Perfect pastoral life

Chapter 43 Buying a Fishing Boat

It cost Chen Mu 10 yuan to renovate the house, and currently he has less than 5 yuan left in his bank card.

After careful consideration, Chen Mu planned to use the money to buy a small fishing boat.Now that the house has been repaired, he has to go fishing in the river next.

The so-called small fishing boats are actually small iron-clad motor boats, which are mainly used for fishing in rivers and reservoirs.

In fact, Chen Mu doesn't even need to buy a new one, just a second-hand fishing boat.He remembered that Wu Dayi's family had a dilapidated small fishing boat, which was left by the river and was useless for many years.

Having made up his mind, Chen Mu decided to go to the village chief's house.

At noon that day, Chen Mu asked Chen Xiaoyu to watch TV at home alone, and he went to Wu Dayi's house by himself.

In front of Wu Dayi's house.

At this time, Wu Dayi was eating in the courtyard with a rice bowl, when he saw Chen Mu's sudden visit, he thought he was here to invite him to go to the mountains to collect herbs, so he said;
"Shepherd boy, why don't we go into the mountain today?"

"I'm not going into the mountain, I'm here to discuss something with the village chief." Chen Mu said simply and neatly.

"What, do you want to discuss something with the village chief if you don't go into the mountain? Discussion is a fart, there is no way to discuss it." Wu Dayi changed his face instantly.

Chen Mu said, "Village Chief, can you sell your broken fishing boat to me? This matter can always be discussed."

Wu Dayi's eyes lit up when he heard this, he didn't expect Chen Mu to come here for this matter.

Wu Dayi had long wanted to sell the broken fishing boat, since he had lost confidence in fishing anyway.Fortunately, someone actually offered to buy his broken fishing boat. Where can I find such a good thing.

At that moment, Wu Dayi raised his brows with joy, and said;
"This is negotiable, just tell me, shepherd boy, how much can you pay for my fishing boat? I will naturally sell it to you when the price is up."

Chen Mu simply offered a price; "1 yuan."

"What, 1 yuan?" Wu Dayi's face turned black in an instant, and he cursed, "You are a beggar for the village head, shepherd boy. My fishing boat bought it for 5 yuan, and I will sell it to you for 1 yuan?"

Chen Mu knew that this guy would not agree, otherwise Wu Dayi would not be an iron rooster.

However, it was obvious that the price just now was deliberately stimulated by Chen Mu, so that he could have a bottom line and let him know that the price Chen Mu offered would not be too high.

Seeing that the goal was achieved, Chen Mu said with a smile;

"Let me tell you, the village chief, your fishing boat has been useless for several years. It's unclear whether it can be started now. How much do you want to sell it for?"

Wu Dayi was upset when he saw Chen Mu slander his fishing boat;

"You bastard, who did you listen to say that my boat will not sail? It's not negotiable without 3 yuan."

Chen Mu smiled wryly; "Then, let's both make a compromise. I'll buy it for 2 yuan, okay?"

"If you don't sell it, you will get [-] yuan, which is not a lot."

Chen Mu saw that Tiexin didn't intend to sell this product, so he didn't raise the price any more, and turned to leave.

Seeing Chen Mu leave, this time it was Wu Dayi's turn to be anxious, and hurriedly shouted;

"Muwa, Muwa, are you really not going to take it?"

Chen Mu said, "It's not that I don't want the village chief, your boat is too expensive, I can't afford it."

As soon as Wu Dayi heard this, he immediately fell silent, and said loosely;
"Oh, I'm an old acquaintance, and the village chief doesn't want to embarrass you. Twenty-five thousand is good, and twenty-five thousand and one cents can't be less."

"It's only [-] yuan, and I don't want a little more."

"You man..." Wu Dayi was about to vomit blood with anger, and twisted his old face and said, "Forget it, my mother sells it, you take the 2 yuan boat, but you have to promise me one condition."

"What conditions?" Chen Mu asked.

Wu Dayi coughed a few times, and said, "Next time you want to go to the mountains to collect herbs, you must notify the village chief in advance, can you do it?"

Chen Mu vomited blood, thinking that this guy could have any conditions, but Wu Dayi has been thinking all day long about asking Chen Mu to take him into the mountains to collect herbs.

"Alright then, I'll let you know when I'm going into the mountains."

"Haha, then it's settled, it's a deal." Wu Dayi slapped his hands fiercely, and said proudly.

Chen Mu immediately took out 2 yuan in cash from his pocket and handed it to Wu Dayi.

Wu Dayi took the money, quickly spit on his little finger, and began to count the money one by one, as if he was afraid that the money would be given to him less.

"You don't need to count the village chiefs, they are right." Chen Mu said.

"That's right, a few, in case you give less, count it and feel at ease."

Chen Mu's face darkened, so he didn't bother to watch the guy count the money, turned around and walked away.

After returning from Wu Dayi's house, Chen Mu walked directly to the river.After a while he came to the small pier by the river.

The so-called small wharf is a water bay. There are five or six boats docked here, all of which are small fishing boats in the village. Because the fish catch in the Qingshui River has gradually decreased in recent years, there are very few villagers who rely on fishing for their livelihood. .

Those villagers with fishing boats, at most, go to the water twice a month, and drive the fishing boats for a while in the clear water. It is good to catch fish, and there will be no complaints if there is no harvest.

The villagers all know the situation in this river. There were quite a lot of wild fish caught in the past few years. In the past two years, due to the unrestrained and wanton fishing of the villagers, the original ecological balance of the fish in the river has been destroyed, resulting in a large number of fish caught. If it is reduced, it will be difficult for the number of fish to recover within three to five years.

Walking to the shore of the water bay, Chen Mu directly jumped on the iron boat he bought. He had to check whether the engine of the boat was still working. If it was not working, he had to replace it with a new engine as soon as possible.

Bending down through the canopy and walking to the bow, Chen Mu first roughly checked the engine. After seeing that there was nothing wrong, he directly pulled the engine rope and pulled it hard a few times. The engine began to vibrate with black smoke.

Don't worry now, there is no problem with the engine. As for other minor problems of the fishing boat, they can all be ignored.

At that moment, Chen Mu untied the boat rope tied to the stake, started the engine, and drove the fishing boat to the deep water area of ​​the river.

Turn the steering wheel and let the fishing boat drive upstream against the current.Chen Mu was standing at the bow of the boat, and while sailing, he cast his gaze into the river, going retrograde all the way up.

On the way, he found a school of crucian carp, but there were not many of them, and most of the fish were near the river, so Chen Mu didn't bother to take care of them.

There is a pair of fishing nets on board, but the nets are too small to be used in the deep water of the river.

People living on both sides of the river have fishing nets in every household, such as hand cast nets, pull nets, ground cage nets, three-layer nets, and other small and medium-sized nets.

Rivers are not as vast as oceans, and large-scale trawls cannot be used for fishing. Once someone uses large-scale trawls to catch fish, it will be a disaster for the fish in the river. Everyone still understands the principle of exhausting the river and fishing.

On Chen Mu's boat was a hand cast net, but this net is too small and can only be used for fishing in shallow waters, and of course it is not suitable for fishing in the center of the river.

Chen Mu doesn't plan to fish today, he just wants to use the fishing boat to see the fish caught in the river.He drove the boat to continue upstream, and suddenly, he found a huge carp swimming in the water near the fishing boat, and this carp was always following the small fishing boat.

Chen Mu hastily took a closer look, oh my god, isn't this fish a big carp that escaped while fishing a few days ago.

But I haven't seen it for a few days, and this carp seems to be much bigger than what I saw before.

Wait, didn't this guy swallow a little golden drop the other day?

Thinking of this, Chen Mu instantly understood.

Needless to say, it must be Xiao Jindi who made it grow up in a short time.

(End of this chapter)