Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 357: Digging a Pond
When my mother and the others learned that Qin Dahe had helped install the air conditioner, they naturally blamed him again.

There are really few people in rural areas who have air conditioners installed nowadays, so Zhang Dazhu is the only one who installed one in the small house where he raises pigs.

He doesn't raise many pigs at home, about fifteen to twenty all year round. But if you keep them all together in the summer without turning on the air conditioner, the pigs will really die.

After staying in the hospital for a day, the doctor repeatedly examined the mother and the two little ones and confirmed their health before agreeing to discharge them.

The whole process cost just over two thousand. The girl gave birth so quickly that the hospital bill of three hundred per night was not paid for a few days.

It is also comfortable to go home and recuperate after childbirth. Air conditioners are installed upstairs and downstairs, which is so comfortable.

The two little guys cried for a while after returning home, and almost all the people around them came to watch the fun.

Mother Qin happily began to make a rocking cradle for her two grandchildren, and laid a thick layer of quilt underneath, fearing that they would be cold.

The house was full of joy. The silly couple came over early in the morning to clean up the house. Baoer was holding the little guy and teasing him non-stop.

Father Qin was also very happy, and his saliva was flying as he spoke. Having his grandchildren really made him proud, and it made him happier than making money.

At noon, my mother prepared a large table to entertain the guests. Because we were in a hurry, most of the dishes served were braised dishes.

My second uncle and aunt also came. Erhu was at Yuncao to accompany a baby in labor, so he didn't come, but someone from home was there too.

"Your family is still faster." Erhu's father said enviously. He has a girl and cannot compare with her.

"Dahe is so lucky, he has both a son and a daughter at once."

Qin Dahe was also a little proud. It was his own son who was so awesome. He achieved two goals with one shot.

At noon, I took out the rice wine to entertain everyone and had some myself.

"Who's the older one in your family?"

"Daughter, the nurse said that she will come out for a few minutes." Mother Qin rarely drank a glass of rice wine. No one in the Qin family was unhappy today.

"That's the eldest sister."

"Yes, we need to make more money for both of us."

"Your family doesn't make any money, how much does Dahe make?"

"Yes."

After the lively banquet ended, everyone was still talking about it. Several branches of the Qin family were buried in the same place, but the fourth branch became more prosperous.

After drinking, Qin Dahe didn't dare to sleep with his son and daughter, so he went straight to his mother's bed to sleep.

Qin's mother went to accompany Yanyan. The old man drank some wine and wanted to come over but was driven out.

The next morning, after having sex with the two little ones, he went out to do his work with satisfaction.

I asked my father-in-law to prepare a lot of wooden planks, and first drove wooden stakes into my own fish pond to build a long diving platform.

I just bought an air conditioner for my grandfather, so naturally I agreed to it. This son-in-law's actions are better than his words. After he bought the air conditioner, who wouldn't envy me for finding a good son-in-law?

The father and son were full of enthusiasm when they worked. They rowed the boat on the pond and quickly drove the piles into the pond one by one.

Then start laying the wooden boards. This is very simple. Just nail them on with long nails. It will also be more convenient to raise and feed the fish in the future.

This is a simple "water corridor".

"Aren't these wooden boards enough? Why do we still need my in-laws to prepare them?" The old man wiped the sweat from his forehead. He felt warm under the sun, but felt cold and uncomfortable when the wind blew.

"I'm planning to build a few more ponds."

"Build a few more fish ponds?"

"Yes, small ponds are quite profitable. We have already rented the big lake. Let's build three more fish ponds along the edge of the fields." He pounded his waist, feeling really tired.

"One is used as a reservoir pond, and then it is made smaller and placed on the bank. Fish guards are placed there during normal times, and crabs are placed there in winter."

"The remaining two are still raising crucian carp. The wholesale price of crucian carp in the city is a bit higher."

"Just build a big pond to raise crucian carp." Qin's father was a little puzzled. It would be troublesome to raise and feed the fish in different ponds.

"That won't do. What if we get water mold?"

Raising fish makes more money than raising pigs, but there is a common problem in the aquaculture industry, which is the fear of disease, especially in large-scale farming.

Raising them separately can share a lot of risks.

The next step is to dredge the river, which is a big project. We will start working immediately after the water is pumped out.

These three small ponds also need to be dredged.

Because the silt is flowing, don't even think about clearing out the silt in the lake; there is too much of it.

He planned to directly insert wooden boards to dredge the silt and then pile up the pond embankment.

To insert the wooden boards, you must drive stakes to block them, so you need to prepare more stakes.

Qin Dahe didn't find it troublesome, so he drove Erhu's excavator over and cleared the trees around the brick kiln.

A factory is going to be built here soon, and clearing the land in advance will save the village trouble.

Then he took the hand axe and started to clear the branches. The axe made of cannonball steel was a bit heavy, but very easy to use.

He had specially sharpened it with an angle grinder, so it was very sharp, and the wooden stakes were quickly repaired one by one.

"Dahe, it's time to eat."

"I'm here." After returning home, I wiped the sweat off my body with a towel, and then put on my clothes to prevent catching a cold.

Neither the father nor the son went to the dining table first, but came to the room to check on the two little ones.

The eldest sister Qingci was sleeping, smacking her lips, and I don’t know what she was eating in her dream.

Qingsong was much happier, with his two little hands waving around, and he turned around immediately when he saw someone coming in.

"I don't know what's wrong with these two. They don't even sleep together." Qin Dahe said in a low voice.

"Son, be more naughty." The old man looked at him happily for a while, and stretched out his fingers for his grandson to hold, his eyes full of pampering.

"Grow up quickly, and grandpa will take you to play in the street."

It was not until they were urged again that the father and son went out to eat.

Then it was just the father and son at the dinner table. My mother brought the food to Yanyan and went to admire her grandchildren.

"Dahe, go buy some more butter and diesel this afternoon. It'll probably take us quite a while to clean up these three ponds."

"I know. I'll go there later. It will take several days for the Third Master to drain the pond."

The father and son also checked in the morning and found that the water level had only dropped by one meter and some water was being pumped out.

After the pumping, we still have to catch fish, which will probably take several days. By then, the fish pond will have nothing to do with San Ye.

"This time, the lake bottom near our house has been deepened. We can pump water directly here in the future. It's so convenient."

The old man frowned when he heard this. "The ridge here is so long, the big pump can't pump it out at all?"

"Just bury cement pipes in the reservoir to connect to the river outside, and then pump the water into the reservoir." He has thought of everything.

"I'll stop by the middle school this afternoon and have them make some pipes and send them over. The excavator is right next to it anyway."

When I was in middle school, there was a workshop nearby that specialized in making cement pipes. It was too troublesome to make it myself, and cement pipes were cheap anyway.

At that time, all the ponds will be connected with cement pipes, a layer of wire mesh and a layer of rubber valves.

When changing the water, pump water from one pond to the reservoir pond. It is very convenient to change the water of four ponds at the same time. When raising crucian carp, it is enough to change the water three to four times a year.

In the summer, they pump water into each other during the day and use it as an oxygenator.

It is not a problem to make 10,000 or 20,000 yuan a year from three crucian carp ponds. If you use nets to catch some fish in the big lake and sell them, you can definitely make enough money to cover the pond rent and daily expenses.

This way, there would be no need to pump out the lake every five years. In his vision, the lake would no longer need to be cleaned, but would be used directly as a bait testing base, and more black carp could be fed into it.

These black carps will become larger and more valuable over time.

In the afternoon, my father-in-law and his family came over again.

The old couple really couldn't sit still at home. They had just finished their carpentry work and the next step was to prepare wooden boards for their son-in-law. As soon as they had time, they would come over to see their two grandchildren.

Qin Dahe said hello and drove to the town.

First, I ordered cement pipes and had them made and delivered directly to my home, and then I started buying lime.

This time he directly asked for ten bags and pulled them back in a Land Cruiser. This off-road vehicle really suffered a lot with him, as he loaded everything into the car.

The lake must be disinfected with lime to thoroughly purify the water. Then we won’t have to go to the other side of the levee to wash clothes, which is too much suffering.

Silver carp and bighead carp fry must be released, but I don’t know what the rules are for releasing the fry. I have to ask Uncle Wu.

Then he went again and bought a large amount of diesel and grease. The excavator was more fuel-guzzling than him, and he didn't know if ten thousand yuan worth of oil would be enough.

The next step is to wait until the lake is drained before continuing operations.

He had been extremely happy these past few days; the two children weren't as noisy as he'd imagined, and he had time to work on the rest of the aircraft carrier battle formation.

Moreover, the main people who take care of the children are my mother and Yanyan. Aunt is also there during the day, so he doesn't need to help at all.

Nowadays, wives are really nice. When the girl is in confinement after childbirth, they will quietly feed and change the baby's diaper when the baby wakes up at night, trying not to disturb his sleep, unless both little ones wake up at the same time.

With two aunts taking care of her during the day, she can also have a good rest.

I just can’t sleep through the night. The baby gets hungry very quickly and needs milk every three hours.

Erhu also came back with his men after his wife gave birth.

He was able to put down his work and concentrate on staying in the hospital for five or six days, which is much better than most men today.

Nowadays, many rural women give birth at home. Amei is actually very satisfied with his behavior. Although she is not as good as Qin Dahe, it is always better than ordinary people.

Seeing that the water level at the lake had receded to the center, the two of them started to work.

Erhu had been looking forward to this dredging for a long time, and what was even more exciting was that his excavator was the one doing the work of digging the foundation of the flower factory.

The village was already preparing for the shareholding, and Erhu and Qin Dahe were both called to the meeting.

Many wealthy families in the village were present at the meeting, including the mushroom-growing family, Zhang Dazhu, the tofu shop owner, my second uncle, etc. Anyone who did business was present.

The other piece of gold in Erhu's hand was also exchanged for money, and he had hundreds of thousands of cash in his hands.

Qin Dahe has a lot of cash. Although his expenses are high, he has sold bait for tens of thousands of yuan this year, so he can still make a hundred thousand yuan.

He also planned to go to Jinling to sell the two pieces of gold. Erhu wanted to sell them bit by bit, which was very troublesome. He didn't want to do that. He just wanted to go to Jinling and get it done.

However, there is no powerful figure like Director Li in the village's flower-making factory, so they are not very willing to invest. They just want to make up for the remaining small amount.

(End of this chapter)