Jiang Feng ignored Sun Chao's shouts from behind and ran home quickly, bringing back a lot of things.
"Hurry up and put all these things at home, then take us with the tools to lower the freshwater cage."
Sun Chao looked at the large and small bags piled in front of him and felt a little uncomfortable, but of course, he was also very grateful.
"Hurry up, hold it back if you have anything to say. Besides, this is not for you, it's for grandma. Take it away quickly and don't waste time." Jiang Feng knew what she was going to say when he looked at her, and quickly stopped him.
"Okay, I'll be back soon." Sun Chao took a deep breath, picked up the things and quickly returned home.
When he came back, his hands were filled with various tools. In addition to going up the mountain to get some mountain products to sell, he would also often go down to the village to catch some freshwater traps to improve his life.
"Brother Gan, Brother Hao, we don't actually have any big fish here. Before, the most I caught in the freshwater cages were some small crucian carp and grass carp, and occasionally there would be some better ones like silktail catfish, and then there were some small fish and shrimps." Sun Chao explained to them as he led the way.
The silktail catfish, commonly known as the bearded fish, is one of the local precious native fish. It has bright body color, no intramuscular spines, and white and tender meat. It has always been loved by consumers. The price was very good in the early years, reaching 60 or 70 yuan per catty, but now it is not so popular. With the success of artificial breeding, the price has almost been cut in half.
"Do you have crayfish here?" Lin Hao asked curiously. In their place, if they put cages in freshwater ditches or small ponds, they can often catch a lot of crayfish.
Crayfish is a good thing. No matter whether it is spicy or garlic, it tastes delicious. Just thinking about it, Lin Hao almost drooled.
Sun Chao shook his head. "There aren't any crayfish, just some small river shrimp that aren't very big. But if you clean them and fry them, they'll be a good dish to go with wine."
While chatting, the group of four soon arrived at their destination. Zheng Gan looked around and found that this was a natural pond similar to a small reservoir.
"Wow, there are quite a lot of things in there." He directly opened the map plug-in to scan and found that there were quite a lot of red dots in the pond, and some of them were quite large.
Zheng Gan and his friends had never used freshwater cages before, so they didn't quite know how to do it. Sun Chao was almost the only one who operated the whole process, putting bait in the cage and then throwing them into the water one by one.
"How long will it take to open the trap?" Zheng Gan asked. Although this thing is similar to the ground trap in the sea, it is actually very different. Not only does it depend on the environment and weather, but also the type of fish and so on.
"Normally I would let it sit for a full day before checking it, but if it's fast, I can pick it up around 8 o'clock tonight and check the situation." Sun Chao looked at the time.
"Where are those freshwater cages you lowered earlier? Drag one up and take a look." Jiang Feng poked his head over. He had nothing to do today. If he kept working here until night, wouldn't it be too boring?
Sun Chao nodded. "Okay, I just happened to drop a few here yesterday morning, so now's the perfect time to pick them up."
After that, he took the four of them to another area.
The length of the ground trap is not short, it is almost three meters. Because it is placed in such a small reservoir, it must be longer.
"Oh, we got a good harvest when we pulled up the first one. Okay, there are several eels in it." Lin Hao grinned as he looked at the fish in the cage.
"Is anyone buying eels now? What's the price?" Zheng Gan asked the question that concerned him. He knew a lot about marine fish, but he knew almost nothing about freshwater fish.
Sun Chao thought for a moment and said, "I went to the town to sell fish some time ago. The purchase price for eels was 30 yuan per catty. If they were bigger, the price would be higher."
In the past ten years or so, our Chinese people did not know that eels are a very nutritious fish, so they began to catch them on a large scale. This resulted in the larger eels being basically caught, and the remaining ones were all small, so now those large eels are basically nowhere to be seen.
After pouring all the fish in the trap onto the ground, Sun Chao began to pick them up. In the end, he harvested nearly two kilograms of eels, which was the biggest harvest in this net.
"Sell me those eels," Zheng Gan suddenly said. "They'll be perfect for a dinner tonight."
"What you said, brother? It doesn't matter whether you buy it or not. Just take it back and eat it." Sun Chao waved his hands quickly after hearing this. Although sixty yuan was not a small amount for him, it would be unkind to ask for more money after the other party brought back so many things.
"Let's be clear, I can't take your fish for free. These are all the results of your hard work." Zheng Gan took out a hundred yuan in cash from his pocket and stuffed it directly into his pocket.
"Take it. My brother is rich. Just think of it as giving away money to a rich man. If you don't take it, he will be really angry." Jiang Feng advised with a smile. He could naturally see that this was actually a small help from Zheng Gan, and a hundred yuan was not a lot.
"This..." Sun Chao was a little embarrassed. The hundred yuan was enough for him and his grandmother to live for a week, but he felt embarrassed to just take it away.
"Brother, I'll keep the money, but I have three more traps. No matter what's inside, I'll give it to you. I don't want a penny."
"We'll talk about it later. Let's get the next trap quickly. It's quite interesting." Zheng Gan changed the subject directly. He had already seen through the map plug-in that among the other three traps, there was a red dot that was quite large.
Sun Chao quickly took the three idle people to the second trap, but there was nothing in this one, basically just a few small fish and some shrimps.
The same goes for the third trap. There is basically nothing good in it. This is normal. If each trap can hold a few kilograms of eels, Sun Chao would have lived a good life with this.
When he came to the last trap, Sun Chao just picked it up and found that the weight was wrong. It was obviously much heavier than the previous one, so he hurriedly pulled it out with force.
"It's really an eye-opener. This is the first time I've seen a live turtle in person!" Lin Hao's eyes widened.
"Damn, this is the first time I've seen it too!" Not only him, but even Jiang Feng screamed in surprise. He was a local and had lived here for the past 18 years. It was also his first time seeing a wild soft-shelled turtle.
"What a good stuff!" Zheng Gan's eyes lit up and saliva flowed from the corners of his mouth.
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