Chapter 59: Great Harvest
After getting the fishing net, Chen Wenjun immediately got on board and rowed the five-sail boat to a place where the water flow was relatively calm.
It was the first time for the two children to come to this area of water, so everything they saw was new to them.
Liu Yaya pointed at the water plants by the river and shouted, "Are there any duck eggs in there? Uncle, should we go over and pick up the eggs?"
Chen Wenjun laughed and shook his head, "Not now! The water level is too high. Even if there are duck eggs, they will be soaked and spoiled. We can't pick them up. Uncle will put down the trap and you can go fishing. How about that?"
The two children were not disappointed and ran happily to the back to get the fishing rods.
Chen Wenjun found a place for the fishing boat to pull alongside.
Quickly go ashore to dig for earthworms.
On rainy days, earthworms emerged from many low-lying water-soaked places. Some were even as thick as a little finger and several dozen centimeters long. The key is that they came in nests so densely packed that it made one's scalp tingle.
Lin Qin stood on the deck and watched, with no intention of getting off the boat.
Chen Wenjun took the bucket and picked up half a bucket of large earthworms. "Use this to fish. Small fish won't bite the hook."
He knew that Lin Qin had a bit of trypophobia, so he didn't let her do it. He took a pair of scissors and cut a big earthworm into several pieces in no time.
The fishy smell was blown away by the river breeze.
Lin Qin's frown relaxed as she saw Chen Wenjun considerately helping her put on the bait. She then sat down happily and cast the fishing rod.
The two children just watched from the side. If Lin Qin could catch a fish, they would put up bait. If not, they would just go to the back cabin and play.
The waiting time is quite long.
Lin Yi, who was standing by, glanced at the water from time to time, muttering to himself, "The water is still too fast, I guess we can't catch anything. I think we can change places, or let Wenjun cast a trap. How deep is the water here? Where can we go if we walk this way?"
Chen Wenjun asked questions and answered them.
As he spoke, Lin Qin suddenly shouted excitedly, "There's movement, hurry up! Look!"
Four pairs of eyes came over.
In just a short while, the entire buoy sank.
Lin Qin immediately put away the fishing rod and started to play tug-of-war with the thing underwater.
Chen Wenjun decisively went to the back to get the scoop net.
Lin Yize helped to pull the rod. The fishing line was not the best, and they were worried that the line would break. The father and daughter were particularly careful and did not dare to use any force at all.
Only after the fish was tired did they dare to drag it closer. Chen Wenjun was quick-eyed and quick-handed. He watched the fish's movements and rushed over, and a silver carp weighing four or five kilograms fell into the net.
Lin Yi was overjoyed, "It's a good omen, Yaya is safe, let's get started!"
Chen Wenjun didn't dare to go far, so he simply set up traps nearby.
The family worked for the whole afternoon, and as it was getting dark, Chen Wenjun rowed the boat over to collect the nets.
It takes two people to close the net.
Lin Yi was worried and insisted on helping.
The river was wide and their nets only blocked part of it.
Lin Qin steadied the bamboo pole and fishing net on the shore, Lin Yi rowed the boat under Chen Wenjun's instructions, and Chen Wenjun was responsible for collecting the net.
Start pulling the pole from this end, stop for a while at the middle of the bamboo pole, clean up the debris and then continue to move closer to the shore where Lin Qin is.
When all the bamboo poles were brought ashore.
Chen Wenjun began to pull up the underwater fishing net with great effort.
Lin Yi was a little disappointed when there were only a few carp, crucian carp and silver carp at the beginning. As a result, when the net had collected one-third of the fish, river eels appeared, from two or three at the beginning to a densely packed group later.
At first glance it was like poking a snake's nest, and the most shocking thing was.
There was actually a huge fish weighing more than ten kilograms in the fishing net, and its head was almost as big as the two children.
"Wow! Even with such a big fish, the net wasn't broken. This net is totally worth buying!" Lin Qin couldn't stop smiling.
The price of fish is proportional to its size. The bigger it is, the more valuable it is. This fish must be sold for thirty or forty yuan!
In addition to this big fish, the river eels are also quite large and look plump. They can be sold for two dollars and fifty dollars or two dollars and sixty dollars per pound. These are estimated to weigh forty or fifty pounds.
Chen Wenjun brought up the fishing net, glanced at the fishing boat in the distance, and said excitedly: "I'll get the big fish on board first. Don't tell anyone about this, or Aunt Shuifang will be unhappy."
When they met just now, Zhou Shuifang was obviously jealous when she saw the fishing net. If she knew that the net had caught more than ten kilograms of fish, she would definitely make a fuss.
Lin Qin didn't want to cause trouble, so he immediately asked Lin Yi for help to get the big fish and a bucket of eels onto the boat.
It took the two of them three trips to get most of the eels on board. Lin Qin was still picking and choosing in the fishing net.
Grandpa Chen's fishing boat was about to go back. As soon as it approached Zhou Shuifang, he couldn't wait to ask, "Wenjun's wife, how was the catch?"
Lin Qin was startled, looked up at them, smiled at Zhou Shuifang, and pressed the bucket to show them, "Not much."
Zhou Shuifang immediately became anxious, "This shouldn't be possible! We caught several river eels with a small fishing net! How come we only caught so few with such a big net?"
Lin Qin smiled innocently, "Maybe it wasn't done properly, so it ran away."
Zhou Shuifang looked regretful and said, "Be more careful next time, don't waste such a big net."
Having said that, she retreated back into the cabin with a dull look on her face, wondering if she had not woven the fishing net well. If that was the case, what if Chen Wenjun came back to ask her to return the money?
Thinking of this, she quickly asked Chen Yongding to row faster.
Seeing Zhou Shuifang's fishing boat going away, Lin Qin breathed a sigh of relief, shook the fishing net clean, and planned to hang it on the boat so that it could be used again after drying.
At this time, Chen Wenjun got off the boat and said excitedly, "I plan to set up the net again. I can catch another wave tonight. I will collect the net early tomorrow morning and put away everything in the trap.
The valuable goods will be sent to Guoxing Restaurant first, and the rest can be sold later. If they are not sold out at the vegetable market, they can be left there and sold again in the evening."
As his family was short of money to build a house, Chen Wenjun naturally could not miss any opportunity to make money.
Lin Qin really couldn't do anything with him and could only let him do whatever he wanted.
The two of them took their time returning to the fishing boat under the stars.
Lin Yi boiled some hot water.
The two of them simply took a shower and went back to sleep.
It was 4:30 in the morning of the next day.
Chen Wenjun opened the cabin with a kerosene lamp, hung the kerosene lamp on the door, and used a bamboo pole to collect the traps.
There aren't many fishermen in this place on normal days, but when there's a flood, there are so many fish and shrimps that almost every trap is filled to bursting.
He didn't have time to clean up by himself, so he could only simply separate the fish and shrimp, and had to wait for Lin Qin to help with the rest.
I was busy until almost five o'clock, when the sky began to brighten.
Only now was he ready to go over and close the net.
Lin Yi and Lin Qin were all ready.
The three of them worked together to get the fishing net ashore.
Unexpectedly, the number of eels caught this time was even greater than yesterday afternoon.
There were also several black fish weighing one or two kilograms, four soft-shelled turtles, and quite a few river shrimps.
For them, it was definitely another great harvest.
There is a limit to what Chen Wenjun can pack at one time.
The couple discussed it and went to other boat people to borrow a cart.
Lin Qin first pushed a cart of fish and shrimp to the vegetable market to set up a stall, while Chen Wenjun sent the big fish and three large buckets of river eels to Zheng Guoxing.
(End of this chapter)
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