Go back to the past to be the fishing king

Chapter 4 The first pot of gold, 83 yuan

There is a small night market in the town, where nearby villagers set up stalls to sell home-grown vegetables and fruits, and small vendors sell daily necessities.

The night market is small, but because it is the main road that the surrounding villages must pass to go home, there are pedestrians from before dark until after [-] o'clock in the evening.

Zhang Yang came quite early, and took a seat near the intersection next to the vegetable seller, put the bucket containing crucian carp on the ground, and sat leaning on the bicycle pony, the small stall was set up.

There is a big market every Monday, Saturday, and five days in the town. Because it is relatively close to the Wenhe River, there is no shortage of common freshwater fish such as crucian carp in the market. However, if you want to buy wild crucian carp, you have to go early in the morning. Night market There are really no fish sellers.

The small night market is not as busy as Daji, so it is difficult to get good sales. Besides, if you start the net in the morning, if you stay until the evening, the live fish will die easily, and if they are not fresh, they will not be able to sell at a high price.

Due to various factors, Zhang Yang's small fish stall became the only business in the night market.

Not long after the catches were put out here, an aunt in her 50s saw it and came up to it.

"Young man, how do you sell this crucian carp?"

Zhang Yang nodded with a smile, and pointed to the fishing rod behind him: "Auntie, do you want to buy fish? This is a pure wild crucian carp I caught from the Wenhe River. It is absolutely fresh! It's cheaper if you want more! "

"I want this big one! How much is it?" The aunt pointed to the big crucian carp that was struggling to turn over in the bucket and could only turn sideways.

"This fish weighs about a catty and a half. It's pure wild and sells for 40 yuan! It's still alive! If you take it home and butcher a fish, you can make a good soup. It's fresh and nutritious!"

"Are you sure it's wild? Don't fool me that I don't know it!"

"Liar is a puppy. The wild crucian carp from the Wenhe River has 28 large scales from the gill cover to the tail. If you don't believe me, count them!" Zhang Yang was full of confidence.

The aunt is also the owner of the goods, she grabbed the crucian carp with her hand and nodded.

"The price is a bit expensive, can it be cheaper?"

"Auntie, don't tease me. Is the price of a catty and a half big wild crucian carp still expensive? If you catch the early market, those who sell it for 50 yuan will rush to buy it!
There is an old saying that crucian carp weighs more than a catty and ginseng, this one is at least a catty and a half, a good thing that is hard to buy with money! "

Zhang Yang had a smile on his face and a humble tone, but he firmly controlled the initiative of this transaction.

"Okay, the young man is still very eloquent, pretend for me!"

Seeing that Zhang Yang didn't let go, the aunt nodded and took out the money. The daughter-in-law had just given birth to a big fat boy, and her milk was a bit poor. This wild big crucian carp happened to be bought back to stew the soup for milk.

"Uh, I didn't prepare a convenience bag!" The sale was concluded, but Zhang Yang was a little embarrassed. He was inexperienced in selling fish for the first time, so he forgot to prepare a bag to hold the fish.

But the old man who sells vegetables next to him is an open-minded person, so he pulled two convenience bags for him: "Here, young man, use mine! There are not many young people as old as you who can spare the shame to set up a fish stall to make money , much better than my youngest son! That kid knew that he would ask me for money to go online and play on the computer!"

"Thank you, sir!" Zhang Yang thanked him, packed the fish in a convenient bag, and completed the first transaction after taking the money from the aunt.

A fish sold for 40 yuan, opened!

In less than an hour, two more buyers fell in love with the live crucian carp in Zhang Yang's barrel. The large crucian carp cost seven yuan a catty, and the smaller ones cost five yuan a catty. They picked and sold them all. 43 pieces.

Including the big crucian carp at the beginning, 83 yuan came in!

After selling the fish, Zhang Yang packed up his things, said hello to the old man next door who helped him a lot, and rode away on his bike.

It was getting dark, but Zhang Yang didn't rush home, but went straight to the traditional Chinese medicine shop on another street.

With the start-up capital in hand, the traditional Chinese medicine wine for brewing rice needs to be prepared first. After Zhang Yang enters the door, he reports the type and quantity of traditional Chinese medicine needed, and he asks for several more to ensure that the prescription does not leak.

It cost a total of 24 yuan to buy all the traditional Chinese medicines for soaking wine rice, and troublesome people use machines to crush the medicines.

After buying the traditional Chinese medicine, the rest is cheap high-grade koji wine in ten catties in the supermarket. The ten catties of wine cost 55 yuan, and after paying the bill, I took my things home.

The dinner time of Zhang's family is relatively late, usually after seven o'clock. Zhang Yang just returned home at 06:30, it was already dark, but nothing was delayed.

"Yangyang, why did you go out this afternoon? I haven't seen anyone come back so late in the afternoon! What did you buy?"

Mother looked up and down, and finally stared suspiciously at the barrel of cheap koji wine hanging on the handlebar.

"Going out to fish! I learned a recipe to make rice with Chinese medicinal wine. I tried it in the afternoon and the effect was very good. I caught ten catties of fish in half a day! I bought this wine after selling fish at the night market. I used it for soaking rice in Chinese medicinal wine! "

Zhang Yang didn't care about the sequence of logic, and made a fuss with his mother vaguely.Fearing that his mother would object, he unscrewed the lid of the barrel and stuffed the crushed Chinese medicine into the wine barrel in front of her.

"Using good white wine to soak rice for fishing? Your dad will scold you for harming things when he comes back later!"

Seeing her son's actions, Zhang Yang's mother subconsciously glanced at the gate of the yard while giving instructions, for fear that her son would be scolded if her husband came back to see him.

"Hey! I'll hide it in a corner of the room so that he won't see it! I'm an adult now, and I can't always ask you for pocket money. If this wine and rice work well, I'll go fishing to earn pocket money in the future! "

"Your boss is not young anymore, stop thinking about what you have and what you don't have! Finding a class in An An is the right way!"

"Yeah, I know! When I get a letter from the textile factory, I'll go see the worker!"

Zhang Yang scratched his head with a smile and laughed, picked up the wine barrel and screwed on the lid again, and carried it to the side room.

When it was dinner time, the mother did not mention her son's use of traditional Chinese medicine to make wine. After dinner, Zhang Yang went back to the room early, played with the computer for a while, and then went to bed after nine o'clock.

In the next few days, Zhang Yang went out after breakfast in the morning, rode on a bicycle and went fishing by the river with a fishing rod on his shoulders. He came back at noon and disappeared after lunch.

The weather in spring is not stable, sometimes it is windy, so Zhang Yang's catches are sometimes more and sometimes less.

Wild fish eat bait all day long in this season, but the best window for catching fish is usually in the morning and before evening, after which time the harvest will be less.

On average, it looks like fifteen or six catties of fish per day, and the fish caught every day are sold in the night market, and there is an income of one hundred and ten yuan a day.

Using the money he earned from selling fish, Zhang Yang drove into the city to go to a fishing gear wholesale street and bought a set of entry-level fishing equipment, including short-section fiberglass fishing rods, ground rack rods, fishing groups, vertical floats, sub-line boxes, and fishing gear. Trivial things such as guards and pole bags.

With the equipment, he finally looked like a regular fisherman. At least he no longer looked so shabby with bamboo poles.

I bought a set of fishing equipment by selling fish to make money. The fishing rod bag is so conspicuous that I can't hide it every day.

Zhang Yang didn't intend to hide it, and when his father asked, he naturally said about selling fish in the night market to earn pocket money. These fishing equipment were all bought by himself!

If I earn money to buy things by myself, I will have the confidence when the time comes. Father Zhang just asked a few words and didn't care about continuing to herd the sheep.

In Zhang Guofu's understanding, his son likes to fish and play for a few days. Anyway, he will run out of time after going to work after a few days, and he will always take care of it!
What he didn't know was that in Zhang Yang's plan, there was no option to go to work!

Before he knew it, a week passed, and Zhang Yang opened the lid of the Chinese medicine wine he had concocted for the first time.

A special aroma of traditional Chinese medicine mixed with the smell of wine came out. The smell was not very strong, but the aroma was very special, with a faint fragrance that could be smelled from far away.

This is the smell. The aroma produced by the combination of several Chinese medicine ingredients in a certain proportion is the most special feature of this Chinese medicine wine, and it is also the key to the excellent effect of using it to make wine and rice.

After the traditional Chinese medicine wine was soaked, Zhang Yang found an empty large pottery urn from the side room, and poured out forty catties of dry coarse corn slag.

The mouth of the plastic barrel containing the wine was covered with two layers of gauze to block the impurities of traditional Chinese medicine, and all the medicinal wine was poured into the corn dregs.

I found a clean bamboo board and stirred the wine and corn dregs evenly. Wait a few hours for the corn to completely absorb the wine gas, and then I can use it!

After finishing the homemade wine and rice, Zhang Yang bought small self-sealing packaging bags from the town supply and marketing cooperative, a pack of 200 grams, and first packed 10 packs as a trial pack as a gift.

It will take another day for the printed Bugan stickers to arrive. Now Zhang Yang decided to go to the Wenhe River to do a wave of on-site demonstration + landing promotion.

I tied some fishing equipment on the back seat of the bicycle and went straight to the fishing spot.

After the last week of uninterrupted fishing, Zhang Yang has a relatively accurate prediction of the fishing situation in the Wenhe River in the south of the village.
On the whole, crucian carp resources in this section are relatively abundant, but there are also certain tricks in the selection of fishing positions and fishing methods.

For example, to give the simplest example, many fishermen from outside like to use relatively long poles, often [-] or even [-] meters long poles to fish in deep water, and those who are not short of money even use fishing platforms. (see bottom of chapter, note ①) can reach further locations.

In Zhang Yang's view, fish in spring like to stay in places where the water temperature is relatively high, where food is available and safe. The shoal next to aquatic plants is a good place.

Fishing deep water with a long pole will certainly make the fish bigger, but the catch is very few and the harvest is not good.

By the time Zhang Yang rushed to the river with the trial nest materials, it was already past three o'clock in the afternoon.

Today is Saturday, and there are many fishermen by the river. From a long distance away, Zhang Yang saw six or seven cars parked in the open space on the roadside.

When I arrived at the place, I simply observed that the fishing spot I used to sit on had already been taken up, but after watching it for a while, Zhang Yang found that everyone's catches were not ideal.

Whatever you want, everyone's love for fish (note ②) is generally not very good, this is a good opportunity for you to show your skills!Zhang Yang hurriedly took off his bag and started preparations.

Zhang Yang found a grass-headed open space to set up a fishing spot, took out a few handfuls of freshly baked Chinese medicine rice mixed with mud, and shot it into the fishing spot, then sat on the horse and waited patiently.

Zhang Yang is currently using a 55-meter fiberglass fishing rod. He can do whatever he wants. The only advantage is that it is full size, which is easier to carry than a bamboo rod. In addition, it is cheaper. After some bargaining, he only bought it for [-] yuan.

Here, Zhang Yang is making nests and making preparations for the fishing group to find the bottom.

Not far away, a middle-aged fisherman in his 40s walked over with a cigarette in his mouth.

Notes ① Fishing platform: a fishing equipment made of aluminum alloy, with a folding structure, and the four corners can be equipped with telescopic legs. It can be placed in the shallow water area of ​​the river for fishermen to fish on it. The advantage is that the fishing position is relatively It is clean and can reach farther places. The disadvantage is that it is relatively bulky, and it is time-consuming to install and store.Now there are also fishing platforms made of carbon materials, the weight has been reduced, but the price is high!
Note ② Fish situation: Literally means the situation of the fish, and generally refers to the current fishing, the activity of the fish, the desire to eat, the number of fish, etc.

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