Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 6 Harvest
"Dad, let's go." Qin Dahe was eager to go out with his net just after finishing his meal.

"Why are you in such a hurry? Come and prepare with me first."

Qin's father took him to the woodshed, and they first put on their waders, the kind of rubber jumpsuit with suspenders.

"If you don't wear this, it will be troublesome if you get bit by a snake. You should be more careful when you go fishing next time."

"Also, bring a headlamp, work gloves, and a weeding sickle. I'm telling you, the Yuxi River is very dangerous. There are crocodiles."

Under the dim light, Qin's father chattered on and on as he taught him some common sense about fishing, appearing to be extremely serious.

"Is it an alligator? That thing can't even beat a goose."

"The Yangtze alligator is also a crocodile. Stop talking nonsense and go get the things." Qin's father glared at him. He couldn't scare this kid.

Qin Dahe smiled and went out to carry the traps. Twenty traps plus lead weights weighed at least forty or fifty kilograms, which was not light.

However, Yuxi River is just a few steps away across the road, so Qin's father let him do it.

When they arrived at the river, Qin's father began to teach him where to cast the net to catch more river shrimp.

There is a washing platform at his house, so he can't cast a net. There are many small fish here, and the big fish are attracted by the slapping sound of the washing clothes, so the small river shrimps are quickly eaten up.

After selecting and choosing, he dug a grass hole and put down the shrimp cage as a hidden mark.

Five more shrimp cages were placed next to the reed marsh, and Qin's father even went into the water to dig a hole.

"Last month it rained, and I used three shrimp cages here to get a pound of river shrimp. There was plenty."

Looking at the old man's high-spirited look, Qin Dahe felt a little admiring. This man is really awesome.

In this day and age, earning 20,000 or 30,000 yuan a year is quite impressive, and most people don’t have that ability.

"Remember, starting from the water pumping station opposite Limin Supermarket and all the way to our diving platform, as long as you see someone casting a net, collect them." Qin's father pulled up two eel cages, which were full of mud and there was a dead eel.

"Isn't the Yuxi River public?" Qin Dahe looked at his father in confusion.

"It's public, but we have private rules too. This section belongs to our family, so we can put the cages there and catch the bastards in the net."

"Did you get it by fighting?"

"Huh? Can you get the place without fighting? Otherwise they would call me Qin Da, so they can't beat me." The old man raised his chin proudly, looking at his son's admiring eyes, feeling a little proud.

"awesome."

Qin Dahe had never known these things before. Only after he was reborn did he realize how well his father was doing in the countryside.

He remembered that when his business was not doing well, his father wanted to lend him some money, but he refused.

I guess the family must have had a lot of savings at that time.

Now that his son was back, Qin's father became bolder and started to jump over the cage under the jumping platform.

"Isn't this where we can go online?"

"Yes, as long as no one knows."

"Haha, that's right. A shrimp cage only costs a few dollars anyway."

The father and son turned off the lights, crossed the diving platform and lowered the remaining five traps.

There was more grass here, so I had to go into the water and clean it out once before I was done.

After putting away the shrimp cages, the two of them washed up briefly before going out on the street. They were not in a hurry to go home. Instead, they sat on the ground and enjoyed the night breeze. Father Qin looked particularly comfortable while smoking a cigarette.

With his son holding a light for him from behind, he feels much more at ease when surfing the Internet at night. He feels happy when he thinks of this.

"Do you smoke or not?"

"smoke."

He took the cigarette and took a puff. Judging from his movements, he was obviously an old smoker.

"Fuck, you even learned to smoke at school." The old man cursed.

"Tsk, you were holding me and smoking when I was in diapers. Do you need to go to school to learn this?"

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"Have you ever dated women in school?" "Yes, I was ruined by a senior student right after I entered college." Qin Dahe said casually.

"Haha, you're taking advantage of me. The tuition fee isn't a loss at all." The old man laughed.

"Home is still the best. Hehe, next year we two will make some money and I'll give you a few more fat grandchildren."

"Just put it this way, I won't forgive you if you don't have a grandson."

Father Qin was very pleased that his youngest son had finally grown up and was speaking and acting like an adult.

The old man and the young man chatted for a long time under the moonlight, as if they had been friends for many years.

The next morning, at dawn, Qin Dahe was sleeping soundly when he was woken up by someone.

"Come with me to collect the net."

"Oh, here it comes." Hearing that the harvest would be coming soon, he immediately lost all sleepiness.

He hurriedly took the bucket and ran across the street.

"Go down slowly, it's very steep. I'll fix the slope when I have time today." The old man looked at his son with a smile.

When I first bought the shrimp cage, I especially loved the harvest. I could catch river shrimp, stone crabs, loaches, and everything else.

They first collected the five shrimp cages next door. There were still quite a lot of them, at least more than 400 grams of river shrimp.

"This little crutch has come in, just throw it away."

"Well, I'll catch a cat and put it at home, and feed the cat with the small fish."

Xiaoguaizi is a small carp. Not to mention small carps, even big carps are not eaten by anyone, so people are too lazy to take them back.

All the other miscellaneous fish like whitebait were thrown away. His family just had electricity yesterday, so there is no shortage of small fish now.

Jump over the laundry water and pull in another net.

"Fuck, just a few shrimps."

"There are many whitebait near the water, and the big carnivorous fish also follow. How can the small shrimps stay there?" Qin's father talked in detail about the predatory fish nearby.

There are both black carp and black bass, and occasionally someone catches mandarin fish from the water.

"What do they use to catch mandarin fish?"

"Loach, are you going to use river shrimp? It's too expensive, who would be willing to buy it?"

Damn, there are still a lot of smart people in this era. He thought that no one used loaches for fishing.

"I'll go to the city later to buy a wheel and skates to see if I can catch autumn chub." Qin Dahe said expectantly.

In his previous life, he played black pit fishing and lure fishing, spending at least six figures on it, so he had some experience in this area.

But there is no need to be so professional in rural areas, as long as there are wheels, it will be fine.

You can just get bamboo for fishing rods and lure rods. Both good quality raw bamboo and processed cooked bamboo are fine.

But he doesn't know how to cook bamboo, so he has to ask his father to do it.

"Well, your sixth uncle and his friends have caught mandarin fish while fishing for soft-shelled turtles. It's really time. Give it to me later." Qin's father also felt itchy.

It is difficult to catch big fish whether using ground traps or electric fishing, so he also wants to try fishing for mandarin fish.

The feeling of catching a mandarin fish is more exciting than any other fish, and the sound of the fishing line cutting through the water makes your adrenaline rush.

"I'll give you the wheel first. I soaked some corn last night. Let's try to catch some grass carp and black carp in the next couple of days."

"You prodigal son, why use corn? Why not just make some yellow dough?"

The old man was a little reluctant. It would be such a waste to use corn. Grass carp is only a few yuan per pound now. It is not worth the investment.

Although black carp is expensive, it is difficult to catch. If you don’t catch any fish, you will lose money.

"If you want to bring the fish ashore, you have to exchange them for food."

(End of this chapter)