Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 283

They asked for the shovel heads of three narrow-mouthed engineer shovels and a machete, all of which they would use for fishing.

"I'm making the steel clamp for the kitchen knife. Your labor fee is 110, but I'm giving it a discount for Old Yu's sake." He turned to look at Hanwaer, "You'll get 120 for this. The big axe is okay, but those small knives will take at least half a day to make."

Today's orders are enough for him to work for a whole day. Kitchen knives are easy to make, but it takes a lot of effort to make a small knife.

"Okay, Grandpa." Silly kid turned around and looked at Qin Dahe a little embarrassedly. "Brother, I don't have any money."

When he went to work in a carpenter's workshop, he would bring a dozen yuan with him, sometimes using it to buy cigarettes and alcohol for his master.

"Okay, give it to me later." Qin Dahe paid without saying anything and counted the money.

He must pay for the money to make himself a set of knives himself.

"Come back in four or five days to get it. I have some other things to do."

"Okay, I'll get it when the time comes, and we'll go get some wine." Grandpa said with a smile.

"Haha, okay." Although they were both in the same declining industry, they felt a sense of mutual understanding.

After they left, the sound of "ding ding ding" could be heard from the blacksmith shop again, full of the atmosphere of ancient life.

When I got home, I first sent the two of them to the carpenter's workshop. It was very busy at the time, so they had to work all night. In the evening, the silly kid always had dinner at his grandfather's house.

When he returned home, "Little Red Hair" came to see him again.

"Yan'er, look how aggrieved you are by Chaomian." He wanted to laugh when he saw the red-haired girl.

"Oh, it's not a waste. I'll dye Feifei too tomorrow." She said with a smile.

"Come on, I didn't even dare to go out today to make fried noodles."

"Red Hair" rubbed his leg, yelled at Yanyan, and then lowered his head.

It could still distinguish between the big and small kings, and was just expressing its dissatisfaction without daring to yell at anyone.

"Where's my dad?"

"I just went to lower the eel cage net."

You are so hardworking. You probably pissed me off and got kicked out to work.

Qin Dahe went to the back and started drinking water in big gulps. He sweated too much today.

I just stayed in the blacksmith shop for a while and my pants are soaked with sweat.

Then I started to help my mother make bait for silver carp and bighead carp. The ratio had to be precisely controlled, and this job was quite demanding.

Use a large bowl to put all the ingredients in and mix them evenly, then put them into bags.

Split the two-jin and five-jin packages in half, weigh them, put a spring line hook in each bag, and stick a guide on how to use the bait. That's it.

"Dahe, we don't have enough hooks. Make some more tonight."

"I understand. Let's do it now." He immediately went to the warehouse of the new house to get things.

He doesn't use the stove in the kitchen, it's basically used as a warehouse, full of raw materials.

There are plenty of springs and large fish hooks.

Silver carp and bighead carp have big mouths, so you don’t need to be particular about the hook size, just use a large hook.

I took the goodies to the yard. The black bear was stealing the bait, so I went to the front to work.

"Go away. You only know how to eat every day. How can you not get fat to death?" He moved the black dog away with a smile.

His workshop is a small one, so there is no vacuuming or sterilization, and the fish don't have to be particular about what they eat.

The main reason is that we are afraid that the dog's saliva will drip into the bait and it will become moldy after being bagged.

The production of three-legged hooks is becoming more and more familiar. Now there is a wooden wedge to fix the hook handles together, and a wire is inserted in the middle and welded directly.

Without wire, welding will be damaged easily.

However, because the fish hooks are too thin, according to his craftsmanship, the yield rate is only about 70%, and many hooks become shorter and shorter as they are welded.

The upper hook is a single hook with a spring. It is a delicate work that not everyone can do. It is impossible to do it without certain skills.

He scratched his hair. This won't work. His eyes are about to be blinded by welding. He has to find a fishing tackle factory to get the goods. The fishing tackle store in Jiuzi doesn't sell three-hook sets.

After thinking about it, I took out the silver carp and bighead carp powder packaging bag I bought in the morning. There was the phone number of the Hubei fishing gear manufacturer on it, and I called them directly.

Ordering is simple, just tell them the size, but since I'm from another place, I have to transfer the money first and then they will ship the goods. This is the only way.

It is indeed very inconvenient without online shopping. It takes several days to buy something.

After making the sub-line hook and putting it aside, Yanyan began to tie the fishing line.

Half of the sub-lines for silver carp and bighead carp are relatively long, and are equipped with half No. 5 and half No. 10 fishing lines.

Don’t be fooled by the fact that he always uses a size 10 line when fishing. For ordinary anglers, a size 5 line is already very big.

We were still busy until seven o'clock and everyone started to eat.

Today we had snails and meatballs, which were a little spicy and tasted amazing.

In summer, food is usually spicy, otherwise there is no appetite.

Because of these two gluttons, my cooking skills are getting better and better.

"Mom, you are such a great cook." The little girl said sweetly.

This has become her mealtime mantra, a way to coax her mother-in-law into giving her a good meal every day. "Haha, if it tastes good, eat more." Mother Qin smiled as she helped her with some food.

As the belly grew bigger and bigger, the old couple became more and more happy, because their two grandsons were inside.

They wished they could feed Yanyan meat every day so that she would be strong and have children.

Qin Dahe stared at the salted duck and ate it voraciously. Today's duck was just right, and the meat was not tough at all.

"I saw Erhu and Tiedan riding their bikes out at noon. Are they selling gold?" Qin's father asked.

"They want to open a welding shop, but they probably don't have enough money."

"Open now? They don't fish anymore?" He was a little surprised. Although the bite of grass carp is not good now, it is really profitable.

"We'll see when the time comes. Once you have money in your hands, you won't be able to hold back." Qin Dahe said with a smile.

"Shall we go fishing tomorrow?"

"Yeah, fishing." He bit a piece of meat fiercely. "Let's go at 4 pm tomorrow. I'll try Line 10."

"It's time to change the line. We have more than 20 fishing rods, but only a few fish in one night." The old man curled his lips.

There are so many things to carry back and forth every day that he gets tired just looking at them.

Qin Dahe lowered his head awkwardly while eating, which was indeed not like his style.

He had been successful in fishing for a long time since he came back, but catching grass carp suddenly brought him back to reality.

After dinner, the father and son started to put the shrimp cages away. This only happens once every week or so, so it doesn’t matter if they forget sometimes.

Making money is not tiring and it was originally an important side job for his family.

The most important sideline business now is bait and fishing. The main business of farming doesn’t make much money anymore, but I still have to farm.

When we arrived at the levee, there were still quite a few people on the road. On summer nights, because there was no air conditioning, everyone always liked to go out and play.

The entrances of the two supermarkets were full of people, chatting and talking, and sometimes even playing a game of mahjong.

The father and son were a bit conspicuous walking on the street carrying the shrimp cages, but they didn't rely on this to make money now, so it didn't matter if people came to have a snack and set up a few nets.

This year is different from last year because my family is rich now. I definitely cannot make trouble with others over a small amount of money, or others will say that I am rich but unkind.

People have different standards for judging the poor and the rich.

Even though Qin's mother had explained many times that she had bought a car to fill up the family's savings, his family was still considered one of the top families in the neighborhood.

I cast my net along the river bank in the moonlight. Hanwaer didn't come today because he was busy with carpentry work.

Qin Dahe thought that learning carpentry was a good idea, as he could still make money even after twenty years. Blacksmithing was the real decline.

Of course, those who run their own media to forge knives don’t count.

After putting the shrimp cages away, Qin Dahe did not go home first. Instead, he went to the supermarket to chat with people and bought two Nanjing shrimps to take back.

"Dahe is shaking now, and he's even smoking cigarettes that cost ten yuan."

"Haha, Mr. Huang, you just can't bear to part with it." Qin Dahe handed the money over with a smile, got a bench and sat beside it to distribute cigarettes to everyone.

I just took off the rubber shoes I wore when I went down to the river to set the net, and now I'm walking barefoot. It feels so comfortable to step on the ground.

"With a van, you can definitely make money by driving a sports car in the city. Big Liu from Ligezhuang has a Santana and makes hundreds of dollars a day." Bao Ye, who was standing next to him, took the cigarette and said enviously.

"You can also drive a wedding car. In the second half of the year, you can make two or three hundred yuan a day with a sedan, which is very profitable. Your van is a little less impressive, but you can attract more customers than others."

Qin Dahe felt a little depressed when he heard this. The reputation of his Land Cruiser van had been established.

"I'm not going to run. I'll just go fishing." He said with a smile, then looked at Master Bao. "Master Bao, when do we start the summer harvest?"

His family doesn't grow wheat, corn, soybeans, etc., just one crop of cotton and the peanut field that Qin's father owns.

"It will take about twenty days, right? My family doesn't grow crops anymore." Grandpa Bao said with a smile.

His family rented an additional six acres of land this year and used it to grow cotton and rapeseed. Together with their side businesses, they can earn more than 20,000 yuan a year.

Although there is not enough rain this summer, the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River have everything except water. Just put in some effort and water the plants a few more times.

"It's so hot. It will be hard to harvest the crops." Qin Dahe sighed.

It's already past eight o'clock, and I've been sweating non-stop. I sweat even when I'm sitting.

"The cotton is about to bear fruit, and picking cotton is not easy." Grandpa Bao shook his head, feeling a little scared when he thought of the more than ten acres of cotton.

It takes several consecutive picks in temperatures over 30 degrees Celsius to finish picking the cotton, and sometimes if the cotton season is delayed, the cotton has to be picked even in winter.

Lighting a cigarette and taking a deep puff, everyone enjoyed the rare break.

Let’s talk about farming and then crayfish. It’s quite profitable to raise crayfish this year.

My second uncle’s purchase price is RMB 1.40. He buys at least 500 kilograms of goods every day, and it costs RMB 2.10 to send them to the city. After deducting the loss, he still makes RMB 300.

Bao Ye and his friends set up traps every night when they are free, and it is no problem for them to make sixty or seventy yuan a day from eels and lobsters.

There isn't much else here, just a lot of rivers and lakes, so just don't be afraid of hard work.

Qin Dahe's family has six acres of land, and they don't cultivate it intensively, so they are not busy.

People like Bao Ye cultivate more than ten acres of land. After finishing one busy stage, they immediately start another. There is very little free time in between. They only have a little relaxation during the Chinese New Year.

In this situation, it is very tiring to set up traps in the summer, but farmers still have to do it in order to make money, and there is no comfort in it.

(End of this chapter)