In 1983, a small island started from a large farmer

When leaving the island.

As the oldest uncle in the clan, he held three incense sticks and worshipped devoutly in the direction of the Tianhou Temple on the island.

He was still muttering, "Today our Li family will go to Rongcheng to recognize our ancestors... Please bless us, Goddess of Heaven."

After the second uncle finished his greetings.

Li Duoyu and the others also followed suit and worshipped together, then they set sail for Rongcheng.

For ordinary minor matters, fishermen do not need to pray before going out to sea, but for major events like this, fishermen like to report to Mazu.

With the rumbling sound of the engine, Li Duoyu's fishing boat drove in front, leading the other boat to Rongcheng.

Due to the arrival of cold air, the wind blowing from the sea is still quite cold.

Some people who were wearing less were shivering in the cold wind. Fortunately, the weather was good and it didn't rain, otherwise this trip would have been a bit of a torture.

Almost all the people on Li Duoyu's fishing boat belong to his lineage. Since the cabin is very small, it can only accommodate six people at most.

My cousin's wife and Sister Shuihua all took small bamboo stools and sat on the deck of the boat. As for the group of men, they were smoking at the stern, cursing as they smoked: "Smoking on the sea, it feels like half of the smoke has been blown away by the wind."

"You said that our relatives in Rongcheng are all very powerful, right?"

The uncle laughed and said, "He should be quite powerful. He didn't tell me what he does for a living, but he looks like an official."

"What kind of official? Which department?"

"How would I know? They didn't tell me, so how could I ask?"

"Then what countries are our relatives abroad from? They should have arrived in Rongcheng by now."

Li Niantian, who had been in charge of the matter of recognizing one's ancestry, was annoyed by these people's questions and snorted, "When they come, you can ask them yourself."

Li Shuguang sighed:
"If we had known earlier, our family would have gone back to recognize our ancestors earlier. Maybe we could have suffered less during those most difficult years."

At that time, Xiao Weidong's family was the envy of the whole village.

Li Niantian took a puff of his cigarette and said, "It's not necessarily a good thing to have a smooth life without any hardship. If that thing really existed, you would have all become useless long ago."

"At least there was meat to eat then."

"That's right. At that time, when Xiao Weidong's family secretly cooked meat in the middle of the night, I wanted to kick their door and snatch some to eat."

Li Duoyu, who was driving the boat, couldn't help but laugh. He thought the same way back then. He spent the whole day thinking about having relatives abroad and sending money to them.

But I didn't expect it to actually happen.

Li Duoyu felt that what his uncle said made sense if they really had a relative overseas who sent them money to spend.

Who knows, they might really become useless now, like Xiao Weidong and Zhou Xiaoying's cousin, they are living examples.

If money comes too easily, people will not cherish it, nor will they work hard to make money.

Li Duoyu, who has lived two lives, once saw a real example. In his previous life, there was a food processing boss in their town who made a lot of money.

In order to highlight his own ability, he often took care of everything for his relatives, and even said that if he didn't study well in the future, he could come to work in my company.

As a result, because of this sentence, the children in their family always feel that they can still go somewhere even if they don’t work hard.

In the end, more than half of the family members actually went, and when the meeting started, all the people present were members of their family.

Not only did he exclude those who were truly capable, but he also slacked off all day at work and ended up ruining a company.

This is also one of the reasons why Li Duoyu would not invite family relatives to his company at will. He would rather be scolded by them for being stingy and unkind.

Li Duoyu also didn't want his company to become a retreat for these people.

At this moment, the smallest one, Tutu, dared to climb onto the stainless steel fence on the edge of the boat while no one was paying attention.

Although it was not very dangerous, Zhou Xiaoying was so scared that she dropped everything she was holding.

"Li Puyi."

"Get down here."

After Zhou Xiaoying caught him, she immediately cooked him a meal of stir-fried pork and bamboo shoots, beating him until tears and snot started flowing.

Seeing him crying so miserably, Li Duoyu did not dare to persuade him at all. Instead, he added fuel to the fire and said, "If I was as naughty as you when I was a child, I would not only be beaten, but also be punished to stand next to me and stand still."

Although this kid is naughty, he is still very honest when standing in the corner. He stands at attention better than anyone else and keeps his hands straight.

The kind with a puffy mouth, looking very unconvinced.

Seeing how well Tutu stood, everyone couldn't help but laugh and said, "This standing posture is good. He will be a good soldier in the future."

Li Duoyu was quite speechless: "With his personality, he will probably be locked up in a small dark room every day after he arrives in the army."

Li Shuguang couldn't help but say, "Duoyu, you really look like you when you were a kid. Every time I went to your house, you were standing in the corner as punishment."

"Cough cough."

Li Duoyu coughed twice. He realized that the more powerful he was, the more jealous these people would be. Now that they couldn't beat him, they liked to talk about his embarrassing childhood stories.

Less than twenty minutes after the boat sailed, Li Duoyu's fishing boat docked at Qixing Bay.

The main thing is that Li Yaoguo has started to feel a little seasick if he really takes a boat to Rongcheng Pier.

I guess I'll vomit half to death.

Li Duoyu had no choice but to take his second brother, Li Haoran, Zhou Xiaoying, and Xiao Tutu to Rongcheng in the Crown car, while the fishing boat was left to his eldest cousin.

Li Duoyu drives not to show off, just like his uncle said, he drives a car to show off and let relatives in Rongcheng and overseas know that they are not living badly.

Li Duoyu is not the kind of person who likes to show off, but what his uncle said is right, he can't be too shabby, otherwise he will be looked down upon.

Li Duoyu had no choice but to be realistic. His social status dictated how he displayed his car. If it were last year, it would have been a bit too arrogant for him to drive this Crown.

But this year, there is no problem at all.

Speaking of which, this car has been in his hands for quite a while, and it was the first time for Zhou Xiaoying and the others to ride in this car.

Li Yaoguo, who was sitting in the co-pilot's seat, felt the top layer of cowhide wrapped around him and said with emotion: "If there were such good seats on the ship, I wouldn't get seasick."

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "There are yachts, but they are very expensive."

"How much is it?" Li Yaoguo asked curiously.

"I'm not sure about the details, but yachts like that are for the rich. They start at at least $500,000."

After hearing the price, Li Yaoguo became speechless on the spot. He thought it would be more practical to just get seasick.

After getting in the car, Li Haoran and Xiao Tutu were so excited, especially since there was heater in the car. The two little kids kept their hands on the air outlet.

Little Tutu smiled and said, "Dad, this car is amazing, is it ours too?"

Li Duoyu touched his head and said with a smile: "It is ours, but this car was bought with a loan from your father. In the future, you must study hard and make money to help your father pay back the loan when you are successful in the future." Little Tutu seemed to understand, but still raised his little fist and said seriously: "Dad, I will definitely make a lot of money and help you pay back the loan."

"That's right. First of all, you have to study hard before you can make money. Don't just think about playing all day. Do you know what's going on?"

Tutu kept thinking, and then said: "But my brother told me that when he was a child, you always told him that studying had no future and it was faster to make money directly."

After hearing this, the three adults in the car looked at each other, because what little Tutu said was true. In the past, Li Duoyu's mind was full of smuggling and going abroad.

This kind of thought was really often instilled into Li Haoran, and his second sister-in-law even quarreled with him because of this matter.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the car was a bit awkward, Li Haoran held his forehead and really wanted to jump out of the car.

He swore that he would never play with this kid again. His mouth was like a machine gun. In less than two days, he betrayed him countless times.

Cars go much faster than boats.

If you want to go from Qixing Bay to Rongcheng Wharf, even if it is his fishing boat, it will take at least an hour and a half, and another boat will take at least two hours.

These days, there are only a few traffic lights in the city, let alone in towns and villages. It is almost smooth sailing all the way.

After about an hour, Li Duoyu and his team arrived at Rongcheng Wharf first.

When we arrived, it was exactly 9:30 in the morning. There were still quite a lot of people at the dock, and the car had just stopped.

Most people at the dock looked at the car, even though more people had made money in the past two years.

There are really only a few people in the whole Rongcheng who can afford the Crown. When Li Duoyu got out of the car, some fishmongers at the dock recognized him.

"Director Li, no wonder you can afford Crown, you are the ceiling of our aquatic products industry."

"That woman should be his wife and child. She is so beautiful. No wonder Mr. Chen has no chance."

A fishmonger nearby said with a sullen face: "Just talk about it yourself, don't get us into trouble."

"What's the big deal? That's what everyone says. The people at Xinyuan Group are eager to give Mr. Chen to Director Li."

"Can't you speak a little more quietly? Are you afraid that others won't hear you?"

After Li Duoyu got off the car, he looked around at the people at the dock, but did not find anyone to meet him. Instead, he saw Zhao Jialu and Li Xiuqing at the dock.

They also noticed the Crown car. Li Duoyu had just got off the car when Zhao Jialu walked towards them.

"Brother Yu, sister-in-law, you didn't even say hello to me when you arrived in Rongcheng."

Li Duoyu was also surprised to see Zhao Jialu. Logically speaking, this should be his busiest time.

Some kelp farmers have already started collecting kelp. As the person in charge of the nursery center, he should not have time.

"You are not in the factory, why are you here?"

Zhao Jialu was also helpless: "I want to, and I'm anxious, but my father-in-law has important things to do today. I'm waiting for the boat here to pick up an elder named Li Nianxian."

After hearing this, Li Duoyu was shocked, and then looked at Li Xiuqing: "Xiuqing, can I ask, what is your father's name?"

Li Xiuqing replied: "Li Hanhai."

After hearing the name, Li Duoyu couldn't help but laugh. Should he say that Rongcheng is really small, or is this just a coincidence?

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "What a coincidence! Li Niantian is my uncle, and we came to Rongcheng today to recognize our ancestors."

Zhao Jialu and Li Xiuqing both opened their mouths wide. Zhao Jialu slapped his forehead and said, "Why didn't I think of this? It seems that you are the only family with the surname Li in Dandan Island."

Zhao Jialu immediately linked arms with Li Duoyu: "It seems that it was destined that I would lose the bet to you. Now we are really relatives."

Li Xiuqing smiled and said, "So, from now on, I will have to call you brother."

But Li Duoyu had a bitter face and asked again: "Xiuqing, is Li Hanhai really your father?"

Li Xiuqing nodded and said, "It's really my father."

"Excuse me, what year was your father born?"

"I'm 68 this year. When I was born, my father was already 40."

Li Duoyu didn't know what to say for a moment. He also heard from his uncle that Li Hanhai was the elder in Rongcheng.

Now the Li family ancestral hall is managed by him. According to seniority, Li Duoyu's uncle has to call him fourth uncle.

In fact, when it came to my uncle's generation, they still followed the family motto when naming their children.

The character "Han" was from his grandfather's generation.

And his grandfather's name is Li Hanwen.

My second uncle is called Li Hanlin.

Originally, the next generation, if it was a male, would be named Zheng. As for why my uncle's name was not based on generation, there is a reason for that.

When my uncle was born, my great-grandfather was still alive. At that time, since they were kicked out of the family, they no longer used generation names.

But wait until Taigong leaves.

His grandfather Li Hanwen felt that naming was too troublesome, so he started naming his children according to family motto.

Later, due to the great turmoil and long catastrophe, no one knew where the family motto had disappeared to. By the time of Li Duoyu's generation, all the names were randomly chosen.

For example, his name was simply the result of Li Zhengtian's sudden inspiration. Seeing that he caught a lot of fish that day, he simply called it "Duoyu".

And the name of Sister Shuihua is also the same.

If we go by seniority, Li Duoyu should call Li Xiuqing "Auntie".

He calls Zhao Jialu uncle.

How could Li Duoyu let them know about such a thing that lowered their generation? He looked at his watch and changed the subject, "You must have been waiting for a long time. They should be here in half an hour."

Zhao Jialu frowned. He had just been dealing with matters of seniority because his father-in-law told him that he, Xiuqing and the man named Li Niantian were of the same generation and they could just call each other Brother Li.

But the other person is Li Duoyu's uncle, and I call myself Li Duoyu, Brother Yu. This feels a bit confusing.

"No, Brother Yu, why do I feel like Xiuqing is a generation older than you?"

Li Duoyu coughed twice.

"Things like seniority are not important. The most important thing is that relatives should get along well with each other and visit each other often."

"Wait, should you call me uncle?"

"Don't even think about it, dream on."

Zhao Jialu smiled so happily, he had never taken advantage of Li Duoyu, but he didn't expect that in the end he would win him in terms of seniority by relying on his wife.

(End of this chapter)