1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

 Li Duoyu really didn’t expect it.

These students actually came to the pier to wait for him. These students may not have very good grades, but they get along best with him.

  Sometimes, Li Duoyu would secretly buy wine and peanuts into his dormitory. Because of this, Li Duoyu was often complained by his teachers.

 “How did you know I was here?”

The student named Zeng Daqiang scratched his head and said: "Teacher Li, we went to find you this morning. The dormitory master said that you just left this morning.

We were divided into three groups to look for you. We came to the fishing port and some people went to the train station and bus station. We were lucky enough to meet you here. "

 Li Duoyu was stunned for a moment.

I was really touched. The strings in my heart were struck by something and felt numb.

Looking at the smiling faces of the students in front of him, Li Duoyu felt sincerely happy. He had no literary talent and could not think of any elegant words.

 There is only one sentence in my mind.

  【Exchange sincerity for sincerity. 】

One of the people, named Shouhou, held a can of pickles and handed it to Li Duoyu: "Teacher Li, these are the sour bamboo shoots made by my mother. They are very delicious."

 “You still have to steam the rice yourself, just keep it for yourself.”

 Shou Hou said: "My mother said that if you teach us those practical things, I must give you the sour bamboo shoots. If you don't accept them, my mother will scold me to death."

 “Thank you then.”

Li Duoyu had no choice but to accept it.

 A few older students asked: "Teacher Li, when will you come to see us again?"

Li Duoyu thought for a moment: "For details, we have to wait for the school's arrangements, probably next year."

 “Ah, next year?”

 “Next year, we will graduate.”

Li Duoyu smiled: "It's okay, as long as you are engaged in breeding, we will meet sooner or later."

Zeng Daqiang scratched his head and said, "Teacher Li, if we encounter someone who doesn't understand something in the future, can we come to the island to ask you for advice?"

Li Duoyu frowned and said: "I remember that your family is engaged in breeding. When you graduate, we may be in a competitive relationship. If you come to me for advice in the future, you will be charged a consulting fee."

“Ah” Zeng Daqiang’s mouth opened wide, and he frowned and asked, “Teacher Li, is your consultation fee expensive?”

“Expensive, very expensive. Most people can’t afford it. It costs at least several hundred at a time.”

“It’s so expensive, my family can’t even make a few hundred yuan a year.”

Shouhou suddenly realized: "Then if we take the teacher's class for a month, wouldn't we have made thousands of dollars in vain?"

 After hearing this, Li Duoyu couldn't help but laugh. In a sense, it was true.

“But, as long as the students I have taught come to me for consultation after graduation, there will be a discount.”

 “How much is the discount?”

Li Duoyu smiled and said: "If you want to consult me ​​in the future, come and help me work for two days, and I will give you a free consultation."

 After hearing this, Zeng Daqiang’s bitter face changed into a smile.

“Teacher Li, two days is not enough, it needs two weeks anyway.”

Li Duoyu rolled his eyes and said, "I think you want to go to Dandan Island to eat and sleep."

"Hahaha."

After chatting with this group of students for a while, Li Duoyu looked at his watch and frowned: "It should be class time now, how did you come out? If other teachers know that you skipped class to see me off, I guess next semester, I really can’t come and teach you.”

 Several students' faces darkened.

“Teacher Li, we will go back immediately.”

 “Teacher Li, goodbye.”

Seeing the big boys running very fast one by one, Li Duoyu shouted: "Run slower and be careful with the car."

 “Okay, Teacher Li.”

After these students left, a young man who smoked from the fishing port came over and said, "Teacher Li, so many students have sent you a gift. It seems that you are a very popular teacher."

 Li Duoyu said:

"That's for sure. If I hadn't gotten married yet, the ones who came to see me off today would probably be female students and teachers."

“I remember this sentence. I’ll tell Xiaoying when I get back.”

 “Brother, I was wrong.”

 “At this time, you know how to call me brother.”

 Li Duoyu smiled and asked, "How was your harvest this month?"

 Li Shuguang sighed: "I'm having bad luck this month. I guess I can't even protect my capital."

Li Duoyu frowned slightly and did not continue to ask. At the fishing port dock, many fishing boats were queuing up to unload their cargo.

Most of them were fishing boats from Ludao and Xiangcheng, and there were relatively few fishing boats from other places. Li Duoyu waited for almost half an hour.

 Finally it was the turn of Uncle San’s tugboat.

 As soon as the ship docked.

 Li Duoyu immediately boarded the fishing boat. When everyone saw what he was wearing, his uncle couldn't help laughing and said, "Oh, isn't this Teacher Li?"

Chen Liang smiled and said: "Teacher Li, are the female teachers in the school pretty?"

 “That’s no need to say it.”

Chen Liang came over and smelled Li Duoyu's body, with an envious expression on his face.

“Damn, you’re really feminine. You must hang out with female students and teachers every day. Unlike me, I can only watch a dozen lazy guys who don’t even want to take a shower every day.”

As soon as Chen Liang finished speaking, his father slapped him on the head: "You are talking nonsense. You are the dirtiest person on the whole ship. You are too lazy to wash your clothes."

Li Duoyu glanced at the barrel squid in a basket on the deck and found that the skin of the squid was torn and the appearance was quite ugly.

“Uncle, are all these squids caught with trawl nets?”

Third uncle Li Zhengfa nodded, naturally knowing what Li Duoyu wanted to ask.

“Our fleet usually goes uphill and rarely comes to Dongshan Sea to catch squid. I thought it would be quite simple, but I didn’t expect that squid is not very easy to catch. There is really no way to do it later, so I just use a trawl net.”

“It’s true that squid is difficult to catch, but it’s easier to drag it.”

 After the trawler docked.

The crew moved baskets of squid to the dock. Several fishmongers came. After taking a look at their squid, they all left in disgust.

At noon, the sun was very strong, and the third uncle was also afraid that the squid would spoil, so he quickly shoveled some ice cubes to cover the basket.

While selling squid, a boat boss who knew him sarcastically said:

"The skin is torn and you can't sell it at a high price. If you don't know how to catch squid, you should learn how to do it. It's a complete waste of squid if you do it like this. Three boats are coming here at once. What's the use of fishing boats? Fishing The most important thing is technology.”

Although the third uncle was very unhappy, the other party was really right, so he could only apologize twice in embarrassment.

 Finally, I finally found a fishmonger who was willing to talk to me, but I didn’t expect that the fishmonger was very aggressive in lowering the price.

“You are a broken skinned person, caught in a trawl net, I can only give you eight points per pound at most.”

The third uncle made a sad face: "One cent, eight cents, I don't even have enough money for diesel."

The fishmonger said disgustedly: "The price is the same for the ones with broken skin. If you sell dried squid of this quality to those dried squid, they may not accept it. My eight points is considered high. If you encounter someone with a bad heart, you can only pay the price." The price of trash fish is charged.”

 The uncle who heard the price suddenly felt a little sad when he heard that it was charged at the price of trash fish.

“Duoyu, why don’t you try it instead, maybe I can get a higher price.”

“This time, it’s useless for me to change. The skin is so badly damaged, the price will definitely not go up.”

The uncle sighed: "Okay, three or four cents per pound, and the broken skin is eight points. Why are people so picky nowadays? This broken skin does not affect the taste, and it saves the need to peel it."     Li Duoyu It is clear that in just the past few years, the country has changed too much, especially in the coastal areas. There are more and more households with a household income of 10,000 yuan, and life is getting better and better, not to mention the special economic zone of Ludao.

 It can be said that after the reform, the country was almost the same every year as during the honeymoon period.

And everyone works very hard, because if you don’t work hard enough, you may be left behind by a lot.

 The squid that finally broke its skin was finally sold at a price of eight cents. After ten tons of squid were sold, after deducting the weight of the basket, the price was less than eighty yuan.

Since the harvest this month was so bad, the crew did not dare to go ashore to make tooth sacrifices. For the whole month, they all cooked and ate on the ship.

The head chef, Lao Zhuang, knocked on the iron basin and shouted: "It's time to eat."

 As soon as he opened the lid of the pot, a strong smell of squid rushed out.

Heigou and Chen Liang, who had been eating squid for a month, really felt like vomiting after smelling the smell.

Even if they eat it with soy sauce, they don’t want to eat it anymore.

 Chen Liang took a bite of the squid and said expressionlessly: "Damn it, the more you eat this thing, the more it looks like you are eating shit. It's soft, spongy, and black inside."

Hearing his description, the faces of a group of old fishermen who were eating squid turned dark instantly. His father came over and hit him on the head with the bottom of a bowl.

“Don’t talk nonsense, you’ve only been eating squid for a month. Your uncles and I have been eating hairtail rice for three or four months.”

 After hearing this.

The second uncle's face turned even darker: "Old Chen, I completely forgot about it. When you reminded me like this, I remembered it all. At that time, Lin Bei had diarrhea for three months."

"Hahaha."

Li Duoyu also served a bowl of rice. To be honest, there is really no difference in the taste of squid with broken skin and unbroken squid, as long as it is fresh enough.

On the contrary, when he eats squid, he especially likes to tear off the outer layer of skin because it has a slightly fishy smell.

Li Duoyu had just opened the can of pickled bamboo shoots given to him by his students when half the boatload of people immediately surrounded him.

 Not a while.

　One can of pickled bamboo shoots was eaten up by everyone.

Chen Liang almost burst into tears after eating the sour bamboo shoots: "Brother Yu, where did you buy this sour bamboo shoots? I have never eaten such delicious sour bamboo shoots since I was a child."

Li Shuguang laughed and said: "The female teacher gave it to him, and you ate all the food given by others in one go."

 “Grass, no wonder it’s so sour.”

"Hahaha."

 After finishing the meal, Li Duoyu asked his cousin Li Shuguang: "How did you catch squid before? Why didn't you catch it?"

 “It’s fished with a row hook.”

Li Duoyu frowned slightly: "Let me take a look at the hooks you use."

Li Shuguang brought out a large wooden bucket basin, and Li Duoyu immediately discovered the problem when he saw the hooks.

The hooks used on these rows of hooks are actually ordinary fishhooks, not special hooks for squid fishing.

 The moment he saw these fishing gear, Li Duoyu understood the problem. It seemed that Uncle San was really not very good at catching squid.

However, Li Duoyu did not expose it on the spot. After all, ship bosses want face and prestige. If he spoke out, some crew members would inevitably think that he was not good enough.

According to the original itinerary, after receiving Li Duoyu and finishing the meal, the fleet will return to the island.

 In the cab, the third uncle checked this month's bills. The more he checked, the uglier his face became, but he was more unwilling to accept it.

In that area, everyone who fished for squid with them was making a lot of money. Only their fishing boat was losing money.

 While trawling, I also damaged someone else’s hook specifically used to catch squid. The other party rushed over to demand compensation and even wanted to beat someone.

 Fortunately, there were enough ships on their side. When the three ships approached, the other side was frightened, but in the end they still lost more than 100 yuan to the other side.

He has been fishing for 20 to 30 years and has always made money. He has almost never lost money. He did not expect that this time he would lose money on squid.

The third uncle Li Zhengfa saw Li Duoyu looking at the hooks and called him to the cab: "Duoyu, are you anxious to go back to Dandan Island? I don't know how to catch squid. I want to do one last round."

 Li Duoyu thought for a while.

If you use these ordinary row hooks on the boat, you will definitely not be able to catch squid.

The row hooks specially used to catch squid are different from ordinary hooks. They are not bottom-sinking, but have foam boards.

Although it is not troublesome to make, if you do it now, even if there are so many people on the ship, it will take at least three days to complete.

And the squid fishing season is coming to an end soon, so there is absolutely no need to buy special fishing gear for squid fishing at this time.

Li Duoyu glanced at his third uncle and found that he looked unwilling.

“I know how to fish for squid, but these rows of hooks on the boat are definitely useless. If you want to catch them, I have to buy a new fishing rig.”

 The third uncle instantly became energetic. After two years of getting along with him, he was already very familiar with this nephew.

 He ​​said that his technique is not very good, which means his technique is very good. And if he said that he can fish, it must mean that his fishing is very good.

“Okay, you can do it. I will pay for the fishing group this time. Damn it, if you don’t catch the squid, I will always hold a breath in my heart.”

Li Duoyu smiled: "Uncle Third, we should have a searchlight for squid fishing on our boat."

"This has."

“Then there should be no problem. Just wait for me at the dock. Shuguang and I are going to buy a fishing set.”

"OK."

Li Duoyu went to a fishing gear shop near the fishing port and directly bought out all the squid hooks in the store that were specially used to hook squid.

 It is a pity that there is no luminous wooden shrimp hook now, otherwise the effect would be better. It is definitely too late to make wooden shrimp now.

Li Duoyu went directly to the pier and bought some cheap sword shrimps and small fish to replace the wood shrimps.

 When returning to the ship, Li Duoyu bought Ludao pickled mustard, more than 20 kilograms of ribs and some vegetables.

When Li Duoyu returned to the boat, Chen Liang was so moved that he almost cried when he saw that Li Duoyu had bought so many delicious foods: "Brother Yu, how about you become my father."

As soon as Chen Liang finished speaking, his father didn't hit him on the head this time, but kicked him directly.

　　"Why are you kicking me? I am the foster father again."

 Old Chen thought for a while.

"You can have a godfather, but not a biological father. Otherwise, if you have children in the future, whose surname will you take?"

"Hahaha."

 The entire crew of the ship laughed. Although Chen Liang was lazy, he was quite interesting. Since his arrival, the fleet has been quite happy every day.

Li Zhengfa said to everyone: "This time, I did make a mistake and didn't let everyone make money. I discussed it with Duoyu and we will finally build a boat. If it doesn't work, we will go back."

Hearing that he wanted to build another boat, Chen Liang's face turned dark instantly and he muttered.

 The next second.

 Realizing that his father was behind him, he put his head in his hands, and sure enough, he slapped his hands.

Li Duoyu directly taught everyone how to tie string hooks. There are almost five hooks in each string, and the distance between each hook is half a meter.

“There are many fish, don’t release the hook this time and just catch it by hand?”

 Li Duoyu nodded: “Fishing directly by hand.”

 “Okay, we believe you.”

 A group of old fishermen imitated Li Duoyu and tied string hooks on the spot. But while they were tying, the uncle could not help but ask:

“This fishhook of yours is quite strange. It doesn’t even have barbs. Can it catch a squid?”

Li Duoyu explained: "Squid hooks do not need barbs. Squids are very stupid. They only know how to move forward and cannot reverse. As long as they are hooked, they will run in one direction and generally cannot escape. "

“Really or not, I have been fishing for most of my life, and only now do I know that squid cannot reverse.” (End of chapter)