1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

Chapter 210 What the market needs to cultivate

 Lao Li also felt that Zhu Xiuhua's daughter-in-law was indeed a little different from other women. He was used to seeing her being strong, but suddenly he felt aggrieved. He really didn't know what to say to her.

 “For this matter, you should find more fish.”

Seeing his father kicking the ball to him, Li Duoyu naturally chose to let his second sister-in-law pry the oysters based on the principle that doing more is worse than doing less.

 At least the second sister-in-law is very efficient in her work. Although the eel factory is also very anxious, the fish supply of eel fry will last for about three months.

Even if it is postponed for a month, the impact will not be particularly big. After all, no one will compete with him for eel fry now.

No one wanted a lot of eel fry. As long as it was during the eel fry season, there would be plenty whenever he went to catch them.

 Even if one second sister-in-law is missing, it will not have any impact on the construction progress of the eel factory.

Li Duoyu’s large oysters can produce about 3,000 kilograms per mu. If the oyster fields are four acres, the yield is almost 12,000 kilograms.

Although this fishing boat is large, it can only pull about 6,000 kilograms at a time.

Li Duoyu plans to pull the remaining oysters tomorrow. Six thousand kilograms is enough for them to pry.

Li Duoyu paid them wages for oysters in the shell. In previous lives, oyster pryers were mostly paid based on the weight of the oyster meat they pried off.

Generally, one pound of oyster meat is given two to three pieces. A good oyster pryer can pry three hundred pounds of oyster meat in a day, and can earn 900 yuan a day.

 When oysters are at their fattest season, a pound of shelled oysters can only produce about two ounces of meat.

A skilled oyster pry can pry 1,500 kilograms of shelled oysters in one day.

 Since there are oysters to pry.

Then the oysters must be dried.

Li Duoyu originally planned to dry the oysters himself, but Lao Li, who had rich experience in drying oysters, directly took over the job and sent him back to sleep.

Li Duoyu really didn't sleep all night in order to catch the thief last night. In addition, he worked until noon, and even his iron body couldn't hold on.

People are iron rice is steel.

 You can't feel sleepy for a whole day without sleeping.

 To be honest, his parents have been helping him since he started the breeding industry.

Although the families are separated in name, the relationship this year has been better than before the family separation.

Li Duoyu would find ways to give money to his two elders every month, but no matter how many times he gave it, they would use various ways to get the money back into his pocket.

Li Duoyu was also helpless about this, but he could understand it. After all, he was also a father, so he could naturally understand their thoughts.

Rural parents generally don’t need much consumption, and most of the money they earn is given to their children working hard in the city.

 In his previous life, he worked illegally in the island country, including farming and fishing on the island. Almost all the money he earned was given to his son, just so that he could gain a foothold in the city and the next generation could receive a better education.

And when you get older, you will naturally see through some things. Wherever the person in power is, the welfare benefits will naturally be better.

Li Duoyu’s goal is also very simple. While his farming experience is still an advantage, he can quickly earn the first pot of gold in his life.

Let the family live a good life first. At least in this life, Li Duoyu hopes that everyone can be healthy and not have to worry about money every day.

 See Li Duoyu oyster harvest begins.

 Old man Mi and Uncle Zhuang have ordered three hundred kilograms of oysters for tomorrow. They also want to try whether such large oysters will sell well in the market.

What Li Duoyu didn’t expect was that Li Qingguang wanted a hundred pounds of oysters.

 “What to do with oysters?”

 Li Qingguang scratched his head: "I'm going to go to the fair tomorrow. Last time I saw the oysters baked by my brother were so delicious. I plan to set up a stall in the fair tomorrow. Maybe I can make money."

Li Duoyu frowned and said, "Can you bake oysters?" "Last time you baked oysters, you secretly learned a little bit."

Li Duoyu thought for a while: "How about this? Let's go to the polder to sell oysters together tomorrow."

Li Qingguang became excited and said, "Then I will come over tomorrow to collect oysters with you. After harvesting, we will go to catch the oysters early."

 Li Duoyu nodded.

Oysters are different from kelp. The kelp itself is very delicious, and the earliest MSG was also extracted from kelp. People are quite accepting of this thing.

But oysters are completely different. They are an extreme seafood, just like durian. People who like it like it very much, but people who don't like it will feel sick after taking one bite.

 Due to the backward breeding methods in the past, the oysters produced were relatively small, had little meat, and did not taste very good.

 Let alone eating it raw, for most people, that is the devil's way of eating it, and if not done well, it may lead to vomiting and diarrhea.

Of course there are many reasons for this, including the poor preservation technology in this era, and the fact that most of the previous oysters were farmed on tidal flats.

Oysters often have mud on their shells and have not gone through the process of "cleaning the oysters". It is like eating clams without spitting out sand, and the experience is particularly bad.

 The market needs to be cultivated. If you are not used to eating oysters, you can start with the entry-level garlic oysters.

Even if Li Qingguang didn't say it, Li Duoyu also planned to go out to do marketing. He couldn't rely on big customers like Manager An and Boss Chen Jiao every time.

In his previous life, there was a large abalone farmer on Dandan Island who relied on purchases from large companies to cultivate abalone on thousands of acres.

 But one year, this large company temporarily changed its leadership and no longer purchased abalone from his company, but from another company.

That year, there was another huge typhoon. This big farmer lost all the money he had earned over ten years of hard work in one summer. Instead, he owed a lot of bank loans.

Li Duoyu believes that it is best to have as many sales channels as possible. When you rely too much on the other party, you are already on the chopping block.

 This is one of the reasons why Li Duoyu is unwilling to sign a contract with a large company like An Yuliang. After all, business dealings are not about friends, but more about interests.

When Li Duoyu returned home and was about to go to bed, his next door neighbor, Lao Hu, saw that he was back and came directly to the door to ask about kelp farming.

“Duoyu, when can we get our kelp seedlings? Recently, your uncle Chen Dongqing seems to have not been to our Dandan Island for a long time.”

When Lao Hu said this, Li Duoyu realized that he had indeed not seen his uncle Chen Dongqing for a while, but he still exchanged letters.

This winter is mild.

Even though it is almost December, Dandan Island does not feel particularly cold, and the current seawater temperature is not particularly suitable for planting seedlings.

 Based on past experience, it is estimated that in a mild winter like this, it will not be possible to plant kelp seedlings until early January.

 Li Duoyu replied: “It may be later this year.”

 Lao Hu said worriedly: "There won't be any problems."

“That won’t happen, it’s just that the weather is still too hot, not suitable for planting seedlings.”

"I feel relieved if you say this." Lao Hu continued: "I heard that you are drying oysters. When the time comes, can you bring some goods to Zhizhong's dry goods store?"

“No problem, but I can’t give you too much.”

 Lao Hu smiled and said, "As long as you have it."

 Chen Dongqing has been under a lot of pressure recently. Since there are so many farmers who have reserved kelp seedlings this time, and they have invested in infrastructure, the weather has never been cold, and he also has a headache.

In addition, the institute was planning to promote him during this period, so at this critical time, he was focused on kelp seedlings and had no time to take care of the island.

 (End of this chapter)