Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 190 Levee
When Qin's father and his wife came back from their work in the evening, they saw the motorcycle in the yard and asked curiously, wondering who wanted to convert a three-wheeled motorcycle into one using pedals.

"I bought this for Yanyan. She will be going to work in May soon, so having a means of commuting is more comfortable than a bicycle." Qin Dahe said embarrassedly.

Without waiting for Qin's mother to speak, the old man spoke directly: "It's time to buy it. Yanyan can't ride a bicycle when she's pregnant. Son, this bike is the right one to buy."

When Qin's mother heard this, she thought it was the right thing to buy, as the baby in her daughter-in-law's belly was the top priority.

Besides, she has a salary and brought a dowry of more than 10,000 yuan, so I can't say much.

Qin Dahe winked and Yanyan bit her lip when she saw it.

"Grandma."

"Ha ha, what happened?"

"I discussed it with Dahe and bought another refrigerator today."

As soon as the words came out, the old couple's faces darkened.

Buying a scooter is understandable, but buying a refrigerator is...
Qin's mother looked at her son with unfriendly eyes, and her daughter-in-law definitely couldn't tell anyone.

"Why didn't you tell me in advance?"

Yanyan shrank her neck. She also felt that her brother should have told her in advance, even though he would definitely not buy it for her even if he told her.

Seeing that his wife was about to get angry, Qin's father asked Yanyan to go back first and called her when it was time for dinner.

After Yanyan left, I slapped her.

Qin Dahe was so angry that he didn't dare to say a word. He was slapped with a grimace, and his shoulder hurt.

The little girl is so disloyal, she just ran away as soon as she said she would.

She felt embarrassed to lose her temper in front of her mother and the others, and at least she didn't get scolded, after all, she was an adult.

"Just tell me how much money you've spent since you came back. You've added one big item after another to your home. You don't want any money, right?"

"Also, at least tell us before you buy the refrigerator. You're already capable now, so if you want to split up, do it sooner rather than later."

Seeing his mother's angry look, Qin Dahe licked his face and walked forward to comfort her.

"The floodgates are about to release water, and I'll need ice to collect the fish. I'm thinking I'll have to buy some sooner or later, so I might as well buy some now."

"How much do you make collecting fish? How much did you buy your refrigerator for?"

"Three thousand three."

When they heard the price, their faces darkened again. The little bastard was so cruel with his money that he spent thousands of dollars just like that.

They went straight to the new house and felt better when they saw the new four-door refrigerator.

"Such a big refrigerator only costs three thousand and three?" The old man was a little unconvinced.

The main reason is that the young couple has quite a bit of money. They have also secretly calculated that they must have 20,000 or 30,000 yuan.

"It's just three thousand three. I bought hotel supplies. Here is the receipt." He took out the ticket.

"Isn't it very energy-consuming? It's such a big refrigerator."

"Twenty or thirty yuan a month, not bad."

In the end, the two of them couldn't do anything about it. They bought everything back. They couldn't just call a taxi to send it back.

Qin Dahe opened the refrigerator door as if he was presenting a treasure.

"This space is huge. We can freeze a lot of vegetables. Selling fish in the summer definitely requires ice. We can freeze it ourselves."

"And the energy consumption is also low. Hotel supplies have to consider the cost. Who would use them if they consume a lot of energy?"

With his eloquent tongue, he finally managed to coax my mother into looking better.

As for Qin's father, he felt that his son was better at making money than spending it, and he just needed to be careful.

Women are responsible for managing the household, while men are responsible for earning money to support the family. Men and women think differently.

Yanyan has never lived in poverty, and she doesn't know how expensive food, oil, and salt are. This is not the case for a normal rural family.

Ever since Qin Dahe came back, the family has been constantly adding things to the house.

Seeing that his mother's anger had subsided, he plugged in the power.

"Why plug it in now? Isn't it a waste of electricity?" the old lady said unhappily.

"This is an energy-saving refrigerator. It doesn't consume electricity when there's nothing in it, and the insulation is thick." After a pause, he continued, "If you don't finish your dinner, you can just leave it there. And as the weather gets hotter, dried fruits will spoil easily if left outside, so you can put them inside."

"You're the one who talks too much, so I let you say everything."

The couple turned and left. Qin Dahe finally breathed a sigh of relief and immediately went up to settle the score with the little girl.

When they got to the attic, he slapped the little girl on the butt three times, and her face turned red.

"Bad guy."

It doesn't hurt, but it's too stimulating.

"I'll be scolded if you run away." Qin Dahe said aggrievedly, which made Yanyan laugh.

"Okay, okay, I'll make braised pork for you in the summer." Yanyan hugged him like she was coaxing a child, but ended up getting him in her mouth when she wasn't paying attention.

"Well."

When the two of them went downstairs to eat, Yanyan tidied up her clothes. Her brother was so mean. He wanted to take a bath again in the evening.

After dinner, Qin's mother excitedly took the leftovers to the refrigerator and touched it with her hand. It was indeed cold.

The refrigerator started to cool down in less than two hours, but I didn't treat him well. At least I had to teach my son a lesson.

At this time, Erhu and others came over and brought earthworms to make material bags.

"Dad, is the nest stocked today?"

"No, shall I help you now?"

"alley."

He had also forgotten about this. Today's bait has not been prepared yet, otherwise how will he fish tomorrow?

"Let's prepare the ingredients and make the shrimp cages tomorrow."

Qin Dahe went to Limin Supermarket and bought another twenty yuan worth of chicken racks and packed the ingredients together with the earthworms. After thinking about it, he wrapped these things in plastic bags inside and out and put them in the freezer at the bottom of the refrigerator.

The bottom of a home refrigerator is full of drawers, but this commercial one only has a huge space with a wire mesh in the middle, so you can just put your things in it.

"You're really wasting things by putting such dirty things in the refrigerator." I couldn't stand it anymore. Putting earthworms in a refrigerator worth more than 3,000 yuan, you're such a spendthrift. No wonder you need electricity.

"It's already wrapped, so the smell won't show." Qin Dahe said nonchalantly.

Things are over, and it's time for me to be tough.

Erhu and the others were so envious when they saw the motorcycle and refrigerator today. Daha's life is becoming more and more carefree.

While I was envious, I also wanted to make some money and was looking forward to making money tomorrow.

In the evening, in the attic, the couple hugged each other and discussed what to buy to put in the refrigerator.

The little girl had no idea about money, and Qin Dahe, as a reborn person, didn't care about spending money. The two of them were chattering about buying ice cream.

“Isn’t it a bit early to buy now?”

"It's nice to eat it now, because you can buy it easily in the summer."

"Yeah." Yanyan nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

"Go buy another dozen pounds of soft pork belly and keep it at home. We can barbecue it tonight." He said viciously.

Barbecue ingredients are easy to get. Just go back to the county and buy some.

"Buy the soft pork belly and freeze it until it's hard, then slice it thinly and grill it. It will definitely be delicious."

"Yeah, buy some tofu and grill it. Tofu is delicious too."

Thinking of these delicious foods, they couldn't wait to go to town to buy meat.

The two greedy guys didn't have any complicated thoughts, they just liked to eat, and as a result, they got hungry while talking.

She lit the stove again and started roasting walnuts. Yanyan also poured some wine for Qin Dahe.

Because snake wine cannot be drunk now, she specially bought some rice wine and kept it at home. Her brother likes to drink rice wine very much.

The two were afraid of being seen by Qin's father and others, so they went to the balcony facing the county road and started fiddling with these things.

While eating, she began to hum softly. The little girl was obviously happy.

"Brother, I'm so happy." The little girl had just drunk a little and smiled at him foolishly.

"This is the married life you imagined, right?" Qin Dahe said with a smile.

"Yeah, I knew you understood my thoughts." The little girl flew over and pounced on him, scaring him so much that he quickly caught her.

"Be careful."

"I know you'll catch me." She nudged the prince's chest. "Every day, there's food and drink. Everything you want is available."

"Even if I can't think of it, you will buy it for me."

"Brother, you are so kind."

As she said that, she printed it on the paper.

"Three months should be almost up." He said this unclearly and hugged the person back to the attic.

"Uh-huh."

The two knew that they couldn't have sex during the first three months and the last three months of pregnancy, so they were very concerned about the date.

If you count by the date, I haven't had my period since the New Year, so the time must be enough.

Qin Dahe also knew that he couldn't do anything rash and just wanted to have a taste, but he was still a little excited and felt very anxious.

After they were done, they wiped their bodies and hugged each other again, as if they had endless things to say.

At 6:30 the next morning, everyone finished their meal and set out to continue fishing.

There's no need to go so early today if you don't need to cast a big net.

Just put the shrimp cage down, and it'll be fine as long as the people from the river management office don't see it.

The place we went to today was near Longwangguai, the second fishing spot.

As usual, we put the shrimp cages in the water first. Fifty small nets can be used to dry the shrimp quickly.

Then they started setting up the fishing platform, working in groups of two, with all four of them using 7.2-meter-long rods.

After everyone had packed up, Qin Dahe took out a pack of Red Nanjing cigarettes and threw it to Hanwaer.

"You guessed the closest yesterday, so this is yours, haha."

"Hey, let's smoke together." The silly kid opened the cigarettes and gave two to each of them.

Everyone ordered their meals happily and sat on the shore to rest.

The nest has just been dug, so there is no rush.

"The water level is rising very quickly this year. Is there a spring flood in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River?"

Now the water of Yuxi River is flowing back and the water is leaking seriously. The sluice gate has taken this into consideration and released water in advance.

Some reservoirs should be left inland to lower the water level so that there is a place to store water during heavy rains.

"I don't know. We have the levee here, so there's no need to be afraid."

"When the levee was reinforced two years ago, my father and others worked until dark every day, and sometimes they even had to work after dark," Erhu said with emotion.

"Who wouldn't? All the able-bodied men in the village have been mobilized."

Even after decades of memory loss, Qin Dahe could still recall the scene of fighting against heaven and earth.

His house was right next to the levee. At that time, the levee was crowded with people carrying soil. Some families who lived far away slept in the village.

Any straw to cover the ground will do, there is no wages and no one cares.

Even though they lived dozens of miles away, everyone still completed the soil-carrying work conscientiously.

The levee is truly related to the property safety of the people in the entire county, and no one would be lazy at that time.

(End of this chapter)