In 1983, a small island started from a large farmer

That night, my sister-in-law went into labor prematurely and was pushed into the delivery room, but no one could help her with the birthing.

Dad and Mom didn't sleep the whole night and were waiting outside the delivery room. Zhou Xiaoying also followed them.

Li Duoyu was alone in the guesthouse, accompanying little Tutu to sleep. However, the boy was so excited after going to the zoo that he refused to sleep at all.

Even when the lights were off, he was still shouting, "I want to be like Bass and become an athlete when I grow up."

Li Duoyu patted his head. He remembered that this kid’s dream a few days ago was to become the Monkey King.

"Sleep well. If you don't grow taller in the future, no one will want you to be an athlete."

"Dad, can you take me to see the pandas next time?"

"Go to bed quickly."

"Dad, when will mom come back? Can you tell me a bedtime story?"

"Dad, my back is itchy, please scratch it for me."

"Dad, this guesthouse doesn't have air conditioning. It's so hot. Let's go home and sleep now, okay?"

Li Duoyu: "Fuck you."

The next day, just after dawn, Zhou Xiaoying ran back and excitedly announced the good news: "Duoyu, sister-in-law gave birth to a boy."

The father and son, with panda eyes, both looked sleepy, and it was obvious that they did not sleep well last night.

Li Duoyu was very happy when he heard that it was a boy. He scratched his head and went to wash up. Although he liked girls more, in this era, giving birth to a boy was indeed a matter of pride.

This time, my father and mother must be very happy, after all, the Li family has a new addition.

Due to those strange rules, such as conflicts between zodiac signs, Li Duoyu could not visit his nephew directly.

But since everyone was there, Li Duoyu still went to the hospital to meet his elder brother. He looked very tired.

He probably didn't get much sleep during the two days when his sister-in-law gave birth, but he couldn't stop smiling.

As soon as she saw him, she immediately said, "Duoyu, why don't you give the child a name."

When he heard that he had to pick a name again, Li Duoyu was overwhelmed and said casually, "If you really let me pick one, I'll call him Li Xinxin."

Li Duoyu was just joking, but he didn't expect his elder brother to really think about it:
"Sure, Li Xinxin is a good name, with six golds. Dad and Mom will definitely like it."

Li Duoyu quickly said: "I'm just joking, don't take it seriously."

After saying that, he quickly stuffed him a red envelope. The amount was not much, just a little more than his eldest brother's monthly salary.

"Thank you."

This time Li Jinchuan accepted it very readily, but he would definitely not have been willing to accept it in the past.

Li Duoyu found that his elder brother seemed to have changed a lot in this year. He was no longer as sensitive as before, and he didn't care so much about how much money Li Duoyu earned.

Next.

His father and mother did not go back with him. His mother wanted to stay and help his sister-in-law with her confinement before going back.

Dad will help here for two days, and then he will go back to the island to prepare for some ceremonies. After all, the addition of a new member to the Li family is a big event.

Not only do you need to worship and inform your ancestors, but when the full moon comes, you also have to give out "red turtles" and candies to the villagers.

Since Li Duoyu also has an eel factory and a shrimp farm, he has even less time and cannot stay in Rongcheng for too long.

That afternoon, Li Duoyu arrived at Rongcheng Wharf. He originally planned to go back directly, but he couldn't help but go to the newly built farmers' market.

The farmers' market covers a large area, and there are at least hundreds of stalls in total.

There are vendors selling pork, seafood, dried goods, and vegetables, but seafood is the main selling point.

It is said that this market is a major experiment of the dual-track system, where various tickets cannot be used.

Because the stall owners here are all private contractors, they want more real money.

Li Duoyu discovered that in the aquatic area, freshwater fish and seafood each accounted for half. In the past, the number of freshwater fish was much larger than that of seafood.

Because most seafood is dead after being caught, it is easy to spoil and always has a smell of ammonia.

Fresh river and lake fish also have a fishy smell, but compared to the smell of ammonia, they still find the fishy smell a little more acceptable.

But now that farmers' markets have been established, many stalls have started using freezers, and some are even equipped with live fish ponds.

Li Duoyu was quite satisfied and felt that Chen Yuansu had done a great job. With these equipment, seafood would surely sell better.

With the development of seafood, it has finally become the market share and is no longer regarded as stinky seafood.

Seeing this, Li Duoyu also thought that all the fishing boats in the village could be equipped with live fish warehouses. In the future, the price of live seafood would be 100% higher and there would be a bigger market.

Li Duoyu took a walk around and found that the farmers' market became cleaner and more sanitary after it was built, which was actually a good thing for consumers.

Li Duoyu also saw some familiar faces here, many of whom were fishmongers at the dock before.

Lao Mi also said that this group of people planned to unite and resist Chen Yuansu, but people are just like that.

No matter how much they curse, when it comes to matters related to their interests, everyone wants to be at the front.

In a conspicuous place in the farmers' market, Li Duoyu actually saw a stall that had not yet opened for business. The sign on the stall clearly read "Minlong Grilled Eel".

After seeing the sign, many customers immediately gathered around and asked:
"You've already put up a sign for your grilled eel, when will it be on the market and how much will it cost?"

"It's almost done, it's almost done. It all depends on Li Duoyu from Dandan Island. If his eels are not grilled well, we won't be able to sell them."

Li Duoyu's mouth twitched:

"It's my fault."

An old man snorted coldly: "Really, this Li Duoyu is so enthusiastic about selling to the Japanese, but he is so different when selling to us. "

"That's right. If this guy really loves his country, he should sell out his own people first. He's such a foreign-worshipping guy."

An old man said: "I think this generation of young people has really forgotten their ancestors. We were bullied so badly by the devils back then, but everyone has forgotten it. Now they just want to lick their ass all day long."

"That's right. I also think that Li Duoyu has a distorted outlook on life. If I were to meet him, I would have to give him a good word."

At this moment, a fishmonger who knew Li Duoyu was about to wave and say hello to him. Li Duoyu simply greeted him and left in a hurry.

If I were recognized here, I might really get a good lesson in patriotism from these old men and women.

There are still 50,000 eels in the pond. Li Duoyu originally planned to raise them bigger and make them into grilled eels.

After all, except for the island country, other places don't have such strict standards. Eels weighing six or seven taels have the best value for money.

The buyers can eat more meat, and Li Duoyu can make more money. It is a win-win situation.

But since you said that to me, then I won't be so greedy. I will satisfy your wishes. I am not hypocritical.

After returning to the island, he started to organize fishing boats and his employees to catch eels, and he himself made the eel sauce for grilling, which was his own secret recipe.

To be honest, even the eel immortals in the island country today may not be able to make sauces as good as his.

The eel factory was busy for a whole week and finally caught all the eels, but Li Duoyu still left more than a thousand eels.

If you leave some eels, then when the time comes, some leaders will come to you and ask for eels if they really want them, they won't have nowhere to find them.

After catching the eels.

The second brother Li Yaoguo could finally have a good rest, but he loved work so much that he wished he could be arranged by Li Duoyu to work in the shrimp farm immediately.

Because her eldest brother gave birth to a boy, Zhu Xiuhua didn't know what had irritated her, but she had been nagging him for the past two days, wanting to have another child.

He was so scared that he didn't dare go home to sleep, and he wanted to go to the shrimp farm to help every day.

But this time, Li Duoyu really couldn't save him. A few days ago, as soon as he returned to the island, his second sister-in-law protested to him.

He said that your second brother is too tired and must have a good rest for a month, otherwise he will be locked up at home and not allowed to make money.

Seeing that his second sister-in-law didn't look like she was joking, Li Duoyu patted his second brother on the shoulder and said, "If it doesn't work, let's just take some medicine. There's nothing to be ashamed of."

Li Yaoguo wanted to kick his boss into the eel pond.

He was in trouble and couldn't tell.

Both of them have a constitution that makes it difficult for them to get pregnant. If it were easy, they would have had a second child long ago with all the trouble she had.

Li Yaoguo seemed to have grasped the last straw: "Duoyu, why don't you ask your sister-in-law to go to the shrimp farm and let her do some odd jobs."

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "My sister-in-law said that she felt a little indebted to you and your son after being in Haixin for so long. She will not go anywhere this summer and will spend time with you."

Li Yaoguo looked ashen.
It seems that there is really no escape this time.

In the past few days, the Zhao brothers also received a big business, which was to help Li Duoyu catch blue crab seedlings, and in large quantities.

In fact, the blue crab seedlings they caught are quite important because they will start raising shrimps next.

When breeding in earthen ponds, it is best to raise shrimps and crabs together. Since shrimps are relatively sensitive, these two creatures will not fight with each other, and they also have common food, which is various shellfish.

At that time, you can also raise some small oysters in the pond to filter the water. This "environmental simulation breeding method" will help the growth of shrimps.

Li Duoyu finally had some free time, but unexpectedly, Principal Zhu found him with an excited look on his face: "Director Li, I have something important to tell you."

Looking at Principal Zhu's smiling face, Li Duoyu really couldn't imagine what big thing could make him so happy.

The first thing he said was, "I have something important to tell you. There is a new rule. All students who have exams this year can go to junior high school."

After hearing this, Li Duoyu was stunned for a moment, then he remembered that compulsory education was implemented starting this year.

But what does this have to do with him? Why does he have to come and talk to him?
Principal Liu said:
"I had a conversation with the middle school principal Wang a few days ago. The policy has been announced, but it is still a bit difficult to implement. We don't have enough dormitories in our middle school. Even if we fill all the dormitories, according to the enrollment scale this year, many students will still have to sleep in the playground."

"It just so happens that the second half of the year will be the 30th anniversary of our Shangfeng Middle School. When I talked to Principal Wang, he immediately thought of you, an outstanding alumnus, and talked about many of your heroic deeds in the past. Principal Wang wants to invite you to speak on stage so that you can inspire the students."

Li Duoyu was stunned for a moment. What heroic deeds did I have? During the three years of junior high school, I was either fighting or on the way to a fight.

Li Duoyu had already guessed that Principal Wang's invitation to him to speak was fake, and his real intention was to ask him for money.

Li Duoyu suddenly remembered something. It seemed that in his previous life, after compulsory education was popularized, the accommodation conditions in middle schools were really poor.

They are all large collective dormitories, with thirty or forty people living in one room.

The sanitary environment is hard to describe. Once an infection occurs, the entire dormitory will be ruined.

One year, the school seemed to have those transparent blisters, and more than half of the students in the village were infected, and they all had to go home to rest.

Many girls have blisters on their faces. It seems that Wang Dapao’s granddaughter was almost disfigured because of these blisters.

Later, Xiasha Village collectively invested in building a two-story dormitory building in the school, specifically for the children of the village to live in.

The name is Xiashalou.

This is also one of the few personnel matters that Wang Dapao has done.

But this matter?
It's true that Li Duoyu is rich, but being rich doesn't give you a reason to rip me off at will.

Li Duoyu said seriously, "Principal Zhu, you should discuss this matter with Secretary Chen Jianghe. How can you discuss this matter that will benefit our entire village with only me? You should ask Secretary Chen to mobilize donations. There are more than 200,000 yuan households on our island. I can't steal all the limelight."

"If this gets out, what will people think? They will say that I am relying on my wealth to show off, right?"

Principal Zhu suddenly realized: "Okay, I'll go find Secretary Chen about this first."

Early July.

The results of the primary school graduation exam are finally out, and Li Haoran, who has been a good boy for a long time, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

These days, he has been behaving really well. He takes care of all the hygiene at home and often goes with his mother to pick oysters.

He even refused the temptation from his uncle to take him to Rongcheng Zoo, just to avoid getting beaten when his grades came out.

He was mentally prepared to accept the joint doubles from his parents.

But on the day when the results came out, his parents did not show any anger after seeing his report card.

Zhu Xiuhua said earnestly, "Haoran, just study hard in the future. Your aunt just told me that you still have a lot of room for improvement. Your poor performance on the exam was somewhat related to the sudden breakage of the electric fan. She told you not to be discouraged and to work hard."

Li Haoran was confused: "I got 63 in Chinese and 34 in math, how can I go to junior high school?"

Zhu Xiuhua smiled and said, "You are lucky this year. We just happened to encounter a major policy reform. As long as you take the exam this year, you can go directly to junior high school no matter what your score is."

"Ah, so, then, didn't I take the exam in vain and work so hard for so long in vain?"

Li Yaoguo cursed, "What nonsense are you talking about? Is hard work in vain? Just because you are in junior high school, don't you have to take the college entrance examination or high school entrance examination?"

Zhu Xiuhua also agreed: "Your father is right. Since you are already in junior high school, you should work harder. If we are capable, we can directly take the junior college entrance examination. If not, we can go to high school first and then take the college entrance examination."

Li Haoran's computer has crashed, and his head is filled with the chirping of birds. He hates this policy.

If I had known this earlier, I would have gone to Rongcheng with my uncle. Xiao Tutu told me that they not only saw elephants, but also stood in the first row to interact with the giant pandas and took photos with them.

Li Haoran really wanted to cry. His wonderful life had just begun to take shape, but it ended just like that.

What made him even more devastated was that his mother borrowed the first-year junior high school textbooks from somewhere and placed them directly in front of him.

"Your basics are not good enough. Take advantage of the summer vacation to study hard. The early bird catches the worm. Your aunt has already told you that if you don't understand something, you can ask her directly."

"By the way, your aunt also said that she would come back for a few days during the summer vacation to look after your uncle's children and tutor you for a few more days."

I heard that my aunt was coming back.

Li Haoran really wanted to knock himself unconscious with a piece of tofu, or go to a factory to screw in screws if there was a child laborer being recruited. (End of this chapter)