In 1983, a small island started from a large farmer

After the shrimp fry are put into the pond.

It will take about another four or five months to raise it, and by the time of New Year's Eve, it will be ready for shipment.

That was also the time when the price was the best. Li Duoyu estimated that the pond price could be around four yuan.

At that time, if conditions permit, we can sell a whole batch of live shrimps in Rongcheng Market.

Speaking of which, Rongcheng is also a coastal city, but before he started breeding them, most of the shrimps had already died after being caught and sent to Rongcheng.

If they are not quick-frozen, the taste difference between live shrimps and dead shrimps is very large. Live shrimps are chewy and sweet, while dead shrimps have a powdery texture. If the shrimps have not defecated completely, they will have a fishy smell.

When the time comes, when his batch of live shrimps arrives, Li Duoyu can imagine the scene of everyone scrambling to grab the shrimps.

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After finishing the work at the shrimp farm, it was soon the season for catching anchovies, and this time the sea area in Dinghai Bay was quite lively.

Looking around, you can see fishing boats everywhere catching anchovies, not only from Dandan Island, but also from Xiaocheng Town and the nearby Xigong Town.

Fisherman Lao Lu sighed as he smoked a cigarette: "There are more boats than fish, so what's the point of catching anything?"

A fisherman who knew about the situation replied, "I heard that the fishermen in Xiaocheng Town seemed to have discussed with Director Li and said that as long as we also buy their anchovies, we will allow our Dandan Island fishing boats to come and fish."

"They are threatening us. We are not afraid of them. As long as we are at sea, our island will not be afraid of anyone."

This is indeed the truth. At sea, it is not about who is closer to the sea, but about who has bigger and more fishing boats.

As long as there are few boats in your village, even if someone else's entire fleet goes to your village's waters to fish, they probably won't dare to fart.

When four or five ships are surrounded by dozens of enemy ships, they will know what it means to be frustrated and to be bullied by the majority.

In fact, compared with the millionaires, the fishermen along the coast often judge whether a fishing village is rich based on how many boats they have in their village.

This is also one of the reasons why coastal fishermen are so eager to buy fishing boats. Not only can they go out to sea to make money, but they can also give face to their village chiefs.

But even if Dandan Island wants to fight this time, it can't. Last year, because of the shooting on Dandan Island, I don't know how many letters of complaint were written.

This year, the county was worried about a conflict between them, so it sent a patrol boat here during the anchovy fishing season.

The loud speaker kept shouting: "Whoever causes trouble will be arrested, and whoever starts it first will be severely sentenced."

Dinghai Bay is not big, and anchovies are only found in certain areas, so there are too many boats fishing for anchovies.

There are too many monks and too little meat. In the end, many fishermen on Dandan Island felt that it was not cost-effective and moved to the waters near the neighboring island county.

Although the anchovies there are not as good as those here, at least we don’t have to fight for them like this.

Regarding the acquisition of Clove Fish, Li Duoyu only followed up for a few days and then entrusted the matter to Chen Wenchao and Shitou, which was also an opportunity for them to grow.

He planned to ask his second brother to go to Quanzhou to buy a high-power cordless phone so that communication between Qixing Bay and Dandan Island would not be so troublesome, and if there was any situation, they could contact each other at the first time.

However, before going to Quanzhou, Li Duoyu had something to deal with first.

That is to take over a factory first. Haixin Group had previously compensated him with the eel factory, but as he was very busy recently, he had not yet taken it over.

A few days ago, Li Duoyu also heard some bad news and planned to go and see what the current situation of his eel factory was.

Anyway, Li Duoyu didn't believe that Haixin Group would be so willing to compensate him for the eel factory, and he also wanted to see what tricks were left for him.

Nanri Town is not far from Dandan Island. It takes about an hour for an ordinary fishing boat to get there, and about half an hour for Li Duoyu's fishing boat.

Speaking of which, Nanri Town is not far away, but the fishermen of Dandan Island rarely interact with people here. Except for some relatives, there is almost no communication with others.

Of course, it may also have something to do with beliefs. The people on Dandan Island believe in Mazu, while they believe in Guandi.

As for why they believed in this more, Li Duoyu felt that it was related to the fact that the people there loved gambling. In the past, Xiao Weidong particularly liked to go to Nanri Town to gamble, and ended up losing all his family fortune.

Li Duoyu used to love playing, but he was definitely not into gambling, so he was not very familiar with Nanri Town, and so he asked Liu Yun to go with him on this trip.

After all, if you go to visit a factory without finding a local to help out, you might actually be put in a sack.

It took Li Duoyu's fishing boat less than twenty minutes to reach the nearby sea area from Nanri Town, which is a relatively flat peninsula.

Because Li Duoyu's fishing boat is so conspicuous, many people in this area may not know him, but they definitely know that this imported fishing boat is his.

If we park the fishing boat directly at the pier near the Haixin Eel Factory, wouldn't it be tantamount to telling the other party: I, Li Duoyu, am here to take over the factory.

Li Duoyu thought about it briefly and finally decided to stop the boat at Xiagang Village, Liu Yun’s hometown.

This village is quite far from the Haixin Eel Factory. About ten minutes later, under the guidance of Liu Yun, Li Duoyu's fishing boat slowly arrived at the pier of Xiagang Village.

Before the boat even got close, Li Duoyu smelled a strong fishy odor.

Looking around, the tidal flat area of ​​Xiagang Village is particularly large. It feels like all you can see is tidal flat. It is at least seven or eight times the size of Dandan Island. The tidal flat is densely packed with cement piles for raising oysters. No wonder the smell is so overpowering.

This kind of superior geographical environment is a typical gift from God, just as Liu Yun said.

Seven out of ten men in their town gamble, so even though they can earn money, they can't save it.

And when the fishing boat approaches.

Li Duoyu also discovered that many fishermen were driving bamboo stakes on the mudflats after the tide receded, and not far away, some people were also setting up oyster racks.

It seems that this typhoon has had a great impact on their village. Li Duoyu remembers that a long time ago, when he started to raise oysters by hanging, the farmers in Xiagang Village were very disdainful and said that his hanging method was a waste of money. He didn't expect the boomerang to hit back so quickly.

As soon as Li Duoyu's fishing boat arrived near the dock, it immediately attracted everyone's attention.

After all, Xiagang Village is all about raising oysters, and not many people buy large fishing boats. Most of them buy small sampans and small hollow iron boats.

In addition, oysters are no different from stones, so the paint on every ship is badly damaged.

As a result, every boat looked shabby, except for Li Duoyu's fishing boat, which had just docked and stood out from the crowd.

During this period, their village organized some oyster farmers to visit and study in Dandan Island.

Some people were quite familiar with Li Duoyu, and as soon as the boat was moored, someone recognized him.

"Isn't this Li Duoyu's boat? How come you have time to come to our village?"

In this era, coastal fishermen generally have an extremely frustrating problem, that is, the draft of the dock is too shallow.

Li Duoyu's fishing boat is neither big nor small. It cannot dock at all during low tide. It can only stay more than ten meters away from the pier and has to be brought to the shore by a small boat.

At this time, Liu Yun came into play. He waved to the people at the dock and said, "Uncle, get a boat to pick us up."

A shirtless, skinny old man who was jumping for oysters glanced at him and snorted coldly:
"Ah, you little traitor still knows that there is a home here."

When some children on the dock saw Liu Yun, they also shouted, "Big traitor." Liu Yun opened his mouth wide. He just took the boat to the next island to develop, so how could he become a traitor?

"Uncle, you can't say that. What do you mean by traitor? If it weren't for me, Director Li wouldn't have taught you how to raise oysters in suspension."

The old man looked at him with disdain, but still rowed a small boat to take them to the dock.

A villager who had been to Xiasha Village with several large oyster farmers in the village asked with a grin after seeing Li Duoyu:

"Director Li, how come you have time to come to our Xiagang Village? Are you here to give us guidance on our work?"

Li Duoyu quickly waved his hand and replied: "No, no, I just came over to do something."

"Would you like to come to my house for tea?"

"You're welcome. It's really not necessary."

Li Duoyu really wants to keep a low profile, but he is too famous. Now he finally realizes the hardship of being a celebrity.

Fortunately, Xiagang Village is some distance away from Haixin’s eel factory, so the news won’t spread there so quickly.

Otherwise, it would be a waste of time to take such a long detour. Li Duoyu did not intend to reveal his identity when he went to the eel factory this time.

According to his idea, if the eel factory was really occupied by someone else, he would pretend to be a foreigner and find out the truth.

But as soon as he got ashore, Li Yaoguo frowned and kept waving his hands to drive away the flies.

The dock of their village was indeed a horrible sight, with oyster shells piled everywhere, so much so that they looked like small hills, and behind each hill there were one or two women prying oysters.

As there are many oyster mountains, there are naturally many flies. There are buzzing sounds everywhere, and the density is really amazing.

They had only stood there for a while when many flies landed on them. These flies did not seem to be afraid of people, and some even landed directly on their hair.

But the locals have long been accustomed to flies. Even if a fly is crawling on their faces, they are too lazy to drive it away for a while.

No wonder Chen Yuansu refused to cooperate with Xiagang Village no matter what. Li Duoyu could already imagine how miserable Chen Yuansu would be after arriving on the island.

Moreover, she particularly likes to spray perfume when she goes out. Just thinking about the scene of her stepping onto the Xiagang Village Pier, Li Duoyu couldn't help laughing.

In addition to oyster shells, various fish scraps are also thrown into the sea at random, perhaps with a feeling that, since I'm already so dirty, a little more doesn't matter.

Li Duoyu also felt that the Xiagang Village pier was too dirty, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was not right, as if this was the current situation of coastal fishing villages.

A village as clean as Xiasha Village is actually an anomaly. There are simply not many fishing villages as clean along the coast.

Just then, the sound of a diesel engine starting up was heard from the dock.

As a burst of black smoke came out, Liu Yun quickly ran towards the tractor loaded with oysters and shouted, "Uncle Mo, wait, are you going to town?"

The middle-aged man driving the tractor refused immediately, saying, "I don't want to pull anyone."

Everyone knows the reason why he doesn't pick up people. Two years ago, he was helping to take someone to town, but the child was naughty and fell off the back of the car and died.

The child's parents insisted that it was caused by his speeding. Finally, with the coordination of the village committee, Mo Kaifa paid 5,000 yuan in compensation and the matter was let go.

After that, he stopped bringing people with him.

Liu Yun naturally knew that Uncle Mo didn't want to give anyone a ride, but it would take at least two hours to walk to the eel factory.

"Director Li from Xiasha Village on Dandan Island, please do us a favor and drop us off near the eel factory in our town."

The middle-aged man was confused for a while.

"Just this time. Don't call me next time. And make sure you sit properly. There's room for two more people in front of me."

Liu Yun smiled and said, "Then I'll stand at the back."

"Hold on tight, don't play around in the back. If you fall off, I won't take care of you."

"I'm not a child. I won't move."

After hearing this, the middle-aged man felt particularly uncomfortable. In fact, he was driving a little fast that day, but how fast could a tractor go? Unexpectedly, the child fell off.

It would have been fine if he had just fallen and broken his skin, but he just died like this. I can only say that for both parties, it was a matter of fate!
Li Duoyu got on the tractor. The driver was very focused on driving and didn't talk much.

The journey which took the boat less than ten minutes took the tractor nearly forty minutes before it arrived near the eel factory.

When getting off the car.

Seeing that Li Duoyu was about to pay, the master quickly said, "No need to pay, it's just on the way."

Li Duoyu didn't want to give him money, but took out a pack of Hongtashan cigarettes and stuffed it into the pocket of his white shirt.

"Director Li, this is unacceptable."

Without waiting for him to push it back, Li Duoyu turned around and walked away towards the eel factory not far away.

After walking just two steps, Li Duoyu arrived at the Haixin Eel Factory, but the five big words "Eel Factory" had been removed.

But there were quite a few people inside, even a few young people, drinking beer there in broad daylight.

There were still many workers feeding the eels in the pond not far away. It was just like what he had heard, he hadn't been here to take over for a while, and his eel factory had been occupied by someone else.

But the big iron gate was still locked, and they couldn't get in even if they wanted to. They just stepped at the door for a while.

The drunk young men shouted angrily, "What are you looking at? This is private territory. Leave now. Don't make me chase you away."

After hearing this, Li Yaoguo's face turned very dark, and he couldn't help cursing: "Duoyu, our factory has been robbed by someone."

Liu Yun also cursed: "Brother Yu, you are too arrogant. Should we go and get some help?"

Li Duoyu frowned. Although he had already guessed it, he was still very upset when he found out that his factory had been robbed.

Especially the young man who just shouted, he looked like he deserved a beating. If it were him in his previous life, he would definitely drive the boat back to get people to help, and then come here to seek justice. If he was not convinced, he would just fight, and whoever had the bigger fist would have the final say.

Li Duoyu really wanted to do that, but he was not a real "young man" after all, and he was very clear about the consequences of impulse.

After all, this eel factory is located on someone else's territory. After the relationship with the local people became strained, it cannot be used at all.

Li Duoyu was not in a hurry. Instead, he went to the nearby dock, found a fishmonger sitting on a small stool, and politely handed him a cigarette.

In Trump's words:

"Fellow countryman, we are from Sichuan. May I ask if there is a Haixin Eel Factory here?" (End of this chapter)