1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

 Chen Wenchao was very excited when he heard that he was going out to fish for shrimps. His biggest wish was to have a fishing boat of his own.

Then catch a lot of fish and make a lot of money.

 But since he followed Brother Yu, he has started a long journey of farming. In the first two years, when he just started, Brother Yu also took him fishing, setting up the net and lowering the net.

After fishing in La Liga Reef, large bass slippery, the exit of the taunles that are very expensive, and the middle line of the strait has a lot of grouper.

 But later, as the eel breeding factory was built and the ponds were built, Brother Yu no longer had time to fish.

 And he was also busy all the time, and he didn’t even have time to take care of the net placed on the tidal flat when he went to see it some time ago.

 I found that the net had many holes and it was no longer possible to catch fish. I had to find a time to collect it from the sea.

Seeing that it was getting dark, Chen Wenchao relied on the sampan boat to reach the fishing raft and moved all the sticky nets and ground cages placed on the fishing raft onto the boat.

While he was working, the black girl, who was not very approachable and always hid in the doghouse, wagged her tail at him and was particularly sticky to him, because he had raised the black girl since she was little, so she was very affectionate towards him. He is very affectionate.

After seeing Chen Wenchao on the fishing raft, he not only made a "wow" sound of grievance, but even came over to show him a puppy in his mouth.

Zhou Xiaoying blushed. Some of the idioms were obviously quite normal, but when they came out of his mouth, they were so inappropriate.

“Yes, don’t worry, I also called Xiaochao and Shitou, both of them have better water skills than me.”

 Chen Wenchao took a look at the entire litter of puppies. The fate of these puppies when they grow up will be the same as that of the black girl.

 Chen Wenchao looked at the puppy and found that its eyes were all open, but during this period, it was still drinking milk.

Zhou Xiaoying couldn't help but sigh in her heart. In the past two years, Duoyu has been like a top, spinning non-stop without any rest at all.

 The food is often not delicious, because I am either busy with one thing or another.

"That's good."

But the black girl held the puppy in her mouth and made sure to let him hug it. Her aggrieved expression seemed to say: "I am very powerful, okay? Please give it a hug."

“Forget it, if you stop being the village director because of me, the villagers will scold me to death.”

"ah."

Li Duoyu couldn't help but pinch his little face, and at the same time pricked his little face with the dregs of his beard:

 “You boy, once you have a toy, you forget about your father.”

Seeing that Li Duoyu had already made a decision, Zhou Xiaoying did not persuade him anymore, but said: "Then be careful and try not to go to unfamiliar waters. Call Xiaochao up too. He has good water skills and the two of them will be taken care of." ”

 Actually, she wanted to say that during the recent period, the time has obviously become shorter and the frequency has become less.

 But I also hope that he can be lazy now and take a good rest like before.

Before setting off, Li Duoyu looked at Xiao Tutu sitting at the door holding the robot: "Your father is going to go fishing, so he didn't come over to kiss me."

"Aren't you the village director? How can I give birth to a second child? This will affect your work."

Brother Yu has decided that when the dogs grow up a little, he will take them all to the shrimp farm and serve as watchdogs.

"What are you thinking about? How can this little thing tire me out?" Li Duoyu chuckled and said, "If I'm really tired, I won't take advantage of every opportunity and do bad things whenever I get the chance."

Seeing that she was thinking of resigning, Li Duoyu immediately said: "It's better to teach hard. Believe it or not, as soon as you resign, your parents will follow you every day and let you have another child."

Zhou Xiaoying wanted to help him, but found that she couldn't do anything. After thinking about it, she said seriously: "Duoyu, how about I quit my job and come and help you."

She didn’t like him when he was a smuggler. When he came home every day, he would wear sunglasses and lie on the rocking chair to bask in the sun.

“Besides, Principal Zhu secretly told me that he will work hard to evaluate outstanding teachers for you this year.”

It is conceivable that she cares more about herself than herself. When thinking of this, Li Duoyu couldn't help but hold her in his arms and give her some tenderness.

Xiao Tutu hugged the robot and pressed the button on it, and an electronic voice came out: "Transform."

 After Li Duoyu returned home from the dock, he changed into relatively worn clothes and put on his fishing boots.

Zhou Xiaoying was startled for a moment, and then said: "But you have been so busy recently, I'm afraid that your body will be exhausted."

Zhou Xiaoying, who was planning to cook dinner at home, saw him dressed like this and asked in confusion: "It's almost dark, and it's almost dinner time. Where are you going in this way?"

 When he went to Hong Kong Island some time ago, he borrowed so much money to buy shrimp farming equipment. He must have been under a lot of pressure recently.

 But she didn't dare to say such words, for fear that Li Duoyu would become more serious and eat some strange tonic soup later.

After hearing this, Li Duoyu's expression changed and he said with a hint of anger: "I can't resign. Your job of teaching and educating people is much greater than mine. If you want to resign, who will teach these stinky people on our island in the future?" Boy, who will teach our little Tutu."

Chen Wenchao picked up the puppy, touched it twice, and then put it on the fishing raft. Only then did the black girl take the puppy back.

 Chen Wenchao touched the black girl.

 Li Duoyu knew very well how much Zhou Xiaoying valued the profession of teacher, and she was willing to give up this profession for herself.

Li Duoyu said: "I just wanted to tell you that I won't have to cook my food later. I want to go out to sea to catch some shrimps."

During this period, when she returned home from teaching, she often found Li Duoyu either in the village committee or at the eel factory.

Li Duoyu smiled evilly and said: "There are many ways. We can fake a divorce while you are pregnant, and then get married after the child is born."

Li Duoyu grinned and said: "I wouldn't dare to lend you a hundred courage, but if you really want to have another child, I can give up my identity as the village director for you."

Li Duoyu nodded and said: "Catching shrimps is different from fishing. Shrimps hide in the sand during the day and only come out at night. It is almost impossible to catch shrimps when using the net during the day. I plan to catch them while the weather is still up." It’s completely dark, go out to sea early and set the net.”

After Zhou Xiaoying heard this, she twisted the inside of his thigh and said, "How dare you."

“If you see it, take the puppy back to the kennel quickly.”

Zhou Xiaoying frowned slightly, a little worried: "Do we have to go out to sea to catch shrimp tonight? Can't we do it during the day tomorrow?"

 Little Tutu, who was itchy from the sting, broke away and said slightly angrily: "I hate daddy."

After hearing this, Li Duoyu felt like he was struck by lightning, with a look of great shock on his face: "Tutu, dad bought you such a good toy, but you actually hate dad."

 “Hate, hate.”

Zhou Xiaoying gave him a disgusted look and said, "Tutu is only two years old. Why are you arguing with him? You don't know who it is. You can buy such an expensive toy."

Li Duoyu smiled: "Let's go."

After Li Duoyu stepped out of the courtyard, not long after, Zhou Xiaoying also imitated A Niang and prepared something to pay homage to.

Then he held the sacred basket in one hand and picked up little Tutu in the other: "Let's go, mother will take you to the Tianhou Palace to worship."

Li Duoyu first came to Lao Yang Restaurant and bought more than 30 light cakes.

If he hasn't eaten, Chen Wenchao and Shitou probably haven't eaten either.

By the time he arrived at the pier, Chen Wenchao and Shitou were already waiting for him. They all changed into fishing clothes.

“Brother Yu, the sticky net and ground cage are ready.”

Lao Lu, who was smoking on the pier, saw that Li Duoyu and the others were about to go out to sea. He couldn't help but said: "Duoyu, the weather seems to be changing tonight. It's better not to go out to sea. No one can catch any prawns in the past two days, so what? It’s definitely not a human problem, it’s a shrimp problem.”

The fishermen on the side also echoed: "Maybe they were all driven away by this shrimp girl. I heard that this thing is very ferocious in the sea. It can even break the shells of stone crabs."

After Lao Lu’s reminder, Li Duoyu raised his head and glanced at the sky. It was really possible that the weather was going to change. I don’t know when it happened. A particularly dark cloud appeared in the southern sky.

Li Duoyu wanted to go out by sampan at first. After seeing the weather, he said directly to Chen Wenchao and Shitou:

 “Move the things to the fishing boat, and let’s change this boat and go out to sea.”

Chen Wenchao felt a little distressed and said: "Do you really want to change this fishing boat to go fishing for shrimps?"

 Li Duoyu nodded: "Change to this one."

When he first got this boat last year, Li Duo was really reluctant to build it, and his father, Lao Li, loved it so much that he would carry fresh water to the boat to do maintenance on the fishing boat almost whenever he had time.

But Li Duoyu feels that the boat will still be used after all. If it is only used for fishing or traveling, it would be a bit wasteful.

This fishing boat is good in everything, but it is difficult to modify. It is really difficult to install a hydraulic net hoist on the boat. It needs to be taken to the shipyard for major modifications. They slowly backed out of the harbor facing the fishing boat. In less than half an hour, Li Duoyu and the others arrived at the waters near Qixing Bay.

 Speaking of which, Li Duoyu learned most of his fishing experience from Lao Tang in his previous life. He learned many fishing spots from chatting with others at the village entrance information office.

I heard from Lao Tang that there is a local yellow shrimp spawning ground here in Qixing Bay. Once the season comes, the prawns will come here to mate and lay eggs.

At that time, he made a small fortune in Qixing Bay, but later, this spawning ground was taken over by a few unscrupulous electric tugboats.

 Ever since I was electrocuted, wild shrimps could no longer be caught in Qixing Bay for a long time.

 After arriving at Qixing Bay, Li Duoyu parked the boat. Judging from the fish finder, the water depth here was about 123 meters.

Li Duoyu took out two slender bamboo poles and tied them with hemp rope. A funnel similar to a Luoyang shovel was tied to the head of one of the bamboo poles.

This thing was a tool used to explore the bed when driving kelp piles, and Li Duoyu also brought it with him this time.

 If you want to catch shrimps, it is very important to find the right bottom. If there is a hard bottom, there is no need to put a net at all. Shrimps will not stay in such an environment.

Marine shrimp is not a very powerful species in the sea. On the contrary, it is the daily ration of countless fish.

 Normally, they lie down and hide in the sand, or look for food at the bottom of the sand layer. If it is a hard bottom, you can basically give up and just change places.

Li Duoyu was inserted quite deep, and when it was pulled out, there was still some resistance.

 When he pulled the funnel out of the sea, he found that the top layer was all sand, but the lower it went, the more mud was mixed with it.

 Seeing this, Li Duoyu couldn't help but smile. He felt that he was almost sure to catch shrimp tonight.

 After all, so far, Li Duoyu feels that Old Tang is quite reliable, and most of the fishing spots he mentioned are in stock.

 When will this guy come to Dandan Island?

Logically speaking, he is the same age as me, so if he wants to marry into his wife, it should be around this time.

Or, because of him, Dandan Island has changed too much, so that Old Tang couldn’t get married?

It is really possible that Old Lu made a very bad start. People who want to join Xiasha Village now want to follow the standards of Old Lu's family.

 Forget it, if you have a chance to meet him in the future, try to trick him over again.

Seeing Li Duoyu using the long bamboo pole to explore the bottom, Shitou couldn't help but ask: "Brother Yu, are you planning to raise kelp here?"

Facing these brothers who followed him, Li Duoyu was not afraid to teach them these experiences and patiently explained:

“Shrimps are all hidden in the sand. Before catching shrimps, it is best to explore the bottom first. If you are sure it is a sandy bottom, then set the net.”

Shitou suddenly understood: "So that's it. No wonder I rarely caught shrimps when I fished in the reef area before."

 After exploring the bottom, Li Duoyu and Chen Wenchao began to lower their nets to catch shrimps. The first ones were placed in ground cages.

They stuffed some smelly fish into the cages, then strung all the cages together and threw them into the sea one by one.

After setting up the ground cage, they lowered the bottom-glued net. But when they lowered the net, the surrounding sea area was already very dark.

They also noticed that there were two small fishing boats nearby setting down nets for fishing, and they might have come here to catch shrimp like them.

 It’s just that they lit kerosene lamps on the boat. From a distance, the light was not very bright.

These fishermen may be fishermen near Qixing Bay, they may be from nearby Shangqi Village, or they may be from Xiagong Village.

 And everyone has a tacit understanding, and they all lower the nets in parallel. In this case, there will be no fights when the net is stuck, and this can be regarded as a tacit understanding among the fishermen.

After Li Duoyu and the others finished setting the sticky net, the weather suddenly changed. The wind suddenly picked up and their clothes were blown loudly.

 At almost the same time, the waves also grew bigger, and under the illumination of the searchlight, white-headed waves could be vaguely seen.

 Generally, when fishermen encounter this kind of wave, they will immediately choose to return to port and dare not continue to float on the sea because it is too dangerous.

 Speaking of which, I have to thank Lao Lu for reminding me. If it hadn't been for him, he might have driven out on a sampan today. If he encountered such white-headed waves, even an old fisherman would be shaken up.

Logically speaking, if there is such a big storm, those small sampans will definitely have to return to Hong Kong.

But Li Duoyu discovered that the two small fishing boats had not returned to the port and were still floating on the sea. Looking from a distance, the kerosene lamps kept rising and falling with the waves.

 Seeing this scene, Shitou couldn't help but cursed: "These people are all old and dying. If they don't go back, these people are desperate for their lives, right?"

Li Duoyu frowned tightly. It was fine during the day, but at night, this situation was indeed too dangerous.

What Li Duoyu and the others didn’t know was that these fishermen had just set up their nets not long ago, and they originally wanted to go back.

 But after a "big ship" suddenly arrived, they didn't dare to leave because they had just had a three to four hundred meter sticky net stolen two days ago.

Now after setting off the net, I don’t dare to go too far away. People have to be nearby to watch.

The sea wind was getting stronger and stronger, and Li Duoyu and the others all hid in the cab. The cab of this fishing boat was quite spacious.

It's not a problem to fit ten people in. The things at the bow are neatly arranged. If you spread out a mat, you can sleep directly.

This boat is produced in an island country, and the stability of the hull is indeed very good. The wind and waves outside are indeed very strong, but it is not as obvious as expected on the fishing boat.

After entering the cab, Shitou's eyes shone brightly, and he kept looking around, as if he was touching some big treasure.

“Brother Yu, this boat really costs more than 100,000 yuan.”

Li Duoyu nodded: "More than 100,000 yuan does not include import taxes. If tariffs are added, it will be almost 200,000 yuan."

 “Damn it. It’s so expensive. It seems I will never be able to afford it in my life.”

Li Duoyu smiled and said: "Work hard. In the future, our company will make a lot of money, and I will buy one for each of you."

 Stone's eyes shone: "Really, you didn't lie to us?"

 “When have I ever deceived you?”

 A group of people rested in the cab for about four hours. Li Duoyu looked at his watch and said, "It's almost done. We can start the net."

 Chen Wenchao directly used a hook to lift the buoy. Since the fishing boat did not have a net hoist, he could only pull the net manually.

He and Shitou took turns pulling the sticky net, but after just a few meters, Shitou shouted excitedly: "Brother Yu is awesome, everything here is really full of shrimps."

 Stone held one of the shrimps and said, "It's really a big yellow shrimp, it's so big."

 After seeing the large yellow shrimp in Shitou's hand, Li Duoyu was also very excited. If there were shrimps here, this year's shrimp farming plan would be complete.

There are seven or eight shrimps hanging on almost every meter of sticky net. You can imagine how many shrimps there are in this sea area.

Li Duoyu naturally hopes that the more the better, so that the quality of the broodstock he can find will be better.

At this moment, a dazzling light suddenly flashed across the dark sky, and almost three seconds later, everyone heard a sound of thunder.

 Spring Thunder!

 At almost the same time, everyone could clearly feel that the temperature dropped instantly, and the entire sea surface became moist.

After a while, big raindrops hit the deck, making a crackling sound. In just an instant, everyone's coats were all wet.

Spring thunder usually occurs after the wake of hibernation. It is caused by the temperature rise in spring, the strengthening of warm and humid air, and the fierce confrontation with cold air, triggering strong vertical air convection movement.

 If there is a spring thunder, it will usually be accompanied by heavy rain, and the most terrifying thing is severe convective weather.

 Li Duoyu returned to the cab immediately and quickly brought everyone raincoats. In such a cold weather, if it rained all night, no matter how good Chen Wenchao's physical condition was, he would not be able to withstand it.

 “Fuck, it’s over!”

 “It’s over.”

At this moment, Shitou suddenly shouted: "Brother Yu, the lights of the fishing boat that were not far from us suddenly went out."

Everyone looked in the original direction of the fishing boat. There was really not a single light on the pitch-black sea.

 Intuition told them that something bad might have happened to the fishing boat opposite. (End of chapter)