In 1983, a small island started from a large farmer

Just a few meters away from the pier, Li Duoyu smelled the familiar smell of fine powder. The owner of the street stall shouted: "Laohua, laohua."

But the hygiene at this time was indeed very poor. Since it was very close to the pier, there were one or two flies eating on the plates that the boss used to cover the pork liver, pork loin, large intestines and small intestines.

There are too many flies.

The boss waved his hand to drive away the flies, and then continued to cook for everyone.

Just at the drain not far from the stall, there were several big fat rats, eating various leftovers.

There are also many wild cats here at the pier, but the cats' food is also good. They would rather eat those bad fish than bother to catch big mice.

Therefore, both cats and mice live a very nourishing life under the support of this pier.

Customers coming and going are accustomed to it, and they don't think it's particularly dirty about the flies on the stalls or the mice nearby. Instead, they think it's a normal phenomenon.

Li Duoyu wanted to kill him and deal with it casually, but he saw a big female fly with a green and gold butt stealing food.

After looking at it a few more times, I gave up and planned to take a few steps forward to see if the stall was a little cleaner.

Li Duoyu walked a few steps along the riverside, and unexpectedly heard the familiar sound of bowl knocking.

Following the sound, I saw a bicycle selling fish balls not far away.

While riding his bicycle, the old man could hit the bowl with his chopsticks and shouted: "Fishballs, delicious fishballs, fish slippers, fish slippers made from sharks."

Although the fish balls and fish sliders made by grandma are more authentic and more delicious, sometimes Li Duoyu has no resistance to this kind of street snack. He can't explain the reason. Anyway, he just likes to eat it.

Li Duoyu seemed to be like this in his previous life. When his daughter-in-law had a whim, she would prepare a large table of sumptuous dishes.

But he doesn't like it, and prefers to eat at the cheap fast food restaurant downstairs. But every time after eating, his son will say that fast food is unhealthy because it uses gutter oil, and eating too much can lead to high blood pressure and so on.

When Li Duoyu was about to step forward, a group of primary school students carrying schoolbags rushed out, wearing white shirts, black trousers, and very bright red scarves around their necks.

A primary school student stopped and shouted, "I want five fish balls."

The uncle smiled and said: "Five fish balls are 2 cents, ten fish balls are 3 cents. Which one do you want?"

The child struggled for a while and finally said: "Then let's have ten. But I can't eat ten by myself. You can give me two bowls and I will eat with my classmates."

"Okay, no problem." The uncle continued: "But you have to eat here, you can't go far."

"OK."

Li Duoyu looked at the two children. In this era, primary school students who can spend three cents to buy fish balls must have good family conditions.

But it's right to think about it. After all, this is Rongcheng Pier, with Zhongting Street in front of it, and it can be considered a relatively wealthy place in Rongcheng at the moment.

After the uncle gave the children two bowls of fish balls, Li Duoyu came up and asked, "How do you sell fish sliders? What kind of fish meat are they made of?"

After hearing the voice, the uncle suddenly raised his head: "I thought the voice sounded familiar. I haven't seen you for a long time."

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "I've been very busy recently, so I rarely come to Rongcheng."

What Li Duoyu didn't expect was that the uncle suddenly sighed with emotion: "It's good to be busy. Young people should be busier. The busier they are these days, the more money they make. It's not like the one in my family who was laid off from work. He has been staying at home, and he still needs me to support him at such an old age.”

Li Duoyu was stunned for a moment, then pretended to be stupid and said: "Isn't the company an iron rice bowl?"

The uncle sighed: "This bullshit iron rice bowl is all a lie. Once the factory is sold, you can change the owner and open it as long as you want."

I had the impression that the wave of layoffs only started in the 1990s, but I didn’t expect that people would start to be laid off so soon?

But for those who have experienced it, this is not a bad thing. It may be an opportunity. This wave of layoffs will promote entrepreneurship. As long as you are not lying at home, you may have better development.

Now that I think about it carefully, a certain leader is really courageous. If it weren't for him to break things first and then build things up, there probably wouldn't be businesses that would flourish in the future.

"My fish slider is good. It's made from shark meat from your beach. It's very chewy and chewy. It's a bit more expensive than fish balls. A big bowl costs 40 cents. But you haven't been here for so long. I I’ll just charge you three cents.”

"Then thank you boss."

"Don't call me boss, I can't bear it. Just call me Lao Wang."

After the uncle finished a bowl of fish paste, he asked: "Do you want the same chopped green onion, pepper, and pickled bamboo shoots as last time?"

Li Duoyu nodded: "That's for sure. If you don't add pepper and sour bamboo shoots to the fish slipper, it won't have the same taste."

"You rarely come here usually, but you are really good at eating." The uncle agreed: "If you add some sour bamboo shoots to the fish slider, it will taste very good and it can also cover up the fishy smell of the fish."

The uncle put a few slices of sour bamboo shoots into the soup, and then handed a large bowl of fish paste to Li Duoyu.

I didn't expect it to be a big bowl, and I could fuck it until I was full. If this bowl of fish slipper only sold him three cents, he probably wouldn't have made much money.

Li Duoyu took a bite of the fish slipper, and then took a sip of the soup. Yes, it tasted like this.

Sometimes, Li Duoyu also feels that many things are not so delicious, but that they have that ancient taste.

This is an indescribable taste. For overseas Chinese, this is the taste of hometown.

But for Li Duoyu, it's more of a yearning for the past.

But during the chat, Li Duoyu was surprised to find that Lao Wang's son had previously worked at Rongcheng Aquatic Products United Distribution Company, and even knew An Yuliang and Xiao Lin.

But after being acquired by Chen Yuan Yuan, his son simply asked him to pack up and get out because he didn't do his job well.

Li Duoyu didn't want the uncle to know that he was a helper, otherwise he might secretly add ingredients to the bowl next time he came.

After Li Duoyu had eaten and drank enough, he returned the big bowl to the uncle and paid him fifty cents.

The uncle originally wanted to ask him for 20 cents, but Li Duoyu had already turned around and walked away, waving his hand at him: "Your quantity is quite large. If you don't sell it for 50 cents, you won't make any money."

The uncle sighed:
"I have no intention of making money from you."

Li Duoyu took two more steps forward, and by some strange coincidence he arrived near the home of the little girl who had caught the crickets to sell.

I never thought that the old dilapidated wooden house seemed to have been renovated, and the first floor was turned into a shop with the words "dry goods store" written on it. Although the shop was small, it sold a lot of things.

And in a corner of the store, there was a large wooden basin surrounded by a child and a child, as if they were cleaning something, and the three children had not yet taken off the red scarves around their necks. He should have gone home to help with the work as soon as school was over, but within a few seconds, a child kept blowing his fingers and cursed: "Damn crab, you pinched me again and it's bleeding."

A little girl hummed: "If you want to be lazy, just tell me, it will bleed wherever it gets caught."

Seeing this scene, Li Duoyu couldn't help but smile.

These children are now much more neatly dressed and have gained weight visibly. It seems that their lives are getting better.

Li Duoyu also didn't expect that their family would turn around so quickly. The last time they saw her, they were still setting up a stall at the pier selling bean paste and tofu pudding.

It must have been less than half a year, and he actually opened a store by himself, but it was right when he thought about it, he had heard people say it before.

In the past, their family was well off, but they suffered because of their poor background and lost their backbone. In addition, Jian Lan suffered from tuberculosis two years ago, so they had no choice but to let their children catch crickets to make money.

Now it seems that Fan Shuyao's mother is also very business-savvy. Seeing that they are living so well now, Li Duoyu has no intention of disturbing them.

Before they noticed him, Li Duoyu planned to run away, but as soon as he turned around, he met two unexpected old acquaintances here.

Xiao Lin blinked and said in surprise: "Director Li, what a coincidence. I didn't expect to meet you here. I feel like you have become handsome again."

Li Duoyu was also surprised as he looked at the two old acquaintances in front of him whom he hadn't seen for more than half a year. He didn't expect that in just half a year, the two had changed so much.

Xiao Lin lost a lot of weight and became dark and thin, while Manager An's original big belly seemed to have been reduced by half.

Li Duoyu remembered that after Rongcheng United Distribution Company was acquired, Manager An and Xiao Lin did not choose to stay.

When I chatted with Manager An last time, I learned that they planned to go out for a trip: "Manager An, Comrade Xiaolin, didn't you go to other provinces and you came back so soon?"

An Yuliang glanced at Xiao Lin and said with disgust: "It's a burden. Even if I can't drive, I have no chance of being a princess. I also have princess disease. In less than half a year since I went out, this guy had diarrhea for a month in total, and then Stayed in the hospital for half a month”

Xiao Lin said aggrievedly: "I didn't want to either, but they always have chili peppers, and the water boiled in their pots is spicy. I can't eat spicy food, so my overall performance is pretty good."

An Yuliang said disgustedly: "What a fart. Half a year's medical expenses cost me two hundred and eighty dollars. You are calling this a good performance."

"Who knows? I don't want to be hospitalized even if there are parasites in that raw fish."

Li Duoyu also didn't expect that they lost weight like this. Seeing the master and disciple fighting each other, Li Duoyu thought it was quite interesting.

"Long time no see, Manager An, how about..." Just when Li Duoyu was planning to find a place with Manager An and the others to get together and chat.

A woman came out of the dry goods store behind her. After seeing them, she said enthusiastically: "Oh, Manager An, Manager Lin, when did you arrive? I'm getting you some cricket eggs."

But when she saw Li Duoyu, her face was even more surprised: "Director Li, why are you here? Come sit inside and I'll make you some tea."

The person who said this was none other than Fan Shuyao's mother, Jian Lan. Today she was still wearing plain clothes and a long ponytail.

For some reason, Li Duoyu felt particularly comfortable every time he saw this woman, and he didn't know how to describe it.

The feeling is just one word: element.

But during the greeting process just now, Li Duoyu discovered that she actually called him Director Li.

Li Duoyu remembered that she had never reported her family name. If she called herself Director Li, she must have known her identity.

Li Duoyu glanced at the counter inside the store. Sure enough, there was a stack of thick newspapers there, which should be used to pack dry goods.

In Rongcheng, as long as you often read newspapers, it is normal to know him. After all, every time Li Duoyu submits a newspaper, it is almost always the first two pages, and most of them include pictures.

Several children who were still scrubbing the crickets saw Li Duoyu and immediately ran out and said hello: "Hello, Uncle Li."

Li Duoyu smiled knowingly and said, "Hello, Di Lei, I feel like you've grown up a lot."

Hearing the word "land mine", Fan Shuyao puffed up his mouth in aggrieved manner and pinched the corners of his clothes: "Uncle Li, can you please stop calling me land mine and just call me Xiaoyao."

Li Duoyu touched her head: "Then next time I will call you Xiaoyao."

At this moment, Jian Lan said to several children: "You take the crabs outside and wash them, and I will make tea for these uncles."

"Okay, grandma."

When Fan Shuyao passed by Li Duoyu, he grinned and said, "Uncle, these cricket eggs are super delicious. I'll steam some for you later."

Cockroach eggs?
Damn it, they were squatting on the ground just now just to brush the eggs of this cricket.

However, after his reminder, Li Duoyu finally remembered that now is the time when most crabs are laying eggs, and in more than a month, blue crab fry can be caught again.

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "Is it Li Yunzi?"

Fan Shuyao scratched his head, his eyes widened: "What is Li Yunzi?"

An Yuliang said with a smile: "Li Yunzi is the elegant name for cricket eggs, which is how they are called in Guangdong. Director Li is really well-informed. If I hadn't gone out for a walk, I really wouldn't have known about this thing in their country." It’s quite expensive there.”

Li Duoyu smiled: "When I was young, I liked running around."

An Yuliang said: "You are only a few years old, but you act like you are very old. Maybe you are not even as old as Xiao Lin."

Li Duoyu smiled awkwardly. His real age is indeed very old. Sometimes when he talks, he especially likes to think about those years.

But Xiao Lin on the side was not focused on why Li Duoyu knew the name Li Yunzi.

What surprised him even more was how Li Duoyu met Widow Chen and how he was so familiar with her child.

Wouldn't they be related?

When he thought of this, Xiao Lin frowned. He always felt that this Li Duoyu woman was very well-connected.

Needless to say, when he left Rongcheng United Distribution Company, there were already rumors that Li Duoyu was having an affair with that Chen Yuanyu.

Unexpectedly, he actually knew this Widow Jane. Although he was dying of curiosity, Xiao Lin was too embarrassed to ask.

This time they came to see this widow because the crab sauce she made tasted very good and the response was very good. They planned to cooperate with her on a brand.

Of course, he also has his own little thoughts. After all, who doesn't love a beautiful woman, let alone a widow. (End of chapter)