In 1983, a small island started from a large farmer

This time the fleet went out to catch jellyfish, and no one expected that it would end with this big firework.

After detonating the torpedo, the border guards were very grateful to the fishermen on Dandan Island for discovering this "time bomb".

At the same time, they will conduct another thorough search on Little Elephant Island to ensure that there are no other explosives on the island.

In fact, before the reform and opening up, they had dismantled a large number of land mines and sea mines near Xiaoxiang Island, but unexpectedly, some mines still slipped through the net.

There are not many jellyfish on the sea now, so there is not much point in continuing to catch them.

The most important thing is that the pond that Li Duoyu uses to pickle jellyfish is no longer able to hold that much space. Now even the shrimp farm has cleared out a number of ponds specifically for pickling jellyfish.

This jellyfish fishing trip not only allowed the fishermen to earn money, but also allowed them to enjoy the fireworks for free.

After returning to the village, everyone set up a wine table and became a "storyteller". Zhao Xiaoliu and Zhao Erniu, who had touched the torpedo, instantly became the famous people talked about at the table.

A young man asked, "Xiao Liu, are you afraid when the knocks come?"

Zhao Xiaoliu said, "I was not afraid of anything. I didn't know what it was at the time. When Director Li said it was a torpedo, I almost peed my pants."

But some people found something wrong.

"Logically, that thing has rusted into a lump of iron, and no one can recognize it. How did our Director Li recognize it?"

The villagers were also very confused. They couldn't understand why he was the head of the family this year. Maybe Mazu told him about it.

More than 300 kilometers away in the sea of ​​Taizhou, several fishing boats were holding long fishing nets and fishing in the sea.

But the more they fished, the more they felt something was wrong, and all the fishermen who were fishing for jellyfish frowned.

"Old Four, how's it going over there? Are there any jellyfish?"

The fisherman named Huang Laosi shouted at the top of his voice: "It's sparse, nothing like before. How is it over there?"

"Same, many jellyfish are broken when they are picked up."

The old fisherman said:
"Is it possible that it was eaten by turtles and striped fish?"

"There are so many jellyfish, how can we possibly eat them all? Besides, those skinning fish only eat their legs."

Although other fishermen thought this statement was outrageous, there seemed to be no better explanation at present.

"It looks like I won't be able to make any money this year."

Until they caught some jellyfish that looked a little strange, with net ropes still hanging in the broken jellyfish heads.

Seeing this scene, everyone thought of the injured jellyfish. The fishermen suddenly understood and their faces turned black.

"Your uncle's."

"This was intercepted by someone. Who could have done such a good thing?"

Li Duoyu, who was eating jellyfish, couldn't help but sneeze.

We fished for five full days.

All of Li Duoyu's ponds were filled with jellyfish skins, and these days, the salt and alum that Li Yaoguo had bought were not enough at all.

The shortage of plastic cans used to hold jellyfish is even greater, as the city's cooperatives simply refuse to sell them such large quantities.

In the end, there was no other way, so Chen Yuansu had to step in and make a phone call, and only then was he able to buy enough alum and plastic cans.

Since she was asked to help with this matter, as a businessman, Li Duoyu naturally gave a lot of jellyfish to Xinyuan Aquatic Products Company.

Li Duoyu is not in a hurry anyway, but the company's financial officer Li Yaoguo is really anxious.

During these days of jellyfish fishing, the company's average daily expenditure is over three thousand five hundred.

The biggest expense is the money from purchasing jellyfish, which costs nearly three thousand yuan a day on average, plus the cost of fuel, transportation, salt, and alum.

All miscellaneous expenses added up to about 18,000 yuan in total for five days.

There was no sign of the money yet and so much money had been spent, Li Yaoguo was really getting restless.

If the jellyfish sales are not going well, the company’s money can only last for another three months at most. By then, it will be impossible to pay salaries.

And by that time, it is also a time to spend money, because you have to tidy up the kelp fields, prepare kelp seedlings, and so on.

Li Yaoguo really wanted to talk to his younger brother, but the person involved was not in a hurry at all and was directing the workers in the factory.

"When adding alum, the amount of alum must be controlled properly. It cannot be too much or too little. It must be controlled at a ratio of 200 to 1."

Some villagers replied: "Too many fish, how can we calculate two hundred to one?"

Li Duoyu scolded, "Putting one pound of meat in two hundred pounds of water to cook, do you understand?"

The villager scratched his head and said, "I understand, I understand. More fish means more harm. It's not like what Xiaochao told me, four buckets and an iron basin. God knows what he meant."

The entire alum processing process takes about a week.

The earliest batch of jellyfish has almost completed the three alum steps.

In fact, it is not necessary to use three alums. Many businesses have started selling it with two alums. However, when using two alums, the jellyfish is still relatively watery and heavier overall.

Many unscrupulous merchants often sell two-alum jellyfish as three-alum jellyfish.

But for Li Duoyu, the difference between the two is not that big. As long as they are not deliberately pretending to be sold at a high price, the taste of the two can be considered to have their own merits. After all, not everyone likes crispy food.

During this period, not only the villagers were paying attention to Li Duoyu's jellyfish, but Secretary Chen and Mayor Gao also brought several people to inspect and learn.

Looking at the pool full of jellyfish, Mayor Gao couldn't help but say, "I noticed that you guys are always generous every time you make a move."

Li Duoyu grinned and said, "Secretary Chen and Mayor Gao taught me well."

Gao Tianyun snorted, "Don't flatter us. We didn't teach you anything."

"Yes, you personally guided me when I submitted my thoughts on joining the organization."

Gao Tianyun frowned and quickly whispered in Li Duoyu's ear: "Just talk about this in private, don't let anyone know that I'm helping you."

Li Duoyu smiled and replied: "Of course, only a few leaders know about it. After all, I am just a junior high school graduate and cannot write such a profound ideological report."

After hearing this, Gao Tianyun almost vomited out the wolfberry water he had swallowed, and wanted to kick Li Duoyu.

However, after seeing Li Duoyu's jellyfish, the village party secretaries and village directors who came to visit still didn't believe that this thing could make money.

Especially Tang Wenchang, the village party secretary of Shangqi Village, who was full of resentment after the kelp in their village was destroyed in a typhoon last time.

He originally didn't want to come this time, but when he heard that Li Duoyu was dealing with jellyfish, he didn't believe that this thing could make money.

"Director Li, you spent so much money on these jellyfish, aren't you afraid of losing even your underwear?"

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "When I first raised kelp and eels, everyone said the same thing."

Zhang Dongsheng from Langqi Village said: "If I had known this earlier, I would have followed Director Li earlier."

Director Lin of Chengtou Village also lamented: "It's a pity that the kelp seedlings have to be charged this year. I missed the good time."

Seeing this group of people talking about kelp all the time, Tang Wenchang felt like a cat whose tail was stepped on. He felt very uncomfortable.

But after visiting the jellyfish processing, most people still feel that jellyfish cannot be sold at a high price and are not very optimistic about it.

"How about this, I'll just cook some jellyfish for you guys to eat. If you guys don't think it tastes good, then I'll accept it."

Li Duoyu was too lazy to talk nonsense and directly took several cans of jellyfish cooked with alum and came to Lao Yang's stir-fry restaurant.

After soaking the jellyfish in vinegar for more than two hours, she put on an apron and picked up a kitchen knife. She cut the soaked jellyfish skin into strips. Her knife skills stunned the restaurant owner, Mr. Yang.

Seeing Li Duoyu start cooking again, many villagers came to watch. It seemed like a long time ago since he last cooked, and everyone almost forgot that Li Duoyu’s earliest dream was to become a chef.

But what everyone is more concerned about is what Li Duoyu can do with jellyfish. They don't believe that something as watery as jellyfish can be delicious.

After hearing the news, a large group of villagers from Chenjia Village came, eager to see what the difference was between the jellyfish that Li Duoyu spent so much money to make and their own.

It doesn't take a while.

The entrance of Lao Yang's Restaurant was full of people, and even the steps not far away were filled with people.

After Li Duoyu cut the processed jellyfish skin into strips and sliced ​​the jellyfish head, he began to prepare various seasonings.

As a chef, Li Duoyu knows very well that the thing about eating jellyfish is the taste, and what can really make jellyfish sublime are the various sauces.

Fortunately, Lao Yang's restaurant has a pretty complete selection of sauces and side dishes.

Li Duoyu took a few cucumbers, washed them, tapped them with the back of a knife, and then cut them into pieces at an angle.

This time, Lao Yang helped him and specialized in chopping garlic.

After boiling the water, blanch the cut jellyfish in the boiling water for about six to ten seconds.

Immediately take it out and put it in ice water, then prepare the sauce with salt, sugar, light soy sauce, aged vinegar, minced garlic, sesame oil and add the soul coriander.

A dish of cucumber and jellyfish salad is ready. When the people in Chenjia Village saw this dish, their eyes widened.

When they eat jellyfish, at most they just dip it in soy sauce and aged vinegar. There is no need for so many complicated steps.

But when everyone saw the dish of cucumber and jellyfish that looked so good, they couldn't help but swallow their saliva. Just from the appearance, it was very refreshing.

Li Duoyu then made two more dishes, one of which was "Stir-fried Double Crisps with Coriander", and the double crisps here were duck gizzards and jellyfish.

The appearance is also quite beautiful.

The last dish is much simpler, "Jellyfish Head with Old Vinegar". Although it looks simple, it contains a lot of condiments.

There are aged vinegar, millet pepper, oyster sauce, white sesame seeds, white sugar, MSG, minced garlic and so on.

Less than half an hour.

Li Duoyu prepared several dishes. After seeing these dishes, Secretary Chen and Mayor Gao were also stunned.

It seems that Li Duoyu can always give people surprises, last time it was grilled eel, this time it was a jellyfish feast.

Surrounded by a large group of villagers, Gao Tianyun took the lead in picking up the first dish of cucumber and jellyfish salad and took two bites.

His eyes widened instantly. As a coastal person, he had eaten jellyfish before, but the jellyfish made by Li Duoyu was completely different from what he had eaten.

Chen Shulin smiled and asked, "Lao Gao, don't just focus on eating. Tell me how it tastes."

Mayor Gao said: "Don't ask me, you will know whether it is good or not after you eat it."

The villagers watching couldn't help but say, "Mayor Gao, please stop keeping us in suspense and just say it directly, okay?"

Gao Tianyun rolled his eyes at them:
"If I say it's delicious, will you believe me? You will definitely say that Duoyu and I are wearing the same pants."

"Hahaha."

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help laughing. Chen Shulin also picked up the chopsticks and first ate a piece of jellyfish, and then picked up a piece of cucumber.

Then, his expression was the same as Mayor Gao's. He had eaten a lot of seafood, but this was his first time to have such an experience.

It is crispy, fresh and fragrant, and most importantly, the moment you take a bite, the icy cool taste makes your whole body feel cool.

Zhang Dongsheng also started eating. He was a bit rude. After he finished eating, he said on the spot: "Fuck, this doesn't feel like jellyfish anymore. How can it be so delicious?"

Then, he tried the dish of jellyfish head with aged vinegar. The crisp feeling gave him a completely different taste experience.

"Secretary Chen, Mayor Gao, please try this dish. It's really indescribable."

Next, Chen Shulin and Gao Tianyun tried each plate, and then looked at the grinning Li Duoyu.

I felt that praising him was meaningless, so I said seriously: "Duoyu, I think we can develop the jellyfish industry together, what do you think?"

Li Duoyu smiled and replied: "That's fine. I'll come to you in person when the time comes."

In fact, this place is not the main production area of ​​jellyfish, and it was pure luck that they were able to catch this batch of jellyfish this time.

But there is a way to overtake others, and that is jellyfish farming.

Maybe in the short term, there will be no need for breeding at all, but with the intensification of jellyfish fishing, in ten years, we will almost never see such large numbers of jellyfish.

By then, everyone will slowly turn to aquaculture, even jellyfish will be no exception, but it is not impossible to have a piece of the cake now.

By then, Li Duoyu will have opened up foreign trade and can go to Zhejiang Province to collect the jellyfish made with alum, process them and then sell them to the island country.

Tang Wenchang, who originally wanted to pour cold water on others, felt his head buzzing after eating these jellyfish cold dishes.

Although he really wanted to say that with so many condiments, even a pile of shit would taste good.

But he had eaten local jellyfish, and they were nothing compared to what Li Duoyu made. The local jellyfish were salty and bitter, and sometimes they would bite people.

The jellyfish made by Li Duoyu is really smooth, crispy and fresh.

Even though he was stubborn, he couldn't help but say, "Director Li's jellyfish is really delicious, much better than our local ones."

Seeing that Secretary Tang of Shangqi Village said this, the onlookers couldn't help but say, "Duoyu, don't stop, give us one portion to try."

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "50 cents per serving, just pay the money and I'll do it."

"Damn it, this is such a money-grubber." A villager took out fifty cents and slapped it on the table.

"Give me one serving, and remember to put more soy sauce and vinegar. If it doesn't taste good, I'll give you my money back."

The villagers of Chenjia Village squeezed through the crowd, took out 1.5 yuan on the spot, and ordered one serving of each of the three dishes.

Seeing so many people wanting to eat jellyfish, Li Duoyu's mouth twitched, feeling that he had sold it too cheaply.

If it costs 50 cents, including these sauces, the best you can do is just break even.

He glanced at the two buckets of jellyfish and Lao Yang's sauces, and said, "There are only twenty left."

Seeing so many people wanting to eat this jellyfish, the restaurant owner Mr. Yang was so envious and really hoped that business would be this good every day.

Just now, when Li Duoyu was cooking, he also learned while helping out. These three dishes are not difficult, they are just ordinary home-cooked dishes.

But he just tried a bite and it tasted really good.

The villagers of Chenjia Village originally didn't believe that the jellyfish made by Li Duoyu could be much tastier than theirs.

But after eating, everyone fell silent. It was not a question of how much better it tasted, but the fact that the jellyfish that Li Duoyu pickled was not the same thing as the one they pickled.

This thing is called gourmet food.

If we really compare, then the jellyfish they pickled are just pig food at best.

Because there were so many people, five or six people were eating one dish, and they finished it as soon as it was served.

Someone immediately took out money and said, "More fish, give us another portion."

The villagers who were still queuing outside the door came in and carried them away, cursing: "There aren't many left to begin with, and you want another one." (End of this chapter)