NOVEL WEB Chapter 8 Good Hands
"It's time to go back!"
After closing the panel, Zhou Shan came to the bow and paddled with two oars.
The black-sailed boat was loaded with rich catches and headed towards the fishing dock in Baisha County.
Half an hour later, Zhou Shan's black-sailed boat appeared at the fishing dock.
As soon as the fishing boat was moored, the guys on the dock immediately came forward to help carry the fish.
"There are so many catches, each of which is quite fat, and the total weight must be more than 300 jin!"
"Look, there are three old turtles there, one of which probably weighs more than 5 jin."
"The old turtle that weighs more than 5 jin can be sold for 1,000 coins, and the other two old turtles can be sold for 700 to 800 coins. There are so many catches, and they can be sold for at least 1,500 coins, which is a total of 3,200 to 3,300 coins."
"3,200 to 3,300 coins, even if you deduct the fishing tax, stall fees, berthing fees, management fees and other miscellaneous expenses, you will get 600 to 700 coins in the end."
"..."
The fish market clerk carried Zhou Shan's catch, attracting a lot of attention along the way.
Whether it was the fisherman or the fish market clerk, looking at the fat catch, there was envy in their eyes.
For most fishermen, fishing is basically based on luck.
If you are lucky and the Dragon King is kind, you can catch a lot of fish, even some rare big fish. If you are not so lucky, you can only catch dozens of kilograms of fish a day, barely enough to make ends meet. Apart from paying the fishing tax and daily food and drink expenses, there is no surplus at all.
If you have a headache or fever, you have no money to buy medicine, so you can only rely on your body to be strong.
If you are unlucky, you will disappear in the Baisha River with your boat.
These days, Zhou Shan can earn more than 200 coins every two or three days when he comes to the fish market.
On average, it is about 80 to 100 coins a day. Such income is above average among all fishermen, and can be regarded as a "good fisherman".
If all the catches this time are added up, you can earn 600 to 700 coins. However, as long as it is not 600 to 700 coins every day, and there is a rich harvest occasionally, others will at most envy, but will not be jealous and have evil thoughts.
"That's the kid from the old Zhou family!"
"With so many catches, it seems that Zhou Shan's fishing skills have surpassed that of the old Zhou."
"Xiao Zhou is not ordinary. He has become a good fisherman at such a young age. His future life will definitely get better and better."
"..."
Entering the fish market, the fishermen were talking to each other.
Among these people, several lived in the same alley with Zhou Shan. It can be said that they watched Zhou Shan grow up. After Zhou Shan's father was killed by a water monster, they also helped to organize the funeral.
The lower-class fishermen and the good fishermen, although both are fishermen, are valued differently. The former can only make ends meet and can barely support themselves. If they marry a wife and add another person, it will be even more difficult.
But the good fishermen have the ability to support a family of three.
Those fishermen who have daughters at home are thinking about whether to go to the door to propose marriage. Marrying a good fisherman is better than being a slave in a wealthy family.
Once you become a slave, your descendants will be slaves for generations.
Fishermen are lowly, but they are better than slaves.
"Zhou Shan, you used to come here only once every four or five days, and you only caught a hundred catties of fish. You have been coming here more frequently in the past three months. Tell me quietly, have you learned any fishing skills?"
Seeing Zhou Shan come to the fish shop with a lot of fish, Huang Yan was a little envious.
Before, he also fished with Zhou Shan.
At that time, the level of both was similar. Ten times of casting the net, almost half of the time was an empty net, and the other five times were only some small fish of only a few taels, not to mention the big fish, there were very few fish that weighed more than 'jin'.
It was because he could not see a way out of fishing that Huang Yan gave up fishing and came to the fish market to find a job.
"What skills are there? Maybe the fish are more active recently, so it is easier to catch."
Zhou Shan said calmly.
He didn't want to have too much involvement with Huang Yan, a gambler.
He was trying to get close to you just to borrow money. Even if he was rejected in person, he would still ask for money next time. He had asked all the neighbors for money. He was so shameless.
Moreover, he heard that Huang Yan had lost a lot of money recently and even sold his pontoon boat. It could be said that he had completely cut off his way back. It was impossible for him to become a fisherman again in the future. He also had not paid off the money he owed to the casino.
Such a gambler could be thrown into the Baisha River to feed the fish at any time.
Or he could only sell himself as a slave to pay off his gambling debts.
"You are so lucky to find a water area with active fish and catch so many fish."
To be honest, Huang Yan was really envious.
If he could become a good fisherman, he would have a stable income every day. He would not come to the fish market to work as a waiter. It was dirty and tiring, and he was not free. He basically had no time to rest from morning to night.
If not, he would not have thought of getting rich overnight in the casino.
As a result, he lost all his money and even owed gambling debts. He knew that he would be finished sooner or later, but he just couldn't control himself.
After a while.
Except for the twenty-odd catties of fish that Zhou Shan kept for himself, all the fish were weighed. The shop manager came behind the wooden counter and began to use an abacus to calculate the price of the fish.
"A total of seven hundred and thirty-six coins."
Soon, the shop manager calculated the price.
He took out a few strings of money from the cabinet and handed them to Zhou Shan.
One string of money can be large or small.
A large string of money is five hundred coins, and a small string is one hundred coins.
If a thousand coins are strung together, it would be one string of money.
Zhou Shan took the money and left the fish shop.
"Now that I have money, I can buy some meat."
After leaving the fish market, Zhou Shan went to the butcher shop in Chai City to buy meat.
Chai City mainly deals in the sale of firewood and charcoal, but it also has butcher shops and medicine shops.
Eating river fish every day will also make you tired, and you need to change your taste occasionally.
Moreover, compared with river fish, pork, beef, etc. are undoubtedly more resistant to hunger.
Arriving at the Chai City Meat Shop, Zhou Shan made a big purchase, buying four pounds of pork, including lean meat and fat, as well as two pounds of beef and a dozen eggs, almost in time for the Chinese New Year.
Occasionally, he would not be afraid of being targeted by the people of Chai City for a big purchase.
The protection fee of the fishing gang is not paid in vain.
There are many gangs in Baisha County, and each area is managed by different gangs. If the people of Chai City rob a fisherman of money, it would be a provocation to the fishing gang, and the fishing gang would naturally not agree.
Otherwise, if everyone follows suit, which fisherman would pay protection fees to the fishing gang.
The fishermen in Baisha County can only be bullied by the people of the fishing gang themselves.
This is the same as the Hong Kong gangs in Young and Dangerous. The people of Chai City rob the fishermen of money, which is equivalent to the Dongxing running to the Hongxing territory to collect protection fees. Hongxing naturally cannot agree.
Unless, its power is far greater than that of the fishing gang.
But how could such a power be interested in such a small amount of money.