1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

Chapter 226 Great Cooling Down

 The thunderstorm is getting heavier and heavier.

By the time Li Duoyu ran to the Moso Bamboo Factory, his whole body was already wet.

 Fortunately, Dad and Chen Wenchao were very agile, and almost all the dried oysters were put into the factory.

Dried oysters are very afraid of being exposed to the rain, especially those that have just been exposed to the sun for a few days. Once they are exposed to the rain, if the rainwater is not evaporated in time, they will easily become moldy and deteriorate.

But the worst thing was over the eel pond. As the rain got heavier, the pond was filled with water and the soil became muddy, making it impossible to dig.

　Villages who were digging eel ponds also ran to the Moso Bamboo Factory to take shelter from the rain.

 For a time, the Moso Bamboo Factory was crowded with people, most of their clothes were wet, and everyone was cursing the weather.

“It’s almost the winter solstice, why is it still raining so heavily?”

“Once this rain comes, we won’t be able to dig a pond for a week or two.”

Li Duoyu had a wry smile on his face. Just now, he thought it was interesting to watch other people collect clothes and dried fish, but he didn’t expect that he was the one showing off the most seafood on the island.

 And everyone is in a hurry.

 The victim, Li Duoyu, didn't seem particularly anxious.

 “It’s raining so hard, why are you not in a hurry at all?”

Li Duoyu smiled helplessly.

"Used to it."

 “You have a really good attitude.”

 A middle-aged man said: "If you have a bad mentality, would you dare to invest so much money to raise eels?"

 Li Zhengtian looked at these dried oysters with worry on his face. Raw dried oysters are very difficult to eat, and Lao Li's oysters are very fat.

 Do not stay in the sun for more than half a month.

ˆ˜ is easily perishable.

Looking at the continuous heavy rain, Lao Li was also very melancholy, but he had no choice but to ask Lao Si.

“Duoyu, I guess it’s going to rain for several days. If it continues like this, oysters won’t work. Is there anything you can do?”

Li Duoyu frowned. In fact, he was also anxious, but being anxious was of no use.

 For farmers.

 You can work hard at anything.

 Only the weather is useless even if you try hard.

Li Duoyu was once anxious when he watched his abalone breeding raft being blown apart by a typhoon.

 But it’s useless to rush to death.

 Extreme weather will not weaken just because you are anxious. The most important thing now is how to minimize the damage.

 The eel pond is flooded.

 After draining, just dig again.

 At worst, the construction period will be postponed by half a month, and it is okay to raise eels later.

 But the issue of dried oysters should be solved first.

His batch of oysters will weigh about 600 kilograms after they are dried and sun-dried, and each kilogram can be sold for one yuan.

 If all are sold.

 At least 600 yuan in income.

 Next, if it rains all the time, we really won’t be able to dry the oysters. If they get moldy, we probably won’t give them away.

Li Duoyu made a prompt decision and shouted to the villagers who were taking shelter from the rain:

“Because it’s raining and we can’t dry them in the sun, dried oysters are on sale at a high price, so we can sell them cheaply. We can fry them, fry them, or make oyster omelette.”

 “After this day, the price will no longer exist.”

When Li Duoyu shouted, everyone looked over and were a little confused as to why they suddenly started selling dried oysters.

But I heard there is a special offer.

Someone couldn’t help but ask first.

 “Isn’t the big sale very cheap?”

Li Duoyu smiled and replied: "One pound and seven cents."

　　“Why are your oysters still so wet when they are dry? Why are they sold so expensively?”

 The villagers echoed one after another:

“Village director, you can’t do this. This is a special price. It’s obviously not much cheaper.”

Li Duoyu chuckled: "Since you said that, I will suffer a little loss and sell you fifty cents directly."

 After hearing the price, the villagers became excited instantly.

 “The price is pretty much the same.”

"But I didn't bring any money. Can I exchange it with today's wages?" "Yes, no problem at all."

 “Then I want four kilograms.”

 “I want three catties.”

After seeing Li Duoyu start selling oysters, Chen Wenchao immediately ran back home in the rain and brought a steel scale. .

Most of the villagers on the island have eaten their oysters, and they taste really good. Shelled oysters cost a cent a pound.

Sold for 50 cents for this kind that has been slightly dried, it is definitely a good deal. Seeing more and more people buying it, some people who were still hesitating also shouted.

 “I want two catties too.”

 After buying the oysters, some people wrapped them in their clothes and ran home in the rain, telling their neighbors that Li Duoyu dried oysters were on sale.

 It doesn’t take a while.

 Many old men and women who heard about the special offer came over wearing hats, all with money in their hands.

“Village director, I want two kilograms of dried oysters.”

 “I want to buy twenty catties.”

 After hearing this, everyone looked at a woman named Chen Xiulan.

 “Why did you buy so many pounds? It will spoil if you don’t finish it.”

“I’ll buy it back and bake it next to the stove. I can sell it for a pound per pound in the future.”

 Everyone suddenly realized.

　　Yes, everyone has a stove. You can put the dried oysters on the stove and dry them slowly without having to eat them all.

 “Then I also want ten catties.”

 An afternoon's work.

Li Duoyu sold all the dried oysters.

Lao Li, who was helping on the side, really admired his fourth son. He found that his brain was really not as good as his son's.

When encountering this kind of thing, he only thought about how to dry the oysters. He never thought that he could sell the dried oysters directly.

 Although it’s a bit of a loss.

 But at least it’s better than mold and spoilage.

 …

 After selling all the dried oysters, Li Duoyu felt much more relaxed. In fact, drying the oysters was quite troublesome.

 In the previous life, they no longer used this method. They usually made short videos to deceive netizens. Almost everyone used dryers, which were very efficient and did not need to consider the weather at all.

As a farmer, he really feels that there is not much difference between machine-dried oysters and naturally sun-dried oysters.

What Li Duoyu didn’t expect was that it rained for a whole week.

The eel pond he dug was filled with water and turned into a pond. He even had a myocardial infarction.

 The temperature also dropped from the original 20s to single digits.

A big drop in temperature made everyone shivering with cold. Before the rain, there were many people wearing short-sleeved shirts on Dandan Island, but now, everyone is shivering. Some who are afraid of the cold have already put on cotton-padded clothes. Cotton pants.

 It rains and the temperature drops sharply.

 Nearly all the villagers did not go out to sea to fish, but stayed at home.

 However, it did not have a great impact on Li Shuguang and others who went fishing in the open sea. Instead, they caught a lot of big fish.

 Ever since the sea fishing business was outsourced.

Li Duoyu makes money every day. Li Shuguang and the others go to the sea once every three days on average. In less than a month, Li Duoyu has received more than 400 yuan.

 When giving money to Li Duoyu.

Li Shuguang said: "A few days ago, when we were fishing in the outer sea, we met the old man again, and we gave him the letter."

Li Duoyu asked: "Did he say anything after reading the letter?"

 “I didn’t say anything, I just felt a little down.”

 “Then have you told him what I told him?”

 “Told him.”

Li Shuguang frowned and asked, "Are you really going to go to his hometown to help him find his family? I think it's almost enough. There's no need at all."

Li Duoyu smiled and replied: "After all, it would be too expensive to take over a water pump and just help write a letter. That place happens to be very close to Xiaoying's hometown, so I can stop by and have a look. "

 “That’s okay.”

But Li Shuguang had a strange feeling inexplicably, as if Li Duoyu had known for a long time that the old man would definitely not be able to find his wife and children, so Li Duoyu deliberately took away the water pump.

 (End of this chapter)