"It's time to go back!"
After closing the panel, Zhou Shan came to the bow of the boat and rowed the double oars.
The awning boat carried a bountiful catch and headed towards the fishing pier in Baisha County.
Half an hour later, Zhou Shan's awning boat appeared at the fishing pier.
As soon as the fishing boat was moored, the guys on the dock immediately came forward to help lift the fish.
"There are a lot of catches, and each one is quite fat. They all add up to more than three hundred kilograms!"
"Look, there are three old turtles there, one of which probably weighs more than five kilograms."
"The old turtle weighing more than five kilograms can be sold for a thousand cash. The other two old turtles combined can also be sold for seven or eight hundred cash. There are so many fishes, which can at least be sold. Each one is 1,500 fen, so the total is 3,200 to 3,000 fen."
"Thirty-two or three hundred cents. Even after excluding fishing taxes, stall fees, parking fees, management fees and other miscellaneous expenses, I finally got six to seven hundred cents."
"..."
The waiters at the fish market carried Zhou Shan's catch, attracting a lot of attention along the way.
Whether it was a fisherman or a waiter at the fish market, they all looked at the plump catch with envy in their eyes.
For most fishermen, fishing is basically luck.
If you are lucky and the Dragon King is kind-hearted, you can catch a rich catch, and even some rare big fish. If you are average, you can only catch dozens of kilograms of fish a day and barely make ends meet. After paying the fishing tax and daily food and drink expenses, it is impossible to have any surplus.
If you have a headache or fever, you don't have money to take medicine, so you can only rely on your body to hold it together and see if it's hard or not.
As luck would have it, the man and the boat disappeared into the Baisha River together.
These days, Zhou Shan can earn more than 200 yuan by visiting the fish market every two or three days.
On average, the income is about 80 to 100 cash per day. This kind of income is above average among fishermen, and they can be regarded as 'fishing experts'.
Adding up all the catches this time, you can earn six or seven hundred cash. However, as long as it is not six or seven hundred cash per day, if you occasionally have a rich harvest, others will be envious at most, and will not have evil thoughts because of jealousy.
"That's Lao Zhou's kid, right?"
"With so many catches, it seems that this little guy Zhou Shan's fishing skills have surpassed that of Old Zhou."
"Xiao Zhou is extraordinary. He has become a good fisherman at such a young age. He will definitely get better and better in the future."
"..."
Entering the fish market, the fishermen were all whispering to each other.
Several of these people lived in the same alley as Zhou Shan. It could be said that they had watched Zhou Shan grow up. After Zhou Shan's father was killed by the water demon, they also helped organize the funeral.
Although both bottom fishermen and good fishermen are fishermen, they are valued differently. The former can only make ends meet and can barely support himself. It will be even more difficult if he marries a wife and adds another person.
But a good fisherman has the ability to feed a family of three.
Those fishermen who have daughters at home are thinking about whether to come to their house and propose marriage. It is better to marry a good fisherman than to work as a slave in a wealthy family.
Once you become a slave, your children and grandchildren will be slaves for generations to come.
Fishermen are a lowly household, but they are better than slaves.
"Zhou Shan, you used to come only once every four or five days, and you only caught a hundred catties of fish. In the past three months, you have come a little more frequently. Tell me quietly, have you learned any fishing skills?"
Huang Yan was also a little envious when he saw Zhou Shan coming to the fish shop with his full catch.
He had also fished with Zhou Shan before.
At that time, the level of the two was almost the same. After casting the net ten times, almost half of the times the net was empty. The other five times, all the fish caught were only a few taels of small fish, let alone big fish. There are very few fish in a pound.
It was because there was no way out for fishing that Huang Yan gave up fishing and came to the fish market to find a job.
"There are no skills. It may be that the fish have been more active recently, so it is easier to catch."
Zhou Shan said calmly.
He didn't want to get too involved with Huang Yan, a gambler.
The reason for getting close to you is just to borrow money, and even if you reject him in person, you will still borrow money next time. The neighbors have all been borrowed from you, which is really shameless.
Moreover, he heard that Huang Yan had lost a lot of money recently and even sold his awning boat. It could be said that his future was completely cut off. It would be impossible for him to become a fisherman again in the future, and he owed money to the casino. Not paid off.
Such a gambler may be thrown into the Baisha River to feed the fish at any time.
Or he could only sell himself into slavery to pay off his gambling debts.
"Then you are so lucky to be able to find waters with active fish and catch so many catches."
To be honest, Huang Yan was really envious.
If he could become a good fisherman and have a stable income every day, he would not work as a waiter in the fish market. It is dirty, tiring, and not free. From morning to night, he basically has no time to rest.
Otherwise, he wouldn't think about going to the casino to get rich overnight.
As a result, he lost all his belongings and still owed gambling debts. He also knew that he would be finished sooner or later if he continued like this, but he just couldn't control himself.
Soon.
Except for the twenty-odd kilograms of catches that Zhou Shan left for himself, all the catches were weighed. The shop steward came behind the wooden counter and began to calculate the price of the catches.
"A total of seven hundred and thirty-six articles."
Soon, the shop steward calculated the price.
He took out a few coins from the cabinet and handed them to Zhou Shan.
A drop of money, some big and some small.
The big one is five hundred wen, and the small one is one hundred wen.
If a thousand pennies were strung together, it would be a piece of money.
After taking the money, Zhou Shan left the fishing shop.
"Now that I have money, I can buy some non-vegetarian food."
After leaving the fish market, Zhou Shan went to the butcher shop in Chaishi to buy meat.
The firewood market is mainly engaged in the sale of firewood and charcoal, but it also has a butcher's shop and a medicine shop.
You will get tired of eating fresh river food every day, so you need to change the taste occasionally.
Moreover, compared to river seafood, pork, beef, etc. are undoubtedly more resistant to hunger.
When he came to Chaishi Butcher Shop, Zhou Shan made a big purchase and bought four kilograms of pork, both lean and fat, as well as two kilograms of beef and a dozen eggs, almost in time for the Chinese New Year.
Occasionally, he is not afraid of being targeted by people from Chai City when he makes a large purchase.
The fishing gang's protection fee is not paid in vain.
There are many gangs in Baisha County, and each area is managed by different gangs. If people from Chaishi try to steal a fisherman's money, they are provoking the fishing gang, and the fishing gang will naturally not agree.
Otherwise, if everyone follows suit, no fisherman will pay protection fees to the fishing gang.
The fishermen in Baisha County can only be bullied by members of the fishing gang.
This is just like the Hong Kong society in Young and Dangerous. The people in Chai Shi snatching fishermen's money is equivalent to Dong Xing going to Hong Xing's territory to collect protection fees. Naturally, Hong Xing cannot agree.
Unless, its power far exceeds that of the fishing gang.
But how could such a force be interested in such a small amount of money?
