Chapter 55 Three-person collaboration
In the next few days, An Ge followed Zhang Qiang and his fourth brother to catch loaches.
With three people working together, they caught more loaches. For several consecutive days, all three of them harvested more than 60 kilograms of loaches. When there were fewer loaches in one place, they would go to another place to catch them.
Now Ang has saved more than ten yuan.
He was very happy. This was ten dollars. How much could they earn in a year? But they earned so much in just a few days.
"Brother One, Brother Four, you've heard it too. The restaurant doesn't want loaches anymore. At least for the time being, we don't have to deliver them. We have to use up all of this loach. We have to think of other ways."
Zhang Qiang also wanted to make more money now, because it would be difficult in winter, and everyone would be idle. They were also afraid of being discovered and reported, which was no small matter.
"Why don't we go up the mountain and see if we can catch some pheasants or roe deer? Meat is the most valuable." The fourth brother was a little greedy for meat.
The last time we ate meat, it was bought by my third sister-in-law. She went to take care of my third brother, and the food at home returned to the state it was before she came home.
His mother is really good at looking down on people. This third sister-in-law is not a good wife and has started to fool them.
"I think it's feasible."
After squatting there for several nights in a row, they actually found the place where the pheasants gathered.
Four pheasants were resting on a tree with their long tails hanging down.
In order to catch more at a time, they wove a large net out of hemp rope.
If pheasants are caught in one place, they will move to another place next time, so they have to succeed in one try and dare not disturb them easily.
Otherwise all the efforts will be wasted.
The three of them often got together to practice, trying to figure out how to catch more pheasants and prevent them from running away.
It turns out that hard work pays off.
"We succeeded!" The three of them were very excited.
In order to catch these pheasants, they practiced for a whole week and finally caught all of them.
After the first success, the following times went much more smoothly. We looked for nests and continued to catch pheasants.
Even when you are not very good at it, you can still catch one or two, so you won't get nothing.
In just half a month, they harvested more than a dozen pheasants, gave a few to the restaurant chef, and sold the remaining ten or so on the black market.
Zhang Qiang wanted to control the restaurant channel, so he gave the discount to a few restaurants without giving them any benefits. Why should they let you make money?
Everyone knows that pheasants are difficult to catch and that rarity makes them valuable.
The rest are sold at high prices. Many families with mothers in confinement or elderly people who like to eat game are willing to buy pheasants.
These more than ten pheasants were sold for 180 yuan each, and each of the three people received 60 yuan.
Ang also saved up 110 yuan, which was a big step closer to 110 yuan. He only had 40 yuan left to pay back the debt, so he was very happy.
He is not afraid of hardship or fatigue, but he is fed up with living without money.
"We won't sell what we caught this time. We'll eat it ourselves. We've been so tired recently. The three of us brothers need to take a break." The three of them get up early and go to bed late, and now they have lost a lot of weight.
"Okay." In the evening, the group caught four more pheasants.
"I'll take one back to the educated youth site, and you can take the remaining three back. You have a large family." Zhang Qiang didn't care about these things. He was happy to be able to cooperate with them.
The An family members were all smart. They were already bound partners, so there was no need to be petty.
"That won't work. You take two and we take these two. We're both taking advantage of you." An Ge disagreed.
"Brother Yi, Brother Si, listen to me, it's inconvenient for me to take so many of them back. I can say for this one that I just happened to catch it, but I can't make up for these two. Don't be polite to me, we will be together for a long time in the future." Zhang Qiang said, holding a pheasant.
The brothers returned home with only three pheasants.
The young man was about to pack up quietly, but who would have thought that Anqi was waiting in the yard.
"Mom...you...why haven't you slept yet?"
"What do you think? You think I'm deaf? You two have been running around like crazy every day recently. Do you really think I don't know?" Erxing Qianli was worried, not to mention that what they were doing was a dangerous thing.
Although the returns are high, the risks are also high.
"Mom, we're taking a break. Look, this is the pheasant we prepared for you. We'll get it ready for you."
"Okay, take a rest." An Li also felt sorry for his two sons. They got up early and went to bed late, and it was obvious that they had lost a lot of weight.
I have to go to work during the day. Although it is not as tiring as the autumn harvest, it is not easy either. And then I go out as a night owl every night. How can my body take it?
This kid is such a headache. On one hand, I am worried about the third brother's situation, and on the other hand, these two brothers have teamed up to mess around with the black market.
The two of them returned safely, but the third one didn't know what was going on over there, so how could she sleep?
The two brothers cooperated well and removed the hair and skin in one go.
"Mom, look, this pheasant is not small!" The two brothers knew that An Qi was worried about their safety and the situation of the third brother, so they deliberately distracted An Qi.
"Well, they are really big, guys. There are three of them." An Qi looked at the three clean pheasants after peeling the skin, and wondered where they would go.
"Old Master, Old Four, I want to discuss something with you."
"Mom, please tell me."
"Mom wants to air-dry one and send it to Feng Jiaojiao's father. It's a token of our appreciation, after all. He gave us so much fabric." If her two sons also had in-laws, she would have made the clothes for them directly.
"No problem. My third sister-in-law's father specially gave us so much cloth. We should thank him." My brother had no objection.
"I have no objection either." The fourth brother couldn't have an objection either. When he got married, his third brother took care of him a lot. Now, if he could help his third brother feel good, of course he would be willing to do so.
As for his father-in-law, he would just go catch another one and send it to him.
"Hey, boys, Mom will stew one for you tomorrow to nourish you two. I will dry the remaining two, send one to the Feng family, and stew the other one for you next time." An Li had already made arrangements.