Financial freedom begins with fishing

Chapter 63 Gathering Information

After leaving home, Xiao Kai headed straight for the highway.

His first destination was Liupanshui City.

Liupanshui City is located in the westernmost part of Qianzhou Province. It is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Qianzhou Province. Situated in the Wumeng Mountain area, it has a high altitude and borders Yunnan Province. It is famous throughout the country for its rich coal resources and cool climate, and is therefore known as the coolest city in China.

Xiao Kai chose Liupanshui City as his first stop for fishing trips, not because it was cool. After all, it was still late winter, and it was cold everywhere, but it would only be colder here.

He chose this place mainly because it has abundant water resources, numerous mountain streams, and is famous for its excellent fish resources.

It is said that many freshwater fish species that are hard to find in the market can be seen here.

Some have even reached the endangered level and have been included in the national protection list.

Of course, these were not Xiao Kai's goals, since he didn't want to operate the sewing machine.

His main target is other freshwater fish species, especially those that are expensive.

As an angler, Xiao Kai naturally wanted to catch more types of fish while making money, and he chose this place because it was closest to Pingshun City.

After nearly three hours of driving, Xiao Kai finally entered Liupanshui City.

However, he did not enter the city, but stopped at a campsite set up for tourists near the city.

This campsite is inexpensive, costing only 30 yuan per night. The key is that it provides free water and electricity, as well as toilets and showers.

Most importantly, it's very close to the market, making it easy to replenish supplies and gather information.

This was the best temporary place for Xiao Kai, who had just arrived and had no goals yet.

Xiao Kai decided to stay there for the night.

After settling into the campsite, Xiao Kai headed towards the nearby market while it was still early.

Besides replenishing supplies, he also wanted to take this opportunity to find out about fishing conditions in the surrounding area.

As an outsider, my information about local fishing is limited to what I find online, which is certainly less than what locals have.

The wet market, a place where all sorts of people mingle, is the perfect place to gather information. In particular, some anglers, when they can't catch any fish, will always go to the wet market to buy one or two fish to pass off as their catch.

These are the people Xiao Kai is targeting.

In less than ten minutes, Xiao Kai arrived outside a large vegetable market.

He looked up at the sign: Huixing Farmers Market.

Without hesitation, Xiao Kai walked straight inside.

He didn't stop anywhere else, heading straight for the seafood section.

We arrived in no time.

"Boss, how much are these crucian carp?" Xiao Kai asked, pointing to a transparent fish tank in a seafood shop.

"20 yuan per jin," the fishmonger said without looking up.

"20? That's so expensive?"

Xiao Kai looked at the other party with some surprise. This price was so much different from what he had in Ping Shun City.

Even during the Lunar New Year holiday, it shouldn't be this expensive.

You should know that in their area, a regular crucian carp costs only about 10 yuan per jin (500g), and even wild ones only cost around 17 or 18 yuan.

He sold it to Wang Dabao for the same price.

wild?

Xiao Kai's heart skipped a beat, and his gaze returned to the fish in the fish tank.

The next second, Xiao Kai showed an affirmative expression.

Just as he had expected, these crucian carp were indeed wild.

Having fished for wild crucian carp many times, Xiao Kai naturally recognized it; he just hadn't thought of it that way at first, so he hadn't paid attention.

After all, who would have thought that such a small seafood shop would even have wild fish, and quite a lot of them at that?

Do you perhaps have your own channels?

Looking at the other fish tank next to it, Xiao Kai realized that it contained the ordinary farmed crucian carp he had imagined.

As for the other fish tanks, Xiao Kai also saw some wild fish, but not many.

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Kai pointed to the fish tank again and asked the boss a question he already knew the answer to.

"Boss, are these all wild crucian carp?"

"Um!"

The shopkeeper nodded, but his hands didn't stop moving, giving off an air of "I won't pay attention to you if you don't buy fish."

Seeing this, Xiao Kai smiled wryly and could only point to the bass tank next to him and say, "Boss, give me a bass."

"Okay, just a moment, I'll be right there."

Upon hearing that Xiao Kai wanted to buy fish, the fishmonger who was cleaning the fish immediately looked up and smiled at Xiao Kai.

"Okay, thanks. Kill him while you're at it," Xiao Kai said.

"Okay, soon."

Sure enough, the owner sped up his work and soon handed the cleaned fish to the waiting customers.

Then, he quickly fetched a net, scooped up a bass for Xiao Kai, weighed it, and began to kill it.

Watching the owner start cleaning the fish, Xiao Kai tentatively asked, "Boss, where do you get your wild fish from?"

"Young man, look at what you're saying. These days, where can you find wild fish? They're all brought to you by people themselves."

Perhaps because Xiao Kai bought fish, the shopkeeper didn't ignore him this time, but he didn't take it too seriously either, and just answered casually.

"Oh? It was delivered? It can even be delivered up by itself?" Xiao Kai feigned surprise.

"That's right. You know wild fish aren't easy to get. Only those anglers who are lucky enough to catch a lot bring them here to sell. I just picked up some to make a little money."

The shopkeeper glanced at the tank of wild crucian carp that Xiao Kai had been looking at, and gestured with his lip, "Here, we just bought them. You're lucky; they would have been gone if you had come any later. Want some?"

"Just now?"

Xiao Kai's eyes lit up. He stood up and looked around, only to find that there wasn't a single fisherman. He was immediately disappointed.

"What's wrong, young man?"

Xiao Kai's actions caught the boss's attention, and he couldn't help but ask.

Xiao Kai looked bitter and stopped hiding it.

"Hey, brother, I'm not lying to you. I came from out of town to fish. I came here to ask around for good fishing spots. I heard you say someone was selling fish, so I thought I'd ask that person. But it seems he's already gone."

"Oh, I see. That explains why you were looking around so much. Sorry, I can't help you, I don't fish."

Seeing that Xiao Kai had frankly told him his purpose, the boss didn't think too much about it and focused on cleaning the fish.

Xiao Kai didn't ask any more questions.

In no time at all, the owner had cleaned and prepared the fish.

This fish cost 32 yuan in total.

Xiao Kai paid for the fish and left the seafood shop.

Just as I was about to leave, I saw a fisherman carrying a fishing rod bag walk into the seafood shop he had just come from, carrying a fishing bucket.

Xiao Kai was overjoyed and immediately followed them inside.

Sure enough, Xiao Kai saw the man selling fish.

Out of politeness, Xiao Kai did not immediately go up and ask, but waited until he finished selling the fish before finding him.

Ten minutes later, Xiao Kai left the market with a satisfied smile and headed towards the campsite.