Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 242

"Damn, we're at the bottom." Erhu said depressedly, and then prepared to play tug-of-war.

"Don't worry, there might be big clams in the river, maybe you can catch one."

"hey-hey."

Tiedan also showed a strange smile. Last year, Erhu went fishing for clams in the Yuxi River.

"Get out, get out." Erhu blushed. Only after getting married did he know how embarrassing it was to fish for clams.

But as I pulled, it didn't feel right. The thing below started to struggle, so I quickly pulled the bar horizontally.

Before he could finish his words, a round, black object was pulled up.

Qin Dahe quickly stretched out his scoop net and caught it. Fortunately, the scoop nets were specially lengthened, and ordinary scoop nets were useless here.

"Ce, the big river turtle."

"Wow, it's so big." When the river turtle was pulled up, the others immediately lost their composure and came over to watch the fun.

"This is as big as a foot basin."

"How much will it cost?"

Ordinary soft-shelled turtles can be sold for dozens of yuan per pound. This wild river soft-shelled turtle is estimated to weigh about twenty pounds. How many thousand yuan?
"I don't know either. Tie it up with a rope first. Don't put this inside the fish guard, or the net will be damaged." Qin Dahe let Erhu do it himself.

The bite force of the river soft-shelled turtle is very strong. I didn’t even dare to remove the fish hook at this moment, so I just cut it off.

Then Erhu tied it up with a rope and covered it with two layers of fishing nets. But he had to be careful, because if it ran away, the loss would be huge.

This river softshell turtle was an unexpected surprise, but the Yangtze River itself has a large number of predatory fish, and the fish species are also varied.

That is to say, now with the construction of the Three Gorges Dam and various water conservancy hubs, many fish cannot migrate upstream to spawn, otherwise there would be more fish in the Yangtze River.

I heard from Scar Uncle and his friends that in the 1970s and 1980s, people caught Chinese sturgeons weighing over a thousand kilograms.

However, it seems that they have become rare since the construction of Gezhouba Dam. You may not see one in a year. People don’t dare to catch them. At most, they eat some farmed sturgeons.

Other fish are fine, but the penalty for catching wild Chinese sturgeon is too severe and it is not worth the fishermen taking the risk. The giant panda in the water is no joke.

It was not until after nine o'clock that Erhu and the others reluctantly went back to sleep. They had to take over at three o'clock, and if they didn't sleep now, they really wouldn't be able to get up and would be late.

There were only four of them left at the dock at this time, and Qin Dahe distributed cigarettes to everyone to cheer them up.

"Brother Wang, how is it? I'm not bragging, am I?" he said with a smile.

"Awesome, you are really good at fishing." Mr. Wang gave a thumbs up and admired him very much.

"Haha, brother, I must be good at fishing." He said proudly.

Silly boy and Brother Yan also nodded. The sparrow pecked the cow's butt. It's really awesome for sparrows to eat.

Since he came back, Hanwaer has made a lot of money from fishing. He even made several thousand from silver carp and bighead carp some time ago.

The four of them took a break and sat by the river smoking and chatting. They were exhausted after working for several hours.

The river breeze is quite strong, but it is still very comfortable on a summer night.

Qin Dahe also curiously asked Mr. Wang how he had time to go fishing with him for six or seven days, as businessmen must be very busy nowadays.

I learned that he specialized in the building materials business and made a living from a state-owned enterprise.

In other words, if that unit has no projects, he will have no work.

But as long as the unit takes on a project, he will be asked to contact all the building materials.

Qin Dahe secretly exclaimed that it was awesome, the relationship behind this guy was really solid.

"My family has a building materials store in the county, and my wife looks after it. But business is usually not good, and I'm too lazy to go there." Mr. Wang said indifferently.

"That's awesome, haha."

Brother Yan also began to talk about his family situation. His family runs a Chinese medicine pharmacy. Unfortunately, he is a second-generation rich man. He does nothing every day but go out fishing.

"As long as you don't start a business, you will have a more comfortable life than others." Qin Dahe said enviously.

This kid is just living off his parents, but his family members aren't worried at all. They just give him 500 yuan a month for spending, which is really great.

"That's right. As long as you don't mess around or gamble, the fishing family will definitely not make things difficult for you."

Mr. Wang also sees it clearly. Middle-class families are not afraid of useless people, but they are afraid of their younger generations who are ambitious but lack the skills to start a business and end up with a mess.

Although the success rate of starting a business is higher now, it also depends on the background. Without a background, you have to struggle to start any business. It is not as comfortable as fishing every day.

"Haha, I don't want to start a business. I just like to go fishing and take my son out to play when I have nothing to do." Brother Yan smiled. He is also very satisfied with his current life.

After finishing the cigarette, everyone continued fishing. Hanwaer's fish bite was always strong, and he started to catch big catfish in succession.

At night, the fish bites are mainly largemouth catfish and sea bass, but occasionally some other fish are caught.

"Here comes the mandarin fish, Ce. I thought there were no mandarin fish." At ten o'clock in the evening, Qin Dahe caught the first mandarin fish.

"How big?"

"About three pounds, quite valuable." He happily put the fish away.

The first mandarin fish has come up, and there should be more during the day tomorrow.

Even if you haven't caught any giant catfish, there's no need to rush over to start fishing.

"It's great that there are no black carp." Qin Dahe pulled another large-mouthed catfish weighing more than four kilograms and flew it directly up.

Today's raw bamboo rods are much better than the high-carbon rods of later generations. They are tough and elastic, and you can fly a four-pound fish without worrying about the rod tip breaking.

"During the day, there are plenty," said the silly boy. He had caught three black carp in the evening hour. He came here to make money and didn't care about black carp at all.

"We'll talk about it later. When there are more black carp, we can take a break and fish every night." He had never fished in the Yangtze River in his two lifetimes and had no idea about the fish situation.

If there are a lot of sea bass, he plans to divide the work into two shifts. If they work non-stop for 24 hours, he is afraid that his brothers will not be able to handle it.

At three o'clock in the morning, Qin's father and the other three came over. There was no sign of fatigue on their faces, but rather excitement.

"How many did you catch?"

They don't even tie the line when they come over, they just flip the fish over and protect them.

"It's full." Qin Dahe said with a smile, and pulled up his fish basket.

The diameter of the bottom of the giant fish guard is more than one meter and it is three meters long. He made it specially at home. It is larger than the ordinary maze net bag and was specially prepared for this trip to the Yangtze River.

A fish basket can easily hold a thousand kilograms of fish, but if you put too many, the fish may die easily.

They fished from 5:30 to 3:00 in the morning, and the four of them caught at least 300 kilograms of fish on average.

Although the fish were not big, they came quickly and there were so many predatory fish below.

"Dad, Ah Hu will come here tomorrow morning to catch fish. Remember to write down their weight." He handed over the notebook in his hand.

"Well, don't worry." Father Qin nodded. Although he came here to fish, he also had to help his son keep an eye on him. It was his duty to do these things.

After thinking about it, Qin Dahe took out another large-mouthed catfish weighing more than eight kilograms from his fish basket and gave it to everyone as an extra meal at noon tomorrow.

After saying goodbye to everyone, they went back to rest.

The four of them were walking on the grass beach at night, chatting enthusiastically about fishing, and Mr. Wang never stopped talking.

When we arrived at the yard, everyone quickly washed up. We were indeed excited, but also really tired.

Pulling out raw bamboo for seven or eight hours is too much even for a kid with such a strong physical condition.

After washing up, they saw some cold steamed buns and other dry food on the table. They probably left them for them by their father.

Several people didn't mind and just grabbed it and ate it.

After dinner, everyone went to bed and went to sleep.

The next morning at nine o'clock, Qin Dahe woke up quietly. The silly boy in the bed next to him was not there. He must have gone fishing early in the morning.

It's said to be a three-shift system, but the money is distributed based on the principle of "the more you work, the more you get." I can understand that the silly kid wants to work hard and earn some money.

His family is poor, so how can he succeed if he doesn't work hard?

After leaving the room, there was no one in the yard. He went to the next room and saw Brother Yan and Mr. Wang were still sleeping soundly. They were probably exhausted from yesterday.

There was a pot of porridge, steamed buns and pickles on the big table.

Qin Dahe found his aunt who was preparing lunch in the yard, asked her to cook the catfish at noon, and then started to deliver the meal.

When they arrived, Erhu and the others saw that the food was ready and started eating immediately. They had not eaten much since three o'clock last night.

Qin Dahe also went to check their fish basket first. Although they had cleared a wave of fish in the morning, there were still quite a few fish in the fish basket.

"Are there many mandarin fish?"

"Not bad. We caught more than 20 fish this morning." Qin's father handed him the list.

Everyone's catch yesterday was recorded, including his own.

Among them, the most caught fish was Hanwaer, weighing more than 340 kilograms, which was simply terrifying.

Qin Dahe silently calculated in his mind that these 340 kilograms of fish could be worth 3,000 yuan, mainly catfish and black carp.

It goes without saying that the daily catch of fish working three shifts and two shifts must be more than 20,000, which means that 30% of the profit from the fish can be shared.

According to this calculation, we can get 900 yuan. If we take 90 yuan, the child can earn more than 800 yuan.

Although it is not as profitable as they make by setting up their own loach nests, it is still amazing.

"Yes, I have some things to do at Scar's place. I may not be able to come over during my shift. Dad, please keep an eye on him for me."

"Go." Father Qin waved his hand.

There is no need for the father and son to be so pretentious. They can have more fun fishing for a while longer. The fishing conditions this time are even better than those in the Yuxi River.

He cleaned up everyone's bowls and sent the dishes and chopsticks back first, then rode his bike to the city.

When I got to Scar's place, he was happily selling goods to others.

This batch of wild catfish, black carp and sea bass are all considered good goods. Many medium and large restaurants have come to place orders for tomorrow's goods.

"Dahe, you're here." Scar's face lit up with joy when he saw him.

"Well, there's a lot of stockpiles over there, and we have to send a boat over there at noon."

"That's good, haha, you guys are awesome." Scar was even happier when he heard that. There were fish again. This time he really found the right loach nest.

Although the money he got was a bit much, he didn't care. Professionals should do professional things.

You have to invest 10,000 or 20,000 yuan at a time and also have to rely on favors, so you have to get a professional fishing team like Qin Dahe to come.

When doing business, you cannot just eat all the food yourself. You have to know how to share the profits in order to last long.

　Monthly tickets and alliance leaders come from all directions.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)