Chapter 96 Buying Fish Fry

Chapter 96 96. Buying fry

There are many elderly people like Old Man Li in Yunqiao Village.

It is no exaggeration to say that in a poor mountain village like theirs with less than 30 households, Old Man Li's age group accounts for about one-third.

This village did not have such a small population at the beginning. Once upon a time, there were more than 200 households in the entire village.

However, with the development of the times and the increase in commodity prices, mountain villages gradually began to fall behind. It only becomes lively in the months before and after the Spring Festival every year.

Because everyone in the village under the age of sixty has all gone out to work.

Even older workers in their 50s and 60s are not easy to do. They are basically hard-working jobs with an hourly wage of more than ten yuan, and most of them rely on overtime pay.

But there are old people at the top, and the children at the bottom may have just started a family, and a house, a car, and education for the children are all free of charge.

Not to mention supporting the elderly, the children themselves are having a hard time.

Working is also a forced way of survival.

This is exactly the case, even if Zhu Jun repeatedly promised that agricultural loans are now easy to get approved, and the interest rates are still very low. If Song Tan is confident, he can apply to a credit union...

Is Song Tan sure? That is of course very certain.

But can she find anyone?

Couldn't find it at all.

The situation is the same in all the villages. When you can't do farm work, you have to go to various villages to get these old people to do it, right?

At their age, they may not show off at ordinary times, but if they are not careful, they can fall down and cause big problems. And when it comes to recruitment and employment... they can't afford to spend a lot of money!

As for hiring young and strong labor from elsewhere...then what is the combined labor cost?

It is better to start from a young age and grow up step by step. When the village gradually develops and stabilizes, there will naturally be young people who do not want to leave their hometown and come back.

This isn't something that happens overnight either.

For this reason, Song Tan never mentioned money when dealing with the elderly.

Song Sancheng chatted with Old Man Li about this year's climate, and then went up to the higher fields to see if the farmland had been cultivated carefully enough. When the circle was completed, was the work over?

No.

The excavator on the barren mountain pushed forward with its blade, buzzing incessantly, and had to spare manpower to rake aside the vines, saplings, branches and other things that it had broken.

Otherwise, these leaves and branches will be piled into the soil in large quantities, but they will not mature for a while, which will most likely delay subsequent planting.

Zhang Yanping stood numbly in the forest wearing a straw hat, watching her uncle's family take care of the work assigned to him, and then looking at the rake in his hand, his face full of sadness.

Yes, at my own request, I didn’t go to the ground today, but went straight up the mountain.

Song Sancheng climbed up the hillside and took in this stretch of land, his whole body full of fighting spirit.

Looking further down, it was a pond within their contract area, with blue sky, green shadows and faint water and grass.

It’s just that the fish in this pond are very slippery and can’t be caught easily!

Song Sancheng suddenly remembered something again and quickly took out the phone:

"Tantan, didn't you say you would buy some fish fry last time? Don't forget it!"

Coincidentally, Song Tan was sizing up the fishing ground in front of him!

This is a fishery in their city. People who do local business like this always focus on reputation. This fishery is small in scale, and the fry are mainly of common species.

The boss spoke in local language urgently and quickly:

"Is this your first time raising? You can't do too many. The maximum number per acre cannot exceed 1,500! You won't be able to handle more if you have no experience."

Then he asked: "How is the pond? How big is it and how deep is it? Where is it? Do you plan to raise fish and sell them or just raise them in your own pond?"

The boss's questions were all about ideas. Even if Song Tan had spiritual energy to cheat, it would not prevent her from learning more experience, so she answered in a straight-forward manner:

"The pond is not big, about three acres, and the water is almost three meters deep. It is in a depression in the mountains, surrounded by a circle of water plants."

“I mainly eat it at home, and I plan to sell the extra food.”

The boss pondered for a while: "Isn't that pond in the mountain valley dry? It's winter and it's troublesome to catch fish."

"There is no other water nearby that can be brought here. It's too hot in summer and it's easy to get dry and get sick."

Song Tan nodded - if it was a really high-quality fish pond, even in a remote mountain village, it would cost eight hundred yuan per acre, not to mention one thousand yuan.

What's the price now?

three hundred.

So what else to choose? It should be used as a water reserve for the orchards on the mountain. Song Tan wrapped it up, firstly for convenience, and secondly because in his own mind, this pond had never dried up.

This is enough.

The boss simply didn't let her look at the lively fish in front of her. Instead, she went to another place where there were large and small separate boxes, filled with densely packed little fish that were just born.

"You don't have any experience, so just raise these, crucian carp, carp, grass carp, and silver carp. Buy them in combination. Although they are ordinary species, grass carp eats grass and can eat up the water plants beside your pond. Otherwise, it may become full in a few years.”

"With the combination of the other three kinds of fish, the water in the pond will be well circulated and clean. The fish will also be thick and delicious, and they will not get sick."

"Aren't you going to eat it yourself? The fish pond probably hasn't been cleaned yet. There must be big fish in it, which will be enough for a while. Just buy these water flowers now."

Splash?

The boss laughed: "Just because you have never raised fish, we fish farmers call these newly born fish "water splashes."

"If you think it's okay, I'll match it for you. Three acres of fish pond, excluding losses, a total of 5,000 fish will be enough."

Song Tan nodded: She can afford to raise more or less, and the quantity is not a big problem.

But she had done her homework before, and the boss said the truth, so she was willing to listen to his experience.

"How much?"

The boss looked uninterested: "Give me thirty."

Song Tan: ...

Ah, it turns out that the price of water splash fish fry is so low.

The boss pointed to the fry on the other side: "These two centimeters, the price is different, fifty cents a piece, the bigger the size, the more expensive, you can see what kind you want to raise!"

Do you still need to choose?

"I want water splash! Another 8,000. I have a bigger fish pond at home with good terrain and can release water."

"Okay!" The boss was also happy: "I see that you are a honest person, so I won't ask you for more. Give me 75."

Song Tan calculated in his mind and couldn't help laughing: So the price is only 3 yuan cheaper for honest people?

But 13,000 water splashes only cost 75 yuan in total, why do you need a bicycle!

She paid the money readily, and then saw that the boss was reluctant to give even a foam box, and only carried two plastic bags:

"This bag is for 8,000, and this bag is for 5,000. Don't worry, there are only more, not less! If you don't trust me, you can count them yourself when you have time at home."

"If there is one less, I will compensate you with 100."

Song Tan laughed out loud: "Uncle, not that!"

Ah, about the fatigue of the past two days, because my mother and my little cousin are at home, it is difficult to get into the state.

But they went back today, and they can update during the day tomorrow! Tomorrow 60,000 or 10,000. It's a new week, cheer up!

thank you all!