1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

Chapter 290 Selling Fireworks

Most of these fishermen who sell dry goods are engaged in traditional breeding. In the village, they belong to the kind of families who have more than enough.

 Actually, their family was just like these villagers before. Although they had many oyster fields, their annual income was only a few hundred yuan.

 Once there is a natural disaster, it is possible to repay money.

 Family members generally also have to collect money from the sea and mend fishing nets to increase extra income, and those bad dry goods.

These fishermen will definitely be reluctant to throw them away after they return, and will most likely collect them for themselves to eat.

 And it is this habit of thrift that has left hidden dangers to their health.

 And the root of all this.

  It’s just one word, poor.

 Rich fishermen will keep the good stuff for themselves to eat, while fishermen without money will sell the good stuff as soon as they have it, and all they eat are leftovers.

As a "experienced person", Li Duoyu, the only thing that can help them is to make the village and island better and better in the general direction.

　　While Li Duoyu was sorting out the fireworks at the dock, he unexpectedly found a letter in kraft paper.

It says: To Director Li!

Li Duoyu roughly guessed who gave this letter. After opening it, there was actually a solemn thank you letter inside, with a big solidarity note inside.

 It seems that people in this era will say things in letters if they cannot say them face to face. This reminds Li Duoyu of when he asked Zhou Xiaoying to write a love letter on his behalf.

But Li Duoyu frowned when he looked at the fireworks that were piled higher than a person. If he moved back like this, he would definitely be scolded by his mother-in-law, or he could just hide next to the fishing raft.

At this moment, Mr. Mi, the fishmonger who had just purchased a boatload of seafood, said with a smile: "Duoyu, you should switch to selling fireworks."

 Old man Mi reminded me.

Li Duoyu suddenly realized, yes, why should I let them all go by myself? I could just sell these fireworks.

●The current supply and marketing cooperatives on the island don’t even have this kind of product, and it is a scarce product.

Li Duoyu smiled at Old Mi and said, "Old Mi, you must have made a lot of money by collecting so many fish today. Do you want to buy some for your grandson to play with?"

"What's the point of making money? The purchase price of seafood is too high now. I can only earn some hard-earned money. Everyone is following your example and waiting to sell it tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Fortunately, our village is the only one. If the whole town follows your example, seafood Prices are definitely collapsing.”

 Old man Mi is really right. If all coastal fishermen do this, prices will indeed collapse.

However, in the previous life, it was not fishermen like them who stocked up on seafood, but the fishmongers.

There is a saying:

Capitalists would rather throw away the milk than sell it cheaply to the poor.

 Looking at Li Duoyu's fireworks, Old Man Mi asked, "How much does this cost?"

 “This Sky Monkey, a handful of twelve sticks, two yuan.”

After hearing the price, Old Man Mi's face dropped: "It's so expensive. You are robbing it openly. Two yuan can buy ten catties of good fish."

Li Duoyu smiled and said: "During the Chinese New Year, you can only buy five kilograms of fish at most."

 “Can’t afford it, it’s too expensive.”

Li Duoyu said: "You have made so much money and you are still so stingy. Be careful when you get old and your grandson will extubate you."

 “What does extubation mean?”

Li Duoyu smiled: "It means very filial."

 Old man Mi rolled his eyes at him, feeling that extubation was definitely not what Li Duoyu meant.

 Next.

Li Duoyu started selling fireworks directly on the pier: "Selling fireworks, selling fireworks, beautiful and fun fireworks, come quickly."

 There was a shouting, and after everyone asked about the price, they all shook their heads and ran away. For them, the fireworks were really too expensive.

 The group of little kids who had been pestering Rang before ran off to play somewhere in order to greet them.

Li Duoyu lit a cigarette, then took out a monkey and lit it directly with the cigarette butt.

 A "whoosh" sound.

  “bong”

 The fishermen on the pier were all startled. A villager who was relatively close to him scolded him: "Duoyu, you are causing trouble. You didn't even tell me in advance when you fired the cannon."

After hearing this different sound of cannons, not long after, all the children in the village rushed to the pier.

 Not a while.

They surrounded Li Duoyu.

 After seeing all the children coming.

Li Duoyu opened a box of ground mice and lit them on fire in front of these children.

 “咻咻咻”

The ground mouse was like a top, spinning and running around on the ground, frightening the children so much that they screamed and were very excited at the same time.

Li Duoyu then took out the electric flower and lit one directly, followed by the sound of "呲呲岲".

 Every child’s mouth is wide open.

 “This is so beautiful.”

After the group of children watched for a while, some of them couldn't help but took out the red envelopes that some elderly people had prepared in advance.

 “Village director, I want to buy a box of that 呲呲岲.”

Li Duoyu waved his hands on the spot and said, "No, it's too dangerous for children to play with. If you want to buy it, go back and ask your adults."

The group of onlookers ran home one after another and started acting coquettishly.

“Grandma, the village director is selling fireworks at the pier. Can you buy me some fireworks?”

"Grandpa, just buy me a box. I will be obedient this year." And during the Chinese New Year, acting like a baby is really useful. The old people in the village, in order to get good luck at the end of the year, usually do Try not to spank your children.

An old woman who had just sold a lot of dried squid couldn’t help but cursed:

“This Li Duoyu is really bad. He set up so many fireworks and deceived these children. He just made some money, and he has to earn it back.”

The pier was full of adults with children. Seeing more and more people, Li Duoyu shouted on the spot: "Everything that costs more than ten yuan today will be discounted at 20%. If you buy five boxes of ground mice, you only need four boxes." money."

 After hearing that Li Duoyu was on sale, these children started acting coquettishly and spared no effort.

“Grandma, let’s buy it quickly. If we don’t buy it, it will be sold out soon.”

Even old man Mi’s grandsons came to him: “Grandpa, buy us some fireworks.”

 Old man Mi, who has always been very stingy, was treated like a grandpa by these grandsons, and his face was all smiles.

“Okay, grandpa will buy you fireworks.”

 “Okay, grandpa is the best.”

 “Yeah.” A little girl kissed Old Man Mi directly on the cheek.

Amidst the scoldings of a group of adults and old people and the cheers of a group of children, in less than an hour and a half, most of the fireworks and firecrackers brought by Li Duo's fish plate were sold.

Small fireworks such as sparklers and gophers sell well, but when asked about the price of larger fireworks, not many people are willing to buy them.

As it gets dark, Li Duoyu is planning to move the fireworks back home.

Just at this time, the Zhao brothers came back and were selling the seafood they caught today to the fishmonger.

“Brother Yu, what are you selling?” Zhao Erniu asked curiously.

Li Duoyu replied: "Selling fireworks, why don't you buy some and take them back? Just think of it as a good fortune."

 “How much does this cost?” Zhao Erniu asked.

“Fifteen with 24 bells, twenty with 36 bells, if you buy two, I’ll give you a 20% discount.”

After hearing this price, Zhao Erniu stopped on the spot. Today, the two brothers only earned more than ten yuan after working hard.

A firework costs more than ten yuan, how can you afford it? But what Zhao Erniu didn't expect was.

Zhao Dahai actually said: "Brother Yu, let me buy a small one, the 24-ring one."

“Brother, are you okay with your thinking? It’s almost the Chinese New Year, and you can’t even bear to buy a pound of meat. You can even afford to buy these fireworks, which can buy more than a dozen pounds of meat.”

 “This is different.”

Zhao Dahai said with a serious face: "I think what Brother Yu said is very reasonable. We are really unlucky this year. Let's buy some fireworks to blow up the bad luck."

Zhao Erniu frowned, feeling that his brother's words made sense. The two brothers could be said to be the unluckiest in the village this year.

 “Okay, let’s buy some fireworks.”

After selling a firework to the Zhao brothers, Li Duoyu borrowed a trolley from the owner of the fishing tackle shop and took the firework back home.

Unexpectedly, it was already dark, but there were still so many people lining up at home. Chen Huiying said to the villagers: "Everyone, let's do this for today. I have been writing all day, and Xiaoying is also tired."

"Sister Huiying, let's finish it today. I don't know if Xiaoying will finish it tomorrow. My family's couplet was already written by Xiaoying with help ten years ago. If someone else writes it, maybe we will have better luck next year. It’s all bad.”

“That’s right, Sister Xiangyun is right.”

Li Duoyu said slightly angrily:

“My wife, I’ve never made her so tired. Let me tell you, this year it’s still free. Next year, if I come to Xiaoying to write Spring Festival couplets, I will have to charge a fee. A pair of Spring Festival couplets will cost 2 cents, and each Spring Festival couplet will cost 5 cents.”

Seeing what Li Duoyu said, these villagers said: "Duoyu, you are obsessed with money. I will come to your house to watch the Spring Festival Gala this year and see if I don't eat all your melon seeds."

Li Duoyu rolled his eyes and said: "I want to lose sight of money. After the public toilet is built, I will send someone to collect the fee directly. One point for the small one and two points for the large one."

Everyone couldn't help laughing, and some people said: "Okay, our village director is angry, let's come back tomorrow."

 After the others left.

Chen Huiying saw Li Duoyu coming back with another cart of fireworks, and said angrily: "How come you just have a little money, and you keep buying and spending it randomly like this? You still owe the credit union so much money, just save it if you can. Do you know?" ”

 “I know, I won’t dare to do it next time.”

Li Duoyu nodded obediently and did not refute Chen Huiying's words at all.

Although my mother-in-law couldn’t help but scold him every time she spent money, Li Duoyu didn’t find it annoying at all.

 After experiencing a long period of loneliness, for Li Duoyu, even if his mother scolded him, he felt very kind.

But after Grandma finished her lecture, Li Duoyu grinned and said, "Grandma, I made a lot of money today by selling fireworks."

 After saying that, he took out a lot of change from his pocket.

 Chen Huiying was dumbfounded.

Zhou Xiaoying’s eyes widened.

 “You couldn’t be buying fireworks, how come you’re making money instead.”

"Is such that."

Li Duoyu told what happened today. After listening to it, Chen Huiying's face became hot and she felt that she shouldn't have mentioned the fourth child just now.

After listening to this, Lao Li on the side snorted to Chen Huiying:

“I’ve been thinking about it all day long, Duoyu is no longer a child, he is still the director of our village, and he still needs your teaching.”

 Chen Huiying glared and said: "You know what to do after the fact, what else can you do?"

  “I know a lot.”

Chen Huiying rolled her eyes at him and didn't want to pay attention to him. Then she smiled at Li Duoyu and said, "Duoyu, you have to keep these fireworks. Our family can turn around thanks to the blessing of Mazu. We bought all these fireworks." You must thank Mazu.”

 “Okay, Aniang, you can make the arrangements.”

“By the way, I bought you some pairs of shoes. You can try them on to see if they fit.”

 (End of this chapter)