1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

The master on the farm truck said with a foreign accent: "This 24-ring high-altitude firework costs 15 yuan."

 “The earth blossoms with 36 rings, 20 pieces.”

 After hearing the price, Li Duoyu took a deep breath of air-conditioning. As a New Year person, the money didn't feel like money.

One firework costs an average person half a month's wages. No wonder no one bought it after it has been on display for so long.

The uncles and aunties who were watching also said: "What you are selling is too expensive. Are your fireworks filled with silver or gold?"

“One firework can buy a pair of fine leather shoes. How many of them can afford it?”

Seeing that there were many uncles smoking among the crowd of onlookers, the two stalls hurriedly said: "Uncle, please don't smoke. If you order this, we will all have to finish playing."

Li Duoyu glanced around and saw that in addition to fireworks, there were also many small fireworks such as electric fireworks, flying monkeys, and ground mice in the car.

 In addition to these, there are also a lot of dried seafood piled on the car.

Li Duoyu glanced at the production address on the fireworks packaging and roughly guessed what they were here for.

 This agricultural vehicle not only has a canopy, but also has a strong smell of seafood. It is obvious that it is from the mainland coming to the coast to buy dried seafood.

In this era, there is another name for them, that is, they are bad guys.

There are legal and illegal ones, and they should be the legal ones.

Probably because the Chinese New Year was approaching, I brought the specialty fireworks from my hometown to sell here, so that the truck would not be empty and both sides could make money.

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "Brother, I hear your accent is from Liuyang."

Hearing this, the eyes of the three sellers of fireworks lit up. One of the older vendors smiled and said, "You have been to our Liuyang."

Li Duoyu said casually: "I went there with a friend who sells mosquito nets before, and I saw the fireworks there. They were really beautiful."

An older street vendor said proudly: "This is really not a boast. It is the fireworks of the whole country. We in Liuyang are ranked second, but no one dares to say that we are ranked first."

To Li Duoyu's surprise, this elder brother was also quite talkative and talked about some past events.

“At the beginning, I knew a brother who went to our town to sell mosquito nets and rough horse watches, and then I knew you were from Shangfeng Town.

Speaking of which, in the past two years, we often came to your town to purchase goods. When the market was good, we would make more than a dozen trips a year. Unexpectedly, in less than two years, everything changed, including selling tea, repairing The table is gone. "

Li Duoyu smiled and naturally knew what the elder brother was talking about: "There is no way, the situation is stronger than the person."

“By the way, brother, if I buy more fireworks, can it be cheaper for me?”

The firework seller was a little confused after hearing what Li Duoyu said: "Yes, yes, but if it's less than 100, I can't give you a discount."

“It will definitely not be less than a hundred.” Li Duoyu glanced at the fireworks on the agricultural vehicle and thought about it: “Two of the 24-ring booming ones, and two of the 36-ringing earth blossoms.”

 “These four fireworks are not enough.”

Li Duoyu said: "Don't worry, I want to buy some things for the children to play with. How can you sell electric flowers, ground mice, and flying monkeys?"

“This electric light costs 20 yuan per pack, 5 yuan, 10 and 3 yuan for a box of ground mice, and 2 yuan for a handful of flying monkeys.”

Li Duoyu thinks the price is pretty good: "Let's do this. I'll get five packs of each of the electric flowers, ground mice, and flying monkeys."

Seeing Li Duoyu buying so many fireworks, the elder brother who bought the fireworks said in surprise: "Are you going to buy them back and set them off yourself, or are you buying them back and selling them?"

Li Duoyu smiled: "I set it off myself, just because I have a lot of children at home, so I bought it for them to play with, celebrating the New Year. If you don't set off some fireworks, it wouldn't be called celebrating the New Year."

“What you say makes sense. In our place, we don’t set off fireworks during the Chinese New Year, and it’s like this year has never happened. Wait a minute, and I’ll calculate how much it costs for you.”

The man selling fireworks took out a small calculator. He wanted to press it, but found that the screen would not light up. He patted it several times with his hand and took the picture directly.

"Hey, I bought this calculator in your town three years ago. Now it's almost out of power. I can't even buy this kind of button battery. In half a month, I can only buy a new one. ”

This small calculator does have this problem. Once it runs out of power, you really can’t find a matching button battery.

 This gadget still has a bit of technical content, and currently domestic battery factories really can’t produce it.

 “Return to zero, return to zero.”

The eldest brother took a calculator and did some calculations: "The total is one hundred and two. Seeing that you are so close to each other, I will give you a 15% discount. Even if it is one hundred, it can be considered as making a friend."

 “Thank you then.”

Li Duoyu took out ten large unity cards from his pocket and gave them to the other party, and then asked: "By the way, I see you have a lot of dry goods in the car. Are you planning to buy dry goods back to Liuyang?"

The eldest brother selling fireworks replied: "That's right. Otherwise, if we go back with an empty car, we will not be able to make back the money spent on the cigarettes and gas."

“The Chinese New Year will be celebrated in two days, and you guys can’t make it in time for New Year’s Eve.”

The eldest brother selling fireworks said helplessly: "I'm used to celebrating the New Year on the road. If these fireworks are not sold out, I can't bring them here and back again."

Li Duoyu said: "By the way, our island specializes in dry goods. If you want to go and have a look, the price can be cheaper for you."

“Brother, which island are you from?”

 “from Dandan Island.”

The elder brother selling fireworks said in surprise: "The kelp on your island is very famous. I heard that the oysters raised by your village director are very large and the quality of the dried oysters is very good. It's a pity that you can't buy them."

“That dried oyster is indeed relatively small, but if you really want to buy it, I can introduce it to you and ask our village director to give it to you evenly.”

What Li Duoyu said made him alert: "You won't deceive me."

I have seen many road bullies and village bullies in their line of work. They usually only go to the town but not the village, let alone the island, otherwise they may be stripped naked.

Li Duoyu glanced at him and immediately knew what he was worried about. "If you're worried, don't bring any money with you yet. Come with me to the island for a walk. If you think it's okay, you can come back and buy it."

The eldest brother who bought the fireworks thought about it for a while. If it were other islands, he would definitely not think about it. But Dandan Island has a good reputation and is considered a serious island. When he was buying dry goods, others also recommended it.

In addition, this person has said this, and it would be unreasonable for him to still be suspicious, but he did not dare to bring too much money, only one or two hundred yuan. If he was really robbed, even if he was unlucky, he would just take the money with him. Give them the money.

“Okay, when will you return to the island? I will go with you.”

 “I’ll go back soon.”

"Okay, I'll help you move the fireworks." The eldest brother selling fireworks said to the remaining two people: "This brother and I will go to the island to have a look. Do you know how to watch the fireworks? Be careful of those who smoke."

In this way, Li Duoyu not only bought fireworks, but also brought a customer to collect dry goods.

While chatting on the road, Li Duoyu learned that the eldest brother’s name was Liu Neng. The other two people in the car were his younger brother and his eldest son.

What Liu Neng didn't expect was that when he and Li Duoyu arrived at Dandan Island, the people on the pier actually called him the village director, and he was stunned.

“You are Dandandao, the village director who raises kelp.”

 Li Duoyu nodded: "Yes, it's me."

"oops."

Liu Neng patted his thigh: "If you had told me earlier, I would have brought more money and come to your island to buy dry goods."

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "If I had told you earlier, you might have regarded me as a liar."

Liu Neng frowned. This was indeed true. He had never seen such a young village director.

“Wait a moment, I’ll say hello to you.” Li Duoyu shouted directly to the fishermen at the dock:

“Dear villagers, who has better dry goods? There is a boss here who wants to collect the dry goods. He comes from Liuyang. Get better dry goods for them. Don’t ruin the reputation of our island.”

After hearing this, everyone looked at Li Duoyu. An old woman who was prying oysters replied: "Village director, I have a lot of dried razor clams at home. Let me show them to you."

 Other fishermen also shouted: "I also have a lot of dried fish and salted hairtail fish."

 “I have snail jerky at home.”

Li Duoyu said to Liu Neng: "They have all gone back to get the dry goods. Take a look at it yourself later. If you think the quality is acceptable, it is not too late to buy it."

Liu Neng scratched his head and said, "Do you have that dried kelp and that big dried oyster?"

 “Yes, but not much. I can give it to you evenly.”

“Thank you, Director Li, but I have one more thing to do. I’m afraid I don’t have enough money, so I probably won’t be able to buy too much.”

Li Duoyu thought about it for a while: "Let's do it this way. You can collect it first. If the money is not enough, I will arrange a small boat for you to take the goods to the dock. When the time comes, we will pay the money and deliver the goods. You see How about it."

Liu Neng said with a smile on his face: "Okay, no problem. Thank you very much, Director Li."

The children playing on the pier saw Li Duoyu holding a lot of things, and they all gathered around him curiously.

The child Wang Qingguang also ran over and asked with a smile on his face: "Brother, what did you buy? I'll help you move it."

 “This is a firework.”

 After hearing that it was fireworks, all the children's eyes widened. They had also seen fireworks.

  But I’ve only seen it on TV, not in reality.

“Village director, these are really fireworks.”

 “When are the fireworks going to be set off?”

 “Put it out during the Chinese New Year.”

“Then I will go to your house to visit you.”

 Li Duoyu looked at these chattering little kids and felt that their family would definitely be particularly noisy and lively during the Chinese New Year this year.

However, when they reached the uphill **** of their home, these noisy children did not dare to go up here.

 Because there is a female teacher there who they dare not mess with.

When Li Duoyu returned home carrying a lot of things, he found that there was a queue at home, and every villager was holding several pieces of red paper in his hand.

Zhou Xiaoying bent over and lowered her head, holding a big writing brush and writing Spring Festival couplets for everyone.

In the two days before every Chinese New Year, their family was very busy, and Little Fatty couldn't go out to play. He looked at Zhou Xiaoying with a look of despair, holding a bamboo knife in his hand, and cut the pieces one by one. Red paper is cut into couplets.

The villagers holding the red paper couldn't help but ask after seeing Li Duoyu moving so many things: "Duoyu, what are you buying?"

Qingguang replied: "It's fireworks."

After hearing the word "fireworks", Xiao Pangdun's ears perked up, he put down the bamboo knife in his hand and ran directly over.

The old man who was waiting for him to cut the paper said anxiously: "Haoran, don't run away. Cut my couplets first."

 “Wait a minute, I’ll be back soon.”

As soon as Li Haoran ran away, Li Duoyu said, "Your aunt is so busy. Go help her quickly, or the fireworks won't be set off for you."

Fatty Li Haoran complained: "Uncle, I've been cutting all day long. I hate the Spring Festival couplets the most. At this time of year, I can't go out to play."

 “Go quickly, I’ll give you some more fireworks to set off when the time comes.”

“Uncle, this is what you said, don’t lie about it when the time comes.” (End of Chapter)