Chapter 37 Continue fishing for turtles

I left home and went to the car wash to pick up the car.

Chu Mingcheng returned to his hometown on Yanmen Island, went into the house, took out the fishing gear, etc. and put them in the car.

All the snakeheads that had been raised overnight were caught in the fish box and loaded into the car, but he left the smallest snakehead for Xiaomi.

Yesterday's pout was nowhere to be seen. I wonder if it was hidden by it.

He drove to the vegetable market in the town. Today he planned to try selling it himself. If it sold well, he could sell the fish caught in the sea in the same way. If it didn't sell well, he would have to find a stall owner to sell it at a low price.

Chu Mingcheng went to buy some bags, then carried the fish box and electronic scale to the small road next to the back door of the vegetable market to set up a stall.

The front door is strictly guarded and no one is allowed to set up stalls to occupy the road. The back door is fine, as some people will sell their own goods here.

There are a lot of people coming to buy groceries in the early morning, and the traffic at the back door is not low.

Seeing him selling black fish, a few people came over to ask, but when they heard that it was forty yuan a pound, they basically left without looking back. They all thought it was expensive.

That's right, a three-pound snakeheaded fish costs one hundred and two yuan, and you can buy as much pork as you want.

After selling it for a while, Chu Mingcheng felt that the black fish was not easy to sell. He planned to take it to the vegetable market and ask the fish stall owner if he wanted it. It was cheaper for him.

At this moment, a middle-aged man passing by curiously came up to take a look and asked: "Brother, how do you sell this fish?"

"Thirty-five pounds per catty, wild." The fish was said to be expensive by more than a dozen people, and Chu Mingcheng felt a little guilty. After thinking about it, he thought it would be better to lower the price to see what happened.

"Can I see it?"

"sure."

The middle-aged man knelt down, reached out and grabbed a black fish and looked at it.

However, Heiyu struggled very hard, not only breaking free from his hand but also splashing water everywhere. Chu Mingcheng stayed far away while he was catching the fish.

He had experienced this scene last night and this morning, and knew that when a black fish is caught, it will resist very fiercely.

The middle-aged man also ducked when the fish was released, but was still splashed a little, but he didn't care.

He now knew that these snakehead fish were indeed wild and caught with fishing rods, so he asked again: "Brother, where did you catch this fish?"

"It was caught in an abandoned pond. I raised it overnight yesterday. The water is still quite clean. You can eat it with confidence." Through Chu Yongxin's reminder yesterday, he also knew what the middle-aged man was worried about, so he would tell the truth now.

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"Okay, give me the biggest one." The middle-aged man pointed at the biggest fish in the fish box and said, then he took out his mobile phone and started making a call.

"Ah Hai, I met some wild black fish at the vegetable market. They are very clean. Do you want them? If so, I will bring you one."

"Yes, how big do you want it to be? The smallest one here looks like it weighs three pounds."

"Okay, okay, I understand."

After making one phone call, he made two more, then hung up the phone, put away the phone and asked Chu Mingcheng: "Weigh three more for me, weighing about three kilograms."

"Okay!" The ticket finally opened and four were sold at once. Chu Mingcheng finally gained some energy.

In addition to the five-jin three-liang bar weighed just now, the remaining three weighed two kilograms and nine-liang, three-jin three-liang and three-jin six-liang respectively, totaling 528.5 yuan. Chu Mingcheng received 525.

Selling things is so strange. As long as someone takes the lead in buying and selling, business will naturally follow.

After the middle-aged man left with the fish, a young couple came not long after.

Mainly because the young woman wanted to eat pickled fish. When she heard it was wild snakehead fish, she immediately ordered one.

However, by the time all the fish were sold out, it was already nine o'clock in the morning, and it took more than two hours.

Chu Mingcheng did the math and found that the total amount was forty-six pounds and six taels. He received 1,610 yuan, and he wiped off all the change, leaving him 21 yuan short.

If we count 31 pounds and sell it to the fish stall owner, it would be 1,398 yuan, a difference of 212 yuan.

It cost more than 200 yuan for more than two hours, so it's still worth setting up a stall.

After packing his belongings and returning to the car, Chu Mingcheng went to the vegetable market and bought another five kilograms of pork liver.

Now that he knows that the price of wild turtles is so high and easy to sell, he has no reason to do anything else!

After finishing fishing in the abandoned pond, he could still go fishing in the reservoir. It’s hard to believe that there weren’t even turtles in such a large reservoir.

However, apple snails still need to be burned. There is not much wood that can be burned in the abandoned pond. Most of the good ones were burned yesterday. Today he specially bought some charcoal and put it in the car to take with him.

Coming to the abandoned pond again, Chu Mingcheng first threw two kilograms of pig liver to make a nest, then tied a fishhook and hung bait to build a support. After he was done, he left it alone for the time being and took a net to catch the lucky snails.

Yesterday, he caught almost all the snails by the pond, but as the night passed, some more snails appeared by the pond, but not as many as yesterday.

After half an hour of fishing and picking up, the nest he made should be effective. Chu Mingcheng then picked up the fishing rod and put the bait into the water to start fishing for soft-shell turtles.

The pond is only so big, and wherever there is food, the creatures in the water will naturally move there. The effect of making a nest is much better than that of a reservoir. After all, it is small.

Yesterday morning, I caught five turtles in just two hours. It was already ten o'clock when I started fishing today. Chu Mingcheng only caught one big turtle weighing about four pounds, one snakehead and three catfish.

Wait for the temperature to drop in the afternoon and then check the situation. If there is no harvest, then there is no need to visit this pond next time.

At noon, I will still solve the problem myself outside, and in the afternoon I will continue to cook the snails.

This time, Chu Mingcheng waited until three o'clock to make a nest with the remaining two kilograms of pork liver, and then put out the fire with water.

There were much fewer apple snails burned today than yesterday. The total number came to 343, and the life transformation occurred three times.

The fishing lasted longer in the afternoon, until around 7pm, and the harvest was again gratifying.

The smallest wild turtle is two pounds, and the big one is five pounds. Including the ones in the morning, there are seven in total, one more than yesterday.

It's right to think about it, this pond is not small, and yesterday I caught a fish weighing more than ten pounds.

Wild soft-shelled turtles can grow to more than ten kilograms and be at least ten years old. This is one of the reasons why they can be sold for a high price of 8,000 yuan. It is so rare.

If it is farmed, it is estimated that it will grow to ten pounds in two to three years.

If there is a turtle that is more than ten years old, it means that the turtles in the pond have been multiplying.

Even if the pond is short of food, only six or seven fish can catch them all.

However, he caught a lot of catfish today and he released them all.

He only caught five black fish in total. He didn't plan to sell the fish for the time being. He would keep them at home and then sell them when he had time.

Packing his things and going back, he returned to his hometown on Yanmen Island again tonight.

Put the soft-shelled turtle in a fish box, pour in clean water to keep it, and pour the snakehead fish into another fish box.

Chu Mingcheng went to see Xiaomi again. Now that Xiaomi saw him acting very well-behaved, he would take the initiative to approach him as soon as possible.

After petting the cat for a while, he went to take a bath and lay down on the bed in the attic. Chu Mingcheng stretched out comfortably. It was still more comfortable to sleep here.
Chapter completed!