1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

Li Duoyu complained repeatedly, but no one believed him at all, and the villagers were deceived by him out of experience.

Every time Li Duoyu calls out that he is poor and cannot make money, that is when he makes the most money.

Some villagers approached Zhu Xiuhua privately and asked him how to raise eels, but Zhu Xiuhua retorted.

“If I knew how to raise him, I would have raised him myself, and would I still be working for him?”

 After Li Duoyu returned to the island, he spent almost every day at the eel breeding factory.

One reason is that Liu Xiaolan is due to give birth and it should only be in these few days. Li Duoyu simply gave Chen Wenchao a maternity leave and asked him to spend time with his wife.

 Another reason is that after the contract is signed, its nature is completely different.

If you raise eels before, even if they all die, Li Duoyu can barely afford it. After all, you still have kelp and oysters to support you. At worst, they will come back next year.

 But now he can’t do it. He has a responsibility. He must prepare half a catty of eels for others before the “Tu Yong Chou Day” at the turn of summer and autumn.

 The people of the island country distinguish the four seasons with the five elements.

 Spring is wood,

 Xia means fire,

 Autumn is gold,

 Winter is water,

 The remaining "soil" is put into the eighteen days before the end of each season.

 These eighteen days are called "earth days".

In other words, there are four earth functions in a year, and these eighteen days are divided according to the order of the twelve zodiac signs (Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai). .

 The islanders believe that "Tu Yong Chou Day" is the best time to eat eels.

 As for why?

Li Duoyu, who has been working as an illegal worker for more than 20 years, really doesn’t know.

I only know that on this day, almost all Japanese food restaurants will have signs saying that they eat eels on ugly days.

As a chef, he would be half exhausted, killing and grilling eels all day long.

According to the signed contract, the Nagasaki Fisheries Association will send a ship to transport Li Duoyu’s eels before the land use day.

Even though this is a project signed under the leadership of the organization, it will be embarrassing if the goods cannot be delivered by then, and the other party may have to compensate the other party for the round-trip shipping fee.

 Money is not that easy to make.

Li Duoyu is a little worried now. After all, eel farming is a very delicate matter. If not, the whole pond may die.

He took a small bench and sat by the pond in a daze.

 You cannot see eels during the day.

But you can see some silver carp swimming on the surface of the water. These silver carp were stocked when the pond was just dug.

Originally, it was only intended to be used to test the water quality. I didn’t expect it to grow so big after raising it. Now each silver carp weighs about three kilograms.

 Silver carp is a very good polyculture fish. It generally feeds on phytoplankton and algae, and is quite good at controlling water body fertility.

And silver carp are also "broadcasters" in the water. Once the oxygen content of the water body is low, they will raise their heads and all float on the water.

As for the fish that was popular on the street in later generations, it was a very expensive fish in this era, even more expensive than many sea fish, and could be sold for more than 50 cents per pound.

 Nationally, the overall sales volume of marine fish is not necessarily higher than that of freshwater fish.

To put it bluntly, if Li Duoyu was not a seaside person and really wanted to engage in farming, he would definitely choose silver carp, bighead carp and tilapia.

These days, Li Duoyu squats by the pond every day, just to observe whether there are white spots on the eels.

 Spring is the season when eels are most susceptible to diseases, especially a disease called white spot disease (small melonworm disease).

 When the weather is cold or during the rainy season, this disease especially likes to attack eels.

Once eels get this disease, white spots will appear on their bodies, accompanied by symptoms such as loss of appetite. Severe cases can lead to mass deaths.

And the worst thing is that this disease is contagious and there is no specific cure. Once you are infected, you can only change the water frequently or pray for the temperature to rise quickly.

 Fortunately, I have good luck this year.

During this period of Li Duoyu, every pond was carefully inspected and no eel had white spot disease.

To be honest, Li Duoyu has been raising eels for so many years and has never been so serious and careful before.

 Now, he has considered what diseases may break out in eels at any time and has prepared countermeasures.

If he still can't keep up with this, then it's probably Mazu who doesn't want him to make money too fast, otherwise he will soon become a salted fish.

During this time, Comrade Zhu Xiuhua worked very hard to learn how to raise eels, and often asked Li Duoyu some related questions from time to time.

“There are many fish. If you don’t raise fish in this pond, what are you using it for?”

 For this person who has known her for two lifetimes, it is no exaggeration to say that Li Duoyu is even more familiar with her than Zhou Xiaoying.

As soon as she opened her mouth, Li Duoyu knew what she was thinking. To be honest, if the second sister-in-law was not careful, she would not be the second sister-in-law.

 “That pond.”

 “I use it specifically to cultivate algae.”

 “What is algae?”

“It’s chlorella, green algae, diatoms, things like that.”

Zhu Xiuhua’s computer went down on the spot.

 I don’t understand, I don’t understand what Li Duoyu is talking about at all.

“What the **** are you? I don’t understand anything.”

Li Duoyu said seriously: "Kelp is also a kind of algae."

Zhu Xiuhua was stunned for several seconds. Recently, many people indeed advised her to secretly learn how to raise eels.

 She was really moved.

 I never thought that such a simple pool of water could contain so much knowledge.

How can you learn this?

However, what left Zhu Xiuhua even more speechless was where did Li Duoyu learn so many messy things.

Seeing his second sister-in-law's dumbfounded look, Li Duoyu couldn't help but smile. The more professional he spoke, the more confused his second sister-in-law would be.

I guess she doesn’t even understand what algae is. What kind of algae is there in the water? If no one wakes up, she won’t understand it at all.

It took Li Duoyu a long time to learn about various algae in the water.

 Algae is the key to water circulation, which is why Li Duoyu built a separate pond to grow algae.

 In addition, eel farming requires frequent water changes. However, if the water is changed too frequently, it will easily destroy the ecology of the pond, thus posing risks to the eels.

At this time, the pond used by Li Duoyu to raise water can come in handy. Get some green water directly from there, so that the pond ecology can be re-established quickly.

 In later generations, even those farmers who couldn't even distinguish algae all understood one thing, that is, before raising fish, they must first raise green water.

 Because the green algae in the green water can not only turn the pond green quickly, but also make the water look less transparent and give the eels a sense of security.

Green algae will also absorb excess ammonia nitrogen and nitrite in the pond.

Not to mention that the second sister-in-law doesn’t understand this knowledge, the second brother who graduated from high school will probably have a headache after hearing it.

 Only my uncle, who majors in fisheries, can understand what Li Duoyu is talking about.

Just when Li Duoyu thought of his uncle Chen Dongqing, he actually heard his uncle's voice.

Hearing the sound, he looked up and saw a young man with a shaggy beard appearing in front of him.

“Tsk, tsk, tsk, after signing the contract, now I have to guard the eel pond every day.”

Uncle-in-law Chen Dongqing is one of the few people who knows the true transaction price of eels, but he also knows very well that this cannot be talked about everywhere. Even if people in the same office asked, he did not tell them.     After seeing my brother-in-law coming.

Li Duoyu hurried forward, held his hand, and said diligently: "Chief Chen, what brought you to my place? It makes my house shine."

Chen Dongqing rolled her eyes at him: "She's going crazy with epilepsy."

The two of them are about the same age, and they still like to joke around when they are together.

“Our leader said that you have stolen all the limelight of this inspection team, so let me come over and give you a good beating.”

Li Duoyu smiled: "I don't want to steal your limelight, but can I control how handsome a person is?"

 “It’s so disgusting, I’m getting goosebumps.”

Chen Dongqing took out a pack of Chengfeng cigarettes, shook out a cigarette, held it in his mouth, and lit it with a match.

Li Duoyu gestured to get one for herself too.

 Chen Dongqing gave him a disgusted look: "Smoke yourself. Recently, your aunt asked Wenwen to learn piano, which made me lose money for smoking."

 “It’s so miserable.”

“A big dog like you doesn’t understand the hardships we face in receiving wages.”

After taking a few puffs of cigarette, Chen Dongqing looked around and made sure no one was around. Then he took out a red-headed document from the briefcase he carried with him and asked:

 “Does this matter have anything to do with you?”

 After Li Duoyu took the document, he glanced at it briefly and was quite surprised. He did not expect the organization to be so efficient and the document to be issued so quickly.

 After reading the document.

Li Duoyu pursed his lips and smiled:

“If I have so much energy, why should I do farming?”

“Now, the boss of the seedling company is pitiful. He just caught up with the leaders and wanted to vigorously develop the coastal aquaculture industry. It is estimated that the money invested was wasted.”

 Chen Dongqing took a puff of cigarette and gritted his teeth and said: "He invested in a woolen yarn, and it was all our unit's money, okay? In the past six months, he has misappropriated all the research funds of our institute."

 “Damn, he’s so awesome.”

Chen Dongqing sighed with emotion: "The ancestors who carried guns, this generation comes to enjoy the blessings, how can it not be harmful?"

“It’s a pity that your grandpa used to be a gun bearer, but he was unlucky and didn’t survive. Otherwise, we could also enjoy the blessings.”

 Chen Dongqing twitched for a while and suddenly coughed violently.

Li Duoyu frowned when he saw him like this: "Have you been addicted to smoking recently? It feels like you have pharyngitis."

“This is not like a while ago. I was very stressed by that second-generation guy. I felt like working was boring, so I accidentally smoked too much.”

 “Quit if you can, smoking is not a good thing.”

 Chen Dongqing nodded and asked: "After Ji Yi leaves, what are you going to do next?"

When Chen Dongqing asked, Li Duoyu was stunned for a moment: "Let's develop normally first, and wait until I raise the eels."

 Chen Dongqing went on to say:

"If Lin Yi leaves, the institute will start cultivating kelp seedlings in July and start counting the number of breeding in May. How many acres of kelp do you plan to raise this year? Do you want to try a thousand acres?"

Li Duoyu looked at his uncle in shock. He always felt that his uncle had become bolder. One thousand acres of kelp is not a small scale.

This year, the total amount of kelp cultivated in Shangfeng Town is less than 1,000 acres.

 It definitely can’t be done by one family, it would have to hire a lot of people.

And the investment is also very large. The brown rope materials alone cost a lot of money, plus the cost of piling, it is also a large amount of money.

 Li Duoyu lowered his head and thought.

 One thousand acres of kelp is not impossible, but it is not necessary and it is not so tiring.

 After all, kelp farming really depends on God for food. Not only is the body tired, but the mind is also very tired.

His investment in this eel factory will make his family worried enough, if he really engages in such large-scale kelp farming.

I estimate that Aniang will live directly in Tianhou Palace, and Lao Li may live directly on the sea, and Xiaoying will be worried to death.

Li Duoyu shook his head: "I'm too tired. I really can't handle one thousand acres. It's possible to get two to three hundred acres."

Chen Dongqing smiled and said, "I thought you dared. Okay, I'll register it for you in advance. When the time comes, I'll reserve 300 acres for you."

 After the two chatted for a while.

Li Duoyu checked the time and found that it was already afternoon, but Chen Dongqing had no intention of going back.

"Shui Hua, there is no room for you to sleep here. If you don't go back, you will have to sleep on the fishing raft."

Chen Dongqing smiled and said: "The main reason is that if I go back empty-handed, it will be difficult for me to do business."

Li Duoyu glanced at him with disdain. He had had too little contact with his uncle in his previous life, and he never expected that he would be such a shameless person.

"I still have a lot of dry goods at home. Let me give some to my sister-in-law and Wenwen."

“There are a lot of good things in my family. Your aunt also wants to eat the grilled eel, and your cousin Wenwen is also clamoring for grilled eel.”

 Li Duoyu’s mouth twitched.

“One eel costs one piece, and the labor cost is fifty cents. Two eels cost three cents.”

"Duoyu, you are out of sight. Who among us is following the other? How dare you ask me for money."

"You are reluctant to give me a cigarette. If I don't ask you for money, who will I ask for it?"

 Chen Dongqing took out a cigarette instantly: "Come on, Director Li, I'll light a cigarette for you."

“Go away, I quit smoking recently.”

“Damn, you’ve already given up smoking, and you still ask me for cigarettes. Are you a bitch?”

Although the two of them kept bickering, Li Duoyu still grilled three eels for his uncle Chen Dongqing, and told him: "If you can't finish it, put it in the refrigerator."

Chen Dongqing said with a wry smile: "I don't have a refrigerator at home."

 “Then I’ll give you two.”

Chen Dongqing grabbed all the grilled eels: "Three are just right. We are a family of three, so each of us has just one."

 “Be careful of nosebleeds if you eat too much.”

When Li Duoyu returned home, he found that the women's director Liu Xiuzhu was also at his home, which gave him a very bad premonition.

“Director Liu, are you here to see me?”

"Um."

 Liu Xiuzhu nodded.

Li Duoyu looked around and whispered, "Let's go inside the house and talk."

 Arrived inside the house, Li Duoyu asked nervously: "Has anyone discovered it?"

Liu Xiuzhu said directly: "Someone came to my place to report that your cousin Li Yuanguang's wife is pregnant with her third child."

 After hearing the news.

Li Duoyu breathed a sigh of relief. I was scared to death. I thought his sister Shui Hua had been discovered.

 What puzzles Li Duoyu is that in his previous life, his cousin Li Yuanguang's family only had two children, and there was no third child. (End of chapter)