1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

 If the eel is healthy, Li Duoyu will be in a good mood. There are still more than two months until the turn of summer and autumn, so time is relatively tight.

This time the volume is relatively large. The eel buyer named Norio Oda only signed a contract for 100,000 eels last time.

 But just four months ago, I wrote to Li Duoyu saying:

His eels are of very good quality and are very popular in island countries, and all quarantine data meet standards.

This time he may come to pick up the goods half a month in advance, hoping to order an additional 50,000 tails on top of the original 100,000 tails.

Since the breeding area has been very successful this year, Li Duoyu has made a rough calculation and found that the total number of eels in all eel ponds is about 150,000.

But Li Duoyu doesn't plan to do all the foreign trade. He can only give him 120,000 tails at most. Even if he makes a little less money for the remaining 30,000 tails, Li Duoyu plans to take care of the domestic market.

 Twenty thousand of them will be given to Xinyuan Aquatic Products, and the other 10,000 will be used for retail sales.

 For Li Duoyu now, the most important thing is stability. As long as he can survive for more than a month and wait until the live fish boat from the island country arrives, it will be his victory.

During this period, Li Duoyu has been telling Chen Wenchao to reduce the amount of feeding as much as possible. He would rather make the eels underfed than overeat.

  Sometimes, Li Duoyu felt that what was said on the Internet in his previous life was indeed correct.

  If "people" eat too much, something bad will happen. The same is true for eels. If they eat too much, they will easily suffer from stomach problems.

Li Duoyu took the dissected eels home and planned to make them into grilled eels for Xiao Tutu and the others to eat.

This kid has been very difficult to take care of recently. He refuses to eat at all, even if I give him pork belly. His mouth is like a lock, and he can't pry it open no matter how hard he tries.

 She was so angry that she took out a bamboo stick and wanted to hit him, but she always pretended to do it and never wanted to hit him, so this **** is not afraid now.

Li Duoyu has also heard about it recently. Now this kid is so badass that dogs passing by can run faster than anyone else when they see him.

 During this period, because the fishing raft has not been rebuilt and the eel factory has collapsed, the puppies that Hei Niu gave birth to have now become little Tutu’s toys.

The hair of the dog that "came ashore" was all pulled out by Xiao Tutu. The other little black dog was led by Xiao Tutu all day long, regardless of whether it wanted to or not, it was dragged away anyway.

　　In addition, his father is the village director, and this guy is now simply the little bully of the village. Anyone who sees him can't help but praise him, and no child dares to bully him.

 Li Duoyu grilled eel in the yard.

Li Haoran, who had just returned home from school, smelled the fragrance from afar and trotted to his uncle's yard.

Li Haoran, who had not eaten grilled eel in almost a year, kept swallowing his saliva after smelling the taste: "Uncle, I am making grilled eel today."

Li Duoyu glanced at the boy. It was unclear. If he had anything to ask, he could just say, "If you want to eat grilled eel, just ask."

Seeing Li Hao, Li Duoyu couldn't help but want to tease him: "There are only a few days until the exam."

Hearing this, Li Haoran felt as if he had been struck by lightning, his expression looked very painful: "There are still 21 days."

Li Duoyu let out a sigh and said with a little surprise: "Okay, I remember it so clearly. How are you preparing for it? Can you pass the junior high school entrance examination?"

Li Haoran smiled bitterly. Could it be unclear? The first thing your wife does when she arrives at school every day is to subtract one day from the countdown on the blackboard.

“Teacher Zhou said that if I can continue to maintain my grades, I should be able to get into junior high school.”

 Li Duoyu nodded:

"There is progress. Zhang Lin and Zhang Yun, who are very good, should be back. I grilled a lot of eels. You can ask them to come and eat grilled eels. By the way, if I see you Shui Huagu, I will also call you Come eat with her."

"Okay, I'll call them right away." Little Fatty ran so fast that he forgot to put down his schoolbag. He ran out for a while and then ran back again.

Not long after, Zhang Yun and his sisters, as well as Sister Shuihua, who was holding her child, also came to his yard.

None of them had ever eaten grilled eel, but after smelling the aroma, they felt that it was a special meal. At least it was much more delicious than grilled saury.

Zhang Lin swallowed her saliva and asked Li Haoran: "Brother, have you ever eaten this before?"

Li Haoran said proudly: "Of course, my uncle's grilled eel is famous. Even the leaders of our city like to eat it. It is said that a grilled eel produced by my uncle's company can be sold for two or three yuan outside."

 “So expensive?”

Zhang Lin’s eyes widened.

With two or three yuan, they can buy thirty or forty cups of melon seeds and half a catty of orange candies.

Li Shuihua frowned slightly when she heard the price: "Why do you get such expensive things to eat?"

Li Duoyu said with a smile: "It is very expensive for others to eat, but it is not expensive for us to eat. We raise these eels ourselves, so the cost is not much."

Li Shuihua sighed: "That's good, otherwise I wouldn't be able to afford it if it costs two or three yuan each."

Little Tutu, who had been reluctant to eat recently, was also attracted by the smell of grilled eel, dragging a little black dog in his hand that refused to walk.

 It feels like I have only been playing with him for a few days, and the hair on the puppy’s body has almost been dragged away by him.

 After little Tutu got home, she immediately hugged Li Duoyu's thigh and said with a sweet voice, "Dad, is it ready to bake? I'm so hungry."

Li Duoyu looked at the little Tutu in front of him. This little guy is already three years old. He can speak smoothly now and is full of milk.

Compared with the little chubby guy, this guy is really too thin. If his father hadn't been the village director, he would have been bullied for his figure.

Li Duoyu looked at him with disgust: "Listen to your grandma, you haven't eaten recently, right? You don't want to eat eels either."

Little Tutu puffed out her mouth and pulled up Li Duoyu's pants.

 “The meal is not delicious.”

 “The eel is delicious, I want to eat it.”

Li Duoyu had a dark face and quickly pulled up his pants, almost embarrassing himself.

 In his previous life, he had actually seen a little brat pull down the matriarch's trousers in a shopping mall. It was so embarrassing that he could dig out three rooms and one living room with his toes on the spot.

“You eat the rice first, and after you finish eating, I will give you the eel.”

Little Fatty finally heard it. If Little Tutu didn't eat, then they probably wouldn't have any eels to eat.

Little Fatty became anxious instantly and immediately took on the role of a big brother. He taught little Tutu in an arrogant manner: "Tutu, you eat quickly, or we won't have any eels."

Little Tutu puffed his lips. Although he was reluctant, he seemed to listen to brother Li Haoran more than his father and grandma.

 “Okay, I’m going to eat.”

 “Then after I finish eating, you have to play with me.”

Hearing this, Chen Huiying burst into laughter and brought a bowl of rice out of the kitchen on the spot.

“Is this right? If you eat this bowl of rice, your father will give you eels to eat.”

 After seeing the bowl of rice, little Tutu ate the rice angrily and said, "Too much, too much rice."

 “Grandma, I don’t want fat.”

The corner of Li Duoyu's mouth twitched: "Other people's children don't even have to eat meat, and you are still a picky eater. Mom, don't be too good to him in the future. Give him a few good hungry meals, and don't even give him meat." Let’s see if he can still choose.”

Li Duoyu thought that Aniang would be on his side, but he didn't expect that. He just said a few words about Tutu, but Aniang glared at him instead.

“Don’t talk about Tutu, you were not much better when you were a child. You didn’t have to eat anything at that time, so you still didn’t eat fat.”

Li Duoyu looked surprised:

"Impossible. At that time, I didn't even have to eat rice. How could I be picky about food? The most lacking thing at that time was oil and water."

Chen Huiying said: "If you don't believe it, you can ask your father to see if I lied to you."

At this time, Zhou Xiaoying, who had just returned from school, snorted coldly after hearing this: "I can testify to this. He did not eat fat meat before. Every time there was meat at home, he would give me the lean meat." Grab it and give me the fat."

 “Ah~~”

Seeing that everyone was talking about him, Li Duoyu was very depressed: "No, we are educating Xiao Tutu now, why are everyone talking about me?"

Chen Huiying said with emotion: "I didn't teach you well before, so little Tutu just follows you now."

Li Duoyu is about to vomit blood. What kind of logic is this? It’s true that this child is my son, but what does his picky eating have to do with me? Could it be that this thing can also be inherited? If so, then it must be Lao Li’s fault.

At this time, Li Haoran chuckled and said, "Grandma, I'm not picky about food anymore. I'll eat everything."

As soon as Li Haoran finished speaking, Chen Huiying said with a little seriousness: "Wait a minute, give Haoran a little less eel, you are almost fat enough to turn into a ball. You don't need to walk anymore, just roll."

Li Haoran was stunned: "Grandma, I've been very tired from studying recently. I can't memorize it unless I eat well."

Chen Huiying hummed: "Every time I say I should eat more, and as soon as I am full, I immediately run to bed and go to sleep."

Zhou Xiaoying said: "If you eat too much, you will be more likely to feel sleepy, which is not good for your health."

Chen Huiying glanced at Zhou Xiaoying:

"Others don't have enough to eat, but you are as thin as a bamboo pole, and you keep shouting about losing weight all day long. If you don't become a teacher, how can you work with your body?" "Ah~"

Zhou Xiaoying blinked her eyes, feeling that the fire would burn her body, and muttered: "Shanshan is thinner than me."

Li Duoyu was also a little puzzled. Logically speaking, A Niang should have passed menopause. What happened today.

Li Duoyu glanced at Zhou Xiaoying and suddenly remembered that her bones had indeed been hit several times before, and it was quite painful.

“Aniang is right, I should gain weight. I’m too thin and there’s not much meat on my body.”

Zhou Xiaoying glared at him fiercely.

I don’t know why, but today’s A-niang is very capable in fighting, and even Sister Shuihua was educated by her.

But Li Duoyu felt that this was like home, and he was not afraid of being scolded by his family members, especially by his mother-in-law.

He is afraid that one day there will be no one to scold you or care about you. That is the most terrifying thing.

Li Duoyu looked around and felt that this home seemed to be missing something.

Zhu Xiuhua is still prying oyster seedlings at the eel factory. She has pried two carts of oyster sprouts today. In piece terms, she has already earned five yuan in wages.

 If I work until midnight, I might be able to earn eight yuan. Although I am very tired, I am very happy when I receive the money.

In this day and age, eight yuan can buy a lot of things. Zhu Xiuhua wiped the sweat from her forehead, raised her head and saw that everyone had gone back to eat.

She stood up and took out two pieces of cake from her arms, intending to use them to satisfy her hunger first. When she was working in the eel factory, she was often so busy that she could only eat the cake.

What she didn't expect was that just after she took a bite, Little Fatty ran over, carrying two large aluminum boxes and a can of thermos.

Li Haoran grinned and said: "Mom, my uncle has grilled eels tonight. I brought two of them for you and gave you a portion of kelp tube bone soup."

“You love me the most in the whole family.”

“Hehehe, that’s for sure, I am your precious son.”

When Zhu Xiuhua heard this, she couldn't help but feel warm in her heart, and her nose felt a little sore. She wanted to pinch her son's fat face, but her hands were smelly and dirty. After all, oysters are not very clean, and there are often all kinds of strange things. Organisms live on it.

"Haoran, please put the food on the ground first. I'll wash my hands before eating." Zhu Xiuhua took off his gloves and said, "Has your father eaten? He seems to be very busy these two days and has been staying at the eel factory."

Little Fatty scratched his head, a little afraid to speak, and hesitantly said: "My uncle is grilling eels today, and my father was also called to my uncle's house for dinner."

 “That’s it.”

Zhu Xiuhua didn't think too much. She didn't know at all that Li Yaoguo, Li Duoyu, Chen Wenchao, Shitou and others, including Xiao Jin who was still wearing a plaster, also came.

There we ate grilled eel, drank wine, and even had a drinking fistfight.

 The period before and after the typhoon.

 Everyone is really tired.

 Almost all work around the clock.

Li Duoyu drank two bottles of Rongcheng beer chilled in well water and thanked:

“During this period, I really appreciate everyone’s support. I won’t say any words of thanks. I might as well double our salary this month.”

 After hearing this, everyone present applauded: "Awesome."

 “Brother Yu, you are mighty.”

 In fact, their wages are not high. Even Chen Wenchao, who was the first to come, only earns 60 yuan a month now.

Even if it doubles this month, it won’t be particularly high, but people like them basically don’t care about the salary anymore, and they will work hard even if they don’t have any salary.

To put it bluntly, the current salary is prepared for those employees who will join the Minlong citizens in the future, and has little to do with them, the veterans.

For example, Chen Wenchao, although his salary is not high, the money he earned last month was not even one-tenth of what the Zhao brothers made.

 But he owns 2% of the entire Minlong Company, and he can get an additional 10% of the profits from blue crab farming.

Over the years, if every dividend was carefully calculated, Chen Wenchao would already have a household worth 10,000 yuan.

It’s just that he kept a very low profile and continued to invest the money he earned in Minlong Food, because he was also afraid that Liu Xiaolan’s brothers would stay at his house every day after knowing that he was rich.

 The second brother, Li Yaoguo, although he does not have any shares in Minlong Food, he mainly specializes in the eel factory.

At the beginning of the year, Li Duoyu signed an agreement with his second brother. He would become the main person in charge of the eel factory and enjoy a 5% profit share from the eel factory.

Li Duoyu made some calculations. If he sells all the eels this year, he will immediately become a 10,000-yuan household.

 As for the money, he didn't tell his second sister-in-law at all. The main reason was that his second brother was worried. As soon as his second sister-in-law got rich, he couldn't help but want to invest it.

Li Duoyu thinks that the second brother's worries are correct. The second sister-in-law is not a peaceful person. After a while, the scar will become healed and the pain will be forgotten.

As for the brother-in-law, he is currently mainly managing the shrimp farm, so he did not come back today. Although the shares are not as large as those of the brother-in-law, they still have 2%.

 If the shrimp farm is officially operational, the share of the two points will be quite considerable.

As for Shitou, Qingguang and Xiaojin, they have not yet been divided into shares. They can only wait for them to make achievements or be able to stand alone.

Li Duoyu planned to consider this matter again, but this time the stone was done well. He went to Dazhu Village alone to contact Brother Ou, coordinated with Master Zhang who drove the piles, and also contacted a group of people to plug the gap in the pond. On.

If you continue to exercise, you should be able to do it soon within a year or two. But even when I was eating with them, my eyes were fixed on the window of Granny Wang's house next door.

Li Duoyu shook his head and sighed:

 “This guy is hopeless.”

 But Li Duoyu doesn't intend to interfere in emotional matters. Time will fulfill everything and also dilute everything.

As long as people live long enough, they can see anything. There are also people who were loved before and died, but they cheated on them within a few years, leaving a lot of feathers on the ground.

If there is one thing that Li Duoyu doesn't want to do, it is to be a matchmaker and lead others.

If the other person's family is happy, he will definitely thank you, but if the relationship is not going well, then he will definitely complain about everything.

 That night, everyone drank and chatted in the courtyard until late. After the second brother finished drinking, he was thinking about going back to the eel factory to continue the vigil. Unexpectedly, the second sister-in-law followed the sound and came over.

Seeing Li Yaoguo drinking there, he said with a smile: "Duoyu, your brother is very tired these days, let him rest for two nights, and find someone to keep vigil in his place."

Second sister-in-law has said so, how dare he say no?

Li Yaoguo, who was only slightly lifted up, immediately guessed what Zhu Xiuhua wanted to do, and said quickly: "The eels will be harvested soon, and the night is still very critical. I'd better go and keep vigil."

What Li Yaoguo didn't expect was that Qing Guang, a young man who had just drank two or three bottles of wine, actually patted him on the shoulder.

"Brother, my sister-in-law has said so. You can rest for two days. I have learned a lot from you during this period. I can cope with it for one or two nights."

After hearing this, Li Yao's face turned dark and he cursed secretly: "Fuck, this guy really doesn't understand the suffering of middle-aged men at all."

Zhu Xiuhua smiled and said: "Qingguang is still sensible. Let's go. You haven't gone home to rest in almost two weeks."

Li Yaoguo showed a look of fear. Li Duoyu and others couldn't help but laugh. They also fanned the flames and said, "That's right, second brother, take a good rest."

 At midnight.

 Everyone dispersed. After Li Duoyu took a bath, he went to the roof of his building and sat on a rocking chair.

 The crescent moon.

Maybe because it is approaching summer, the Milky Way above your head is very clear, and the stars in the sky are also very bright, giving people the feeling of a bright galaxy.

 This kind of scene will be almost invisible in twenty years, because by then, the light pollution from Rongcheng and the county town will even affect them here.

 At that time, even if it is an island, there will be very few stars that can be seen when looking up, let alone the Milky Way that is visible to the naked eye.

 Li Duoyu enjoys the silence of the moment very much, and is also thinking about the future direction of the company.

What he didn't expect was that just now he was laughing at his second brother, but at this time, Zhou Xiaoying didn't seem to be asleep yet.

Came to the stairs and said to him: "Tutu has been sleeping for a long time, why don't you go to bed yet? Go to bed quickly. There are still many things to be busy with tomorrow."

Li Duoyu can naturally understand the meaning of Zhou Xiaoying's words. They are an old couple, so they don't care what time you go to bed.

 Be careful when someone urges you to go to bed early, or says she can't sleep.

Li Duoyu sighed. He didn't know why, but he had been feeling a little weak recently. If he had known earlier, he should have stewed oysters with old wine to replenish his body.

 “Okay, I’ll be right back.” (End of chapter)