In 1983, a small island started from a large farmer

(I just got off the highway at 7pm. Sorry for the late update today!)
The cold air in December arrived as expected, neither too early nor too late.

Put it before.

During the twelfth lunar month, most fishermen have already started preparing for the New Year.

Women would start preparing for spring cleaning, ancestor worship and preparing cakes for the New Year, while men would start going from street to street drinking and bragging.

But this year it seems particularly busy. At the new dock, fishing boats have been continuously delivering kelp seedlings.

The Li family's large tugboat has not gone out to sea to fish in the past two weeks, but has been helping to transport kelp seedlings.

After all, the kelp nursery on Zhaojia Road has limited manpower, and the number of kelp seedlings this year far exceeded expectations.

Due to lack of experience, the seedling center had already been in chaos. Zhao Jialu had dark circles under his eyes all day long and wanted to curse at everyone he saw.

Seeing that he was about to collapse, Li Duoyu had to change a method. They did not need to send the kelp seedlings from Dandan Island to the nursery center.

Li Duoyu sent his own people and boats to their nursery to pick the kelp seedlings directly. They only needed to send people to record the number of kelp seedlings.

Nowadays, the entire Dandan Island area near the kelp farming area is full of simple sheds.

At the new pier.

This year, an eye-catching banner was also made with the words "Work hard for 30 days and Dandan Island will achieve collective prosperity" written on it.

This year, the villagers are also quite supportive. It seems that more than half of the people in the village are picking kelp.

There were a lot of old people and children, and their faces were all red from the cold, but their hands and feet were very nimble.

Li Duoyu even persuaded a few older people to go back home. After all, picking up kelp seedlings was a good thing for the villagers, and he didn't want any elderly people to miss the Spring Festival because of picking up kelp seedlings.

But as soon as Li Duoyu left, these old people came back with stoves, muttering, "With a stove, our hands won't get cold."

Although they are older and their hands and feet are not as nimble, as long as they pick up the kelp seedlings carefully, even they can earn one dollar a day.

For many elderly people on the island, not being able to earn money is like being a waste, and they live frugally every day.

They just wanted to avoid bothering the children as much as possible, but now, when there was such a good opportunity as picking up kelp seedlings, how could they let it go?

At their age, earning one dollar a day is simply a gift from God, and they have no reason not to eat.

But even though half of the people in the village were already picking kelp seedlings, there were still far from enough people.

Because the efficiency of picking up kelp seedlings is far lower than in the past, it is now purely manual.

The brown rope has to be manually broken open, and then the kelp seedlings have to be clamped in. An eight-meter kelp rope has to hold almost a hundred kelp seedlings.

And an acre of kelp field.

It takes about 50,000 kelp seedlings.

In short, everyone must be very efficient and work quickly, otherwise the task will not be completed before the New Year.

Some kelp farmers are quite anxious. They all want to catch all the kelp seedlings for their own farmers before Li Duoyu starts to catch them.

So the prices on the island have been getting higher and higher. Yesterday, a tough guy like my second sister-in-law earned six dollars in one day.

After hearing the news, Zhu Xiuhua could not sit still and rushed to the shed to pick up kelp seedlings with them.

But she had just sat down and hadn't picked up a few kelp seedlings when Chen Huiying asked her to go back.

"You're not even three yet. Stay home and don't run around. Be careful not to get pregnant."

In order to solve the problem of insufficient manpower, the village party secretary of Dandan Island, Chen Jianghe, had to move two tables, bring a small loudspeaker, and go to Qingkou Wharf in Shangfeng Town to recruit workers.

But when they got there, they found that not only they were recruiting workers, but also several neighboring villages that were raising kelp.

At the dock, he also met several village party secretaries from the neighboring villages.

Zhang Dongsheng from Langqi Village,
Tang Wenchang from Shangqi Village was also there.

They set up two wooden tables and long wooden benches on the scene, with a simple banner behind them that read "Recruiting workers at the end of the year" in large letters.

A sign on the side reads:

[Recruiting workers to pick up kelp seedlings, paid by the piece, minimum daily wage of 2.5 yuan]

[For renting a boat over seven meters long with a diesel engine, it costs 15 yuan per day, and for a rowing boat, it costs 8 yuan per day.]

After seeing the price, Chen Jianghe frowned on the spot. It seemed that the work was not going to be easy to carry out.

Because Li Duoyu was very busy at the end of the year, the task of helping Xiasha Village recruit workers fell on him.

He originally planned to hold on for another half a month, then take a holiday and go home.

This year I just convinced my girlfriend to finally go back to my hometown with him to visit.

I didn't think so,
The county actually called him to a meeting and asked him to cooperate with Director Li and make sure that all the kelp seedlings in Xiasha Village could be harvested before the New Year.

"Fuck, more than 7,000 acres."

Fifty thousand kelp seedlings are needed per acre. Nowadays, all the able-bodied people in the village have started picking kelp.

But it is still far from enough. So far, two weeks have passed, and the entire village has only enclosed 900 acres.

At least two hundred more reliable workers would be needed to complete the task, so Chen Jianghe reported the situation.

The county published recruitment information in the newspaper, but unexpectedly, as soon as the news spread, the neighboring villages came to snatch the workers.

What Chen Jianghe didn't expect was that the recruitment price was already so high, it had actually been reduced to two dollars and fifty cents.

After seeing other people’s prices, Chen Jianghe felt embarrassed and put up the sign he had written.

Because he discussed with several kelp farmers in the village yesterday and planned to keep the recruitment price at two yuan.

But unexpectedly, the price in these villages has increased to 2.5 yuan, and the workers are still hesitating, thinking that the price is too low and bargaining.

"Is there any food and accommodation provided?"

“What are the accommodations like?”

"How many days can you work? Don't let it be over after just a few days."

"However, we can wait for Director Li. I heard that he has more than 3,000 acres. We can at least get them until the end of the year."

Hearing this, Chen Jianghe's mouth twitched: "Don't wait for us. The Director Li you are talking about is a stingy guy who is only willing to pay two dollars." After Zhang Dongsheng and Tang Wenchang saw Chen Jianghe coming, Tang Wenchang from Shangqi Village looked a little unhappy.

Just now, these two people were arguing about the price of hiring workers. After arguing for a while, they raised the price to two dollars and fifty cents.

Seeing Chen Jianghe coming, Zhang Dongsheng quickly handed him a cigarette and said, "Secretary Chen, you guys are not here to recruit workers as well, are you?"

Chen Jianghe said with a bit of displeasure: "You guys are really timely. The county just published the news in the newspaper and you guys are already here recruiting people."

Zhang Dongsheng laughed and said, "We also saw it in the newspaper, so we hurried over. By the way, can I ask when Director Li Duoyu plans to start cutting kelp?"

"It should be three days later."

"Has Director Li recruited workers to pick up kelp seedlings?"

Chen Jianghe shook his head: "If he has already recruited, I can go home for the holiday now, and don't have to come here to blow the cold wind."

"Secretary Chen, you've worked so hard." Zhang Dongsheng whispered, "Our village is very short of manpower right now. Can you please give me some face and not raise the price too high later?"

"The wages are really expensive this year. If you raise them further, we really can't afford it."

Chen Jianghe waved his hands and said helplessly: "I'm just a village party secretary. Do you think I can make a decision on things like prices?"

Zhang Dongsheng naturally understood what Chen Jianghe meant. After all, with such a powerful village director, his presence as the village party secretary was too low.

"Just don't make it too high, otherwise it will make our village look bad, and if it gets out, it will be a bit unpleasant."

"Okay, I'll discuss this with Director Li later and see what he has to say."

Chen Jianghe took out the mobile phone that Li Duoyu had temporarily lent him, looked around, held his head high and started making a phone call.

"Cough cough!"

"Director Li, the prices here are crazy low. The lowest price for recruiting workers has already dropped to 2.5 yuan. What do you think we should do?"

Sure enough, when he made the call, everyone at the dock looked at him, and he finally felt relieved.

But Zhang Dongsheng, who also had a second brother, was so embarrassed that he couldn't help but whispered, "Secretary Chen, you have to press that button first to talk. You can't contact Director Li this way."

At this moment, Chen Jianghe really wanted to swim in the sea. Fortunately, Zhang Dongsheng spoke softly, otherwise it would be really embarrassing.

Li Duoyu, who has been busy these days, received a "call" from Secretary Chen. After hearing the price, he immediately said, "Then just three yuan."

Chen Jianghe continued, "By the way, Secretary Zhang Dongsheng just came over to say hello to us and hoped that we wouldn't raise the price too high. What are you going to do?"

Li Duoyu was silent for a while, then said: "What else can we do? We will not give in to matters related to our interests. Let's put it this way. I can't decide for other farmers in our village how much they want to pay, but if they want to hire workers from me, they don't need to ask me if the salary is less than five yuan."

Chen Jianghe was stunned for a long time after hearing this. Li Duoyu is usually stingy, but when he really encounters problems, he is very generous.

Chen Jianghe's face was also full of smiles. If Li Duoyu refused to raise the price, then he really didn't want to do this job.

At present, Xiasha Village is at least the richest in the town and even in the county. If the price of recruiting workers is too low, he, as the village party secretary, will be ashamed.

Chen Jianghe took out the black painted wooden board, then erased the original two pieces and changed them directly to three pieces.

He took out a loud speaker and shouted, "Xiasha Village is recruiting kelp workers. Experienced workers are welcome. The minimum wage is three yuan per day."

As soon as the small horn sounded, all the workers nearby who were planning to pick up kelp seedlings came towards him.

Tang Wenchang from Shangqi Village gritted his teeth and cursed after hearing the price: "Damn it, there must be something bad going on when this Xiasha Village comes."

Zhang Dongsheng also sighed. When he saw Secretary Chen pick up the second mobile phone, he already knew the result.

If they compete with Li Duoyu in price, there is no chance that they will lose. Their entire village combined is not as rich as Li Duoyu.

Zhang Dongsheng said, "Put up your things and sail to the next county to recruit people."

But the village committee member who came with him said, "Secretary Zhang, we left immediately when Xiasha Village arrived. If this gets out, people will think that Langqi Village is afraid of them, and they might laugh at us in the future."

Zhang Dongsheng snorted: "If you want to laugh, then laugh. In this day and age, only when you have money can you have face. To put it bluntly, our entire village is following Director Li. Don't be a troublemaker."

"Pack your things and leave!"

Chen Jianghe did not expect that when he put the price of three yuan, the stalls in Langqi Village and Shangqi Village were closed immediately.

Originally he wanted to show off, but he didn't expect the other party to be so cooperative that they all ran away.

After the ancestral recognition is completed.

Li Duoyu didn't rest for a single day because he had so many things to do.

I just went to the eel farm in Nanri Town the day before yesterday to check the disinfection of the ponds there.

Yesterday I went to Qixin Bay to check all the indoor ponds used to raise eel fry and started preparing the water.

Today, I was checking the shrimps and blue crabs in the shrimp pond, but I didn't expect Norihiro Oda to launch a surprise attack.

Before the delivery date stipulated in the contract, he drove the live fish boat to Dandan Island.

He said it was too difficult to call them. He tried for two days but couldn't get through. He was a little impatient and directly hired a live fish boat to come over.

Due to being too anxious, their live fish boat had an accident when it was near the waters of Langqi Village. The propeller hit the brown rope used for kelp farming. Now it has lost power and is drifting on the sea.

There was even a near-clash with local kelp farmers.

At the same time, Li Duoyu also received a call from the Fisheries Bureau, hoping that they could send a few good people over to help with the rescue.

Li Duoyu was speechless, but he also guessed that Oda Norifu was so anxious to get shrimps because of the shrimp plague.

This year, the shrimp plague has swept across Asia. The islanders are also celebrating the New Year, and they are more competitive than ever.

At this stage, the people on the island are so poor that they only have money left. The more they lack something, the more they want to buy it. It is estimated that the price of prawns will continue to rise this year.

The person who cooperated with him, Norio Oda, would definitely make a lot of money on this trip and he would not be so reckless if he didn't know how to do things.

When Li Duoyu's fishing boat arrived at Langqi Village, he was speechless about the sea in front of him.

No wonder Norio Oda and his crew's big ship collided with it, as the kelp farming in their village was not planned.

There aren't even any warning channel marks. It's ok for the locals to know about it, but fishing boats from other places will most likely be hit.

Fortunately, the opponent's Baga Flags are still very useful, otherwise their kelp fields would have been damaged, and they would have had no chance of leaving here without a small boat as compensation.

When Oda Norihiro saw Li Duoyu's fishing boat, he seemed to have seen a rescuer. He greeted them from a distance and shouted:
"Li Sang, we are here." (End of this chapter)