In 1983, a small island started from a large farmer

The old man was carrying a black leather suitcase and wearing black big-toed shoes. He looked like an overseas Chinese, but his face was full of the vicissitudes of life and he didn't look that rich.

If you observe carefully, you will find that he does not walk very smoothly, and there is an indescribable awkwardness, as if he is injured.

When the old man asked how to get to Dandan Island, a fishmonger at the dock replied enthusiastically: "Old man, please wait another half an hour, there will be a passenger ship to Dandan Island."

"Thank you, fellow."

As the old man spoke, he reached into his pocket, took out a pack of cigarettes and handed it to the man.

Seeing the cigarette in the old man's hand, the eyes of the people around him lit up. This man is very generous. He gave a pack of Marlboro at once.

They all felt a little regretful, wondering why they didn't take the initiative to respond to the old man's words.

"You're so polite, so polite." Although the fishmonger said this, he still accepted the pack of cigarettes. Smuggling is getting more and more serious now, and imported cigarettes are getting more and more expensive.

The old man looked around the dock and couldn't help but sigh: "The dock has become really big now."

The fishmonger replied, "In recent years, a processing plant and a deep-water dock have been built, so the area has expanded several times."

The old man was silent for a while, then said calmly, "When I first left, there were only a few wooden stakes and a few planks."

The fishmonger laughed and said, "That was many years ago. Not long after the founding of the country, they switched to using stones."

The fishmonger suddenly glared and said, "Uncle, you can't be that you haven't come back since Jianguo."

The old man smiled, revealing his relatively intact teeth: "It's true that I've been away for a long time. This time I'm going back to visit my hometown."

The fishmonger laughed and said, "Well, uncle, you have to be prepared. Dandan Island has changed a lot. You may not recognize it after not being back for so long."

"Is it that big?"

“Now he is the richest man in the whole town and the richest man in our county.”

"It's so profitable."

"We can't help it. A talented person appeared on the island, and everyone got rich together." The fishmonger pointed to a processing factory not far away and said, "Do you see that processing factory? It belongs to your Dandan Island now."

The old man smoked and chatted with the fishmonger for a while, and then got on board when the passenger ship with Dandan Island written on it arrived.

There were many students who had returned from studying on the passenger ship, jumping around on the ship, but the old man was not annoyed at all and always kept smiling.

The islanders on the boat were no longer surprised to see men in suits, and they all thought that he was also going to Dandan Island to look for Li Duoyu.

Ever since Li Duoyu's business grew, many businessmen have come uninvited. In the past, they were very enthusiastic and always liked to bring guests to Li Duoyu's house.

But after doing it a few times, it caused quite a bit of trouble to Director Li's family, and Director Li got very angry afterwards.

From then on, everyone had a consensus that anyone who was dressed better would look for Li Duoyu.

We absolutely cannot take them directly to Director Li’s home, we can only take them to the village committee.

The old man was a little depressed because the people on the boat seemed to keep a small distance from him intentionally or unintentionally.

Only a chubby middle school student looked at him curiously. He felt that this man looked very familiar and seemed to look a bit like someone, but he couldn't remember who it was for a moment.

About half an hour later, the passenger ship docked at the pier of Dandan Island. The group of children who were going home from school jumped directly from the boat to the pier with their schoolbags on their backs.

A girl worriedly said: "Li Haoran, you are so fat, if you jump with them, what if you fall into the water?"

Li Haoran turned around and said, "Ugly freak, what do you want to do with me?"

"Humph, who wants to control you?" The girl stamped her feet in anger, and the captain followed suit and cursed: "From now on, if anyone dares to jump off the boat again, I won't let him on board next time."

After cursing, the captain reminded us: "We have arrived at Xiasha Village. The next stop is Xin Wharf and Chenjia Village. Hurry up if you want to get off the boat."

When the old man heard the long-lost name of Xiasha Village, he finally reacted and hurriedly got off the passenger ship with his suitcase.

Just as the fishmonger said, when he got off the passenger ship, the scene before him was completely different from what he remembered.

In the past, there was only a simple dock built of wood. Even sampans were very rare at that time. If there were any, they had to be hidden for fear that they would be robbed by soldiers and bandits.

What catches the eye now is a pier built with stones, and the houses are also built very well.

When he got off the boat, many villagers were crowding into the boat carrying all kinds of seafood, including dried oysters, dried clams, dried small fish, and dried conger eels.
The old man couldn't help asking, "Are you going to the market?"

"Yes."

The old man replied, “There are so many things.”

"Today is a small market, so this trip is considered a short one."

After the old man took two steps, he looked up and saw the big words "Minlong Breeding Base" not far away.

I remember that the processing plant at Qingkou Wharf seemed to be owned by Minlong. It seems to be a really big enterprise.

The public toilet that looked very clean and tidy gave the old man an illusion that the island seemed a little different from the outside world. If one only looked at the environment, it felt no less than those villages in the overseas provinces.

The memories of the past have changed a lot. Looking at the scattered houses in front of him, the old man was stunned for a long time and for a moment he didn’t even know where to go.

Seeing a fishmonger by the dock, he took out a pack of imported cigarettes and said, "Fellow villager, may I ask where Li Hanwen lives?"

But when Lao Mi heard this name, his brows couldn't help but frown slightly. He had been on Dandan Island for so many years, but he really didn't know who Li Hanwen was.

For a moment, the cigarette was really hot in his hand, so Lao Mi quickly pushed the cigarette back and said, "Brother, I'm sorry, I don't know the person you are talking about."

"What about Li Hanlin?"

Lao Mi shook his head. In their village, there are names like Black Dog, Huotan, Duoyu, Jianguo, and even Great... But such an elegant name doesn't sound like something that people from Dandan Island can come up with.

Seeing the fishmonger shaking his head, the old man had a bad feeling in his heart and quickly asked, "Have you heard of Li Cuiyu?"

Lao Mi still shook his head, put the cigarette back, and said to him: "If you really want to find someone, I suggest you go to the village committee. There is a list there, and you may be able to find it there."

Lao Mi spoke very tactfully. He had never heard of these names. In this village, the names he had never heard of were most likely already known.

Considering the old man’s age, perhaps all the people he knew are no longer around.

Lao Mi said, "If you don't know where the village committee is, I can take you there, but at this time, there should be no one in the village committee, so you may have to wait a while."

The old man put his hands together and said, "Thank you. Can you point me in a general direction? I can go there by myself. If I can't find it, I will trouble you again." Lao Mi said, "It's easy to get there. Just walk two or three hundred meters along this road and you will reach the village committee. There is a red star on the building, so it is easy to recognize. You can look for Secretary Chen first, but he is from another place and may not understand. If you really want to find someone, it's best to find Director Li Duoyu."

At first, when the old man said he was looking for someone with the surname Li, Lao Mi almost thought he was a relative of Li Duoyu.

But think about it, it's not very likely. Their family has just returned to their ancestral home. If a famous person like Li Duoyu is really their relative, he would probably go straight to Li Duoyu when he goes to the island.

Watching the old man leave, Lao Mi sighed and said, "Forget it. I have done my best by telling him to go to the village committee."

Lao Mi turned around and continued to shout to the fishermen: "Lao Chen, today's price is good. If you have fish, you must sell it to me."

But then he thought about that pack of imported Sanwu cigarettes and regretted it so much that he wanted to slap himself twice. He should have taken it just now. He has also developed a lot of kelp fields recently and invested all his money.

I also borrowed some money from a credit union, but now my life is so tight that I can't even afford cigarettes.

The old man walked along, looking at the fishing village in front of him, and found that it was really difficult to find the shadow of the past when he left the village.

The stone houses on the island are where the rich live, and most people live in thatched houses.

But now it seems that new houses have been built, and several households have televisions. The most exaggerated thing is that in such a remote island there are even telephones.

The old man was sincerely happy to see his hometown developing so well, but after he took a few steps, he was frightened by a black dog.

The black dog barked at him with its teeth bared, and he was so scared that he could not move forward or backward. If his old bones were knocked down by the black dog, he would probably never be able to stand up again for the rest of his life.

He tried to put the suitcase in front of him, so that if it really rushed over, he could use the suitcase to stop it.

But what he didn't expect was that a child of five or six years old, after hearing the dog barking, rushed over quickly with a big yellow dog in his hand.

Holding a stick in one hand and a stone in the other, he pointed at the big black dog and said, "Hey, you dead dog, if you dare to bark again, I'll stew you."

At the same time, the big yellow dog next to the child also bared its teeth, and it seemed like it was going to pounce on and bite the big black dog in the next second.

When the child shouted at it, the black dog immediately ran back with its tail between its legs, as if it was very afraid of him.

After the child had taught the black dog a lesson, he said proudly, "Grandpa, I've helped you deal with it. If it dares to bark again, you can just call me."

The old man gave the child a thumbs up and said, "Very good, little hero!"

After hearing the word "hero", little Tutu couldn't help but raise his head with a proud look on his face: "I'm not lying, all the dogs in this village have to listen to me."

"awesome."

The old man found that the village in his memory had completely changed. The only thing that remained unchanged was the stone road leading to the Tianhou Temple.

The old man carried his suitcase and slowly came to the Tianhou Temple, and found that the Tianhou Temple was much larger than when he left.

It has been renovated and looks very new. Most importantly, it is very popular. When he arrived, there were still many people worshipping there.

The old man put down his suitcase at the door, then went in and prayed devoutly. After a while, he heard someone shouting.

"Do you want to ask for a signature?"

The old man looked in the direction of the voice and found an old man with poor eyesight. Although he was very old, his face looked familiar. The old man tried to ask, "Are you Xu Dashan?"

Upon hearing this long-lost name, the temple keeper was stunned. Ever since he became a temple keeper and had no children, everyone in the village had forgotten his name, and he himself was very unfamiliar with this name.

But after looking at the other person for a long time, the temple keeper just couldn't remember who the person in front of him was: "You are..."

The old man hurriedly said, "I am Li Hanmin, Xiaomin."

"Xiaomin?"

The old man quickly said, "When we were kids, we played together. At that time, I called you Shan Ge, and we herded cattle together."

The temple keeper, whose memory was already very confused, seemed to be frozen in time. He then said with trembling teeth, "You are the fourth son of the Li family, the one who followed the large army to fight?"

The temple keeper was also quite surprised that a person who had been missing for more than forty years appeared in front of him.

"Brother Shan, I am Li Hanmin." Seeing that the temple keeper finally remembered him, the old man instantly became very happy, but looking at Brother Shan in front of him, he couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong with your eyes?"

The temple keeper sighed and said, "Back then, the pirates were making a lot of trouble. During the conflict, a stray bullet grazed his left eyeball and it was destroyed."

The two grew up together, and Li Hanmin even invited him when he went to join the army.

But at that time, Shan Ge had someone he liked, so he stayed on the island and didn't go with them.

Li Hanmin then asked: "By the way, when I asked at the dock just now, it seemed that they didn't recognize my brother. Are they okay now?"

After hearing this, the temple keeper sighed and said, "Your eldest brother has been gone for a long time, but your second brother is still here."

Although the old man was mentally prepared, he still felt a little disappointed, but he could accept it. After all, his eldest brother had always been in poor health and had tuberculosis.

"Is my sister-in-law still here?"

The temple keeper shook his head: "He passed away a few years ago."

"Oh, I see." The old man was silent for a while, but he was very satisfied with this answer. At least his second brother was still there.

"Now, where does my second brother live? Can you take me to see him?"

The temple keeper thought for a moment, then said, "Your second brother may have gone out to sea recently. If you want to find a relative, it's best to go directly to the village director. He is the grandson of your eldest brother, and he is in charge of all the big and small things in the village now."

Li Hanmin thought for a while and said, "I'm not familiar with them. It would be rude to go there suddenly. Brother Shan, can you take me there?"

"Of course you can, but I don't know if Duoyu is home. I have to tell you in advance that your eldest brother's descendants are very promising."

After the temple keeper finished speaking, he picked up the crutch leaning against the wall. When Li Hanmin saw this, he couldn't help but ask, "Brother Shan, what about your health?"

The temple keeper sighed: "How many of those who can come to guard the temple are complete?"

Li Hanmin stopped talking... He had heard this before: people with three disadvantages and five shortcomings are most suitable for guarding the village and the temple.

Not long after.

Two old men came to a new house. A child with a big yellow dog said in surprise: "Grandpa, have you been bullied by dogs again? Tell me whose dog it is and I will fix it for you." (End of this chapter)