In 1983, a small island started from a large farmer

This year, my uncle didn’t have time to prepare the New Year’s Eve dinner, which made Li Haoran a little disappointed.

After all, my uncle’s cooking skills are much better than those of my grandma, aunt, and his mother.

As for the food cooked by Aunt Shuihua, it was just barely edible, otherwise Zhang Lin and Zhang Yun would not have become so thin because of her.

Li Haoran sat on the stone slab, with all five fingers stuck in popcorn, and started eating.

The rice popcorn, which was just squeezed out not long ago, is still a little warm and is especially crispy and delicious.

There was just not enough sugar in the rice popcorn, so the taste was a little off and not as delicious as last year.

Li Haoran’s main task today is to take good care of the little guy Tutu.

I thought I could trick him with rice cakes, but this guy got tired of them before he even finished one.

It's just like what grandma said, little Tutu looks exactly like my uncle when they were kids, and is very difficult to raise.

As soon as the brat arrived at grandma's side, he started chasing ducks and chickens, and the idiot who was put on the island also followed his little master to make trouble.

The man and the dog made the whole yard a mess, and what gave Li Haoran a headache was that they would start to run away if he wasn't paying attention.

After eating a piece of rice flower, Li Haoran found that Xiao Tutu was gone.

I took a look and found that he had already run to the other side of the road.

Li Haoran quickly ate all the rice on his fingers, and then shouted: "Li Puyi, come back here."

Little Tutu is not afraid of anything except his cousin. When he heard his cousin call him, he ran back happily.

Li Haoran had a stern face and acted like a big brother, teaching him a lesson on the spot:

"Don't just play all day long. It will be your turn to go to primary school soon. Take the time to learn a few more words, or you will fail the exam."

These words were what his mother often said to him while teaching him. Because he had been taught so many times, he could say them without having to think about them.

After saying it, Li Haoran felt an inexplicable sense of satisfaction from teaching someone a lesson.

No wonder my aunt likes to bully him so much, it turns out that forcing others to study is so satisfying.

But what he didn't expect was.

Little Tutu actually replied: "Brother, I have always studied hard. If you don't believe me, I can recite the Three Character Classic and Tang poetry to you."

"Can you recite it?"

Li Haoran didn't believe it.

Little Tutu put his hands behind his back and said in a serious tone: "It's very simple. I can learn it in a few days."
"When people are born, their nature is good. Natures are similar, but habits make them different."

"Geese, geese, geese, they sing with their necks bent toward the sky, their white feathers floating on the green water"

Li Haoran was stunned. He didn't expect that this kid could really do it.

"In addition to these, I also have addition formulas, and I can memorize the English alphabet."

Li Haoran was dumbfounded on the spot. He only learned the English alphabet in junior high school, but this kid already knew it.

If this is simple, wouldn't it make me look stupid? Li Haoran frowned. Could it be that he is the dumbest in the whole family?
Li Haoran sighed. He thought Xiao Tutu was the type of person who was both naive and playful, and would definitely be similar to him in the future.

But I didn't expect that he was so amazing. Not only does he have a rich family, but he also had a huge advantage over others at the starting line. How can ordinary people survive?

Li Haoran said with a bit of jealousy: "When did you start learning?"

Little Tutu made a bitter face and counted on his fingers: "It seems that it was three months ago that my mother did not allow me to watch TV. She forced me to learn these things every day when I had free time.

She also said that at my age, I learn things the fastest, so I have to learn every day, and she also said that when I grow up, I will have to write the couplets for our family. "

Having learned so much in just three months, Li Haoran's mouth twitched. He turned around, looked at the sky, and his face became grim.

It's so fucking horrible to have a mother who is a class teacher.

Fortunately, his mother was illiterate, so he just had to complete the homework and make it look real.

Because she couldn't check whether he was right or wrong, especially when he wrote an essay, he just copied it directly from the newspaper.

However, what made him depressed was that he got zero points for the essay he wrote in this year's final exam.

The reason is that it is off topic.

The Chinese teacher even made a special comment: My classmate Li Duoyu simply left him speechless.

Just as he expected, he failed all his subjects.

But this year, Dad and Mom seemed to no longer care about his grades.

Even after the scores came out, no one scolded him or taught him a lesson, and no one even bought him a workbook.

When he thought of this, Li Haoran was very happy, but also a little disappointed.

I feel a little out of favor because my mother's attention is now all on the second child who has not yet been born.

Li Haoran naturally hoped that the second child was a younger sister, but she just hoped that her personality would not be like her mother's.

This year, Li Haoran found that A Niang was particularly "quiet".

I thought that if my uncle asked her to spend the New Year together around the fire, she would definitely say a few words or deliberately make things difficult for him before she agreed.

But he didn't expect that A Niang agreed so readily. To be honest, he felt a little uncomfortable if A Niang didn't stand up and sing the opposite tune.

But think about it, since my uncle makes more money, my mother will be more obedient.

Especially after my mother went to Nanri Town to work for someone else last year, she seemed like a changed person when she came back.

Li Haoran felt that his mother now was like the Monkey King who was pressed under the Five Finger Mountain.

Very well behaved!
After noon, Aunt Shuihua closed the grocery store, and Zhang Lin and Zhang Yun also came to help.

Grandma was making fish balls, aunt was in charge of making the main dishes, and Aunt Shuihua and his two cousins ​​were helping out.

What surprised him was that Zhang Lin, who was in the fifth grade this year, was very skillful in cutting vegetables, even better than Shuihua Gu.

She actually became my aunt's main force. Zhang Yun was a little young, but she was also very capable.

The little fat boy looked at the rice in his hand and suddenly felt a little depressed. It turned out that he was really the most useless person in the family.

When Li Duoyu visited Banyao and the end of the village, he found that there had been quite a lot of changes and many people had built new houses.

Several households have bought color TVs, even though one person's salary is not very high.

But if there are four people in the family who can earn money, the income is still very considerable.

If I can catch all the work at the dock this year, I will have at least three to four thousand in savings.

But when encountering particularly difficult situations, Li Duoyu would still secretly give some red envelopes.

But there are some problems that even giving red envelopes cannot solve, such as a middle-aged man who was lying on the bed, unable to move, skinny and groaning all the time.

This man was in his early sixties. Li Duoyu used to call him Uncle Mo. At the beginning of the year, he had worked in his eel factory.

Later, I had health problems, so I went home to rest, and I have been lying down ever since.

He probably didn't even know what disease he had. His family boiled a lot of Chinese herbal medicine for him to drink, and they spent all the family's money, but it still had no effect.

Li Duoyu didn't say anything. Maybe if he didn't know what the disease was, he might live longer.

When Li Duoyu was about to leave, the old man said in a weak voice: "Director Li, can I leave my quota to my son?"

"Sure. The factory will be hiring next spring. I can give your family two places."

After hearing this, Uncle Mo wanted to get up from the bed, but he found that he had no strength at all.

"Thank you, thank you so much, Director Li. It's great to have you as the village director."

Li Duoyu left here. Perhaps he was used to this scene, so he didn't feel sad at all.

He just looked up at the sky, and then drove the fishing boat to Qixing Bay.

Even on New Year's Eve, there were still more than a dozen people and several dogs guarding their posts at the Qixingwan Breeding Base.

As soon as Li Duoyu arrived, Hei Nuo and Shit-Pants ran over to greet him, shaking their heads.

Hei Nuo is pregnant again recently, and I don’t know which wild dog she is having an affair with.

Li Duoyu casually threw in a few thigh bones so that they could have a good new year.

Even though they were still working on New Year's Eve, no one complained and everyone continued to do their job conscientiously.

Those who need to measure the water temperature should measure the water temperature, and those who need to check the equipment should check the equipment.
Because everyone knows that only if the company is good can they be good, and these eel fry and broodstock used for breeding are very important.

If it's not managed well, everyone will feel bad next year, and maybe a whole group of people will be laid off.

When they saw Li Duoyu, they were also surprised: "Director Li, why are you here too?"

"Come see you."

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "I came in such a hurry today that I didn't even send you any New Year's goods. So let's just do this.

Employees who have worked overtime in the past few days will receive triple pay.”

After hearing this, everyone present cheered, and it was around four o'clock in the afternoon.

Chen Wenchao brought a group of people to take over the shift. They went home early to eat New Year's Eve dinner. From now on, until the first night of the new year, they have to stay at the nursery.

Li Duoyu had already provided them with a TV, so they could watch the Spring Festival Gala here.

Li Duoyu looked at the time, then took his second brother, brother-in-law and others back to the island by boat.

After arriving at the dock, the workers said hello to Li Duoyu and rushed home without stopping.

It was about half past five, and it was already starting to get dark and drizzle.

The sound of firecrackers in the village never stopped. Once the firecrackers went off, it meant that everyone had already eaten the New Year’s Eve dinner.

A colorful plastic shed was set up at Li Duoyu's old house because everyone was having the New Year's Eve dinner together.

There was no room to sit in the house, so we had to set up a table in the courtyard, but it started to drizzle.

Old Li built an awning with colorful plastic cloth, and placed a small stove inside that was burning brightly.

This way it wouldn't be too cold, so Xiao Tutu and the others stretched out their hands to warm themselves by the fire, and Xiao Tutu even secretly put some rice in.

The continuous "pop" sounds startled everyone and caused the sparks to fly very high.

Chen Huiying has a taboo against beating children on New Year's Eve, but Teacher Zhou doesn't. He took out a bamboo whip from somewhere.

He was slapped on the butt twice on the spot, and Li Duoyu happened to see this scene.

The beaten little Tutu jumped in front of Li Duoyu with his naked butt and hugged his thighs tightly.

"Dad, you're finally back. I missed you so much."

Li Duoyu put on his pants and said, "What bad things have you done again?"

"I wanted to eat popcorn, so I put it in the stove."

Li Haoran at the side couldn't help but say: "He doesn't even eat rice cakes, how can he eat popcorn?"

Li Duoyu pinched his red face from the cold and said, "Don't do this next time. It's very dangerous."

"Got it, Dad."

Li Duoyu looked at Zhou Xiaoying angrily. Maybe it was because Teacher Zhou was too strict recently, this kid actually started to get close to him.

At this time, Ah Niang brought out a bowl of cabbage and swimming crab soup and said:

"It's getting late, hurry up and sit down to eat together."

After Li Duoyu and the others sat down, Old Li also took out a jar of green-red wine sealed with red mud.

Li Duoyu was surprised and said, "Dad, how come you still have stock? Where are you hiding? How come I don't know about it?"

Old Li rolled his eyes at him and said, “If you knew, you would have given it away long ago.

I buried these in the ground. I was planning to give them to Xiaorong for her wedding, but seeing how she behaves, I guess she won’t be able to use them in the next few years. I might as well drink them first.”

"Who knows, she might get married next year."

Old Li shook his head and said, "How is that possible? She doesn't even have time to go home for New Year's Eve dinner. Who would be willing to marry her?"

"Dad, you know what, my little sister is very popular and there are many people chasing after her."

"What's the point of having more? You still haven't even found a partner yet. Qing Guang is only a few years old, but he already has a partner."

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This year's New Year's Eve dinner was very simple, just a meal for several families to have together.

Although the eldest brother Li Jinchuan did not come back, the two elders are no longer worried about him.

Both of them are backbones in the machinery factory, and they have some shares in the family business.

Even if you lose your job in the future, you will have a way out.

Old Li glanced at the table where the children were and couldn't help but sigh. For him, what he was most worried about now was Xiao Rong's lifelong affairs.

Although there were a lot of delicious food on the table, except for Li Haoran, the others didn't seem to be interested.

Little Tutu just wanted to play and didn't even care about the Spring Festival Gala, but as soon as the fireworks in the sky went off, he was immediately frightened and ran back.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, several men drank wine in the shed, compared to the enthusiasm for the Spring Festival Gala in the past two years.

People still watched it this year, but they were not as excited as in the previous two years.

Also, this year more people in the village have televisions, so Li Duoyu even asked someone to do a census.

There are more than 30 televisions in the village, more than 20 of which are color TVs.

Even Zhao Dahai's family had it. What surprised everyone was that the widow Chen from the next village actually brought her children to his house to watch TV this year.

The man who always said that a good horse never turns back finally couldn't help but turn back.

On New Year's Eve, Old Lu was really busy. He was elected as the head of the family in the early morning, but he didn't expect that his daughter would start the movement at noon.

The midwife was caught off guard and before she could even take a few bites of the New Year's Eve dinner, she was invited to Old Lu's home.

The midwife looked reluctant and kept muttering, "Old Lu, if you deliver the baby today, you must give me a big red envelope."

"Here, here, here. As long as it's a boy, I promise to give you a big one."

But because Lu Yanyan was too fat, it was not easy for her to give birth, and the midwife was so exhausted that she was sweating all over.

Yanyan's screams when giving birth were louder than those of a pig being slaughtered, and the neighbors who were watching the Spring Festival Gala were speechless.

On New Year's Eve this year in Xiasha Village, it seemed that everyone was having a good time, and fireworks were blooming in the sky.

The nearby fishing villages were so envious. Only Xiasha Village was so rich that fireworks were set off non-stop.

But at this time, some people in the village gathered together, and what they discussed was:
"How much does the snakehead charge?"

A young man replied: "Specifically, it depends on which line you take."

"The current market price to America by boat is about 30,000 dollars."

"What about going to an island country?"

“I want to go to the island country, too.”

“The price is the same for going to the island country. Once you’re on the ship, it’s calculated per person no matter where you go. But I suggest you go to America, it will be better. Even if you are caught, you will not be sent back.

If you go to an island country and get caught, you will most likely be deported, and when you return, you will definitely go to jail.”

"Then let's go to America. Our family will have to wait until the kelp is sold this year before we can get that money together."

"So is our family."

“If you wait until you sell the kelp, it will be too late because the ship will leave after the New Year.

You can apply for a loan first, and then when you have sold the kelp or earned money from working, you can pay back the loan."

A middle-aged man thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll pay the deposit first and reserve a spot for my family."

"can."

Nowadays, the first group of people who went out illegally to work have started to send money home, sometimes sending back three or four thousand yuan a month.

This made most people greedy, because this made more money than what they earned from fishing and breeding.

The money you earn working abroad for a month is enough to buy a four-piece suite, and you can build a big house for your family in a year.

……

This situation not only occurs on Dandan Island, but many people are discussing this during the Chinese New Year in the coastal area of ​​Rongcheng.

Li Duoyu also knew about this situation. There was even a conspicuous red-headed document on the village committee's desk.

"On curbing illegal immigration from coastal fishing villages..."

Every Chinese New Year, many overseas Chinese return to China to visit their families, and this is also the time when they sneak across the border.

The organization requires these village-level units to do a good job in ideological work.

The document also states that if a village has a large number of illegal immigrants, a meeting will be held to criticize them by name.

But Li Duoyu discovered that those who were criticized were very proud.

Li Duoyu was also very conflicted because he was a stowaway in his previous life, so he could only say that there were pros and cons.

He planned to use the village radio to make an announcement during the first and second year of junior high school and convene some people for an ideological meeting.

Although Li Duoyu felt that if he started farming with him from now on, it would definitely have a better future than sneaking across the border.

But, in terms of current income, there is really no comparison. At this stage, it is true that people who smuggle and work illegally can earn more.

After all, if he really wants to persuade them, these people will blame him to death if they don't make money from breeding in the future.

Li Duoyu’s main message is to respect the fate of others and to listen if possible. If not, he will tell them about the dangers they may encounter during the smuggling process to prevent them from being thrown into the sea to feed sharks before they succeed in smuggling.

But Li Duoyu has already given a death order to these relatives in his family.

No one is allowed to sneak across the border. (End of this chapter)