Chapter 491: 100,000 Jin

In Jiangxia, Zhou Chenglei and the fish fry boss returned to the fishing village after lunch.

Jiang Xia came to the old house and asked Xu Ling: "How is it? Have you decided whether to get married or not?"

Xu Ling blushed and said, "He said if I don't want to get married yet, there's no rush and I can wait until he finishes building the house before getting married so I can have a new house to live in. I was afraid that this would seem like I despised his family for not having a house, so I said my mom asked him to ask my aunt to use our horoscopes to pick a few dates. I plan to pick a date that's neither too far nor too close."

Jiang Xia gave a thumbs up: "This is a good idea."

Zhou Chenglei packed up his things and prepared to go out to sea with the fish fry boss. He walked over to Jiang Xia and said, "Xia Xia, are you going out to sea?"

I don’t know if God knew that Zhou Chenglei would be busy next, but the sun came out in the afternoon and the sky finally cleared up.

Jiang Xia: "I'm not going out."

"Then go back and take a nap. Don't be too busy."

"Okay." Jiang Xia responded.

Zhou Chenglei went out to sea with the fish fry owner to inspect the sea area, looking for a suitable area to install cages. By the way, he released the 10,000 young grouper fish he sent in batches into the cages they had put there before for trial breeding.

The boss of the fish fry came. In addition to the fish cages ordered by Zhou Chenglei, this time he also shipped over tens of thousands of young stonefish. They were not fish fry, but young fish.

It was the fish fry owner who helped Zhou Chenglei raise the fish for several months, raising them from fry to juveniles. Of course, because they were juveniles, the price was much higher. Ten thousand young garfish cost four thousand yuan, which means four cents per fish.

However, this kind of young fish is as thick as three of Zhou Chenglei's fingers, and can be directly placed in their original fish cages.

After all, the mesh of the seabed cages is relatively large, so they cannot raise fish fry, only young fish.

Because the sun is out, many fishermen take the time to check their boats or go out to sea early.

Everyone saw Zhou Chenglei and the fish boss at the dock, preparing to drive the big boat out to sea.

Many villagers still remember the fish fry owner. After all, many people accompanied him to the sea to release the fish fry.

So they all greeted him: "Boss Yu, long time no see, you brought fish fry again?"

"Boss Yu, are you here to release animals again this time?"

The owner of the fish fry shop is named Yu Hong.

Yu Hong smiled and said, "Long time no see. Haha, I won't release them! I can't afford it! Comrade Zhou has a custom-made cage from abroad, so I sent it to him."

A villager asked again: "The cages are ordered from abroad? Are they expensive? How much are they?"

Yu Hong didn't mention the price directly, but smiled and said, "It's a bit expensive, but it's worth the investment. For example, the cages that A Lei ordered can hold 100,000 kilograms of live fish at a time. Think about how much money you can make after raising them. If you want to raise fish in the future, go with him to see his cages, and then ask me about the price!"

Everyone: “…”

One hundred thousand jin? How big a cage would that be?

Yu Hong exchanged a few polite words with the villagers and then set out to sea.

After watching the big ship leave, the villagers couldn't help but start a discussion.

"Zhou Chenglei is also planning to raise fish, and he even ordered cages from abroad! Why is he so persistent in raising this and that? Isn't it enough to raise mussels? There are so many fish in the sea to catch."

"Can you raise 100,000 catties of fish at a time?! If you raise them for a year and then sell them, and you make one yuan per catty of fish, wouldn't you make 100,000 yuan a year? Why not raise them? I don't have money, but I would raise them even if I had money!"

"You have to be able to keep them alive! There are so many typhoons every year. What if one of them blows the cages away? There won't be anything left. The risk is too great. I don't think it's easy to make money."

"Don't be so ignorant. Many places already have fish cages. People in our neighboring city and province are raising fish. And the island country has been raising fish cages for 20 to 30 years! Those cages must be able to withstand typhoons. Otherwise, who would spend a lot of money to buy them? If we can raise 100,000 kilograms of fish at a time, I think it's really worth it! It's worth raising fish even if it takes two years to sell them!"

"Then you won't raise it?"

"I don't have money to order a cage! I would raise one even if I had money!"

"You can do what Zhou Chenglei did and put eight or ten of your own cages in the sea to raise fish!"

"That's just nonsense, it's not professional! The fish he raised only sold for more than 1,000 yuan on New Year's Eve last year. He usually makes that much money by hauling the net in a day. He doesn't mind the trouble of feeding the fish every day. But professional cage fish farming is different!"

"You should be like Alei and dare to take risks! Young people should try everything! You should dare to take risks in everything. With a risk, a bicycle can be transformed into a motorcycle! Look, those mussels are being fed by him, right?"

"Uncle, you have to be as rich as him to be able to gamble. Do you think he invested little money in raising mussels? It's expensive to buy wood! If you don't have money, why do you gamble with sand? Besides, who knows if the mussels can be raised? It's too early to say they can be raised now! After all, they haven't grown up yet."

"That's right. The cage he made isn't cheap either. A set of diving equipment will keep you out! What are you raising?"

An old fisherman said, "It has nothing to do with money. He just dared to do it. A Lei was smart and bold since he was young. He dared to do anything. He was a very opinionated person since he was young. When he was four or five years old, he followed his mother to go fishing. He was very capable. He picked up more things than adults every time. No one knew how he picked them up. He knew more snail eyes than adults. When he was seven or eight years old, he dared to row a small wooden boat to go fishing. He caught a lot. When he came back, his father chased him with a pole and beat him. When he was thirteen or fourteen years old, he dared to steal the household registration booklet without telling his family to sign up for the army. His father chased him through several villages with a pole. Do you think there is anyone in the village who has the courage to fight and fight like him?"

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

"You can tell a person's future from the age of three. The more naughty and daring a child is when he is young, the more capable he will be when he grows up. You young people should dare to fight. If you don't, you will regret it when you are old! At our age, we don't even have the energy to fight."

…

Zhou Chenglei didn't even know that they had become the topic of conversation among the villagers again.

He took the fish fry boss to the sea area rented near Abalone Island and released 5,000 young fish into several cages. Then he went back to the sea area rented by Pearl Island and put the remaining 5,000 young fish into the cages here.

After carefully examining the two areas, the fish fry owner said, "I think both areas are suitable. You can choose the one that is closer, which is more convenient."

Because these two sea areas are bays with relatively small winds and waves, the biggest fear in cage fish farming is strong winds and waves. The second is that the fish will get sick. However, there are ways to treat the symptoms of fish illnesses, and winds and waves cannot be controlled by human power.

Zhou Chenglei thought that pearl farming needed to be expanded, so he decided to choose the sea area near Abalone Island.

Moreover, the water depth on the Abalone Island side is deeper, which makes it more suitable.

Anyway, we have to hire someone to manage it. The time it takes to sail to the two sea areas from the village pier is about the same, more than an hour.

It’s not far, just a dozen minutes’ flight.

After selecting the sea area for aquaculture, we started installing large cages the next day.

Boss Yu knew that Zhou Chenglei and his friends had never raised fish and didn't know how to install it, so he brought someone over to help with the installation.

Of course you have to pay wages, and also provide food and lodging.

Zhou Chenglei booked a few rooms in the town's hotel for the workers to stay in, and ordered three meals a day for them at the restaurant.

Next, we went out to sea every day to install fish cages and build houses on the island.

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