In 1983, a small island started from a large farmer

His back ached and his legs cramped. At this moment, Li Duoyu finally understood the suffering of his second brother.

When a man reaches a certain age, his legs really go weak when he sees his wife.

It is easy for men to think about it. Sometimes, it may take more than two minutes to finish. But it is not easy for women to think about it. Even when your waist is about to break, the other party still feels that it is not enough.

The next day, Li Duoyu woke up late as expected, but he couldn't stay in bed either, after all, a group of children were watching "Journey to the West" in their living room.

Li Duoyu didn’t know how many times he had replayed it, but he felt that no matter how many times he had replayed it, these children loved watching it.

Especially the big megaphone of Tutu, who was thin and small but had a very loud voice, he shouted excitedly:

"Master, it seems that he has been captured by the monster again."

Li Haoran said calmly: "It's normal. Master will be captured by monsters in every episode."

Zhang Lin, who was watching TV together, asked, "Brother, why does Master get captured by monsters in every episode?"

Li Haoran scratched his head and could not answer for a while, but Xiao Min, who was already in high school, replied: "Because the original novel of Journey to the West is written like this."

But what really woke Li Duoyu up was not the noisy children, but the sound of the village radio.

[Important notice: the temperature is relatively low today and there is fog on the sea. If you are going out fishing by boat, please be careful and never go to unfamiliar places.

In addition, if there are villagers who want to make money by picking up kelp seedlings and tying kelp, please come to the dock to sign up.

Today, the old Lu family at our village dock is going to pick up kelp seedlings. Those who pick up kelp seedlings on the shore will be charged at least one dollar a day, and those who go to the sea to tie kelp will be charged at least two dollars a day.]

After hearing this, Li Duoyu couldn't help but curse the man for being stingy. His money had been getting thinner and thinner in the past two years.

No one is willing to work for one dollar a day. The minimum wage is two dollars, and for those who help on the boat, the starting wage is four dollars.

Li Duoyu yawned, got up with a pair of panda eyes, then rubbed his waist, feeling that his lumbar muscles were strained.

It seems that I need to strengthen the muscles in this area. Li Duoyu, who got up with his bare chest, couldn't help shivering. He felt a chill and it was a little cold in the bedroom.

There is no sunshine outside the window. It is cloudy and rainy today, and you can faintly hear the sound of water dripping from the eaves.

Winter Solstice, it’s really the Winter Solstice!
After I got dressed and opened the window, I found that it had started to drizzle outside and the sea and the top of the mountain were covered with fog.

This should be the weather that fishermen hate the most. If there is fog on the sea, it is easy for fishermen going out to sea to get lost.

Generally speaking, when it is foggy, everyone tries to avoid going out to sea. Li Duoyu glanced at the dock.

Some people are actually unloading the kelp seedlings. After all, the kelp cultivation area on Dandan Island is particularly large this year, so the kelp seedlings can only be unloaded separately.

If everything were squeezed into those few days, even if all the men, women, and children on the island helped together, they probably wouldn't be able to handle it.

He had the most kelp fields, so Li Duoyu was not in a hurry to compete with others for people and boats. Instead, he decided to go back half a month later.

When Li Duoyu came to the hall, the group of children were all concentrating on watching "Journey to the West" and no one noticed his presence at all.

Xiaoying and her elder brother and his wife were not there either. I guess they were called by their mother to go to the Tianhou Temple to worship.

Li Duoyu had a simple breakfast, put on a bamboo hat and went out, planning to go to the eel factory first.

Li Duoyu saw Chen Wenchao carrying a bucket of sea water. When he looked over, he discovered that it was actually transparent eel fry.

"Xiao Chao, what time did you wake up? How come you caught so many eel fry so early in the morning?"

Chen Wenchao scratched his head and said, "I woke up early today, and I heard someone say that eel fry had been caught a few days ago, so I went to give it a try. Unexpectedly, I actually caught one."

"That's right. If you hadn't reminded me, I would have almost forgotten about the eel fry."

Li Duoyu patted his shoulder and said, "This year, you should be responsible for the purchase of eel fry and bloodworms."

Chen Wenchao smiled innocently and said, "Brother Yu, is the price still the same as last year?"

Li Duoyu nodded: "But this year, the eel fry will not be raised on the island, but will be raised in Qixing Bay. You may have to go there to collect the fry."

"Okay, got it."

"By the way, Xiaolan is a few months old now, do you want to take care of her at home?"

Chen Wenchao replied: "It's been eight months. Now my mother-in-law is helping to take care of the baby, so I'm relatively free."

"Then you can come over later and go with me to the pond to get some prawns and blue crabs. I plan to grill some dried shrimps."

"Okay, Brother Yu."

At this moment, Chen Wenchao scratched his head and said with a chuckle, "Brother Yu, I have something I want to discuss with you."

Seeing his silly look, Li Duoyu frowned slightly and said, "What's the matter? Tell me."

"That's right. I think the 2% dividend is too much. Can it be reduced to 1%?"

Li Duoyu was stunned. "Too much? You are not speaking sarcastically to me. Do you think it is too little?"

Chen Wenchao immediately became anxious: "No, it's really too much. I feel like I haven't been of much help. I feel a little embarrassed to share so much money."

Chen Wenchao has been quite depressed recently because Xiaolan is pregnant and due to his limited abilities, he cannot help with some important things.

The second elder brother, Li Yaoguo, not only manages the eel factory, but is also in charge of the company's finances.

Zhang Siming is in charge of matters at the shrimp farm. The shrimp plague was very serious some time ago, and he was very busy every day.

Even the newcomer Liu Yun went to the eel factory in Nanri Town to help, but he couldn't do much and could only help Brother Yu with odd jobs at most.

It would have been fine if he got a smaller share, but he happened to get 2% of the company's dividends.

In the past, his brothers-in-law scolded Li Duoyu for being stingy, and they gave him 2% and called him stupid.

Now every time I see him, I can't help but want to praise him and say that he is really smart.

Chen Wenchao had no idea about this until a few days ago, when his wife did a simple calculation for him.

For the first time, Chen Wenchao realized how terrible his 2% was. He had already received nearly 10,000 yuan in dividends before he even started selling the prawns.

If all the prawns and blue crabs are sold, the dividend will be nearly 30,000 yuan.

If it were anyone else, they would probably laugh in their dreams about this amount of money, but Chen Wenchao and Liu Xiaolan became worried instead.

No reward for no merit.

What the couple can be sure of is that Brother Yu’s business will only grow bigger and bigger. They only shared 10,000 yuan last year.

It has increased so many times this year.

If it continues at this rate, next year it might be as high as 60,000 or 70,000.

Liu Xiaolan felt that if Chen Wenchao did not grow and continued to earn so much money, people would definitely gossip about him.

Chen Wenchao said anxiously, "Brother Yu, why don't you assign more work for me? I can do at least two jobs by myself. If I'm too idle, I'll feel bad."

Seeing Chen Wenchao's depressed look, Li Duoyu immediately knew what he was thinking.

This guy has never been very confident since he was a child, and he always feels that he has no ability. Li Duoyu also knows that all of Chen Wenchao's lack of confidence comes from his family. After all, in the early years, their family could be said to be the poorest in Xiasha Village.

Li Duoyu also wanted to make use of him, but his mathematics was really a headache.

Li Duoyu also didn't want him to do odd jobs all the time. It would be better if he could be independent and take charge of a project.

Li Duoyu asked: "Didn't I tell you some time ago that if you feel you have too much free time, you should go to night school. Have you been attending classes during this period?"

"Yes, I go to every class if I am free."

"Okay, let me test you to see how you are doing in math now."

Chen Wenchao scratched his head and said, "I have already mastered two-digit multiplication and division. I am still learning the other more difficult ones."

Li Duoyu was startled and asked quickly, "What is 45X35?"

Chen Wenchao frowned, calculated for a while and said, "The answer is 1575."

Li Duoyu was stunned. He just said it casually and wanted to take out his computer to calculate it, but he found that Chen Wenchao had already figured it out.

This is quite embarrassing.

Could it be that this kid is not stupid, but just missed the best time to study because his family is poor?

Li Duoyu was a little skeptical and deliberately asked a more difficult question: "What about 77X77?"

Chen Wenchao replied: "It's 5929."

Li Duoyu smiled awkwardly and asked, "How did you calculate it so quickly?"

Chen Wenchao scratched his head: "Teacher Zhou taught us that if we encounter such a difficult number, we should round it up first and then deduct it.

I first calculated 77X80, and then subtracted 77X3."

Li Duoyu looked at the small calculator in his hand. Although this thing is very useful, it will also make you dependent.

Li Duoyu said calmly, "Not bad, you have made great progress and are almost catching up with me."

Li Duoyu coughed twice and said, “The dividend is for you. If you don’t make a big mistake, I won’t reduce it for you.

If you feel that there is too little to do, the company's feed factory will officially start operations in the early spring of next year, and you can go there directly to be the person in charge.

I have already told you in advance that I will not reduce your dividend, but if you want to increase it, it is not that easy. You have to make a great contribution before I will increase your dividend. Do you understand?"

"Brother Yu, I don't have much experience. Is it too much to be the person in charge right from the start?"

Before Chen Wenchao finished speaking, Li Duoyu said in a deep voice: "We are doing business, so we must be ambitious. If you don't even have a goal and are afraid of things, you will definitely not make progress.

Besides, we are all young people. We should be energetic in doing things and not be timid all the time.

I'm putting this on the table. The goal of our feed factory is to become the largest aquatic feed producer in East China within five years."

Chen Wenchao couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat from his forehead. He really wanted to slap himself with two melon seeds. He regretted it very much and thought he would not have asked if he had known earlier.

He was so scared that he stood there.

Li Duoyu waved his hand: "Hurry back and tell your wife the good news. Tell Xiaolan not to think about those things all day long. Take the money well. No matter how bad you are, you are still the number one employee in our company."

Chen Wenchao smiled happily: "Got it, Brother Yu."

After Chen Wenchao returned home, he immediately told Liu Xiaolan the good news.

"Brother Yu agreed?"

"Well, I didn't say that. It was Brother Yu who took the initiative to ask you to go and help Brother Yaoguo."

"Have you told Brother Yu about your dividend?"

"I did, and he scolded me."

Liu Xiaolan asked in surprise: "What did I scold you for?"

"She scolded me for not making progress, having no ambition, and having no future, and she also told me not to think about those trivial things all day long.

In addition, Brother Yu plans to let me be the head of the feed factory, and he also said that he wants to make it the largest aquatic feed manufacturer in East China within five years. "

Liu Xiaolan was stunned. She was a little smart, but she didn't expect that Brother Yu saw through her at the first glance.

At this moment, she deeply realized that Brother Yu was probably about to start a big business, and Chen Wenchao was probably left behind.

Liu Xiaolan gritted her teeth and said, "You don't have to worry about the family affairs. I don't want you to help take care of the children. You should follow Brother Yu wholeheartedly now. First, figure out the matter of the eel fry and the bloodworms, and then concentrate on studying the feed factory."

Chen Wenchao nodded and said, "Okay, I understand. I'll trouble you with the family matters."

Liu Xiaolan smiled and said, "It's okay. Just follow Brother Yu and do your work. Besides, if our baby is a girl, you will have to earn more money to pay the fine."

Chen Wenchao said: "If it's still a girl, I'll accept it and I won't have to give birth to another child."

"But you are the only child in your family. I want to give birth to a boy for your family."

Chen Wenchao's eyes were a little red, and he suddenly felt that he was really lucky. It was really great that he gritted his teeth and swam back from the open sea that night.

After Chen Wenchao returned to the eel factory, he took the trap and went to the shrimp pond with Brother Yu to catch shrimps.

Not long after the trap was put in, it was pulled up and found to be full of prawns and blue crabs.

The prawns are quite big, each one weighs at least one or two taels.

Blue crabs are very big, weighing about one kilogram, and their claws are particularly thick. Normally, blue crabs can be put on the market after three or four months of breeding.

Because blue crabs are notoriously prone to stealing and dying, the longer they are kept, the higher the loss rate.

However, since this batch of prawns are mixed-breeding, Li Duoyu plans to put them on the market at the end of the year, and it is difficult to catch them separately.

Blue crabs were also put on the market at the end of the year. Li Duoyu caught a blue crab and knocked on its shell. He found that it was very hard and not hollow inside.

Because there are a lot of razor clams at the bottom, and Li Duoyu has been feeding various yellow clams.

Every blue crab here is particularly fat and has big claws, which is also related to Li Duoyu's breeding experience.

Both shrimps and blue crabs need to molt, so when raising these two species, you must supplement calcium, otherwise they will easily fail to molt.

Li Duoyu caught nearly a hundred blue crabs and then two hundred kilograms of prawns.

I will go to Rongcheng to visit my ancestors tomorrow. I must bring some things back, and I must take some things with me.

In this kind of weather, if the blue crabs are tied up, they will definitely survive for a week as long as they are not bitten by mosquitoes.

You can freeze some of the prawns and bring some grilled shrimp home directly.

People living by the sea really don’t have much good stuff. All Li Duoyu could think of was to bring some dried shrimps, dried oysters, blue crabs, and dried fish to give to his relatives in Rongcheng. (End of this chapter)