Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 342 A loving mother and a filial son
The girl would definitely not speak up for him. She was very timid and was just trying to gain psychological comfort.

As expected, he was scolded by his mother when he went to the fields, but Qin's father was busy working in another field.

"Mom, go back and cook. I'll take care of this."

"Okay, work hard. It was cloudy yesterday, and I think it's going to rain twice more."

Seeing his mother leave, Qin Dahe suddenly became happy. He quickly put on a cotton bag and started picking fruits.

Now we pick the fruits together with the shells, and leave the fingernails on our thumbs to make it easier to pinch the roots.

He skillfully started working from where my mother had stopped. As he picked the fruits into the bag one by one, the fruits took up more space than cotton, and the bag in front of him was full in less than a second.

He picked all the fruits that had opened and the shells had turned yellow.

After picking the fruits at the edge of the field, pour them into a big bag and then turn around to continue picking.

For those families with more land, after they have picked all the cotton, the cotton in front will start to bloom again. It will take two months to finish picking the cotton by repeating this process.

He worked until twelve o'clock, and only stopped when his mother called him across the river to eat.

There weren't many fruits here, just about 200 kilograms. I went back swayingly with the load on my shoulder.

He had a hard time carrying the 200-jin load, and was sweating when he got home.

Passing by the gate of the yard, Qin's father just came back, carrying a load of nearly 300 kilograms, and looked at him with contempt.

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"Let's eat first. The big mandarin fish is cooked." The old mother took over the burden from him with a smile.

He grabbed the man, weighing over 100 pounds, and threw him into the living room.

There are already several hundred kilograms of fruits piled up here. If we continue picking them in the field for an afternoon, they will basically be gone. The next step is to peel the fruits.

After a while, the cotton in the field bloomed and they continued to pick it. His family had little land, so there was a gap of at least ten days in between.

The father and son washed their faces and returned to the dining table.

Each person had a can of beer and a big mandarin fish, it was so delicious.

"Hehe, this mandarin fish needs to be bought with cotton from two mu of land." Qin Dahe chuckled.

"If you can't speak, don't speak." I glanced at him and took a bite of the mandarin fish. It was really expensive.

"Oh." He continued to eat in a sullen manner. The girl beside him chuckled. This is what the brother said.

She picked up two mouthfuls of food and took a big bite, then suddenly covered her stomach with her hands.

"What's wrong?" Seeing her suddenly holding her stomach, the three people in the family stood up, extremely nervous.

"The baby is moving." Yanyan said weakly, startled by everyone's excitement.

"Haha, it's good that you can move." Qin Dahe also felt itchy and moved to sit next to her and look at her big belly.

Even through the clothes, you can see the slight bulge. If you were in the room, you would have lifted up the clothes long ago. It would be so much fun for parent-child interaction.

The old couple looked at the girl with a smile on their faces, their hearts full of energy, because their grandson was about to be born.

"Dahe, do you want to go to the hospital in advance?"

"No, just send it to the city's Maternal and Child Health Hospital a week before the due date."

"It's time to go to the city."

"We should spend as much as we need to, but we can't be stingy." My mother went into the house and took out her passbook. "Here are 30,000 yuan. Any extra money spent will be on me."

"How can I use your money?" Qin Dahe was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. He was just doing it for the girl to see.

If he really wanted to take it, he could have, but Qin's mother must have felt uncomfortable, as she felt emptied of money all of a sudden.

"Mom, we are rich." The girl said proudly while touching her belly with a smile.

"Brother collected more than 10,000 yuan in payments this morning."

"That's fine. Tell mom what you want to eat."

Looking at the atmosphere of loving mother and filial son, the two men curled their lips at the same time, looked at each other, and lowered their heads to eat.

After dinner, Qin Dahe went to the entrance of the village to buy cigarettes. The father and son went out at 1:30 in the afternoon and picked the crops together in the fields by the lake.

When we arrived at Liming Supermarket, there were only a few people there today.

During the busy farming season, no one has time to stroll around, so these guys are probably just idlers.

"Grandpa, take two black pines."

"Okay." Mr. Huang said with a smile, "Watch it. I'll go to the back room to get the goods."

These cigarettes that cost around 200 yuan a pack definitely can't be left at the door.

Anyway, Qin Dahe is an acquaintance, so he feels at ease letting him look after the store.

After Mr. Huang left, the other two immediately started talking.

"It's so rich."

"Yes, what's your name, brother? I wonder what business you are in?"

Qin Dahe frowned when he heard this. This was a foreigner, and the locals must know him.

He took out a black pine cigarette and lit it, but he had no intention of passing it on.

"My last name is Qin, just call me Qin Dahe," he said calmly. "I'm farming at home. I've been picking cotton berries all morning, and I have more to do this afternoon."

The two looked at each other in bewilderment. What the hell is farming? Even if you farm for a year, it won't be enough for you to smoke cigarettes.

"Haha, brother, you really know how to joke."

"Yeah, let's go out and have fun together when we have time." As they said this, they handed out their business cards.

Qin Dahe took it and glanced at it casually. Travel company? Manager?
I laughed in my heart and ignored this person who was selling dog meat under the guise of selling mutton.

After waiting for Mr. Huang to deliver the cigarettes, I paid the bill, said goodbye and went home.

After he left, the two immediately surrounded Mr. Huang to inquire about his whereabouts. "I'm just a farmer and occasionally fish." Mr. Huang didn't think much of it and paid no attention to these two unknown outsiders.

The next morning, the sky was overcast and the wind was a bit cold.

Early in the morning, Qin Dahe received a call from Lishui. Someone wanted to order bait, so he directly asked Mr. Xu from Jinling to place the order.

Once you agree to be someone's agent, you must not go back on your word.

Boss Xu called me this morning to express his gratitude. His agency business is now making quite a bit of profit.

I can make four yuan per pound of bait, and if I wholesale fifty pounds, I will make two hundred yuan.

At this time, he was picking cotton berries with his father in the field. They didn't finish picking them last night. The fields on the west side were a bit scattered, so they had to continue picking for a while today.

"Another business?" Qin's father glanced at him sideways.

Yesterday morning he didn't know that his son would be surfing the Internet until after ten o'clock before coming home, and he thought he would just pick the fruits by the lake until noon.

As a result, my mother said something unintentionally in the evening, and naturally I started to scold him again. At this time, the relationship between the father and son had faded.

"Well, from Jinling." He said irritably, not wanting to pay attention to the old man.

"whispering sound."

At ten o'clock, the cotton had been picked and Qin's father wanted him to take it back.

"I have something else to do with Erhu and the others. I have to go out to do welding tomorrow." After saying that, he ran away.

After putting the bag into the big bag, the man went straight to the village along the path.

"Fuck it, it's just a phone call." The old man cursed as he carried his load home.

"I know how to play all day long."

Qin Dahe first went to Erhu's house to look for someone. When he learned that two people were welding upstairs, he didn't care and decided to go up and talk to them later.

When we arrived at my second uncle's house at the intersection, I saw Ah Hao and the other two climbing a tree to dig out a bird's nest.

The child's family has no meat, so he can only get food from everywhere. This is the only way because of the poor conditions.

"Ah Hao, bring people to my house this afternoon to pick cotton."

"I know, Brother Daha." The little guy was immediately happy when he heard it. It is really difficult to make money nowadays.

Because the fruits have not yet arrived in large quantities, no one has asked them to peel the cotton.

"Haha, don't fall." He said with a smile. "It's ten cents a pound."

Having said that, he went back.

There are fewer and fewer old-fashioned kids like this, and he's quite happy to see them. He might as well give them a little extra money so they can buy some food.

Moreover, because of buying a bicycle, the little guy is in debt, and he must be under a lot of pressure.

The bicycle was returned, and Ah Hao's family came to express their gratitude and gave him a small bag of country eggs.

No one would think that the Qin family is cheating people by buying a new bicycle for a hundred yuan.

As we walked along, we found that there were very few people in the village. Although some houses had their doors open, there was a one-meter-high barrier at the door.

Because the adults in the family have to go to the fields to work, they are afraid that the children will run away if they are left at home.

Some people just lock the door, but this is rarely done because children would cry so miserably if they couldn't see the outside world.

I'm afraid of human traffickers, so whenever I have free time, I sit on a bench at the door and work. This is what I did during the busy farming season this year.

Since his family lived in such a large area at the entrance of the village, they would definitely keep an eye on strangers when they had time. Those with children were much more polite when they saw her.

The same is true for Erhu and his welding shop. With two adult men at the entrance of the village, everyone feels much more at ease.

Walking through the village, he hardly saw any adults wandering around, so he looked like an alien.

Even if others have picked all the fruits, they still have to peel them at home, so they don’t have time to come out.

"Dahe, going to the supermarket?" My mother called me when I passed by my house.

"I'm going to Erhu's place." He pointed upwards. "Tomorrow I'll go to Nanxiang to do some welding."

"Come back and bring back a bottle of soy sauce, two ounces and eight anise. I need it for cooking."

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When we went up to the welding shop, Erhu and his friend were still busy modifying the car.

"It's not finished yet?" He frowned.

"This Dogecoin guy is always slacking off." Tiedan was furious. "He only came here at nine in the morning."

"Haha." Erhu said embarrassedly, "I released some rabbit bows last night and went to collect them this morning."

"Damn, hurry up and finish it, we're going to Nanxiang tomorrow."

"I know, I'm working overtime tonight." Tiedan turned to look at Erhu, "I won't go home until I finish the work tonight."

"Okay, if you can't finish the work tonight, I'll come and help you." He said with a smile, "Do you have any rabbits?"

Rabbits are very fat in autumn and they smell delicious when stewed.

"There are two, and I have given one to Auntie." Erhu said with a smile.

"You have a conscience. I'll come to help you in the afternoon." No wonder I had to buy two taels and eight jiao myself.

The spices for cooking rabbit need to be heavy, otherwise the flavor will not be overpowering.

The fruits have been picked today. Ah Hao and his friends will come to our house to peel them in the afternoon. It’s okay for him to come up and do some welding for a while, and take a look at the skills of these two guys.

After the chat, he went straight to the supermarket. It was already past ten o'clock, so he had to quickly send the star anise home.

When I arrived at Liming Supermarket, I didn’t expect that the two “managers” from yesterday were still there, chatting with Bao Ye.

"Mr. Huang, Mr. Bao." He greeted them with a smile and handed cigarettes to both of them.

(End of this chapter)