"'May I go with you, father?' asked his son, briskly.
'No you mayn't. I'm a going - as your mother knows - a fishing. That's where I'm going to. Going a fishing.'
'Your fishing-rod gets rayther rusty; don't it, father?' (p165)"
Mr. Cruncher uses fishing as a cover for his real job. Fishing, though, actually seems very relevent; the ocean is the most mysterious thing known to man (other than outerspace). We live so close to it and yet we don't know much about it. Fisher's break the surface, probe the waters to try and catch something, once they catch it, they transport the dead fish to wherever it needs to go. Mr. Cruncher's son is cleary suspicious of his father's doings, but hmm... breaking the surface (of the ground?), transporting dead fish... (maybe a couple dead people too...?)
Sketchy.
Also on the following page (166), it says, "...rather than [Mr. Cruncher] would leave her for a moment to her own reflections."
This summer I went to Nicaragua where there was a body of water called Devil Bay (roughly translated), and it's rumored that the devil will take form of a stick or treasure chest to lure people out towards the middle. There's a sudden steep drop on the floor of the waters, where people drown in once they pass, thinking the water's still shallow. This mysterious rumor is quote popular, some people believe it, but some people think people might just be seeing their own reflections.
BASICALLY, water can be scary.
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Kristine, I agree with you that young Jerry is suspicious of his father's actual job. On page 160, before Jerry even talks about the fishing cover-up, he and his son are watching a funeral procession go down their street.
Mr. Cruncher says, "Young Jerry, it's a buryin." Young Jerry replied by saying, "Hooroar, father!"
Why else would Young Jerry be so excited about a burying than if he knew his father would get money from having someone new to dig up?
Also, Mr. Cruncher replies to his son's "Hooroar" by getting him in trouble for yelling it out loud. Jerry clearly does not want anyone to know about his secret job.
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