In 1983, a small island started from a large farmer

Its daybreak.

The work of collecting kelp is still going on. Every villager who participated in collecting kelp last night had exhaustion written on their faces.

Many people's hair is wet, whether it is wet from sea water or soaked in sweat.

Each of the villagers on the sampan boat also wore special skirts made of fertilizer bags so that when pulling the kelp, the whole body would not get wet with the kelp.

Can work till the end.

The lower body is still wet.

Fortunately, it is already June, the weather is not that cold, and everyone can hold on.

Although everyone was very tired, as the glow appeared in the east, the farmers finally felt relieved.

The sky is blue, with only a few white clouds floating in the sky. It is very rare for a northeasterly wind to blow in summer.

But since it is relatively dry there and the moisture carried by the wind is not that strong, it should be sunny in the next few days.

Li Duoyu was so tired that he lay down on his fishing boat with a cigarette in his mouth and looked at the blue sky.

Also lying beside them were Chen Wenchao, Li Shuguang, and Li Qingguang.

The second uncle and the first uncle stood at the bow of the boat, taking off their water boots and buckling them backwards to dry the moisture inside.

Take off your pants, wring them dry with your hands, hang them on the bow of the boat and blow them for a while.

Everyone worked from [-] o'clock last night to [-] o'clock in the morning, a full seven hours without stopping.

The hands are already a little numb from pulling the kelp all the time, especially the arms are particularly sore. It is difficult for these people lying on the deck to even raise their hands.

Li Qingguang curled up into a ball, so tired that he fell asleep on the spot, but not long after, he jumped up suddenly.

I took off my pants on the spot.

Immediately afterwards, a slippery gray-white eel came out from his trouser leg. This is a small eel. There are many places near the sea and you can often catch them.

Local people usually coat them in flour and fry them, or braise them.

The second uncle, who was wearing underpants, smoked a dry cigarette and joked: "Qingguang, which one is bigger, this one or yours?"

Li Qingguang, who was not yet eighteen, blushed: "Anyway, mine must be bigger than yours."

"Then let's compare."

"Let's compare. Who is afraid of whom? Mine will definitely be longer than yours."

My eldest uncle said with disdain: "The older I get, the more immoral I become. I shrink up like a sea intestine. I can't even pee half a meter. I still have to compete with young people."

After hearing the great uncle's metaphor, everyone couldn't help laughing.

"Why are you laughing? When you get older in the future, you may be smaller than a seagut, and you will be like a sea earthworm until you die."

Last night, Li Duoyu's fishing boat also participated in collecting kelp. His father, Lao Li, was very reluctant to let go and was afraid of getting the fishing boat dirty.

But time was tight, so Li Duoyu didn't bother to worry about it. Although the boat was precious, it couldn't be provided like his ancestors.

If it gets dirty, just rinse it.

And last night, this fishing boat made a great achievement. Not only can it pull five or six thousand kilograms of kelp at a time, it can also tow five or six sampan boats behind it, and it can pull half an acre of kelp in one trip.

The main thing is, it's fast.

Li Shuguang's boat can make one trip, and Li Duoyu's fishing boat can make two trips.

But there is too much kelp in his house. This year, he called on more than [-] people to help collect kelp. After one night, he only collected less than a quarter.

It would take at least two days, otherwise they wouldn't be able to collect it all, and while they were taking a break, there were still several sampan boats still collecting kelp in the kelp field.

Normally, a sampan boat is equipped with three people to collect kelp, but Ersao's boat only has two people.

Li Yaoguo was responsible for driving the boat and sorting the kelp, while his second sister-in-law kept pulling kelp from the sea to the boat.

When Zhu Xiuhua worked, he was still vigorous and resolute, and others were pulled on board one by one.

But she is very strong. A piece of kelp weighing over a hundred kilograms is like carrying a chicken in her hand. When it comes to hard work, one person can carry three of them.

The wages for harvesting kelp have increased this year, and Li Duoyu gave everyone two options.

No matter how much or how little you work, each person will be paid three yuan per day.

The other is to charge by the boat. If you salvage the kelp from a sampan boat and hang it on a bamboo frame, it costs [-] cents.

The second sister-in-law thought about it and felt that charging per person was not cost-effective, so she chose the per-boat fee. From last night to now, she has made ten ships of kelp and has earned six yuan.

Now they are pulling the eleventh boat of kelp. Zhu Xiuhua estimates that if they work for a full day, the couple can earn at least fifteen yuan.

Li Yaoguo, who was so tired that his face turned pale, took a deep breath and said, "Let's take a rest, I can't bear it anymore."

Zhu Xiuhua looked disgusted:

"You are really useless. You have only worked for seven hours and you are tired. How can we make money with you like this?"

Li Yaoguo muttered: "Everyone else has three in a boat, but we are only two, so we must be tired."

"If there are three, the money we make will be shared equally with one more person. Of course, two people are good."

The next moment, Zhu Xiuhua suddenly said: "Yaoguo, how about we also raise kelp this year."

Li Yaoguo frowned and said, "Don't you want to raise eels yourself? Why do you want to raise kelp again?"

"Let's do it together."

Li Yaoguo frowned, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, shook out a cigarette, then struck a match and started smoking.

"We just invested in a big fishing boat, how can we still have the money to do these things?"

Zhu Xiuhua, who was still pulling kelp, said: "Don't you have a female classmate, Gao Jing, who works at a credit union in the town? We can ask her for a loan."

Li Yaoguo was stunned. His wife used to get angry when she heard about Gao Jing, but now she was actually willing to let him take the initiative to find her.

"Loans are different now from before. They carry interest, and you have to pay them back after maturity."

Zhu Xiuhua then said: "Yaoguo, how much money do you think Duoyu made from kelp this year?"

"At least twenty thousand."

Zhu Xiuhua also envied Li Duoyu for being able to earn so much kelp and make so much money, but in this matter, she admitted failure.

Her brother-in-law had long told them whether they wanted to plant kelp together, but she had to use the money to invest in abalone.

Zhu Xiuhua said angrily: "Last year I was deceived by lard and deceived by the Wang brothers into investing in abalone. I think we can't miss it again this year. Even if we get a loan, we have to raise kelp."

Li Yaoguo, who was a little annoyed, said, "Let's talk about it when the time comes."

Seeing Li Yaoguo's impatient look, Zhu Xiuhua instantly felt aggrieved: "You can't say it every time, you are an accountant, you have to plan well, otherwise our family will never be able to hold its head high and we will always be the poorest." that one."

"Look at Duoyu. In less than two years, it has completely turned around. Now it has earned at least [-] to [-] yuan."

"There is also the Shuihua family. Her husband owns two boats and can afford to pay the fine for three births. Even if he doesn't have many fish and money, there will definitely not be much difference."

"My eldest brother and my sister-in-law can invest five thousand in a big ship at a time. There is also a house in the city. One is the workshop director and the other is in charge of finance. The future development will definitely be good."

"There's no need to talk about Xiaorong. A doctor from a big hospital might find a second-generation doctor who can turn a sparrow into a phoenix."

"But our family is so poor that we don't even have a thousand yuan. If you don't think about yourself, you have to think about Haoran."

Seeing Zhu Xiuhua starting to think about it, Li Yaoguo frowned: "Don't worry, let's just learn from Xiao Chao. As long as we follow Duoyu and don't use any crooked ideas, sooner or later, we will get up too."

Zhu Xiuhua sneered and said:

"How is that possible? Your brother is just a stingy guy. How can he help us?"

Zhu Xiuhua suddenly whispered: "Two days ago, the big boss of that company contacted me and said that when the time comes, he will open an eel farming factory with us in the next town."

Li Yaoguo said speechlessly: "How can you cooperate with others to raise eels when you only have half a bucket of water yourself?"

"I'm not the only one. The big boss also invited several experts from the Ludao Fisheries Research Institute. If we work together, I won't be able to support him."

"When the time comes, you have to come with me, you know."

Li Yaoguo did not agree.

Because he always felt that something was strange, and the most important thing was that Duoyu's attitude was a bit strange. Logically speaking, his wife had stolen his skills to cooperate with others.

According to Duoyu's character, he would definitely fall out with her, but he didn't seem to care at all.

"Xiuhua, if you want to raise kelp, I can go find my classmate and let's not touch the matter of raising eels. It's really difficult. Didn't you see that there are so many fish in the days when it rains? I also stay at the eel pond every day."

"No, I have already agreed with others on this matter. Anyway, we will just come up with a technique and there will be no loss."

Li Yaoguo really wanted to scold her: You are so unskilled, but if you scolded her like that on the boat, she might really slap her into the sea.

He smoked the remaining cigarette in one breath and couldn't help but sigh. He just wanted to live an ordinary life, why was it so difficult? (End of chapter)