1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

 Chen Shulin's desk is full of thick documents. Shangfeng Town has been dealing with so many things recently that he can't even count them.

 Some overseas Chinese came back and said they wanted to invest in textile enterprises and hoped that local organizations would help and cooperate.

 At Qingkou Wharf, a new warehouse will be built, and the organization plans to turn it into a foreign trade port.

There are still a lot of chores in the town to deal with, and the biggest headache for Chen Shulin is the wind power test project declared by Dandan Island.

 A few days ago, when he and Mayor Gao saw the document, they were both frightened and couldn't sleep for several nights.

 I thought that the wind power test project was just a few "big fans" that could generate electricity.

Who would have thought that this was a major national-level scientific research project. Those "big fans" were all imported. The actual price of the four fans combined was estimated to be higher than the entire Shangfeng Town's annual income.

And for this wind test, the organization decided to lay a submarine cable to Dandan Island, and the cost was astronomical.

It can be said that from the moment this project was launched, it has been burning money non-stop.

 Chen Shulin knew very well that there was a high probability that this project was not chosen by them, but he and Mayor Gao were the nominal applicants.

The pressure instantly became great. In the days after the project was launched, Mayor Gao scolded Li Duoyu frequently.

 Because this is a pilot project, to put it bluntly, it will only benefit Dandan Island and not much benefit to Shangfeng Town as a whole. If the project is not done well, people will be held accountable.

 In addition, this matter somewhat bypassed the county committee, which made the county leaders very angry.

Chen Shulin took off his reading glasses and rubbed his temples. The document he just wrote was a project description and review letter to the county.

Although he was severely criticized by his superiors this time, Chen Shulin was very happy. He always remembered what his teacher said to him.

“As long as it is something that is beneficial to the people, there is no need to be too forward-thinking, otherwise it will not succeed.”

 For Chen Shulin, the most correct choice he has made in these years is to stay at the grassroots level, stay in Shangfeng Town, and not return to Rongcheng.

If he had gone back, he would now be the section chief of a certain department, meeting every day to write documents.

 It is impossible to be exposed to so many projects, and it is impossible to learn so many things.

But Chen Shulin also knew very well that all changes might start with the young man in front of him.

 In a sense, Li Duoyu is really his "nobleman".

At the beginning, if he had not helped to make plans and caught the two fake Hong Kong Islanders, he would have been kicked back to Rongcheng, and maybe even received a demerit.

 Without his wonderful speech at the fishery conference, Rongcheng Aquatic Products Processing Factory would not have landed in Shangfeng Town.

Without him taking the lead in aquaculture, Shangfeng Town would not have been able to add more than 100,000-yuan households in one year.

 The most important thing is that without him, the big leaders would not notice the small place Shangfeng Town at all.

Chen Shulin is very grateful to Li Duoyu, and what makes him most comfortable is that this young man is very easy to get along with, not pretentious and very humble.

I saw him eating three or four oranges.

Chen Shulin smiled and asked, "Aren't these oranges delicious?"

Li Duoyu said: "Anything that costs nothing is delicious. This thing is sold at our supply and marketing cooperative for a price of thirty cents per pound."

 “Ahem.”

A taller middle-aged man came to Secretary Chen's office: "You look like someone who is short of three cents, but the town's finances are very tight. In two days, we won't even be able to eat three cents of oranges." Come on, you, the richest man in Shangfeng Town, would you like to donate some money?"

Li Duoyu grinned and said: "Mayor Gao, I am really poor now. If you don't believe me, you can come to our island to see it. I have invested all the money I earned. In two days, maybe I will come again." I asked Director Zhang for a loan.”

 “Really stingy.”

Chen Shulin smiled: "Duoyu, how do you feel about being a teacher on Ludao these two months?"

Li Duoyu thought for a while and said: "It's painful but also happy. It's not that easy to be a teacher. I feel like breeding is easier."

Mayor Gao said with disdain: "That's because being a teacher means you can't make money. If you could make money, you wouldn't say that."

"Mayor Gao, you are testing my personality. I am not the kind of person who only cares about money."

Gao Tianyun squinted and said, "How about donating some money to the town committee first? Our town's fishermen don't pay taxes, so our finances are really tight."

Chen Shulin smiled and said: "Old Gao, please restrain yourself. I'm afraid if you continue talking, Director Li will really not dare to come to our place in the future."

Gao Tianyun hummed: "Because of this kid's matter, everyone in the county has a problem with us. This month's financial situation is more serious than anything else. If I don't say a few words to him, I will feel particularly uncomfortable."

"ah."

Li Duoyu scratched his head and finally understood that Mayor Gao was filled with resentment the moment he saw him. This was the problem.

 It seems that the "Fisheries Tax" was only implemented in 1986, but it may not be collected in every place.

  In any case, after Li Duoyu was released from prison in his previous life, the fishermen on Dandan Island still did not have to pay taxes, and the organization encouraged entrepreneurship, so self-employed households like him did not have to pay taxes.

 At present, Shangfeng Town's finances come entirely from superior allocations. If the relationship with the superiors is not good, it will definitely be dealt with.

Secretary Chen continued: "Duoyu, you should have read the documents I sent to your village."

 Li Duoyu nodded: "I saw it."

Chen Shulin suddenly said seriously: "Because of this matter, Mayor Gao and I have already had two meetings, so I will give you a rough introduction again, just to give you a break."

"OK."

“At present, this project is under the national title and is fully responsible for the Provincial Science and Technology Commission. There are currently at least ten units cooperating on this matter.”

 Li Duoyu listened carefully.

 After Secretary Chen finished speaking.

Mayor Gao added: "When we applied for this project, we bypassed the county. Now those leaders have strong opinions on our town. It is estimated that the cooperation will not be very strong. You have to be mentally prepared."

“Anyway, you need to discuss this matter with the villagers. When the time comes, it’s best to recruit a group of people to come over and help.”

“There is also the aspect of reception. Our town committee really has no money right now. We may ask your village committee to pay in advance and keep the receipt. We will find a suitable time or wait for the completion of this project to reimburse together.”

"no problem."

Li Duoyu really didn't expect Mayor Gao to say such a thing. It seems that the finances of the town committee are really stuck.

However, even if he has money, he would not dare to donate money to the town committee. This is obviously an internal issue.

 If he helps.

　　It is tantamount to making a disguised challenge to the county. When the time comes, there will be no good fruit to eat.

Li Duoyu didn’t expect that such a project would cause so many problems. Speaking of which, he seemed to have offended the county leaders the last time he sold eels.

 Fortunately, there is someone above me, otherwise the days ahead may not be easy.

 After the three people discussed for more than an hour.

Secretary Chen asked: "Duoyu, are you free these two days?"

 Li Duoyu replied:

"should have."

Chen Shulin looked at his watch: "Well, how about this? The three of us will go directly to the city today, meet with the experts first, and then directly participate in the meeting tomorrow morning."

Li Duoyu was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that he had just returned to Dandan Island and was about to go to the city for a meeting. He was probably going to be nagged by his mother-in-law again.

“Okay, I’ll go to the market and tell my relatives.”

"Okay, we'll wait for you here. We'll set off on time at five o'clock."

"sure, no problem."

After Li Duoyu left the town committee, he came to the market where he went to catch the fair, and found that there were fewer people there, and residents of nearby villages also began to evacuate.

When he arrived, Li Duoyu met several people from the village, and they all greeted him with a smile.

“Director Li, we have just arrived at this point, and everyone is about to leave.”

Li Duoyu smiled.

 “I don’t buy anything.”

 “If you don’t want to buy anything, what are you doing here to catch the fair?”

 “I just like places with lots of people.”

"Hahaha."

Li Duoyu searched around the market and finally found Li Qingguang in a corner. He was pouring the unburned charcoal from the grill into the water.

 The unburned charcoal can still be used after drying.

Almost all the oysters he brought were sold out. A simple wooden table was set up next to it. On the small bamboo stool, there were two people eating oysters. There were more than ten oyster shells on the table. It seemed that Eat a lot.

These two people were shirtless and had shaved heads. They looked very social and not easy to mess with.

Li Qingguang frowned. He already wanted to close the stall, but these two people kept eating here and didn't seem to want to pay.

 “Brother, bake us ten more oysters.”

Li Qingguang, whose arms combined are not as thick as his calves, can only pray that these two people don't cause trouble.

Just when he was about to continue grilling oysters, Li Duoyu came to him.

Li Qingguang said in surprise: "Brother."

 “Let me do it instead.”

Li Duoyu asked: "Would you like garlic sauce or original flavor?"

"Okay, you just settle the payment first, and I'll collect the money right away."

“Knitting yarn, why are you so ignorant? You have been setting up the stall for so long, have you ever paid the management fee?”

Li Duoyu smiled and said: "How much is the management fee? Do you want me to report it to Director Zhang, Mayor Gao and Secretary Chen?"

After hearing this, the two people who were eating oysters suddenly turned back and looked at Li Duoyu in shock.

“Brother Yu, why are you here?”

“This is my brother’s barbecue stall selling my own oysters. Am I weird here?”

The two of them smiled awkwardly. "Brother Yu, I'm sorry, I really didn't know, this little brother is your brother."

 After the two people stood up, they wanted to leave.

Li Duoyu said solemnly: "One cent per piece. I ate twenty-one in total, two yuan per piece."

 “Sorry, I forgot.”

The two big men couldn't scrape together one and a half yuan from their four pockets, so they said awkwardly: "Brother Yu, I still owe you six cents, can I pay you back next time?"

Li Duoyu waved his hand in disgust.

“You owe us six cents, don’t forget it.”

"Will not."

Seeing Brother Duoyu frighten the two street gangsters as soon as he appeared on the scene, Li Qingguang couldn't help but asked curiously: "Brother, do you know them two?"

Li Duoyu nodded and said: "These two people used to be Brother Shui's horse boys."

 “Ah, then they were not arrested.”

Li Duoyu smiled and said: "These two people are very timid. They don't dare to mess around at all. The most they do is bluff you, so they don't get caught. If you had been tougher and took out the knife, they probably wouldn't have the guts." ”

 “That’s it.”

After the two people left, Li Qingguang wiped the simple table clean, then cleaned up the oyster shells and prepared to close the stall.

 Li Duoyu asked: "How was the sales today?"

Li Qingguang scratched his head: "I came late, so not all of them were sold out today, but after deducting the cost today, I should have made a small profit of five yuan."

 “That’s good.”

They go to the fairs on average nine to ten times a month. If they can earn five yuan each time, they can earn forty or fifty in a month.

If you were in the village, this would be considered a middle-income income, and Li Shuguang also gave him the small sampan.

On days when there is no fairing, if you catch some fish and do some chores, it is theoretically possible to earn over a hundred a month.

 “If you want, I’ll treat you to a meal.”

Li Qingguang frowned and said, "Brother, maybe not. I have to catch the passenger ship back. If I don't catch it, I'll be in a guest house. It will be a big loss."

“By the way, brother, you didn’t sail over today, don’t you have to catch the passenger ship?”

"I have to rush to the city tonight. There is a meeting to be held early tomorrow morning. If you go back, tell Xiaoying for me."

“No problem, I’ll tell Sister Xiaoying right away when I get back.”

Li Duoyu helped Li Qingguang pack his things and asked by the way: "You have been working so hard recently, are you planning to save money to learn mechanical maintenance?"

 Li Qingguang thought for a moment.

“Brother, I don’t want to learn mechanical maintenance for the time being. I have a new goal now.”

Li Duoyu asked in confusion: "What goal?"

 Li Qingguang grinned, a little embarrassed: "I will tell you when I succeed."

“You must have a woman you like.”

Li Qingguang was startled for a moment. Brother Duoyu is so awesome. How can he guess so accurately?

 “No, I’m not an adult yet.”

“If you wait until you are an adult before you consider a woman, that woman will belong to someone else. If you are looking for a woman, you must have a thick skin. Don’t be a licking dog. You must stalk her as soon as possible.”

Li Qingguang frowned and suddenly felt that it made sense, but he still couldn't help but asked: "Brother, what is dog licking?"

“You’re a licking dog, you don’t even dare to confess your love, but you don’t dare to chase after you. Every day you imagine that your efforts will one day touch the other person.”

“I understand, is it Zhao Dahai’s kind?”

Li Duoyu smiled awkwardly.

"Roughly the same."

Li Duoyu helped Li Qingguang move the barbecue equipment to the tractor.

 Then, simply wave goodbye.

He was also in a familiar position and said to a hawker: "Boss, do you still have the bean curd?"

The boss asked curiously: "You are very good at picking out the spots every time. I have two portions at the end. Do you want one to be sweet and one to be salty like before?"

“No, I’ll have two sweet dishes this time. I’ve been to other places in the past two months and the food there was too salty. I just want sweet dishes now.”

 “Then I’ll put more sugar for you.”

"This is acceptable."

 After Li Duoyu finished eating the tofu pudding, he directly followed Secretary Chen and Mayor Gao on the bus to Rongcheng.

 For the rest of the trip, Li Duoyu, like his younger brother, stayed with Secretary Chen and Mayor Gao, and stayed in a guest house that night.

 The next day, go directly to the Foreign Trade Center Hotel to attend the meeting.

There were quite a lot of people at this meeting. There was a provincial cadre named Zhao. I don’t know why, but he looked a bit like Zhao Jialu.

There were more than ten units participating in the meeting.

Even Teacher Xie Youzheng was there. He sat in the Construction Bureau, and he should have a temporary position there.

 What surprised Li Duoyu the most was that the person presiding over the meeting was actually Secretary Huang Qingfeng.

 The three of them are the smallest in the entire conference room and are sitting in the corner. However, all three of them are holding Shanghai brand notebooks and taking notes seriously.

Li Duoyu looked at the "participation information" and realized that the wind turbine was originally very large and difficult to transport and install.

 The old pier is too small, and there are houses on both sides. If the windmill comes ashore from here, many houses will definitely be demolished.

 In addition, there are still three or four kilometers from the old dock to the installation site. Building another road will extend the entire construction period.

 It was decided to rebuild a deep-water pier where large ships could dock at the location where the windmill was installed, and technicians had already surveyed the location.

In addition to this, a mountain road leading to the wind turbine erection point must be built so that transport vehicles can transport the equipment there.

The Electric Power Bureau said: “The original lines on the island are very aging, and it is recommended that they be completely replaced.”

Mayor Gao couldn't help but mutter: "This time, your island will make a lot of money."

 Li Duoyu remained silent, but his heart was filled with joy. The wind power project he applied for not only permanently solved the electricity problem of Dandan Island, but also built a brand new deep-water dock and a section of highway for free.

At the end of the meeting, Secretary Huang said: “This project requires all units to cooperate and strive to open a new chapter in wind power generation.”

 After the meeting, Teacher Xie came over and said, "Director Li, congratulations."

“Teacher Xie, I’m really troubling you. I didn’t know you had been to the island so many times, otherwise I would have treated you well.”

 “Don’t be anxious, there will be plenty of opportunities next.”

To be honest, his contribution to society and the organization is not very great. The little foreign exchange he earns is not enough to cover the cost of this project.

 Fortunately, the entire project is included in the national, provincial and municipal plans, and the project funds are all funded by the organization. Otherwise, who can afford the money?

When leaving, many department heads were chatting with Secretary Huang. After greeting everyone, the leader’s secretary smiled and walked towards him, the village director.

“Duoyu, I haven’t seen you for a long time. I thought you were still teaching on Ludao?”

 “Hello, Director Huang.”

"The leader said that the quality of the eels produced by those assembly lines is not good, so you should use more snacks."

Li Duoyu understood instantly and hurriedly said: "You know, I will not let the leader down, and I will definitely develop it vigorously."

Huang Mi sighed: "You are usually so smart, but why didn't you understand? What the leader meant was that the eels you sent last time were not as delicious as the ones I ate on the island the first time."

 “Now you understand.”

"Understood."

　　 Huang Mi patted Li Duoyu on the shoulder: "Now that electricity is available, work hard. Principal Chen thinks highly of you."

Li Duoyu scratched his head. Huang Mi talked to him on this occasion, actually to give him a platform.

 “Well, I will never let the organization down.”

“By the way, haven’t you written a report and submitted it to the organization recently?”

Li Duoyu was stunned for a moment, then grimaced, and immediately guessed that the leader was probably paying attention to his report.

 “I’ve just come back. I’ll write as soon as I get back to the island.”

Huang Mi then said: "One more thing, do you want to join the Association for the Promotion of Foreign Exchange?"

This is a good organization. Once you join, you can follow the leaders to discuss business, and you can come into contact with many overseas Chinese.

 “Am I qualified?”

Secretary Huang touched his chin: "I think so. Your contribution to the last island country inspection was actually quite large. I heard from Director Wu that you still helped us with the two big ships in our city."

 “Then I’ll join.”

“I heard that your Japanese is good. During the Chinese New Year, we may have to go to Hong Kong Island. You’d better learn English as well.”

 “Ah~”

 Going to Hong Kong Island?

At this moment, Li Duoyu immediately remembered that Xiaoying's relatives seemed to be on Hong Kong Island, although they were likely to be scolded.

But he still tried to ask: "Boss, my English is really poor. Can I bring my family members with me? My wife's English is good."

 “You guys are giving me as many problems as you want.” Secretary Huang frowned and thought for a while: “If there is a place, I will try to leave one more for you.”

 “Thank you to the leader.”

 “Don’t be in a hurry to thank me, I didn’t promise you.” (End of Chapter)