In 1983, a small island started from a large farmer

After New Year’s Eve, everyone was lazy from the first to the fifth day of the New Year.

For fishermen, these days are the real days of rest because all the fish markets are closed now, and even if they go fishing, there is nowhere to sell them.

Those who should play mahjong play mahjong, those who should stay in bed stay in bed, and those who should be matchmakers should do so quickly.

All the fishing boats are parked at the pier. It seems that there is a saying that you cannot go out to sea to fish during the New Year holidays.

Some old people in the village said.

Even the shrimp soldiers and crab generals have to celebrate the New Year. If they go out to sea to fish during these days, the whole village’s harvest will be poor.

During the New Year period, the men in the village are relatively free, but the women are very busy because they still have to perform various worship services during these days.

Since people depend on the weather for their livelihood, they become particularly respectful of gods.

People usually worship the God of Heaven first, then the Queen of Heaven, and then their ancestors. After all these, they worship the sea and give some food to their "good brothers". Finally, they welcome the God of Wealth.

In short, during the New Year, Zhou Xiaoying’s daily task is to follow her mother in paying her respects.

Li Duoyu originally wanted to stay in bed and rest for two days, but the sound of firecrackers outside was too loud, and there were quite a few villagers who came to his house to wish him a happy new year.

They are all acquaintances, so you have to receive them. Besides, most of them come here specially to give you gifts.

Li Duoyu found that before the policy of "only giving Melatonin as gifts" was implemented, the gifts given by everyone were really similar.

It's either wine or various Chinese herbal supplements, including quite a few kinds of whip.

Sheep whip, bull whip.
There's even a horse whip.

This made Li Duoyu somewhat depressed.

I always feel like these people heard some rumors and sent these supplements on purpose?

Li Duoyu always felt that he was very strong. Although the process of having a second child was a bit tortuous, it was because Zhou Xiaoying insisted on having a dragon baby.

His second son is trapped. If he escapes from the cage, he will be killed with one shot!

"Ugh!"

Looking at the grocery room piled high with New Year gifts, Li Duoyu couldn't help but sigh. He was just a small village director, but he had received so many things.

It is hard to imagine that if the door of those powerful lords were left open, the entire villa would probably not be able to accommodate all the guests.

Little Tutu pouted. He was totally uninterested in the things he had received in the past two days, and even looked disgusted.

"Dad, there are so many things, why is there not even a toy?"

This guy is actually a little pitiful. Since his father is the village director and his mother is Teacher Zhou, many children of the same age don’t dare to come and play with him.

Li Duoyu touched his head, then lifted him up and let him sit on his neck.

Since I was busy with company matters, I had less time to spend with him during this period, and Zhou Xiaoying has also been busy these days.

"Whatever toy you want, Dad will buy you one."

Little Tutu, who was sitting on Li Duoyu's neck, was so happy, his eyes were round and round, and then he said:
"Dad, I want a white balloon that's really long and big when blown up, and a little transparent."

Speaking of playing, he even gestured with his hands: "That balloon is amazing. When it is blown up, it is bigger than your head, but much longer."

The corners of Li Duoyu's mouth twitched.

Ordinary people may not know what that thing is at first glance, but as someone who has played with that thing before, he naturally knows it very well.

His brother was in charge of this back then. He had stolen this thing many times and even held it with him. It was useful in the sea.

To be honest, in addition to reducing the population, this thing is really just a big balloon of exceptional quality for children.

I guess it was some naughty kid who stole his parents' stuff, and then played with it by blowing up balloons, and was seen by little Tutu.

Although there are quite a few balloons like this in his bedside table, they cannot be given to little Tutu to play with.

"That thing is hard to buy. Dad will buy you a gun. Next time you see someone playing with that thing, just use the gun to break it."

Little Tutu the chicken pecking rice nodded: "Okay, then I want a gun and I will break it with one shot."

Li Duoyu brought little Tutu to Ajie's grocery store, and the little guy has already been a regular customer here.

When she meets people, she speaks so sweetly and calls them "Auntie" all the time.

Li Shuihua said with a smile: "It's useless no matter how nice you yell. I won't give you any snacks."

"I won't eat it, auntie. My dad said he wants to buy me a gun. Have you sold your biggest one yet?"

"It's been sold."

"what"

Whenever this kid feels hungry, he would sneak over here and shamelessly beg his aunt to give him some delicious snacks.

At the beginning, he really succeeded several times, but later he was discovered by A Niang, who also scolded Sister Shuihua.

The grocery store has been open for almost a year. Although the store is small, it has everything needed. Neighbors usually buy things from her, so the business is pretty good.

Especially the types of children's toys are much more than those at the supply and marketing cooperative. Now the cooperative only has inflatable tigers, tin frogs and music boxes.

But at Sister Shuihua's place, there are not only many types of small air guns that can be loaded with plastic bullets, but also various firecrackers and small fireworks.

The business of this kind of small air gun is particularly good this year, although it is not cheap, at least four or five dollars each.

But when Li Duoyu was on the road, he really saw quite a few children holding this kind of air gun in their hands.

During the New Year holidays, the first animals to be harmed by small air guns were the seabirds on the island.

Air guns have replaced traditional slingshots, and often a child with an air gun is followed by four or five other children who specifically go out to cause trouble for seabirds.

In most cases, nine out of ten shots miss the target, but if a bird is actually hit, the seabird will still be injured.

Li Duoyu tried some in the store and felt that the air guns sold nowadays are quite powerful, with most of them exceeding 1.8 joules.

Li Duoyu was not very clear about what 1.8 joules meant, but it seemed that a teacher who loved Luo Xiang very much had talked about it.

That means it can blind a pig's eyes within one meter, which is more than 1.8 joules.

To be honest, this thing is really dangerous. Tutu is still young and doesn’t understand many things.

Li Duoyu did not buy him an air gun in the end. If he had bought it, the chickens and ducks at home would probably be in trouble.

Li Duoyu finally bought him that kind of revolver gun.

This kind of gun does not fire bullets, but it can make a huge explosion and also produce smoke.

What Li Duoyu didn't expect was that this thing actually came in a metal version. It felt heavy in the hand, and the quality was obviously very good.

"Sister, this is the gun I want. How much is it?"

When Li Duoyu was taking out the money, Li Shuihua said, "Why do you want the money? Just consider it as a gift from me to Xiao Tutu."

"That's so nice. I won't be polite then." Li Duoyu really didn't intend to be polite to the elder sister. If he really gave her money, he would seem distant.

"I'll give you some extra bullets."

When buying this gun, little Tutu was not very happy because he felt that the bigger the gun, the better.

But when Li Duoyu loaded the bullet and pulled the trigger.

There were several consecutive bangs.

A strong smell of gunpowder could be smelled at the scene, and little Tutu's eyes lit up. Although he was afraid of big fireworks, he was not afraid of this kind.

"Dad, give it to me quickly."

"Don't run out of bullets."

After Xiao Tutu got this gun, he was so powerful. When he saw a dog on the roadside, he loaded the gun and started shooting at the dog "bang bang bang".

Although no bullets were fired, the sound of the gunshots still scared the dogs so much that they ran away. One puppy saw Tutu rushing towards it and shot at it, even being frightened and falling down.

This made little Tutu laugh out loud.

Li Duoyu held his forehead, speechless. It was almost impossible to see cats and dogs in areas where this guy appeared.

The dogs on the island are very human-like. They are not afraid of him, but of him as the village director. The happiness of children is so simple. After getting a new toy, they play in the yard for a whole day.

It even attracted quite a few children, who all surrounded little Tutu and kept saying, "Tutu, can you lend it to me to play with for a few seconds?"

But I didn't expect that this kid was very stingy and didn't want to let others play with his toys at all: "No, bullets cost money."

"Just lend it to me to play with for a while."

"No."

Li Duoyu lay in a rocking chair and watched the replay of the Spring Festival Gala. The lineup of this year's Spring Festival Gala was still very luxurious.

Among them are You Benchang who plays Jigong, Teacher Li who spoils the children, and Fei Xiang who never ages.

Looking at Fei Xiang on TV, Li Duoyu found it hard to imagine that this guy was not much different from what he was forty years ago.

Just at this moment, someone knocked on the iron gate of his house again. Li Duoyu sighed. Someone came to wish him a happy new year again.

I didn't want to stand up and take a look, it turned out to be this kid Li Yujun. When he came, he was holding a few bottles of Fenjiu with exquisite packaging in his hands.

"Brother, my father asked me to bring a few bottles of wine for you to drink."

Li Duoyu smiled and said:

"Don't stand at the door, come in and sit down."

This kid has been very reserved since he went in. Even when he sat down at his house, he only dared to sit halfway, and even looked a little solemn.

As soon as he saw the sitting posture, Li Duoyu knew that this kid must have received a lot of education lessons in there.

Li Duoyu, who had been in there before, knew very well what it was like there. Smugglers and economic criminals like them were only slightly better off than rapists. After they were in there, they would usually be taught a lesson badly.

Although Yujun's hair has grown, that patch still looks a little sparse.

It has been a while since the kid was released from prison. He would occasionally go out to work on the boat, but Yujun was an only child, and Aunt San felt that father and son could not be on the same boat, so she called him back.

After returning home, Li Yujun, who had nothing to do, stayed at home all day and rarely went out for a walk on the street.

When walking on the street, people would still greet him, but Li Yujun could still notice that there was something wrong with everyone's eyes. Sometimes, he could even hear people gossiping about him behind his back.

Li Yujun is already at the age to get married. Even though his family is wealthy, there are very few matchmakers who come to his house to introduce him to a partner.

Mainly some families with better conditions still have concerns, and now the "formal review" is very strict.

Once you have been in prison, the impact on your descendants is very great. It is almost impossible for you to join the army, and many units will also conduct strict inspections, making it almost impossible to have a stable job.

In his previous life, Li Duoyu’s son almost failed to pass the “first trial”, but fortunately, his leader appreciated him very much.

In addition, Li Duoyu had not been with him since childhood, so he provided a certificate that he had never lived with his father since childhood, and only then did he pass the review.

It was only after his experience that Li Duoyu realized that the price of committing crimes in the country is very high.

This cost often accompanies one's entire life, and the harm to future generations continues.

After Li Yujun arrived at the hall, he also watched the Spring Festival Gala, and he couldn't utter a word for a long time.

Li Duoyu also roughly guessed the purpose of his visit. If his uncle really wanted to give him some wine, he could just come himself.

There is no need to call Yujun.

Guessing that he had something to ask him, seeing that he couldn't say it, Li Duoyu said, "By the way, Yujun, the New Year has passed, have you found a job now?"

Li Yujun scratched his head: "My mother won't let me go fishing, so I don't know what to do for now."

"That's it."

Li Duoyu pondered for a while and said, "It just so happens that my factory is going to recruit more people next year. Do you want to come?"

After hearing this, Li Yujun instantly became excited and blurted out, "Give me a job as a toilet sweeper, I can do it."

Li Duoyu frowned and said:

"Do you often clean the toilet when you are in there?"

Li Yujun nodded.

"I cleaned the toilets inside by myself."

Li Duoyu sighed. This child must have suffered a lot in there, otherwise his personality wouldn't have changed so much.

"But I've made it clear in advance that no matter if you're a relative or not, when you come to my factory, you all have to start from the bottom. Whether you can climb up depends on your ability."

"I see, brother. It's good that I have somewhere to go. It's better than staying at home."

At this moment, Li Duoyu suddenly asked: "I want to ask you a question. Has anyone in the village come to persuade you to sneak out of the country?"

Li Yujun nodded.

"Yes, two more came and said that it would be difficult for someone like me with a criminal record to survive in China, so it would be better for me to go abroad to make money."

Li Duoyu couldn't help but ask:
"Are you going to go out?"

Li Yujun said truthfully: "To be honest, I really want to live in a completely new environment, but my father absolutely refuses to let me sneak across the border."

After hearing this, Li Duoyu was silent for a long time. If someone had guided him back then, perhaps the tragedies that followed would not have happened.

Li Duoyu patted his shoulder and said, "Prepare for the next two days. We will officially start work on the sixth day of the New Year. Go find Xiao Chao first and ask him to take care of you for a while."

"Got it, bro."

The third day of junior high school.

Li Duoyu came to the broadcasting room of the village committee, turned on the power switch of the broadcasting equipment, and then tapped the microphone.

"Hey Hey hey."

"Hello, fellow villagers, I am Li Duoyu. I have heard some voices recently.
Smuggling is not a good thing. Although it is easy to make money outside, you need to have a life to earn it.

I have heard that a whole shipload of illegal immigrants were suffocated to death in the cabin and then thrown into the sea to feed the sharks.

There were also ships that had not yet docked, and when they encountered the coast guard coming for inspection, they were all told to jump into the sea and swim.

Some of them say nice things, saying they will arrive in a month or two, but in fact, they take people to Africa and then send them to South America. By then, you don’t even know where they are.

This year, our village has tentatively decided to hold a lecture on the ninth day of the first lunar month. Secretary Chen will give everyone a lecture on the dangers of illegal immigration. I hope everyone can attend. "

"I will only explain it once this time. If you want to know more details, please come to the village committee on the ninth night to listen to the lecture."

When Li Duoyu was broadcasting, almost half of the villagers were listening attentively, but after everyone finished listening.

Everyone was stunned.

Because they discovered how familiar Director Li was with smuggling and even knew the disasters that could occur during it.

In fact, everyone has always been worried about these things. After all, once on the ship, you can't make your own decisions.

"There are so many fish, they won't sneak across the river, right?"

"Maybe, it's really possible. He was the person in our village who wanted to work abroad the most. He even learned Japanese secretly. Maybe he has already boarded a ship."

"Then why is he back?"

"But I think what Director Li said makes sense. Smuggling is too dangerous. And I heard that if one person smuggles, the whole family will be blacklisted. What if the child wants to join the army in the future?"

Someone snorted: "As long as we don't get caught, no one will know we are sneaking across the sea. We can just tell others that we fell into the sea and disappeared."

At this moment, Chen Jianghe, who was far away in the next county, suddenly felt an itchy nose and sneezed. He always felt that someone was saying bad things about him behind his back.

He was under a lot of pressure during this year's Spring Festival. He is not young anymore, and his family is urging him to get married.

This year he also brought his girlfriend home, but his family conditions are really not very good and the girl happens to be from the city.

As far as both families were concerned, he was marrying above his station. He had originally gone home to ask his parents about marriage.

But since he returned to the village, he found that no one cared much about his lifelong affairs. Instead, they were more concerned about his relationship with Li Duoyu.

Could he help introduce them to each other? I also asked him how I could get a job at Li Duoyu's breeding farm. (End of this chapter)