In 1983, a small island started from a large farmer

Genius is slightly bright.

Li Duoyu woke up and looked at Zhou Xiaoying who was still sleeping, and Xiao Tutu with her calves resting on his belly.

He frowned slightly, feeling a little embarrassed, as he had agreed to serve the leader last night.

But Li Duoyu never expected that when he was coaxing little Tutu to sleep, he fell asleep first.

Until now, Li Duoyu doesn’t know whether he was coaxed to sleep by Xiaoying or not.

"Damn, that's fucking unreliable."

Li Duoyu touched Xiaoying's head. She frowned while still sleeping, then changed direction and continued to sleep.

Although I could do some morning exercises to make up for it, I decided not to do it since she was sleeping so soundly.

Li Duoyu stepped quietly onto the bed.

Seeing the pile of invitations neatly arranged on the table, I couldn't help but feel sad. Most likely I had written them until very late last night.

After Li Duoyu woke up, he looked at the time and it was only half past five.

It’s a bit early.

But he wasn't sleepy at all.
Since you get up so early, he will make breakfast today.

Their family is relatively wealthy, but breakfast is still relatively simple. Most of the time, it is porridge with dried fish, pickled mustard and salted vegetables. Occasionally, they will make some seafood porridge and cook one or two eggs for little Tutu to eat.

What's for breakfast?
Li Duoyu thought about it and felt that eating the same breakfast all the time was indeed a bit boring, so he decided to give them a different taste.

I remember that Zhou Xiaoying liked to eat pot-side porridge in her previous life, so Li Duoyu planned to cook a high-end version of seafood pot-side porridge for her.

The most important ingredient for making pot-side porridge is flour. After searching in the kitchen for a while, I finally found a whole can of flour in the basket hanging in the air.

The taste of pot-side porridge made with homemade rice milk is the best, but it is too time-consuming to make. It is impossible to grind out the rice milk without a whole morning of preparation.

After finding the flour, Li Duoyu went directly to the dock. The morning sun had just emerged from the sea, and the entire sea surface had turned orange-red.

Li Duoyu and the villagers on the island are no longer surprised by such beautiful scenery. At most, they would say: It looks like it will be another good day today.

It was just dawn and there were already quite a few fishermen setting up stalls at the dock, and many of the things they were selling were things that the fishmongers didn't want.

It's really frustrating to say, after fishermen catch good fish, they will be bought by fishmongers immediately. Only those that the fishmongers don't want will be sold at the Hong Kong dock.

But it doesn't mean that the seafood that fishmongers don't want are particularly bad. Some of them are just of poor quality. For example, the legs and feet of swimming crabs are broken, the scales of fish are falling off, the skin of barrel squids is seriously damaged. Some of them are not in large scale and are relatively scattered, so fishmongers don't like to buy them.

"Director Li, you're here so early, are you here to buy fish?" A fisherman named Zhifeng said, "I have a lot of miscellaneous fish here, would you like to take a look?"

Li Duoyu took a look and felt that the seafood he sold, including mullet, pomfret and hairtail, all had a strong fishy smell and were not suitable for making pot-side porridge.

He turned and walked towards the stall of the Zhao brothers. The two brothers saw Li Duoyu with a smile on their faces. Zhao Dahai even wanted to give the small folding stool on his butt to Li Duoyu to sit on.

After taking a few looks, Li Duoyu thought that the seafood ordered by the two brothers was good. There were two small blue dragons and some swimming crabs with broken legs.

If I remember correctly, May is also the season when swimming crabs are plump. Each of the swimming crabs on the stalls of these two brothers looked quite fat, but their arms and legs were broken and their appearance was not very good.

When city dwellers buy them, they may ask for better appearance, but during the time when Li Duoyu was in Rongcheng, every time he went to the vegetable market, he would specifically buy those with broken hands and feet. The taste was exactly the same, but he could save a lot of money.

Li Duoyu said, "I'll buy all three lobsters. Give me a fatter swimming crab and a squid, and a few triangular clams."

Zhao Dahai grinned and said, "Brother Yu, you usually take care of us so much, don't just say a few, I can give you all of these."

Li Duoyu frowned and said, "That won't do. Let's put things in perspective. I'm a stickler for organization and discipline. I hate it most when people buy things without paying."

Zhao Dahai frowned and then said, "Then I will sell it to you at the purchase price."

Without waiting for Li Duoyu's consent, Zhao Dahai weighed the goods casually and quoted the price directly: "Brother Yu, the total is six dollars."

Li Duoyu frowned slightly. Now a pound of small blue dragon costs five yuan, although the small blue dragon they caught is not big, only about four or five taels.

The three of them together cost almost six pieces, which means that the swimming crabs, squids and scallops are free.

This price is really not the purchase price, but the lowest price. Since the other party has already quoted the price, Li Duoyu is too lazy to continue "bargaining". After all, making pot-side porridge is quite time-consuming. He directly gave the other party six yuan and planned to go back to make breakfast.

But just as he was leaving, Zhao Dahai asked, "Brother Yu, I forgot when our commendation meeting will start."

When he asked this, Li Duoyu was stunned for a moment: "If I'm not mistaken, it should be three days later. By then, the village committee will organize everyone to go there."

"I see. Thank you, Brother Yu."

After buying the seafood, Li Duoyu suddenly asked, "By the way, Dahai, have you ever spit out the sand from your triangular clams?"

"I've vomited, I guarantee there's no sand."

"That's good."

Li Duoyu hurried home from the dock and looked at the time on his watch. It was already six o'clock.

He quickly processed the seafood. Crayfish was relatively simple, so he just cut it in half and cleaned out the gills.

The swimming crab is also cut in half. Due to the season, it is full of red paste. The shrimps and scallops can be cleaned.

When Li Duoyu finished processing the seafood and returned to the kitchen, he found that Zhou Xiaoying had actually woken up. She was still in her pajamas, her hair was messy, and she looked listless.

She was squatting over the rice jar, scooping rice, while red flames were already flickering in the stove's firebox.

Seeing Li Duoyu coming in with a basin of seafood, Zhou Xiaoying was puzzled: "Are there any guests at noon? Why are you getting so much seafood so early in the morning?"

"No."

Li Duoyu chuckled and said, "I made this for you. Don't wash the rice. Just have a good rest this morning. I'll make breakfast."

"How can I know something so good so early in the morning?" Zhou Xiaoying said this, but after seeing those lobsters and swimming crabs, she couldn't help swallowing her saliva. They were her favorite foods.

"Then you make breakfast. I'm going to wash my hair. It was too hot last night. My hair is sticky and uncomfortable."

Li Duoyu frowned and said, "Don't wash your hair in the morning, you'll easily get a headache."

Zhou Xiaoying frowned and said, "I know. How come you are becoming more and more like my mother now? You always like to control me. I have to wash myself. I'm itchy."

"You can wash it, but don't use cold water."

Zhou Xiaoying scratched her head: "I know, I'll go wash it."

Next, Li Duoyu used flour to make rice paste. If you want the pot-edge paste to be delicious, the rice paste must be prepared well.

When the ratio of flour to water is 1:1, the pot-edge paste tastes best.

After preparing the rice water, I went to the vegetable garden to pick two celery stalks and washed them. Xiaoying had just boiled some water in a large iron pot to cook porridge.

Li Duoyu directly put the washed seafood in and blanched them, then took them all out again.

Next, scoop a spoonful of lard to lubricate the pan. If you want to prevent the edge of the pan from getting burnt, this step of lubricating the pan is absolutely necessary, otherwise it will turn into burnt rice in minutes.

After Li Duoyu finished greasing the oil, he scooped some water into the big iron pot again, and then put in the most important seasoning for the pot paste, which was the dried fish of the barramundi.

For Li Duoyu, if he doesn’t add this stuff, no matter how much seafood he cooks, the pot will taste burnt and not right.

The most authentic pot-edge paste also contains scallops, but unfortunately their place is not suitable for breeding scallops that can run away.

After boiling the water and dried fish for a while, Li Duoyu directly put the blanched seafood in and cook them together.

Next, use a large iron spoon to scoop up the rice paste and slowly pour it along the edge of the oiled pot.

This action must be done quickly, and the rice paste should be stuck to the edge of the pot while the rice paste is not paying attention. It only takes a dozen seconds to shovel the edge of the pot into the seafood soup in the direction of the pouring.

When pouring rice milk for the second time,
You still need to apply a layer of oil.

When Li Duoyu was halfway through cooking the porridge, there was a noise in the bedroom. After getting up, little Tutu found that there was no one in the bedroom, and cried out in a tearful voice: "Mom, where are you?"

Li Duoyu shouted to him, "Tutu, don't stay in bed, get up quickly, I'll make you something delicious."

Not a moment later.

A sleepy kid came to the kitchen barefoot. When he saw Li Duoyu, he asked, "Where's my mother?"

"Your mother is washing her hair outside. You wake up every day and just look for her. And put on your shoes quickly. Don't run around barefoot, or you'll get pricked by shells."

Little Tutu snorted, "Bad dad, you said you would coax me to sleep and tell me a story last night, but you fell asleep first."

After hearing this, Li Duoyu smiled awkwardly. He didn't know what was going on recently, but this kid was getting better and better at talking.

But during this period, Xiao Tutu was particularly attached to Zhou Xiaoying. Several times when she was going to school, Xiao Tutu would hug her thighs tightly and cry miserably.

Xiaoying, who had never been late before, was made late by her own son. I heard that she brought her little Tutu to class that day.

According to the words of my previous life, most children of this age who sleep with their parents will suffer from separation anxiety.

"Then I'll go find my mother."

Little Tutu was just about to look for Zhou Xiaoying, but when he smelled the fragrance from the big iron pot, his little eyes widened, he swallowed, then dragged a small bamboo chair over and stood on it.

"Are you ready? I want to eat."

"It will be ready soon. Go to the yard and ask your mother to come and eat with you."

Little Tutu jumped directly off the bamboo chair and ran directly into the yard. Li Duoyu wanted to remind him to put on his shoes first.

As a result, he turned around.

There is no human figure in sight.

Li Duoyu felt that this kid would definitely be a tough guy when he grew up.

After washing her hair, Zhou Xiaoying was tilting her head and rubbing her hair with a towel. In that era when electric hair dryers were rare, people could only wipe their hair dry or wait for it to dry naturally after washing it.

Li Duoyu said: "How long will it take to wipe it dry? When the power is turned on, I will buy you an electric blower to blow it away."

"That thing is unusable. If it is used, everyone will lose power."

If I remember correctly, electric hair dryers were not introduced into China until the 1990s. But for those smugglers along the coast, they had this thing since the time of the reform and opening up.

But the voltage was very unstable at that time and the wattage of the electric fan was particularly high.

I remember that the old Lu family had an electric hair dryer. As soon as he used the hair dryer, the lights on the entire street nearby immediately became flickering.

After being tampered with by Lao Lu several times, the TV in Wang Jinjun's home could no longer be turned on. It cost several hundred dollars to have it repaired.

They had a big fight over this matter and almost got into a fight. Since then, Lao Lu never used that thing again.

Looking at what was in the big iron pot, Zhou Xiaoying was quite surprised. She naturally knew what Li Duoyu was cooking.

When she was studying in Rongcheng, she was particularly craving for this thing, but the chefs at school at that time never made it for them in order to save trouble.

It was also the first time for her to see such luxurious pot-side paste, which was made with lobster, swimming crab, and squid rings.

When the Li Duoyu is out of the pot, sprinkle the chopped celery in it and simmer it for a while, the delicious pot-side paste is ready.

Zhou Xiaoying was a little surprised: "I didn't expect you could do this."

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "How about it, your husband is awesome, isn't he?"

Zhou Xiaoying said sincerely: "It's amazing, really amazing."

To be honest, there is really no one else in the whole Shangfeng Town who is as good at making money and cooking as him.

After Li Duoyu brought the pot-side porridge over, Zhou Xiaoying took a sip of the soup first. Unexpectedly, it was many times more delicious than the pot-side porridge she had eaten in Rongcheng.

The soup is fresh and fragrant.

The pan-fried edges are thin and tender.

After eating a few bites, Zhou Xiaoying's eyes widened: "It's delicious, how did you make it?"

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "It's delicious. Eat more and eat all the lobster."

"Aren't you going to eat?"

Li Duoyu replied: "I don't really like lobsters and crabs."

After hearing this, Zhou Xiaoying was silent for a while, then sighed: "You are getting more and more powerful now, making me seem useless."

"Who dares to say you are useless? You are a primary school teacher, but you speak English much better than college students, and you teach your students so well. You are also so beautiful, and you take care of your family and love your husband. This year's Advanced Teacher Award must be you."

"Stop, stop, stop."

Seeing Li Duoyu praising herself non-stop, Zhou Xiaoying felt so embarrassed that she blushed a little, while little Tutu at the side secretly drank a sip of the soup, which scalded him and made him scream.

"Mom, my mouth is so hot."

"Don't hold it in your mouth, spit it out."

As Xiao Tutu spit out the soup, Zhou Xiaoying felt distressed and angry: "Eat slowly to see if it's hot before eating. No one is trying to snatch it from you, why are you in such a hurry?"

"I understand, mother."

After hearing this, Li Duoyu suddenly remembered his childhood when there were many children in his family and whenever there was something delicious.

The brothers and sisters really fought over the food. At that time, the second brother was more greedy and would always steal food in advance. Sister Shuihua would bring Duoyu, Xiaoying and Xiaorong to fight with him for food.

Because of the fight over food, the two sides had fought several times, and Sister Shuihua had scratched the second brother's face several times.

In the end, both of them were beaten with sticks by their father, but Duoyu, Xiaoying and Xiaorong, because they were younger, were not beaten, but were made to stand in the corner as punishment.

Li Duoyu still remembers that he had to stand for two hours as punishment, and his legs were almost broken. (End of this chapter)