buys a house, the bride price won't be too much.

Qin Dahe waved his hand and said he would take care of the betrothal gifts and build the house first.

Hanwaer's house can only be a tiled house, so it's better to take your time and do whatever you can by yourself to save some money on workers.

Now that the foundation has just been dug, I have to go to the homestead to work during the day.

Tiedan is also busy with the construction of his new house.

Qin Dahe just took a break, and when he had time he would go to the two families to help in turn.

When I got married and built a house, my three brothers came to help whenever they were free. Now they can't slack off.

Even the plan to catch big fish was delayed.

The two brothers looked happily at the two transfer boxes on the boat, which were full of eels, river shrimps and small fish.

This is where several rivers meet. There are relatively few river shrimps, but there are a lot of eels.

This year, the price of eels in the town is 17 yuan per catty, and it costs 19 yuan per catty in the city. This price is already very good.

However, only wild eels can be sold at this price.

Scar also made large purchases.

Qin Dahe caught seven kilograms of eels, and Hanwaer caught nine kilograms, so their harvest was much better than that of his second uncle and his friends.

Because Hanwaer was using the same mesh eel cage as him.

Only in this uninhabited area can it be their turn.

Just like right in front of my house, there are all kinds of "L"-shaped eel cages everywhere. Everyone knows how to make money, so why not try them?

It was Qin Dahe's family who were setting the fishing net in Neihe, so he didn't go to join in the fun.

There was a rat snake in a snakeskin bag on the boat, weighing just over a pound. It wasn't caught with a net, but Qin Dahe had caught it himself from under a grave. He was pulling in the net that morning when a snake head popped up, startling him. But when he saw it was a rat snake, he immediately realized it was valuable and caught it.

But this snake is very smelly, and it still smells bad no matter how you wash your hands. If the purchase price wasn't high, he wouldn't want to catch it.

I was able to earn two hundred yuan from this snake, which was a very gratifying harvest.

There are not many river shrimps today, only about 8 taels in total. Qin Dahe is too lazy to sell them. He will take half a pound to his sister later, and the rest can be mixed with miscellaneous fish for a delicious lunch.

After finishing a cigarette, the two brothers drove the boat home.

It was only half past six when I got home. I put the things on the tricycle, picked up a few steamed buns and set off.

The car first stopped at the Limin Supermarket. Now more and more people are going out on the street, and they are driving cars by the way.

In fact, the father and son are a little dissatisfied with such an income, and they rarely ride their tricycles.

My second uncle was standing upstairs collecting lobsters with a cigarette in his mouth. When he saw him coming, he immediately gave them two cigarettes.

"Dahe, are you going to sell goods?"

"Well, I got some eels. I'll take them to town to sell later." He asked with a smile, "How are they? Lobsters are in season now, so they're easy to harvest, right?"

"Hey, making money." Second uncle said excitedly. He didn't hide it from Qin Dahe. Everyone knew that he had many ways to make money. "We harvested 170 kilograms today. It won't be a problem to get another 100 kilograms."

"Haha, as long as I can make money."

"How about you give me the eels and I'll help you take them to the city to sell?" The price in the city is higher, and he was also grateful to his nephew for introducing him to a good business.

"No need, my grandfather owns the purchasing point in town, and the price he gives is the same as in the city." He said with a smile and went to greet the customers.

Scar set up a cooperative purchasing point in town just to get good quality goods.

Originally, he was a little worried about setting up a purchasing point in another place, as a strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake. However, during that period, Qin's father went to deliver fish every day and happened to talk about this matter.

Scar wanted the Qin father and son to be responsible for receiving the goods and then selling them in the city.

However, the father and son didn't have a van, and they couldn't stay in the town for a long time, so it definitely wouldn't work. So they pushed the eldest sister's father-in-law up.

He was a tough guy in the town, and no one dared to bully him for collecting fish.

The price difference is also very simple. The unified price in the city changes with the market. Just call to make sure.

Apart from anything else, you can definitely make a few hundred dollars a day.

Grandpa was also very interested when he received the call. He had handed over the fertilizer store to his son. As public security is getting better and better, he can no longer maintain this debt collection team.

It just so happens that there is a business of collecting fish, and I can make some money, so I am definitely willing to do it.

The two parties hit it off immediately, and Grandpa became Scar Grandpa's acquisition partner in the town.

Apart from anything else, there are definitely a lot of eels and river shrimps, and now anglers can also catch some silver carp every day.

Qin Dahe no longer has to send good goods all the way to the city. It is much more convenient to do this business with his own family.

Seeing that it was already seven o'clock and there were only six people in the car, Qin Dahe did not waste any time and drove directly to the street.

When I passed the gate, I took a look and saw three bicycles and two motorcycles parked there.

As the resources of the sluice gate become less and less, anglers no longer gather here. Only five or six people hang out here every day.

Mr. Wang found another good fishing spot, south of Hualong, and invited Qin Dahe to go fishing with him.

But the place was too far away, it would take three hours to go there and back, and he was very busy at the moment, so he had to give up.

When we arrived in town, there were already eleven people on the bus. The fare had increased by fifty cents, so it was almost twenty yuan, enough to buy two packs of Nanjing coffee.

Qin Dahe thought to himself that he was making a lot of money now, so he upgraded his cigarettes and started smoking Red Nanjing.

I saw him and scolded him twice, but seeing that he refused to repent, I was too lazy to scold him anymore, calling him a prodigal son.

"Uncle Wu, how's business?" When I arrived at the vegetable market, I greeted Uncle Wu first.

"Haha, sure. The price of fish is quite high today." Uncle Wu took the Red Nanjing cup handed to him and ordered it happily.

"I'm going to sell the goods first, come over and talk later."

"Row."

When we arrived at the purchasing point, we saw a van parked there. The rear compartment had been converted into a large space, making it very suitable for transporting goods.

Seeing Qin Dahe coming, Brother Yong's father greeted him with a smile, saying that this kid is a capable person.

"Dahe, how much goods did you get today?"

"More than ten kilograms of eels, for my child and I, and a rat snake."

"Oh, there's a rat snake." Grandpa became interested.

I opened the snakeskin bag and took a look, and it was still alive and kicking.

"I'll give Scar Brother a call and see what his price is."

"Row."

Grandpa was also a gangster. After getting to know Scar Grandpa, he and he started calling each other brothers, and they got along quite well.

After hanging up the phone, the price given was one hundred and thirty-five, which was quite high.

He happily collected the money and gave some to the children.

"Thanks, Grandpa." It's great that there is no price difference.

"Haha, you were the one who introduced me to this business. Make good money."

"Okay, Grandpa, I'm going to get busy."

Then the silly boy drove the big tricycle to transport cement. He was going to the street to buy something today.

The bricks were in place yesterday, and we will start stacking them when we get home today.

The house he built was made of pure bricks and did not require cement piles, so it was built very quickly.

Qin Dahe went to Wu Ye's place, helped him sell fish, and chatted about breeding.

When he arrived at the stall, he took the initiative to help with some chores. It was hot now, so he was not afraid of getting his clothes wet and having to wash them when he got home.

As he read more and more books, he could speak meaningfully when talking about breeding, and Wu Ye nodded frequently as he listened.

"How come that big lake can be rented out?" asked Uncle Wu with interest.

"The price has been announced. The contract fee for next year is 5,000 yuan for the village, and the same for Xu Village. My uncle is hesitating."

Qin Dahe explained the situation and said that the price of ten thousand per year was actually a bit high.

After five years, if 25 fish were sold, the maximum profit would be after deducting the cost.

Earning 30,000 yuan a year may seem like a lot, but it requires a lot of manpower.

The third master and his wife sleep by the pond every day and they make a lot of money. They sell fish at a discount instead of going to the market themselves. They can only make 20,000 yuan a year at most.

Wu Ye sells it himself and can make tens of thousands of yuan a year, which is much better than them.

"Ten thousand yuan for a hundred-acre lake is a bit high," Fifth Master considered. "But it's doable. The grass on the ridge will more than make up for the difference."

(End of this chapter)