In 1983, a small island started from a large farmer

The kelp harvesting is finally over. Dandan Island has made money, but everyone is exhausted. They have been lying around at home recently and even don’t like to play mahjong.

After those outsiders who came to Dandan Island to work and collect kelp left, a saying spread among the people: If you want to die quickly, go to Dandan Island to collect kelp.

It is true that they can make money, but it is also true that they can lose their lives. But if you ask them whether they will come next year, most of them will say they will.

This time, the Xiasha Village Committee also made a special statistics. The family that earned the most working in the village in the past two months was the Lao Lin family at the end of the village.

Because the Lin family was relatively poor before and had nothing, they were not even qualified to split up the family business.

The family has a total of eight laborers, five men and three women. The men are mainly responsible for pulling kelp, while the women help to dry the kelp.

Because they worked hard, each person earned at least ten yuan a day, and the most they earned in one day was twenty yuan.

Since the employer took care of all the three meals a day, the Lin family did not spend a penny in the past two months, and they have a thick account book.

I remember that all the money my family earned in the past two months, added up, was almost seven thousand.

This incident caused a sensation in the whole village, and even reporters from Rongcheng Daily came over after smelling the scent.

A report titled "Villagers of Dandan Island became rich through hard work and earned nearly 10,000 yuan in two months" was published on the front page of Rongcheng Daily.

Seeing that the Lin family earns so much money, the person who feels the most uncomfortable in the whole village is the second sister-in-law Zhu Xiuhua. Ever since she became pregnant, she has been locked up at home and can't do anything.

When she heard that some people were earning 20 yuan a day, her teeth were almost broken. During the months of pregnancy, she lost a lot of money.

Now, her belly is very big and the baby will be born in about a month.

In his spare time, Li Duoyu would sometimes take little Tutu to fish at the pier, and then he would often run into Zhang Yuansheng, the son-in-law of Nai Wa.

Men are sometimes really amazing. I used to hear him nagging that if he really gave birth to a daughter, he would run away.

But after his own child was born, although he cursed, he was like a daughter slave and even changed the diaper.

The same goes for Li Duoyu. Ever since he had the little bastard Xiao Tutu, he inexplicably had the urge to go home.

This little brat often pees on him. Sometimes, he wets half of your bed in the middle of the night. He can make you mad when he doesn't eat.

But it seems impossible to hate one's own child, no matter how naughty he is, and this companionship is what Li Duoyu owed in his previous life.

In this life, even though I cursed a lot, I was always happy in my heart.

At this moment, little Tutu, who was holding a small fishing rod, shouted, "Dad, I caught a snake."

She started crying on the spot, but didn't know how to put down the fishing rod in her hand. She ran towards Li Duoyu crying all the way.

"It tried to bite me."

Li Duoyu took a look and found that what the boy caught was not a snake, but an eel that looked very similar to a snake and had patterns on its body.

Locals generally call it earth dragon, and some people call it flower eel. Because its head looks a bit like something and it is very long, it has become a tonic for fishermen.

Li Duoyu was a little speechless. Xiao Tutu ran with the fishing rod, and the earth dragon that was caught was naturally dragged away by him.

Li Duoyu was quick with his hands and eyes, and he grabbed the earth dragon in one hand. It wasn't that big, only about one pound.

After catching it, he unhooked it and slammed it hard onto the stones of the dock, knocking it stiff right away.

Just make some soup in the evening.

Little Tutu was so scared that his eyes turned red. It was estimated that from today on, this little bastard would have a certain psychological trauma about fishing.

Li Duoyu picked him up and let him sit on his shoulders, and warned him: "No sleeping, no peeing, understand."

The sunset in early July is quite gorgeous.

The fiery red sunset shines on the sea, drawing a very long "sea passage", and one or two fishing boats are collecting their nets.

Near the pier, groups of children were playing shirtless.

A woman stood in her yard and shouted towards the dock: "Black pig, come back for dinner."

Apparently Black Pig is the nickname of one of the children. It may be that the economy on the island has improved in recent years.

There are more nicknames for "pig" in the village, and the number of people calling the pig black pig, white pig, and dog pig has increased significantly.

About half past six.

The sky was still bright, and light blue smoke was emitting from the chimneys of many households. Business at Lao Yang's Restaurant at the pier had been good recently.

Unknowingly, this restaurant has become an economic indicator in the village. If the restaurant business is good, it proves that the villagers are making money.

During this period, Lao Yang converted the second floor of his house into a dance hall, providing a one-stop service for eating, drinking and singing.

Every evening at this time, when Li Duoyu passed by, he could always hear someone howling on the second floor of the restaurant.

"Ask the holy monk quietly,

Is my daughter beautiful?
Is my daughter beautiful?"

The popularity of Journey to the West also boosted these songs. Li Duoyu found that men all liked to sing "Where is the Way?"

Girls like the song "Daughter's Love". Some time ago, he heard Zhou Xiaoying secretly practicing this song.

But in this era, apart from Teresa Teng's songs, Li Duoyu's favorite is "Every Step" by Xu Xiaofeng.

In a few years or so, family karaoke will start to become popular, and by then, the Twelve Fairies of the Overseas Province will most likely dominate.

After Lao Yang opened his dance hall, the relationship between his family and almost all the neighbors reached freezing point.

These one or two weeks can be said to be the most leisurely time on Dandan Island, but the leisurely days were soon broken by a broadcast.

[Dear fellow villagers, today we are broadcasting a purchase notice. Our village director will start purchasing anchovies from today. Fresh anchovies are 60 cents per pound, and dried anchovies are 3 yuan per pound. If you are planning to catch anchovies recently, please go out to sea and catch them.]

Zhao Dahai, who was cleaning the kelp rope, heard the news and said to the plump woman behind him:
"Director Li is going to collect anchovies. This month, I will go fishing for anchovies with Erniu. I'll leave this house to you. Please clean up the kelp rope when you have time."

The woman nodded.

"When you go out to sea, you must pay attention to safety." Widow Chen wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Don't be too tired, understand?"

Zhao Dahai grinned. He could clearly feel that this woman was different from before and began to care about him.

The two of them stumbled a lot, but eventually they got together. Although Zhao Dahai was plain-looking and always had a sour smell about him, he was very reliable and an honest man.

The house that Chen Xiuniang lived in in Chenjia Village was bare and had nothing in it. But here, there was not only a TV, but also a washing machine and a refrigerator.

And if she wants to eat pork, she can buy it in just a few steps. With her family's current financial situation, she doesn't have to worry about whether pork is expensive or not.

It was her child, who could pass the exams, but after following her to Xiasha Village, he just stared at the TV all day and didn't do his homework properly. He even ranked third from the bottom in the class in the final exam. He also said that he wanted to go fishing with Uncle Dahai to make money in the future, which gave her a headache.

Although Li Duoyu is a big boss now, he doesn't spend all his time doing high-ranking things.

Instead, he and Chen Wenchao cleaned up an iron-hulled boat, and they also planned to go out to sea with the fleet to catch anchovies.

Over at the pier.

An old fisherman looked out at the sea for a long time early in the morning, and finally said to everyone: "The weather is good today, but be careful, there may be heavy rain in the afternoon."

After hearing this, the fishermen started their diesel engines, and with a rumbling sound, fishing boats left the dock one after another.

For fishermen, the weather forecasts on the radio and television are not particularly accurate and can only be approximate. Most of the time, they are not as good as the experience and intuition of veteran fishermen.

After Li Duoyu and Chen Wenchao were ready, they also sailed out to sea. This time, their Li family's big ship also went out with them.

Even without him leading the way, everyone knows that the place with the most anchovies is Dinghai Bay near Xigong Town and Niushan Fishery in the neighboring Haidao County.

The cloves in both places are good, as Li Duoyu has also posted purchasing information in Xigong Town.

Xiaolin was in charge of the purchase, so there were also many fishing boats in Xigong Town catching anchovies in Dinghai Bay.

In order to avoid conflict between the two sides, under the organization of Li Duoyu, the fishing boats of Dandan Island all went to Niushan Fishery.

This fishing ground is not close to any village, so everyone can come here to fish. It has many advantages, but only one disadvantage.

There are really a lot of fishing boats coming here to fish. With the addition of the fishing boats from Dandan Island, this small fishing ground instantly became lively.

Li Duoyu and Chen Wenchao were driving an iron-hulled boat, pulling a small trawl, and they had been pulling for about half an hour.

They caught a trawl of small fish, including not only anchovies but also various other fish.

After dragging up the net, Li Duoyu was too lazy to sort the fish, so he directly pulled the caught fish to the big boat and let the crew on the boat sort them.

On this voyage, Li Sande, who failed to smuggle himself across the sea, was dragged over by his second great uncle and is now working on the ship.

But before he had worked for a while, he started pounding his back and complaining about being hot and tired, which made my second uncle so angry that he kicked him on the spot.

"Look at how many fish they have. They are so rich, but they still go out fishing like everyone else. And you still owe a lot of debt, and you complain about being tired after doing so little work."

"With someone like you who can't endure hardship, even if you were smuggled out, which store would be willing to hire you to wash dishes?"

After hearing this, Li Duoyu couldn't help laughing, as if it was true that not all those who smuggled out could endure hardship.

There were also some people who were unwilling to endure hardships and ended up taking the wrong path. Li Duoyu remembered this very clearly.

The people who bully them the most abroad are not foreigners, but the Chinese people who came with them.

A group of thugs who were unwilling to work formed a gang. They not only robbed them, but also demanded that they pay protection fees regularly.

Li Duoyu really hates people like this who only know how to bully others at home.

After Li Duoyu started buying up a large number of anchovies, the old employees of Shangfeng Aquatic Products Processing Factory could no longer sit still.

At this time last year, Li Duoyu was still working with them, and they made a lot of bonuses every other month just from the export of anchovies.

But now there is nothing. Seeing that they can't communicate with this new young leader, some old employees directly went to the gate of Rongcheng compound with banners to protest.

As a result, they were severely beaten by a mysterious force. Several people were lying in the hospital. Some old employees went to complain to the former factory director Liu Zhengyuan.

But I got this reply.

"In the future, if there is a chance, I will just work with Director Li. There is no need to stick to one factory."

Liu Zhengyuan had guessed the final fate of this processing plant not long after he was transferred.

He can be considered an old comrade in the processing plant. He was already here when the factory was built, so it is impossible for him not to have feelings for the factory.

When he learned that he was being transferred, he talked to his leader, but the leader felt that he needed a bigger stage and called him back.

When the old and new managers took over, he also handed over most of the channels under his control to the newly appointed young factory manager.

But many things don't develop in a good direction. At first, he thought the other party was young and energetic, but later he gradually felt something was wrong.

In the end, Liu Zhengyuan simply packed up all the channels he owned and gave them to Li Duoyu, which could be considered as a favor.

Among the channels, there are exports of anchovies and a lot of canned seafood, and even the export quotas have been taken care of for him.

After Li Duoyu accepted the channel from Director Liu, he did not take it for nothing. He was promised on the spot that two places would be reserved for him.

If he gets tired of staying in the system, the Minlong Cannery will at least give him a position as deputy director and a salary nearly ten times his current salary.

Li Duoyu was eager for him to come to work. After all, Director Liu had so many years of management experience. If he joined, Li Duoyu could save a lot of trouble.

According to the original plan, Li Duoyu was going to produce canned fish in fermented black beans with Director Liu this year.

But I didn't expect that plans couldn't keep up with the changes. Now I can only do it myself. Li Duoyu has been waiting and watching recently to see if that person has taken a fancy to her again.

And he has been waiting and watching recently to see whether that person is the one causing trouble, according to Zhao Jialu.

Zhang Dongxin is in the same group with them. Even if he is not in Fujian Province, he can still reach out to them.

If it was really him, Li Duoyu really planned to cooperate. After all, there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests.

It would of course be best if both parties could sit down and have a good talk. The other party's purpose is simple, which is to minimize the valuation of the processing plant.

From a certain perspective, this is also in line with Li Duoyu's interests. He would like to buy the entire processing plant.

But, the last time I met Chen Yuansu, she mentioned this processing plant at Qingkou Wharf. I guess she also knows about this situation.

At that time, I should discuss it with her first. Up to now, Li Duoyu is not sure what Chen Yuansu wants to do, but he feels that her industry is getting bigger and bigger.

It not only involves channel supply chain, hotel and catering, and agricultural trade sales, but also extends to breeding and state-owned canneries.

In just a few years, she went from being a girl who just wanted to open an authentic Japanese restaurant to a tycoon with assets worth tens of millions.

Li Duoyu shook his head and stopped thinking about so many troublesome things. At noon, Uncle Zhuang on the big ship cooked a big pot of fragrant white rice and shouted, "It's time to eat, it's time to eat."

Li Duoyu mixed the boiled anchovies directly into the white rice, and then added a small spoonful of aged soy sauce and mixed it together.

After swallowing a mouthful of anchovy rice, Li Duoyu's face was full of satisfaction, and the classic line from the movie A Bite of China popped into his mind.

The most high-end ingredients often only require the simplest cooking methods. (End of this chapter)