In 1983, a small island started from a large farmer

The moment Zhang Sanming was put on a silver bracelet at the company gate, he cared more about the looks of the company employees than why he was arrested.

Everyone seemed to be full of curiosity and looked like they were watching a show. After all, he was the second-in-command of the company. When he was put on the silver bracelet in front of so many people, his face felt like it was on fire. He said to the police comrades angrily:

"What are you doing? Open it for me. Do you know who I am?"

A young comrade said, "Of course I know, Zhang Sanming, deputy general manager of Haixin Group. If we didn't know you, we wouldn't be waiting for you here."

Zhang Sanming pretended to be calm and said, "That's good to know. Your Director Cao and I are brothers."

The captain of the team instantly looked unhappy. Every time they arrested someone, what they hated most was that the other party would try to establish a relationship with someone and say, "I am someone's relative."

"I'm sorry, it was our director who specifically arrested you this time."

"what."

After hearing this, Zhang Sanming was completely numb. He still couldn't figure out why he was arrested.

At most he just didn't raise the eels well, and the Japanese man failed to acquire them and went back angry. There is no need to escalate such business matters to this extent.

Zhang Sanming lowered his attitude and said amiably, "Comrade, is there any misunderstanding here? How about I wait for you here while you go back and confirm with the director first?"

The young police officer couldn't help laughing: "You think we are just joking when we go out on a police mission? Can you just wear these handcuffs casually?"

The captain in the lead was a man who had seen the world. Although he agreed with what the young man said, he had seen things that were more outrageous than this.

"Boss Zhang, please cooperate. Our director is waiting for you. Let's go to the bureau to discuss anything."

In full view of the public, Zhang Sanming was taken to the Ludao Public Security Bureau.

When he got to the bureau, a middle-aged man of the same age as him shook his head and said:
"Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhang, why are you so confused? If eel farming fails, at most you will just lose your job. There's no need to get yourself into trouble."

"Director Cao, please handcuff me and let me know what law I have violated."

The director slapped a newspaper in front of him and said, "Many people have diarrhea after eating your grilled eels because your grilled eels have infected them with hepatitis. You can see for yourself."

Zhang Sanming looked at the front-page headline of the newspaper in shock. Cold sweat kept coming out on his forehead and his handcuffed hands could not stop shaking.

"This is impossible."

Zhang Sanming suddenly thought of something and pretended to be calm and said, "That's not right. This grilled eel is not mine. It belongs to Minlong Company. What does it have to do with me?"

The director sighed and said, "That's why I said you were confused. Even if you printed your Haixin logo on the grilled eel packaging, the nature of the matter would be different. At most, it would be a food safety issue. As long as you are willing to pay compensation, it can still be resolved. But you chose to impersonate a famous foreign exchange earning enterprise."

Zhang Sanming's face turned pale and he became nervous: "Who said we were impersonating? Director Cao, we live in a society ruled by law. We must have evidence for everything and cannot slander anyone casually."

"If there is no evidence, given our relationship, would I handcuff you directly?"

Director Cao sighed and said, "You have a lot of things to do. Now the higher-ups suspect that you were the one who ordered the poisoning of the eel pond on Dandan Island."

At this moment, Zhang Sanming was really confused and his brain went blank for a moment, as if everything had been seen through.

"Director Cao, we have been brothers for so many years, you have to help me this time."

"How about I make a phone call and inform our big boss."

The director shook his head and said, "It's no use calling anyone now. This time a special case team is in charge. After I catch you, I will send you directly to the provincial department."

"And Zhang Xuejin who was with you is now in the provincial department. I also heard that he seemed to have confessed everything."

Hearing this, Zhang Sanming’s whole body went limp and he collapsed directly on the chair, his mind full of thoughts: It’s over, it’s over.

Hot summer.

Waves of heat are hitting the coastal cities. In the blink of an eye, it is almost the hottest days of summer. The sun on the sea is so strong that it can burn people to death. Fishermen dare not go out to sea to fish in the middle of the day.

Ever since Xiasha Village was rated as the village with the most people earning over 10,000 yuan in the county, and since Director Li Duoyu appeared on TV.

Many vendors rushed to the island to sell things, some selling ice rice, pots and pans, and even cultural relics.

The watermelons in Shacheng Town, which is next door and grows watermelons, have just been harvested. They took advantage of the hot weather and immediately loaded a boat to the island to sell them.

We also got a lot of crushed ice from the ice factory at Qingkou Wharf to cool the watermelons.

"watermelon."

“Ice watermelon.”

A group of children gathered around the watermelon stall and couldn't help swallowing their saliva. For them, in such hot weather, it was a great enjoyment to eat an old popsicle and drink a bowl of yellow ice water.

As for the delicacy of eating chilled watermelon, it all depends on whether the elders at home are happy or not. After all, the watermelons here are not cheap.

Zhu Xiuhua held the watermelon to her ear, tapped it here and there, and then bargained: "Boss, your watermelon is too expensive at 20 cents per pound. This watermelon weighs 7 or 8 pounds, which can buy a lot of seafood on our island."

Zhu Xiuhua asked, "Will you sell it for one cent?"

Seeing that the other party had directly cut the watermelon in half, the owner of the watermelon shop had a bitter face and said, "Sister, we really can't sell them. You can catch them with seafood nets, but we have been growing these watermelons for a whole year. There was a typhoon today, and most of the watermelon fields were flooded. We almost lost everything. It's normal that they are a little more expensive this year."

Hearing the word "typhoon", Zhu Xiuhua was slightly touched, but still bargained: "Be quick, then 1.2 cents, that Li Duoyu is my brother-in-law, next time you come, you can tell me directly, and I will talk to my brother-in-law in person."

As soon as these words came out, the melon seller immediately laughed: "Sister, did you say so earlier?"

He looked around and whispered in her ear, "I'll sell you this melon for 1 cent. Don't tell others, or else if everyone else buys it at the same price, I'll have to pay for it myself."

Zhu Xiuhua nodded and smiled, "Of course I am. I keep my mouth shut. Boss, please pick five big ones for me. They must be ripe, otherwise I will come back and ask you to change them."

When he heard that she wanted five watermelons at once, the melon seller was stunned for a few seconds and couldn't help but smile bitterly, but he still helped her pick out five nice big watermelons.

"Sister, walk slowly."

"Come again next time."

But what shocked him was that the five big watermelons combined were not light at all, and the lady carried them away with one hand.

The force was quite strong. Thinking of this, he suddenly remembered something and hurriedly checked the watermelons she had just hit.

His face turned dark instantly.

Because the weather was too hot, the water at the dock started to stink. A layer of red oil film floated on the surface of the sea, and there were many dead fish with their stomachs turned upside down in the corners.

Several children who couldn't afford watermelons looked at the red oil film and couldn't help but say:

"Melon sellers, did you throw rotten watermelons into the sea? Why did you dye the sea water red and poison the fish?"

The melon seller laughed and said, "How is that possible? Children, do you want to buy some melons? I have a few cracked melons here. I can sell them to you at a lower price."

"real."

"Then I'll go back and get the money."

At night.

The hot summer brought all the children out to play, and there were a few children throwing stones at the dock.

The stone hit the sea, splashing blue water: "It feels as beautiful as fireworks."

Everybody was very excited, competing to see who could make the biggest fireworks. One kid even brought over stones from his home that he used to press down a pickle jar.

"This one will definitely look great when it hits the ground."

But just after he finished shouting, his family member grabbed his ear and said, "You took the stones I used to pickle pickles and played with them. I've told you many times that this sea water is not clean. Don't play with this kind of sea water, but you didn't listen, did you?" While grabbing his ear, the middle-aged man picked up the bamboo stick in his hand and hit him directly at the base of his thigh.

"I told you to be naughty and disobedient, and you stole money from home to buy watermelons, and ate them with your friends instead of sharing them with your family."

"Mom, I know I was wrong."

"I won't dare to do it next time."

The sound of stir-fried bamboo shoots and meat was incessant, and all the other children were scared away. Seeing that the beating was too excessive, the neighbors couldn't stand it anymore and came out to stop it.

"Cui Lan, that's enough. If you keep hitting her, the child will be injured."

"It's impossible not to remember the pain. His father is like this, and he is like this too. He dared to steal money when he was young, and he might rob a bank when he grows up. No one of you should try to persuade me today."

Little Tutu, who was playing with other kids not far away, was so scared that he almost cried when he saw the big boy curled up in a ball after being beaten.

I quickly ran to my father, hugged his thighs and said a little aggrievedly: "Dad, I'm very good, please don't hit me in the future."

Li Duoyu was stunned for a moment, then touched his head, put him under his shoulder, and let him ride home.

But after taking just a few steps, he felt a warmth flowing down from half of his shoulder, even wetting his underwear.

Fortunately, it was night time and no one could see it. If it was daytime, if no one knew, they would think he had peed.

Li Duoyu, who was covered in urine, really wanted to teach little Tutu a lesson, but it was his own fault that he had to carry him on his shoulders and ride on him.

So it's not all his fault.

Li Duoyu said patiently: "Next time you pee, tell daddy, understand."

Xiao Tutu sniffed his nose:

"I know, Dad. I was just scared just now, so I couldn't control myself."

Are you scared to death?
Is this guy so timid? I heard the day before yesterday that he bullied the neighbor's dog so badly that he almost pulled all its fur off.

However, Xiao Tutu seemed to have never seen such a big scene as "Stir-fried Bamboo Shoots with Pork". Although the second sister-in-law also beat Li Haoran, it was always fake.

The girl named Cuilan at the dock just now was beaten very severely indeed, but her family is special. Her husband lost one hand because of being a third-hand worker, and now she is the only one supporting the family.

But the next second, a sticky mass fell on his hair. Li Duoyu clenched his fists and tried his best to control his temper. He didn't know why, but he always felt that this guy didn't come to repay a favor, but more like to collect a debt.

After returning home, Li Duoyu put little Tutu down and handed him to A Niang, and then gently spanked him on the butt.

"Mom, Tutu has wet his pants, please change him." After saying that, she rushed into the bathroom and took a shower.

After the eels were sold, Li Duoyu had more free time, but Zhou Xiaoying had more things to do because she had her primary school graduation exam tomorrow.

Tomorrow all fifth grade graduates in the town will go to the town’s middle school to take the exam.

So tonight, these teachers have to prepare a lot of things, including the children's lunch, and they also have to keep their admission tickets safe.

"Tomorrow, do you want me to go with you?"

Zhou Xiaoying said, "It's not like we haven't done it before. No need. Shanshan, the principal and I can handle it."

Li Duoyu patted the pillow and said, "Go to bed early at night. Staying up late is not good for your health."

Zhou Xiaoying, who was holding a pen, said, "Don't argue yet. I'm guessing the questions. Who knows, I might be able to give them a few more points before the test tomorrow."

"If you don't sleep, then I will." Now that the light was on, the light was still relatively bright. Li Duoyu found that Xiaoying's pajamas were a bit old and somewhat transparent, allowing for some outlines to be seen.

I couldn't help but ask, "Have you gained some weight recently?"

Zhou Xiaoying gritted her teeth and slammed the table: "Can you please stop disturbing me?"

That night, the lights in my second brother's house stayed on until almost twelve o'clock. During the days when the eels were sold, my second brother tutored Li Haoran in mathematics every night.

But as he was mending, he couldn't help but yelling, and then he was yelled at by his second sister-in-law again.

The night before the exam, Li Haoran stayed up very late. Even though he had his graduation exam the next day, he still tried to cram and memorize some more key points.

The next day, just as the sky was getting light, there were already quite a few students wearing red scarves at the dock. There were two classes in total, with nearly sixty candidates.

Many parents also came. Some of them straightened the red scarves for their children, and some stuffed steamed buns and eggs into their schoolbags.

Zhu Xiuhua brought over five watermelons and said, "Principal Zhu, the weather is hot. These five watermelons can help the children cool down at noon."

"Thank you."

Zhou Xiaoying shouted, "Each team leader should call the roll and see who is still missing."

"All the teams are here."

"Group Two is here too."

"Zhang Siyu from group three didn't come."

After hearing this name, all the teachers present couldn't help but frown. As long as you take the exam, you can get a graduation certificate no matter how many points you get.

But this student's family situation is rather special. This female classmate named Zhang Siyu's family has a serious tendency to favor boys over girls.

In order to have a third child, she was fined a lot of money, even the tiles were poked out. Zhou Xiaoying and even the principal went to her home to do a lot of ideological work.

But Zhang Siyu's parents wanted her to drop out of school and help with housework so that she could earn money to help raise her younger sister and brother in the future.

Zhou Xiaoying looked at her watch and said, "There's still some time. Why don't I go do some work?"

At this time, a student raised his hand and said, "Teacher Zhou, you don't have to go. Zhang Siyu's parents called her to work early in the morning, so she should not be at home now."

Zhou Xiaoying sighed helplessly, her eyes fixed on the road leading down to her home, hoping that a miracle would happen.

But when the time came, she still hadn't been seen. Zhou Xiaoying had no choice but to say to all the students:

"Everyone line up and get on board in an orderly manner. No jumping around on the boat, okay?"

"I understand, Teacher Zhou."

When Zhou Xiaoying got on board, Li Duoyu smiled and said, "I'm quite free today, so you really don't need my help."

"I've already told you that you don't need to do that. There are so many students watching us. You should leave now."

Lin Shanshan said with a sigh, "I don't know what kind of shit luck you have. Why does Director Li stick to you more and more the more money he makes?"

A female classmate enviously said: "Teacher Zhou, you are so lucky. My father only knows how to scold my mother all day long. When I grow up, I also want to find someone like Director Li."

Zhou Xiaoying glanced at the students and said seriously, "Take the exam well and don't try to figure out the answers."

But even though the ship had left the port for some time, she was still looking in the direction of the dock.

But at this moment.

She rubbed her eyes and vaguely discovered that there seemed to be a child standing at the dock, waving at them.

A sharp-eyed classmate saw:
"Teacher Zhou, could that person be Zhang Siyu?"

Zhou Xiaoying was very excited, but a cruel reality lay before her. The passenger ship had already sailed out for a while. If it turned back, everyone would be late for the exam. (End of this chapter)