1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

Chapter 243 Visit

Uncle Mao regained his energy a little after taking the bottle, but he still looked very tired.

Zhang Defa sighed: "Fortunately, you discovered it early. If it had been later, your brain might have been damaged."

 “So serious.” Li Duoyu said in shock.

Zhang Defa sighed with emotion: "Every year, many elderly people suffer from charcoal poisoning. Many of them have already left when they find out. People don't know that they died from burning charcoal, and they think they died."

“It’s better to be able to walk away, but I’m afraid of the one who is half-dead.”

Li Duoyu pretended to know nothing. In fact, he knew very well that carbon monoxide poisoning, like drowning, can cause brain hypoxia.

If you inhale too much carbon monoxide, even if the person can be saved, most of the brain will become inoperable. In severe cases, it may even cause brain death and become a vegetative state.

 After a while.

Uncle Mao’s family members rushed over in a hurry, without waiting for their family members to thank him.

 Li Duoyu ran away immediately.

He feels like things often happen wherever he goes lately, just like a detective in an island country movie.

We just saved the Zhao brothers last time.

This time I saved Uncle Mao again.

 It feels like it’s not even a month old yet. Although this is a good thing, Li Duoyu feels a little evil.

 Others were reborn with great luck and a lot of fish. After he was reborn, he felt like he was either rescuing people or on the way to save them.

 Another day, I must go to Thean Hou Temple to pay my respects.

Li Duoyu returned to the village committee’s broadcast room.

 The stove that Uncle Mao lit is still burning.

This time the doors and windows have been opened for ventilation. Li Duoyu turned on the broadcasting equipment and cleared his throat: "Ahem."

“Notice from the village committee, notice from the village committee.”

“Hello fellow villagers, I am Li Duoyu, the village director, and I have something very important to inform you now.”

“Since the weather is very cold this year, there must be many people burning charcoal for heating at home. Everyone must pay attention to opening windows and doors for ventilation when burning charcoal, otherwise you will be poisoned by coal.”

“Don’t think I’m joking. Someone in our village has already won the bid, especially the elderly who live alone. Never light hot coals when sleeping.”

“I have one more thing to inform you. Village cadres who are free now, please come to the village committee meeting room, and the village accountant will also come with you.”

 “Notify again.”

Li Duoyu finished the broadcast, and after about half an hour, a lot of people came from the village committee.

 Militia company commander, Zhang Erhu.

 There are also several village committee members, Zhang Jinsha, Tang Ping, and Liao Juntian.

 His second brother Li Yaoguo also came.

 Zhang Erhu said when they met: "Duoyu, you are finally willing to call us once. I thought that you, the village director, don't need us anymore."

"Brother Hu, what are you talking about? Without you, what's the use of me alone?"

Zhang Jinsha sighed with emotion: "To be honest, if it hadn't been for the announcement broadcast today, I would have almost forgotten that I was still a village cadre."

Tang Ping smiled and said, "Me too."

Lao Liao also said: "Recently, Party Secretary Wang was hospitalized, and none of you came. If Ou Wusheng's family hadn't lived here, I wouldn't have been able to find anyone to talk to."

Zhang Erhu smiled and said: "Village director, you called us here today. Has your property been stolen again?"

 “Not this time.”

Li Duoyu smiled awkwardly: "It was just broadcast, everyone must have heard it."

  “Yes, I heard it.”

Li Duoyu said with a serious face: "That's it. Uncle Mao was poisoned just now when he was burning charcoal to keep warm in the broadcast room. Fortunately, I just got here, otherwise he might be dead."

 “Uncle Mao, are you okay?”

"It should be fine, but I have to hang up the bottle for a few days and rest for a while."

“I called you here today because I want to trouble you to go to the village and stop burning charcoal in the house. I also want to visit some elderly people in the village to see if they have any difficulties.”

 “Okay, this is a good thing.”

“By the way, I’ve called you all here today, and there’s one more thing I want to discuss with you. During the visit, if I find someone in particular difficulty, I plan to use the money from our village committee to help them. What do you think?”

 Zhang Erhu smiled and said: "No problem, I have no objection."

Lao Liao also agreed: "Wang Dapao has been a captain for so many years, but he only puts money into his trouser pockets and never takes it out."

Li Duoyu said: "Then let's go through the process. If we agree, we will vote by a show of hands."

 Li Duoyu just finished speaking.

 Everyone raised their hands.

Lao Liao sighed with emotion: "Speaking of it, I'm really ashamed. I can be considered a veteran cadre in our village, but this is the first time I have done practical things for the people."

Li Duoyu looked at his second brother Li Yaoguo: "By the way, does our village committee still have money now?" Li Yaoguo thought for a while and replied: "Yes, but not many. Last time, we sold more than 500 casuarina trees. I collected some money, so if I add it up now, it’s almost three hundred yuan.”

 “Why is it so small?”

Li Duoyu couldn't help but sigh. When Dandan Island was still a production brigade, it was quite wealthy, with more than ten fishing boats of various types.

  After modification.

 The fishing boats were sold by the Wang brothers under various names, and the money was spent under various names. As a result, the current village committee is an empty shell.

 There is not much land in the important land,

 Without money, there is not much money.

 In addition, the taxes paid by coastal fishermen are very small, and the local government has no spare money to allocate.

 If the village committee wants to have some surplus food, it must find a way on its own.

Li Duoyu thought about it for a while: "Yaoguo, someday you can give me a table of the village's collective assets, and I'll see if I can take stock of them."

"sure, no problem."

 After the meeting.

Li Duoyu made some arrangements, and the six people were divided into three groups and began to visit the whole village. What he and Tang Ping visited were the poorest people in the village and the end of the village.

The process of visiting is also very simple. Just knock on the door and tell them not to burn charcoal for heating at home.

 During the visit, Li Duoyu focused on visiting several households in need.

 In the past few years since the opening up, everyone's life has indeed become much better. In the eyes of outsiders, Xiasha Village seems to be very wealthy.

 But those who have money are only a minority.

 Most people are still relatively poor.

 Some homes don’t even have electric lights, and it’s winter, and their cotton-padded jackets are all patched.

 Some people don’t even have to worry about getting poisoned by burning charcoal because they simply can’t bear to buy charcoal.

 After all, Dandan Island is an island, and firewood and charcoal have to be bought with money.

 Some were short of clothes and cotton, and had frostbite on their hands and ears.

 Individuals are still eating sweet potato noodles and dried fish as they were more than ten years ago, and they can’t even afford rice.

During the visit, Li Duoyu found that the reasons why these people were poor were also varied.

 Some are old and have lost their labor force.

 Some have conflicts with their children and live without contact until old age and death, with no one to support them.

 Some people are poor due to illness.

 Some people like to eat and are too lazy to cook, so they eat and wait to die.

 In short, there are all kinds of people.

 Li Duoyu registered them all based on their circumstances.

 It is not practical to send money directly to them.

If you really give money, other villagers will definitely not be happy.

Li Duoyu can only help them in a limited way, that is, to help them renovate their old quilts before the next cold wave arrives.

However, there are no quilt masters on Dandan Island. If you want to refurbish old quilts, you have to go to the town to invite the master.

“Brother Tang, you seem to have opened a fishery shop in the town. Do you know anyone who plays cotton?”

 “Some friendship, but not familiarity.”

“Can you discuss with the other party that you can come to our village to play for a while?”

“Okay, I’ll drop by and ask when I’m delivering seafood to town tomorrow.”

 “Then I’ll trouble you.”

"Small things, that's what I should do. By the way, Duoyu, do you know anything about sea clams? I plan to raise sea clams recently."

 “Are they the sea clams in Zhanggang?”

Tang Ping nodded: "Yes, it's that kind of big clam."

Li Duoyu frowned and said, "This seems to be done in a seine net, and the investment cost is quite high."

Tang Ping smiled and said: "No matter how big it is, it is probably not as big as your eel factory. There is one more thing. After I raise it, can you go through your channels and introduce me to that boss Chen?" ”

"no problem."

Tang Ping chuckled: "Duoyu, do you want to invest in some shares? I'll feel more at ease if I raise it with you."

“No, I’ve already raised a lot of things. I’ll probably be too busy to raise another sea clam.”

 (End of this chapter)