Rebirth of a fishing village: starting from Hua Axiang in Jiehu Village

"That's right!"

"How many fish are in this net cage?"

Yang Qin pointed to the net cage where she had just dumped two or three hundred kilograms of large and small fish. As soon as these fish entered the net cage, a group of sea bass rushed out. Most of the small fish were eaten up, and not many escaped.

"Five large groupers weighing more than 100 kilograms have been put in, and there are also some 20 to 30 kilograms, and some red sea bass and so on."

"Are you worried that there will be no good fish to eat during the Chinese New Year?"

"There are quite a few fish in this net cage. By the time the fish are raised for the Chinese New Year, they will definitely be big and fat."

Ding Xiaoxiang knew that Yang Qin was concerned about whether there were many fish in the net cage. These were all agreed long ago, and they were raised here and everyone would share some during the Chinese New Year.

"Now there are not only sea bass, black porgy or various groupers caught by Zhao Dahai in this net cage."

"Don't we catch fish here every day and put the fish into this net cage?"

"It's hard to say how many kinds of fish there are in this net cage now."

Ding Xiaoxiang is still the same at this moment, not knowing about this matter. Sometimes some big fish caught in the net cage will be taken out and cooked, but most of them will be put into this net cage, and the small fish will be used to feed the big fish. The big fish caught in this net cage live well in this net cage. For example, at this moment, you can see some palm-sized yellow porgy, or some other fish swimming around on the water surface or in shallower places. These are not what Zhao Dahai fished when he went out to sea.

In addition, you can also see some large cuttlefish, all of which were caught in the net cage and put in.

"Oh right!"

"How's the abalone thing going?"

Yang Qin suddenly remembered this very important thing. This was a plan that had been in place for a long time. The key is that these abalones are raised here in the fish farm, but they are waiting to grow into big abalones. Now they must be raised as soon as possible.

"The net cage in the northeast corner is specially used to raise abalone. No other fish are put in it."

"Recently, we have been buying abalone fry, but the number is not too large. After all, we want the abalone fry that grows naturally in the sea."

"Sometimes there are more, sometimes less, and we buy them if there are any. In total, we estimate that we have collected about 300 kilograms now."

"All are placed in the net cage!"

Ding Xiaoxiang pointed to the outermost net cage in the northeast corner. It was a net cage specially prepared for raising abalone. No other fish were put in it. The abalone fry collected recently were large and small, and all were placed in it.

These abalone fry were placed in the net cage like this, and they were picked up every six months or a year to take a look.

It's natural, so if they live, they live. If they die, they die. There's no need to worry about it.

As long as there are, they will keep putting them in. It's hard to say how many will survive in the end.

"We're not in a hurry to eat!"

"We'll raise them when they grow up. We'll raise them as big as we can. We'll raise as many as we can in the end!"

"We'll put the good abalone fry in there. Not to mention ten or eight years, even after three or five years, there will be a lot of abalone here."

The more Yang Qin thought about it, the more excited she felt.

People who grew up by the sea know very well that small abalone are not uncommon. You can even say that you can find them if you want to. But large abalone, especially one-head abalone, or even two-head abalone, are not so easy to find.

Ding Xiaoxiang's family buys fish, shrimps, and crabs. There must be some over the years, but they are really not many.

Now there is such a fish farm. If you collect the fry of small abalone and put them in it, and raise them for three to five years, five to six years, or even ten to eight years or longer, you will definitely be able to raise an abalone.

It is the real valuable goods.

Don’t think that this big grouper weighing 100 kilograms is very valuable, but in fact it has no meaning, especially for people like me.

If money can buy something, even if the quantity is small, even if it takes some time, there is a chance to buy it, especially Zhao Dahai can catch a lot of big groupers.

But abalone, especially an abalone, is definitely not something that can be bought with money.

Zhao Dahai is not short of money, including himself and Liu Lei. People like them are not short of money to buy this abalone, but the key point is that even if you take out money, you can’t find it. No one is willing to buy it. This is a thing that is priced but not sold. The best and simplest way is to collect abalone and raise it in the fish farm as Ding Xiaoxiang is doing now. After a long time, you can raise a large abalone.

"There shouldn't be any big problems with this approach, but no one knows if it can be raised. We have to see how many abalone we can raise in the next year."

Ding Xiaoxiang thinks there is no problem with this approach, but it is hard to say whether it will be successful in the end. We have to see how many abalone we can raise while raising them. Another thing is to see how fast these abalone grow and how many years it will take to raise them.

"We are not in a hurry!"

"Whenever we can raise them, we can raise them!"

"The seawater quality here is so good, there is no need to worry, it just depends on whether it takes a long time or a short time, anyway, we have plenty of time!"

"I don't believe that we can't raise abalone in ten or eight years or even twenty or thirty years."

Yang Qin knew that it was not easy to raise an abalone, but she and Ding Xiaoxiang had plenty of time, so there was no reason why they couldn't raise them.

Ding Xiaoxiang, Yang Qin, Zhong Cuihua, Huang Jintao and others were talking while waiting for Liu Lei, Shi Guangming and Zhao Shi to come back.

"Brother Dahai's speedboat is really easy to drive, but now it can only be left here in the fish farm to be exposed to the wind and sun!"

Liu Lei drove the speedboat away from the fish farm and slowly drove towards the speedboats of those people who were still waiting here at night for fishing or other plans not far away.

The first speedboat Zhao Dahai bought was actually very good and large, but now he has bought a better one. This old one was not sold and was originally placed in the village. Now that he sees the fish paddock, it can still be used sometimes.

"Ha!"

"How could it be bad? This is really a good speedboat. Don't look at Zhao Dahai not using it now, but there are so many people who go fishing around, but few people have bought such a speedboat."

"Many people have been asking if this speedboat is for sale and how much it is for, but Zhao Dahai and Ding Xiaoxiang are not willing to sell it."

"Many people have asked me about it!"

Shi Guangming is really not joking. When Zhao Dahai's speedboat stopped at Langtou Village, there was no such thing, but his speedboat stopped at the fish paddock. Many people know about it and know the relationship between him and Zhao Dahai. These people rarely see Zhao Dahai, so almost all of them want to ask about it, but he knows that Zhao Dahai and Ding Xiaoxiang will not sell it, so they all refuse.

"Brother Dahai is not short of money now, why would he sell this speedboat? He would rather leave it at the dock in the wind and sun than sell it, not to mention that it is now placed here at the fish farm and can be used sometimes."

Liu Lei knew very well why Zhao Dahai and Ding Xiaoxiang would not sell this speedboat. If they were short of money or did not have much money, they would definitely sell the old speedboat after buying a new one, but Zhao Dahai and Ding Xiaoxiang really did not lack the money. The most important thing was that this speedboat was the first speedboat that Zhao Dahai and Ding Xiaoxiang bought. At that time, the relationship between the two had not been determined. Such a speedboat was of great significance to Zhao Dahai and Ding Xiaoxiang.

"Yes!"

"There is no need to sell the speedboat."

Zhao Shi nodded.

Liu Lei drove the speedboat closer to the speedboat closest to the fish farm.

"Hey!"

"Er Gouzi!"

"Why are you so diligent?"

With the help of the light from the speedboat, Shi Guangming could tell that the person on the speedboat opposite was from his village. He was about the same age as Shi Zhongwei. He had forgotten his name, but everyone called him Er Gouzi.

"Can you catch fish if you stay here so late?"

Shi Guangming asked directly.

"Master Shi."

"Who knows if we can catch fish? Anyway, there is nothing to do at home, so I will stay on the sea."

"I want to go fishing on the fish raft, but they won't let me!"

"Master Shi."

"Isn't this your fish raft? Can I go fishing there?"

"I can't fish in the net cages!"

"Just some money is fine!"

"Isn't that what other villages and other fish rafts do?"

"The fish raft is there anyway, wouldn't it be good to charge some money? It's a waste if you don't make money!"

Er Gouzi's eyes kept turning, and he never stopped talking.

"Hmph!"

"I have a share of the fish raft, but you don't want to tell me that you don't know who owns this fish raft, do you?"

"Let you go fishing?"

"Why should I let you go fishing?"

"Do you think I need your money to go fishing on the raft?"

"Or do you think Zhao Dahai needs your money?"

Shi Guangming was not polite at all.

Er Gouzi must have asked Ding Ailian and Ma Baozhu and knew that it was impossible to get on the fish raft. Now that he saw me talking about this again, he was just trying to fish in troubled waters.

"Ha!"

"Then he definitely doesn't need the money!"

"The fish raft is where you can catch fish. If we can get there, we can definitely catch some fish and make some money!"

Er Gouzi shook his head a little embarrassed.

There's no need to talk about Zhao Dahai and Ding Xiaoxiang. Even Shi Guangming wouldn't be short of the money to get on the fish raft.

"Don't think about it!"

"The fish raft is used to raise the fish that Zhao Dahai and Shi Jiehua bring back from the sea."

"No matter what kind of person you are, you can't get on the fish raft."

"If you fish here, I can't control you. This place is not my home. But you are absolutely not allowed to fish at the fish farm. If you want to fish, you have to stay away from it. Otherwise, don't blame those people who are watching the fish farm for being rude."

Shi Guangming didn't say much to Er Gouzi. He said this sentence directly and called Liu Lei to drive the speedboat to another speedboat of people who were fishing.

Er Gouzi's face suddenly became a little ugly when he saw Shi Guangming leaving, but he had no choice.

Liu Lei drove the speedboat, and Zhao Shi and Shi Guangming went around. As long as they were fishing nearby, they said hello. It was almost two hours later when they returned to the fish farm.

Ding Xiaoxiang and Yang Qin had already called the kitchen of the fish farm to prepare a large pot of seafood porridge. Liu Lei, Zhao Shi and Shi Guangming came back and immediately served it on the table.

Although it is still summer and the weather is hot, the temperature on the sea surface will drop at night. In addition, it is a bit cold when the sea breeze blows over tonight. After walking around and drinking a bowl of steaming seafood porridge, it is very comfortable to warm up the body.

"Second Grandpa."

"Grandpa Zhao."

"How do you feel? Are these speedboats around just wanting to fish?"

Ding Xiaoxiang waited for Zhao Shi, Shi Guangming, and Liu Lei to drink a bowl of porridge and warm up their bodies before asking about this matter.

"Yes!"

"Most people seem to be just fishing in this place, but these people are thinking that they should be able to catch fish in this place, especially there will be big fish in the fish raft."

"They are all waiting here!"

Shi Guangming just walked around with Liu Lei and Zhao Shi. It seems that these speedboats or small fishing boats are fishing around this fish raft.

There is no way to be 100% sure that these people are just fishing, but it seems that they are not much different.

"Some of the people here are from Shijiao Village, and I know them all. Some are from the surrounding villages, but I don't know all of them, but they look familiar."

"Tomorrow during the day, Old Man Zhao and I will go around again to see how many people are waiting to fish nearby, and see if these people have any other ideas."

Shi Guangming finished his porridge and put down his bowl. At this time tonight, there were more than ten small speedboats crowded around here to fish. He looked at them all. Some of them were familiar and some were not, but he wrote down what these people looked like. In the next two days, Zhao Shi and I had to go around this place.