Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 231 Preparing to Go to the City to Fish for Loach Nests
The dinner was also very sumptuous. There was roasted mandarin fish, braised duck and pork head. Yanyan ate it with great enthusiasm.

"This girl has gained so much weight." Auntie looked at her daughter with a smile.

She really married into a good family, and the girl was raised to be plump and beautiful.

Yanyan touched her belly a little embarrassedly. It was slightly bulging. She didn't know if it was because she was pregnant or because she was fat.

After dinner, Qin Dahe took his grandfather and Hanwaer to the carpenter's workshop to smoke, and asked Hanwaer when the house would be completed.

"Are you busy again?" Grandpa asked curiously.

"Well, the loach nests over in the city are about to start breeding. Let me take some people there, and it will take about seven or eight days." Scar Grandpa had already started talking about setting up loach nests.

But we have to wait for the price of loaches to drop. The Yangtze River is not the Yuxi River. Even if we get thousands of kilograms of loaches for bait, it may not be enough. We also have to negotiate a place with the fish boss. It is not something that can be done just like that.

The dividend distribution model is also related to the total price of the fish caught. If the total price of the fish caught per day can reach more than 15,000 yuan, it will be divided into 30% and 70%.

The cost on Scar's side is also high. The bait and nesting materials for loaches require at least 1,500 to 2,000 kilograms, which costs more than 10,000 yuan.

Boss Yu also wants some money.

After paying such a huge price, Scar must make money, of course, also for those wild mandarin fish and black carp.

There is still some hope as the black carp in the Yangtze River are not yet rampant.

Silly Kid is definitely willing to go out with his elder brother to earn money, as he can’t even afford the bride price now.

Grandpa took a deep puff of his cigarette. Fishing is profitable, but it will delay the silly kid from learning the craft. He will have to get busy soon.

"When does it begin?"

"It will take at least five days to collect the loaches and maintain the nest. Erhu and Tiedan have already discussed it, and we need to call a few more people."

There is no need to worry about the lack of fish in the loach nest. We have to take turns to work. The four of them are not enough.

"Okay, come over tomorrow and we'll work overtime to build the wall first. The other work will wait."

The silly kid nodded and said that there was no rush to paint the walls and harden the ground. He would just do it slowly after earning the money.

After stamping out the cigarette, Silly Boy went back to look after the house. He couldn't leave his place alone for a long time, otherwise his things would definitely be stolen.

That’s why we have to get the yard ready first. I won’t feel at ease when I go out until it’s ready.

When Qin Dahe and Yanyan rode their scooters home, Qin's mother was frying bait.

"Mom, there are so many baits at home, are you frying them again?" After the car stopped, the couple got out.

The girl immediately grabbed a handful of fried tofu dregs to taste.

"Yes, I sold another thirty kilograms today. It's not useless to stir-fry more." Mother Qin said with a smile: "It's very profitable. I'll give you the money later."

"Forget it, you can sell yours. I'm going to get the shrimp cages." He waved his hand and went to find his dad to work together.

The baits are all cooked by my mother, and she is the one who sells them. The money is used to supplement the family expenses. She is responsible for the food and drink of the whole family.

The father and son packed up the shrimp cages and each carried a large stack of nets to the Yuxi River.

The night was pitch black tonight, so dark that you couldn't even see your hand in front of you, not even the stars.

With a flashlight, I walked carefully down the river.

"Dad, let's put some bamboos on the side. It's really hard to walk at night."

"I see." The old man glanced at him and said, "Why don't you do it?"

All you do is order me around all day long.

"Haha, I'm busy. I'm going to work overtime at Hanwaer's place tomorrow."

"got it."

When we got down there, we found that the river was actually rising, with waves rushing upstream from downstream.

"Dad, is this okay?" Don't let the net wash you away.

Father Qin frowned. Even if the net couldn't be washed away, if the water level rose too high, the net wouldn't be able to be raised.

"Wait a minute, I'll go back and get the nylon line." He put down the net and went back.
After Qin's father left, all that was left by the river was the pitch-black night and the constantly crashing waves, which was quite scary.

Qin Dahe sat on the steps of Shui Tiao and lit a cigarette, the cigarette butt flickering in the night.

This year things are finally a little peaceful. After Xiao Xiang from Xu Village was dealt with, not many people stole the nets. At most, we met two people who came to grab some fish and shrimp to eat, and left the nets behind.

Before I finished smoking a cigarette, Qin's father came down.

"Connect the shrimp cage. This time, hang a three-meter-long nylon line on the shore."

If no one steals it, there is no need to worry about whether to bury the line in the water. You can just drive stakes directly on the shore.

"What a hassle." He muttered.

"It's a hassle, but when the water rises there are more fish and shrimp, so you can make money."

With the help of the dim light of the flashlight, the father and son connected the wires directly on the diving platform, and then started to put out the nets on the left and right.

Last year, because of the incident with Xiao Xiang in Xucun, the place where the nets were set up was moved forward more than 100 meters. Now there is enough space.

Heading north, his fifteen shrimp cages were soon used up.

There are often waves coming up and the net is being knocked all over the place. There is nothing we can do about it because the lead weight of the shrimp cage is too light and it cannot be held down when encountering big waves.

After all thirty shrimp cages were put out, it was already eight o'clock when the father and son returned home.

I went straight to the big lake and washed my body with the water in the lake.

It’s hot now and I’m too lazy to take a cold shower.

"Dad, can Sixth Uncle and Dabao be relied upon?"

"What's wrong?" Qin's father was a little puzzled. His own son didn't interact with them. "If you have anything to say, just tell me."

"I'm looking for four people who know how to fish. Let's go to the city and build a loach nest. Scar has already started preparing."

"Another nest." Father Qin was a little excited. It was really fun to fish in the loach nest. He still remembered the crazy catching scene in spring.

"Count me in, I'll support you."

Qin Dahe was a little upset. He just didn't want to take care of his father. It didn't matter if he earned less money, but the key was that the old man always sabotaged him.

"It's different going out to work. Why don't you stay home and look after the house?"

"Look at your mother, no man can beat her." The old man said disdainfully. "You can't do it either."

Qin Dahe: “.”

Well, it is possible that he cannot beat me. His arms are too thick. A random slap would hurt him for a while. Rural women are very tough at that time.

"I'm the leader when we go out, so you can't tear down my stage." He hesitated for a moment, but couldn't resist and had to take it with him.

All my tuition and living expenses before I was 20 years old were provided by my father. Since you want to go fishing with me, just bring me along, but you have to make arrangements in advance.

"I know, don't worry, I'm just going to fish, I won't ruin your show." He said indifferently. After so many years, he still knows what attitude to take at each time.

The old man felt so excited at the thought of setting up a loach nest that he didn't even want to go to Longwanggui to set up a nest.

"When do we leave?" "I'll see what Scar says. About five or six days."

"Okay, I'll do all the work in the fields these days." He rubbed his hands and felt happy again.

"You haven't told me whether Uncle Six and the others can be brought along?" Qin Dahe said.

Five of them are not enough. They have to catch more than 24 fish a day to make a lot of money, and they can only do that by working hours a day in two shifts.

"Forget about Dabao. He's a tight-lipped person. If he really makes a lot of money, the news will spread when he gets home. But your Sixth Uncle can be taken with him. He's a tight-lipped person."

"We still need two more people, so we need eight." Qin Dahe was a little confused. He had to find someone reliable who also knew how to fish.

There is no time for on-site teaching now, so we can only find experienced people.

"Don't you know a lot of fishermen over there?"

"Those people are from the town. I'm a little worried."

"Haha." Qin's father laughed. His son was really timid. "Only the ones in town are useful. We're a group of six. There's nothing to be afraid of."

Qin Dahe thought about it and realized that it was true. The six of them were all from the same place, so if they found two more fishermen in the town, there would be no need to worry about any unexpected problems.

And since he is not from the village, he is not afraid of others talking about him if he makes money.

Thinking of this, he immediately prepared to contact the contact person, but he had to make arrangements in advance.

"Wait a moment." Qin's father stopped his son. "How are you going to divide the money?"

"I'll take the lead and take 10% of the money, and the rest will be divided among everyone according to the proportion of fish caught. The more you catch, the more you get. Scar will keep accounts."

"Wow, your brain is quite useful." The old man said in surprise.

Qin Dahe chuckled, he had been a boss for so many years.

When I returned to the attic, the little girl was lying on the bed reading a book with her MP3 player on.

He went over to take a look and found that she was reading Jin Ping Mei?
"What are you looking at? You've lost your mind."

"Eh, how boring." She snorted. "I found it in your bookcase. Someone is really confused."

Qin Dahe remembered that he had bought this hardcover edition at Lion Bridge when he was in college.

"Keep it well and pass it on to your son later."

"Nonsense." The girl hit him amusedly. How could she show this to her son? She continued to lie down and read.

He picked up the phone book and started screening the fishermen. He had been with these people for so long that he knew their specific situation.

Those with stable jobs and big businesses can be excluded, and those who are older are also not accepted.

After much selection, there were only three suitable candidates. One of them was passed over because he was usually too fussy.

The remaining two people's families both run small businesses, one runs a supermarket and the other runs a Chinese medicine pharmacy.

The two are not bosses, but young masters. All they do all day long is fishing, drinking and bragging. But as long as they don't squander money, their family members don't care.

I can’t say I’m very rich, but my family is watching over my business, so I can go out and have fun whenever I want.

At this point in time, if you can go to the sluice gate to fish for silver carp and bighead carp every day, your family conditions cannot be bad.

Contacting these people and telling them how much money you can make may not necessarily impress them, but if you can catch big fish, they will definitely be interested.

It's just not very reliable. If someone quits halfway, you have to call for someone else.

However, there are not many good candidates right now, so we can only make do for now. If it doesn’t work out, we can just have six people work in two shifts. At worst, we’ll earn less money.

He closed the balcony door, lit a cigarette, and started dialing the phone.

The first fisherman contacted was named Yan, 35 years old. His family ran a Chinese medicine pharmacy. He was definitely rich, but the person controlled his spending.

His wife only gives him 200 yuan in pocket money every month, which is a lot in that era, but it is not enough to live in the town. He spends yuan a month on smoking.

When I received the call saying that we were going to catch a big fish, I was very excited. Everyone knows that Boss Xiao Qin is an expert at fishing.

But he didn't agree immediately and said he would discuss it with his wife. Not long after, the phone called again.

It was his wife calling.

I asked him about his trip in detail. It turned out that the man in his family was too unreliable. He thought about fishing every day and was afraid that someone would trick him into digging coal.

"Sister-in-law, my home is right here at the entrance of the village. If you ask around, you'll know. I got married in the spring of this year."

"We're really short of people this time. Let's go fishing in Jiangwan in the city. I'll tell you the truth, we can earn at least 200 yuan a day. There are eight of us going, and we can eat and sleep together, so nothing will go wrong."

He recounted the situation carefully, and except for the loach nest, he told everything else that could be said.

The woman on the other end of the line grumbled, but finally agreed.

My husband has no other hobbies except fishing, and my parents don't expect him to make a fortune. They just want him to raise the child honestly.

It doesn’t matter whether I make money or not, I’ll just take this time out to relax and unwind.

The man answered the phone and immediately started to get excited.

"What fishing lines and rods should I bring? I have them all."

"If it takes a long time, I'll ask the old man to prepare some medicine to keep me awake."

Qin Dahe waited for the other party to finish speaking before speaking again.

"Don't bring anything, just two changes of clothes, I'll take care of the rest." He smiled and said, "Let's make a deal, there are a lot of big fish to catch, but don't give up halfway."

"Of course, Boss Qin, you know I never stand anyone up."

"Haha, that's fine. It'll probably start in five or six days. I'll call you in advance then."

After hanging up the phone, Qin Dahe was still happy in his heart. This family was so interesting.

I got stuck when I hit the second one. The other person's wife was pregnant with their second child. Although he wanted to come over and fish with me very much, he really couldn't come out at this critical moment, so he had to give up.

Qin Dahe didn't care. If one person was missing, then one was missing. They could change into a shift of three, and someone could still have a rest.

It is very tiring to fish for a whole day, especially when fishing in a loach nest, where you have to pull fish like crazy.

But after thinking about it, he called those civil servants who were fishing, thinking that these people might be free.

Most of the places where you can fish are in idle retirement units. There seem to be a few people working in the county near the sluice gate. You just need to go there every month.

But as the calls came in, these people became much more cautious.

Although they can make money, their willingness is not strong. It is too risky to go out for seven or eight days.

With the mentality of giving it a try, I called Gu Qiang in the county. This dark-faced man came here to buy a bag of bait just after his vacation in June. Maybe he is free now.

Anyway, working at the pumping station, the summer flood season doesn’t start until at least July or August.

At this time, Yanyan came out, holding a Coke in her hand and fed him a sip with a smile.

Knowing he was busy, I brought a stool and sat beside him.

(End of this chapter)