Rebirth of Fishing Village: Starting from Hua Axiang in Jiehu Village

Chapter 905 A Good Thing Everyone Agrees On
Shi Jiehua grabbed the wooden handle of the scoop net with both hands and slowly pulled it onto the deck of the fishing boat.

"You are all heartless people. I finally caught such a big fish, but you all hope that my fish will run away!"

"You're obviously jealous that I caught a fish!"

Gao Zhicheng looked at Wu Weimin, Xu Tianhua and those around him who were either himself or friends of Wu Weimin and Xu Tianhua with great contempt.

"what!"

"Gao Zhicheng."

"You're right, we just want your fish to get away!"

"Haven't you heard the saying, 'One person catches fish and everyone else is happy?'"

Wu Weimin openly admitted that this was what he thought, and the people around him thought the same way.

"Bosses!"

"There's already a fish on the hook. Shouldn't we hurry up and see if we can catch any fish now?"

Shi Jiehua looked at the people at other fishing spots nearby and saw everyone gathered around the big croaker that had been caught. He couldn't help but give a loud reminder.

Gao Zhicheng only cast his first rod and a fish took the bait immediately, which proved that the croakers in the sea might have opened their mouths and were not as difficult to catch as imagined. Wu Weimin and Xu Tianhua and others had to hurry up and fish to see if they could catch anything, instead of just standing around and watching the fun.

Wu Weimin, Xu Tianhua and the people around them were all stunned for a moment, then immediately turned around and ran back to their respective fishing spots to concentrate on fishing.

Shi Jiehua took the pliers and handed them to Gao Zhicheng, removed the hook, pushed the car over, took the fish away and put it into the cold storage before returning to the cab.

Shi Jiehua took his thermos, unscrewed the lid, drank a few sips of hot tea, sat on the chair, lit a cigarette, and watched Gao Zhicheng, Wu Weimin and others fishing on the deck.

"Is it easy to catch croaker here this time?"

Shi Jiehua thought about it, took out the walkie-talkie and contacted He Jian, Shi Zhongwei and two other sea fishing boats, telling them that a large croaker weighing more than 80 kilograms had been caught on the fishing boat.

Shi Jiehua didn't say much. After chatting for a few words, he put down the walkie-talkie and continued to watch Gao Zhicheng and the others fishing on the deck. At the beginning, he really thought that this trip to catch big giant croaker would be very easy, at least he could catch fish. However, as time passed, he found that things were not that simple.

"Is it really that hard to catch croaker here?"

"Isn't the fish Gao Zhicheng caught just a house cat catching a dead mouse?"

Shi Jiehua's brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

He Jian glanced at Shi Jiehua's sea fishing boat which was vaguely visible, and without looking back he looked up at the clock. It had been almost an hour since Shi Jiehua caught the first fish on the sea fishing boat, and there was no sign of Shi Jiehua saying he had caught the second fish.

He Jian shook his head. There was no one fishing behind that fish, otherwise Shi Jiehua would have shouted loudly on the walkie-talkie to tell him.

"Ugh!"

"It looks like it's not easy to catch a big croaker!"

"If you want to make money, it's more cost-effective to catch this small-sized croaker."

He Jian shook his head. A croaker weighing 100 to 80 jin is indeed very valuable, but it is all in vain if you don't catch anything. People like Wu Dabin and Wu Xiaobin who go out to sea to make money are now pulling in croakers one after another. Even though the big ones are only 10 jin, 100 jin, or 20 jin, they can definitely make money, and a lot of money. Only people like Gao Zhicheng and Wu Weimin who are not making money will bet on a croaker weighing 100 to 80 jin.

He Jian waited for more than an hour but the walkie-talkie didn't ring, and still no one on Shi Jiehua's sea fishing boat caught the second big croaker.

He Jian remembered the discussion he had with Shi Jiehua about extending the sailing time for the next voyage. Whether this matter could be done would depend on the opinions of people like Wu Dabin and Wu Xiaobin.

He Jian called someone to help him look after the fishing boat, left the cab, went up on deck, and walked to Wu Dabing, Wu Xiaobin, Ouyang Hua and Liu Yun.

As soon as Wu Dabin, Wu Xiaobin, Ouyang Hua and Liu Yun saw He Jian, they immediately asked Shi Jiehua whether his sea fishing boat had caught a large croaker weighing 100 to 180 kilograms.

"Yo!"

"Didn't you say that we would fish for these small croakers weighing 10 to 8 kilograms or 20 to 30 kilograms?"

Last time, He Jian told Wu Dabin, Wu Xiaobin and others that they could try to catch big croaker while waiting for Shi Jiehua's new sea fishing boat to arrive here. At that time, Wu Dabin and others refused, saying that it was more profitable to stay here and catch small croaker. Now that they are waiting for Shi Jiehua's sea fishing boat to really come here to catch big croaker, they have changed their minds again.

"He Jian."

"Isn't what you said nonsense?"

"If Shi Jiehua and his team really caught a 100-80 kg giant croaker on their sea fishing boat, why shouldn't we try our luck?"

"If we can't catch anything, we definitely won't go. It's a waste of time."

Wu Xiaobin refuted He Jian with confidence.

He Jian smiled and said that Shi Jiehua did catch some croaker on his sea fishing boat. The head was not small, weighing more than 80 kilograms, but only one was caught.

"Wu Xiaobin."

"Do you want to go there to fish for giant croaker? If so, we can pack up now and drive the fishing boat over there. Who knows, we might actually be able to catch some!"

He Jian looked at Wu Xiaobin and directly retorted a few words.

Wu Xiaobin shook his head like a rattle without even thinking. It had been almost three hours since Shi Jiehua's fishing boat left here. He Jian had just said it very clearly, Shi Jiehua caught a croaker on his fishing boat, but only one.

There are definitely fish in the sea, but they certainly don’t open their mouths very often.

You should know that there were 42 fishing spots on Shi Jiehua's sea fishing boat, which means that 42 people were fishing, but only one fish was caught in three hours.

If you are not someone like Gao Zhicheng who goes out to sea to fish just to catch big fish, you will definitely not waste time there. The size of the croakers caught by people like us here is indeed relatively small, but you can make more money by fishing all the time.

"He Jian!"

"You old fellow clearly have ill intentions and are using us as guinea pigs."

"If the big croakers on Shi Jiehua's sea fishing boat are really that easy to catch, why didn't Shi Zhongwei's sea fishing boat go there to fish?"

Liu Yun pointed at Shi Zhongwei's sea fishing boat not far away. It was parked motionless and showed no sign of trying to catch a big croaker. The boat was full of people invited by Shi Jiehua and He Jian to help with the fishing. If a croaker weighing 100 to 80 kilograms was really so easy to catch, they would have already left.

"Hahaha!"

"Shi Jiehua and I are just running a small business!"

"I hired so many people to go fishing on the boat. Salaries are not a small expense. Add to that food, drink, and other expenses. The pressure is too great." "It's not important whether you can catch a big croaker. What's important is that you can catch fish. As long as you work hard, you can definitely make money."

"You pay for fishing out of your own pocket. The more fish you catch, the bigger the fish you catch, and the more money you make, right?"

He Jian couldn't help laughing as he spoke. None of Wu Dabin, Wu Xiaobin, Ouyang Hua, and Liu Yun, who have been deep-sea fishing for many years, are fools.

However, what he said was absolutely correct. If he and Shi Jiehua really felt that big croakers were very easy to catch, they would have called Shi Zhongwei's sea fishing boat to go fishing long ago. Now that they were motionless, it was clear that neither he nor Shi Jiehua believed that they could make money by fishing for big croakers.

As He Jian spoke, he carefully looked at Wu Dabing, Wu Xiaobin, Ouyang Hua, Liu Yun and other people who had booked other fishing spots nearby. It must be said that the fish caught were not too big, but there were indeed continuous fish being caught.

He Jian took out a cigarette from his pocket, walked around, smoked a cigarette at each fishing spot, then returned to Wu Dabin, Wu Xiaobin, Ouyang Hua and Liu Yun and started talking about serious matters. He asked whether they should book a fishing spot if he and Shi Jiehua extended the sailing time for the next trip.

"what?"

"Is this true? Are you and Shi Jiehua planning to extend the sailing time? One and a half months or two months?"

When Wu Dabing heard what He Jian said, he couldn't help but shout out.

Over the past decade or so, almost every trip that these people took to sea took a month. Even if the time was longer, it would not be much longer, usually only three to five days, and at most ten days. And this was usually extended when there were no fish to catch or the fishing was not good, so it could not be considered a formal sailing trip.

What He Jian said was that the shipping schedule was set at one and a half or two months at the beginning, which is completely different.

"I have discussed this matter with Shi Jiehua."

"For a one-month sailing trip, the round trip time is really too long and it is not cost-effective."

"Normally, it would be impossible to schedule a month, but no one wants to travel that long. Another reason is that not many people reserve fishing spots on sea fishing boats."

"Now, many people have booked fishing spots on my and Shi Jiehua's sea fishing boats."

"If everyone is really willing to run for one and a half months or two months, then we can just run for one and a half months or two months from the next trip."

He Jian did not hide anything and directly expressed his and Shi Jiehua's ideas. Doing so would be beneficial to himself and Shi Jiehua, as well as to people like Wu Dabing who had booked fishing spots and went out to sea to fish.

If the ship has a one-month sailing schedule, it will take one trip each way. If it takes two trips, it will take two trips each way, which adds up to four trips.

If it is a long-term trip of two months, you only need to make one trip back and forth during these two months, which saves a lot of time. You can spend more time on fishing and have the opportunity to make more money.

"what!"

"Is there any need to say this? If the ship's sailing time is one and a half months, it will definitely be of great benefit to people like us!"

"No."

"I think we should not use a one and a half month schedule, but just a two-month shipping schedule."

Liu Yun was a little excited.

If you can't catch many fish by going out to sea with other sea fishing boats, a one-month sailing trip is much more advantageous than a two-month sailing trip. One reason is that the sea fishing boats you can go on are different, and different boat captains may give you the opportunity to catch more fish. Another reason is that changing the fishing spot or the fishing route may help you catch more fish.

However, Shi Jiehua and He Jian’s sea fishing boat is different from other people’s sea fishing boats. Although the route is not much different from other sea fishing boats, it is even exactly the same. The fishing spots are also exactly the same, but the locations are different. They are all determined by Zhao Dahai, so the chance of catching fish is very high.

In this way, the longer the sailing time of each trip, the more beneficial it will be for those who have booked a fishing spot.

Liu Yun raised his hands in agreement without even thinking.

"He Jian!"

"There's no need to ask anyone else about this. I can guarantee that everyone is 100 percent hoping for a two-month shipping schedule."

"That's what we'll do next time we go out to sea!"

Ouyang Hua pointed at the people fishing at other spots nearby and assured them that no one was a fool and they could all see the benefits of doing it this way.

"Row!"

"If you all think this is okay, and if you are willing to reserve a fishing spot, Shi Jiehua and I will discuss it later and ask Zhao Dahai for his opinion. If there are no problems, the next trip out to sea will be for two months with the sea fishing fleet consisting of Shi Jiehua and I."

He Jian smiled and nodded. Wu Dabin, Wu Xiaobin, Ouyang Hua and Liu Yun were willing to book a fishing spot, so he and Shi Jiehua would definitely extend the boat schedule.

He Jian returned to the cab, picked up the intercom and immediately talked to Shi Jiehua about the matter.

"what!"

"Wu Dabin and his people are all smart people who know how to calculate. They know that a two-month shipping period is more beneficial to them."

"There's no way I would disagree!"

"He Jian."

"Our sea fishing boats are now sailing at the spots selected by Zhao Dahai. We can catch a lot of fish almost everywhere. The longer we do this, the better."

Shi Jiehua smiled. Wu Dabin and his people were all experienced people, and they knew what was going on as soon as they heard it. They knew very well that a two-month sailing schedule would be more beneficial and could make more money. He Jian and I would both be fishing for two months. If the news about the deep sea got out, there might be more people wanting to book a fishing spot.

"Let's go back and discuss it with Zhao Dahai. If he thinks there's no problem with doing this, then we'll make it happen."

"correct!"

"It's been almost three hours, almost four hours now, and you haven't caught the second big croaker yet?"

He Jian was very concerned about whether Shi Jiehua's sea fishing boat had caught the second big croaker.

"Ugh!"

"Gao Zhicheng caught a large croaker weighing more than 80 kilograms on his first try."

"I thought this trip would be easier, but I didn't expect that it's been more than three hours and I haven't caught another fish."

"It looks like we may not be able to catch another croaker in the next few days."

When Shi Jiehua heard He Jian asking this question, he sighed and felt very helpless and depressed.

(End of this chapter)