1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

Chapter 422 Viewing the Crab Pond

the next day.

Zhou Xiaoying got up late for the first time in a long time. After glancing at the clock, she nervously put on her underwear and looked at Li Duoyu with a look of resentment.

Li Duoyu, who was woken up, casually said: "It's already this late, it's definitely too late, I might as well sleep a little longer."

“There are still ten minutes left. If you ride a bike, you should be able to make it in time.”

She didn’t eat breakfast, simply tied a ponytail, and rode Li Duoyu’s 28-inch big sedan to Dandan Island Elementary School.

 After teaching for so many years, she has never been late.

Xiaoying didn’t know how to ride before, but now she can ride very smoothly. She just can’t wear a skirt. When she was leaving, she didn’t forget to tell her:

 “Remember to feed Tutu breakfast.”

 “You ride slower.”

Looking at Xiaoying who was wearing trousers, Li Duoyu felt that it would be more elegant to wear a skirt. Of course, the most important thing is convenience. After all, the metal zippers in this era are really difficult to use and often get stuck.

 Because it is an island, many buildings have gaps.

 It is easy to cook, but it is too difficult to feed the children. Li Duoyu feels that in the final analysis, his life is too good. He recalls the time when he was still receiving work points.

 “You boy are rebelling.”

 “Dad is bad.”

"You can't feed the child like this. The child needs to be coaxed. Let me feed him. You can go and do other things."

 The corners of Li Duoyu's mouth twitched: "Don't cry when I take out the bamboo whip."

 Once little Tutu is caught, he will often hold the duck's neck directly and then pull it to play with. Sometimes, he will directly ride on it.

After making the fried radish and omelette, Li Duoyu called over Tutu, who was holding the duck, to come over for dinner.

 Seeing the father and son feeding as if they were fighting, Chen Huiying couldn't stand it anymore.

 Xiao Tutu replied: "Eat delicious food."

Aniang shouted: "Take the one on the left, there is already a chicken fetus on the right."

Little Pangdun, Zhang Lin, and Zhang Yun all went to class, so there was no one to play with little Tutu, so she could only play alone in the courtyard.

 What I like the most is to pull the down on the duck's belly. Anyway, among the few ducks in the house, none of the ducks have complete feathers.

Little Tutu’s favorite toy now is the drake that often sneaks out. Once it escapes, Little Tutu will definitely chase it all over the yard.

If you don’t look at it, it’s really delicious, but if you look at it carefully, you’ll feel a bit burdened.

It is also very nutritious and can supplement calcium for children. When Director Liu told him about this fish, Li Duoyu thought about whether to cooperate with Director Liu to jointly create a canned clove fish brand.

The male duck would occasionally resist and spread its wings to peck the little Tutu. Every time the duck resisted, Aniang would come out with a stick.

At this point, Li Duoyu’s brows were already furrowed, his temper was simmering, and he really wanted to get the thin bamboo pole.

“My Lord, can you please give me a few bites of such delicious food? Your little chubby brother never needs to be fed by others.”

 But if he can't get out, the chickens and ducks in the courtyard will be pitiful.

"knew."

A Niang said slightly angrily: "You were even worse than him when you were a child, and I didn't even fix you. You have to be patient when raising children. Just go about your business. Don't worry about the children. Every child I raise will They are all fat and white.”

 After Li Duoyu scrambled the eggs, he remembered the clove fish that Director Liu asked him to catch the day before yesterday.

Even though the food he made was delicious, little Tutu refused to take a bite and kept his mouth tightly closed.

 “If you don’t want to eat, I’m going to play.”

 …

Li Duoyu ran directly to the chicken coop and took out two eggs that were still warm.

　　"Okay, daddy will show you his skills and cook something delicious."

“Aniang, if you pamper him too much, you will definitely have a bad character in the future. Starve him a few times and see if he is willing to eat.”

I directly made some scrambled eggs with dried radish for Xiao Tutu. This thing goes very well with rice, fresh, fragrant and delicious.

Even as a cook, Li Duoyu has a special liking for this delicious dish. Whenever he doesn’t know what to eat, he just has an omelette with dried radish.

 In order to prevent little Tutu from falling, Lao Li directly built a bamboo fence around the courtyard so that Tutu would not run out.

 But as soon as he put it in, little Tutu resisted in various ways, thinking about struggling out. It would be easy to cook but difficult to feed the child.

“You **** duck, you want to rebel. If you dare to bite me, I will kill you during the Chinese New Year and worship my grandfather.”

 After hearing that there were chicken fetuses, Li Duoyu suddenly remembered that when he was in Ludao, a student from Zhangzhou brought him a "delicacy" called salt chicken fetuses.

  If it can be made into canned cloves, it would definitely be a great addition to meals. I feel that not many children can refuse that kind of side dish. It is much more delicious than shredded kelp, pickled mustard, and meat floss.

They have to cut an egg into five pieces and eat it secretly. They have to add some water before frying the egg so that the fried egg will be bigger.

It took Li Duoyu five minutes to feed him a few mouthfuls of rice. Little Tutu even knocked over the porridge.

After Li Duoyu got up, he looked at Xiao Tutu who couldn't help but think about going out and playing, and asked: "What would you like to have for breakfast?"

In the end, he thought about it and let it go. He could no longer handle the breeding industry at hand, and he really couldn't open up new markets.

But after calling him several times, he refused to come over at all. Li Duoyu had no choice but to put him in the bamboo dining chair meant for children.

After Chen Huiying finished speaking, she took Xiao Tutu out of the bamboo dining chair.

“Grandma feeds you, and your dad’s scrambled eggs are very fragrant and delicious.”

Unexpectedly, after being replaced by A Niang, little Tutu was willing to open his mouth. A Niang was holding the bowl, chasing and feeding him.

Li Duoyu sighed. If he really wanted to feed his child like this, he really didn't have the patience.

 “It’s better to have a daughter.”

At that moment, Li Duoyu suddenly wanted to have another child, but unfortunately his family's current situation did not allow it.

After his son was taken away by his mother, Li Duoyu had breakfast by himself, washed the dishes, and then came to the crab pond.

Two tractors are still running back and forth on the embankment. According to my brother-in-law, while helping to build the embankment, several tires of the two tractors were broken, and one of them had to be overhauled.

At present, five crab ponds covering more than 100 acres have been built, and the sixth crab pond is currently being constructed.

 After the sixth crab pond is enclosed, Li Duoyu plans to suspend the crab pond project first.

 Look at the specific farming situation of blue crabs and make next plans.

Li Duoyu glanced at the **** and found that the mangrove trees transplanted two months ago were already growing.

There are advantages to planting this thing. One is that it can prevent the embankment from breaking, and the other is that it can provide shelter for blue crabs. The highest one at present is almost one meter.

 In the mangroves, there is a dummy at regular intervals, wearing a fertilizer bag suit, specially used to chase away seabirds.

 When the sea breeze blows, it will make a "pop" sound.

In addition to the dummy, Li Duoyu discovered that there was also a large wooden sign erected next to the crab pond, which read "Lianjiang Fisheries Research Institute Crab Pond Breeding Base".

It should have been erected by my uncle Chen Dongqing. After all, the two parties signed a comprehensive strategic cooperation agreement. As long as it is his breeding plant, the Fisheries Research Institute can put up the brand.

 And this matter is beneficial to both parties. After all, they can jointly apply for funds together.

At that time, the research institute will also give him a subsidy. Although it is not a lot, the entire crab pond breeding base only gives him 500 yuan a year, but mosquito meat is also meat.

Coupled with the kelp, oyster, and eel breeding bases, if you add them all up, the annual subsidy will be 2,000 yuan.

For Li Duoyu, these two thousand yuan are simply free money. Even if his breeding fails, he will not go hungry with these two thousand yuan.

Li Duoyu walked a little further and found Chen Wenchao and his uncle Chen Dongqing at the third crab pond.

 Chen Wenchao rowed the bamboo raft, while his uncle took a shovel and threw various shellfish from a wooden bucket into the crab pond.

Brother-in-law Chen Dongqing couldn't help but rolled his eyes when he saw him: "My nephew is so powerful now that I may not be able to see him even once in two months."

Li Duoyu smiled and said:

“I don’t want to work in the research institute anymore. I finally figured it out. Do you want to come work for me?”

 After seeing Brother Yu coming.

Chen Wenchao quickly rowed the bamboo raft to the shore. After Chen Dongqing came ashore, he immediately asked:

“Duoyu, the cost of raising blue crabs is too high. The blue crabs don’t eat feed and have to eat these snails and shellfish throughout the year?”

 Li Duoyu replied:

“Hmm. I am imitating the habits of local creatures. If you feed these, blue crabs will grow faster and be less likely to get sick.”

“But if you keep it like this, won’t the cost go up? Will you still be able to make money by then?”

"should be no problem."

Li Duoyu smiled and did not intend to explain too clearly to his uncle that raising blue crabs was different from raising other seafood.

 Green crabs have to shed their shells many times, and every time they shed their shells, it is a disaster for them. For blue crab farmers, the most important issue is the survival rate of blue crabs. If the blue crabs are healthy, the survival rate will be relatively high, and the farmers will eventually make money.

 The best blue crabs must have grown up eating various snails and shellfish, because this is in line with the life habits of blue crabs.

Since blue crabs are nocturnal and bottom-dwelling, it is difficult to use miscellaneous fish as feed for blue crabs.

If you scatter the trash fish, most of them will float on the water, and blue crabs will not dare to swim up to catch them and eat them.

By then, if the blue crabs don’t come to eat, they might even “pop up in the pond.” Or worse, a bacterial outbreak could send away the entire pond of blue crabs.

In order to save breeding costs, most farmers usually cook the trash fish, mix it with some corn starch, and various nutrients to make bottom feed for blue crabs.

If you feed them with feed, the cost of breeding will indeed come down, but on the other hand, the mortality rate of blue crabs may also increase.

 Because blue crabs are creatures that need calcium supplements, if there is not enough calcium, they will easily fail to shed their shells, leading to death.

 In short, Li Duoyu has always been in a relatively Buddhist state when it comes to breeding blue crabs. If conditions permit, he will directly use shellfish and snails as bait. If conditions do not, he will use fish feed.

In addition, he also heard that if yellow-fleshed shellfish and snail meat are mostly used, the blue crabs produced by farming have a high probability of producing butter crabs.

However, in the past life, feeds such as yellow clams were said to cost two yuan per pound. If you feed them with that kind of feed, if you don't grow butter crabs, your grandma's family will really lose money.

 Luckily in this day and age, there is really no shortage of all kinds of snails and shellfish, and the prices are very low.

Now he asked Lao Mi to help him, buying various snails and shellfish at the dock for a long time.

Li Duoyu’s price was four cents per catty, while Laomi’s purchase price was three cents per catty, and he made one cent from the price difference.

 Since Li Duoyu started to buy all kinds of snails and shells, the number of women and children asking for Xiaohai has obviously increased.

  They haven’t caught Wangchao recently, and they mainly catch various snails and shellfish, such as small cone snails, cat’s eye snails, bitter snails, and sea melon seeds, mussels and the like.

 There is really a lot to catch at the beach. It is said that in the first few days of purchasing, someone caught more than 200 kilograms of snails that day and made more than 6 yuan.

 In the end, some people even pried off the pen holder and barnacles, pulled them out and sold them to Lao Mi, leaving him speechless.

 Finally, there were people from Chenjiacun carrying all kinds of snails and shells and selling them directly to Chen Wenchao.

As long as the scale of Li Duoyu’s blue crab farming does not expand, the snails and shells on Dandan Island are completely enough for him to raise blue crabs.

 But if it exceeds 200 acres, it is probably a bit risky. Although snails and mussels reproduce very quickly, they cannot withstand being dug up by humans all the time.

Chen Dongqing looked at the more than 100 acres of crab ponds in front of him and sighed: "I think the investment cost of these ponds is so high. If it is only used to raise blue crabs, it is a bit wasteful."

Li Duoyu squinted his eyes and said, "Comrade Dongqing, do you have any better suggestions?"

“I’m going to give you some advice. You’re even better than me, and you still need my advice.”

“I don’t have many advantages, except that I never show off, and I am very diligent and studious.”

 “Get out of here, uncle.”

 Chen Dongqing rubbed his waist, then sat down directly on the embankment and smoked a cigarette.

 “It feels like you’ve become more and more addicted to smoking recently.” Li Duoyu said.

"well."

 Chen Dongqing sighed: "I would have never been promoted if I had known earlier. It's great to be a section member, but being a section chief is really tiring."

Li Duoyu asked:

 “Have you been given a new task from above?”

Chen Dongqing nodded and cursed: "Damn it, I have been researching the abalone breeding project for almost a year. I originally wanted to apply for an abalone breeding base, but it was stopped immediately. Now we have been forced into a shrimp breeding project." Mission down."

“It just stopped. Maybe it’s a good thing. It’s hard to raise abalone. It’s profitable to raise shrimp. In addition, our town’s investment in abalone has gone through a lot of trouble. Maybe no one will dare to raise it anymore.”

 In this era, shrimp is considered a relatively luxurious seafood.

At the wharf alone, the purchase price of shrimps is about one yuan. A pound of chilled shrimps can be sold for three yuan, and frozen ones can be sold for two or three yuan.

 The nine-section shrimp is more expensive.

Chen Dongqing frowned: "But our institute has no breeding experience, so everything has to start from scratch. Damn it, there are so many people in the institute, but this project fell on me."

Li Duoyu said hehey:

“If you don’t have experience, I do. This time I went to Ludao to teach, and I secretly learned a lot of breeding techniques when I came back.”

Chen Dongqing frowned and said, "No kidding, you really know how to raise shrimps."

“Comrade Holly, when have I ever lied to you?”

Li Duoyu would not tell his uncle that the original design of his crab pond was to raise shrimps and crabs together.

 But because there are no shrimp seedlings at the Lianjiang Fisheries Research Institute, the shrimp seedlings are at the Ludao Research Institute and the Zhanjiang Research Institute.

He had no acquaintances over there and couldn't get shrimp seedlings, which put his shrimp-crab polyculture plan on hold. But he didn't expect it, and his uncle delivered it directly to his door.

Chen Dongqing frowned: "Damn it, why are you doing this more and more?"

 Li Duoyu imitated the tone of the leader:

“Comrade Dongqing, you should open your horizons. Don’t always think about immersing yourself in research. You must go out more often and see the outside world.”

 “You think that everyone is like you and often has the opportunity to go out for inspections.”

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "By the way, let me tell you something good."

 “What good can you do?”

Li Duoyu smiled evilly and said: "In a few months, I may go on a business trip to Hong Kong Island with the leader. Is there anything you want to buy?"

 “Are you going to Hong Kong Island?”

“Yeah.” Li Duoyu added: “If we’re lucky, Xiaoying might come with me.”

 For some reason, Chen Dongqing felt particularly calm at this moment and secretly moved behind Li Duoyu.

 “Fuck, you’ll die if you don’t show off, right?”

Chen Dongqing kicked Li Duoyu in the butt, intending to kick him into the sea.

Without thinking, Li Duoyu dodged away.

 Chen Dongqing, who was kicked out of the air, lost his center of gravity and staggered a few times. Instead, he fell into the sea and turned into a drowned rat.

 Chen Wenchao on the side laughed.

Chen Dongqing, who choked on two mouthfuls of sea water, cursed: "Xiaochao, stop **** laughing, come down and save me, I can't swim."

 “GuluGulu~~”

Li Duoyu looked disgusted: "The tide is low now, and the water depth is less than two meters. It's not enough to just stand up."

When Li Duoyu said this, Chen Dongqing tried to stand up, but unexpectedly he actually stood up. He said with a dark face: "How did you know I was going to kick you?"

“You are an idiot, yet you still blame me, kick me, and yell. You really think it’s like in martial arts novels, where you have to read out the name of the move before you use it.”

 After Li Duoyu pulled his uncle up, he kept retching and cursed: "The sea water is so **** bitter and salty."

Li Duoyu couldn't help but couldn't help but covered his mouth and laughed when he saw his dejected look after falling into the water.

 Chen Dongqing was too lazy to be jealous, but said seriously: "If you can raise shrimps, then I will directly send the shrimp seedlings to you when the time comes, and we will join forces to raise them together."

 “Yes, of course, no problem.”

Li Duoyu continued: "There is also good news. Do you want to listen to it?"

 “I don’t want to hear it anymore.”

Li Duoyu still said: "The wind power pilot project I applied for has been implemented on Dandan Island. It is estimated that there will be submarine cables coming next year. By then, even Chenjiacun will have electricity."

 Chen Dongqing was stunned for a while, then thanked him sincerely: "Thank you, my good nephew."

"You don't have any sincerity in your thanks. Again, you should use honorific words towards me."

 “Let me go, I am your uncle. When have you ever respected me? There is no way for me to respect you.”

 Chen Wenchao on the side looked at the two bickering people with a look of envy on his face. His parents passed away early, and he was the only child and had no other relatives.

 When he encounters a real problem, he often has to deal with it alone. When he is bullied, he doesn’t even have any relatives to help him.

 He really envied Brother Yu, who had so many brothers and sisters, and a brother-in-law of similar age.

“You’re wet all over, don’t touch me. Go find your sister and change into clean clothes and see if she scolds you.”

“Duoyu, just let me kick you once.”

"roll."

Li Duoyu said to Chen Wenchao: "Let's go, I will take you to make money, and let's catch a kind of fortune fish."

Chen Dongqing's ears immediately stood up: "You rich fish, take me with you. I'm so poor these days that I can hardly afford to smoke."

 (End of this chapter)