Dad Bo asked him what he was talking about, and Wang Bo translated it for him. Then the old man was surprised: "So this is a century-old store?"
Wang Bodao: "It may have a history of 150 years. Before this hotel appeared in the town, it originally served some fishermen who fished in the lake. Later, as the population gathered, the town was built."
Dad Bo showed a thoughtful expression and said, "It's the same as our hometown village."
Wang Bo ordered a set meal for two people. Although it is a restaurant with a lot of history, it does not have many kinds of dishes. After all, there are only so many customers and so many raw materials.
The set meal is a variety of fish, fried fish, pan-fried fish, smoked fish, grilled fish and fish soup. It is paired with black bread, a kind of food that tastes very bad when eaten dry. It is also a very cheap food. Almost no one eats it now. .
Dad Bo took a bite of bread and frowned: "This thing is old and hard and doesn't taste good."
Wang Bo smiled and tore it open for him and put it into the soup bowl. After it was soaked with fish soup, he said: "Come on, try it. This is how this kind of bread is eaten."
He introduced to Bo Daddy that black bread was cheap and used to be the first choice of fishermen around the lake, because most of the people who came to fish did not have money or good boats, otherwise they would have taken risks in the sea.
Black bread is not delicious when eaten dry, but if it is paired with fish soup, it will taste better after being soaked in the fragrant fish soup, and the texture will become soft. Some fishermen call it 'fish-flavored malt bread' .
After listening to his introduction, Dad Bo smiled and said: "This thing is a bit like the black-faced steamed buns in our country. You can't eat it. When your mother and I were young, it was a good life if we could eat black-faced steamed buns. That's not the case." It’s delicious, but if there is a bowl of broth soaking the steamed buns, oh, it would be really delicious.”
In the midst of sighing, the old man took another bite of black bread. Later, he may have gained an appetite due to remembering the bitterness and sweetness. He picked up the soup bowl and ate it fiercely. He ate two large pieces of black bread and drank a large bowl of milk and fish soup.
Wang Bo was not interested in black bread and ate some fried fish. The fried fish here was a platter with various kinds of fish. The tilapia tasted the best to him. The fish was very soft and had a umami flavor.
The consumption in this small place is low, and the set meal for two people only costs thirty-eight yuan in total. Wang Bo has to pay, and Bo's father waved his hand domineeringly: "No, I'll do it! I've made a lot of money selling vegetables recently. The meal is your father’s!”
Wang Bo: "My father is so domineering!"
After finishing the meal, the two went to the local fishing gear wholesale market. Freshwater fish farming has never been taken seriously in New Zealand. The town not only makes money by selling fish and shrimps in Lake Aviemore, but also sells some fishing nets and fishing gear. class stuff.
Driving into the fishing gear wholesale market, Dad Bo said strangely: "Son, why are there not many people in this town? Didn't you say this is the largest freshwater fishery trading center in New Zealand?"
Wang Bo explained the reason, and Bo's father asked worriedly: "Then you still engage in freshwater aquaculture? There is no money to be made, so why do you do it?"
"We have no problem. I don't raise these fish to catch and sell them, but to fish for the big guys. Look at how clear our lake is. If there are more fish to catch, more people will come. Let’s play in town.”
All shopping malls in the town, except supermarkets and convenience stores, are all related to the sale of fishing gear. Even the supermarkets sell fishing rods, bait and other fishing gear, so it is absolutely correct to say that this is a fishing city.
In the center of the town, there is a New Zealand Freshwater Biology Museum jointly invested by the New Zealand government and the University of Auckland. There is a boat inside, which is the first small boat launched in New Zealand specifically for freshwater fish fishing that can be determined in the history.
Bo's dad said that this boat was a bit like a Chinese dragon boat. Wang Bo looked at the introduction and found out that this is a Maori lake fishing boat. The design is indeed somewhat similar to a dragon boat.
After a brief visit, Wang Bo was familiar with the general outline of the town, so he went to a street selling fishing gear, found the largest fishing gear market and entered.
"What do you need, sir? Fishing rod? Fishing tackle? Fishing bait?" A energetic middle-aged man came over and asked. He had a strong smell of water on his body. Wang Bo often smelled a similar smell on his parents before. .
This middle-aged man obviously regarded him as a tourist who came to fish. Wang Bo and his father were indeed dressed more casually, and yellow people usually came to this town for tourism.
The middle-aged man was very talkative. Before Wang Bo could speak, he continued to talk: "What kind of fish do you want to catch? Bream? Tilapia? Rainbow trout, brown trout or large white striped fish? Trust me, buddy, you can pick it here. Everything you need to get the best harpoon from me even if you're going to hunt great white sharks in the Pacific!"
Wang Bo shrugged and said: "But I am a member of the Shark Conservation Association. The purpose of my coming here is to buy some fishing gear. If the price is right, then I need a two-kilometer-long double-layer fishing net, fifty F-size shrimp pots, Fifty crab pots of the same model, if there are other suitable ones, I can choose them."
After listening to his words, the middle-aged man became more energetic. He looked at him and said, "Are you kidding me? Do you know the total price of these things?"
Wang Bo said: "I don't know, but I'm not joking, so I need you to give me a reasonable price."
Double-layer fishing nets can be used to trap fisheries and keep fish inside to prevent them from escaping. A two-kilometer-long fishing net can probably trap fifty hectares of fisheries and can support more than one million fry.
The size F shrimp pot and crab pot are about fifteen cubic meters. One shrimp pot can breed one hundred South American white shrimps and twenty-five crayfish, while one crab pot can breed about twenty freshwater shrimps. Crab.
Wang Bo checked the price in advance. A double-layer fishing net costs about 10 to 15 New Zealand dollars per meter. A size F shrimp pot costs between 200 and 300 New Zealand dollars. Crab pots are more expensive.
For a fishing tackle shop in a small town, this business is a serious business, at least compared to buying a fishing rod or a few fishhooks.
After listening to his words, the middle-aged man swallowed, stretched out his hand and said: "My name is Raymond, man, if you are serious, then you have to go to my office and wait for a while. Come on, let my wife do it." You make a cup of black tea, you should drink black tea in this season, right?”
Someone came in and shouted: "Raymon, pick me a bucket. Damn it, my bucket fell into the lake and didn't float."
The middle-aged man said without looking back: "Sheldon, don't bother me with this kind of work, okay? I'm the boss, and I have to handle big business. A job like yours is not suitable for me."
The visitor gestured with his middle finger from behind. Raymond laughed and pushed open the office door, letting Wang Bo and Bo's dad sit in. He turned the computer screen to show them the quotation. (.)