1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

“Director Li, if you don’t go back to Dandan Island tonight, would you like to have a casual dinner together?” An Yuliang asked.

"No, Manager An is too polite. I have something else to do tonight."

An Yuliang sent Li Duoyu to the door of the company and asked again: "Have accommodation been arranged for the night? If not, do you want to stay in our company's guest house?"

 “That’s too polite. If you are so polite again, you will scare me away.”

 “Haha, I know.”

As soon as Li Duoyu finished speaking, he turned around and saw two familiar people at the door of their company.

 The moment they saw it, both parties were a little surprised and didn't react for a while.

 Zhao Jialu was riding a 28-meter pole. Li Xiuyun, wearing a polka-dot long skirt and a hairband, was sitting sideways on the back seat of the bicycle.

 After seeing Li Xiuyun.

Li Duoyu then remembered that she worked at Rongcheng United Distribution Company, and her position seemed to be quite high.

 Some time ago, although these two people had not yet received the wine license, they had already received the license.

Zhao Jialu’s eyes widened when he saw Li Duoyu, and then he glanced at Fatty An behind him, feeling a little resentful:

“Brother Yu, you are not very interesting. You didn’t even come to see me in Rongcheng.”

Li Duoyu replied casually:

"I just arrived and came here to handle some things. I planned to go find you after finishing the work."

"I don't believe it. If you hadn't been touched by me, you probably wouldn't even have come to see me."

An Yuliang watched the young men chatting and said, "You guys talk first, Director Li. Xiao Lin is not that reliable in his work. I will keep an eye on him for you."

“I’m really sorry to trouble you, Manager An.”

Zhao Jialu looked at the watch on his left hand and said with a smile: "Brother Yu, it's already this time today, so I shouldn't go back."

 Li Duoyu nodded:

“Well, I have something to do. I may stay in Rongcheng for one night tonight.”

 “Okay.” Zhao Jialu was a little excited and gave Li Xiuyun the 28 big stick on the spot:

“Xiuyun, Brother Yu finally came to Rongcheng. I’ll accompany him for a while, and I won’t go back for dinner in the evening. You and Mom and Dad can eat together.”

Although Li Xiuyun kept smiling, she couldn't help clenching her fists. She was wearing a skirt today, how could she ride such a big bar?

 Is it possible for me to push it back?

Li Duoyu was a little embarrassed, but this behavior was indeed very "Zhao Jialu". He glanced at Li Xiuyun, who was smiling but not smiling.

Li Duoyu quickly said:

"You send Xiuyun back quickly. I'm not in a hurry. I'll wait for you near the dock later."

 “Brother Yu, please don’t lie to me.”

"If I wanted to lie to you, I wouldn't have told you that I would spend the night in Rongcheng."

“Well, I’ll send Xiuyun back first, and then I’ll come find you.”

Zhao Jialu was pedaling his bicycle very fast, but as soon as he rode about fifty meters away, the whole 28-bar bicycle started to shake and he almost fell down.

Zhao Jialu said in confusion: "What's wrong with you? Why are you pinching me so hard?"

Li Xiuyun looked unhappy: "Angry!"

 “It’s unreasonable, why are you so angry? Brother Yu finally came to Rongcheng once, but he doesn’t have any sharp eyesight at all.”

Li Xiuyun smiled bitterly, like a frustrated rubber ball, and complained: "I shouldn't have listened to my mother. I regret getting the certificate from you."

Seeing her talk about this again, Zhao Jialu also said harshly: "You are the only one who regrets it. I regret it too, okay? If I weren't afraid of being beaten by your father."

 Zhao Jialu didn’t finish his words when he felt a sharp pain in his waist.

“Can you twist it on the other side? It hurts so much if you keep twisting it in the same place. Believe it or not, I’ll put it in the ditch for you.”

"you dare."

 “I don’t dare, the ditch smells too bad.”

 After hearing this, Li Xiuyun was angry but helpless. She looked back at Li Duoyu, who could no longer be seen. She didn't know why, but she was a little jealous of him.

 Zhao Jialu has many friends, but he is the only one who treats Li Duoyu with all his heart and soul. Last time he went to Dandan Island, he only collected kelp for two days.

 After coming back, she read with him for more than a week, and they never left Li Duoyu in ten words. Her ears were calloused.

What else can I say?

 After making money, she went to Dandan Island to buy a piece of land and planned to build a house there. She also asked her to give birth to a daughter as soon as possible and arrange a baby marriage with Li Duoyu's son Xiao Tutu.

"well!"

If he hadn't always flirted with women, Li Xiuyun would have really couldn't help but wonder if there was something wrong with Zhao Jialu's orientation.

Li Xiuyun sighed softly: "In the evening, come back early and don't drink too much, you know."

Zhao Jialu saluted while riding his bicycle: "Roger that, leader."

“Knowing that I am the leader, they let me ride home by myself, but they didn’t know that I was wearing a skirt today.”

 “I just forgot, sorry, I will pay attention next time.”

 “I’ve already admitted that I was wrong, why are you still screwing?”

Li Xiuyun puffed up her cheeks and said, "After twisting it this time, I will feel relieved."

 “Then, can I spend the night outside?”

"What do you think."

 “I was wrong, don’t take your hand away first.”

Behind the large iron gate of Rongcheng United Distribution Company, the two employees who had been smoking in front of the reception room were stunned when they saw the scene just now.

The young man who smelled like seafood not only knew Manager An, but also knew Li Xiuyun and her husband, and they seemed to have a pretty good relationship with them.

 Li Xiuyun is a key training target of the company. More importantly, her family members are all members of the public transportation system. I heard that her uncle is the leader of that system.

As for Zhao Jialu, he is even more awesome. Although he only rides a 28-meter pole, his parents all work in the compound, and they are still in important positions.

Here in Rongcheng, everyone who knows Zhao Jialu knows that this man is a "crab".

The young man named Zhang Lu was puzzled and asked: "What is that person's identity? Could he be the child of some big leader's family and be dragged to the beach for gold plating?"

“If this is the case, that leader is too cruel. The fishy smell on his body would not have been so strong if he had not been working at the beach for two or three years.”

Li Sanshui suddenly said seriously:

“From now on, keep your mouth tight and don’t talk nonsense anymore, and don’t talk nonsense behind other people’s backs.

We were lucky this time. The man didn't seem to care. If we encountered a tough situation, we wouldn't know how we would die. "

Zhang Lu smiled bitterly and said, "Who would have known that such an ordinary-looking person could have such a powerful background."

Li Sanshui rolled his eyes and said, "I don't think I'm average in appearance, but I'm much more handsome than you, okay?"

 “Yes, he is quite awesome, and everything you say is right.”

 “You started to bully again.”

 “No matter what, I’m telling the truth.”

 After leaving Rongcheng United Distribution Company, Li Duoyu walked to the herbal medicine shops on the side of the road and tried to ask.

“Boss, do you have Guanzhong, Qinghao, and Betel nut in your store?”

 The boss in Chinese tunic suit replied:

“No, these medicinal herbs are out of stock recently.”

 “Then do you know where I can buy it?”

The boss thought for a while and replied: "If you really want to buy it, you can go to the distribution company opposite and ask. They have more connections, and maybe they can buy it."

Li Duoyu asked two herbal medicine shops on this street and found that they were out of stock. Looking at the situation, if he didn't come to Manager An, he probably wouldn't be able to handle it.

while walking.

Li Duoyu followed the inland river and came to the riverside near Rongcheng Pier.

There is a square here.

 After get off work, there are quite a lot of people.

 The elderly and children nearby especially like to come here to play, and many couples also walk hand in hand along the riverside.

 When going to work during the day, everyone may wear simple work clothes, but in the evening, the colors of the clothes are much brighter.

As soon as summer arrives, many young people wear "Que Liang", which is colorful and eye-catching.

Li Duoyu also discovered that in this era, girls seem to particularly like wearing colored hairbands.

On one side of the square are young people wearing bell-bottom trousers and toad glasses, carrying a tape recorder and dancing disco.

　　They like to turn up the volume of the tape recorder as high as possible and keep twisting their bodies. On the other side, there are ballroom dances. The songs are relatively softer, but they are usually male and female partners, and the "social" attribute is stronger.

 Two groups of people often scold each other in the square because the music is too loud.

Li Duoyu stood at the square and watched for a while. Unexpectedly, an aunt with powdered face came up to chat with her: "Young man, I happen to be missing a partner, do you want to dance together?"

Li Duoyu smiled: "Sister, I can't dance."

“It’s okay if you don’t know how to dance. I can teach you step by step. This dance is easy to learn.”

 “No need really, I just have a look and will leave later.”

Looking at his aunt's disappointed expression, Li Duoyu couldn't help but recall some past events. In fact, he and Aguiting often went to dance halls.

Whether it is disco or ballroom dancing, both of them are good at dancing. In addition, they are generous and will buy drinks for their dance partners. Many young girls especially like to dance closely with them.

Li Duoyu now looks like he is only in his twenties, but he is actually more than 60 years old. He prefers quiet places to noisy places.

Li Duoyu found a place to sit down on the stone steps by the river.

The setting sun in early summer dyed the river surface red. A few children with mud on their faces were walking barefoot in the mud on the river bank. They were half squatting and catching a small crab.

Locals call these small crabs crabs, and they can be seen on the mudflats along the river in very large numbers.

And this kind of crab is very small, only two or three centimeters when it grows to its maximum size. There is a very interesting thing about this crab.

 Even a large group of crickets would wave their crab claws neatly, and Li Duoyu didn’t know why they did this. It was probably a way of communicating with each other among the same kind.

 Generally, crickets don't stray too far from the cave. If they encounter danger, they will crawl back into the cave as quickly as possible.

 But the children who caught the crickets were also very fast. They caught the crickets before they even had time to get back into the cave.

Especially the little girl who took the lead, she was so accurate that even Li Duoyu thought she was awesome.

This kind of crab's small pincers don't hurt at all if it pinches people. After the little girl caught the cricket, she put it into the bamboo basket around her waist.

Li Duoyu glanced at their bamboo basket. It was densely packed with crickets. It seemed that these children were not playing.

They caught so many crickets that they probably wanted to sell them for money.

 There is a local specialty in Rongcheng called Crab Sauce, and this sauce is made from this small crab.

Li Duoyu often made this kind of sauce in his previous life. The method is quite simple. Wash these small crabs, cut off the buttocks, add sea salt and white wine and soak them for half a day.

 Then, mash it into a puree, then add white sugar, red wine lees and other ingredients. After fermentation, it is the crab sauce.

The taste is quite unique.

To outsiders, this thing is definitely a dark dish.

 But for the locals, cricket sauce is a common sauce on the dinner table.

If a child doesn't like to eat, the family will often take out cricket sauce and mix it with the rice. In this way, the child can often eat an extra bowl of rice.

However, Li Duoyu thinks that jellyfish and jellyfish are a perfect match. For him, jellyfish without jellyfish sauce have no soul.

At this time, Li Duoyu heard the familiar sound of bowl knocking. He turned around and saw an old man riding a bicycle, shouting: "Fish balls, fish balls."

 “A delicious fishmonger.”

Li Duoyu took a closer look and found that it was the old man who sold his fish **** at the train station the year before last.

Li Duoyu, who happened to be a little hungry, shouted: "Here's some fish balls."

"okay."

The uncle immediately parked his bicycle, took out a clean bowl and spoon, and asked:

“If you want two cents or three cents, six fish **** for two cents, ten fish **** for three cents.”

Li Duoyu replied: "It's Sanmao, help me add more vinegar and green onions."

"okay."

 Seeing the uncle putting fish **** in a bowl, Li Duoyu couldn't help but asked: "Didn't they use bamboo tubes before? Why do they use bowls now?"

The uncle was stunned for a moment and asked: "You have eaten my fish **** at the train station before."

Li Duoyu nodded and said, "I have eaten. The business at the train station is so good, why don't you sell it there?"

The man selling fish **** said with emotion: "I was driven away by my colleagues, but it's okay to be driven away. If you stay in that kind of place for a long time, you will feel uncomfortable. It's better to come to the riverside and see the young people here, which will make you feel more comfortable." "

 Li Duoyu knew why the uncle felt uncomfortable. During the period after the opening, the area around the train station should be the messiest place in the city.

　　Three Hands, "Beggars' Gang". Lost children, abducted women, this kind of thing happens almost every day in that kind of place.

To be honest, if you stay in that kind of place for a long time, it will really be hard for a kind person.

After Li Duoyu took two bites of the fish balls, he couldn't help but said: "Uncle, your fish **** seem to have become a lot smaller."

The uncle glared and said: "I used to sell you 30 cents, and now I still sell you 30 cents. You don't even look at how the price of fish has increased recently. I didn't increase the price and it was already good."

 While Li Duoyu was eating fish balls, the group of children catching crickets surrounded him, but they did not dare to get too close.

There was a child who was only seven or eight years old and swallowed his saliva: "Sister, these fish **** are so delicious. How about we sell the crickets and buy a bowl of fish **** to eat?"

The little girl who took the lead in catching the crickets kept staring at Li Duoyu's bowl. Her stomach made a growling sound, but she shook her head and said:

"No, these crickets have to be sold for money. We have to buy medicine for mother."

Li Duoyu couldn't help but be startled when he heard this. He remembered that when he was a child, he and Xiaoying would always go to Xiaohai with Shuihua.

 Sell all the seafood you catch.

He was always clamoring to buy candies, but Shuihua saved all the money and bought a pencil case for him and Xiaoying each when they went to school.

Li Duoyu said to the little girl who was taking the lead: "Are you hungry? Do you want to eat fish balls? I can treat you to them."

Hearing this, the two little boys opened their eyes wide and said excitedly: "Uncle, you are really willing to treat us to food."

The little girl in the lead frowned and said, "Anan, Anbei, have you forgotten what my mother said, don't just eat what others give you, or you will be kidnapped."

Li Duoyu's mouth twitched. He didn't expect this little girl to be so aware of kidnapping, but he agreed with what she said.

“Your mother is right, but unlike those traffickers, my uncle will not trick you into leaving.”

 The little girl was confused for a while:

"But my mother also said that if you don't get rewarded for your work, you will be rewarded for eating other people's food."

Li Duoyu was a little speechless, thinking that this little girl must be a bit educated, but there are too many rules.

Li Duoyu said seriously: "Then let me ask you, do you want to eat fish balls?"

 “Want to eat.”

Li Duoyu sighed: "Let's see if you can sing. If you can, sing a song for me and I'll treat you to a bowl of fish balls."

 The little girl thought for a while: "Okay, but I can only sing one song."

 “It’s okay, as long as it’s a song.”

Li Duoyu was already a little impatient. He just wanted to treat these children to a bowl of fish balls. Why was it so troublesome?

 The little girl cleared her throat and then started singing.

"Let's paddle together,

 The boat pushes away the waves

“

Li Duoyu was really surprised after hearing the little girl's singing voice. Her voice was really nice. If she was trained well, she would not be a singer in the future.

　　People sitting by the river enjoying the cool air were also attracted by her singing.

 “Sounds nice.”

 “This little girl sings so well.”

After seeing her finish singing a song, Li Duoyu glanced at the three children, and then said to the fish ball seller: "Here are three more bowls of fish balls."

Hearing that her uncle ordered three bowls of fish balls, the little girl was stunned: "Uncle, I can only sing one song, just give us one bowl."

Li Duoyu raised his eyebrows and noticed how serious this little girl was: "Then sing one song to me three times."

After the little girl sang the song three times, she led her two younger brothers to wash their hands and feet by the river before they dared to come over and eat fish balls.

While eating fish balls, the girl took out an enamel cup with serious paint peeling off from the cloth bag she carried with her.

 Took out four fish **** from each of the three bowls, poured them into the enamel cups, and poured some soup into them.

Li Duoyu asked in confusion: "Do you have other children?"

The girl lowered her head and said, "I took it back to my mother to eat. She has been sick recently and has been lying in bed."

Li Duoyu was stunned for a moment. This girl is so sensible that it makes people feel bad.

He suddenly looked towards the river, looking at those ugly and unsightly awning boats, and then realized that in the 1980s, there were still many people who could not afford medical treatment or food. (End of chapter)