Chapter 463 Follow the Trend

beach

The tide had not completely receded, and was still about half a person's height. Zhou Chenglei, his father and others were in the water, wrapping a bunch of hemp ropes covered with green mouths around a wooden stake, and then connecting them to another wooden stake and wrapping them around a few more times.

These mussels will then grow along the wooden stake until they cover the entire stake, and the mussels on the rope will also continue to grow or fall off.

Now we can see that the batch of mussels that were transplanted previously have begun to show a trend of spreading.

This proves that the sea area is indeed suitable for its growth.

Father Zhou was delighted when he saw the mussels on the wood piles begin to spread: "They are growing quite fast."

Zhou Guodong was surprised and said, "I didn't expect it to survive just like this without being fed."

Zhou Chenglei said, "Do you want to raise one? If you want to, you'd better go to the production team and rent some sea area as soon as possible."

Father Zhou also said, "Yes, do you dare to raise mussels with us? Uncle Fu can't guarantee that you will get rich, but you will definitely make money! Look, my eldest daughter-in-law has rented 200 acres of beach to raise mussels."

This is the way to fortune discovered by Wangcai.

If you don't get rich, you will become rich. That's for sure! Zhou Guodong looked at the mussels that were beginning to spread on the wooden stakes in the sea water, and was a little hesitant.

Father Zhou: "Today is a low tide. If the villagers see that they can really raise fish, some will definitely follow suit. The beach is limited. If you are late, you will have to find another place to raise fish. It won't be so convenient now."

Normally the tide doesn't recede this far.

Zhou Guodong also understood this, but his family still owed Brother Lei so much money, how could they afford to rent the beach and buy wooden stakes? Zhou Chenglei saw his hesitation and said, "I'm not in a hurry to use the money. I'll return the 300 yuan you just returned to me first. You can use it to rent a piece of sea area. You can pay it back when you make money in the future."

Father Zhou: "Yes! You can pay it back when you make money. If you want to raise fish, make a decision as soon as possible, otherwise the sea area will be rented out by others. There is no rush to pay back the money. When the fish are raised well and can be sold, you will still have to worry about not having money to pay back. If you don't have money to pay back, you can transfer the sea area to us to pay off the debt. You are so young, are you still worried about not making money?"

Zhou Guodong was already tempted, and he made up his mind after hearing this: "Brother Lei, I'll pay you back later, and I'll go rent the sea area first."

Zhou Chenglei returned the three hundred yuan to him and said, "Three hundred yuan can rent one hundred acres. When you rent, help me rent two hundred acres more. I will pay the money later."

Although the coastline is long, it is limited.

Zhou Chenglei is renting the land for his second brother. If his second brother doesn't want to raise the crops, he can raise an extra 200 acres.

"Then I'll go rent the beach now."

Zhou Chenglei nodded.

Zhou Guodong left first.

As soon as he got ashore, he saw Jiang Xia and Zhou's mother walking towards him.

After the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law saw off the two aunts and nephews, they came to the beach.

Zhou Guodong greeted them, then said a little embarrassedly: "Sister-in-law, I plan to learn how to raise mussels from Brother Lei. I will pay you back later, and I will use the money to rent a beach first."

Jiang Xia smiled and said, "Okay, then go ahead!"

At present, mussels are still worth raising.

Zhou Guodong thanked him and ran to the production team.

Mother Zhou carefully helped Jiang Xia walk down the beach.

Zhou Chenglei noticed Jiang Xia on the shore and ran over immediately. He took over Zhou's mother's position and came to help Jiang Xia.

Jiang Xia laughed and said, "You run really fast."

He ran directly from where there was sea water.

Zhou Chenglei didn't respond to her. Her belly was big now and it was inconvenient to hold her. He supported her and paid close attention to her feet.

He didn't let go until Jiang Xia put his feet on the beach.

The sea water has receded by half, revealing half of the wooden stakes that had been planted previously.

There was a lot of mud on this beach, and Jiang Xia didn't want to cause trouble for Zhou Chenglei, so he said, "I'll just stand here. If I don't go over, don't worry about me."

Zhou's mother asked, "How are the mussels we raised before? Are they alive?"

Zhou Chenglei replied: "They are alive, and some have started to grow roots."

When Zhou's mother heard this, she wanted to go and take a look, so she said to the two of them, "I'll go over and take a look."

Jiang Xia also said to Zhou Chenglei: "You should go and get busy too! The tide is rising and falling quickly today. I will go over after the tide has completely receded."

Zhou Chenglei would naturally not leave her here alone. "Don't worry, we'll be done soon. Let's pick some snails to eat tonight."

Zhou Chenglei held Jiang Xia's hand with one hand, picked up the bucket with the other, and started looking for snail eyes to pick up snails.

After picking up the trash for a while, the tide receded further and further away, and villagers began to come over one after another.

A villager saw Zhou's father and his men working on the wood piles, walked past Zhou Chenglei and Jiang Xia, and asked, "A Lei, did you keep the thing alive?"

Zhou Chenglei said, "Some of them are supported."

"Is it really alive? Let me go and take a look!" When someone heard this, he immediately ran over to take a look.

Others couldn't help but go over to watch the fun.

The villagers ran to Zhou's father and looked at the mussel on the stake: "Is it really alive? Are you really keeping it alive?"

Father Zhou laughed and said, "Is this fake? Didn't you see it?"

With the blessing of wealth and fortune, what can’t survive?

"Yongfu, is this thing easy to raise? How much does it cost per pound when it grows up?"

Father Zhou: "It's up to you whether it's easy to raise them or not. I don't think it's difficult, but everyone has different luck. Some people grow vegetables well, while others can't. I don't know how much they sell for a pound before they grow big. I heard that other places raise them for export and earn foreign exchange, so they should sell for a few cents a pound! I don't know either, I haven't sold them before."

"A few cents is so cheap? I thought imported goods from abroad would be more expensive."

Father Zhou: "Brother, it's in the shell! How much does the shell weigh?"

"How much did you pay for these wooden stakes?"

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"Really? Just let them grow in the sea?"

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Some people were moved and couldn't help but keep asking Zhou's father about it.

Zhou's father was so happy that he told everything he knew, and finally he shirked responsibility.

The main point is that you can keep it if you want, but if you can't keep it alive, you will lose money, don't be lazy! After all, it costs a lot to buy wooden stakes, floats, etc. You can also make ropes at home, but they are not durable. I am afraid that they will rot and I may have to dispose of them. I plan to buy ropes in the future.

It was low tide today and many people came to play in the sea.

Many people were curious about whether the thing Zhou Chenglei raised was alive, so more and more people came to see it and asked questions.

Some people even volunteered to help with the work.

Jiang Xia and Zhou Chenglei also walked over there while picking up conchs.

When the tide goes out, there will be more cargo under the piles.

Jiang Xia had previously asked Zhou Chenglei to put a circle of nets around the foot of the wooden stakes, thinking that he could catch some shrimps and crabs when the tide receded.

Even if the mussels fall on the beach, they will not all be lost in the sea.

"Just do your thing. Mom and I will pick up some things together. Don't worry about me."

Mother Zhou: "Yes, I'll just look after Xiao Xia."

"Then you better be careful." Zhou Chenglei was indeed busy.

"I know." Jiang Xia responded.

The net with the wooden stakes was indeed full of shrimps. Jiang Xia immediately saw two or three shrimps by the net and quickly bent down to pick them up.

There are so many shrimps today. I found a few more every few steps! Along the edge of the net, there are shrimps of all sizes, and occasionally crabs.

There are also hairy clams and snails.

Jiang Xia and Zhou's mother had a lot of fun picking up the items.

The joy of going to the beach today is brought by shrimps! The villagers who just passed by saw the mussels and were envious of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who were desperately picking shrimps! Regardless of whether mussels can make money or not, this way, it is convenient to go to the beach! Look at the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, they picked up half a pound of shrimps in a short time!

Unfortunately, this is a beach rented by others and they were too embarrassed to pick up the fish using the nets they had used.

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In the evening, the fishing boats returned home.

Li Xiuxian got off the boat and planned to go home to cook. She saw several people from the production team coming out and heard them say, "We are too late. All the good beaches have been rented out!"

"I have wanted to raise one for a long time, but I was afraid I couldn't keep it alive. If I had known I could really keep it alive, I would have rented a piece of sea before the New Year."

"I was afraid before, but I didn't know it would be rented out so quickly."

Li Xiuxian's heart skipped a beat: "Uncle, why are you renting the sea?"

"Learn how to raise mussels from A-Lei! You are A-Lei's sister-in-law, so your family also raises mussels, right? How many miles did you rent?"

Li Xiuxian: “…”

Here it comes, here it comes! This is a make-up for last night’s chapter, and there will be today’s update in the evening.