My fishing raft will ask for help.

Chapter 48 Fish Raft Frame Structure Task

The next morning, sunlight streamed into the room through the gaps in the curtains. Zhou Miao slept in late, a rare occurrence, and didn't get up until nine o'clock in the morning.

Yesterday I went fishing and diving at sea, and then I was exhausted because of Lu Xingyu's situation.

He decided to take a short break and treat it as a vacation for himself.

Rubbing his sleepy eyes, Zhou Miao mentally planned what he needed to do next.

Currently, apart from that unknown large fish that can only be caught during high tide, he has no other reliable intelligence resource points near the shore.

The resources at the small beach are decent, but the actual harvest is not consistent.

This means that it will be difficult to replicate the previous daily income of several thousand or even tens of thousands of yuan in the short term.

However, more important than making money is laying new flooring on the fish rafts.

So, in the morning he let Lu Xiaoxiao do whatever she wanted, while he rode his tricycle straight to the flooring shop in town.

After careful selection, Zhou Miao finally chose a practical dark brown PE flooring.

It is wear-resistant and slip-resistant, and the color is also dirt-resistant, making it perfect for the humid environment of the seaside.

After paying the deposit, he took the opportunity to get the worker's phone number from the boss and arranged to meet at the fish farm in the afternoon.

The renovation of the fish rafts is no small matter. First, the old flooring must be removed, the overall framework must be assessed to determine if it needs to be updated, and then the area to be covered must be calculated.

All of this can only begin after the master craftsman provides a plan and Zhou Miao personally reviews and approves it.

After finishing all that, he rode his bicycle back to the dock.

He had planned to contact Lu Xiaoxiao to come pick him up by boat, but he was surprised to find that his own small boat was moored at the dock.

"Did he hang out with Luo Qianqian again?" Zhou Miao muttered, glancing at the time; it was almost noon.

They've been eating at Luo Hao's fish raft for the past few days, so I guess the two of them are there.

Zhou Miao boarded the ship and headed directly in that direction.

Halfway there, the system reminded him that the fish farm had issued another request for help.

[A plea for help from a fish farm: The storm two days ago made the fish farm feel like it was about to fall apart after thirty years of weathering the elements. We would like to ask you to help us rebuild a more stable and robust structure.]

"..."

Zhou Miao was taken aback, then gave a wry smile.

He originally wanted to save money and preserve the existing fish raft framework as much as possible.

Anyway, the flooring can be removed and reused when we renovate later.

But now it seems the fish farm is determined not to let him save this expense!

However, since this task was somewhat given away for free, it did provide some peace of mind.

Fortunately, the flooring installer will be here in the afternoon, and I can ask him to come up with a framework construction plan while I'm at it.

The new frame was made into a simple rectangle, as unpretentious as the surrounding fish rafts.

Keep it simple, the simpler it is, the cheaper it is.

After doing the math, he realized that after paying a 50,000 yuan deposit to the flooring supplier, he only had 40,000 yuan left, and he didn't know if that would be enough.

Fortunately, we'll be able to catch that big fish in a few days. If it's valuable, selling it will solve our immediate problem.

After a while, Zhou Miao arrived at Luo Hao's fishing raft.

But Lu Xiaoxiao and Luo Qianqian weren't there; only Luo Hao was leisurely lying on a deck chair under the sunshade, squinting and enjoying the sea breeze.

Hearing the sound of a boat approaching, he turned his head and saw Zhou Miao. He said lazily, "Looking for Xiao Xiao? She and Qian Qian are at your family's fishing raft! They said that for some reason, there are an unusually large number of fish today."

Zhou Miao's heart skipped a beat, and he instantly remembered the buff effect of the fishing ground.

Counting the days, today is exactly the third day; it should be effective by now.

He immediately became interested, turned the boat around, and headed towards his own fishing raft.

Before we even got close, we could see the figures of two girls in the distance.

Lu Xiaoxiao was fishing quietly, her round bottom pressed on the small stool, making Zhou Miao feel sorry for her.

Luo Qianqian, who was standing nearby, picked up a fish the size of her palm and excitedly shouted. She even showed it off to Lu Xiaoxiao.

As soon as Zhou Miao's boat approached, the two men spotted him immediately.

Luo Qianqian waved her arms and shouted, "Zhou Miao, come quick! Something's weird at your fishing raft today! A huge school of fish came! Xiaoxiao and I caught so many this morning!"

Zhou Miao moored the boat, jumped onto the fishing raft, and asked with some skepticism, "Are there really that many?"

Luo Qianqian eagerly pulled him to see the water tank: "Why would I lie to you? See for yourself!"

Zhou Miao took a closer look and was immediately left speechless, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

There are quite a few fish in the tank, but they are mostly small fry, weighing less than an ounce.

There were only seven or eight small fish, each about the size of a palm, interspersed with some brightly colored and flashy varieties, which made them quite a sight to behold as they swam around.

His lips twitched. "Heh, that's quite a lot!"

Seeing this, Luo Qianqian burst into laughter: "Disappointed, aren't you? But the quantity didn't lie to you!"

Zhou Miao turned to Lu Xiaoxiao and asked half-jokingly, "You two are so free so early in the morning? Did you come here specifically to fish for small fish fry?"

In his mind, this girl was only interested in fishing and making money, and shouldn't be interested in these small fish.

Upon hearing this, Lu Xiaoxiao silently lifted the fish basket at her feet to show him: "Actually, there are quite a few fish that can be sold."

The fish basket contained many palm-sized black sea bream, some two-ounce rock bream, mudskippers, and golden drum fish. Zhou Miao even saw two mullet weighing about one pound each.

Judging by the amount, it weighs at least ten kilograms. She left late this morning, so it seems like she had a pretty good haul.

Zhou Miao suddenly realized why she had been staying here so quietly.

This further boosted his confidence in operating the fish rafts.

If customers come here to fish and have such a catch, it will definitely leave a deep impression on them, and they will surely have many repeat customers.

However, promoting fish rafts requires someone to manage it, and it seems that only Lu Xiaoxiao is suitable for this task around Zhou Miao.

But this girl is only interested in fishing and making money, so I need to sound her out privately first.

Just as she was thinking about it, Luo Qianqian suddenly said, "It's almost noon, Xiaoxiao, shall we go buy groceries and cook?"

Recently, Zhou Miao and her companion have been frequently dining at Luo Hao's place. Luo Qianqian felt that the more people there were, the more lively the meal would be, and the better it would taste, so she invited them as usual.

Zhou Miao waved his hand and said, "Xiaoxiao and I will go grocery shopping today. You go back to the fish raft to prepare. It's not right to keep eating and drinking for free. We haven't put any more crab traps in."

Luo Qianqian thought Zhou Miao was embarrassed to keep taking advantage of her, so she smiled knowingly and agreed without asking any more questions. Then she sailed away alone.

Zhou Miao and Lu Xiaoxiao rode a tricycle to the vegetable market.

On the way, he took the opportunity to bring up the promotion: "Xiaoxiao, the fish raft is going to be renovated soon. Why don't you learn live streaming and video editing from Qianqian? I'll leave the promotion to you from now on."

Lu Xiaoxiao agreed without hesitation: "No problem! I was just thinking of learning from her."

Although she doesn't particularly like being in the spotlight, she wouldn't refuse if it could help Zhou Miao and allow them to run the fish raft together.

After a moment of silence, she asked softly, "Brother Miao, do you have enough money for the renovation? I've saved some up too."

Zhou Miao shook his head and smiled wryly: "Even if you add yours, it's still far from enough! Keep your money for now, only use it when you're really desperate."

Lu Xiaoxiao nodded and said softly, "Okay, I'll do whatever you say."

After lunch, Zhou Miao and Lu Xiaoxiao didn't want to be exposed to the sun, so they decided to stay and rest at Luo Hao's place.

At 1 p.m., the driver I was supposed to meet called to say that I had arrived at the pier.

Zhou Miao immediately got up and set sail to pick up his master.

Luo Qianqian, Lu Xiaoxiao, and the others all knew that he had already found someone to renovate the fish rafts, and they followed him out of curiosity.