In 1983, a small island started from a large farmer

Chapter 19 The Second Brother
"Suddenly."

The tractor was driving slowly on the uneven road in the countryside, and the kelp rope and floats in the back bucket were stacked four or five meters high.

In Li Duoyu's impression, tractors in this era are particularly magical, and they are especially capable of loading goods anyway.

The tractor drives ahead.

He and Lao Li followed behind, and when they saw a float fall, they picked it up and tied it up again.

As the master was rushing back to have dinner, Li Duoyu and the second elder unloaded the kelp rope and float as soon as the car arrived at their house.

And Zhou Xiaoying, who had already returned home from get out of class, was very surprised when she saw Li Duoyu came back, and asked several questions in succession.

"When did you come back?"

"You bought so many ropes so quickly?"

Li Duoyu looked at his beautiful wife, and said with a smile: "I just arrived in the afternoon, and I bought these in Chenjia Village."

After Li Duoyu finished speaking, he began to carry the rope. He is now very satisfied with his body in his early twenties, as if he has endless strength.

If it weren't for Zhou Xiaoying's big belly, fighting until dawn, there wouldn't be much problem.

Unlike him in his previous life, after returning from the island country, he already had various injuries all over his body, and his joints would hurt when he walked, let alone other things.

Alas, it is good to be young.

Seeing that they started to move the kelp rope, Zhou Xiaoying also rolled up her cuffs and planned to move together.

But the cuffs have just been rolled up, and the hands have just been stretched out.

She was drunk by her mother-in-law Chen Huiying:
"Xiaoying, this is your first child. I told you that three months is very dangerous. You can't lift heavy things. We can just move these things. You don't need to come."

Zhu Xiuhua, who was sitting in the courtyard, felt sore instantly after hearing this.

"It's really partial. When I had Haoran back then, you asked me to ask for Xiaohai to dry dried oysters. Why didn't I see you say that."

Chen Huiying squinted at the daughter-in-law who would rather eat dried fish and watch a show than come to help her.

"Your eater is stronger than a cow. Even Yaoguo can't beat you. Why do you need to rest? Gossiping over there when you have time, why don't you hurry up and move together."

"Hmph, it's not my house. Why should I move it? By the way, don't pile things up in front of my house. It will affect my access."

"Grandma, let me move it for you."

In the house, the little chubby who didn't want to do his homework just wanted to run away, but before he ran out of the room, his mother twisted his ears.

"What are you moving? Help your mother wash the dishes and sweep the floor when you have time."

"Mom, let go."

"Pain, pain, I was wrong."

Seeing her precious grandson's ears being pinched, Chen Huiying's teeth itched in anger, but there was nothing she could do about her daughter-in-law.

In less than half an hour, Li Duoyu moved all the kelp ropes and floats off the tractor.

Although I was a little tired and sweaty all over, I laughed happily. No matter what era I was in, picking up leaks is a very cool thing.

But even if it has been missed, it is really not cheap in this day and age.

450 yuan, which is almost Zhou Xiaoying's salary for more than a year. If converted with the current primary school teacher's salary, it is almost 7 yuan.

And this is still picked up. If calculated according to the current price of the supply and marketing cooperative, these ropes and floats will not be sold for more than 20 yuan in future generations.

Not only can't even return the book, but also have to post a lot of money.

And this abnormal price is also the reason why it is difficult for ordinary people to start a business in the early days of reform and opening up.

The first pot of gold is too difficult to get.

If I hadn't made some money by "sold goods", I guess I might not be able to do much after I came to this world, and I could only continue to live in a muddle.

Now there is a rope float.

The kelp farming plan has taken a big step forward, but the next thing to do is not so easy, and the most difficult thing for Li Duoyu is the piling on the bottom of the sea.

The sea area on Dandan Island, which is suitable for the growth of kelp, is more than 20 meters deep. It is not an easy task to drive hundreds of wooden stakes to the bottom of the sea with the current technology.

When I had a drink with my uncle last time, I heard from him that the reason why Chen Atai and the others didn't raise the kelp well was that they were too assertive, and many of them didn't follow the breeding standards.

The piles were messed up.

In less than four months, the piles were pulled twice, and the management was also very chaotic. I often didn't go to see it for ten days and a half months, which led to the failure of the kelp harvest in the end.

But before piling, you have to find the production team to approve some wood.

Dandan Island has a lot of casuarinas used for windbreak and sand fixation, many of which were planted by the high-level cooperatives when New China was founded, and are now managed by the production team.

This kind of tree has a high density and is not easy to rot when soaked in the sea, so it is very suitable for piling.

But if you want to buy things from the brigade, you have to approve a note, and it happens that there is someone in the village who is in charge of the note.

Li Duoyu just thought of him.

He appeared unexpectedly.

At five o'clock every day, Li Yaoguo, dressed cleanly, would come back from the village committee with a handbag.

After looking at the kelp ropes and floats piled up in the courtyard, he was a little surprised, but he didn't ask any more questions, and he went straight to his home without saying hello to Li Duoyu and his parents.

Li Duoyu hurriedly asked:
"Yaoguo, are you free? I have something to do with you."

Li Yaoguo was stunned for a moment, the fourth child who hadn't talked to him for almost two years actually took the initiative to look for him.

When the family separated, their family had an unhappy fight with the eldest and fourth child.

In order to share more houses, his wife said a lot of things to the boss in front of the villagers.

Roughly speaking: Li Qingguo doesn't even have a wife, if he wants any house, just give him some money.

As a result, the boss who had a strong self-esteem was annoyed and left.

And Li Yaoguo didn't come out to speak for Li Qingguo because he was afraid of his wife, and it ended in the end, even though they all lived in the same courtyard.

My father and mother were also so angry that they didn't eat for several days because of this incident.

They were not angry with Zhu Xiuhua.

Rather, he was angry that Li Yaoguo's son was too weak.

After that, even if they lived in the same courtyard, Li Yaoguo seldom talked to his parents and Li Duoyu.

Li Yaoguo, who was a little uncomfortable, replied:

"Look for me, is there something wrong?"

Li Duoyu said directly:
"That's right, I want to buy a batch of casuarina lumber from the production team. If you have time, please help me approve a note."

"How much are you going to buy?"

Li Duoyu made a rough calculation, and replied: "It takes about fifty trees like this, and it needs to be bigger."

After hearing this number, Li Yaoguo frowned:
"If it's just a few, I'll approve it for you directly, but your quantity is a bit large, and I can't approve it. I have to discuss it with the brigade."

"Then I will trouble you. When negotiating, try to keep the price as low as possible."

"Well, I'll try my best."

To be honest, the second brother is really not as miserable as the second sister-in-law Zhu Xiuhua said. Compared with those who sold goods in the past two years, he has indeed earned a lot less.

But in this era, his current salary is normal, and his position as village accountant and deputy secretary of the branch has quite a lot of power, and he can help you do many things in the village.

Li Duoyu remembers that before the reform and opening up, it should be the most glorious time in the life of the second brother. Many people in the village had to ask him to approve notes and ask him to do things.

(End of this chapter)