My fishing raft will ask for help.

The man who came was an experienced craftsman who looked to be in his fifties. Coincidentally, Luo Hao had also hired him for the renovation of his fish raft, and Luo Qianqian happened to know him.

Upon learning this, Zhou Miao felt somewhat relieved.

He then asked the experienced craftsman in detail about the overall cost budget for the fish raft renovation.

According to the experienced craftsman's estimate, including rebuilding the main frame, constructing two rooms, installing sunshades and railings, the material cost alone would be around 120,000 yuan, not including labor costs and the material cost of the pontoons.

Most of the existing fishing rafts can still be used, but converting them into fishing rafts for tourists will require higher overall buoyancy, so a batch of new buoys will need to be purchased.

As for labor, including the flooring installation, it would take about a month for five people to complete the job.

At a rate of 350 yuan per person per day, the labor cost for the entire project alone would be over 50,000 yuan.

This already reflects the fact that the overall cost of living in Nanzhen is not high, and labor costs are relatively cheap.

In places like Da Na Cup City, where prices are outrageously high, it's not uncommon for a worker to be paid 500 yuan a day.

This expense was not much different from Zhou Miao's own estimate.

When Lu Xingyu and I were planning to invest in fish rafts, we went through a rough cost breakdown.

However, he took Yu Muzhou's advice and chose better flooring materials because the system made it easier to make money, which caused the overall budget to soar so high.

Regarding the power system, Zhou Miao plans to learn from Luo Hao first.

The previously considered wind-solar hybrid power generation scheme can now be postponed.

He plans to first install the same solar power system as the one on Luo Hao's fishing raft, which will cost less than 50,000 yuan.

Although this system can only guarantee basic lighting power, it is sufficient for him in the early stages.

After all, everything is difficult at the beginning, and it's impossible to use the top-of-the-line configuration from the start.

Moreover, this solar power system can still be used even if a micro-wind and solar power system is installed in the future.

If the flooring supplier hadn't agreed to let him owe most of the material costs, he wouldn't have dared to make the decision to use such expensive PE boards.

Zhou Miao's original plan was actually very simple: to build a fishing raft where people could fish comfortably, earn a little more money each year than he did at his job, and live a peaceful and stable life.

But now he's making money fast, and with the good support policies for marine projects in Nanzhen, and the government's support for the cultural and tourism industry, he feels that if business is good, he can definitely expand and strengthen it.

In the future, the fish rafts could perhaps be developed into a comprehensive platform integrating maritime dining, leisure accommodation, and sightseeing experiences, which would open up a much wider range of prospects.

Zhou Miao first asked the experienced craftsman to provide a specific framework construction plan, as well as the architectural style design for the fish raft.

We'll start construction once everything is confirmed.

After seeing the master off, Luo Qianqian, who had been watching the commotion from the sidelines, seized the opportunity when Lu Xiaoxiao went to the warehouse to get the fishing rod, and immediately went up to Zhou Miao and gently tugged at his clothes.

"Hey!" she said in a low voice, her tone full of concern, "Didn't you say you wanted to lay the flooring first? Why do you want to redo the entire frame now? Do you have enough money?"

"Enough?" Zhou Miao shook his head helplessly. "Not enough at all! You'll have to pay me back!"

He had clearly decided to owe money for the materials used to build the framework, just like he did for the flooring.

He'll pay a deposit, and the remaining bulk of the cost will be his salary, which he can afford.

"I see..." Luo Qianqian hesitated for a moment, as if she had made up her mind, and suddenly said, "Then how about I lend you some first?"

Zhou Miao turned around abruptly, looking at her in shock.

Luo Hao is a miser, and Luo Qianqian isn't much better; she's a little money-grubber.

The fact that she would ask for money really startled Zhou Miao.

"Why...why are you looking at me like that?"

Luo Qianqian's cheeks flushed slightly under his intense gaze, but she still forced herself to maintain a nonchalant demeanor.

"Just tell me if you want it or not! Stop dawdling."

Zhou Miao's eyes were filled with complex emotions: "I really didn't expect you to be willing to lend me money."

He's not a blockhead; he can understand a girl's little thoughts. The signal couldn't be clearer.

"Oh, we're good friends!"

Luo Qianqian originally wanted to take this rare opportunity to take the relationship a step further, preferably to the stage of ambiguity.

Otherwise, we'll just be friends now, but after a while, we'll really just be friends.

Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. She happened to catch a glimpse of Lu Xiaoxiao walking over from the warehouse with a fishing rod.

A sudden panic gripped him, and he quickly swallowed back the more intimate words that were about to come out, replacing them with an expression of loyalty and good buddy.

"Just ask me anytime if you need anything. I don't have much, but I can definitely come up with 50,000 yuan."

"Thank you very much," Zhou Miao said sincerely.

However, he had no intention of borrowing money from Luo Qianqian.

It wasn't because he was being sentimental about not being able to accept the kindness of a beautiful woman, but because his current funds should be enough to support him, and he didn't need to borrow any more money for the time being.

"Let's go fishing!"

Lu Xiaoxiao approached with her fishing rod, first giving Luo Qianqian a meaningful glance before smiling and greeting the two of them.

Clearly, she hadn't been unaware of what was happening outside.

"Let's stop fishing!" Luo Qianqian waved her hand, losing interest as soon as she heard about fishing.

After all, her luck with fishing was really bad. Lu Xiaoxiao had a great catch in the morning, while she only had a bunch of small fish, so she really couldn't muster any enthusiasm.

She instinctively turned her head to look at the sea, her eyes suddenly lighting up: "Hey! The tide's going out! Shall we go beachcombing?"

"I know a good place. Although there are a lot of people going there, you can at least get something out of it. It's much more interesting than just sitting around fishing."

"Oh? A good place?" Zhou Miao perked up upon hearing this.

Fishing is indeed not a good activity in the afternoon, and he was more inclined to go beachcombing, although his original plan was to go diving for beachcombing.

"Absolutely!" Luo Qianqian said confidently. "I know a sandy beach where a lot of good things often emerge after the tide goes out, and there's even a high chance of catching some razor clams."

"The tide's just right now, let's try our luck. Even if we're unlucky, we'll still collect a good number of clams; we definitely won't come back empty-handed!"

"Razor clams?" Zhou Miao's eyes lit up even more. "Then we'll need to prepare some salt!"

"Yes, either salt water or alkaline water will do."

With their target identified, the three immediately sprang into action.

They got three plastic bottles of sea salt, then set off with a bucket and beachcombing tongs.

The location Luo Qianqian mentioned is in the nearshore waters, a sandy island that is only fully exposed during low tide.

To put it more bluntly, it is a high ground at sea without reefs, mainly formed by sediment deposition.

It's not too far from their fishing rafts; it's only about half an hour by small boat along the access road.

The boat docked, and Zhou Miao stood at the bow, giving a cursory look at the sandy beach.

The area was much larger than he had imagined, roughly the size of two football fields.

At this time, more than a dozen small boats were already moored around the island, and many people were already going to the beach.

Luo Qianqian, with her sharp eyes, noticed that many people were holding bottles of salt, and exclaimed with delight, "We're in luck today! Judging by this, there must be razor clams!"

"Hurry, hurry, hurry!" she urged repeatedly. "We have to get down here quickly, or we might not even get a single hair left!"

Although this sandy island is quite large, the population is not particularly dense at present.

But Zhou Miao could see at least six or seven small boats heading this way.

We definitely need to speed things up, lest we come all this way for nothing.

They simply drove the boat directly onto the beach. Although it would be temporarily stranded, they could simply push it back into the water or wait for the tide to rise and it would float up naturally.

The three of them carried buckets and headed straight for a mudflat area where people were relatively concentrated.

As they approached, they saw that the mudflats were covered with countless tiny round holes, as dense as a sieve.

"Come on, I'll teach you a great way to catch razor clams!" Luo Qianqian proudly shook the salt bottle in her hand, ready to demonstrate for Zhou Miao and Lu Xiaoxiao.

The conventional method for catching razor clams involves spraying salt into each of their small holes and waiting for them to crawl out on their own from the saltiness. But Luo Qianqian clearly has a more efficient secret.

Zhou Miao and Lu Xiaoxiao curiously surrounded her, wanting to see what she was up to.

Luo Qianqian adjusted the bottle opening, pressed it down hard, and swung it back and forth. White salt grains sprayed out like water, covering the muddy beach in front of her.

This method seemed a bit wasteful of salt, but within seconds, countless long bamboo clams poked their heads out of the burrow, some even with most of their bodies sticking out!

This sudden turn of events left Zhou Miao and Lu Xiaoxiao speechless.

Luo Qianqian chuckled as she picked up the clams that had just emerged and tossed them into the bucket of water at her feet.

"How about that? Pretty quick, right!" she said smugly. "As long as there are enough razor clams on this mudflat, everyone can easily take forty or fifty pounds home!"

Forty or fifty kilograms per person?

This number is incredible!