1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

 Chapter 131 Factory building beams

Most villagers on Dandan Island believe that after Li Duoyu makes a lot of money, he will definitely want to build a new house, buy a color TV, and buy a refrigerator.

  What they didn’t expect was.

Not only did he give the money to the credit union to earn interest, he also built a simple bamboo factory on the peanut land that originally belonged to their family by the tidal flat.

I don’t know whether I should say that this family is powerful or stingy. They are not willing to hire a master to build such a large factory. They are all built by their own relatives.

 But the people in the village don't envy the prosperous and united Li family.

 Speaking of which, six months ago, the family seemed not so united. There were great conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and the relationship between the sisters-in-law was very poor.

Li Duoyu plays outside all day long and his wife is pregnant and he is not at home. His eldest brother is still unwilling to go home to celebrate the New Year because of the family separation.

The old lady with bound feet was too cruel and gave all the family property to the eldest and third son, which caused a gap between the three brothers of the Li family.

It was also trivial and there were a lot of nonsense, but since Li Duoyu stopped cheating and behaved well, the family suddenly became harmonious.

Even their luck has improved. During the time when the goods were taken away, the villagers felt that the third youngest of the Li family, Li Zhengfa and Li Duoyu, would definitely not be able to escape.

  I don’t want to lose money to eliminate disaster.

On the other hand, someone reported him with his real name. Not only did nothing happen, but he was praised by name for taking the initiative to turn himself in.

Li Duoyu seems to be connected to the Li family's luck. When he is not good, the whole Li family is in chaos. When he is good, the whole family's luck improves.

Even the fortune teller Chen Xiazi said that Li Duoyu has changed his life, and his future blessings will be very great. Anyone who is willing to follow him will get some blessings.

 At first, everyone didn’t believe it.

 But since Chen Wenchao followed him, he not only built a new house, but even got close to Liu Xiaolan.

 Also during this period, Li Shuguang and Lao Zhuang, who were relatively close to Li Duoyu, seemed to have also made a lot of money.

 It was only then that everyone realized that what Blind Chen said might be true.

 It was cold early last year.

 This year’s scorching heat came very early.

It’s only mid-June, and Dandan Island is already as hot as a stove. Stepping barefoot on the beach will burn you to the point of dancing.

 In such hot weather, fishermen dare not go out to sea to fish during the day, and most of them stay at home.

 Because even if a fight breaks out, the seafood will probably be damaged by the heat before it reaches the dock, and it is particularly prone to heatstroke.

 A few days ago, a fisherman refused to listen and insisted on fishing in the bright sun. As a result, he suffered from heatstroke because of the heat at sea.

 Fortunately, he was discovered by other fishermen and pulled him back, otherwise he would have been sunk to death at sea.

At this time, Li Duoyu was so hot that he was about to suffer from heatstroke. He was tearing bamboo. He first hit the bamboo mouth twice with a hatchet, and then split the bamboo into two halves.

Bamboo is very magical. It is very hard but also very brittle. As long as there is a crack, the bamboo can be torn apart by hand.

These torn bamboo strips are mainly used as rafters on the **** of the roof. They can also be braided and turned into bamboo fences.

 After tearing a piece of moso bamboo.

Li Duoyu drank two mouthfuls of cold water. He had been working in the factory for seven consecutive days.

Originally, Li Duoyu planned to hire more people to build the factory, but for some reason, Lao Li was surprisingly stubborn about building the factory.

 I feel that there is no need to hire outsiders to do this, as we can do it ourselves.

So the man No. 78 of the Li family, plus Chen Wenchao, and his uncle Chen Dongqing, who saw moso bamboo and was now "work-injured", ate stolen watermelons and worked as a supervisor all day long.

This guy has been eating and drinking at Li Duoyu's house recently since he turned over all the small treasury. In addition, Section Chief Zhang also handed over the oyster project to him.

So during this period, he had every reason to "work" on Dandan Island, but at night, he would still go back to the county town.

 Because he has heard a lot of fish recently.

 I pay the public food on time, so the family becomes more harmonious. In the past, my wife always quarreled over trivial matters.

 There’s no more noise now.

After the overall structure of the factory was built, Li Duoyu wanted to finish it as soon as possible so that he could start planting oyster sprouts.

 But he was stopped by Lao Li.

 It is necessary to hold a beam-laying ceremony.

Li Duoyu thinks that it is not necessary to be so formal in an ordinary factory, but when old Li gets up, he is the kind of person who makes no sense at all and will not listen to your opinions at all.

 He had already found Blind Chen to figure out a suitable day for Liang Liang.

　　Then I spent more money to buy a very long and straight fir tree in the town, peeled it and oiled it, and then hung it with red silk cloth on the day when the beam was installed.

The four characters "Shang Liang Daji" are written in calligraphy on it. On Dandan Island, Shang Liang is very particular.

There is an eighty-year-old "mage" in the village who specializes in this job. During the "Posi" and that "special period", these superstitions were not allowed to be practiced.

The old Taoist priest had neither children nor daughters, and the production brigade did not want him. He had no work points and almost starved to death. Until now, people in the village think it is a miracle that he could survive that period of time.

 Fortunately, after the opening up, more and more villagers have built houses in recent years, and the life and food of the old Taoist priests have also improved.

It's a pity that I have lost all my teeth. Even if I make money, I can only drink porridge and eat a little broth.

The ceremony of raising the beam is very complicated, including raising the beam, sacrificing the beam, throwing the beam, and installing the beam. It also requires the preparation of many sacrificial items and a big rooster for sacrifice.

 When they go up to the beam here, they mostly choose it at night or at dawn when the tide is high. One is that the rising tide means money is rolling in.

 Choose night time because you are worried that people will talk too much during the day, and you are afraid that some red-eyed people will say some unlucky words.

The people who came to participate in the ceremony had to be male, and they had to "hang red", which was wearing red silk cloth.

Lao Li, who is usually reluctant to spend a penny, also invited a suona team to play the suona and beat gongs and drums this time.

 With the tide rising at night.

 Chen Wenchao, who had been watching the tide, ran over and shouted: "The water is rising."

So Li Duoyu and the others lit the incense in their hands and first wanted to worship "Master Lu Ban".

 After praying.

The old Taoist priest held a Luban ruler in his hand and sang a Liang song:

 A piece of red silk is wrapped around the beam,

 Auspicious clouds and joy are in the factory.

 The business of tying the faucet is booming,

 The tail is tied to the dragon's tail for thousands of years.

Each time I read it, everyone present must agree: "Okay."

 After reciting, the Taoist priest killed the rooster with an axe, and then smeared the rooster's blood on the beams and pillars to offer sacrifices to the gods of heaven and earth.

 Then, sing a song to sacrifice Liang.

The entire ceremony of raising the beam was solemn and solemn. No one dared to mess around and had to follow the procedures. Finally, under the instructions of the old Taoist priest, Li Duoyu lit the firecrackers.

 Amidst the continuous sound of firecrackers, the beam-raising ceremony was completed.

Of course there is the last step. Li Duoyu has to pay dividends to the relatives who participated in the construction of the factory, that is, give out red envelopes.

 After the beam loading is completed.

Li Duoyu treated these relatives who helped build the factory to a meal of wine.

 Then all that was left was to lay the roof.

 Li Duoyu used simple linoleum cloth, which was laid out in one day.

They finally completed a simple moso bamboo factory building of more than 200 square meters. Although it is a bit crude and is surrounded by hollows for ventilation, it is enough.

 The day the factory was completed.

Many villagers came over to watch. Most of them said congratulations, while some asked how much it cost to build such a moso bamboo factory.

After Section Chief Zhang Qingyun learned the news, he immediately sent Li Duoyu a plaque of "Dandan Island Oyster Breeding Base" wrapped in red silk cloth.

 Li Duoyu set off a bunch of firecrackers again.

Looking at the factory building built in front of him, Li Duoyu couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. He made the right decision to build this bamboo factory.

 Because this summer is very likely to usher in a scorching summer with little rain and high temperatures. It is almost impossible to wait for a rainy day that lasts for several days.

Zhang Qingyun was also very satisfied with Li Duoyu's speed. Looking at the factory building in front of him, he said with a smile: "We just finished building the factory building, do you want to rest for two days?"

Li Duoyu smiled and said: "No, you have to strike while the iron is hot."

Section Chief Zhang sighed with emotion: "To be honest, after thinking about it these past two days, I really can't bear to give you these oyster sprouts."

“Chief Zhang, your mentality is unacceptable. As a researcher, if you don’t like the new and hate the old, how can you develop good products?”

Zhang Qingyun trembled with his fingers: "What a mouth."

“Okay, I’m kidding you, get ready. At four o’clock tomorrow morning, the institute’s ship will transport the first batch of oyster seedlings to the island.”

“Chief Zhang, what kind of cigarettes do you like to smoke? I’ll send you one another day.”

 Zhang Qingyun said casually: "Three-nine."

 “This is too expensive, I can’t buy it.”

 “The kind that shows you are insincere at first glance.”

 (End of this chapter)