Chapter 2 Making Fishing Tools
In the evening, there was only sweet potato porridge with a plate of pickles and wild vegetables, but Zhang Ze ate it with gusto.
After many years, he ate the meal cooked by his mother again, which made him feel nostalgic.
After dinner, the sisters went to wash the dishes and clean up, while Zhang Ze started to prepare to go fishing and think about how to make money.
Although he did not know many details of the historical development of his hometown after living a second life, he knew clearly how to make a fortune.
Even if he has mediocre abilities and cannot become a billionaire, financial freedom is still a problem for him.
Even the dumbest person would know to buy a house or a store and collect rent while waiting for appreciation or demolition, right? As for the first pot of gold, he didn't know if he could do it now.
He can fish and sell them for money, saving money while improving his family's living conditions.
I still have to go to the city to see the situation and ask around.
Although I was reborn, I was still digging in the fields in my previous life, and I really didn't know when I could do the specific business.
Even if you can't do it, there is still a chance to make money. After all, there is a black market.
Besides, the golden finger has appeared, wouldn't it be a waste if he didn't use it? Fish products in this era are very cheap, most of them are only a few cents per pound.
For example, silver carp costs about 20 to 30 cents per pound, and grass carp costs only 50 to 60 cents, and it also depends on the size.
It will take two or three years for the price of crucian carp to rise to 50 or 60 cents per pound, by which time the price of grass carp will be more than one dollar.
After the 1980s, the market economy has been changing every year and prices have been rising rapidly, but the changes before 1983 were not significant.
Zhang Ze only has one cubic meter of fishing space. If he wants to make more money, he will definitely give priority to catching expensive fish.
"Mom, do you have a sewing needle and pliers at home?"
After being reborn, Zhang Ze had lost many of his memories. At least he didn't know what small items were in his home. He only remembered some important things.
"What?"
Zhang Huihong's brain was a little short-circuited. Why did her eldest son suddenly want such strange things?
"Needle and pliers. I want to make a tool."
"What tools can be made with sewing needles?" Zhang Huihong was puzzled, but she still went to her room to get some sewing needles and a pair of pliers.
Since Zhang Ze didn't tell her the size of the sewing needles, she took out all of them.
"I'm going to do some hook fishing."
"A fishhook? You want to fish?"
"We haven't eaten meat for a long time. Although fish is not as good as pork, it is still meat. I'm going to give it a try. If it works, at least I can eat some meat in the future."
If the seaside wasn't a little far away, Zhang Ze really wouldn't have chosen to fish for freshwater fish, even though the price of seafood nowadays is not much different from that of freshwater fish.
"." Zhang Huihong's eyes dimmed when she heard this, "It's because Mom is incompetent that you guys have suffered."
"No, you are the best mother in the world, Awu, right!" Zhang Ze immediately retorted.
Zhang Wu cooperated very well and immediately hugged Zhang Huihong's thighs: "Brother is right, my mother is the best!"
The two maids, Zhang Qian and Zhang Qing, also nodded repeatedly and gathered around her.
Zhang Huihong was so touched that her eyes became moist.
Her son and daughter are obedient and sensible, so all the suffering and grievances she has endured over the years are worth it.
Zhang Ze looked at the family with a smile. He had not experienced such a warm feeling for a long time.
Now, he wants to make his family live a good life first.
He picked out a few thick and long sewing needles, his main target being grass carp and black carp.
Grass carp is big, weighing several kilograms or even more than ten kilograms. Even if the price is only fifty or sixty cents, one can still be sold for a few dollars.
Of course, he can't catch anything that's too big, because no one would be willing to buy it.
My family can’t even finish it in one meal. And now the weather is hot and it will go bad if I don’t have a refrigerator.
Secondly, sewing needles are not as easy to use as later fish hooks, as fish are strong and can be easily pulled straight.
There was still some charcoal from the burnt wood on the fire, which was convenient for him. He lit the fire again, picked up a sewing needle with pliers and put it on the charcoal fire to roast.
When the sewing needle was roasted until it turned red, he immediately used pliers to bend it into the shape of a fish hook.
But this is not something that can be done successfully in one go, as the sewing needle will quickly cool down and harden again after being taken out of the fire.
So he continued to roast and break the fish, repeating this several times, and a fish hook was basically formed. The little guy Zhang Wu kept staring at him curiously.
"Brother, is the fishhook ready?"
"Not yet, Wu, go get some cold water."
"Yeah." Zhang Wu quickly went to get a bowl and scooped some water over.
Zhang Ze put the fishhook into cold water to quench it. A hissing sound was heard and the fishhook immediately cooled and hardened.
Fish hooks that have not gone through this step are useless. At most, they can only be used to catch whitebait and crucian carp. No one wants these things.
"Mom, do you have any thin nylon thread at home? The kind that can be threaded through a sewing needle?"
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"Let me look for it!"
After a while, Zhang Huihong brought over a small bundle of nylon thread.
Zhang Ze picked up the nylon thread and took a look, and found that it was just right to use.
So he threaded the nylon thread into the needle hole and pulled out a long piece.
Fold the line in half again, hold the line and the hook handle with your left hand, and start wrapping it around the hook handle in circles with your right hand.
The fish hook must be tied firmly. Otherwise, if you catch a big fish and the hook fails to break the fish but the fish gets out of the line, you probably won’t be able to sleep well for three days and three nights, and your dreams will be filled with images of the fish escaping.
After tying five or six circles, Zhang Ze passed the end of the line into the small loop formed by folding the nylon line in half. He held the nylon main line firmly with his right hand, bit the end of the line with his mouth and pulled hard, and the fishing line was tied firmly to the fish hook.
As a fisherman, tying the fishing line is just a basic operation.
But Zhang Huihong was stunned: "Son, you are very skilled. When did you learn to fish?"
"I just saw others fishing a few times and learned how to tie the fishing line." Zhang Ze said casually.
Because he didn't have a fishing rod, he could only find a stick to wrap the nylon line around and use it.
As for the bamboo pole, he really didn't have any bamboo that could withstand the torment of the big grass carp. Instead of breaking the bamboo pole, it would be better to rely directly on the pulling force of the nylon line.
When fishing with a fishing line, you can reel it in and release it at any time and slowly reel the fish in.
A bamboo pole can only relieve force, and it is not very convenient to catch big fish without a fishing reel.
"Brother, can we go fishing now?" Zhang Wu looked eager to try.
Zhang Ze tapped his forehead and said, "I'll go. It's dark now. You stay home."
"Ah, I don't want to, I want to follow you too!"
"You are still young. It is not safe to go to the river at night. You should stay at home at night. I will take you fishing during the day."
At this time, Zhang Huihong noticed the situation here and came over: "Awu, don't make trouble for your brother. Your brother has to go fishing at night, so how can he take care of you? Be obedient and stay at home at night."
Seeing his mother said so, Zhang Wu had no choice but to agree with a sad face: "Then it's a deal, you take me fishing during the day."
"Of course. I keep my word. I'll make you a fishing tool tomorrow." After taking care of his younger brother, Zhang Ze felt relieved.
It’s not that I’m afraid that my fishing space will be discovered, but the riverside is really unsafe late at night.
There are many wild animals these days, and poisonous snakes may appear by the river at any time.
If Zhang Wu was bitten accidentally, he wouldn't even have time to cry.
(End of this chapter)
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