1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

Chapter 35 Preparing to go to sea (please follow up)

After Li Duoyu came to his third uncle’s house, he found that it was really different from other people’s houses.

 At this time, most people in the country were still struggling to make ends meet, but his family had entered the age of electrical appliances.

  Ceiling fans, imported three-way machines, double-door refrigerators, Hitachi color TVs, double-tube washing machines and leather sofas.

The total cost of these electrical appliances, based on Zhou Xiaoying's salary, is estimated to have taken ten years of deprivation to afford them.

Uncle San's family, in this day and age, is already a "ten thousand-yuan household". If the money hadn't been dirty, they would have hung red flowers, set off firecrackers, and published a newspaper to celebrate.

After Li Duoyu entered the house, as soon as he sat down on the leather sofa, his third uncle picked up an electric pot (hot water kettle) to make tea and asked:

“Duoyu wants to ask you something. Did your uncle Chen Dongqing tell you that there will be big moves during this period?”

Seeing his third uncle ask this, Li Duoyu somewhat understood. He told Li Yujun that he would not take away the goods, but in fact, he still had a plan.

 Li Duoyu directly told him the actual situation:

“There will indeed be a big move up there soon, and everyone is almost in place. We are just missing a chance to catch it.”

Hearing the news, Li Zhengfa's hands shook unconsciously: "Is this news reliable?"

Li Duoyu sighed:

“Third uncle, to be honest, I don’t intend to advise you. If you really think that the conference was just for us, then just pretend that I didn’t say anything.”

The third uncle’s brows knitted together and he thought about it for a while.

“Forget it, I do feel something is wrong during this period, so I might as well avoid the limelight first.”

 Li Duoyu really wanted to tell his third uncle that no matter whether you avoid the limelight or not, you will eventually be targeted.

People like him, who are shiny of his island, can form a connection. When he hit their village strictly, he will definitely be liquidated and cannot run at all.

  But if we stop now, it will be much better than being caught at the scene of taking goods. Remember, those who are caught at the scene will get heavier sentences.

 In the previous life, the third uncle’s family was quite lucky.

 I was never caught on the spot, but I was still reported. Later, all the money in my house was taken out, and all the imported electrical appliances in my home were confiscated, so I was not arrested and sent to jail.

Li Zhengfa sighed, and then said:

“By the way, Duoyu, that kelp of yours shouldn’t be able to spawn so quickly.”

“Not yet, it will be around the end of October.”

"That's quite a long time. Isn't it the swimming crab season now? If I don't sell the goods, I might go to sea to get some swimming crabs first. If you have nothing to do these days, why don't you come over and help for a few days? I'll pay you per day. Knot."

Li Duoyu's eyes lit up. He really planned to find something to do during this gap period. Weaving and mending nets was impossible, and Lao Li couldn't make any money from his oyster fields.

 I have thought about my third uncle before.

 But the third uncle really made too much.

Li Duoyu was not sure whether his third uncle would come to earn this hard-earned money. Unexpectedly, he took the initiative to mention it today.

"It shouldn't be a big problem, right? By the way, uncle, how long does it usually take for you to go to sea?"

Uncle San thought for a while: "If it's offshore, the trip will take about five or six days. Wherever the fishing boat catches, it will be sold directly at the nearest dock."

"If it takes five or six days, it shouldn't be a big problem, but I have to go back and discuss it with my family."

The third uncle nodded: "If you come, I will give you a salary of five yuan a day."

"That's not okay. You can't break everyone's rules. You can take whatever amount you deserve. I don't want to take advantage of you."

"Okay, maybe the fishing boat will set off in the next two days. If you plan to go, hurry up and prepare. Bring an extra set of clothes, a small quilt, and a bed. Everyone sleeps on wooden boards. The conditions are quite difficult. You have to be mentally prepared.”

"I know this."

After chatting with his third uncle, Li Duoyu glanced at the room next door. Grandma still had the door closed and didn't seem to be planning to come out to see him.

 In fact, Li Duoyu doesn’t have many memories related to her at all. Her grandmother almost never goes out because her feet are bound, and she only mends fishing nets at home.

Growing up, Li Duoyu saw her only a handful of times. To be honest, he used to hate this old lady because she had never been nice to anyone in their family. In his previous life, when he was in jail.

 The old lady suffered from Alzheimer's disease and passed away within a few years.

Li Duoyu doesn’t know whether her relationship with Lao Li has been restored in the end, but Li Duoyu thinks it’s unlikely.

 Because among all grandma's children, her father Li Zhengtian's temperament was the most similar to hers. They were all hard, smelly, and ugly.

 Just when Li Duoyu was about to leave home.

 The old lady’s door opened.

The old lady still looked unhappy, but she walked up to him with something in her hand.

"If you want to go to sea together, you can take this thing. After all, you are also a member of our Li family. Everyone has one."

After the old lady put the thing into Li Duoyu's hand, she immediately went back to the room and closed the door again.

Li Duoyu looked at the silver longevity lock in his hand and frowned on the spot. The lock was not new, but had been for some years, and there were two little ones under the words "longevity". word.

 “Many fish.”

 Seeing this, Li Duoyu was a little distracted.

Li Duoyu in her previous life didn't give her any chance, and the old lady couldn't take this step, but this life seems to be a little different.

 The third uncle patted Li Duoyu on the shoulder.

　　"Take it, and don't argue with her. The old lady seems to have a bad memory recently."

Li Duoyu glanced at the old lady's door again, then locked the longevity lock, put it in his trouser pocket, and left his third uncle's house.

To be honest, he was a little at a loss when the old lady suddenly did this, but the person who tied the bell still had to untie the bell, and they had to solve it themselves in the end.

 After returning from my third uncle’s house.

Li Duoyu handed the longevity lock to Zhou Xiaoying, which shocked her.

 “When did you get this lock?”

 “I’ll go to my third uncle’s house, and the old lady will give it to you.”

Zhou Xiaoying froze on the spot and didn't react for a long time: "Is it grandma?"

 “Who else could it be but her?”

Zhou Xiaoying still didn't believe it, because this was even more incredible than Li Duoyu's sudden change of temper.

 “What else did the old lady say to you?”

 “I didn’t say anything. After giving me the lock, I went back to the room.”

 Next, Li Duoyu said to Zhou Xiaoying:

"By the way, I have something to discuss with you. Next, I plan to go out to sea with my third uncle to catch swimming crabs. It may take half a month."

After hearing this, Zhou Xiaoying was stunned and frowned for a while, but after a while, she asked calmly: "When are you going out?"

 “It should be just these two days.”

 Zhou Xiaoying suddenly said seriously:

"Then you should have a good rest these two days, go to bed early, and stop tossing around, otherwise you will be very tired when you get to the fishing boat."

 Li Duoyu is also very obedient.

Going directly to the well, I took a shower and washed my whole body. When I came back, I closed the bedroom door.

 Then, he turned off the lights.

 (End of this chapter)