1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

Chapter 430 The Zhao brothers fight again

Li Duoyu didn’t wait for the answer to his third uncle’s doubts.

Old Mi, a fishmonger with a face full of resentment, said: "All the boats in our village were sent to the village director to go fishing. He made a lot of money, but I, the fish collector, was miserable. I haven't received any fish for many days. If we let him continue, we will have to go to his house to beg for food.”

Li Duoyu smiled: "Old Mi, it's not as miserable as you said. You also collected a lot of fish in this basket."

Mr. Mi picked up two fish on the spot and showed them to everyone, "They are all garbage fish like Balang and Yanzi. They must have been caught by the way when catching cloves. Why did I collect these fish? They are even packed with ice." I can’t even make the money back.”

Li Duoyu rolled his eyes and said, "Then you still accept it."

“You think I’m willing to accept it? They sold it to me hard and even gave me a picture of a cake saying, “After fishing in the future, try to keep good fish for me.”

"Hahaha."

Li Duoyu couldn't help laughing. What a big change in the past two years. I remember that when the meeting was held, the fishermen begged Old Man Mi to buy their fish.

 At that time, the price of fish was all decided by their group of fishmongers. In the best years, there were nearly ten fishmongers at the Xiasha Village Pier alone.

 However, as there are more and more fishing boats with engines, and aquatic product processing plants clearly mark the prices for harvesting fish.

Li Duoyu remembers clearly that every time his boss went to buy fishmeal feed, he felt like he was being pressed on a chopping board and being cut with a knife.

 Because this kind of fish moves a lot and its body is full of blood, it doesn’t taste very good whether it’s steamed, braised, souped or pan-fried.

The production areas of this fish are concentrated in North America and Western Europe. Due to imports, the price is also quite scary.

 There is not enough fish to eat, so how can we take good fish and process it into fish meal?

Li Duoyu took a look and saw that most of the baskets were filled with cigarettes. This kind of fish was at the bottom of the contempt chain, and its status was even lower than that of Balang.

 If you feed eels with this kind of fish meal, they will not only grow well, but the eels will not easily get sick.

Each time after buying it, I would scold the profiteers selling fishmeal feed for a while every day, saying that after a year of hard work, I had to work for them.

 Otherwise, you might not be sure if you secretly throw firecrackers at his house in the middle of the night, but you can also stab him into a little person and recite him a thousand times a day.

 It is a pity that good white fish meal cannot be produced in China. The current mainstream white fish meal is made from a cold-water fish called pollock.

General fishermen collectively refer to fish such as yanzi, balang, saury, and bluefish as "red meat fish."

Li Duoyu feels that if he wants to make his farming bigger and stronger, the problem of fishmeal must also be solved.

 After seeing it once, I never dared to buy it again, and I just continued to be ripped off.

Seeing that Old Mi was very resentful, Li Duoyu threw a cigarette and said, "Old Mi, don't worry, the clove fishing season will be over in half a month. During this time, why don't you go to the city to spend time with your grandson."

As a result, this group of people was very good, which made the few remaining fishmongers who were still struggling to support themselves feel quite uncomfortable.

According to his boss, cockroaches don’t even want to stay in that hellish place because of the stinky smell. In order to cover up the rancid smell, manufacturers will add various unknown additives to the feed.

 In the future, if you have money, you can simply build a serious fish meal processing factory and invest in a few offshore fishing boats specializing in the production of fish meal.

These words were so true that he felt physically uncomfortable. His daughter-in-law also said the same thing in his previous life.

 Almost all the most expensive imported white fish meal is used. Due to its high protein content, white fish meal was once used as a special feed for eels.

“People dislike me because I smell like fish, and they won’t let me hold my children.”

 In the previous life, when their eel factory was still producing exports, they could save on everything, but not on feed.

 The reason why fishermen don’t like Yanzi is because it is a “red meat fish”.

 When he heard this, Li Duoyu felt as if someone had stabbed him in the heart with a sword.

 Fishermen have more choices. When the catch is relatively large, they will directly take it to the aquatic product processing factory to sell it.

 Fortunately, Mr. Mi didn't know yet that the aquatic product processing plant at Qingkou Wharf was built thanks to his contribution.

 Pain, very painful.

 Old man Mi took the cigarette and sighed: "If you were so easy to accompany, I would collect the fish here."

 I went to check the source and found that most domestic fishmeal feed manufacturers use trash fish, intestines and offal collected from fish stalls.

 High-quality fishmeal feed is indeed very expensive. A ton of white fishmeal often costs tens of thousands of yuan. In addition, he raises a lot, so each purchase costs millions.

Also because of this aquatic products processing plant, fish prices are quite transparent and uniform, making it difficult for fishmongers to unite to lower prices and buy low and sell high.

 But for Li Duoyu, red-fleshed fish are still valuable and can be used as feed fish to make red fish meal.

 Generally, the fish that can fetch a high price are white-fleshed fish, such as grouper, large yellow croaker, etc. Among them, the "garlic meat" of large yellow croaker is the best.

Li Duoyu couldn’t help but ask:

 Because it looks like a cannonball and swims very fast.

 After feeding for a period of time, the eels not only grow slowly, but also often shrink and have a lot of problems.

 Actually, it’s not that we can’t produce good fishmeal feed domestically. It can only be said that our exclusive fish areas are too small and not worthy of such a huge country.

 In order to control costs, his boss also tried domestic fishmeal on a small scale, but he was deceived.

"how?"

 In less than half a year, half of the fishmongers on Dandan Island were forced to change careers, and many fishmongers became fishermen again.

In the past, fishmongers like Old Man Mi would not accept this kind of fish, only Lao Hu next door to his house would.

 But even if it is made into feed, Yanzi still cannot escape the "bonito (cheap fish) fatalism", because the red fish meal feed made from red-fleshed fish is still no match for the white fish feed made from white-fleshed fish.

The bonito is bonito. This fish is related to tuna. They are both good swimmers in the sea. Some old fishermen also call them bomb fish.

 Because of his experience abroad, Li Duoyu feels that we are the most doting country in the world.

 I have worked hard all my life just to buy a house for my child so that he can marry a wife, but in the end he will be rejected by his daughter-in-law.

 Li Duoyu patted Lao Mi on the shoulder and said with emotion: "Lao Mi, I understand."

 Old man Mi looked disgusted: "Your son is still playing in the mud, but you know how to hammer."

 The third uncle couldn't help but smile.

Then he asked: "Don't interrupt, Duoyu, what kind of fish are you buying? Why are all the fishing boats in the village helping you catch it?"

Li Duoyu quickly replied: "It's a small fish called clove. My purchase price is quite high, so everyone is very active."

 “Lilac fish? How much does it cost?”

Li Duoyu grinned and said, "After drying, it costs two and a half yuan per catty."

　　Hearing this price, the third uncle took a breath of air and his eyes suddenly widened.

“What kind of fish is this clove? The price is so high and we can get it here?”

Li Duoyu nodded: "This kind of fish is quite common. You must know it, Uncle San. In the local dialect, it is sea anchovy, which is a small and transparent one."

The third uncle frowned and thought for a while, then smiled and said, "Is it a little whitebait?"

 “Almost the same, but with a line in the middle.”

Uncle San patted his forehead: "As soon as you said that, I knew. In the past, our fishing team would also catch some of these fish, dry them, and eat them with shrimps."

But the third uncle still didn’t believe it and asked again: “When I fished for shrimps in the past, at most, I caught three or four tons of this kind of small fish in one net. Are you sure this kind of fish costs two and a half a pound?”

 Li Duoyu nodded.

“The price will be relatively high this time, mainly because the acquirer is in a hurry, and the season is about to end, so it is profitable.”

Li Zhengfa thought for a while and realized that what he said about the abundance of fish was indeed true. In half a month, this kind of fish would be out of season and there would be no need to catch it.

“There are many fish, how many of these fish do you plan to collect?”

Li Duoyu smiled and said: "I will take as much as I can catch."

 It has been two months since he went to sea, and Li Zhengfa is also very tired, but the price is too attractive. Duoyu seems to be here to give money this time, so there is no reason not to accept it.

Seeing that the crew members were already going home, Li Zhengfa cleared his throat and shouted: "Everyone, please pay attention. We have just received a big order from our village director." "We will have a day off this time. It will be the same tomorrow. Come gather here at the dock and let’s continue fishing.”

Chen Liang was dumbfounded on the spot. He originally wanted to sleep with him for two or three days, but without thinking, he only gave him one day of rest.

 “You’re crazy, you’re not letting anyone live, just let me rest for one day.”

As soon as Chen Liang finished speaking, his father hit him on the head and scolded him: "It's good to be able to give you a day off, but it's not a good thing."

Chen Liang touched his head with a look of grievance on his face and murmured: "Now we don't even have time to go on a blind date or find a matchmaker."

Li Zhengfa went on to say:

“Everyone, please take a rest. Those who have wives, hurry up and get married. Those who are newly married and want to have children, please don’t sleep tonight.”

After Hei Gou and his wife heard this, their faces instantly turned red because their little thoughts were pulled out of their heads.

“Finally, let me tell you, our fleet will definitely make a lot of money on this trip. Maybe in this half month, we will make more than we made in the first half of the year.”

After hearing this, some of the sailors who had returned came back. When they learned that the purchase price of a pound of dried clove fish was two and a half yuan, they were so angry that they slapped their thighs.

“If I had known earlier, I would have come back earlier, and I wouldn’t have caught that smelly squid.”

Second uncle, who was smoking a dry cigarette, felt that there was only about half a month left in the fishing season, so he simply said: "How about we continue fishing at sea now, as if we haven't returned to the island yet."

 After hearing this sentence.

 The two young crew members, Chen Liang and Hei Gou, disappeared in an instant.

Third uncle Li Zhengfa said: "Don't worry, our big net won't be able to catch that kind of small fish. You go and have a rest. My elder brother and I will build that kind of fine net first. Let's try to make more money this year."

 “Okay, let’s make a fortune together.”

 In recent times, the fishing boats on Dandan Island have really gone crazy, and more than half of them have flocked to Ding Bay.

Some people were bold enough to drive directly into the fishing village’s operating area to fish, which resulted in conflicts.

 But because money is so attractive, the fishermen on Dandan Island were surprisingly united this time. They actually went to other people's territory and started shouting with others, which almost caused a conflict.

 Fortunately, the fishery administration boat arrived on the scene in time, so there was no scene of fishermen from the two islands fighting in groups at sea.

 Otherwise, Li Duoyu would probably be scolded to death by Secretary Chen, and he might even be given a demerit.

However, during this period, Li Duoyu received more than a dozen letters of complaint, all of which asked him to take care of the fishermen on his island.

But Li Duoyu has no time to take care of them now. The most he can do is shout with a loudspeaker to warn the fishermen on the island not to be dazzled by money.

Nowadays, he has a lot on his hands. There are many villagers in the village who are willing to participate in the construction of the "big windmill", more than 200 of them.

There are nearly two hundred people in Chenjiacun. If these people are willing to help, it will definitely speed up the construction progress greatly.

In the past few days, teams have been arriving on the island one after another to transport various equipment and set up simple tents. It is expected that construction will start soon.

Li Duoyu in the office opened a letter from the Majiang Village Committee of Xiaocheng Town, and found that there was only one sentence in it.

 “Damn Ganni, all the fishermen on your island are bandits.”

Li Duoyu was a little angry and funny. Although he was scolded again, he felt inexplicably happy.

Li Duoyu, who was in a good mood, hummed a song and just walked out of the village committee door. Unexpectedly, the Zhao brothers grabbed each other's collars and came to the village committee.

The two brothers' faces were all bruised and bruised, and the corner of Zhao Erniu's mouth was cut open and bleeding.

When the two saw Li Duoyu, they immediately grabbed each other and rushed over.

Zhao Dahai took the lead and said: "Brother Yu, tell me what you think about Erniu. He clearly swore that he would never go to sea to make money, but these days, he has been fishing for cloves with Wang Jinshan."

Li Duoyu frowned and was a little annoyed with the brothers because they really had too many things to do and they never stopped.

However, he is in a good mood today. As a village cadre, he does have the responsibility and obligation to help the villagers mediate conflicts.

“If you have any questions, come to my office and talk.” After Li Duoyu returned to the office, he asked, “You two, what do you think about this matter?”

Zhao Dahai, who looked angry, told the story of what happened, including why they were fighting.

It was roughly Zhao Dahai. I had long known that Zhao Erniu had made a lot of money catching green crab seedlings.

 It can be due to the oath sworn by the two brothers.

 He did it and abided by it. He did not go to the tidal flat to catch blue crabs to make money.

 But Zhao Erniu broke his oath and ran to the sea to fish.

Zhao Erniu, whose mouth was cut open, spit out the blood and cursed: "I swore to Empress Mazu, not to you. Why should you care about it? Besides, I have already gone to worship Empress Mazu again." I asked again, and my mother-in-law Mazu was willing to let me go to the sea."

Zhao Dahai widened his eyes angrily and said, "Are you such a shameless person? According to you, all the oaths you make are useless."

Li Duoyu also thinks that what Zhao Erniu said is correct. If the oath was useful, there would probably be no bad men or bad women in the world.

 Li Duoyu asked: "Dahai, what are you going to do now?"

Zhao Dahai said with a dark face: "Let him abide by his oath and not go to the sea to fish."

Zhao Erniu scolded back: "Why, even if Mazu agrees, you can come to the tidal flat. What will I say to you?"

“Er Niu, are you shameless? There are no green crabs now. Why should I go to the tidal flat to play in the mud?”

“I don’t know who is more shameless. He took away all his family’s property for a widow and was completely squeezed out. Yet he still has the nerve to come back to the village. If I were you, I would just jump into the sea.”

  “Fuck me.”

 The two of them were about to fight again.

Li Duoyu said: "If you fight in front of me, I might send you to the police station."

The two brothers were imprisoned for several months because of abalone farming. When they think about that horrific experience, they were imprisoned for several months.

 I calmed down on the spot.

 “You might as well forget it.”

Zhao Dahai frowned and said: "Impossible, let's forget it. Then I won't suffer a big loss. I can also catch blue crab seedlings. If I catch them in those few months, I can earn at least a thousand yuan." No matter what the possibility, let him earn it.”

 Zhao Erniu said nothing.

He was indeed at fault for this, but when he thought about how profitable Lilac Fish was, he simply couldn't care less about it.

 Li Duoyu thought again.

“Er Niu, do you hate Dahai because he took all the money away and gave it to Widow Chen?”

 Zhao Erniu nodded.

“Brother Yu, you don’t know that he is probably not a human being. For the sake of a woman, he took away the boat, the net and the newly purchased land that our family bought together.”

"He works as a cow or a horse for others, serving other people's whole family. My parents and I don't even own a boat, so we can only work for others and make a living on the farm. Brother Yu, you said it's not too much. "

 Li Duoyu nodded: "It's indeed excessive."

Li Duoyu suddenly asked: "Dahai, isn't that Widow Chen very powerful? It feels like your soul has been sucked away. I remember that you seemed to have lost a lot of weight when you first returned to the village."

Zhao Dahai nodded awkwardly: "It's not bad, I just take care of your feelings."

 “Do you still like her now?”

Zhao Dahai gritted his teeth and said: "If you like a woolen yarn, that **** is a vampire. All the money I brought was spent by her, and my body was almost drained by her. When we talk about marriage, she makes trouble with me." , Damn it, it’s obvious that you’re using me as a coolie.”

 Zhao Erniu said disgustedly:

 “You idiot, you deserve to have a white worm on your brain!”

 (End of this chapter)