Weitang is a good place, just on the edge of town.

In summer, there are fish, shrimps, crabs, pheasants, wild ducks and water birds.

In autumn and winter, the withered yellow reed leaves everywhere can be taken home and burned for cooking.

Wu Jiangshan remembers that in more than 20 years, Weitang will become a wetland reserve, and people in the town will no longer be able to enter it casually.

But now, you can go in and catch fish and birds at will.

The two of them had no special tools, so they dug out a few wires from Zhong Dagu's house, found a large piece of cold cloth, and sewed a deep pocket.

The opening was fixed with an iron wire ring, and three ropes were hung on the iron wire ring to ensure that the opening was stable, and then a hook was tied.

Zhong Dagu's family was so poor that they had nothing but half a bag of potatoes. They cooked a few potatoes in a pot and each ate one for breakfast. They put the rest in their pockets and took a bucket.

Just went out the door.

On the way to someone else's yard, Wu Jiangshan secretly pulled out a thick bamboo pole. This thing would be useful for a while and could be used as a fishing rod.

Rural children have gone down to the river to touch fish and catch shrimps when they were young, so they have already developed a set of fishing skills.

The two of them didn't have bicycles, so they walked for almost two hours carrying their things before they reached the reed pond.

Wu Jiangshan was thinking about making money and did not care about rest. He quickly found a good position and tied the hook to the bamboo pole. He picked up a wide leaf and tied it to the rope to use as a fish float.

Zhong Dagu took out a potato, crushed it and threw it in. Then he picked up a stone and put it into the bag to make the bag sink.

After putting down the bag, they had to wait for a while before carrying it away. The two of them were not idle and continued walking deeper to look for wild duck eggs.

"Jiangshan, what do you want to buy after making money? The fish here are not worth much. If you want to make money, you might as well go pick up the iron slag."

Wu Jiangshan woke him up early in the morning and went down to the reed pond. Zhong Dagu didn't complain at all. He thought Wu Jiangshan wanted to buy something.

The two of them had also tried to make money before to buy food to satisfy their cravings.

Anyone who wants to eat the fish and shrimp in the reed pond can catch it themselves, so no one is willing to spend money to buy it.

Although picking up iron slag only costs a few cents per kilogram, you can earn several cents a day by doing it.

"Hey, is it too late? I need several hundred yuan." Wu Jiangshan calculated that, plus the round-trip fare, five or six hundred yuan would be enough. He would go and have his body checked first.

Zhong Dagu opened his mouth in surprise. How many hundreds? He couldn't even think about it.

"My grandfather is not in good health. I want to save some money to take him to a major hospital in the provincial capital."

Hearing what Wu Jiangshan said, Zhong Dagu understood: "Jiangshan, you are so filial, but when will we be able to save enough by selling fish?"

"It's okay. I have a solution. Let's try it on the hour first. If it doesn't work, we'll talk about it later."

Wu Jiangshan thought about it all night last night. He has no skills, but he is good at eating, drinking and having fun.

I had been working for many years before I was reborn. Later, I thought I was getting older and could no longer idle around all the time, so I opened a roadside food stall.

At first, there was only a small stall with two or three small tables, and he was the only one doing the cooking, washing dishes, and collecting the money and clearing the tables.

It was expanded in the back, with more than 20 tables, a storefront, and a seafood food stall.

Therefore, his cooking skills are good, but he started too late and the competition is fierce, making it difficult to make further progress.

In the future where food stalls are everywhere, he can make money with this skill. Is it possible that in 1986, when all the people had just enough to eat and there was a lack of food variety, he could not conquer their taste buds?

After thinking about it, Hushan Town was the only treasure in the reed pond, and it didn't cost any money. It just solved his current dilemma of having a cleaner pocket than his face.

Come here to get some small fish, shrimps and shells. Wu Jiangshan thinks that with his craftsmanship, no matter how you cook it, it will be delicious.

I believe no one can be better than him in making food stalls in this era. The only worry is that no one dares to try making street food.

In places like Hushan Town, the rapid development after the reform and opening up seems to have been pushed to a slow speed, lagging behind big cities by at least ten years.

Nowadays, people in the provincial capital should already be driving private cars, but here in Hushan Town,

A bicycle is still a valuable item in the home. Only those workers working in large factories can save up their wages for several months to buy a bicycle, but how many of them are willing to do so?

People like Zhong Dagu, who don't even have a light bulb at home, can be found everywhere in the villages around the town.

The common people have only heard of the word self-employed through the small radio speakers hung in the corners of every house, and have no idea what it means.

The period when the overseas business boom really started was after 1993, when a large number of workers were laid off, and even many civil servants went overseas to do business.

But at this time in Hushan Town, who among the ordinary people would think about becoming self-employed? Only those who are desperate, can’t afford to eat, and second-rate people will do it.

People who earn a stable salary feel that they are serving the country's iron rice bowl, and they don't look down upon those who set up stalls.

People in the surrounding rural areas don't have the awareness to do business at all. It's the end of the world for them to grow some vegetables, raise some chickens and ducks and sneak into the town to exchange for some food stamps.

After all, the word speculation is not outdated yet...

Wu Jiangshan dares to be the first person to set up a roadside stall in Hushan Town, but he is afraid that no one will dare to be the first to taste his food.

But whether it works or not, I have to give it a try. Just having ingredients is not enough right now. If you want something delicious, you need to add more seasonings.

Why do people nowadays think these small fish and shrimps are not delicious? It’s because they can’t bear to eat heavy oil and heavy ingredients.

Just like snails and crayfish, they just taste like seasoning...

He and Zhong Dagu both had clean pockets, so they had to earn the money for the seasoning first.

There are many wild ducks and pheasants in the reed pond. It is difficult to catch wild ducks with bare hands without a shotgun. Not everyone can pick up wild duck eggs. You need to have a trick.

Zhong Dagu is an expert at this. He used to have nothing to eat and often came to the reed pond to find food.

By walking twice on the dam and looking for areas with few reeds, Zhong Dagu will be able to find the nest hidden underneath.

The two of them wandered around this area for more than an hour and picked up a dozen wild duck eggs but couldn't find any more. This was the money they spent to change the seasoning.

The bag has been down for so long, it's time to pick it up.

This is a job that requires skill. You can't carry the bag too fast, otherwise the bag will be full of water.

It is easy to break the bamboo pole, and the fish and shrimp inside are easily frightened and run away if you lift it too slowly.

Therefore, the speed must be balanced and steady. Wu Jiangshan rolled up his sleeves, stood firm with his feet spread apart, and started to slowly lift up the bamboo pole.

The cold cloth is dense and the water comes out slowly, so it takes some effort to lift it up.

In other words, the tall and powerful Wujiangshan people can do it by themselves, but Zhong Dagu's body is strong enough to be lifted.

The two of them held their breath and carefully lifted up the bag little by little. When the opening was out of the water, they were no longer afraid that the fish and shrimp inside would escape.

Wu Jiangshan moved a little faster and took a few steps back. Zhong Dagu had already followed the stem of the dam and grabbed the cloth bag that was leaking water and lifted it up.

When the bag was lifted to the dam, more than half of the water in it had flowed out, and the rest was poured into the bucket.

There was a rush of crucian carp, grass carp, green shrimp and loach in a small bucket.

Zhong Dagu looked at it and frowned: "This is too small."

"It's okay. Let's try it again in another place. Let's get a bucket and go back."
Chapter completed!