1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

 The twenty-seventh day of the lunar calendar.

 The sun is a bit bright.

Every household on Dandan Island has started cleaning, starting to dry quilts and wash various furniture, and even the roof has to be cleaned.

Since many of them are tile houses, there are a lot of spider silk on the roofs, so many people use long bamboo brooms to clean the roofs.

Li Duoyu has just moved to a new home. There is no need to clean it at all, but she still has to make a show of it.

 By this time.

The island has entered the mode of non-stop worship, and there are firecrackers everywhere, especially the firecrackers at Thean Hou Temple, which have been ringing from the morning until now.

 During the Chinese New Year, the worst thing was probably the chickens, ducks and pigs raised in the family. Except for those that could lay eggs, almost all the rest were eaten by the same pot.

 Some stayed to eat themselves, while others were taken to the market in the town to be sold. Some of the more agile ones had already prepared a new round of chicken and duck seedlings, starting a new round of breeding.

 The pier is still very lively.

 After Lao Mi was discharged from the hospital, he had not rested for two days. He became a fishmonger again and became active at the dock.

 When chatting with everyone.

Lao Mi always couldn't help but complain a little, saying how bad the hospital was. Not only did it cost him his old capital, but it also caused his sons to bleed a lot, and his daughters-in-law also had great opinions.

And Defa's reputation gradually disappeared amidst Lao Mi's complaints, and everyone began to panic.

Everyone also began to be afraid of going to the hospital and were curious about the young barefoot doctor. They even called Lao Mi and invited the barefoot doctor to the island.

Although the health station has always been open, there are obviously fewer people coming to see the doctor, and Zhang Defa also knows why.

These days, he has also heard some gossips, and some even add fuel to the fire, saying that he teamed up with his mentor to cheat money and so on.

 But he didn’t care anymore, he was too lazy to argue, that’s what they were doing, just try to keep a low profile when things happened.

At this moment, he finally understood why his old classmate Li Duoyu valued credit so much.

Because once credit collapses, it is difficult to get it back. Even if you do ninety-nine good things, if you do one bad thing, the whole army will be defeated.

 But Zhang Defa was not so fragile yet, because of this kind of thing, he began to hate those people who were incited by Uncle Mi.

If he encounters Uncle Mi's situation again, he will still ask him to go to the hospital for treatment. Not everyone is as lucky as him to encounter lipoma, which has the mildest symptoms among all tumors.

 At this time, when seafood is at its most expensive, women are cleaning at home and many fishermen are out fishing.

The Zhao brothers brought back half a boatload of marine fish early in the morning. They were lucky today. When they lowered the net, they hit a school of sweethead fish, allowing the two brothers to make a small profit.

Lao Lu and his son-in-law Zhang Yuansheng also caught a net of "Chunzi fish", which is also called Huanggu fish.

 When the net was first set up, Lao Lu was still slapping his thighs and shouting that he was rich because the large yellow croaker caught during the day was not that yellow and looked very similar to Chunzi.

After the fish is reeled into the boat with the net hoist, you can see that the fish’s dorsal fin has an obvious protrusion, and the fish’s head is not semi-elliptical.

As an old fisherman, Lao Lu suddenly looked disappointed.

Although I didn’t catch any large yellow croaker, Chunzi was also good, although the taste was much different from that of large yellow croaker.

There are very few people who understand seafood. In the market, there are many fishmongers who often sell spring fish as large yellow croaker to customers at a high price.

What the fishermen didn’t expect was that in the past two years, the large yellow croaker seemed to have disappeared. After a year, not many fishermen had caught the large yellow croaker.

At the dock, when Lao Lu sold the spring fish to Old Man Mi, everyone looked at the two baskets of spring fish and couldn't help but shake their heads and sigh.

 “The fishing was too harsh back then, and they were fished out one after another. Now they may be extinct.”

Some fishermen said with emotion: “At that time, chickens and ducks ate only large yellow croaker, and many villagers used the large yellow croaker to fertilize and grow sweet potatoes.”

An old fisherman said more objectively: "There is nothing we can do about it. At that time, unlike now, ice can be bought at any time. Many times, when the fish was brought back, it had already begun to stink. The fish was dried. It’s too late, so we can only remove the fertilizer.”

A fisherman who had just returned from selling fish at Qingkou Pier said excitedly: "It's so scary. The price of large yellow croaker over at Qingkou has risen to two yuan. Have you caught any?"

Fishmonger Lao Mi hummed: "You don't have to go to Qingkou to sell it. If you catch any large yellow croaker, I'll give you two yuan if it's more than two kilograms."

 A fisherman said: "Old Mi, this is what you said. If I catch it, if you don't get two yuan, I will dismantle your boat."

 Lao Mi said disgustedly: "Who doesn't know how to brag? You catch him first and then talk about it."

An old fisherman said: “If we catch a whole net like before, we won’t have to work next year.”

At this moment, Liu Yun came back in his shrimp boat. Today, he, Li Yuanguang and Li Shuguang caught several baskets of shrimp.

 Unfortunately, most of them are sword shrimps, which are not as expensive as Dajiujie and prawns. The locals also call them green-shelled and smooth-skinned shrimps.

 But in this era, as long as it is shrimp, it will not be cheap, especially during the Chinese New Year, the purchase price of sword shrimp is as high as two and a half yuan.

 As long as the fishermen's sticky nets sink to the bottom, they can often catch shrimps. If you are lucky, you can catch two or three kilograms, but they are completely incomparable to this kind of specialized shrimp fishing boat.

 Seeing those baskets of shrimps, both Lao Lu and the Zhao brothers all had envious expressions on their faces.

Lao Lu’s son-in-law, Zhang Yuansheng, looked at the baskets of shrimps eagerly: “Dad, how about we chip in and build a shrimp boat next year.”

Lao Lu glanced at his son-in-law, and he had already discovered one thing. His son-in-law, marrying his daughter was a lie, but fishing with him was real.

“Sure, as long as you and Yanyan give me a big fat baby next year, I’ll buy you a shrimp boat by selling iron.”

Zhang Yuansheng, the son-in-law who came to the door, frowned. In fact, he really regretted barging in the door this time.

He was deceived by the matchmaker, because he had never met Yanyan before he was appointed as her son-in-law.

At that time, his family was going through a separation. His parents were a bit biased and a lot of things were taken away by his eldest brother, which made him super annoyed. He didn't think too much about it. He was so angry that he decided to become his son-in-law. go.

At that time, the matchmaker kept praising her about her big **** and good fertility. She was definitely a woman with a prosperous husband. Originally, he didn't have much hope for this Yanyan. After all, women look the same when it's dark and the lights are turned off.

But this **** matchmaker never mentioned the **** mole on Yanyan's face. The location of it was really terrible and it was too eye-catching.

 If you look carefully, you can still see one or two thick hairs.

But he can tolerate this, after all, he is just a poor man, and his wife is as ugly as possible, so he can live his life as usual.

What puts a psychological burden on him is that his big wife has the character of a little woman. She often acts coquettishly and hits him on the chest with small fists.

To be honest, if Yanyan were like Zhu Xiuhua on the island, he would not be unable to accept it.

 But I am shy to play with you.

 You are so shy, sister!

Every time he thinks of her shy expression, Zhang Yuansheng really gets goosebumps all over his body. Until now, he still remembers very clearly the first night when he got his wife.

The woman shyly said to him:

“I’m still a big girl, and I’m afraid of pain for the first time. You have to be gentle to me.”

Zhang Yuansheng almost vomited out all the drinks he drank that day, so he directly said: "I'm afraid of pain, so let's go to bed."

From the day after the wedding, Zhang Yuansheng slept on the other side. His father-in-law also knew about this and had talked to him several times in private, but to be honest, he was not mentally prepared.

Now, seeing how many shrimps are caught by other people’s shrimp boats, I calculated conservatively that these baskets of shrimps can be sold for at least more than 300 yuan during the Chinese New Year.

If you own a shrimp boat, you can quickly save money. As long as you have money, your status will not be low.

Zhang Yuansheng gritted his teeth and said to Lao Lu: "Okay, let's try next year to see if we can give birth to a tiger cub."

"now it's right."

Lao Lu smiled happily. How could he not understand what his son-in-law was thinking? As long as the two of them had children, it would be fine.

Then all his family property can be left to his grandson.

Liu Yun's shrimp fishing boat had not yet docked, and no one expected that Lao Mi, who had just been discharged from the hospital, would work so hard and jump directly onto the shrimp fishing boat.

“Shuguang, these shrimps cost two and a half yuan, I’ll take them all.”

Seeing that Lao Mi was so disrespectful of martial arts, the other fishmongers were quite dissatisfied.

“Old Mi, you’re not a good person. Didn’t you agree to take turns? Why did you start grabbing them?”

Lao Mi responded directly: "I haven't had any fish for a month. I've been screwed so badly by the hospital, so you can't let me order it and let me recover my blood."

“Old Mi, you are being a bit rogue.” However, everyone just said that the price of two and a half yuan is too high. As far as their channels are concerned, they cannot make money at this price.

 This is the day of general cleaning.

Li Duoyu and her brother-in-law were all considered to be a nuisance, and they were all kicked out by the women in the family.

Li Duoyu’s new house didn’t need much cleaning, so Zhou Xiaoying still took out all the old clothes for washing and took out all the old quilts to dry.

 After a few men came to the dock out of boredom, they happened to see Shu Guang and Liu Yun getting so many shrimps.

 After selling it for nearly 400 yuan, I suddenly felt itchy and wanted to rob the sea.

This year Li Duoyu is almost all engaged in breeding, and rarely sets out the nets to catch fish. The fishing gear is placed on the fishing raft, and it is all covered with spider webs.

 If fishing gear is left unused for too long, it will break down faster.

Li Duoyu thought for a while: "Brother-in-law, if you are fine today, should we go fishing together?"

Zhang Mingsheng nodded. He is not engaged in breeding now. Anyway, he is idle: "Okay, I haven't fished for half a year, and my hands are a little itchy."

"Okay, I'll call Xiao Chao to come with me. He has good water quality. I'll feel more at ease if he's here."

Li Duoyu did not drive that fishing boat, but the sampan boat he bought first. The fishing boat was not equipped with a net hoist, so it was not very good for fishing.

 And Li Duoyu was reluctant to use a fishing boat to fish. There might be a reef or something where they set their nets.

This ship is good, but it's a pity that it's all made of new materials. If it were to be hit, Nagao Shipyard probably wouldn't have the materials to repair it, and they might have to take the ship to Nagasaki.

 That cost would be high.

With the sound of "rumbling", Li Duoyu drove the sampan to the fishing raft to get the sticky net, took the two hundred and fifty with him, and went straight to Dongjia Reef.

 During the Chinese New Year, the waters near Dandan Island are full of fishing boats and fishing nets.

There is no need to visit Xijia Reef to the west of Xiasha Village and Bird's Mouth Reef in Chenjia Village. During the Chinese New Year, there is no space for you to lay your net in these two places.

Li Duoyu thought for a while and simply went to the relatively dangerous Dongjia Reef. Ever since the Zhao brothers had an accident and Liu Mazi drowned here, this place has been rumored to be extremely mysterious. Not many fishermen dare to come here to catch fish. fish.

Li Duoyu drove for about an hour and finally arrived at Dongjia Reef. The waves were relatively big today.

The waves hit the rocks, stirring up waves of two to three meters.

Although Zhang Mingsheng is not very old, he is an old fisherman. He grew up on his father's fishing boat since he was a child.

 When he saw this sea area, he frowned. Experience told him that this place was not safe.

“Duoyu, are you familiar with this area? This place looks quite dangerous. Just looking at the hydrology nearby, I discovered several reefs.”

Chen Wenchao said with a smile: "Brother Mingsheng, you may not know, but Brother Yu is the person who is most familiar with Dongjia Reef on our island. It was here that Brother Yu made his first pot of gold, and I don't know how many ships he saved." , he and I also rescued three people here."

 “So awesome.” (End of chapter)