The Top Fishing
Chapter 278 - 165: Fish Pond Grand Opening_2

Chapter 278: Chapter 165: Fish Pond Grand Opening_2

Now that Lin Yang had just come back home, surrounded by so many villagers at his front door, he naturally had to share something with everyone. After all, his family was about to have two celebrations, and soon he would need to visit every house in the village to ask for help in preparations, so it was appropriate to distribute things.

The custom here was, no need for invitations for funerals but for celebrations, house visits were a must.

The rule was that if there was a funeral in the family, as a fellow villager, there was no need for the bereaved family to extend an invitation; it was upon the villagers themselves to voluntarily come and help.

But for joyous occasions, it was just the opposite, the host family must go door-to-door to invite people who would then help on the actual celebratory day.

Sure enough, Lin Yang’s generous handout had the aunties and elderly women in the village grinning from ear to ear—who wouldn’t be happy with gifts given for free?

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That evening, his mother also made a grand dinner to celebrate Lin Yang’s return home and expressed pride in the many things he had accomplished in the past month, like winning a prize of 300,000 a few days ago.

That night, he and his father were very happy, drinking several glasses of liquor while Lin Yang listened to his father recount the situation at home, like the construction of the factory next door, and the progress on the fish farm, among other things.

Overall, everything had progressed smoothly, and with sufficient funding, these two projects hardly faced any problems.

The factory next door could be moved into in another month’s time.

The construction of the Big fish pond in the village would soon open for fishing, though other aspects like the fish farm resort and some leisure facilities were not yet completed; these things needed more time.

However, for paid fishing, it was much more convenient; just needed to ready the fishing spots next to the pond and establish the fishing standards for the pond, and it could nearly start its operation.

After dinner, Lin Yang returned to his room and lay down on his small bed.

That night, he stayed awake for a long time, having traveled continuously for a month and only now returning home; he still felt a bit unaccustomed.

Moreover, after his experiences during this period, he was full of emotions.

Previously, he had envisioned countless possibilities for his future life. If not for the "Fishing Atlas" Golden Finger, he might still be struggling to find a suitable job or would have settled for any job to make do, then trapped in a daily routine from nine to nine. Compared to his current life, it was equally busy, yet the quality was worlds apart.

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The next morning, Lin Yang slept until he naturally woke up.

When he got up, he found that he was the only one at home. It took him a moment to remember that today was the opening day of the fish pond. He quickly got ready and drove there.

Although the fish pond was now managed by his father and his Uncle, it wouldn’t be right if he, the junior boss, did not show up.

When he arrived at the Big fish pond, it was about eight o’clock in the morning.

At that time, there were still quite a few people surrounding the pond, with many villagers who were quite interested in Old Lin’s opening day, crowding around early in the morning.

The entrance of the fish pond was already covered with spent firecracker paper, so Lin Yang knew that the fish pond was formally in operation. At this moment, Old Lin was enthusiastically handing out cigarettes to the gathering villagers, while his Uncle was busy with some fish pond fishing area tasks.

Although the fish farm wasn’t fully built yet, there wasn’t a place to eat, but a small stall was already set up selling tobacco, alcohol, beverages, and their business license was already processed long before.

Seeing Lin Yang come over, his enthusiastically Uncle Yang Xincheng came over, "Xiao Yang, you’re finally back. How’s everything? I’ve managed everything pretty well, haven’t I?"

"This Big fish pond, just as you instructed, has already been stocked three times, totaling a hundred thousand pounds of Crucian Carp, Carp, grass carp, Catfish, Bream... we’ve got them all!" Seeing Uncle Yang Xincheng’s excited demeanor, Lin Yang could deeply empathize.

He had always enjoyed fishing. Previously, running errands for others in his job didn’t earn him much money, but now, thanks to Lin Yang’s efforts, he’d become a general manager on a grand scale, naturally feeling different and filled with energy and motivation!

However, Lin Yang glanced towards the direction of the Big fish pond and couldn’t feel happy.

He was still a little too negligent about the matters of the fish pond.

Although a lot of people were gathered there, they were all villagers who came to watch the excitement; there wasn’t a single one who actually came to fish.

Yang Xincheng had quite a few fishing buddies, but those willing to spend 800 yuan a day to play in the reservoir Big fish pond were few, so relying solely on him, hardly anyone was actually there to fish.

Knowing this situation, he also felt a bit embarrassed to mention this issue to Lin Yang.

Old Lin also came over and said, "It’s our first day of operation today, what if we don’t have many customers?"

He wasn’t very knowledgeable about fishing, having only focused on building the fish farm and ensuring it was ready for the opening. Whilst the infrastructure was set, preparing to welcome customers proved to be a difficult task.

Now, with the ground in front of the fish pond littered with firecracker remnants, if they couldn’t conduct much business on this first day, it would become a topic of village gossip after meals.