1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

The news about Xiasha Village’s kelp harvest spread quickly in the town. After hearing the news, Zhang Dongsheng, the party secretary of Langqi Village, didn’t sleep well all night and sailed to Xiasha Village early in the morning.

When he came, he also picked up a bag of fine tea given to him by others.

Last year, he also planted more than 100 acres of kelp, and the entire Langqi Village totaled several hundred acres.

Seeing that Dandan Island started collecting kelp so early, he wanted to know what was going on.

　　When he arrived at Dandan Island, he was shocked by the battle in front of him. There were fishing boats carrying kelp everywhere.

Everyone looked very busy. After finally stopping the boat, he asked several villagers and learned that Li Duoyu was still collecting kelp and would not be back until a while.

After waiting at the dock for nearly half an hour, Zhang Dongsheng finally saw Li Duoyu. After meeting, he was polite and quickly gave Li Duoyu the tea in his hand.

“Director Li, why are you harvesting kelp so early this year?”

Li Duoyu, who had worked all night last night and hadn't rested yet, had already guessed what he wanted to say with his panda eyes.

 “I’m afraid of a typhoon.”

 Zhang Dongsheng looked at the weather: "This kind of weather shouldn't happen. Are there other problems?"

Li Duoyu was too lazy to explain too much: "Let me tell you this, someone told me that the typhoon might come, and I don't know if it will come. Anyway, I just believe it."

 But Zhang Dongsheng didn’t believe it at all: “Can you reveal the inside story?”

 Li Duoyu, who hadn't slept all night, was still a bit tempered and didn't want to deal with Zhang Dongsheng at all. But after all, he was giving gifts, so his attitude towards him should be better.

“Last time I went to Hong Kong Island to buy some machinery and equipment. It was supposed to be shipped out, but it was canceled due to weather problems.”

Zhang Dongsheng was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that Li Duoyu had indeed gone to Hong Kong Island with his leader some time ago.

 “Is there really going to be a typhoon?”

"I'm not a god. I don't know anything about this. You should ask the weather station for this kind of thing."

Li Duoyu directly handed the tea leaves in his hand to sister Li Shuihua: "Are you out of tea? I just made this tea for everyone to drink."

Seeing that Li Duoyu wanted to boil the tea leaves directly, Zhang Dongsheng twitched the corner of his mouth. This was a good tea given to him by others. It would be a waste of money to use it to make a big pot of tea.

He wanted to open his mouth to speak to Li Duoyu, but before he could say anything, Li Duoyu took the sampan again and went to the kelp field to collect kelp.

 Seeing Li Duoyu working so hard, Zhang Dongsheng felt more and more something was wrong. After returning to Langqi Village, he was even more puzzled. Even now, he doesn't think the typhoon is coming.

He thinks that the price of kelp is likely to change. With so many people raising kelp this year, Li Duoyu may want to sell it at a good price in advance.

 Zhang Dongsheng thought about it all night, and finally made a difficult decision. His village also planned to harvest kelp.

 Dandan Island and Langqi Village worked together to collect kelp, and the impact was quite large. More than 80% of the fishing boats in the town went to help collect kelp.

At Qingkou Pier, there were not many fishing boats selling fish all day long. The fishmongers were all sitting on the pier, smoking, looking at the empty pier, and sighing.

 “How long will it take to harvest this kelp?”

“There are so many kelps on Dandan Island, it will take four or five days to collect them.”

“In that case, we can only sit like this during this period of time.”

Lao Zhang snorted: "Not only for four or five days, but villages like Langqi Island, Shangqi Village, and Xiyang Island will also collect kelp. We will have no business for at least two weeks."

“Does anyone know how much money Li Duoyu will make from this kelp harvest?”

Lao Zhang thought about it for a while: "I also heard from people that he used to earn almost 10,000 yuan from thirty acres of kelp. Now it seems to be more than three hundred acres. Guess how much money he can earn."

 The fishmongers on the pier all stared with wide eyes: "Damn it, one hundred thousand yuan, how can this young man make money just like a money printing machine?"

“Damn it, have you noticed that the fishermen in our town don’t like catching fish anymore, and they have all gone to fish farming.”

“When you say that, it’s true. I chatted with an old fisherman who I have worked with for many years the day before yesterday. He also said that when he makes enough money, he will go to raise kelp. He doesn’t want to float on the sea all the time.”

 Lao Zhang was smoking a cigarette and suddenly remembered the first time he cooperated with Li Duoyu. At that time, he was not so rich and he managed to get a big bass to slide to Qingkou Pier and sell it.

They also asked the fishmongers to bid against each other. I didn’t expect that in just a few years, the young man who sold his fish had become so rich.

 Shangfeng Town Committee Yard.

 Chen Jianghe reported the current situation in Xiasha Village on Dandan Island to Secretary Chen and Mayor Gao. He thought that after hearing the news, these two people would go to Dandan Island to find Li Duoyu to learn more about the situation.

Unexpectedly, after listening to his report, the two of them only asked: "Comrade Jiang He, is it really because Director Li was afraid of the typhoon that he collected kelp?"

Chen Jianghe nodded and said:

“Comrade Duoyu told me this, it seems that the equipment for his shrimp farm was originally going to be shipped, but it was canceled due to the weather.”

 “That’s it.”

Chen Shulin thought seriously and said to Mayor Gao:

“Comrade Tianyun, I think Director Li’s concern is reasonable. How about we take precautions.”

Gao Tianyun nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go to those fishing villages this afternoon and let them prepare for the typhoon."

 “Okay, then I’ll go to the villages near the mountain.”

Hearing these words, Chen Jianghe was completely confused. How much the first and second leaders in the town trusted Li Duoyu.

 According to the procedure, shouldn’t we check with the weather station first and then ask some experienced fishermen?

 But on the second day of harvesting kelp on Dandan Island, coastal residents already felt that something was wrong with the weather.

 The sea surface suddenly became cloudless, the visibility was extremely good, and the water was extremely clear.

 The southerly wind unique to this season suddenly stopped, and the weather became sultry.

 Many villagers who were collecting kelp at the sea were soaked from head to toe, and their water boots could even shed sweat.

 Many people complained.

“What the **** is this weather like? It’s really going to be hot to death.”

 And the weirdest thing is.

 The sea breeze has stopped, but the waves are not small at all and are extremely long, which greatly affects the work of collecting kelp.

The few old men in Xiasha Village who loved playing four-color cards looked at the sudden long waves on the sea and couldn't help but frown.

 “There is no wind but long waves!”

 Generally, there are only two situations. One is that there is another earthquake in the overseas province, and the other is that a typhoon may be approaching.

Old Zheng frowned and murmured to himself: "I feel like this kid from the Li family is even more awesome than that blind man Chen. A typhoon might really be coming."

 Another old man said: "So I told you before, don't talk nonsense, this kid is very evil."

 “Alas.” Lao Zheng sighed.

At the kelp field, Li Duoyu frowned as he looked at the long waves on the sea not far away.

Every time a long wave hits, the kelp fields will surge up and down with it. It is particularly difficult for the fishermen on the sampan boats to work, and the efficiency of collecting kelp is obviously reduced.

If the long waves have arrived, it proves that the typhoon is likely to arrive within two or three days, and all kelp must be collected during these two days.

Just before the typhoon comes, the weather will become very hot and the wind will be strong, which is very suitable for drying kelp. Looking at the villagers who are so hot that they are drinking water, Li Duoyu encouraged: "The typhoon may really be coming. Let’s all work harder, and I’ll treat you all to a big dinner when the time comes.”

The sudden change in weather has made many kelp farmers in the county nervous. In fact, in the past two days, many people have heard that Xiasha Village has collected kelp for fear of a typhoon.

But most people don’t take it seriously. After looking at the weather, many people think that it is impossible for a typhoon to come. After all, typhoons are very rare in May. Unexpectedly, in just two days, the situation began to change, and the kelp farmers were as anxious as ants on a hot pot.

 Looking for people and borrowing boats everywhere, I also wanted to collect my own kelp, but most of the boats were borrowed by Dandan Island and Langqi Village.

The ship bosses will not be able to empty the ship until at least tomorrow, and they have asked if a typhoon really comes.

　　Even if they give more, the ship bosses will only be willing to work for one more day at most.

In other words, if the typhoon really comes, they will only have two or three days left.

 Shangqi Village Village Committee.

Their village party secretary slammed the table angrily and cursed: "Damn it, who promised me two days ago that there would never be a typhoon."

Several village cadres all kept silent. They also raised a lot of kelp. Now there is no boat and time, but there is not enough time.

　　One village cadre’s eyes were red.

“Party Secretary Tang, please think of a way. My kelp fields are loans. If they are destroyed by a typhoon, I won’t be able to stand up.”

 “You’re the only one who can get a loan, I don’t have a loan.”

The village party secretary said with a dark face: "If there are not enough boats, we will go to Dandan Island now and directly connect with the boat bosses. It seems that the kelp harvest on Dandan Island is about to be finished. We will immediately send the fleet to our village to collect kelp."

But when they arrived at Dandan Island, they found that they were not the only ones who had this idea. Langqi Village and Xiagong Village, which also had kelp farmers, had all made reservations with the boat boss.

The village cadres of Shangqi Village were all dumbfounded when they saw this scene. There is only one way that they can do now.

 That’s more money!

On the third day of harvesting kelp on Dandan Island, there were not many fishing boats left in the kelp field, and the signs of the typhoon were already very obvious.

 There are more and more long waves.

 One after another.

Some fishermen found that all the fish in the shallow sea were floating up. Even the white dolphins gathered on the surface of the sea and made uneasy sounds. Some people even saw sea snakes emerging from the sea and forming a tangled ball.

The sky was not cloudless, but there were cirrus clouds, and near the Overseas Province, there were also white feather-like or horsetail-like flowing clouds.

The children from Dandan Island looked at the flowing clouds in the sky and said excitedly: "That cloud is so beautiful, like a big phoenix spreading its wings."

Fatty Li Haoran said: "My uncle said that this kind of cloud is good-looking, but it is not a good cloud. It is a typhoon cloud."

Due to the early mobilization, the earliest batch of kelp harvested from Dandan Island had already dried after two days of drying.

 But this time everyone raised a lot of kelp, and the warehouse originally left by the brigade was simply not enough.

Li Duoyu simply took his kelp to the shrimp farm for storage. After all, the factory there can really withstand typhoons.

During the period of harvesting kelp, my uncle Chen Dongqing has helped Li Duoyu complete the transfer of shrimp, and all the broodstock have been transferred to the shrimp farm.

 At the same time, the second brother also drained more than half of the water in the eel pond.

 Perhaps it’s because the typhoon is approaching and the air pressure is too low. All the eels that usually don’t appear during the day have come out.

 So these days, the aerator is running 24 hours a day, and Li Yaoguo has also followed Li Duoyu's instructions and purchased a lot of quicklime in advance, as well as some medicinal materials used for sterilization.

 It’s almost the fourth day.

 Dandan Island has almost completed the work of harvesting and drying kelp, and at this time, horse clouds have appeared in the sky.

 Layers of black and white clouds kept running in the sky, and the waves became very big, even here on the beach, they were more than half a meter high.

This kind of wave can easily sweep people away. If it is a little bigger, it can directly overturn a sampan.

By now, any fisherman along the coast will know that a typhoon is coming soon, and the loudspeaker in Xiasha Village will keep shouting:

“Dear villagers, please note that all fishing boats have returned to the port. If there is still kelp that has been confiscated, there is no need to collect it. If we collect it now, we won’t have time to dry it for you.”

“Everyone, please check your houses. If the house is in danger, come directly to the village committee.”

At this time, Zhang Dongsheng from Langqi Village looked at the remaining dozens of acres of kelp fields that had not yet been harvested, with a sad expression on his face. At least twenty acres of them belonged to him.

 But the waves are too big now.

The sampan boats no longer dared to collect kelp. This morning, several villagers were thrown into the sea by the waves. Fortunately, the water quality was good, so nothing happened.

The situation in Shangqi Village was even worse. More than two hundred acres of kelp had not been collected, and the farmers looked at the long waves.

At this moment, people are thinking about dying, and some people are even complaining:

“Other village party secretaries and village directors all know how to collect kelp in advance, so why can’t our village do the same?”

The Party Secretary of Tang in Shangqi Village is also feeling very uncomfortable at this moment. What the villagers said is true. Dandan Island and Langqi Village both harvested the food early, but they did not harvest it early.

The wind is getting stronger and stronger at this moment.

 The waves are getting bigger and bigger.

The raindrops as big as beans were struck horizontally, and some kelp was collected in advance before it was even dried.

 The residents along the coast were waiting for the arrival of the typhoon, but miraculously, the wind suddenly stopped after blowing for a whole day.

The puzzled villagers turned on their radios one after another and secretly listened to radio stations from overseas provinces.

It turned out that this typhoon was very skinny. It was originally going to land from them, but it suddenly turned around and ran to the southern part of the Overseas Province, and then turned around and returned to the southern sea.

 The sixth day of harvesting kelp.

 The sky cleared up again, the long waves disappeared, and the typhoon seemed to have ended.

The kelp farmers in Shangqi Village, who had been worried for several days, could not help but cheer and celebrate. Someone said: "Just tell me, how can that Director Li be so awesome?"

As soon as he finished speaking, someone scolded us: “I don’t know who it was just now, scolding us Tang Party Secretary for not learning from that Li Duoyu.”

 At this moment, some kelp farmers are even beginning to feel lucky that they did not listen to Li Duoyu.

 When the typhoon was about to come, they all felt that Li Duoyu was quite powerful, but now that it has not come, some subtle sounds immediately appeared.

 Privately, many farmers are talking about Li Duoyu.

 Some people think that he is still very powerful. After all, the typhoon really came and just turned away.

But some people think he is making too much fuss, and many kelp farmers have paid double the price to hire people to harvest kelp.

"From now on, you still have to listen to the weather station for this kind of thing. If you don't listen to the wind, it will rain."

But Li Duoyu had no time to pay attention to them. He did not relax his vigilance just because the typhoon was gone. He had been at the village committee these days, listening to radio stations from overseas provinces.

In the past two days, Chen Jianghe also heard some unfriendly remarks towards Li Duoyu, and said with some comfort:

"Director Li, you are already very good. No one could have predicted the weather problem. Even the weather station issued a typhoon warning this time, but who would have thought that it would just turn around and go away."

“As the village director, you are really dedicated to your duties, and the villagers are very grateful to you.”

 Seeing Chen Jianghe nagging him non-stop, Li Duoyu said in disgust: "Comrade Jiang He, can you please stop disturbing me to listen to the radio?"

Chen Jianghe was stunned for a moment. He kindly came over to enlighten and comfort him, but he didn't expect to be scolded by him.

What Chen Jianghe didn't expect was that the overseas provincial radio station that Li Duoyu was listening to suddenly stopped singing and broadcast an emergency weather forecast.

“This year’s No. 4 typhoon suddenly changes direction in the southern sea and is likely to affect the northern part of our province. Please be prepared for disaster prevention.”

After hearing this emergency notice, Chen Jianghe was completely confused and couldn't help but cursed on the spot: "What the **** is this typhoon!"

 But what made him even more curious was that Li Duoyu gave him the feeling that he knew from the beginning that this typhoon would fight back. (End of chapter)