Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 26: Blackfish

At noon, he invited the silly kid to stay for a meal. Although the old couple were surprised, they were still polite to him and specially went to buy braised duck.

"Mom, are you free this afternoon?"

"If you want to play plum blossom pole, go ahead and do whatever you want. Your dad and I can just do it for a few days."

The weather this year was abnormally hot, and the cotton fields were almost all in bloom before October, so the stalks were cut down in advance and burned as firewood.

"While the weather is warm and the black fish are biting, I'm going to go fishing for two days. This is definitely not me being lazy." He said awkwardly, as if he was asking for leave on purpose.

He has been home for several days, but his excitement has not yet subsided. He wants to go fishing and catch shrimps every day. He is so happy.

Even going crucian carp fishing with friends is more comfortable than going out to negotiate orders.

"Let me make it clear first, you don't have to do farm work, but if you can't get black fish, you will have to plant rapeseed." Qin's mother said with a bad look.

It’s a good thing that my son can catch fish, but he needs to have a sense of urgency, otherwise it would be nonsense if he just treats it as a sightseeing trip.

"Of course. I'll go do it with Silly Boy after dinner."

Tiedan and Erhu are busy at home today. They are strong laborers and have many fields at home, so they can't hang out with Qin Dahe every day.

But Silly Kid definitely has time, as such a small area is not enough for him to work on.

The two of them started walking along the outer river carrying a lot of things. It was not easy to catch black fish with a lure rod, as it could not fly like Lei Qiang, so they had to bring a long rod and sickle.

Snakehead fish float in the water, and the more complicated the place, the more likely they are to be caught. Normally, you would catch the fish and let it fly directly, but his rod was not strong enough, so if he could not pull it up directly, it would depend on his luck.

Once you get stuck on the bottom, you have to use a scythe to cut the grass, and if that doesn't work, you have to go into the water.

The first pole was right outside his home, at the old sluice gate where the Outer River meets the Yuxi River, and next to it was a small clinic. It was all purslane and duckweed, and the silly boy stood by with a long-handled sickle, ready to mow the grass at any moment.

Now we only have these two frogs and a few lures, so we dare not lose any.

"Let's do it."

I hung up the only thunder frog and cast a pole to the other side 35 meters away, then started pulling it along the duckweed beside the purslane.

After a while, they were hanging on the branches, and more and more of them were hanging.

"Cet, silly kid, help me pick one."

Upon hearing this, the silly kid stretched out his sickle, but found it was not long enough and went into the water for a distance to move the branches away from the thunder frog.

He continued to pull, pausing after each measure to create a fish-luring motion.

When he was almost in the middle, the water surface jumped a little, and he could clearly feel a fish moving below. However, the frog had been retracted a little at this time. He remembered the position and prepared to cast another shot, continuing to hit from the previous position.

Unexpectedly, we got the last one. A black fish suddenly emerged from the water, bit the thunder frog with its mouth and prepared to run away.

"call out!"

There’s a beautiful sound of cutting through the water, and right away you can see the fish taking flight.

A black fish weighing more than one kilogram can still be flown.

"Silly boy, don't move. There is another one over there." Seeing that the silly boy was about to come over to collect the fish, he quickly stopped him.

He took off the frog and hung up the black fish. Seeing that there was no damage, he continued to cast and hit it to the other side of the river in one go.

If it falls to the place where the fish has just been discovered, it will definitely scare the fish, so it should be thrown farther away.

When it reached the same position, there was a "plop" sound, and the big black fish head disappeared in an instant, and the thunder frog was gone.

"Fuck, it's a big deal, haha." He walked towards the silly kid happily while reeling in the line.

The purslane was too thick where Qin Dahe had just stood, and there was no way to reel it in. It would be troublesome not to have a professional Lei Qiang rod, but he didn't plan to buy one. Spending that money would be a waste. Big black fish were only six or seven yuan per pound now.

When the fish was half caught, it was caught by the purslane on the shore. The silly kid went into the water again to clean and catch the fish.

"Big Brother, five."

"Five or six pounds, right? Hehe." He had seen it a long time ago.

The silly boy felt a little embarrassed that his talking was taking up too much time. He picked up the fish and hung it around his waist together with the other fish with a straw rope.

"Just hang up next to my house and we'll continue." He excitedly put away his equipment and continued searching in the middle of the village.

If you catch more fish later, there will be too many to take, so just put them at home first.

The two men started from his house and searched inward along the outer river. There was an outer river between the two villages, so the village center was inward.

The first time I searched, I found two snakehead fish. The second time, I searched the middle ridge, but there were no snakehead fish.

The water here is so pure, and there are many small boats docked here. These boats all go along the outer river to Fenghuangqiao Township on the opposite bank of Yuncao Town.

If the villagers go to Yuncao Town on the other side of Hanshan, some people will choose to take a small boat, which is comfortable and cheap, and Yuncao is very prosperous.

His house is quite isolated, right next to the county road. There are no other neighbors nearby except Qin Laosan's asbestos-tiled house where he raises fish.

After passing the big ridge and going further ahead, the houses began to gather together. Everyone saw him holding the "turtle gun" and watched the fun curiously.

He looked and saw that his second uncle's diving hook was right in front of him, so he went up to it and started casting, then reeling in the line slowly.

My second uncle is my mother’s second cousin, but we are closer on my mother’s side of the family, so we interact more often.

"Swoosh!" Hey, another big one! He cranked the wheel hard to bring the fish closer.

The purslane here is only found on the shore. If that doesn't work, there's a small boat nearby. He just needs to keep the fish steady.

"Big fish." The silly kid collected the fish, tied it with a straw rope, and hung it around his waist, smiling innocently, "Easy to catch!"

At the same time, I also began to be curious about the lure rod Qin Dahe was holding. It was so cool.

"It's so simple, Ce, Black Fish is so stupid." The people next to him said enviously.

You can catch fish with a fake plastic, but they still need a fork to have a chance.

"Blackfish are stupid, so they are easy to deal with."

After the kid hooked the fish around his waist, he changed direction and cast again. As a result, he felt something was hooked just after he had casted a little bit, and he couldn't pull it out no matter how many times he pulled.

"Wait a minute, I'll go talk to my second uncle." He said to the silly kid, then went up the hill and into his second uncle's house.

"Is anyone there? Second uncle? Second aunt?"

"Is anyone here? I'm busy in the kitchen. Daha, come and visit?" A middle-aged woman came out from the kitchen at the back, wiped her hands and prepared to pour water.

"Second aunt, I need to use the boat. The fishhook is stuck."

"What the hell is this? I got some from a trip out. If you want to use it, just use it. You specially asked for it to make it look like I'm not going to give it to you." Second aunt's face looked a little unhappy.

The two families have been interacting for so many years, so there is no need to make a special trip for something like this using a small boat.

"Then I'll go use the boat and bring it back in the evening." He ran out.

Damn it, I didn’t visit relatives much in my previous life, and now I’m in trouble because of my identity.

Although he is my mother's cousin, we are very close now, but she said that our relationship has become distant.

(End of this chapter)