Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 474 Closing the Net
The next morning, Qin Dahe was woken up. It was already six o'clock and he had to go and close the net.

Yanyan is still sleeping, and she doesn't need to wake up until the baby wakes up.

At this time, the sky was bright, the mulberry trees beside the fish pond were lush and green, and the air was a little fresher.

"My dad is gone?" He frowned. The Land Cruiser in the yard was nowhere to be seen.

"Your dad went to drive the car. He can make more money when it rains, so he might as well deliver some goods to the yard for storage." Mother Qin laughed dryly. She agreed after the old man left. She could make at least an extra hundred or eighty yuan from this morning's trip.

Qin Dahe: “.”

With fifty nets and the catch, he had to run two or three round trips by himself.

Although it didn't rain in the morning, the ground under the levee must have been very slippery and difficult to walk on.

I'm really impressed. He's being treated like a donkey.

"I'll go with you to collect it later. Mom can do it too."

"Forget it, don't fall down. It's not raining today. I'll do it slowly."

After breakfast, I went out with two buckets. I got up a little late today, and I guessed that Silly Kid had already put away the net.

Before we reached the levee, two familiar faces from the village came up pushing their bicycles.

The slope here is very steep and you have to push it.

"Dahe, you're so rich now, why are you still fishing?"

"Get some money for milk powder. Milk powder for these two kids costs me several thousand a month."

"Ce, you really have a lot of money."

Imported milk powder costs 240 yuan per bucket. My two little ones at home use one bucket every three days, which means 2400 yuan per month.

In this day and age, ordinary people simply cannot afford to feed themselves.

He carried the bucket down the levee and immediately started to raise the net.

The first net brought a surprise: three or two river shrimps, a white eel, and two small angji.

The second net caught less than two taels of river shrimp, plus an old man fish and several whitebait.

It's quite satisfying when you pull in the nets. You can catch all kinds of fish and occasionally get a surprise.

Sometimes I would catch some small fish that I didn’t recognize and I would throw them all away.

While I was busy, Silly Boy came down wearing rubber shoes. He was the one who helped sell the shrimp cages and other things every time.

I just went to his house and learned that Qin Dahe was setting the net alone, so I immediately came to help.

"How's your morning, baby?"

"There are lots of river shrimps and small fish too." The kid laughed innocently, "Brother, do you want to keep that little Angji and the old man fish?"

"No, these small fish are useless. You can put smallmouth bass or black carp, silver carp and bighead carp in there."

Although the old man fish and the Angji fish are priced well, they are too small and can only be used as food for other fish, making them difficult to breed.

This kind of large mixed-breeding pond will establish its own ecology, and there is no need to deliberately release these small fish seedlings.

"Oh."

The shrimp cages were all made with the help of Hanwa. He knew all the markings and put them away with ease.

The catch was quite a lot, and Qin Dahe was getting happier and happier.

Two white eels and a baby catfish.

This kind of catfish cannot be kept in fish ponds. It is too ferocious. If it reproduces, it will cause the pond to be cleared.

Mandarin fish and black carp have much smaller appetites and grow slowly, so they are good for clearing out small fish.

With help, the fifty nets were quickly collected.

Both buckets were full. The bottom layer was filled with river shrimps, a lot of miscellaneous fish, and four white eels.

Covering the buckets with lids to prevent the fish from escaping, Qin Dahe carried the two buckets of fish back, and Hanwaer followed behind with two rolls of nets.

Only he could lift it because he was very strong. The nets were soaked in water, and fifty of them weighed a hundred pounds.

We returned to the yard and immediately sorted the fish. Some of the small fish that could be raised were thrown into the big lake.

Because Hanwa often puts fish in it, Qin Dahe can't tell how many fish are in it now.

"Leave three portions for the miscellaneous fish, and sell the rest."

"Brother, I left some for the master." The kid put down a bag.

Da'angji will also be caught, but they are relatively few and often cannot be collected in full.

"Okay, then I'll just keep two portions of miscellaneous fish." Qin Dahe smiled and took out the river shrimp, estimating that it weighed about ten kilograms.

I will give half a pound of the larger ones to Hanwa and take them to his elder sister's house for Binbin to eat.

"Do you have a lot of crabs? I'll make some spicy crabs tonight."

"Not many, just six."

"Forget it." He only managed to get three out of the fifty shrimp cages.

This thing depends entirely on luck. If you are lucky, you can get dozens of them in the morning.

After collecting two portions of miscellaneous fish, the rest were put onto Silly Boy’s tricycle. We’ll figure out how much they sold for when we get back.

"Brother, is your mouth pouting?" Yanyan just came out with a changed diaper and spoke when she saw the two of them busying around.

"No, we're having mixed fish today."

"Oh." Yanyan went back happily. She had a very pleasant night.

After Han Wa left, Qin Dahe also started to get busy. He first checked the large jar, and found that another jar of sour corn was ready. He would pack it into bags when his second aunt and the others came over.

I have to brew a few more jars.

The corridor along the courtyard wall is filled with large jars, which can soak at least 2,000 kilograms at a time, but the fermentation time is too long.

Sales are average now. All types of fermented corn combined can’t even sell 5,000 kilograms a month.

I set up a big pot in the yard and started steaming sweet potatoes. The main ingredient of sweet potato corn is not corn, but sweet potato.

One pound of sweet potato corn requires at least six ounces of sweet potato puree.

This is the bait with the lowest cost. It sells for eight yuan per catty, and you can still make seven yuan including the shipping cost. Sweet potatoes are not worth anything at all.

The profit margin of silver carp and bighead carp bait has been reduced a lot now. If the sales of other baits increase, they can make up for it.

"Dahe, light some honeycomb coal and put it in there. Your dad will bring back some bean dregs to fry later."

"got it."

I went to the side and picked up some honeycomb coal and put it under the big pot, which saved me the trouble of starting a fire.

Unless there is a heavy rainstorm during the day, the small workshop will not stop working. Now the stock of silver carp and bighead carp bait is a bit insufficient.

At half past eight, my second aunt and my aunt just came to the yard. Seeing that the bean dregs had not come back yet, they started to make bait first.

The warehouse in the new house has fried soybean powder, bean dregs, corn flour, etc., but it takes effort to mix and package them.

Overall, this job is pretty easy.

It was time for Yanyan to go to work, so she held the two puppies in the yard.

"Brother, I'm going to work. Remember to pick up the baby if it rains." She even made herself laugh as she said this, as if she was picking up clothes.

"I know. Go ahead and get busy."

My second aunt and the others were busy packing in the front hall, and Qin's mother was busy doing housework, so he was the only one who could look after the little ones.

I don’t know how the family was taken care of when he was away.

I used a towel to clean the stone cow. The little ones were playing inside in their open-crotch pants, and all kinds of toys were scattered all over the floor.

"Chao Mian, come here and take care of the baby for me." After the shout, a black and a yellow man came running out from the door.

"Uh uh!" Po stretched out his hand when he saw the puppy. He loved playing with dogs the most.

Qingci mumbled something inaudible, climbed up with the help of the railing, and looked around with his little eyes.

Qin Dahe knew what he was looking for right away and shouted towards the balcony, "Fei Fei, Qingci is calling you."

"Meow!" A vague cat's cry, and one could even hear that the blood was a bit "thick".

The chubby orange cat stood up from the balcony, stretched his body, and glanced at the yard through the glass.

Then it walked back slowly. The balcony sliding door was closed, so it had to take a detour to get down.

The three little ones were all in place. Qin Dahe fed them some food and went to work.

The roar of an engine could be heard outside the house. Father Qin returned with some bean dregs after a run.

"Dahe, help lift it."

"coming."

When I opened the trunk, I saw bags of bean dregs piled high on the waterproof cloth.

It was only installed with the rear seats removed.

My second aunt and the others clapped their hands and came over to help carry the bean dregs. The three roasting machines were ready to start working.

Qin Dahe had to settle the shipping fee and the money for collecting 4,300 kilograms of bean dregs. His second aunt and the others were all amazed.

This family is really interesting. The father and son are still settling accounts.

"Six hundred and eight, and twenty more for cigarettes. Don't say that I am an unfilial son." After counting out seven green banknotes, Qin's father didn't take it seriously and turned around to hand them to his wife.

After driving an illegal taxi, he no longer lacked pocket money. He could save twenty or thirty dollars a day, which amounted to several hundred dollars a month, and he could even claim some extra expenses.

For example, windshield washer fluid, refueling and the like, you can get dozens of dollars privately by just reporting it.

"I'm leaving now. There are so many people here today." Father Qin glanced at the Land Cruiser with disdain and drove out in his Santana.

Unless necessary, he would not want to drive the Land Cruiser because of the smell inside.

Qin Dahe was loading fish and bean dregs, and he never washed his car except when it rained. His million-dollar luxury car was not as shiny as his van.

It was hit by a car yesterday, and it looks like it won't be repaired in the short term.

My second aunt and my aunt started busying themselves with frying the bean dregs.

Take out the honeycomb coal from under the big pot, and then crush it under the roasting machine. Honeycomb coal crushed pieces will be added regularly.

Qin Dahe opened a bag of bean dregs and went to feed the crucian carp.

The temperature drop this time is quite good. The density of crucian carp in the pond is a bit high, and if the temperature gets any higher we will have to lift the nets.

"Mom, you go to the yard and look after the baby. I'm going to feed the fish and patrol the pond."

"What's the point of patrolling? The fish in this pond haven't grown up yet. Why patrol them?" Qin's mother said angrily.

"Just take a look." Qin Dahe responded embarrassedly, pushing the cart and starting to feed the fish.

The pond was a little muddy after the rain, and the fish floated to the surface, densely packed.

The pond mouth is large enough and the water is flowing, so there is no sign of the pond overflowing yet.

As a shovel of bean dregs went in, the water surface seemed to boil.

(End of this chapter)