Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 252

"Scar, come back in two hours. I'll go over and pour out the loaches to gather the fish."

There are still more than 200 kilograms of loaches left in the yard. It won’t be a waste to make a nest now. I can gather the fish together and then electrocute them.

"Okay, I'll prepare now." Scar was very satisfied with Qin Dahe's response.

Haha, when that person comes again tomorrow, at least the loach nest will be destroyed.

"Scar, if you have time, go buy two pounds of mothballs and throw them down after you've finished electrocuting them. I guarantee there won't be any fish around here for ten days or half a month."

"Then there's no need for that. This fishing spot is borrowed from someone else." Scar smiled and shook his head. This was too cruel.

There has been no fish for ten days or half a month, and Ruan Laowu must be hating himself to death. This time he has to compensate the other party.

"Okay, I'll get busy."

He called Qin's father and asked Hanwaer and the others to come over to help carry the loaches.

He must be exhausted to carry 200 kilograms of loaches by himself.

When they arrived at the fishing spot, Mr. Wang and his friends were sitting on the dock listlessly.

Qin Dahe immediately ordered everyone to start dumping loaches along the dock. After dumping the loaches, everyone had nothing to do and started to divide the fish to be taken back.

The Qin family father and son kept four mandarin fish, two black carp, and a catfish weighing more than 20 kilograms.

This was caught by Tiedan at night. After taking it, he added some small catfish.

Others left less, basically catfish and mandarin fish.

Uncle Liu took two small catfish and didn’t take anything else because they were too expensive. If he took too much, he would get scolded when he got back.

The silly kid didn’t take any of them. He had eaten enough here by himself.

I was really tired during this period, but the food was so delicious that I even looked a little fatter.

Then everyone puts their fish in the transfer box and marks it for each family.

Although we felt a little regretful that we would not be able to fish in the Yangtze River soon, we were still very happy to think that we would be able to go home soon.

Half an hour later, after putting out his cigarette, Qin Dahe began to call everyone to go fishing.

"It's almost time to get together. Just one more hour."

"Come on, damn it, we didn't catch any big fish." Mr. Wang said depressedly.

A few people started fishing for small fish, still fishing along the edge.

Now the fish are gathering and the fishing is getting aggressive again.

However, the bite was obviously not as good as last night, because there was more loach bait in the water than bait.

With a fish caught every few minutes, it was difficult for everyone to fish to their heart's content.

Forty minutes later, Scar's boat came over and he got off the boat first to start collecting fish.

There are much fewer fish today, only about 500 kilograms in total, and the total price is less than 6,000 yuan.

Compared with last night, it's a world of difference.

"We just fished for another forty minutes, and the fish were biting pretty well. The fish should be slowly gathering." Qin Dahe explained the situation.

"Yeah, it's okay. One electricity run will be enough. This time I brought a professional electrician and deep-water copper pipes to do a good job."

Scar's heart bled when he thought of the lost income.

We caught 30,000 worth of fish last night. If we hadn’t been disturbed, the total value of the catch would have definitely exceeded 150,000.

"This is what we take back to eat. After weighing it, we will put it in the general ledger and deduct the money." Qin Dahe pointed to the transfer box in the corner.

"That's not enough, it's just a small amount of fish." Scar said indifferently, a few hundred dollars is just a reward for them.

"Okay." It was all over, so Qin Dahe didn't hesitate.

Then they began to lay out the copper pipes. A large number of them were directly inserted into the river or hung with foam and dropped into the river surface.

There are at least fifty meters of arrangements along the way. It seems that the electricians are really professional and are very well prepared.

Then they started installing the barrier nets. The water in the Yangtze River is flowing, and if the fish are not fished out in time during electrofishing, they will definitely be washed downstream.

This task was also very tedious. A large number of coarse-mesh nets were laid out along the edge all the way to a distance of fifty meters above the river surface.

The bamboo pole cannot be inserted to the bottom of the river, so it can only be weighed down by a buoy and the other end tied to the boat.

After the power grid was set up, the two high-power diesel engines on the ship started at the same time.

Qin Dahe and his men retreated to the shore, and the three dogs were also pulled back.

Such a high power is no joke. There are copper pipes under the pier where they fish. It would be terrible if they were hit by an electric shock.

As the two switches were pressed, a large amount of water suddenly appeared in the water, as if it was boiling.

The electric shock lasted for a long time, and some of the broken wires still revealed some blue arcs, which made people shudder.

The three dogs barked wildly at the riverside. They also sensed the danger and huddled around their owner anxiously.

Until the electric arc went out, the dense fish on the water surface were washed onto the blocking net.

Scar was very satisfied when he saw this. He spent such a huge amount of money this time, and finally he could get some compensation.

Then it was time to catch fish. Qin Dahe and his friends started fishing at the riverside with a scoop net.

Various small catfish and bigmouth bass were floating in the water, and you could easily catch several of them.

It's much faster than fishing for them.

Of course, if you really want to make money in the long run, you still have to go fishing.

While fishing, fish will gather in the nest. Later generations who fished for loach nests basically used hand fishing, which was more efficient than trawl nets.

As the boat's arresting net was pulled up, a large number of fish entered the cabin.

Qin Dahe saw it clearly, the largest one weighed forty or fifty kilograms.

Of course, fish weighing eighty, ninety, or even a hundred kilograms live in deep water. Even if they are attracted by loaches, they will only wait for those small fish at the bottom of the water and will not go to the shore at will.

After everything was packed up, it was already two o'clock in the morning. They still had to go back and sort the things out. Scar and the others were very tired.

"Dahe, come see me tomorrow morning."

"Okay." Qin Dahe nodded and began to lead everyone to pack up.

All the extra bamboo poles were thrown away, and all kinds of buckets, scoop nets, fish baskets, telescopic benches, water pots, etc. were picked up by everyone.

"Erhu, let's carry the fish back."

"it is good."

There were more than 100 kilograms of fish in the transfer box, and with water it was almost 300 kilograms. The two men were exhausted when they carried it to the yard.

On the other side, Mr. Wang and Brother Yan also brought back a fish, a big black carp weighing more than 80 kilograms. Tomorrow he will drive it to the flower and bird market to have someone make a specimen.

Qin Dahe lit a cigarette and sat on the doorstep and started smoking.

This trip was very profitable, but not as profitable as I had imagined. The total fishing time was only four days, which was too tight.

Scar's cost alone is estimated to be 30,000 yuan, and he has used a lot of loaches as bait during this period.

They catch bigmouth catfish and black carp just like they catch small whitebait, so the consumption of loaches is naturally high.

Not only did he invest a lot of manpower and resources, but the whole thing ended up with electrofishing. I guess Scarface must be unhappy about it.

The price of the fish was 120,000, and they took 36,000.

Of the 36,000 yuan, Hanwaer got the largest share, and after deducting the commission, there was still 5,000 yuan left.

Qin Dahe could earn 4,600 yuan from fishing, but those two catfish made a great contribution, otherwise his maximum income would be 4,000 yuan.

Adding the 3,600 yuan commission, they made a little over 8,000 yuan. Qin's father made 4,000 yuan, so the total for the two of them was just over 12,000 yuan, which was still a far cry from the expected 20,000 yuan.

There are expenses for preparing fishing gear, buying a fishing umbrella, calling a taxi to and fro, etc., so the 3,600 yuan he took is not very meaningful.

It's not as profitable as fishing for silver carp and bighead carp in the summer. At that time, four brothers could make several thousand yuan a day by fishing for silver carp and bighead carp and collecting them.

Take a deep breath of the cigarette and exhale slowly.

"What a pity! I wanted to earn two more days' worth of money." He said dejectedly.

"Who says it's not true? The loach nests by the river are really hard to find."

"It's only been four days, and I haven't finished fishing in four days. Today was anticlimactic."

Even Silly Kid sighed. He was planning to earn 10,000 yuan, but only made this little money.

"There's no way, Erhu. There are two more cars in the village that need to be dealt with. The phone has already called." He turned to look at the child.

"Grandpa's carpentry work is getting busy, you have to go back and help."

"I know, brother." The silly kid nodded.

I can’t delay in learning carpentry, I finally got the axe.

Also, there is a set of furniture to be made at home, so I will be busy when I get back.

Since they couldn't make money by fishing, the three of them had to go back and do some crafts.

Mr. Wang and Brother Yan didn't care. They didn't expect to make much money, and making three or four thousand yuan was already very good.

Uncle Liu was very satisfied. He could earn more than 4,000 yuan just by fishing. It was a real surprise.

It’s a pity that I can’t continue fishing, otherwise I could make seven or eight thousand this trip.

Now is the time to get on track with night fishing. It was a waste of time at the beginning, fishing for whitebait.

Qin Dahe was inexperienced. He had never dug a loach nest or fished in the Yangtze River in his two lives. Otherwise, he wouldn't have caught so many fish even in four days.

After smoking cigarettes, everyone went back to rest without even taking a shower.

The next morning at six o'clock, when he woke up, almost everyone was up.

I slept during the day yesterday, so I couldn’t sleep much at night.

Mr. Wang had already gotten into his car and set off with the big alligator to find someone to prepare a specimen.

After dinner, he called a truck to come over and take the people back.

I'll come back later to settle the bill with Brother Wang and let him drive home directly. There's no need to trouble him to make another trip.

Then he rode a three-wheeled motorcycle and headed straight to the fish stall on Frozen Street.

When we arrived at the store, Scar was directing the guys to move the fish, but they didn't have much energy because they had stayed up all night last night.

"Dahe is here. I'm busy here. I'll pay you the bill later." Scar nodded slightly when he saw him coming.

This time I was indebted to someone for doing me a favor, and the electricity indeed compensated for some of the losses.

But considering the manpower and material resources invested, and the favors I owe to others, I can only say that the profit is just okay.

"Let me help you." Qin Dahe took off his short-sleeved shirt and walked forward with his bare chest to help move the catfish, black carp and other fish onto the van.

The sun rises from the east in the morning and doesn't reach here yet, but it's also very hot.

I sweat when I move a little. It's really uncomfortable in summer.

Most of the fish last night had been electrocuted, so they didn’t need to be loaded onto a water truck and were sent directly to the truck.

Then start spreading crushed ice, break it up with a hammer and spread it on top, then add another layer, as long as it can keep the food fresh.

After moving the goods and just about to pay the bill, someone came to deliver fish. Qin Dahe asked Scar Ye to do his work first and he was not in a hurry.

This is the busiest time for them. How can they ask for money in such a hurry? That would be too embarrassing.

"Ah Hu, take Da He out to eat beef noodles, and bring back some for everyone."

"Okay, Dad."

The group of people haven't eaten yet and have been busy since nightfall.

Qin Dahe naturally followed Ah Hu and went to the alley next to eat beef noodles.

The red beef topping with a green vegetable tastes very refreshing.

"Ah Hu, where did you buy that electric bike?" Qin Dahe pointed at the electric bike at the door and asked curiously.

It is a rare thing nowadays. It is so convenient to use electricity. You just need to charge it every day.

"I bought it in Jinling. It's from mainland China. It cost me more than 4,000 yuan." Ah Hu finished the noodle soup in one gulp and burped.

"It's not as good as a motorcycle. The battery life is terrible in winter. I brought it back this year for my dad to ride."

"Battery life is indeed a problem." Qin Dahe also drank the noodle soup in one gulp.

I'm so hot all over, I haven't stopped sweating since I had breakfast.

After finishing the noodles, the two returned to the fish stall carrying a large bag of takeaway boxes, each with a bowl in hand.

Everyone was starving and gobbled the food with big mouthfuls of grunt.

After eating the noodles, Scar started to smoke.

"Ah Hu, give everyone a red envelope of 100 yuan. Thank you for your hard work today."

"It's not hard, boss."

"That's it, to make money, hehe."

The guys below have followed Scar Master for many years and know that Scar Master will not treat them unfairly.

Look, the fish haven’t been sold yet, but the red envelopes have been sent out.

"Alright, you get paid based on how much work you do." He turned to look at Qin Dahe. "Come on, follow me in."

Qin Dahe was delighted when he heard this, as he could finally settle the accounts.

When they got to the desk inside, the guys here usually didn't come over, so it was just the two of them inside.

Both parties took out their account books and began to settle the bill, each calculating their own amount, and then comparing prices at the end.

Qin Dahe took the initiative to pay the difference of thirty-five yuan.

But Scar refused to do it, so he added it back to make it a round number.

"The total is thirty-six thousand four hundred. I've paid you twenty thousand, and there's still sixteen thousand four hundred left. Let's split it up." He took out two bundles of large blue banknotes from the safe.

Nowadays, the business is to receive goods in cash. His fish stall normally has to keep tens of thousands of yuan in cash, and when he comes across rare goods, he can get them immediately.

Scar counted it once to make sure it was correct, and Qin Dahe counted it twice. After confirming that it was correct, he put it in an envelope.

"Thanks, Scar." He happily put the money away.

Although it started off well but ended poorly, my dad and I only made a little over 10,000 yuan, but it was still a small fortune.

It’s impossible to catch silver carp and bighead carp on the other side of the sluice gate, but it’s pretty good to be able to catch loach.

When he was about to go out, he was stopped again.

"This is for you." Scar threw out another bundle of cash without even opening the paper.

"That's not necessary, Scar, you get paid according to the work you do." Qin Dahe waved his hand. It was agreed that he would get a share of the profits, so how could he get so much more?

"It was you who came up with the idea for the last wave of electric shocks. I caught more than 30,000 yuan worth of fish, so I'll give you some." Scar stuffed the money directly into his hand.

(End of this chapter)