1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

Chapter 399: Catching Green Crabs

On the **** side, construction has been started for more than a month, and a small seawall has been enclosed.

This seawall is about the size of two standard football fields, about twenty acres.

What Li Duoyu didn't expect was that his uncle Chen Dongqing also came. He had a cigarette in his mouth and looked at the pond in front of him, lost in thought.

 Because the sea breeze was relatively strong, half of the smoke was taken away by the sea breeze.

Brother-in-law Zhang Mingsheng, who was wearing a white vest and had a dark look all over his body, said: "Duoyu, how about I do this job well?"

Li Duoyu gave a thumbs up and praised in local dialect: "Yaba."

Zhang Mingsheng grinned. He was really happy since arriving at Dandan Island. The most important thing is that their family is also very happy.

　　Although she gave birth to three daughters.

 But there are really few people on the island who would stimulate him by saying that he could not give birth to a son. Instead, many people joked about whether they should arrange a baby marriage.

 In Xiagang Village, his family owns two fishing boats. They have made a lot of money over the years, but their life is not happy.

　　When drinking with brothers, the other person may get drunk and suddenly say: "You can't do it Mingsheng, why don't I give it a try, maybe I can give birth to a good child."

Zhang Mingsheng knew that the other party might have drunk too much, but he was really angry, so he drank half a bottle of sorghum wine and beat the **** hard.

And there is a bad custom in Xiagang Village, that is, no wedding banquet will be held until a boy is born.

 Shuihua has been in love since she married him.

　　Wedding banquets have never been held.

 In short, in that place, not giving birth to a boy is like a sin, and you have to be careful about what you say.

For someone like him who gave birth to three girls, he had no status at all in the village, as if anyone could step on her.

Now that they have arrived at Dandan Island, Zhang Mingsheng’s whole family is much more relaxed. The eldest and second son laugh happily every day.

 The most important thing is that life suddenly has hope, and his intuition tells him that Li Duoyu must be doing something big if he spends so much money on pond enclosures.

Uncle Chen Dongqing looked at the large pond in front of him and asked, "How much did it cost to build such a pond?"

Li Duoyu replied: "For this one mouthful, it's about three thousand and five thousand."

Chen Dongqing sighed: "What a generous move. What are you going to raise in such a big pond?"

Li Duoyu was too lazy to pretend anymore: “First raise some blue crabs, then add some shrimps, and raise the two together.”

Chen Dongqing was startled for a moment: "You are really a **** talent. I just went to the next province for inspection last week. I just wanted to come back and tell you that blue crabs can be mixed with shrimps. You already knew it."

 After Chen Dongqing finished speaking, he found that at least half of the cigarette in his mouth had been smoked by the sea breeze, and flicked the cigarette holder into the sea.

 “This cigarette is really worthless.”

Seeing his uncle rummaging through his pockets for a cigarette, Li Duoyu took out a cigarette from his coat pocket and handed it to him.

"Is this right? If I don't smoke anymore, I have to take the initiative to find out if I have any smoke."

Li Duoyu glanced at him sideways: "I'll give you a cigarette and you're still talkative. Believe it or not, I'll kick you down."

 Chen Dongqing took a puff of cigarette and asked: "Can you raise blue crabs and shrimps?"

 Li Duoyu nodded.

"I guess I know how to do it. Someone taught me how to raise it when I was in Taizhou. Comrade Dongqing wants to teach me how to raise it, right?"

 Chen Dongqing said disgustedly: "I don't know how to raise them at all. I'm just teaching you how to knit. By the way, I came to you today mainly for two things.

The first thing Director Zhang asked me to ask was, wasn’t there a red tide not long ago? Director Zhang was afraid that your oysters would be affected, so he asked if you could keep up with the oyster seedlings here. "

 Li Duoyu nodded: "Okay, it's not a big problem. The oysters are half alive. Xiaochao is already making oyster cakes. In another week, the oyster steaks should be ready."

"That's good. If there is a problem on your side, it will be quite embarrassing for the institute. By the way, there is one more thing. The institute wants to sign a comprehensive cooperation agreement with your Minlong Company and plans to set up a Base, I wonder if you are willing?"

Li Duoyu squinted his eyes and said, "For such a big matter, give me some time to think about it."

“Consider it as a matter of fact. If you cooperate with us, you won’t suffer any loss. What’s the point?”

“I’ll think about it for a day or two. This will make me appear more stable. If you say it, I will directly agree. This will make me look very unqualified.”

 Chen Dongqing was stunned for a moment. "What is it?"

 “Pretentious style.”

Chen Dongqing rolled her eyes at him: "Where did you learn such nonsense? I'm leaving."

 “You’re leaving so soon, why don’t you go and sit at home.”

 Chen Dongqing waved his hand: "I'm not going. I used to be very capable, but now I can't handle you. I'm going to embarrass you at your house."

Li Duoyu took out the cigarette from his coat pocket and said, "This pack of Huazi has just been opened. Do you want it?"

 Chen Dongqing, who had not walked a few steps, stepped back and said, "Director Li, you are a righteous person. Please buy more in the future."

Li Duoyu looked at the pond in front of him. It looked really big, but compared with the real pond bosses in his previous life.

This small pond of 20 acres is simply not worth mentioning. Li Duoyu once saw a pond of 30,000 to 40,000 acres in a place called "Longyingwei". At a glance, he could not see the end. A spectacular one.

 However, due to geographical restrictions, the tidal flat area of ​​Dandan Island is not very large, so it is destined to be impossible to build such a large-scale project.

Li Duoyu doesn’t want to do it on such a large scale. If he eats up all the tidal flats on Dandan Island and makes all the money, it will be no different from the Wang brothers in the previous life.

 Li Duoyu does not plan to occupy too much resources, and will leave at least half to the villagers.

 The short-term economic benefits of dikes and ponds are definitely not as good as those brought by eel farming and sea farming, but it is more suitable for long-term development.

In addition to kelp, oysters, and eels, Li Duoyu believes that these ponds will definitely become a shining business card of Dandan Island in the future.

At this moment, Li Duoyu discovered that a tractor was emitting black smoke and stopped on the embankment, unable to move.

Li Duoyu rushed over to take a look and found the tractor master lying on the bottom of the tractor, looking like he was repairing it. His whole body was covered with diesel, including his face.

“Master Zhang, is the engine broken?”

The tractor master said: "There may be a problem, but it should be able to be repaired by getting some spare parts from the county."

Li Duoyu really admires his generation, because almost all of them have driving licenses.

And many people have participated in training and can repair tractors by themselves. For example, the uncle and the third uncle can also repair tugboat engines and fishing boats.

After confirming that the repair could not be completed, Master Zhang controlled the direction of the tractor, and Li Duoyu followed more than a dozen villagers to push the tractor.

 “Get ready, come together.”

"Walk."

 In less than ten minutes, the tractor was pushed to the shore.

 Seeing the sunburned and sweaty villagers on the shore, Li Duoyu couldn't help but laugh.

This is really a good era.

 After having oil and water, everyone looks quite strong.

 Li Duoyu still has a profound memory of what he experienced in those ten years. At that time, even if the family had money and water, he did not dare to eat more. He was as skinny as a monkey and had little energy to work.

 After leaving Weitang, Li Duoyu came to Lao Chen, a second-hand fishing gear shop.

 “Old Chen, how many cages are left?”

 After seeing Li Duoyu, Lao Chen said with a smile: "There are still a lot of fish. You don't catch many fish. Why did you buy a ground cage?"

Lao Chen has been in a good mood recently. He has sold more fishing gear in the past two weeks than he did in the entire year. This is all thanks to the village director in front of him.

 “I’m going to catch some small blue crabs.”

 Lao Chen suddenly asked: "You don't build such a big pond really just to raise blue crabs."

 “That’s right.”

“You really support everything.” Lao Chen sighed: “The investment is too big and I don’t have the money, otherwise I would like to support it with you.”

"Don't worry, I'll test the water first. Maybe it won't be easy to raise, and I'll die of it."

Old Chen rolled his eyes at him: "Tianhou Palace is halfway up the mountain. Don't say such unlucky words."

Li Duoyu grinned.

Then he bought ten ground cages from Lao Chen and walked towards the mangroves.

At this moment, Shi Shi ran up panting.

“Brother Yu, where did you go just now? I have been looking for you just now.”

Li Duoyu looked at Shi Shi puzzledly: "Why are you looking for me? Is there anything wrong?"

Shitou had a bitter look on his face: "I don't know why I'm looking for you. Anyway, I'm so confused right now. I feel at ease following you." Li Duoyu was speechless and couldn't help but sigh that it's great to be young: "You kid, you don't know how. You want to do something against me."

“You wouldn’t dare even if you gave me a hundred courages, Brother Yu, what are you doing with such a cage?”

 “Go catch some green crabs.”

Shitou smiled and said, "I also have a lot of ground cages there. I'll take them and catch them with you."

 “How many do you have?”

“About twenty or so.”

“Hurry up, catch the green crab seedlings and sell them directly to me.”

"Okay, I'll go back and get it right away." Shitou struggled for a moment and asked, "Brother Yu, do you think it's possible for me and Shanshan?"

Li Duoyu frowned and said, "How do I know? Don't ask me about emotional matters."

 After blue crabs lay eggs, they have to go to waters with higher salinity to lay eggs, which is a bit like eels.

However, as a fisherman, he found everything interesting, that is, the habits of marine life are very interesting.

For example, deep-sea fish like to go offshore to lay eggs, such as hairtail, turtles, horseshoe crabs, etc.

 On the contrary, the offshore ones like to go to the deep sea to breed.

Li Duoyu believes that this should be related to natural enemies. If blue crabs lay eggs offshore, they will probably become snacks for natural enemies.

  Hyper crab larvae are generally divided into two types, one is called big-eyed larvae, which locals generally call white larvae and aircraft larvae, which are crab larvae with long tails.

This kind of crab larvae is very small, just like water fleas, but in the previous life, the price was not cheap at all, and one could only be sold for one or two cents.

Each "metamorphosis" process of blue crab seedlings requires different seawater salinities. Due to the complexity of the growth environment, blue crab seedlings have not completely broken through artificial breeding. They are mainly produced by catching wild blue crab seedlings. Lord.

The method of catching large-eyed larvae is somewhat similar to that of eel fry. A large number of blue crab fry can be caught with a net.

It is not difficult to catch crab seedlings. You can even catch a lot of crab seedlings with a net on the tidal flats, but it is a pain to select crab seedlings.

 Because what is caught is often not only blue crab fry, but also sea monks, sea spiders, flat crabs, stone crabs, etc.

If you don't know how to do it, you won't be able to tell the difference at all. If you don't know the difference, you might sell it, and you might even get scolded by the person who collects the seedlings.

Li Duoyu remembered that there were a few people on Dandan Island in his previous life, who specialized in fishing for various kinds of seeds to make a living.

From December to April, we catch eel fry, and from April to October, we catch blue crab fry.

 These Miao fishermen often only need to catch a few pieces of water to cover their living expenses for a year.

 Another type of crab is called an armored crab, which is a slightly larger crab, some of which already have a carapace.

It is very difficult for blue crabs to grow to such a large size, and they have many natural enemies.

If you encounter pufferfish, just take one bite, just like eating snacks. Watching the tide is also a good way to catch crabs.

 The scariest thing is probably those seabirds with long legs and long beaks, which are definitely a nightmare for all kinds of crabs.

This kind of green crab larvae are generally fished in mangrove areas. They generally do not come out during the day and only come out at night.

 While some experienced masters usually start digging directly, Li Duoyu does not have this skill, so he does not do this work.

Li Duoyu stepped barefoot on the mangrove tidal flat. The mangrove tidal flat and the tidal flat where oysters are farmed are completely different worlds. There are more and richer creatures here.

But fishermen don’t like this kind of place, because the mangroves are really smelly and dirty, and when you walk there, you might get bird **** on your head.

Every step he takes is particularly painful, and there are all kinds of messy tree branches. If you step on them, it will be painful.

 After walking a few steps, Li Duoyu found footprints in front of him and walked forward along the footprints.

I saw a clay man digging a hole there, with half of his body in the hole, and he was still saying to himself: "If you dig so deep, if you don't get a pound, are you sorry for me?"

The clay man was digging so hard that he didn't even notice that there was someone standing by the pit watching him dig the hole.

 “Damn it, you dare to pinch me.”

 The next second, the clay figure squirmed out of the hole, holding a blue crab with large claws in his hand.

Even though he was wearing gloves, he still screamed when he was pinched. Zhao Erniu quickly put the blue crab in the sea water.

Once the blue crab reaches the water, it will release its claws when it feels safe. Just when it is about to run away, it is instantly held down by Zhao Erniu and then thrown to the tidal flat.

 Shortly afterwards, a ball of mud directly stuck to the blue crab's eyes.

“Your uncle, you pinched me till I bled, and you still want to run away?”

The blue crab, which was covered in mud, lost its vision and did not dare to move. Instead, it raised its claws in defense.

Zhao Erniu directly grabbed the last pair of legs of the blue crab, pulled out a straw rope from his waist, and **** the blue crab in an instant.

“Er Niu, your skills are pretty good.”

 After hearing the sound, Zhao Erniu turned around suddenly and found Li Duoyu standing behind him.

 “Damn it, I’m scared to death.”

“Brother Yu, why are you here in the mangrove forest?”

When Zhao Erniu saw the floor cage in Li Duoyu's hand, he opened his eyes wide and said, "There are so many floor cages. You are already so rich. You are not here to steal my job."

Li Duoyu looked at the clay figurine in front of him and said with a smile:

“I’m going to learn how to dig blue crabs like you. I’ll probably have to sleep on the ground when I get back. I’m here to catch young blue crabs, and I won’t **** your big blue crabs. But if I catch them in a ground trap, there’s nothing I can do.”

Zhao Erniu suddenly remembered what Li Duoyu had said before, asking him to help catch green crab seedlings.

“Brother Yu, I’m good at catching green crab seedlings. How much do I charge for them?”

 Li Duoyu thought for a while.

 “Almost a penny each.”

Zhao Erniu opened his eyes wide, as if great wealth had descended on his head. He didn't expect happiness to come so suddenly.

 In the past, every time we collected the cages, the number of crab seedlings was really not that small. Recently, the number of crab seedlings has been even greater, with an average of 30 crab seedlings in each cage.

 Previously, crabs the size of fingernails were of no use to him. If they were caught, they would be released directly.

I didn't think that Brother Yu was collecting money now. Thinking of this, Zhao Erniu suddenly felt very heartbroken. In the past two years, the crab seedlings he released were added at least 100,000.

Thinking of this, Zhao Erniu's heart seemed to be bleeding.

Now he has a total of thirty ground cages in his hand. If each ground cage only has 30 crab seedlings, the profit from the blue crab seedlings that day will be ten yuan, which is more than he makes from digging blue crabs.

When the two brothers separated, the newly purchased land was taken away by Zhao Dahai, while Zhao Erniu was assigned the old house.

 After the family separation, the two brothers started fighting each other so as not to meet each other, and even swore an agreement to each other.

 Zhao Dahai cannot go to the mangroves to make money, and Zhao Erniu cannot go to the sea to fish to make money.

Zhao Dahai wanted to return to his original house after breaking up with the widow, but Zhao Erniu naturally refused. He wanted to see that he could not fish and make money by himself, so he built the land into a house.

Unexpectedly, a net hoist came out halfway and gave Zhao Dahai a chance of survival. Now he is working hard to catch fish every day.

Yesterday I used a net machine to catch fish, and I made more than ten yuan a day. I even showed off at the dock, saying that I would definitely build a new house within a year, and by then, he would not be allowed in.

Seeing that Zhao Dahai is making more and more money recently, Zhao Erniu is anxious, fearing that he will outshine him. When the time comes, if his new house is actually built, he will be embarrassed.

 During this period, I also worked very hard to catch blue crabs, ground dragons and watch the tide in the mangroves.

 Sometimes, he would take out some bird eggs and sell them for money. Recently, he planned to raise some sea ducks in the mangrove.

Zhao Erniu carefully asked the God of Wealth in front of him: "Brother Yu, how much do you need to harvest these green crabs in total?"

Li Duoyu thought about it for a while and replied: "In these two months, we will collect about 50,000 to 100,000 of them."

Zhao Erniu’s eyes widened: “I need so much.”

Li Duoyu smiled and asked, "Can't it be done?"

"No problem, as long as you are willing to accept it, I can get you two to three thousand a day."

“By the way, how many blue crabs did you catch today?”

Zhao Erniu scratched his head and said: "I only caught three today, but they are all quite big. There are two acres of them, and they are all filled with grease."

“If no one orders, just sell them all to me. It just so happens that our family hasn’t eaten blue crabs for a long time.”

Zhao Erniu smiled and said: "No one has decided, so Brother Yu, I won't weigh you. I'll give you three blue crabs for three yuan."

“Okay, if you go back to the village, just give the blue crabs to my mother.”

 “I understand, Brother Yu.”

 (End of this chapter)