In 1983, a small island started from a large farmer

Chapter 270 Learn from Comrade Li Duoyu
Lao Zeng held the yellow bead in his hand and said to the group of children, "You guys are ignorant, these are dragon beads."

The child replied: "Nonsense, the dragon ball comes from the dragon's mouth, how could it be inside the snail."

"Don't you understand this? Lord Dragon gave this to General Luo for temporary safekeeping. If you want, I'll sell it to you for one dollar."

A group of children shook their heads.

"We don't want it. We can buy as many beads as we want for one dollar."

Lao Zeng specializes in handling miscellaneous fish in Xiasha Village, mainly drying various dried seafood, including dried snail slices.

Seeing that these children didn't want it, Lao Zeng put the yellow bead in his pocket and continued to knock the snail with a hammer.

Li Duoyu smiled and greeted him: "Old Zeng, the beads just now are very beautiful, let me take a look."

Seeing the village director calling him, Lao Zeng quickly took out the beads and said, "It's quite beautiful. I've been harvesting conches for so many years, and I've only managed to harvest three or four."

Li Duoyu took the yellow bead and observed it. The bead was not very round, a bit like the shape of a water drop, but the color was quite correct, and it even had flame patterns.

Seeing Li Duoyu looking at Huang Zhu, Lao Zeng quickly said: "Village Director, if you like it, I will sell it to you cheaper for five yuan."

The corner of Li Duoyu's mouth twitched. When he sold the child, he heard clearly that it was only for one yuan.

Why did it become five yuan when I got to him? Do you think I wasn't here just now?

Li Duoyu returned the beads directly, turned around and left without saying a word.

"Three yuan, this thing is really rare, it can't be lower."

Li Duoyu turned around and said with a serious face: "It's only fifty cents. I don't want even one cent more."

"Fifty cents, it's really not possible."

"Then you can keep it for yourself. It's of no use to me anyway. I might as well buy a pearl."

Seeing that Li Duoyu was really going to leave, Lao Zeng sighed: "Okay, just fifty cents. You are so rich, why are you so stingy?"

"Who told you to kill me like this? Just now I planned to charge you one yuan, but I didn't expect you to charge five yuan."

Old Zeng Chicken Thief smiled: "I didn't learn it from you business people."

"Okay, I bought it."

Li Duoyu took out a golden five-cent coin and exchanged it for the yellow bead in Lao Zeng's hand.

After buying the beads, Li Duoyu took a few steps and couldn't help but touch his chest and found that his heart was beating so fast.

I was really afraid that Lao Zeng wouldn't sell it to him just now. Fortunately, in this era, information is relatively limited and no one knows the value of this kind of beads.

There is no local name for "Meile beads" yet. Just like what Lao Zeng said, old fishermen would call these beads "Dragon beads".

Some have obvious flame patterns on them, and some people call them "flame beads".

But in this era, everyone prefers pearls, and few people pay attention to this kind of beads.

If calculated based on the prices that would be speculated in later generations, Melo beads of this quality would cost at least 300 yuan each.

I don’t know if Lao Zeng will scold him to death when Melezhu becomes popular in the future.

However, Lao Zeng is now in his 50s, and he probably won’t be able to wait for the day when Melezhu becomes popular.

Li Duoyu looked at the bead in his hand. Although it was not very round, it was very suitable for making a necklace.

Li Duoyu took the bead and went directly to the bespectacled silversmith at the end of the village.

He was the only remaining craftsman in the village. Perhaps because he often gave people longevity locks, he was not persecuted during that special period.

The bracelet that the old lady gave to their brother must have been bought from him.

But there are few people in the village, and it is impossible to survive by relying on craftsmanship alone. Master Fu also has a small boat, and he usually goes to the sea to fish.

When Li Duoyu came to look for him at the end of the village, he was sorting out the sticky net. Judging from the situation, he should be going to sea.

"I guessed that you were about to come to me. Your son is almost one year old. Do you want to give him a longevity lock?"

"My parents have already prepared that lock."

Li Duoyu took out the Melo bead he just bought and said to the silversmith, "Can you make this bead into a necklace?"

The master silversmith took the beads and looked at them: "Okay, no problem, but if you plan to perforate this necklace, you'd better make it into a bead hat."

Li Duoyu, who didn't know anything about jewelry, asked, "What's the difference between the two?"

"The ones with direct piercings will be slightly less beautiful, while the ones with bead caps will look better, but the labor will be more expensive."

"how much is it?"

"You have to choose a material first, whether it's silver or gold."

Li Duoyu was slightly startled: "Hey, you actually have gold here."

The silversmith master smiled and said: "In our industry, we still have some inventory, otherwise we won't be able to continue."

"How much does it cost to make a gold bead hat?"

The master silversmith thought for a while, and then slapped him.

Li Duoyu smiled and said: "Five yuan?"

The master silversmith said with a dark face: "What are you thinking about? Fifty, not a penny less."

"It's so expensive, what about the silver one?"

"In silver, it's much cheaper. The materials are half a yuan. If you add in the labor, it's 15 yuan for you."

Li Duoyu struggled for a while. In this era, social security was not very good. If Zhou Xiaoying wears a gold necklace when going out, doesn't it mean that it clearly says: I have money, come and rob me!

"Silver, when will it be ready?" The master silversmith struggled for a while, and then put down the sticky net in his arms: "Originally, I planned to go fishing in the past two days, but the village director asked me If you want a necklace, then I won’t go to sea, and I’ll come and get it the day after tomorrow.”

Li Duoyu gave 16 yuan to the silversmith.

"Why is there one more piece?"

"I want to give it to my wife, please help me make it look good."

Speaking of which, she was really ashamed. After so many years of marriage, Li Duoyu had never given her a piece of jewelry.

"No problem. I can carve more lines on the bead cap so that it looks more upscale."

"Then trouble the master."

When Li Duoyu came out of the silversmith's house, he heard the loudspeaker in the village shouting.

"Village director, if you have something important to do, please come to the village committee. There are important people waiting for you here."

After hearing the news.

Li Duoyu frowned slightly and hurried directly towards the village committee. As a result, he saw several familiar figures at the door.

"Secretary Chen, Mayor Gao, why don't you come in and sit down."

Gao Tianyun, the second-in-command of Shangfeng Town, hummed: "Secretary Chen and Director Zhang, I and I made a special trip to greet you at the door."

Li Duoyu smiled awkwardly: "Mayor, this is no joke. You are my leaders."

"You also know that we are your leaders. When it was published in the newspaper, why didn't you think of calling us together?"

Seeing Mayor Gao's resentful look, Chen Shulin couldn't help but laugh and said: "Old Gao, stop making trouble, you are still so childish at your age."

"Haha." Gao Tianyun continued: "I'm kidding, I'm kidding, but it's such a big deal for your two villages to reconcile, at least you should inform us so that we can have fun too."

"It was my oversight."

Li Duoyu turned his head and couldn't help complaining in his heart: The council of Chenjia Village has already made me miserable, and if you are brought in again, it will probably be more troublesome.

Li Duoyu said quickly: "I'm sorry to keep you leaders waiting for so long. Let's go in first and I'll make tea for you. I'll apologize."

After arriving at the village committee, Secretary Chen glanced at Wang Xianjun's office: "Party Secretary Wang, he's not back yet."

"Not yet, probably still in the hospital."

Secretary Chen frowned: "Party Secretary Wang, it's not okay to keep going like this. If he doesn't come back after the New Year, Mayor Gao and I will go to the hospital to visit him."

Li Duoyu naturally understood what Secretary Chen meant, that is, if Wang Dapao was still unable to work after the New Year, the department would probably need to be replaced.

In the village committee meeting room, after a group of leaders took their seats, Li Duoyu and other village cadres sat directly opposite them.

After everyone has arrived.

Chen Shulin got straight to the point and said: "We are here this time for two things. The first thing is to commend the village cadres of Xiasha Village for their joint efforts in reconciling the two villages.

As for the second thing, some of you here may already know it, but I still want to tell you formally.

Two months later, on March 15th, the Nagasaki delegation from the island country will come to our Dandan Island to inspect the basic situation of kelp farming and eel farming. "

After hearing this, village cadres Zhang Jinsha and Tang Ping became excited.

"If they really come to our Dandan Island, then we have to prepare well."

Secretary Chen nodded and continued: "In order to better welcome the inspection team, the organization allocated a sum of money and decided to improve the sanitary conditions of Dandan Island, convert all the latrines into public toilets, and build garbage stations."

Hearing this, Li Duoyu burst into tears on the spot: "But Secretary Chen, our village committee really has no money."

Seeing Li Duoyu crying about poverty, Mayor Gao couldn't hold it back: "Don't pretend, you kid. You applied for this fund. Once it's approved, I don't believe you don't know."

"Hehe." Li Duoyu giggled twice.

The village cadres in Xiasha Village all looked at Li Duoyu, always feeling that Li Duoyu had done another big thing without them knowing.

Zhang Jinsha couldn't help but ask: "Mayor Gao, how much money has the organization allocated?"

"Five thousand."

After hearing this amount, the village cadres of Xiasha Village looked at each other with their eyes widened.

"Did our village director apply for all this money?"

Gao Tianyun said angrily: "You think giving so much money is a good thing. The more you give, the greater the responsibility. If you don't do a good job in hygiene, not only will you be unlucky, but we will also be jointly and severally responsible."

Secretary Chen continued: "Mayor Gao is right. This task is relatively difficult. The organization hopes that you will improve the sanitary environment of Dandan Island before the end of the year."

After hearing this, the corner of Li Duoyu's mouth twitched: "Secretary Chen, no way, is it going to be done before the year?"

Chen Shulin nodded.

"It says so."

Li Duoyu calculated the time and found that the Chinese New Year was less than 30 days away. Now he had to build four toilets, two garbage stations, clean the smelly ditches, kill flies, remove fleas, and repair the pier. It was quite a rush.

"How is it? Are there any problems?"

Li Duoyu frowned for a while and said, "We are pressed for time. We only have one bricklayer in the village. Can you ask the town committee to send two house builders to help?"

Gao Tianyun couldn't help but sigh: "You kid, you really don't want to suffer any losses."

Chen Shulin couldn't help but laugh and said: "Lao Gao, taking advantage of others and making things convenient for your own people is a good cadre. In fact, both of us should learn from Comrade Li Duoyu."

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(End of this chapter)