Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 126 A Crab on a Piglet

The white eel we ate in the evening is wild eel from the Yangtze River, which is one of the more delicious river delicacies.

Add some lard and steam it, the meat will be tender and fresh. The key is that I didn’t steam it with rice this time, otherwise any delicious dish would be wasted for forty or fifty minutes.

"Mom, I see the utility room is quite messy today?"

"The flour mill is open. I asked more than a dozen people to come and grind flour today. Each person earns 20 yuan at 2 yuan." The old woman said happily.

"That's good. A lot of people eat flour now, right?"

"They all come here to grind rice and flour. We have both glutinous rice and rice. Not many people here eat noodles."

"Let's steam some steamed buns tomorrow morning to keep them warm." After eating the big steamed bun, I put another one in my pocket so I won't feel cold when I go out in the morning.

"I don't have the time." My mother glanced at him sideways. Who would steam buns so early in the morning?

Last time, she steamed the freshly ground flour to test the taste, but she started making it at five o'clock and didn't eat it until after six o'clock. If she had that much free time, she might as well just go buy some.

After dinner, Qin Dahe began to pack up his second uncle's tricycle.

This car is really too broken. Fortunately, a lot of parts were dismantled from the previous cars, especially the one owned by the owner of Liming Supermarket.

Just stick some things on it yourself. At worst, you will lose money on the car. After all, my second uncle is family.

He removed all the parts from the front of the car except the frame, and directly replaced the bulbs in the headlights with household ones, just by connecting some copper wire.

He removed both tires and replaced the brake and accelerator cables. The more he did this, the more nervous he became.

The fact that this bike can be ridden is simply an industrial miracle. The key is that the engine is also very good. He can't tell the specific model, but the sound alone is worth one or two thousand.

But it was too cold to work in the yard at night. After thinking about it, he pushed the car into the new house, turned on the lights and took his time.

He was too lazy to weld the truck bed himself, so he would let Erhu and the others do it tomorrow. He estimated that he would have to pay his own wages, and after paying Erhu and the others' wages, the rest would be just enough to buy spare parts.

The things Dad bought today were not enough, so Qin Dahe took note of what was missing while unpacking.

At this time, the old man walked over.

"Dahe, will that thing really leave a criminal record if we catch it?"

"What?" Qin Dahe raised his head blankly, not understanding what his father was talking about.
"It's just about showing people how to gamble."

"It's better not to touch it." Qin Dahe sighed, and he was too lazy to say more.

"I see that you are getting married, and I just want to make some money." The old man said sincerely.

"That's enough. I can earn at least 1500 after completing this order. There's still some time before the New Year, so I can just pick up some money. When the weather warms up next year, we can go fishing and make money too."

I also earn money by driving a tricycle, but in winter the tricycle has no air conditioning, so it is very uncomfortable to drive.

If the weather is cold in the morning, it sometimes takes me a long time to light the fire, and my arms hurt from shaking.

All together, I can make at least a few thousand dollars before the New Year, which will definitely be enough with my savings.

His eldest sister and uncle will definitely give money for his wedding. It's not like they're going to set up a few tables in a big restaurant, so there will be a lot of money left over for the gifts.

"Let me tell you, your mother plans to buy some gold jewelry for Yanyan. You know how expensive gold is these days."

Qin Dahe: “.”

Seventy or eighty yuan per gram is relatively cheap, but it will cost at least five or six thousand yuan to buy hardware.

There are also betrothal gifts, electrical appliances and other things, at least 20,000 yuan. The old carpenter's family has low requirements, so we can't really give nothing. It would be embarrassing.

"Tell Mom not to buy gold. I'll talk to Yanyan. We'll buy it after we get married."

"Forget it. You won't listen even if I tell you." The old man curled his lips. Does his son think that marriage is a matter for two people?

"What time do you get to work tomorrow?"

"Ten o'clock, if you need anything, I'll drive the tricycle."

"That's it, I'm going back to bed."

Looking at his father's receding back, Qin Dahe sighed and thought, "I still have to make money."

But for the time being, it is not possible to speculate. After thinking about it, it seems that any way to make money requires some capital and risk.

Opening a stock account is quite troublesome, and the key is that he doesn't know the market conditions for the next one or two months.

Forget it, I'd better just stay in the countryside and see what happens next year.

The next morning, Qin Dahe started driving early and arrived at the old carpenter's house around seven o'clock on the second trip.

"What? You're not going to work today?" His eyes widened.

"Yeah." Yanyan looked at the shameless man with amusement.

"I should have gotten up later. I'm freezing. Come on, let's go for a walk on the street."

"Aren't you going to Xinba to do welding?"

"It's still early over there, hurry up and pack up, I'll take you to town to eat dumplings."

Upon hearing this, Yanyan went in to change her clothes. The old carpenter couple didn't care about them anymore since they were less than two months away from getting married anyway.

I said hello to Grandpa and rode the tricycle all the way to Liming Supermarket. I could still pick up another group at this time.

It is the slack season for farming now, and despite the cold weather, there are still many people riding in the car.

Rural people should take advantage of their free time now to buy what they need for their homes. The half month before the New Year will be even more lively, and the streets will be crowded with people.

The people here were quick and soon there were eight people sitting in the car. When he was about to start the car, he saw the silly kid coming over with a nylon net.

"Wow, such a big crab." Qin Dahe looked at the thing in the kid's hand in surprise.

A crab looks like it weighs more than 150 grams, and what's even rarer is a female crab.

"In the river, there's a hook." The kid pointed at the Yuxi River and smiled foolishly.

"Great." He gave a thumbs up.

There are not only big crabs in the kid's net, but also Jiang Ji. The fur of these Jiang Ji is very good and they are very popular in town.

"Get in the car first, we'll talk about it when we get to town." The passengers in the back were already impatient, so he had no choice but to drive first.

Nowadays, people usually don’t turn off the engine when parking, otherwise it will be fatal if it can’t start.

The kid was about to go to the driver's seat, but when he saw Yanyan, he smiled and went to the back of the car.

"Brother, the crab that silly kid was holding just now is so big." Yanyan gestured and indeed had never seen one so big.

"That crab is as big as a pig." Qin Dahe chuckled, stepped on the accelerator and started off.

"How can it be bigger than a piglet?"

"I'm talking about the price. A crab is worth a piglet."

"So many." Yanyan widened her eyes.

"Haha, what do you think? The price of crabs is unique now."

Normally, female crabs weighing 150 grams are priced at around yuan per catty, and these female crabs weighing more than grams are priced at around yuan per catty.

It is early winter now, when crabs are the fattest. The female crabs weighing more than 150 grams are so yellow and thick that they are so delicious to eat.

Normally, a suckling pig only costs sixty or seventy yuan now, and it may not even be worth as much as a crab.

When they arrived in town, he took his child to the sales point.

He'd definitely lose money selling them alone, and the guy who'd buy them wouldn't be a good person. "For crabs this big, there are plenty of hotels in town that can offer a good price. 70 yuan, no bargaining. If you don't take them, I'll keep them for my uncle," Qin Dahe said arrogantly to the man who'd bought them, cigarette in hand.

"It's just a crab. Why are you trying to steal it when it's so expensive?" The man who received the goods looked surprised.

"I'm not talking nonsense. If you're willing to make a trip to deliver it to Scarface, eighty or ninety yuan for these crabs isn't too high. What do you think?" He looked at the man in front of him with a smile.

"Okay, brother, I'll take the sixty dollars at a loss, and just consider it as making friends, okay?" the man said through gritted teeth.

"Forget it, kid, let's go and sell some." Qin Dahe didn't believe the man's nonsense.

Female crabs of this size are very rare. Whether it is the Fifth Master or the Third Master, there are only a few of them in a year.

When they were almost around the corner, the man immediately caught up with them.

"Seventy is seventy, I'm really scared of you, Ce, it's so hard to make some money."

A look of joy appeared on the silly kid's face. It was good that it could be sold, especially at such a high price.

Moreover, Qin Dahe disliked the cold weather, so he also exchanged Jiang Ang for ten yuan per pound, which was not bad.

The price at their purchasing points is actually just a little lower than at the vegetable market, because the profit is greater when they sell it to the city.

Yanyan looked at him with admiration. Brother is so awesome that he can even bargain here. She definitely wouldn't dare to do that.

When she was in school, she didn't dare to bargain when buying things in Jiuzi.

"Don't be such a fangirl, I'll take you guys to eat fried noodles and dumplings, let's go."

"No." Yanyan glared at Qin Dahe with a blushing face. Why should she say it out loud? It was so embarrassing.

The fried noodles are still from the same old restaurant. Whenever Qin's father comes to town to sell fish, he will eat the fried noodles here.

"Boss, three servings of fried noodles, two larger ones, and two baskets of xiaolongbao."

"Would you like shredded pork for the fried noodles?"

"A vegetarian one will do."

Vegetarian fried noodles cost $1.50, but if you add a little shredded pork it only costs $2.50, and the taste is still the same.

Their fried noodles are fried with lard, which tastes very fragrant, and the soup dumplings taste even better.

It is sweet and juicy. After biting the skin, you should suck up the juicy juice before eating it. It tastes really good.

"These meatballs are delicious." Yanyan pointed at the filling of the dumplings. After absorbing the soup, they looked like meatballs. She liked it after taking a bite.

"You've never been here?"

"No, my father usually takes me to the market at Fenghuang Bridge."

If they want to go to the town to buy things, they have to walk to the county road to take a bus, but if they go to Fenghuang Bridge, they can just take a boat.

"These meatballs are very particular. They are made with onion, ginger, pork rib soup, and eggs. That's why they are so delicious. The eggs have to be hens' eggs."

"Why do we have to use hen's eggs?" Yanyan raised her head in confusion. Seeing that there was still soup on her mouth, Qin Dahe wiped it with paper.

"Why did you say?"

The little girl blushed. There were so many people here, and the silly kid was still beside him. The brother really didn't care about the occasion at all.

"Rooster. No, eggs." The silly kid had been eating for a while. When he raised his head and said something, Yanyan immediately covered her face.

"Brother, I'm so annoying. You only know how to tease me."

"Just kidding, eat it quickly or it will get cold."

In the end, the little girl only ate half of the fried noodles, and Qin Dahe poured the rest into his own bowl.

The young man was at the age when he could eat a lot, so he ate a few more dumplings before he felt full.

"Yan'er, aren't you going to work from now on?"

"I'm going to work, but I only need to be on duty every few days. I'll have a month off before the New Year."

"That's great." Qin Dahe and Hanwaer were envious. The vacation was long enough.

After the New Year holiday, she still has a wedding leave, and after the wedding leave, she still has maternity leave. I wonder if she can squeeze in half a year of leave by working next year. He was happy when he thought of this.

"Brother, why are you grinning like an idiot?" Yanyan looked at him with amusement.

Qin Dahe told the little girl what he had just thought about, and when he mentioned maternity leave, the little girl's face began to blush again.

"Bad guy, don't talk nonsense." She really couldn't stand it anymore. How could a grown-up girl talk about these topics?
"Okay, okay, don't talk nonsense. Go sit with my sister for a while. I'll go buy some things and save money for the baby."

Sending the person to my elder sister's place will naturally be another kind of hospitality, and my sister-in-law must take good care of him.

Silly boy saved another two thousand this time. He missed the first trip today, so he planned to beg Qin Dahe or Qin's father to take him to save money on the second trip.

He didn't trust other people and didn't dare ask them for help.

When they arrived at the bank, Qin Dahe explained the deposit process to his child again.

"Just go to the counter and line up. Look at the number in your passbook and deposit the money when you add it."

"Ah."

"If you're unsure, come to me. How much money do you have on you now?"

"One hundred." In fact, he earned quite a lot during this period. The old carpenter gave him some money to ensure food and drink.

You can make more money by catching fish and shrimp in winter. As long as you can endure the hardship, there is no end to the goods in the Yuxi River.

"That's enough. If you have an emergency and don't have money, just come to my house and find me. OK?"

"Yeah." The kid nodded heavily.

With his big brother around, he dared to go to Yuxi River to set nets and hooks. He didn't care if a few were stolen last night, as long as he made money.

If someone pulls out his net openly, he will beat them up. Anyway, his grandfather has said that no one in the village cares if he beats people up now.

"Yuxi River, making money." A look of longing appeared on his face. Yuxi River really makes a lot of money.

Everything in the big river is valuable, but you can't make much money by trapping in the outer rivers and wild rivers.

"Of course, I'll take you fishing next year and you'll earn more." Patting the kid on the shoulder, he felt a sense of gratitude in his heart, thinking that the kid was really able to endure hardships.

In such cold weather, it is impossible for most people to get up early and work in the dark to set hooks and shrimp traps in the Yuxi River.

Every time I go fishing, I get frozen to the bone. If I don’t soak my feet when I get home, I can’t expect to warm up all night.

"Brother, there are not enough fish in the ground traps. There are too many crucian carps and dead fish in the pond." The kid said embarrassedly, and became anxious as he spoke.

He also wanted to send crucian carp fry to his elder brother every day, but they had cast nets every day in this section of the outer river and there was no stock left.

Ligezhuang is too far away, and setting traps there will delay fishing in Yuxi River, so we can only do it every few days.

He also thought that his elder brother's fish pond could no longer hold fish.

"I was just telling you, you don't need to send it later, otherwise the density will be too high and the fish will die easily."

A small fish pond of three mu now has three thousand small crucian carps, which is a bit dangerous because they are fed every day and grow very fast. Big fish consume more oxygen.

"Okay, I'll give it to you next year." A smile appeared on the silly kid's face.

"As long as we brothers live a good life, that's all that matters. If the crucian carp pond is really not doing well, I'm going to empty it out."

He chuckled and took the child to buy accessories. He also had a motorcycle tricycle waiting for him at home.

(End of this chapter)