Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 358 Great Lake Transformation

In the afternoon, the winter sun is bright yellow and it feels very comfortable on people.

Unfortunately, there was a slight north wind, and when it blew, it made people feel so cold that they had to shrink their hands and feet.

Uncle San had already caught all the fish here in the morning and was now pumping water with an electric pump in the center of the lake.

The center of the lake is more than eight meters deep, and it is impossible to pump water in Xu Village. It can only be pumped out with a high-power electric pump connected to a long leather hose.

Qin Dahe was leading people to insert wooden boards when Hanwaer, Qin's father, father-in-law and second uncle all came.

Erhu was building a road on the side, a dirt road that could accommodate two three-wheeled vehicles, running along the lakeside from their village to Xu Village.

On the one hand, the motor tricycle is used to transport mud, and on the other hand, it is convenient for patrolling the pond.

If you have fish in a large lake, you must patrol it regularly. If you don’t keep an eye on it, people may put traps in the ground without you even noticing.

The dirt road occupied the area of the lake, and he would have to drive some road stakes in after it was completed.

Otherwise, over time, this dirt road will definitely become a thin strip.

This is what Qin's father did. His field was close to a brick kiln, so he dug out a lot of extra soil, shoveling a little bit at a time. After a long time, the soil came out.

If we continue to plant, we will have another field in two years.

However, a flower-making factory will soon open in the village, so those who rent his land probably won’t have the chance to dig it.

After the wooden boards were inserted and stakes were driven into the inside, the simple dirt road on Erhu's side was also repaired.

He planned to leave half of the road open, and then dig up the other half later. Otherwise, not only would it be inconvenient for people to use water pumps to irrigate the fields, but large trucks would also have to run through it.

After driving for a long time, this road will become public property, and he will suffer a lot.

Half of the road can be used for running back and forth by a small motorcycle tricycle or pedal board. He won't use a Land Cruiser to patrol the pond because the fuel cost is not enough to build one.

"Erhu, dig the silt first, don't get stuck." He said worriedly.

The lake has never been desilted. After the water was pumped out, the thickest layer at the bottom is at least one meter deep.

"Okay, watch me." Erhu started his homework excitedly.

My second uncle and his friends who had motorcycle tricycles all came, a total of eight motorcycle tricycles, and a big tractor. They came on their own and agreed to pay ten yuan for a tractor of sludge.

On the side of the dirt road, everyone who owned land was waiting in the field with a shovel in hand.

Five yuan for a truckload of silt, and it will be delivered to the fields. Where can you find such a good thing? The truck beds welded by Qin Dahe and his team are very high, and one truckload can hold at least one ton of silt.

The excavator was extremely fast and filled the motor tricycle with just two shovels, and then it was transferred to the tractor.

This old pond silt is more useful than chemical fertilizer and will not burn the seedlings, so everyone is working enthusiastically.

This scene is even more lively than the ten or so people fishing on the Third Master's side.

It was not until five o'clock in the evening that the bottom of the pond was barely cleared, and thicker silt was still in the middle.

During this period, there were constant surprises in the mud.

In such a small area, we caught three soft-shelled turtles, several black carps and crucian carps.

The lake is too big, and it is impossible for the ten or so people of San Ye to catch all of them. They can only catch all the big fish.

The fish was assumed to be Qin Dahe's own since he had already caught it in the morning.

However, Qin Dahe was still very polite and sent over a soft-shelled turtle and a black carp, and kept the rest at home as a snack.

Since I asked my second uncle and others to do some work, of course I have to entertain them.

In the evening, everyone gathered together to eat and drink, and continued working the next day.

After one night, the mud pit was frozen solid. You can imagine how cold it was at night.

The fishing season at San Ye's side was almost over. Qin Dahe even saw a herring weighing over 40 kilograms, each of which cost nearly 1,000 yuan.

There is not much difference between farmed and wild black carp of this level, and the fish stones are more valuable than the fish meat.

It seems that the pond was not cleaned thoroughly last time and the water in the center was not completely pumped out. This time, because of the sublease, it must be completely pumped out.

Erhu's job in the morning is to repair the pond embankment, and it is only in the afternoon that he starts to dredge the pond.

It's so cold, and Qin Dahe doesn't want to go out. Wouldn't it be nice to stay at home and enjoy his daughter and son?

Unfortunately, he is the only one who has to be busy.

We need to coordinate to dig up some hard soil. We can't build the pond embankment with silt. It needs to be mixed with silt and compacted.

He also had to discuss with Erhu how to repair the pond embankment. From time to time, he would get in the car to work for a while, letting Erhu get off to rest.

Qin Dahe was not an old hand either, so he could only say that if he could build a pond embankment that would not collapse, he would be considered a success, but he was not much better than Erhu.

At this time, he held a piece of black pine in his mouth, exhaling some smoke from time to time, and used both hands to control his arms to pile up the pond embankment.

The cement pipes arrived today. Erhu hung them with a rope below and then used an excavator to move them into the prepared groove.

"Lean a little to the left." "A little more, okay."

As one cement pipe was placed, Erhu stepped forward to untie the rope, then hung another cement pipe and installed it on the other side of the pond bank.

"Come here, your waist hurts from sitting down." He shouted to the people below.

Driving an excavator is quite interesting, but it’s only fun to do occasionally. He can’t stand sitting on it all the time.

"Coming." Erhu immediately changed shifts.

His top priority now is to practice his skills, and digging soil and building ridges are also skills.

"Firm up the slope."

"Yes, just bury it according to the planks I inserted. Don't fucking damage the planks." Ce, seeing Erhu make a mistake and knock off the outer planks, he hurried down to support the planks.

Otherwise, the silt will flow over and the pond embankment will not be able to be compacted.

After finally finishing the job and coming up, I was sweating all over.

In this lousy weather, the wind is cold and the sun is hot. I sweat and feel cold while working.

I felt uncomfortable wearing leather pants, so I just sat in the field and smoked, watching Erhu work.

As the excavator continued to work, the embankments on both sides were quickly compacted and the oil was almost gone. Qin Dahe came over with butter and diesel to refill the tank.

It's really fucking expensive. The renovation and dredging of the three fish ponds will cost more than ten thousand yuan. I also have to buy fish fry, so it's a big investment.

They worked until noon, then they took a break and Erhu went back to eat.

He loves his daughter very much and wants to go back to take care of her after he finishes his work.

For most men, daughters are more caring, while sons are likely to drain the family savings. How can they like their daughters when they think about this?

Qin Dahe also went home. As for his two children, they missed them so much after being away for the entire morning.

After a quick wash and soaking my hands in hot water, I returned to the bedroom.

Qingsong had fallen asleep, and Qingci had just finished his meal, with milk stains still on the corners of his mouth.

Qin Dahe smiled and wiped her clean with a towel, picked her up and shook her, and the little one immediately became happy.

"Yan'er, how is your confinement?"

"I really want to take a shower." The little girl had a bitter face. Since giving birth, she had only wiped her body.

"Just wait, there's still half a month until I'm out of confinement."

The main reason is that there is no running water. If there is running water, a water heater and air conditioning, you can actually take a bath during the confinement period.

"Well, Qingsong is so good. He sleeps for more than an hour every day." She looked at her son with joy in her heart. It would be great if he didn't make trouble for her.

"Qingci still needs me to chat with her. She babbles and I don't know what she is saying." Yanyan was happy to see her eldest daughter sniffing the man left and right.

Qin Dahe quite enjoyed having this little thing exploring his body, luckily he had just changed his clothes.

Qingci was whispering to her, and she didn't know what she was saying. She looked back at her mother from time to time, and then stuck to his neck again.

He felt itchy and wanted to give everything to his daughter.

What a good girl.

"Dahe, let's go eat." Qin's mother came in and took her granddaughter, saying in a low voice.

Because of her two grandsons, she speaks in a softer and gentler voice.

Now that everyone in the family is busy taking care of the two children, it seems like we have a more important goal.

The four little ones in the family seemed to have sensed the atmosphere, and they rarely came into the new house until the hostess came out.

Feifei often lies in the attic, where he can bask in the sun all day.

After lunch, Qin's father drove his tricycle to haul wood, and brought it back to ask grandpa to make planks out of it.

Small ponds need to be renovated, and large lakes also need to be renovated, so there is still a demand for wooden boards and wooden piles.

Just buying these woods cost three thousand yuan, and Qin Dahe even had a bigger idea.

Erhu enjoyed the girl for a while before coming over to do the work.

The main task in the afternoon was to dredge the ground and transport mud for people using a motorcycle tricycle. My second uncle and his friends came early.

They can get three dollars out of the five dollars they get from selling the sludge, so making a hundred or eighty dollars in an afternoon is not a small amount.

There is not much to do during the slack season, so it would be best if I could earn some money.

This time the dredging was carried out in the center of the lake near his home. The original water depth was about six meters.

Now all that's left is black mud, with some unexpected gains occasionally found.

In the afternoon, Uncle San's team was almost retreating. Most of the fish were caught and the water pumps were put away.

Qin Dahe ran over to say hello and told them that the big ridge did not need to be dug up again, which meant that the bridge on the Xu Village side would be gone.

Originally, the big lake was connected to another big lake behind Xu Village. This was the original inland river, which was blocked by village gates.

Even though there is a net blocking the way, some fish will definitely escape.

When the Third Master pumps water, he fills up the bridge and then pumps the water.

There is no need to dig it up now, he just doesn't want the passage over there.

They were used to it, and every time he pumped water, he would give them some fish. It was not like the Third Master was not paying the pond rent, and this year he gave out another 1,500 kilograms of fish.

In total, only 28,000 kilograms of fish were caught, which is just over 170,000 yuan.

There are fewer black carps, but their price is higher. In five years, including the pond bottom, only a part of the black carps have grown to the size that can be sold as black carp stones.

The fish collectors are transporting the goods now.

Qin Dahe also helped to move the fish up. Having Erhu was enough to sell the silt.

Knowing that he was the next contractor, the fish collector handed him a business card.

"Where do you send all these fish?" He was a little curious. Scar Ye received good fish and supplied them to restaurants or Jinling.

"Haha, we send the live fish to our own ponds to raise them," the other person said with a smile. "The dead ones are sent to the processing factory to be salted. The weather is just right now."

(End of this chapter)