In the afternoon, the sun was scorching, and by Baishi Village, Pang Qiu and other villagers were sprinkling quicklime on various fish ponds. The water in the fish pond had been drained. While it was sunny during this period, the fish ponds had been exposed to the sun for several days.

After sprinkling quicklime, introduce the river water, soak it in each fish pond, and then "change" the river water several times, so that these fish ponds can raise new fish.

Pang Qiu and others, who were worried not long ago, are now full of joy. The reason is simple, that is, Li Li paid all the agreed rent.

The Pang Qiu family received 35,000 yuan of rent, which was more than the 20,000 yuan mentioned earlier. He quickly found the creditor and paid off the debts owed together with the capital and profits. A stone in his heart fell to the ground.

Most other families have borrowed debts in order to raise fish. Now they have received tens of thousands of dollars of rent, so they quickly pay off their debts in advance to get rid of their heart problems.

After getting sick, the family doesn’t need to escape to hide from debts. How can they be unhappy?

Now, if you work for Li Li's family in the same village, the wages you earn and the future "commission" will be your own income, and it will be "more work and more income", so everyone is very active in doing things and looks forward to raising fish in the fish pond as soon as possible.

However, Pang Qiu and others were a little confused about the fish that they wanted to raise in the fish pond, because according to the information revealed by Li Li, he was going to "float fish and crabs".

Crabs are crabs, fish, and silver carp.

These days, there are very few people raising silver carp, and basically no one raises crabs. Because the head of silver carp is too big and cannot be sold at the price in the past, it is better to raise shrews, and crabs...

In autumn, just catch crabs, but no one will raise crabs on purpose.

Pang Qiu and other fish farmers hired by Li Li have never heard of anyone raising crabs, so when they learned the news, they thought Li Li was joking at first.

Of course, crabs can be raised, but if silver carp grows up, they can be sold to city restaurants and restaurants, but what about crabs?

What Li Li called raising crabs was actually to organize everyone to go to the lake and river to fish them, and then put them in the pond for temporary maintenance.

It is raised until autumn for sale, lasting three or four months, and the time is not long.

Raising crabs is not as good as raising fish, and the sales are relatively small. You must eat fresh ones because dead crabs are poisonous and people may suffer from diarrhea after eating them. In severe cases, they will cause death.

Occasionally, there are wealthy families who want to eat crabs and drunk crabs, that is, crabs marinated with wine lees and wine, but the demand is relatively small. Li Li wants to raise crabs and there are a lot of them. The villagers can't figure out where the sales are.

However, seeing Li Li's confidence, Pang Qiu and others didn't ask much questions. Following Li Li's command, they "disinfect" the fish pond, change the water, and make all preparations.

There was a jingling sound next to it. Some villagers set up fences outside the fish pond to encircle the group of fish ponds with a total of more than 200 acres.

Originally, each fish pond had fences, but now a circle of fences was added to the periphery. The fence was one person high and the gap was dense, in order to prevent crabs from escaping, and to prevent people from stealing fish and crabs.

Everyone can understand this. After all, crabs can be climbed very well. Without erecting a fence, all the crabs in the fish pond will run away.

The "crab trunk" used to catch crabs in large quantities is actually a bamboo fence or bamboo curtain, which is more than four feet long, and its function is to block the crab's path forward and leave a gap for it to drill.

This fence not only prevents crabs from escaping, but also prevents cats and dogs from catching crabs and prevents people from stealing crabs. In fact, it means treating the same village as a thief.

It is hard for everyone to say anything about this, after all, many fish farmers pay off their debts thanks to Li Li's rent.

Li Li spent a lot of money to rent a fish pond to raise fish and crabs. If the crab is taken away by a cat or dog and stolen by someone, the losses will not be small over the past few months. Pang Qiu felt that it was nothing to stand up the fence.

Some people also think that Li Li has some experience in raising crabs, and is afraid that someone will learn it, so he has to set up a fence and keep the secret.

No matter what the reason is, no one has any objection. The fence is set up, surrounding the fish pond, and four small sheds are set up. At night, just a few people and dogs can be guarded, which is a waste of time.

Pang Qiu and others were busy. Wu Xiang walked from the side and saw that the fish ponds had already sprinkled quicklime, so he called everyone to go ashore and then beat the gong.

The water gate of the canal connected to the river beside the village was opened, and the river water flowed into various fish ponds along the canal.

When the water encounters quicklime, it instantly becomes hot, emitting a lot of heat and smoke. From a distance, the fish pond seems to be foggy.

Pang Qiu and others were on the shore, looking at the fish pond looming in the thick fog, and then looking at Li Li who was explaining various matters. I really wanted to ask:

How much money can you make when raising crabs?

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At night, Li Li, who was lying on the lanterns by the fish pond, looked at the lights on several sheds around and the intermittent barking of dogs, and felt relieved.

This fish pond has a total of more than 200 acres and is currently rented by Li Li, so he is now considered the "pond owner".

Then, you should say loudly: I want everyone to know that this fish pond has been contracted by you!

Li Li thought about it and found that there was still a lack of individuals around him, so this line was not suitable.

Next to him, his nephew Li Xin kept patting mosquitoes, looking at the quiet fish pond, and asked, "Uncle, can't you make much money by raising crabs?"

Li Li nodded: "Yes, it's not very profitable, so no one raises it. If the crabs become fat in autumn, it's only cost-effective to catch them now."

"Uncle, why do we still have to raise crabs?"

"This is a secret, uncle can't tell it now."

Li Li took his nephew on the small road between the pond, followed by the big yellow dog, and two uncles and nephews with full horns and buns were talking while walking.

Li Xin admired his uncle very much, so he thought that he could make money by raising crabs, so he would definitely make money.

The "problem baby" stopped asking questions. Li Li was so happy that he was quiet. While walking, he looked at the fish pond he had "contracted" and thought about it.

Don’t eat crabs that have just died or are about to die, as many people in later generations may not be aware of this.

Crabs are different from fish. If the fish die, they can be eaten if the meat does not deteriorate in the short term, but crabs cannot do it. The reason is that dead crabs are poisonous.

After the crab dies, a toxic substance will be secreted in the body. As the death time extends, the crab will accumulate more and more toxic substances and become more and more toxic.

Even if the crab is cooked, this toxic substance is not easily destroyed. If eaten by people, they are prone to vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea and other symptoms. In severe cases, life is in danger.

The "hairy crabs" that were sold well in the autumn of later generations were only popular in various places and entered the homes of ordinary people thanks to modern cold chain transportation technology.

Therefore, raising crabs in later generations was very profitable, but this era was not.

Moreover, because there is no cold chain and convenient transportation, the transportation cost of live crabs is very high.

Even in cities that are only dozens of miles away from rivers and lakes, live crabs sold by fishmongers are not cheap. As for dead crabs or dead crabs, poor people will eat them with their lives, and rich people will never touch them.

Nowadays, there are pickled products such as drunk crabs, stuffed crabs, and terrible crabs. They are common and are not cheap. Ordinary people cannot afford it, so the market demand is "small".

For fishermen, catching crabs now is much more cost-effective than raising them.

Li Li still wants to raise crabs, and also fish and crabs.

Fish and crabs are mixed, and fish are of particular importance. What he wants to raise in the pond is silver carp (carp carp, silver carp), which can coexist with crabs because the excrement of crabs in the pond can reproduce plankton, which is just the food for silver carp.

Silver carp eats plankton, and does not sometimes attack crabs like omnivorous fish (carp, etc.), and the two can coexist.

But even so, the profit prospects of mixed fish and crab farming are not very good.

Li Li sold the house in the city and used the money from selling the house to "contract" the fish pond, and hired villagers to "float fish and crabs" to pay the money openly and help everyone overcome difficulties.

He invested so much, and if he relied on the profits of "farming fish and crabs", the whole family could go and drink the northwest wind.

So, this is just a trick.
Chapter completed!