In 1983, a small island started from a large farmer

After seeing the fish on the sticky net, Zhang Mingsheng and Chen Wenchao's eyes widened and they did not intend to rest.

The brother-in-law was so excited that he could not speak coherently:

"There are many fish, so hurry up and don't let the fish escape."

Chen Wenchao was a little stunned. He could vaguely guess what kind of fish it was, but among the three, he had been a fisherman for the shortest time.

The fish hadn't even come out of the water yet, so he couldn't tell what kind of fish it was just from those little details.

Seeing Zhang Mingsheng so excited, it is most likely a very expensive sea fish.

Li Duoyu took the diesel engine key and started the diesel engine again.

With the rumbling sound, the net hoisting machine started to rotate again, and the fish hanging on the sticky net were brought up one by one.

Zhang Mingsheng immediately untied a sea fish weighing almost one and a half kilograms and said excitedly: "Wow, damn, it's really a big yellow croaker."

Laymen may not understand much about large yellow croaker, small yellow croaker, and yellow croaker, but for fishermen who used to catch large yellow croaker.

This fish is really easy to recognize.

First of all, the scales are thin, the lower jaw is more prominent, the fish body is slender, and the length of the tail peduncle is 2 to 3 times its height.

Unfortunately, most of the large yellow croakers caught during the day are white, with only the fins, tail fins, and belly a little yellow.

Brother-in-law Zhang Mingsheng, who once owned two boats, was naturally very happy to catch a large yellow croaker again and wanted to kiss him a few times.

Speaking of which, he hasn't caught this fish in nearly two years. During the Chinese New Year, this fish is worth nothing.

At this moment, he completely forgot in his mind that there was a drowned ghost nearby, but even if there was a drowned ghost, it didn't matter to him. After all, there was no sea where people had not died, right?

After the fish was pulled up, Chen Wenchao finally understood why Zhang Mingsheng was so excited. Unexpectedly, it was really a big yellow croaker.

Chen Wenchao was also very excited when he saw large yellow croakers being pulled up one after another. He kept thinking silently in his heart: "This one costs two yuan."

"This one is heavier. It should be four pieces."

After his brother-in-law Zhang Mingsheng caught more than ten large yellow croakers, he couldn't help but sigh: "It's a pity. These fish are too small. The largest one only weighs more than two kilograms. Three or four years ago, I could often catch four or five kilograms." Yes, one is over half a meter long.”

Chen Wenchao said with envy: "It's so big."

"There are even bigger ones, but it's a pity that they can't be seen now. If the super-large yellow croaker I caught five years ago were now available, it might be sold for a hundred yuan."

Li Duoyu smiled. He was not picky at all. It was already good to catch large yellow croaker now.

I'm afraid that the number of large yellow croakers will only become smaller and smaller in the coming days. Fortunately, the Sharp Fisheries Research Institute next door has begun research on large yellow croaker breeding and nursery technology.

Otherwise, if this trend continues, the large yellow croaker may become functionally extinct.

And all the trouble can only start from the big fishing in the 70s.

In this era, yellow croaker is not particularly expensive. I heard from Old Tang in my previous life that by the 90s, the price of good-quality wild yellow croaker weighing more than two kilograms had exceeded three digits.

Large yellow croakers move in groups, and when a fish is caught, the entire net is often covered.

Li Duoyu has two sticky nets, all of which are large yellow croakers. This time he went out to sea to fish, which can be said to be a full harvest.

The most caught was large yellow croaker, which weighed about two hundred kilograms. The second most caught was sea bass and various groupers, which together weighed almost a hundred kilograms. There was also a basket of other miscellaneous fish.

Because too many marine fish were caught, the sampan boat drafted heavily, so Li Duoyu could only drive the boat back to the dock carefully.

It took almost an hour when I came here, and a full hour and a half when I went back.

When his sampan boat docked, the fishermen on the shore stared straight at the sight of the two baskets of goodies on his boat, and they all gathered around him in an instant.

A fisherman who had just returned from "turtle hunting" lamented: "Damn it, it's so unfair. The village director is so rich and yet he was allowed to catch so many large yellow croakers."

"I really want to rob the rich and give to the poor."

Many fishermen present were all red-eyed. This boatload of fish could be sold for a lot of money.

As for the villagers who did not have boats and were doing odd jobs at the pier, they felt as if something was tickling them in their hearts after seeing this boat of fish.

They also know very well that there are fewer and fewer large yellow croakers. Every time they catch one, there will be one less. They are really anxious, because they are afraid that when they buy a boat, there will be no large yellow croakers for them to catch.

A father and son, who have been working at the dock all year round, thought carefully for a while and gritted their teeth and said, "Dad, after next spring, we will also find a credit union for a loan to buy a fishing boat."

"I've been there a long time ago. The credit union won't lend us a loan."

"Dad, I heard that the credit union in the town seems to have cooperated with our village. As long as you go to the village committee to write a letter of introduction to Director Li, the credit union will relax the conditions."

"Then after next spring, I'll go find our Director Li and ask for a letter of introduction."

"Dad, should we buy a shrimp boat or an ordinary fishing boat?"

The middle-aged man glanced at the fish caught on Li Duoyu's boat: "Let's start with the small fishing boat first."

Li Duoyu's sampan hadn't docked yet, but several fishmongers with glowing eyes jumped on board immediately.

The boat was relatively small, and the hull shook instantly. Old Man Mi cursed: "You little bastards, if you shake me off, I will lie down in front of your house."

One of the fishmongers is Uncle Zhuang's eldest son, Zhuang Liangyu, who opened a seafood shop in the county town.

Because Uncle Zhuang's legs and feet were inconvenient, he did not ask Uncle Zhuang to help collect the fish. Instead, he hired some people to help him look after the store, and he came to the island to collect the fish himself.

"Duoyu, we have been friends for so many years, you have to sell these two baskets of large yellow croakers to me."

Old Man Mi scolded: "How can I sell you all? You are thinking of eating shit. At least two pieces per pound. Can you eat so much fish?"

"I must be able to eat it, otherwise I would say such things. Uncle Mi, we have already let you go once, please don't grab it again this time."

"There's no need to take turns with this kind of fish. The one with the highest price gets it. I'll pay two yuan a piece for this batch of large yellow croaker."

Seeing that old man Mi started to raise the price again, the other fishmongers twitched their mouths: "But they still shouted that I would pay two yuan and fifteen cents."

"Two dollars and three."

Just now, they received news that the price of large yellow croaker has risen again, and it may rise to three yuan tomorrow. There was a young fishmonger who did not intend to compete with them for these large yellow croakers, but planned to buy other seafood.

But when he opened a basket covered with weeds, his face instantly turned pale, and he was so frightened that he jumped into the sea.

"There are snakes."

Old Man Mi glanced at the contents of the basket, and then grabbed the cobra directly, looking at the young man pawing in the water with disgust.

"You're so brave, you don't have the guts to snatch fish from us with just a few dead rice spoon guns."

But the next second, Lao Mi's expression changed instantly. Didn't Duoyu go fishing? Why did he catch a snake?

It seems that this is the only place where they can catch this thing.

Lao Mi looked at Li Duoyu in horror, as if he had already guessed it, but he still couldn't help asking: "Duoyu, where did you catch these big yellow croakers and rice spoon guns?"

Li Duoyu didn't intend to deceive them: "I caught it at Dongjia Reef."

After hearing this, not only the fishmonger was silent, but also the villagers were silent and stopped quoting directly.

Old Man Mi struggled for a while. Anyway, he was not eating it himself, but selling it to rich people in the city. He was taboo with a hammer.

"You don't want the best. I'll take the big yellow croaker for two yuan and three yuan. I'll take it all."

"Two dollars and thirty-five cents."

In the end, almost all the seafood in the boat was sold, and two rice spoon guns were also sold to Lao Yang in the restaurant.

In the end, Li Duoyu made nearly 800 yuan from his boat, which was more than what many fishermen make in a month of continuous fishing.

After landing.

Li Duoyu divided the money directly. Of course he had the majority, but his brother-in-law and Xiaochao also shared a lot.

Li Duoyu went home carrying his general's hat, seven or eight red flower crabs, and some king razor clams.

After returning home, seeing Zhou Xiaoying tidying up the house, Li Duoyu proudly took out a wad of money and slapped it on the table.

"You did a good job. Here, I'll give you a reward. Help me process these seafood. I'll invite A Niang and Xiao Rong to eat seafood together tonight."

"Sorry, you've read too many novels." Zhou Xiaoying looked at Li Duoyu with disgust and asked curiously: "Where did you get all this money?"

Li Duoyu said: "My brother-in-law and I caught a net of large yellow croaker today and made a lot of money."

After hearing that Li Duoyu caught a large yellow croaker, Zhou Xiaoying was slightly worried because Li Duoyu was really lucky.

The village had not caught this fish for more than half a year. He just went out to sea to fish once in a while and caught it directly.

Looking at the money on the table, Zhou Xiaoying thought for a while: "Okay, then I will collect the money from you first. By the way, in the future, if you make any money, give me 10% for safekeeping."

Li Duoyu was a little surprised:
"Why did you suddenly think of saving money?"

Zhou Xiaoying hesitated for a while, and then said: "Sister-in-law talked to me a lot about things in the city today. Now the city seems to be more open. I think when we have money, we can go to the city to buy some houses, stores, etc., even if we don't It’s okay to use it and collect rent.”

Zhou Xiaoying's words really frightened Li Duoyu, and he couldn't help but ask: "Did your sister-in-law tell you to buy a house or a store, or did you think about it yourself?"

"I thought about it myself. After listening to what my sister-in-law said, I felt like every industry is good and everyone likes to buy things."

Zhou Xiaoying frowned: "I'm just discussing it with you. If you think it's inappropriate, just pretend I didn't say anything."

"Support, 100% support."

Li Duoyu chuckled and said, "How about you stop being a teacher? From now on, we will be tenants and tenants. We can have more children and the house will be lively."

Zhou Xiaoying rolled her eyes at him.

"I don't want to be fined. If that's the case, I won't buy it."

That night, Li Duoyu personally took charge of the cooking and showed his skills to everyone. He hung up the cobra and cut a circle under the snake's head.

Then, turn the skin up and gently peel it off, taking off the entire snake skin.

However, the scene of Li Duoyu killing the snake became Xiao Pangdun's childhood nightmare, because after killing him, the skinless dead snake could still twist.

Li Duoyu gave the peeled snake skin to an old man in the village who played the erhu. It is said that the erhu instrument must be made of snake skin to sound good.

"Fried general's hat with green garlic."

“Red flower crab fans.”

"Onion Oil Bamboo Clam King."

"Ginger Snake Soup."

At first, Little Fatty was afraid of snake soup, but after smelling the fragrant soup, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

I also tried to drink a bowl of snake soup.

"Uncle, this soup is so delicious."

Zhou Xiaoying, who had not played mahjong for a long time, made a rare suggestion: "How about we play mahjong tonight."

"sure."

But as the novice halo disappeared, Teacher Zhou no longer had Tianhu cards such as "Golden General" and "Three Gold Downs".

Instead, he kept blasting the three old birds on the table. Because he lost so miserably, Teacher Zhou suddenly didn't like mahjong anymore and gave up his position to his sister-in-law.

Just when everyone was playing three rounds and preparing to collect the mahjong, the second sister-in-law came to Li Duoyu's house in the dust.

Normally, she would have said a few words about Li Duoyu's new house, but now she had no such idea at all, and said excitedly and anxiously:

"A lot of fish, are you there?"

"Our big boss has agreed to the price you proposed." (End of Chapter)