Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 321

The price of cotton has dropped this year. The price of second-grade cotton has been released, and it is only 3.4 yuan, which is much lower than the highest price last year.

When prices fall, cotton mills' profits can actually increase a little. They can make a few hundred yuan from the same ton of cotton spindles, which reduces costs a lot.

Life is a little harder for farmers. If there is a heavy rain in the summer, the cotton berries will just open, and some of them will definitely rot.

This is a reduction in production. Although it is not much, according to the price of cotton, the loss per acre of land is dozens of yuan.

Qin Dahe's family naturally didn't care. As the bait sold better and better, the main source of income for the family was bait and fishing.

A few days ago, Qin Dahe drove a spliced boat alone to catch black fish and earned more than a thousand yuan.

The price of big black carp has dropped this year. It seems that there was a TV news report that the accumulated toxins in big black carp exceed the standard, while the price of small black carp has increased instead.

Because he had caught fish in the outer river several times, there were no big black fish left. However, the fish he caught sold at a good price.

In the afternoon, the father and son went to the grave to burn paper money and set off a lot of firecrackers.

On the way back, Erhu stopped him and pulled him to drive the excavator.

Erhu's family members were worried about letting him go through all this trouble alone.

"I'm going to go back and add water first. If I don't add water to the pond, all the seedlings will die."

"Oh, then I'll wait for you." Erhu nodded quickly.

Qin Dahe waved his hand and went home. He first dug up the bank of the pond and released water directly from the third master's side.

This time the fish pond was cleaned really thoroughly, and the bottom and sides of the pond were compacted.

He was even too lazy to disinfect it with lime, so he just dried it in the sun for two days and then started draining the water.

After digging the embankment, the pond was quickly filled with water.

Qin Dahe thought about it and decided to bury a pipe underneath and block it with barbed wire in the middle.

In the future, when draining or pumping water, just use a simple plastic cover. Anyway, I'm going to sign the contract tomorrow.

He started working on it as soon as he thought of it. He dug a hole in the ground and began to make the mold.

A cylindrical hole was dug with a bucket of water, and a metal bucket was inserted in the middle to form a ring-shaped mold.

Insert thin steel bars into the ring, wrap the wire around the steel bars to weave a net, then pour some cement into it and wait for it to solidify.

Seeing my dad idly preparing the metal detector, I said, "Dad, come and help me. Mix some cement and make a cement pipe."

"Why are you doing this? I'm going to go take a look at the Phoenix Bridge. Maybe something will be washed up by the flood." The old man was a little unhappy.

It’s time to pick cotton soon. If I don’t go out for a run or two, I won’t have any fun. I won’t be able to relax until at least winter.

"I still have things to do. You can leave after you finish." With that, he ran away. It would be so cool to drive an excavator.

"Plan." Qin's father put down the things in his hands and started pouring piles with cement.

The poor son only knows how to order him around every day, and doesn't even let him play with the two big gold ingots.

When they got to Erhu, they started filling the reed pond.

"When you go down, you have to use the bucket to support it, otherwise it will easily overturn if you rush too fast."

At this time, Erhu was hanging by the car door, watching him operate.

Qin Dahe's skills aren't that great, but it's quite fun to play.

The two took turns working on it, and soon all the mud in the reed pond was dug out. It was a small wild pond, less than an acre in size, and it was completely dry.

Outside the pond is Erhu’s vegetable garden. Dig the mud into the vegetable garden, and then dig some soil from the vegetable garden to fill it back.

The remaining mud was dug directly from the backyard of Erhu's house. His father wanted to dig a cellar in the backyard, and then he could use it by sealing the door with prefabricated panels.

We also had some unexpected gains today. We got some eels and loaches, which we put in a small red bucket. We will have dinner and drinks together in the evening.

"Is Tiedan still busy with orders these days?" After working for an hour to resolve the battle, the two began to rest.

"Well, there's another big modified three-wheeled car. He's working alone. I'll go help him tonight."

Since he can’t get any big jobs for the time being, Erhu has to do welding to make money.

"There's a welding job next month. I'll take you there then."

"Welding job?"

"Haha, there's a feed factory in Nanxiang that Mr. Wang helped to contact. They're in the process of setting up, and the welding work will probably start next month." He explained the welding work in Nanxiang in detail.

After the wall over there is built, the three of them will go and work on it for a few days.

A feed factory is not a flower-making factory, so there are not so many iron parts to weld.

When the weather gets cold, he doesn't like to fish, so he does welding to supplement the family expenses.

"Ce, it would be great if it were next year." Erhu was a little depressed. Opening a factory like this would definitely require foundation work, and he could still take two orders.

"Don't worry, there are only a few excavators nearby. You can help out with some small jobs if you have nothing to do now," Qin Dahe said with a smile. "Let's go to Tiedan's house later and dig up the small pond in front of his house."

"Okay." Erhu nodded. Now he was using oil to feed his craft, and he didn't want to waste oil, so he had to help his brothers with the work.

As we were talking, a long distance call came in.

"Teacher Dahe, I got first place on the first day today." As soon as the phone was connected, an excited voice came from the other end.

It turned out to be a fisherman from Shanghai. Today is the first day of the preliminary round, and the qualifying round will be the day after tomorrow.

"Haha, can you guarantee a qualifying result?"

"That's about right. The second place fish was 20 kilograms. Today I caught over 80 kilograms of silver carp and bighead carp. There were also a lot of miscellaneous fish, but I put in a heavy bait, so I barely avoided it."

Qin Dahe nodded slightly when he heard this. This result was worthy of his hard work.

"Then try the second plan tomorrow. Use a light rod and conserve your energy." He said with a smile, "Does your wrist feel uncomfortable today?"

"Ce, the glass rod is really heavy. My hands are swollen after a day of fishing." The fisherman on the other end of the phone said depressedly. He didn't have strong arms, so how could he endure casting with a glass rod for a whole day.

"Remember to summarize the bait usage every day and send it to me via QQ when you have time."

"I know."

This time, we sponsored the fishing competition not only to help people have fun participating in the competition, but also to verify the bait.

Fishing tackle shop owners also have this task, which is to collect feedback from anglers.

Qin Dahe needs to adjust the state and flavor of the bait based on the feedback and upgrade it more often to make the bait better and better.

After hanging up the phone, the two drove directly to Tiedan's house.

"Dad, why don't you build a cellar? There's not enough mud at the door." Qin Dahe handed a cigarette to Tiedan's father.

"Okay, let's do it." The old man lit a cigarette with a smile.

"Erhu has made a fortune." He was still a little doubtful in his heart, wondering how Erhu could suddenly become so rich.

The two families are only a few houses apart, so they know each other well. They both have a rough idea of how much money each family has.

"Brothers, live a good life. Don't worry, Tiedan is rich too." He said vaguely.

"Okay, do whatever you want. If the tree at the door is in the way, just dig it up." The old man went back to the house with a cigarette in his mouth. After all, they were brothers, so if the tree was really dug down, they could just rebuild it.

When Qin Dahe said this, he knew in his heart that his boy also had some money, but he didn't know where he got it from.

Since they hadn't told me yet, there was no need to ask. As long as the young couple could live a good life, that was all that mattered. "Okay." The two of them immediately took action.

The mulberry trees at the door were really in the way, so they just dug one up.

Then they started digging the mud. The vegetable field at the door belonged to their neighbor. Qin Dahe shouted and helped them change the soil directly.

The silt was dragged up, and then the hard soil in the field was dug up to fill the pond. This is a good thing, as it increases the fertility of the vegetable field.

Bring the little red bucket with you so you can create some surprises from time to time.

There is almost always a wild pond at the entrance of their village, but no one is willing to take care of it because it is too small, and now it is basically dry.

Every year some reeds or water chestnuts grow, and I eat some when I have time.

This time I dug it all up, since it's not worth much anyway.

It would be very comfortable to have a large platform, and there would be a spacious place to dry things in the future.

As we dug, we caught a few more eels. Today we caught seven eels in total.

They are also very fat. The eels in the mud pond that can be seen in the bucket are all abnormally large.

"Damn, have a good drink tonight."

"Okay." Erhu happily picked up the eels. "How about I help the village dig them all up, and practice my skills at the same time."

"From the beginning to the end of the village, either you dig all of it, at least 10,000 or 20,000 tons of oil, or you don't dig more than half, otherwise people will say something strange." Qin Dahe shook his head.

What they are doing now is naturally a good thing, building a platform for people for free. This small pond has no economic value.

But people are more worried about inequality than scarcity. Once you dig, you will have to start from the beginning to the end.

"Not many houses have small ponds at the doorstep." Small ponds at the doorstep usually also have some vegetable gardens.

These are the remains of land reclaimed from lakes and will not be counted as contracted land, but will be privately owned by each family.

The original width of the outer river was not inferior to that of the Yuxi River, but they surrounded it.

However, only the people in the middle of the village have such vegetable fields. Other villages do not have fish ponds at their doorsteps.

"If you don't dig the pond, there will always be other things for you to do. It's unavoidable," Qin Dahe said with a frown. "Just wait for people to come to you. Whoever wants to dig the pond will pay fifty yuan for gas."

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Erhu nodded.

It takes more than an hour to dig out a large platform, and after spending fifty yuan on gas, there is basically nothing left, so it is impossible to make money.

But his skills are poor, so it's good enough for him to have a job to practice.

After operating the excavator for an entire afternoon, Qin Dahe's interest was basically satisfied. He decided not to join in the fun and let Erhu find some odd jobs to play with by himself.

We took the eels home and had a midnight snack together at nine o'clock in the evening.

Mainly because Tiedan and Erhu had to do welding, they didn't finish until nine o'clock.

When she got home, Yanyan was quite surprised to see such a big eel.

"We'll have a midnight snack tonight, and I'll go find the kids later." He said with a smile.

"Yeah, let's eat it in the evening." The big yellow eel is full of meat, and the little girl likes to eat it too.

After taking a rest in the bedroom, Qin Dahe took out the gold and started playing with it. This thing was very festive.

Two chubby gold ingots, the same size as those in TV dramas, can be held in one hand.

Each one weighs a little over seven pounds, and the density of gold is very high.

"Brother, isn't it time to name the baby?"

"No hurry, how can I figure it out now?"

You must be cautious when choosing a name, depending on the day the baby is born.

"I'll take you to the hospital for a checkup the day after tomorrow. You're already in the late stages of pregnancy."

"Oh." The little girl was about to get a popsicle, but after thinking about it, she closed the refrigerator door again.

She has been doing this recently. She craves ice cream, but is afraid it will be bad for the baby, so she doesn't dare to eat it even if she gets it.

"Brother, just finish eating the popsicle. You're always tempting me by hiding it in the refrigerator." She said angrily.

"Um, okay." Qin Dahe was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. Forget it, he would call his brothers over for dinner in the evening.

Anyway, we are all grown up, so we don’t have to worry about getting stomach upset.

After dinner, he helped his mother light the fire in the roasting machine before going to look for the kids.

I rode my bike to my child's house but there was no one there, so I turned around and went to my father-in-law's house.

Sure enough, the silly kid had dinner here today, and after dinner he continued to help the master dig things.

He is really able to keep his mind calm. He now has more than 100,000 yuan in cash and four houses in the city. He works hard with his master as a laborer for 30 yuan a day.

"Son, go buy a cell phone later. I went to two places to find you." He put down the two bottles of Lao Wenwang in his hands. This was to honor his father-in-law.

"I don't know how to buy it." The child said hesitantly.

"Forget it, I'll buy you one next time we go to town." He waved his hand nonchalantly. "Grandpa, I'm busy."

He took out a cigarette and gave one to each of them, and lit it for his father-in-law himself.

Grandpa took a deep breath happily and said, "Well, there is a loft shop in Xinba. They prepare the materials at night and work during the day."

"It's good to have a job. How is your craft now?"

"It's not bad, it's getting pretty good. I'll have him make some small ornaments by the end of the year to practice, and then sell them at a market," Grandpa said with a smile. "I didn't get paid for that box last year."

He made a lot last year and gave a box to his brother-in-law to take to Shijian to sell.

As a result, all the money was spent on the girl.

"Haha, I gave it all to Yanyan. It's none of my business." Qin Dahe chuckled.

"Baby, come over for a midnight snack at nine o'clock."

"Okay, big brother."

"Let's go." He waved his hand and went back.

When I got home, my mother was still frying soybean flour and the machine was rumbling.

Qin Dahe began to clean up the eels. Large eels are easy to kill, just be careful not to get bitten.

"Mom, let's kill a little chicken. These eels are not enough to eat at night." Today we have more than four pounds of eels. There are five of us, including Yanyan, and everyone has a big appetite.

"It's only this big." Qin's mother frowned. The largest chicken in the family weighed only a little over one pound.

"It's okay, just kill one, the chicken is tender and delicious." He chuckled.

Someone else's family has three sheep saved. When Baoer gets married, they will call everyone over to try roasting a whole sheep.

When the time comes, take down the machine for frying bean dregs, weld some steel bars on it, put the sheep on it and you can roast it. It is very convenient.

It’s only been about twenty days, and the big event for Silly Kid is just around the corner.

The chickens are killed quickly, and now his cooking skills have improved, he doesn’t even need my help.

　Monthly ticket, I almost overslept today
　　
　
(End of this chapter)