1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

Chapter 27 Melting the Ice (Seeking Investment Pursuit)

 After Li Yaoguo sat down, Zhou Xiaoying quickly brought him a pair of bowls and chopsticks.

Little Fatty put a fish ball into his bowl: "Abba, try it. My uncle made these fish balls. They are very delicious."

After Chen Huiying saw her second brother sitting down, she quickly opened the bottle of sorghum wine and poured them each a glass of wine.

“You haven’t had a meal together for a long time. Would you like to have a drink first?”

Li Yaoguo raised the small wine glass in front of him and drank the sorghum wine in one gulp: "Let me toast you first."

Li Duoyu also had a drink.

Lao Li snorted coldly: "One cup is not enough, I need three cups."

 After hearing this, most of the sadness hanging on Chen Huiying's face dissipated. Since Lao Li is willing to pick a fight, there is hope for reconciliation between the father and son today.

Li Yaoguo drank three drinks in a row, and his face turned red to his neck. It may be because he drank too much wine. Li Yaoguo, who usually doesn't talk much, also talked more.

“I’ve already taken care of the fish and wood matters for you.”

 Li Duoyu's eyes lit up when he heard this.

 “Then thank you, second brother.”

Li Yaoguo burped.

“This casuarina was originally used to prevent wind and solidify sand. The captain and the secretary were originally unwilling to do so. When they refused to approve it, I took the newspaper where I took a photo with the leader and threw it on their table. Guess what?”

 “Did you quarrel with them?”

Li Duoyu was a little surprised. The second brother didn't seem like the kind of person who would throw a table at someone above him.

Li Yaoguo snorted coldly:

“I threw the newspaper over there and told them some of the latest policies. These grandsons relented on the spot. Casuarina trees originally cost five yuan each, but now in response to reform and innovation, the brigade only sells them to you for four yuan.”

 “This group photo is so useful.”

"That's because you don't understand its value. It's no exaggeration to say that if you take this photo to have dinner with the president of the commune, he will have to clink glasses with you several times."

 Li Duoyu never understood in his previous life why so many people always liked to take photos with their leaders, but now he finally understands.

 It is of no use to ordinary people.

 But in another circle, thieves are easy to use!

Li Yaoguo, who had a few glasses of wine on an empty stomach and felt a little burned in his stomach, quickly ate a few fish **** and found that his son was right and the taste was really good.

"By the way, there are other reasons why the brigade sold you cheaply. You also know the recent situation. Everyone has gone to take away the goods, and the brigade has stopped shouting, so you have to cut down the tree yourself."

Li Duoyu had never thought that the people in the brigade would help him chop down the trees. Of course, it would be best if they helped him chop down the trees. If they didn't, that was to be expected.

“No problem, I’ll cut down the tree myself. By the way, there’s something I need to ask my second brother for. When cutting down the tree, can the team lend us some handy tools?”

“It’s a small matter, I can approve this directly for you.”

 Li Duoyu vaguely remembered.

 The production brigade was only announced to be disbanded in 1984, and Dandan Island was almost disbanded before the country even announced it due to goods being shipped out.

  After all, farmers, unlike urban residents, do not have food stamps such as food stamps and meat stamps.

 In normal times, you have to grow whatever you want to eat. If you want to eat meat, you have to find a way to raise it yourself, and Dandan Island is not suitable for growing rice at all.

If you want to eat white rice, you have to take sweet potatoes and dried fish to the town to sell them, or exchange them with those who resell food stamps.

 In fact, even if the fishery production team of Dandan Island caught a lot of fish, in the era of using tickets, everyone was not living a very good life.

 In the past few years, everyone has not only money, but also various food stamps and meat stamps. Naturally, no one wants to stay in the team to work, and everyone has left the team to work alone.

It can be said like this.

At present, the production brigade of Dandan Island is in a stage of existence in name only. To put it in the most popular terms, they still have rights in their hands, but no one is interested in them.

Seeing that the two brothers were reconciled as before, Chen Huiying poured them another glass of wine: "Brothers, don't just talk about things, have a few drinks with your father."

After hearing this, the two brothers quickly toasted their father with a glass of wine, and then the three of them started a drinking fistfight.

 “How are you, brothers? Five leaders.”

 “You lose, drink.”

Lao Li, who drank several sips, stared: "Who are you and me? I am your father."

Li Duoyu grinned and said:

“Then next time, just shout, Hello daddy, Samsung photo.”

 “Forget it, it sounds awkward, it’s better for the two of you.”

"Hahaha"

While they were making wine, Little Fatty was concentrating on cooking seafood. After eating two swimming crabs, he ate the pen holder and tore open the shell to reveal the white and tender meat.

 Bite it, **** it.

 Fragrant, tender and sweet.

“Uncle, this thing is really delicious, but there is too little meat.”

Li Duoyu touched his head: "There is too much meat. If you eat too much, you won't think it tastes good." The little fat little head thought for a long time: "It seems so. I used to like sweet potatoes, but now I’m scared when I see sweet potatoes.”

Zhou Xiaoying was afraid of being overjoyed, so she only ate a little of everything. After eating a bowl of fish balls, she only ate a little of the rest of the seafood, and she didn't dare to eat too much.

 I saw how lively their house was.

　　　When the neighbors, Uncle Hu and Grandma Wang saw it, they all looked envious.

 Ever since Li Duoyu became a good man, the family seems to be happy every day, but it is clear that Lao Li in the past few days would rather work until seven or eight o'clock than come back.

Uncle Hu said with envy:

 “Old Li, life is starting to get better.”

His wife left early and usually cooks and eats by herself, and the children at home are all selling Balang fish outside, so they often stay together when they are together.

Second brother Li Yaoguo, who seldom drinks alcohol, can't beat them with a drinking punch.

Li Yaoguo’s face turned red from being fed:

 “No, let me take a rest first.”

Lao Li, who was also blushing, cursed: "Forget it, I'm a softie on weekdays, but I can't even drink."

 Listen to Lao Li calling him a coward.

 Li Yaoguo's eyes turned red instantly.

"I have done something wrong in the past few years, but you can't keep talking about me like this. Who would have thought that my eldest brother would be so impatient and leave as soon as he says it?"

“You have been brothers for so many years, and it’s not like you don’t know that Qingguo is impatient.”

Hearing this, Li Yaoguo was silent for a long time.

“Dad, let me find a chance to apologize to my eldest brother.”

I saw these two people finally talking about this matter.

Li Duoyu went to the kitchen and put the prepared Xi Shi tongue into the chicken soup for half a minute, then took it out and put it in a basin.

He was the first to take a bite and found that the taste was no worse than the ones he made later. I don’t know if it was because of the ingredients, but it was more delicious.

“This is delicious, drink it while it’s hot.” ​​After Li Duoyu brought out the soup, he took the lead in filling a bowl for Zhou Xiaoying this time.

 “You can eat more of this.”

Zhou Xiaoying originally thought it was just a bowl of ordinary sea clam soup, but when the soup slipped into her mouth, she couldn't help but swallow her saliva. She used to think that the pork ribs soup with stewed winter melon was the best.

 But compared with this bowl of soup now, it was really far behind. As a primary school Chinese teacher, she didn’t even know how to describe it.

 In short, it is very fresh and fragrant.

She took another bite of sea clam meat and found that it was much more delicious than other clams. It was tender, crispy and had a very delicate texture.

 “Is the soup delicious?” Li Duoyu asked.

 Zhou Xiaoying nodded her head like a chicken and asked: "What is the name of your dish?"

 Li Duoyu said in a disgusting manner:

“My dish is called sea mussels in chicken soup. From now on, it will be my signature dish, Chef Li.”

Others looked at each other in confusion, thinking that the couple was singing a double act there, so they also filled a bowl of soup and drank it.

 The soup turned out to be more delicious than they imagined. It should be the best soup they have ever tasted in their lives.

After finishing the drink, Lao Li said with a serious look on his face: "Duoyu, why don't you stop raising kelp and just go work as a chef in the city. Maybe you can even cook for the leaders."

 “I think it’s okay too.” The second brother agreed.

 Lao Li's family were very happy tonight and drank to their heart's content, except for one of them who was lying on the bed tossing and turning.

Zhu Xiuhua, who had not had dinner, heard them laughing so happily that her teeth almost broke in anger. However, the fourth child has not been easy to provoke recently, and she did not dare to go out.

At this moment, a little head poked in, holding a bowl of fish balls:

“Mom, come and eat fish balls, I secretly left a bowl for you, they don’t know.”

Zhu Xiuhua, who was lying on the bed, hummed:

“I won’t eat whatever good food your uncle can make.”

“It’s really delicious, Mom. If you don’t want to eat it, I’ll eat it.”

Seeing that Li Haoran really wanted to eat it, Zhu Xiuhua quickly said:

"You are so fat and you still eat all day long. Bring it to me."

Little Fatty smiled happily and placed the fish **** beside the bed: "Mom, it's very hot. Be careful when you eat it."

Zhu Xiuhua, who ate several fish **** in a row and even drank the soup, asked:

“Haoran, besides eating fish **** and crabs, did you also drink some delicious soup?”

“You were talking about the sea clams in chicken soup, Mom, I’m not lying to you, it’s really, really delicious. I’ve never had such delicious chicken soup since I was a kid.”

 “Is there any left?”

 “No more, just a few sea clams in total, one bowl for each person.”

 (End of this chapter)