Several years of drought have changed many people's ideas.
In the past, people would only buy a fish symbolically during the Chinese New Year.
But now it’s different. People are very accepting of fish.
Not only do we use it as a reserve food, but we also buy a few from time to time to make soup.
If the family is well-off and there happens to be a happy event at home, they will buy some as the main dish.
Because of this, many brigades now organize people to catch river fish to increase their income.
But isn't it a bit exaggerated to build several new wooden boats just for fishing?
After a moment of silence, Li Xu asked, "Uncle, how much did these ships cost?"
Don’t let the money you earn be lower than the cost, that would be too funny.
In recent days, a large amount of fish has been put on the market, and the price has naturally plummeted, from 28 cents per catty two years ago to 11 cents now. If you buy in large quantities, even 1 cent is fine.
The fish catch in the river is not endless. Just like the river in front of us, I won’t talk about other areas, but in Tang County it has to pass through four brigades.
Sunjiatan is the second place it flows through. If the upstream team catches too many fish, the harvest here will naturally be less.
And as the weather gets colder, how long can this kind of fishing last? How much money can they make?
Besides, when it comes to shipbuilding, even if the wood is free, the labor is expensive.
Nowadays, it costs dozens of dollars to buy a three-door cabinet, let alone this thing.
Li Xu estimated that it would cost at least five or six hundred yuan to get off these ships.
How many fish will be enough to sell this?
Captain Sun smiled and said, "100 yuan."
Li Xu thought he was talking about one hundred yuan per boat, so he asked, "These boats cost 400 yuan in total?"
"No, it's 100 yuan in total."
Hearing this, Li Xu was immediately shocked. "Is this true? Why is it so cheap?"
"Really? Besides the hundred yuan, I also gave them a lot of work points," Captain Sun explained. "It took his family of three three months to build these boats. They didn't work in the fields during that time, but I gave them full work points."
"Three months?" Li Xu calculated in his mind and asked again, "Have you been preparing for this since the market opened?"
"No, I started preparing before that." Captain Sun said, feeling both helpless and relieved. "Do you know how those bastards upstream fish? They line up in two lines along the riverbank and cast their nets into the river. If we hadn't had those boats built in advance, we wouldn't have caught a single fish at Sunjiatan."
From the previous experience of a large number of city dwellers going to the countryside to borrow rice husks to fill their stomachs, he understood that people would no longer have an aversion to fish.
This also gave him the idea of selling fish to make money.
However, the best fishing time had been missed, and they had no fishing equipment, so they had to give up.
So later he asked people to weave some fishing nets and had them stand on the shore to try to catch fish a few times.
Unfortunately, the harvest was minimal.
It was from that time that he had the idea of building a boat to go fishing in the middle of the river.
So before the market opened, he had already ordered people to build a boat.
At that time, many people expressed doubts about this matter, but they were all suppressed by him in his capacity as the team leader and head of the Sun family.
Now it seems that his decision was right.
After hearing his words, Li Xu was speechless.
How dare you scold others?
Look at that row of wooden boats in the river. How is their fishing method different from the fishing method of the large group upstream that you mentioned?
The only difference is that they are standing on the shore and you are standing on the boat.
With your two brigades here, the two brigades downstream probably won't be able to catch a single fish.
Although he thought so in his heart, Li Xu didn't dare to say a word.
Because I was afraid of getting beaten...
Then he smacked his lips and sighed, "If I convert the work points I've earned these three months into food, it's only a few dozen yuan. That's too little."
"Twenty years ago, their family fled here and we, the Sun family, took them in."
Li Xu understood instantly.
The reason why people take such a small amount of money is to repay a favor.
Maybe they don't even want the hundred dollars.
At this moment, he suddenly thought of something, but seeing so many people around him, he swallowed his words and changed the topic to something else.
The two chatted for a while before Captain Sun took him home.
Halfway through the journey, Li Xu felt that it was not a good idea to go to the door empty-handed, so he hurriedly said, "Uncle, please go back first. I have to go and tell my grandma."
Captain Sun naturally had no reason to refuse, so he asked, "Do you remember the way to my house? If not, I'll go with you."
Li Xu had only been to his house once, two years ago when he donated grain to the Sun family. Naturally, he didn't remember it now.
But it doesn't matter. There are so many people in Sunjiatan, they must know how to get there, so he smiled and nodded, "Remember, you go back first, I'll go later."
Captain Sun just thought he had a good memory and didn't think much about it. "Okay, go ahead."
After saying this, he went straight to his home so that his family could prepare lunch.
Li Xu returned to the Sun family and saw Mrs. Sun cooking in the kitchen. He quickly said, "Grandma, please cook less. I have to go to my uncle's house for dinner."
Starting this summer, the Sun family no longer saved food to support their clansmen, and they also resumed the habit of eating lunch.
It's all thanks to Captain Sun.
Two years ago, the Sun family and Li Xu donated a lot of food to the Sun family, but that was just a drop in the bucket.
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