A 50-year-old man is reborn and becomes a complete slacker, leaving his scumbag children completely

"Dad, I'll sell you these snails and clams."

Hu Wangfei handed over the bucket, and Hu Dahai took it and saw that there wasn't a single fish inside. So he asked curiously, "What, didn't you go fishing today?"

"Hey." Hu Wangfei scooped a spoonful of water from the water tank, gulped it down several times, and then put the ladle down and said helplessly, "Today, that place is full of people setting nets and fishing. Now, not only do people in our brigade know that you're collecting fish, but people from other brigades have also gone to catch fish. With so many people rushing in, we can't catch any fish at all without the tools."

Hu Wangfei went fishing excitedly all morning.

After splashing around in the water for ages, he couldn't catch anything. The shallow end was crowded with people. Sometimes, he'd finally manage to touch something smooth, only to find it was someone else's foot. He even got his butt touched several times, mistaking it for a fish.

Moreover, with so many people around, the fish in the shallow water were startled and all darted into the deep water.

But in the deep water, he couldn't dive down at all. Even if he managed to get down, he probably wouldn't be able to hold his breath for long and would have to surface. Not to mention, the fish in the deep water are much more cunning, and they're not so easy to catch.

However, Hu Wangfei was still full of anticipation: "We agreed to go catch eels tonight. They all say eels are easy to catch, and we'll definitely catch about twenty pounds!"

Hu Dahai's lips twitched upon hearing this. "Catching eels? You think it's that simple." He didn't say anything, but took the bucket and weighed it. It only weighed 10 jin (5 catties), which was 25 cents.

When Hu Wangfei looked at the 25 cents in his hand, and thought about how he still owed Hu Dahai more than ten yuan, he sighed with regret and said, "I never thought that making money would be so difficult."

Hu Dahai sneered inwardly, "What are you even doing?" But he didn't say anything and just went about his business.

When evening came, Hu Wangfei ate dinner and then went out to catch eels.

Where are the most eels? Of course, they're in the rice paddies. So Hu Wangfei and his group immediately headed towards the rice paddies belonging to their brigade.

However, as soon as they entered the field, someone shouted, "Hey, what are you doing? This is our field, and all the eels here belong to us. You're not allowed to catch them!"

Having no other option, they moved to another field, only to find that someone was already there catching people, and they were also being driven out without any mercy.

When it comes to profit, there's no room for sentimentality. After all, the eels in the rice paddies are now like banknotes, and everyone values ​​them above all else. Some families, even brothers, will fight over eels.

In the end, Hu Wangfei and his companion wandered around the fields for quite a while, but they couldn't find many fields where they could catch eels.

Having no other choice, they had to go to the ditches or riverbanks. However, the eels in these places were not so easy to catch, especially those on the riverbanks. At the slightest movement, they would dart into the crevices of the rocks.

After a whole night, Hu Wangfei only caught four jin of eels. He was lucky; he found a field that no one was tending and caught two large eels.

"I can't take it anymore, I'm going to go eel fishing tomorrow! There are so many eels in the ditch, I'm sure I can catch some if I use a hook!" Hu Wangfei took six mao from Hu Dahai's hand, and with the two mao and five jiao he earned during the day, he had eight mao and five jiao in total.

Fifty cents of it was to be given to Hu Dahai, leaving only thirty-five cents. Although it was a bit far from the several dollars he had imagined each day, at least he had some income.

Hu Dahai remained silent, letting Hu Wangfei do as he pleased.

In reality, those involved are often blinded, while bystanders see things more clearly. Hu Wangfei may think he is constantly looking for ways to make more money, but in Hu Dahai's eyes, Hu Wangfei's choices are not actually ways to make money; they are more like hitting a brick wall.

Because all of his choices were short-term. Was working at the quarry a long-term option? Not only was it tiring, but it wasn't sustainable either, because in ten years, the quarry would be shut down due to environmental pollution.

Is catching fish a long-term thing? Not really. Let's not even talk about the possibility that Hu Dahai might stop collecting fish at any time. Even if Hu Dahai kept collecting fish, could Hu Wangfei keep catching fish?

It's even more difficult to catch eels now; once the weather gets a little colder, there won't be any left.

If it were Hu Dahai from his previous life, he would have already been unable to resist advising Hu Wangfei.

But now, Hu Dahai looks at Hu Wangfei more like he's watching a clown. He just watches him run into walls everywhere, and sometimes he even finds his comical antics funny.

That evening, Bao Yuanshan and Hu Dahai once again saw a surge in the quantity of aquatic products they collected.

Thanks to the renovations they'd done that afternoon, making their fishpond bigger and wider, they were able to store more fish. Hu Dahai had anticipated that they would catch even more fish that evening.

They also increased the circulation of water in the fishpond, which greatly increased the oxygen content in the water and reduced the mortality rate of the fish.

After a quick count, they collected a total of 630 jin of fish, 700 jin of snails and clams, and 600 jin of eels and loaches today.

Hu Dahai observed the villagers who came to sell fish today and noticed a problem: there were significantly fewer people selling fish, but each person was catching more fish. This was because most of the fish sellers were households that owned nets or fish traps.

Of course, most villagers still mainly sell eels, loaches, and snails.

Looking at so many fish, Bao Yuanshan felt a little worried: "Will we be able to sell them tomorrow?"

Hu Dahai waved his hand: "Don't worry."

After everyone had left that evening, Hu Dahai took out the various spices he had bought in the city that day and began to tinker with them in his room.

The next day, Hu Dahai didn't bring all the fish; he only brought nearly 400 jin (approximately 200 catties). Firstly, the cart wasn't big enough, and carrying too many fish at once could easily cause them to suffocate and die. Secondly, he estimated that sales in the city might be significantly lower that day. However, he did bring all the snails, clams, eels, and loaches, because these are less likely to die.

Upon arriving in the city, Hu Dahai indeed found that there were more fish sellers, and the competition among them was even more intense. Some people even started a price war to sell their fish, driving the price down to 28 cents, or even 25 cents.

Fortunately, there were enough people in the market, and the scattered fish sellers didn't have many fish, so Hu Dahai and his group were lucky enough to sell all their fish in the end.

This made Bao Yuanshan breathe a huge sigh of relief.

By the time all the fish were sold, it was almost 3 p.m.

Hu Dahai told Bao Yuanshan to push the cart back first, while he carried a few fish and a bag of things and headed towards the food factory.

I promised to go see Zhang Zhaoxing today, so I can't break my promise.

While Hu Dahai was selling fish in the city today, Zhang Zhaoxing was facing severe criticism at the food factory.

The food factory has one factory director and two deputy factory directors. One of the deputy factory directors is nearly sixty years old and about to retire. Due to his age, he has long lost interest in seizing power.

The other is Gao Yongqiang, who, like Zhang Zhaoxing, is still in his prime.

Gao Yongqiang had long hoped to remove Zhang Zhaoxing from his position as factory director, and now that Zhang Zhaoxing was in trouble, he naturally seized the opportunity and wouldn't let go. He said aggressively:

"Director Zhang, I'm not trying to be mean, but because of your poor personnel management, our food factory has suffered huge losses!"

“Not only has our cash flow become extremely tight, but our employees are also out of work. We have hundreds of employees, and even if they just sit in the factory all day, we still need to pay them a day’s wages. What do you suggest we do now?”

Faced with Gao Yongqiang's attack, Zhang Zhaoxing could only suffer in silence, unable to express his bitterness.

He stood up and looked at the food factory management, who were already full of doubt about him, and said, "Gentlemen, I do have an unshirkable responsibility for what happened, but I still hope to lead our food factory out of this problem."

Gao Yongqiang showed no mercy, immediately following up after Zhang Zhaoxing finished speaking: "Tch, you make it sound so easy. What can you possibly do to get us out of this mess? We've already offended that client!"