59 years after its opening, people are still in Nanluoguxiang.

The fish are indeed coming.

Because it is not a deep water area, the water is very shallow, maybe only three or four meters, and what came this time was a group of sea catfish.

There are many fish that can be caught in the Bohai Bay in autumn, and the most popular one is "sea catfish".

Sea catfish, also known as jumping fish and sand fish, is not large in size, commonly weighing a few taels to half a pound. It looks very similar to a catfish and has the same color as a catfish.

But the taste and texture are completely different from their relatives on land.

They are at their fattest from hatching in spring to around October every year, and die after laying eggs.

"Uncle, let's go to the deep water area later."

Chen Feng almost jumped up in anger.

He originally thought that a wave of swimming crabs would come, giving him the opportunity to take out the crab roe, crab meat, etc. stored in the space, but who would have thought that a group of sea catfish would come.

Sea catfish is a good food for fishermen and its status is similar to that of small yellow croaker.

In the days when there was plenty of grain, it was used to feed ducks.

"Haha, okay, let's move to another place after we collect all the fish!"

Zhou Jing laughed non-stop. If he had a wooden boat, he would use a small net to catch fish now instead of standing on the big rocks on the shore to fish.

"Dad, you're too slow."

Grandpa snorted coldly, slowly took out a cigarette, and put it to his nose to smell it.

It's still a pack of good cigarettes, the Daqianmen produced by Tianjin Cigarette Factory. An ordinary pack of Daqianmen costs more than 3 cents, but this pack costs 5 cents. If you add another 2 cents, you can buy a pack of Zhonghua.

So he felt sorry for the cigarette and couldn't bear to smoke it, and he had already smelled it many times.

You know, nowadays in the countryside, cigarettes generally cost a few cents, and every household would like to spend ten cents as if it were a dollar.

"Dad, give me one." Zhou Jing said greedily.

"Sure, five cents a stick." Grandpa said with a smile.

"Dad, you are really my dad!" Zhou Jing sighed, touched his wallet, and then remembered that he had spent all his money on cigarettes in order to buy the Daqianmen cigarettes.

"Xiao Feng, how much money can we get for sending fish to the capital this time?"

Chen Feng replied: "If we sell it to someone, if it's to a cannery, we can raise the price by 20%. If it's my mother purchasing it as a task to be handed in, then we can only follow the market price."

"200 kilograms of fish. According to my grandfather's opinion, we should not feed them all at once."

"Otherwise, they will think it's easy for us to get fish and will keep raising the price, forcing us to give out more low-priced fish."

"Yes, that's the truth."

Grandpa couldn't help it, so he took out a match and smoked one.

"People's hearts are like this. If you take out 100 kilograms this time, you will ask for 200 kilograms next time, and the next time it will become 300 kilograms. We must let them know that it is not easy to catch so many fish."

Zhou Jing and his wife nodded at the same time.

"Yes, we used to fish and we could only catch about 200 kilograms a day. It would take 20 days to catch kilograms of fish without eating or drinking, unless we had a boat."

The best place to fish at the sea is 100 meters away from the coastline.

Because most marine fish live in waters of about 10 meters, and the number of fish species in shallow offshore waters is limited.

Fortunately, Tianjin Tanggu Port also meets the conditions of a natural harbor.

There are many places here with water depths of more than 8 meters, which are suitable for yellow croaker to survive, such as the deep water slope in Zhoujiagou, which is very suitable for fishing.

Chen Feng wanted to go fishing near the coast, as the harvest would definitely be several times greater than that on the shore. He asked, "Grandpa, can we build a boat ourselves?"

Grandpa shook his head and said, "No, the commune won't agree."

If this kind of thing is allowed to go on, no one will go to work in the commune.

Zhou Jing interrupted, "Don't mention this bastard thing, let's continue talking about selling fish."

Chen Feng smiled and said, "The first time we sell 50 kilograms, and it has to be ordinary fish, for the steel mill."

"Of course, we can't let the leaders down, so we'll catch two or three extra good fish. We can secretly sell the rest to the cannery."

"Then how much should we take?" Zhou Jing asked.

Chen Feng thought for a moment and said, "Let's take 80 kilograms. 50 kilograms will go to the steel mill and 30 kilograms will go to the canning factory. This way, even if the leaders of the steel mill find out, they will still be proud."

"How much can the sea fish in the old city be sold for?" my aunt couldn't help asking.

Chen Feng smiled and said, "Let's calculate it at 4 cents per pound."

On the market, small yellow croaker, sea catfish, etc. are very cheap, and 3 cents is already considered a lot.

If you want to sell it at 4 cents, you must have solid goods.

"12 yuan? So much?" my aunt exclaimed.

Is this also called more?

Chen Feng sighed.

Nowadays, the work points earned by an adult in rural areas per month are roughly equivalent to 6 to 10 yuan.

12 yuan is indeed a lot of money.

Zhou Jing smiled and said, "You forgot about the fish you sold to the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. Even if you calculate it at 3 yuan, it's still 15 yuan."

"27 yuan, half for each family, that's 13 yuan, which is more than what the commune earns from fishing in a month." My aunt calculated quickly.

Chen Feng shook his head and said, "It's okay to rest at home for seven or eight days a month, but we still have to report work points. What if someone gets jealous and finds out that we're selling fish and reports us to the commune, saying that we're not doing our jobs properly? That would have a bad influence."

The commune did not have any mandatory work requirements. The more work you did, the more you got. The less work you did, the less you got. If you did not work, you would not get any work points.

The Zhou family sold the fish they caught to state-owned enterprises and earned a lot of money. Even if the commune knew about it, they could not reprimand them.

As long as it is not sold to private individuals, it is not illegal.

But for those people, this is tantamount to a slap in the face!

There is no way to deal with it openly, but it will be very uncomfortable if someone makes things difficult for you behind the scenes.

"Well, Xiaofeng is right. It is better to offend a villain than to offend an official." Grandpa said, "Let's go on the boat the day after tomorrow."

Chen Feng likes such relatives, who listen to advice and are not greedy!

He lifted the fishing rod and caught a prawn nearly 26 cm long.

"What big shrimps!" Zhou Fubo cheered.

He also fell in love with the deep-fried prawns.

Grandpa exclaimed in amazement: "This is the first time I have seen such a big prawn caught by the sea. Usually, you can only catch it on a boat several miles out to sea."

Chinese shrimp are generally 15-19 cm long. At the end of October, male shrimps mature and begin to mate.

At this time, the water temperature in the nearshore area drops, and the shrimps begin to gather in the open sea. In December, they gradually leave the Bohai Sea and enter the deep waters of the Yellow Sea to avoid the cold, and do not return until March or April of the following year.

In other words, if Chen Feng still wants to eat prawns, he must stock up a batch more before November.

After November, this little thing moved away.

"Shrimp is good. Prawns can be sold at a high price in the city." Chen Feng said.

He had gone to the market before and hadn’t seen any prawns, but compared to crabs, prawns undoubtedly have more meat.

Seafood is cheap in Tianjin (actually the prices have gone up, in 1964 crabs were 0.35 yuan and shrimps were 0.5 yuan). Crabs cost 4 yuan and shrimps cost 6 yuan per pound.

Crabs in the city are sold at 5 cents per pound, so it's normal for shrimps to be sold at 7 or 8 cents, right?

My uncle and aunt are undoubtedly very concerned about small amounts of money.

"How much does it cost per pound?"

"Probably starting at fifty cents!" Chen Feng answered casually.

"Oh my god, didn't I eat a few dollars the day before yesterday?"