1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

Chapter 340 The sea is not friendly to everyone

 Shenjiamen Pier.

After Li Duoyu and his fleet docked, many fishmongers came close to them when they saw the "yellow sweet carp" in their baskets.

 There were also a lot of people watching.

 “Yellow Ganyu, I haven’t seen it for a long time.”

 “This fish is valuable now.”

Someone said on the spot: "Anything over twenty kilograms will be taken away for two yuan."

 “I’ll pay two and a half dollars.”

 A fishmonger immediately checked it and frowned: "That's not right, your yellow sweet carp doesn't have a swim bladder anymore."

Li Duoyu smiled and said: "When we docked, it was already bought by a boss."

“In this case, it’s not two and a half yuan. For fish alone, I can only give you one and eight yuan at most.”

Li Duoyu said: "Brother, two pieces are too little. The big yellow croaker is almost one piece. Besides, the swim bladder is not valuable. What everyone eats is fish meat."

 “You are young and don’t understand, this fish mainly eats the swim bladder.”

Li Duoyu bargained:

“Eight yuan is really not good. There are really fewer and fewer fish. Over in Guangdong, the price is now three yuan per catty. I have been fishing for so many years and I have only caught this net.”

The corner of the fishmonger's mouth twitched: "How old are you? How many years can you fish?"

 “When I was a child, I was in my mother’s womb, and we went fishing with her, okay?”

The fishmonger realized that he couldn't talk to this young man. He glanced at the retail investors who were trying to ask for the price, and said reluctantly: "Okay, one yuan and nine for more than thirty kilograms, what do you think?"

The crew members were all dumbstruck. They thought it would only cost about a piece at most, but they didn’t expect that the fish’s swim bladder could be sold for such a high price after it was taken away.

Second uncle said with a smile: "Duoyu, this guy has a very good mouth. I have never seen any fishmonger get a bargain from him."

 Li Duoyu talked with this group of fishmongers for more than half an hour, and finally concluded the deal according to the specifications.

 Those weighing less than five kilograms are priced at the same price as large yellow croaker, eight cents.

 One piece weighing less than five to ten kilograms.

Ten to twenty kilograms, one dollar and a half.

 For items weighing more than 30 kilograms, the price is 1.9 yuan.

These yellow-lipped fish alone, Li Duoyu sold for more than 3,000 yuan, plus the white catfish caught yesterday, as well as various miscellaneous fish.

On this trip alone, the fleet earned nearly 4,000 yuan.

 Coupled with the fish bladder that Li Duoyu bought at a high price, the real income from this trip should be around 5,000.

 The fleet has only been out for ten days.

They caught tens of thousands of pieces of seafood, which left the crew in a daze. After some discussion, the three ship bosses decided to reward each crew member with twenty pieces.

 “Ah.” Chen Liang was dumbfounded.

His salary should be the lowest among the people in this boat, only three yuan a day. He made twenty yuan for nothing at once, which made him so excited that his whole body was shaking.

“Dad, I really want to build a boat and go plunder the sea.”

Chen Youquan said disgustedly: "You are more or less robbed by the sea. After coming to the dock so many times, how many boat owners do you think have caught the yellow sweet carp?"

Chen Liang frowned and said, "Maybe I'm lucky, as good as that Duoyu."

“If you were lucky, you wouldn’t have almost died in the sea, and it would have cost me hundreds of dollars to rescue you.”

Chen Liang muttered in a low voice: "Dad, let's put it another way. If I can come back alive, doesn't it prove that I am lucky?"

"You are so lucky. If there weren't many fish to save you, you would have died at sea."

“Dad, when we go fishing, can we not say such unlucky words?”

 “Boy, have you been itchy lately?”

 Chen Youquan raised his right hand, and Chen Liang ran away with his head in his right hand.

 Chen Youquan smoked a cigarette.

Who doesn’t want a fishing boat of their own, but many people only see the money-making side of the boat boss, and don’t see the mess the boat boss looks like when he loses money.

The sea is not friendly to everyone, and it is not easy to be a boat boss. Once you have a boat, you have a lot to worry about.

If the fish transport is good, you can indeed make money, but if the fish transport is not good, you will probably have to work on the boat.

 After selling the seafood from this trip, Li Duoyu decided to return to Dandan Island and had no intention of continuing to fish with the fleet.

 After all, he has been out for ten days. The eel factory is there and he cannot leave for too long.

In addition, the company commander Zhang knew Director Li last night and was afraid that the other party would call him, which would be really embarrassing.

Li Duoyu believed that after Director Li heard his name, he would understand what was going on and would not embarrass him too much.

However, if something like this happens, you should still go back and say hello. After all, this is a major case. If it is really solved, the Shangfeng Town Police Station also deserves credit.

 This is one of the reasons why Li Duoyu decided to assume his identity.

 If the incident really progresses.

Even if Li Duoyu's identity is exposed, Director Li in the town will definitely say: Although Li Duoyu is not in office, he is our best brother.

Before Li Duoyu returned to the island, his third uncle settled the accounts for the ten days, deducting the 950 yuan spent on the fish maw.

 The ten days Li Duoyu went to sea.

He was also allocated one thousand nine hundred and three.

Li Zhengfa kept some money for daily needs, and then asked Li Duoyu to take the money earned from this trip back to the credit union and deposit it in the credit union.

 After all, this net of "yellow sweet fish" made them famous here at Shenjiamen Wharf.

If you are not afraid of the thief, you are afraid of the thief.

 After leaving Shenjiamen Fishing Port, Li Duoyu and Li Shuguang took turns sailing the boat, driving for nearly ten hours before returning to Dandan Island.

By the time we arrived at the pier, it was already past four in the morning and the water was rising.

 There are many fishermen at the pier, preparing to go fishing.

Since the opening of the aquatic product processing plant at Qingkou Wharf, Dandan Island Wharf has become a lot deserted. Because most fishermen sell the fish directly to the processing factory, and the processing factory has recently held activities. As long as you sell the fish to them, you can get ice tickets.

 You can save a lot of money next time you buy ice cubes. Recently, everyone is stocking up on ice cubes just to prepare for the upcoming summer.

At the pier, Old Man Mi also woke up early. When he met everyone, he said with a smile: "Old Zhang, if you have any good fish, remember to give it to me."

 “Lao Lu, we are all so familiar.”

“Oh, Director Li, why are you back?”

After Li Duoyu saw old man Mi, he smiled and said, "Why do you look so dark when you see me?"

Old man Mi snorted: "With a black face, I'm being polite to you, but I still want to beat you up."

“You’re so good, why do you want to hit me? Could it be that your grandson didn’t do his homework and my wife fixed it?”

Old man Mi sighed: "Now we fishmongers know that you hired this aquatic product processing factory."

"Ha ha."

Li Duoyu laughed twice.

He was discovered by someone anyway. It seems that he will have to go to Qingkou Wharf less during this period.

Li Duoyu pursed his lips: "Lao Mi, you have made a lot of money these years, and your children have made a living. You might as well move to the city to enjoy your life."

“What a fool. When they get to the city, they want money for everything. It’s a bottomless pit.”

Li Duoyu was stunned for a moment. It seemed that this was really the case. In the village, he could only spend less than 20 cents a day.

 But it’s different in the city.

 A house costs money, food costs money, children need money to study, a car costs money, and a tutor costs money.

This reminded him of his previous life. He had worked hard in the island country for twenty years, and in the end he could only afford an ordinary house in a school district.

　Sometimes when I think about it, I feel a little reluctant.

Li Duoyu feels that he will make money in the future. No matter where Tutu studies, he plans to buy two houses in the best school district.

After the ship arrived at the dock, the eldest cousin Li Shuguang, who looked sleepy, went directly home to sleep. Although he was not the boss of the ship this time, he still got a small amount of money.

 Li Duoyu looked at his watch.

 It was only half past four in the morning.

 At this time, Xiaoying and Xiao Tutu should be sleeping soundly.

 The door must have been locked during his absence. If he went home at this time, he would wake up the mother and son.

Li Duoyu thought for a while, picked up the cloth bag containing the bundles of unity, and went to the eel factory first.

 At the factory, the lights are always on after night.

As soon as Li Duoyu arrived at the eel factory, he made some noise, and the room used for night watch was immediately opened.

 A young man who looked a little thin with a harpoon in his hand rushed out of the door and shouted:

"who is it?"

 After seeing Li Duoyu, Chen Wenchao said in surprise: "Brother Yu, when did you come back?"

“Your wife is still in confinement, so you won’t stay with her and your daughter at night.”

 Chen Wenchao scratched his head: "I wanted to accompany her too, but Xiaolan kicked me out and she wouldn't let me accompany her."

 After hearing this, Li Duoyu immediately understood. It was obvious that a thin-skinned person like Xiao Chao should not have said everything.

Xiaolan probably meant that he should take a good look at the eel factory since he is not here these days.

 Li Duoyu patted Chen Wenchao on the shoulder: "You have a good wife."

 Normally, confinement is a very important thing for women.

In later generations, when his daughter-in-law was in confinement, she wanted to treat the whole family as slaves, with her as the center of everything.

He also loses his temper often and often quarrels with his son. When he quarrels, he yells that he wants to take the child back to his parents' home.

 And Xiaolan can give priority to her man's work during confinement. It doesn't take much thinking to know that she is a very good woman.

 Chen Wenchao grinned and said:

“Brother Yu, I know, Xiaolan is very good to me.”

 Next, Li Duoyu read the diary of the eel breeding pond.

Although the second brother is lazy and has no big ambitions, he is a bit very good, and that is the task assigned to him.

 Completed clearly every time.

During the ten days he was away, the diary recorded the data of the fish pond in detail every day.

Took a cursory glance.

I felt that this data was not too big, but he was still not assured and went to the fish pond to visit him in person.

 Caught some eels randomly from each eel pond to check the situation.

 Fortunately, there are no problems, there are no infectious diseases, and the water quality is also very stable.

Li Duoyu carefully observed the eel. It was obviously much bigger since the last time the islanders came to inspect it. It is estimated that it will reach the specifications for shipping in about another month and a half.

“Xiaochao, thank you for your hard work these days.”

  “Should.”

Li Duoyu took out the fish bladders that had not been completely dried from another bag.

“By the way, on this trip to the sea, I made fish pickles for yellow sweettails. You can bring some back to Xiaolan to eat.”

 “Brother Yu, that thing is too expensive.”

“Hurry and take it, this is for your wife, not you.”

 “It’s really too expensive.”

Li Duoyu said fiercely: "Take it, do you hear me? Others want it, but I don't want to give it to them."

Chen Wenchao hesitated and said, "Then I will take one."

"One is enough for anyone. Take five and go. I just made them yesterday and they are still a little wet. When you go back, remember to dry them in a ventilated place. Don't expose them directly to the sun. Do you know?"

"knew."

 (End of this chapter)