Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 85 Making Bait for Silver Carp and Bighead Carp
"Can you move away a little? It stinks." Qin Dahe looked at Erhu with disdain as he squeezed between them and pounded earthworms.

"Get out of here! I just accepted a pack of cigarettes, and you still want to get away with it?" Erhu tugged angrily, what a bastard.

He just lost the game of rock-paper-scissors, and after accepting a pack of cigarettes, he could only sit down and start pounding earthworms.

Qin Dahe and the other two took turns frying the bean dregs until they were dry and in powder form.

There was a small pot next to it. He took down the frying pan from his stove and placed it next to it to fry cornmeal and bran.

The person who takes a break will continue to work. Apart from frying the bean dregs, which is a bit tiring, frying in this small pot is still easy.

"What are you doing?" As soon as he walked into the house, the old man saw a few boys frying something with great effort.

"Get the bait. We're going to catch bighead carp tomorrow."

"Is this tofu dregs?" Qin's father frowned. His son was going to teach his brothers how to make bait without even discussing it with him.

"Well, let's try more. The original bait version is too expensive. I'll see if I can make something out of it."

Qin's father was speechless. He could earn two to three thousand yuan a day fishing, so how could bait worth only a few dozen yuan be expensive?

But he had no idea what Qin Dahe was thinking. The density of silver carp and bighead carp in the sluice gate was limited. When he had caught almost all of them, he might come back empty-handed if he went to other places. The more he could save, the better.

"Yan Yan is off duty these days, so why not ask her out to play? Fishing every day is boring."

The old man didn't care about the three little ones next to him. They grew up together. These people would definitely know that Qin Dahe took Yanyan out to play.

"I'll call her tomorrow so we can go bighead fishing together."

"Who would ask someone to go fishing?" The old man looked at his son with a helpless smile.

"What else? Invite them to town? Besides the vegetable market, we can buy pressed duck. We can't go to the city to play." He curled his lips. It would be difficult to explain if he ran so far.

"Get out, get out, do whatever you want." What a lousy son, his brain is like a mess.

After the old man left, several people immediately surrounded him.

"Da He, are you really going to marry Yan Yan? She's a college student, you're getting a great deal."

"Yes, I think Yanyan is quite suitable for you."

"Brother, that's awesome." The silly kid also gave a thumbs up.

Brother Qin took the shovel. Now it was his turn to fry the bean dregs. It was really tiring to flip them back and forth.

"Dan'er, how do you know it's suitable?" he asked with raised eyebrows, obviously not caring about this kind of love affair.

“It just fits.”

"Whether it's right or not is like peeing your pants. Only you know how warm it is. Others' guesses are wrong."

"puff!"

"Fuck, you're still a slut. Reading a lot really helps."

Everyone was amused by him. It was the first time they heard someone speak like that.

When Qin's mother in the room heard this, she laughed so hard that she couldn't straighten her back. What a lousy son! He even wet his pants.

A large pot of bait was fried for two hours but it still didn't dry up. The cornmeal and bran over there were already fried.

Qin Dahe took some out and put it in the small pot, so that it could be fried faster.

He didn't take it out until it was fried into dry powder.

"Kids, I'll fry the rest later. Come over and help me prepare the bait."

It’s not that he can’t handle it alone, but he wants to teach his brothers.

It's not a good way to make a fortune from this, but it's still possible to make some extra money by doing a couple of big ones every year. Especially for a simple kid, who has little land and a lot of free time.

Just like last time, I first used different proportions to make bait. This time, it was mainly snowflake powder and malt powder.

Malt powder is the product of processed malt extract. If people here have no milk after giving birth, they sometimes use it instead of milk powder because it is rich in nutrients, easy to digest, and better for children.

In the future, I can try to get some ethyl maltol, which has a great flavor-enhancing effect.

Snowflake powder is used as a puffing agent to allow the bait to absorb water and swell, then fall off and form atomization.

The other three people kept helping him to knead the bait into balls and put them into water to test the atomization of the bait. Some of the bait atomized too quickly, and some did not atomize at all because not enough water was added.

A bait needs to absorb water in different proportions in order to accurately experiment and produce specific data, which is very troublesome.

After trying many times, he finally decided on a formula, and the proportion of milk powder used with this formula decreased significantly.

The atomization of the bait ball is better than last time, forming a column of smoke instead of powder falling off.

Two bags of soy milk powder can make about 30 kilograms of bait, which greatly reduces the cost.

He wrote down the proportions in detail and made three copies for the other three people.

"You guys go back first and come back at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning. You don't have to rush to catch silver carp and bighead carp early."

It's almost ten o'clock now. If I don't go back now, my family will come looking for me.

"You can fry the rest yourself?"

"I'll do it myself. You guys go back and rest early." He waved his hand. He could take a shower and go to bed after he was done, but the three of them still had to walk a distance.

The brothers didn't hesitate to give in. Today we were indebted to the great man for the favor, so we gave him the recipe as a gift.

They were all secretly grateful in their hearts, but as brothers for so many years, no one showed any sentimentality on the surface.

Qin Dahe continued to light the fire. The bean dregs here were almost dry, so he just needed to stir-fry them for a while longer.

Although the fire was just put out, the residual heat is still there. I turn it over every few minutes and the kang is ready.

"Dahe, you just gave them the recipe like that?" Qin's father suddenly appeared. He didn't quite understand his son's behavior.

It’s okay to play with a few friends, but it’s not a good thing to give away things that involve interests easily.

"I gave it to you." He stopped and rested for a while because his waist was sore.

"This bait is sold elsewhere, but it's expensive, more than ten yuan per pound."

"You should think about it yourself and don't break up your brothers." The old man shook his head.

The little guy can't afford it. Even if it is sold somewhere else, the recipe is valuable in this small place. If the recipe is given away, the three of them will owe a huge favor. How can they repay it in the future?
Hanwaer is better. He has owed favors to others since he was a child, and he has always been humble when getting along with Qin Dahe, but the other two are not like that.

If favors are not reciprocated, the feeling between brothers will change again.

Qin Dahe knew all this, but he knew that Erhu and Tiedan were friends who could get along together until old age, and even if things changed, they were still brothers. He made these baits so that they could make some money next summer.

What's more, silver carp and bighead carp baits were the least valuable things in his mind, and even the welding and drawing skills were not valuable.

What is truly valuable is the information he knew in his previous life, including information about stocks, real estate, and other national developments over the past twenty years.

When the time comes, he will make some money, but he won't force it. He will definitely not start a business again with great effort.

It’s so nice to stay in the countryside. You can fish and catch shrimps in the Yuxi River and raise two dogs. Life is so comfortable.

As for a wife and children, it doesn’t matter whether he has one or not. Just don’t change his lifestyle. He doesn’t ask for much.

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