1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

Chapter 233 Return to the Island

 After arriving at the village committee.

Li Duoyu found out that Zhou Xiaoying was here. She brought a basket with a lot of things in it.

 There are local fish noodles, eggs, dried fish, dried oysters, and dried kelp.

 “Don’t take so many things, we can buy them ourselves.”

 Ou’s sister-in-law kept refusing:

“Thank you so much. You are so polite. We are a little embarrassed and we won’t dare to trouble you again.”

Zhou Xiaoying forcibly placed the basket on the stove: "These are all made at home. I don't have much money, so there is nothing to be embarrassed about."

Ou Wusheng was stunned for a moment when he saw Zhou Xiaoying, and then said, "This must be my younger brother and sister."

 Li Duoyu nodded.

“Sure enough, he has a good teaching temperament.” Ou Wusheng looked at Li Duoyu and said, “How did you catch him back then?”

 “It’s all about being shameless.” Li Duoyu chuckled.

"Hahaha."

Ou Wusheng gave a thumbs up: "You are really amazing. Not only did you become the village chief at such a young age, but you also have such a temperamental wife. If you were in our Dazhu Village, many people would be jealous to death."

The two women also noticed that Li Duoyu and the others were back. Sister-in-law Ou hurriedly said: "Duoyu, ask your siblings to take the things back. Whatever we want, we can buy it ourselves."

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, you don't have to be so polite to us. There isn't much good stuff on the beach, but there is a lot of seafood."

 “That’s so embarrassing.”

 The next second, Mrs. Ou noticed the bucket of seafood they were carrying.

 “Did you catch all of these?”

Ou Wusheng nodded: "It's awesome. Otherwise, we might as well become fishermen in the future. We might even make more money than we can in Dazhu Village."

Sister-in-law Ou rolled her eyes at him: "You couldn't have bought it from the dock, so you came to deceive me on purpose."

"How is that possible? These were all caught by Duoyu from the beach."

Zhou Haiying glanced at the bucket of seafood and frowned slightly. Although she is mainly responsible for teaching now, when she was a child, she followed her mother-in-law to beg Xiaohai at the beach.

She knew very well what kind of seafood could be caught on Dandan Island. It was absolutely impossible to catch such large snails, as well as orchid crabs and red flower crabs.

 If they did not buy these seafood, then they must have gone to other places to catch the sea.

It happened to be a big tide today.

He is very familiar with fish. If he had caught so much seafood in the past, he would have clamored for it to be steamed and boiled. He might even have bought beer.

 But this time, he seemed a little absent-minded. Zhou Xiaoying came to Li Duoyu and asked in a low voice: "Nothing happened today, right?"

 “No big deal.”

Li Duoyu thought about it for a while and said to Zhou Xiaoying: "Later, you can tell Brother Ou and Sister Ou how to cook these seafood. I have something to do."

 Zhou Xiaoying nodded: "Then you go ahead and do your work. I will handle the seafood."

 “I’m leaving first.”

Sister-in-law Ou was a little confused: "You left so soon. You caught so much seafood, why don't you have a meal together?"

 “I’ll go with you.” Ou Wusheng said.

Both men had a tacit understanding and did not tell the women at home about what happened at Tung Kak Reef.

Li Duoyu shook his head: "Your clothes are also very wet. Go change clothes quickly and boil some hot water to warm yourself. Be careful of catching a cold."

 After leaving the village committee.

Li Duoyu trotted to the health station.

Defa is using hydrogen peroxide to disinfect the wound on Chen Wenchao’s calf.

 When the hydrogen peroxide was poured down, the wound made a squeaking sound, which made Chen Wenchao's face turn pale in pain.

 Because the wound is quite large.

 After cleaning Chen Wenchao's wounds and foreign objects, Defa took out a bent needle threaded with thread.

 After seeing this thing.

Chen Wenchao's forehead was covered with cold sweat: "Brother Fa, can you just apply some medicine? We don't need stitches."

"Your wound is too big. If it doesn't work without stitches, just give it two stitches."

"That is not bad."

But the next second, Chen Wenchao felt something was wrong, grinned and cursed: "You lied to me, you have already received four or five injections, but there are only two injections."

Zhao Dahai, who was also decorated on the side, saw this scene and his teeth began to chatter: "Do I need to be stitched later?"

 Defa nodded.

“If it’s more serious, in addition to stitches, you’ll also need to hang a bottle to treat inflammation.”

 “Can I do it without stitches?”

Zhang Defa said with a look of disgust: "Together, you two are almost fifty years old, so why are you afraid of stitches?"

Li Duoyu couldn't help but smile when he saw this scene. It's amazing to say that most men are still afraid of needles no matter how old they are.

Since the health station was near the pier and people were coming and going, the news that Chen Wenchao and Zhao Dahai were getting stitches here quickly spread to their homes.

 Since their relationship was not very good before, many villagers thought they had fought.

 The news hasn’t spread for a while.

 Zhao Dahai’s parents, Liu Xiaolan and Chen Wenchao’s grandma also rushed to the health station.

 Chen Wenchao's grandma's eyes turned red instantly when she saw how big his wound was. Liu Xiaolan also looked at the Zhao brothers bitterly: "You two won't bully Wenchao again, will you?"

"No." Zhao Dahai hurriedly explained, and hesitantly told everyone what happened this morning.

 After listening.

Zhao Dahai's father, Zhao Fugui, had a very dark face and drew a small wooden stick for making fire at the door.

 I wanted to smoke Zhao Dahai.

 Look at his pitiful appearance.

 He turned around and whipped Zhao Erniu.

 “Why can’t I save people some peace of mind day by day?”

“Not long ago, the village director got you out, and now you go to such a dangerous place and harm Xiaochao like this.”

What everyone didn't expect was that Zhao Erniu was very stubborn and did not hide at all. Instead, he received several sticks from his father.

“My brother and I just want to make more money. Who knew this trend would come so fast.”

 “How dare you talk back.”

“When you said there were many fish, did you tell you two brothers to come up quickly? You have to go after that bit of seafood. As you are, it’s no use even a few lives for you, and you still have to trouble others.”

Zhao Fugui was so angry that his eyes were red. The last time his two brothers were imprisoned, the family had spent all their savings to prevent them from being bullied.

I thought that after the two brothers came out, they would be more responsible and not so impulsive and reckless. Unexpectedly, within two months, such a big thing happened again.

If Li Duoyu hadn't also happened to go to Dongjia Reef, his two sons would probably be gone, which really wouldn't make people worry.

Zhao Dahai's eyes were also red: "Dad, we know we were wrong, so please stop beating two cows."

Zhao Fugui gritted his teeth and said, "You think I won't beat you? I will punish you when you are healed."

 The villagers who were watching also tried to persuade him.

“Old Zhao, that’s about it. No one could have imagined the tide today.”

 “That’s right, as long as everything is fine.”

 “Compared with others, Ali, Dahai and Erniu are already much better.”

Seeing so many people trying to persuade her, Mother Zhao quickly stopped her and held the small wooden stick in Zhao Fugui's hand. "Children know it's wrong, so don't fight anymore. Speaking of which, it's our incompetence, otherwise Dahai and Erniu wouldn't have to fight so hard."

 After hearing this.

Zhao Fugui fell silent and put down the wooden stick in his hand. He completely ignored Zhao Dahai who was sterilizing the stitches and instead greeted Chen Wenchao.

“Xiaochao, I’m really sorry. You’re getting married soon, and I’ve made you need so many stitches.”

After Chen Wenchao had the stitches, he was still limping when walking, but fortunately it was only a flesh injury, not a muscle or bone injury.

 Li Duoyu asked him to rest for a while.

 So that we can prepare for the upcoming wedding.

He drove a sampan and went to the fishing raft first to check the situation. If the tide was like this, the fishing raft would be easily unstuck.

In order to cope with this unexpected situation, Li Duoyu deliberately lengthened the line so that even if the tide rose, the line would not be too short and the pile would not be pulled out.

 When Li Duoyu came to the fishing raft.

Two hundred and five kept shaking his tail at him. When he found that during this time, there were more starfish toys.

　Judging from the situation, it should be its playmate who has returned to this sea area.

 Li Duoyu touched the dog's head.

 Then I checked the condition of the fishing raft. Overall, it was pretty good. However, the strong tide pulled out two wooden piles.

The fishing rafts that are easiest to pull out are fine, and oyster farming rafts and kelp farming rafts generally have no problem.

 Out of an abundance of caution.

Li Duoyu checked again. It seemed that the kelp field and oyster field had withstood the test this time.

However, Li Duoyu thought of a place, so he sailed to the sea near Bad Shui Tan, and he saw a figure who was no longer stopping to clean up the kelp field.

 After Li Duoyu approaches.

 “Jinshan, the kelp field is no problem.”

“No problem, I just pulled out a few piles, and I just hit them with stones myself. Fortunately, Brother Yu asked me to drive the piles again last time, otherwise it would probably be over this time.”

“By the way, how is your uncle?”

Wang Jinshan smiled bitterly and said, "I'm really in the hospital now."

Li Duoyu also guessed that Wang Dapao's stroke didn't look like he was faking it.

“Didn’t your cousins ​​and cousins-in-law visit your uncle?”

Wang Jinshan sighed: "This is really my fault. When I was preparing to start piling again, my cousins ​​and cousins-in-law said that when I invested in the kelp field, my uncle also invested in it, and they also wanted a share."

“As a result, my uncle said that they were already married and refused to give it to them, so they had a quarrel and finally got so angry that he was hospitalized.”

Li Duoyu smiled awkwardly.

 It is not a family, and it does not belong to the same family. When Wang Jinshan first started, no one came out to help. Now that it is done, many people have jumped out.

This is just like many demolished households in previous lives. Before the demolition, no one cared about them. Once the demolition was completed, all the children came back.

Li Duoyu patted Wang Jinshan on the shoulder: "Work hard. You did this on your own initiative. There is no need to share it with others."

Wang Jinshan nodded.

"I see."

When Li Duoyu returned to the dock, he found that a tin boat with "Lianjiang Fisheries Research Institute" printed on it had just docked at the dock.

 After meeting Li Duoyu.

Chen Dongqing walked towards him in a hurry: "Is there nothing going on on the island? With such a strong tide, have the kelp farming rafts been unplugged?"

 Li Duoyu shook his head: "No, I just went to check."

“That’s good, we’re going to plant kelp seedlings soon. Suddenly there’s such a big tide, it almost scares me to death.”

Li Duoyu smiled, feeling that his uncle had already suffered from PTSD from being pulled out of the seaweed.

“By the way, when will the seedlings be released?”

“We will start releasing the kelp seedlings the day after tomorrow. However, there are so many farmers bringing kelp seedlings to the territorial sea this time. The institute is not responsible for transporting the kelp seedlings. It is estimated that the village will have to send its own boats to transport the seedlings.”

 “Okay, no problem.”

"By the way, there is one more thing I want to tell you." Chen Dongqing then pulled Li Duoyu to a corner and whispered: "The institute has decided not to provide free seedlings to farmers next year."

"So fast?"

Li Duoyu frowned slightly. If I remember correctly, in order to develop the coastal aquaculture industry, the institute provided it for free for several years.

Chen Dongqing was also very helpless: "It is said that a nursery company has been established above. From now on, our research institute will be responsible for cultivating new varieties and raising seedlings. I heard that it will be handed over to this newly established company."

“At the beginning, I wanted to recommend you to join this nursery company, but I didn’t even think about putting the plan forward, but the leaders above rejected it.”

Chen Dongqing didn’t know who the boss of the nursery company was, but Li Duoyu knew it very well. He frowned and asked, “Is the person in charge of this new company named Tian?”

 Chen Dongqing asked doubtfully: "How do you know?"

Li Duoyu casually made up a reason: "I also heard from some bosses in Rongcheng that this nursery company is run by a second generation. Anyway, you should not ask or interfere with the nursery company's affairs."

Chen Dongqing suddenly realized: "No wonder after I raised this matter, the leader scolded me for being ignorant and asked me to participate less. This is the problem."

Li Duoyu smiled helplessly.

I guess that the success of my kelp cultivation attracted the attention of the above, which led others to see this business opportunity.

Li Duoyu then said: "We are all on the island. Do you want to go up and have a seat?"

Chen Dongqing shook his head: "Forget it, next time, I will give you all these kelp seedlings now, otherwise, who knows, something will happen."

 “I’m going back first.”

“The day after tomorrow, you bring one or two large ships to the nursery base, and I will send you kelp seedlings first.”

"sure."

As soon as Chen Dongqing left, another unexpected guest came to Dandan Island. This guest wore glasses and carried four large customized signs on his body.

 After meeting Dai Laoer.

Li Duoyu was a little confused. He really didn't expect that Dai Laoer would personally deliver the sign to the island for him.

“Uncle Dai, I’ll just go and get it. Why did you bring it here in person?”

“I just wanted to go back to the island, so I sent it to you.”

 “Do you want to go back to the island?”

Li Duoyu was very surprised. In his impression, Dai Laoer never returned to Dandan Island until his death. Why did he come here today?

"I just came back to see my old friends." Dai Jianguo shook his head, looked at Dandan Island in front of him, and then sighed: "It still hasn't changed."

Li Duoyu grinned and said:

“The house hasn’t changed much, but the people have all changed. Why don’t you live on the island for a while and get a good feel for it?”

"snort."

Dai Jianguo snorted coldly, and then handed him the four signs in his hand.

“You kid, you know that I don’t do carpentry work for people on Dandan Island, and you come to me on purpose, don’t you?”

 “Mainly I miss you a little.”

Dai Jianguo said with disdain: "Nonsense, I really don't think so. When I was selling smuggled goods in the town, I didn't expect you to come and have a chat with me."

 “At that time, I was young and ignorant.”

 Li Duoyu and Dai Jianguo were chatting.

 Some young fishermen may not know Dai Laoer.

 But some elderly people in the village felt a little uncomfortable after seeing Dai Laoer, with guilt written all over their faces.

 (End of this chapter)