1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

 “Woooooo~”

 Early in the morning.

The whistle sounded at the pier. Li Duoyu, who was still in bed, heard several children shouting: "It seems that the big boat from our village is back."

Li Haoran also shouted: "That big ship seems to belong to the Grand Duke and the Third Duke."

 Li Duoyu, who had worked too hard last night, got up with support on his waist.

Li Duoyu, who had just gotten up and stretched, happened to see a big ship on the sea.

 The ship has a deep draft.

 It did not dock at the old pier. Instead, after putting some things on the boat, it docked at the new pier.

 As soon as the ship docks.

Everyone is fetching water to wash the deck. When at sea, everyone uses sea water to wash the deck.

  After returning to Hong Kong.

 It must be washed with fresh water. After all, seawater corrosion is still very harmful. Especially for this kind of steel fishing boat, it needs to be cleaned and maintained frequently.

Several crew members took sandpaper to scrape off the rusty areas and then repainted them.

After all, it is a new ship and everyone is very precious about it now. In the past, they never took care of the cabin where the crew slept. They said that if it was too clean, they would not get used to sleeping. Now they have cleaned everything and even folded up quilts. .

These crew members usually don’t do any housework at home, but on this new ship, they are even cleaner inside and outside than at home.

Especially these young crew members, not only have to clean the deck, but also the fish holds.

Chen Liang rubbed his waist and sighed:

“Damn it, why is washing the boat more tiring than fishing? It used to be done in half an hour, but now it’s been two hours and I still haven’t finished it.”

Heigou, who is also a crew member, replied: "Isn't this normal? The ship has more than doubled in size, so of course the workload has to be doubled."

Chen Liang glanced at the old crew members sitting on the bow of the ship smoking, and murmured: "Damn, why are we the only ones washing? They don't need to wash."

The black dog holding the brush sighed: "Hold on, until the new crew comes, we will be the old crew."

Chen Liang cursed and said: "If there are new crew members coming, I will definitely let them do these things."

Black Dog said: "When we first came here, the old crew members thought the same way."

 After cleaning up the fishing boat, the uncle and the third uncle also brought back a lot of specialties from the neighboring province, including Xieqiao mustard, some Longjing green tea and some ham.

This typhoon had a great impact on Rongcheng and overseas provinces, but the neighboring province only experienced strong winds for two days and was not affected at all.

 On the contrary, there were more fish.

This time the tugboat went to the Xiangshan waters mentioned by Li Duoyu. When it arrived at that place, it was found that they were all blue-spotted Spanish mackerel.

 After a whole month of catching, there was no way to catch them all. One time, the most exaggerated thing was that only two nets were used to fill the entire large ship.

This trip to sea has already made tens of thousands of yuan in less than a month. It can be said to be the most money the fleet has ever made.

 After cleaning the fishing boat, the Li family all gathered together. When the eldest brother Li Shuguang saw Li Duoyu, he couldn't help but praise him.

“Duoyu, the fishing spot you mentioned is really amazing. I have never caught so many fish since I was a kid.”

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "I also heard what others said."

Li Niantian and Li Zhengfa, the two boat owners, although they were also very happy, their brows were a little sad. They had both experienced the large yellow croaker fishing back then.

More than ten years ago, when they caught large yellow croakers, it was the same as now, everyone caught them one by one and landed them.

 At that time, they also caught the large yellow croaker for several years in a row, and all the large yellow croakers were caught.

This time they caught a lot of mackerel, but other fishing boats also caught a lot. If they continue fishing at this point, it is estimated that these mackerel will also follow the footsteps of the large yellow croaker.

Although they all know it well, everyone is fishing for it. If you don't fish for it, others will.

Seeing that everyone was here, the boss Li Niantian took out the account book, handed it to Li Duoyu first, and said:

“Now everyone has shares in this ship. Every expense and income this month, including fuel expenses, crew wages, and crew dividends, are all in the ledger. You can take a look to see if there are any problems.”

After Li Duoyu took the account book, he briefly glanced at it. The account book was made very carefully, and every transaction was even signed by the person in charge.

 Li Duoyu turned over a few pages and said, "Okay, no problem."

 After saying that, he gave the account book to his second brother Li Yaoguo. The second brother was also pretending that he didn't have many shares at all, so asking him to come over was already a big favor for him.

Second sister-in-law Zhu Xiuhua really wanted to see it, but the account book had not been passed to her. Now she did not dare to say that she wanted to see the account book, but she was very anxious and wanted to know how much money she earned, so she whispered to Li Yaoguo: "How much did uncle and the others earn this time they went fishing?"

Li Yaoguo replied: "After deducting all expenses, this trip made a total of 12,000."

After hearing this, Zhu Xiuhua's eyes widened and she kept counting with her hands: "Twelve thousand, if we have five shares, we made a profit this time."

Zhu Xiuhua knew that she must have made a lot of money, but she just couldn't figure it out: "How much money did you make?"

Li Yaoguo sighed:

“You don’t have to forget it, I’ve already calculated it, it’s exactly six hundred yuan.”

 “That’s right, it’s six hundred.”

Zhu Xiuhua smiled brightly and said, "Fortunately, we also invested money in the first place, otherwise we wouldn't have a share this time."

Seeing that everyone had read the account books, the uncle took the lead and said: "We have said before that there is still a loan of 100,000 yuan for this ship, and the money earned is going to be used to repay the loan first, but this time I made more money, I think Let me ask everyone, should we give priority to repaying the loan this time, or should we divide the money first.”

 After the uncle finished saying this.

 Everyone looked at Li Duoyu. He had the largest share of the ship, with thirty shares. He was the major owner of the ship.

 Seeing everyone looking at him, Li Duoyu frowned and thought for a while. For some reason, everyone is particularly afraid of banks these days.

 When they have a loan, it feels like a lump in their throat, which makes them very uncomfortable. As soon as they make money, they immediately want to pay back the loan.

 But Li Duoyu is used to loans. Anyway, in his previous life, his son had to pay off the mortgage and car loan every month, and he would occasionally help pay off a few installments.

According to his son's words, most people who don't owe the bank some money are incompetent. Although Li Duoyu doesn't agree very much, what he said does make sense.

 But in this era, there is really no need to repay the loan in advance, not to mention that the loan for their ship has no interest and is a kind of state welfare.

 Li Duoyu knows very well that money will depreciate rapidly in the next few years, and there is no need to pay it back in advance.

One hundred thousand yuan is indeed a huge amount of money now, but it will be much easier to repay the loan of one hundred thousand yuan in five years, in the 1990s.

 The second sister-in-law has also been looking at Li Duoyu. To her, they only have a small shareholding, so of course it is cost-effective to divide the money in advance.

Their family invested 2,500 yuan at the beginning. If there are a few more good harvests like this, the capital will be earned back directly.

She stared at Li Duoyu closely and muttered silently: "Brother-in-law, please don't say you have to pay off the loan first."

Li Duoyu frowned and thought for a while, then said to his uncle and third uncle: "How about this time, let's divide the money first."

Hearing this, the second sister-in-law was so excited that she stood up and startled everyone.

Li Duoyu also looked at Zhu Xiuhua in confusion: "Second sister-in-law, do you have any objections?"

Zhu Xiuhua smiled awkwardly: "No, I just remembered that I have to pry oyster seedlings in the afternoon. You guys chat, I'll leave first." After Zhu Xiuhua left, the uncle frowned and looked at Li Duoyu, feeling that this was not the case. His style makes me wonder:

“Duoyu, have you been tight lately? Your third uncle and I still have some money on hand and can lend it to you.”

Li Duoyu didn't expect that the uncle and the others would think about this. Anyway, the people sitting here today are all of our own people.

Li Duoyu had no choice but to explain: "Uncle, third uncle, do you feel that your money has become thinner in the past two years?"

 “The money is getting thinner?”

Everyone was a little confused. Li Shuguang also took out a brand new big unity card and said: "No, why do I feel thicker?"

Li Duoyu twitched the corner of his mouth. No one has experienced the devaluation of the RMB and has never heard of the saying that money is "thinning."

Li Duoyu simply explained: "It's just that the money is a little wasted. Things are obviously more expensive than before, right?"

When Li Duoyu said this, everyone realized that it turned out to be this kind of thinning.

“Duoyu, when you say so, I have indeed discovered that the fuel costs have obviously increased a lot in the past two years, and the labor costs have also increased.”

The third uncle thought for a while and asked, "But does this have any impact on repaying the loan?"

Seeing that everyone still didn't understand, Li Duoyu had to make an analogy: "Maybe one thousand and fifty can buy a color TV?"

 Everyone nodded: "Absolutely."

Li Duoyu continued: "But if the money continues to get thinner, in three years, it may be more than 2,000."

 Now everyone understands. "

Li Duoyu couldn't tell them much. In 1988, just after he was released from prison, he caught up with the implementation of the dual-track price system and price breakthroughs.

I remember that at that time, everyone was frantically snatching supplies. Department stores and shops of all sizes were besieged. People in front of the counters were waving their hands and making ferocious faces, probably just to grab a roll of toilet paper. At that time, people had no time. Concerned about the quality of the product and whether it is practical, they adhere to the only principle that if they grab it, they will make money.

 Anyway, that year, everyone’s money depreciated in value. Things that could be bought with one dollar before could only be bought at least twice as much.

The uncle asked puzzledly: "There are many fish. If we don't repay the loan, how will we use the money in our hands? Will it become thinner if we put it in our hands?"

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "Do you know how the richest man in Hong Kong started his business?"

The cousin said with a dark face: "You are the only one in our island who has been to Hong Kong Island. How do we know who the richest man in Hong Kong Island is?"

Li Duoyu replied: "Like us, he is surnamed Li. He started by buying and flipping houses."

“You mean, with the extra money in our hands, we can buy a house in Rongcheng?”

Li Duoyu nodded: "You can buy it in both Rongcheng and Ludao, but in the short term, it is more cost-effective for us to buy a store."

The uncle and the third uncle thought about it for a while, and finally nodded: "In our family, you have the best brains. This time we will listen to you. In a few years, we will pay back the boat loan."

After Li Duoyu came to the eel factory for inspection, during this critical period, he had to check the water quality and the condition of the eel pond at least twice a day.

During this period of time approaching, Li Duoyu fenced the eel pond, which was even stronger than before the typhoon.

In addition to Zhu Jianmin, Li Duoyu hired several other elderly people who were affected by the disaster during this period. Although the wages were not high, only thirty yuan per month, they could not even earn ten yuan per month. Said, Li Duoyu really gave too much.

These old people no longer regard taking care of the fish pond as a job, but as a mission, and they will protect Li Duoyu's eel pond to the death.

 In today's eel factory, not to mention the second sister-in-law, even a fly flying in may be caught to see if it is a male or a female.

 Some children in the village will be immediately driven away by the elderly once they approach.

As for the street gangsters in the village, it was even more impossible to pass by. Second brother Li Yaoguo and Chen Wenchao even drew up a list.

Like Liu Xiaolan’s brothers, as well as Xiao Weidong and Zhang Meiying’s family members, they must be vigilant once they appear around the eel factory.

Be careful when sailing a ship that lasts for ten thousand years, and be on guard against others. The more critical the moment, the more energetic you must be.

Li Duoyu is not a fool. Naturally, he knows how powerful pinkeye is. Many people can afford not to make money, but they are also afraid of others making a lot of money.

And at this moment, in the broadcast room, Uncle Mao took a document issued by the county, patted the microphone, and shouted: "Everyone, please pay attention, the county is going to hold a commendation meeting for households worth 10,000 yuan. Our village's assets If you have more than 10,000 yuan, please gather at the village committee later and register with Director Li. "

 After hearing this notice, everyone in the village became energetic and went to the village committee one after another. They also wanted to know how many households worth ten thousand yuan were in the village now.

Li Duoyu said to Chen Wenchao who was working: "Have you heard the notice? You can go to the village committee to register later."

 Chen Wenchao scratched his head: "Brother Yu, I don't need it."

Li Duoyu rolled his eyes and said, "If you don't go, everyone will think that there is no way to make money by hanging out with me, and I will have a bad reputation."

 Chen Wenchao was stunned for a while and found that what Brother Yu said seemed to make sense, but then he frowned and said: "But I invested all my money, and now I have no money."

“You are a stubborn person. Being a household with 10,000 yuan does not mean that you must have 10,000 yuan in cash on hand. According to what you said, I still owe the organization a loan of 600,000 yuan, so I am not a household with 10,000 yuan?”

Chen Wenchao scratched his head and said: "How is it possible? Brother Yu's starting price is 100,000 yuan per household, and next year it may be one million yuan."

Li Duoyu sighed: "Remember to come to the village committee to sign up with me later."

 “Okay, got it.”

That afternoon, many people came to the village committee to register, and Li Duoyu took the lead in registering himself.

　Uncle, third uncle, eldest cousin, they all came to register, as well as Lao Lu, neighbors Lao Hu, and Wang Jinshan

At the village committee, Tang Ping and Zhang Jinsha registered directly internally.

There have been kelp farmers for almost the past two years, and now they are all households worth 10,000 yuan. What surprised everyone the most was that Zhao Dahai also came to register with his bankbook.

The two brothers heard the news very early, so some time ago, they deposited all the money into one person's bankbook.

“No way, Zhao Dahai is also a householder with a household income of 10,000 yuan.”

"real or fake?"

 Li Duoyu briefly looked at the balance in Zhao Dahai's passbook, no more, no less, exactly 10,000 yuan, and wrote his name on the list of households with 10,000 yuan.

Zhao Dahai was so happy after seeing his name registered. There were so many people coming to the village committee to watch today. Although the awards had not started yet, at this moment, he felt like he was standing on the podium.

“Dahai, when did you become a household worth ten thousand yuan? Why didn’t we know? You couldn’t have borrowed money.”

 Zhao Dahai looked at him with disgust: "I listened to Brother Yu and earned every penny, okay?"

Seeing everyone looking at him with envy, he felt so happy. Now he has finally turned around. What Brother Yu said is absolutely right. When you have no money, anyone can stand up to what you say. You say.

 It doesn't matter even if you are reasonable.

 But when you are really rich, no one dares to talk about you casually. He can even clearly notice that some villagers who looked down on him before are now jealous.

If Widow Chen knew that after she became a household worth ten thousand yuan, she would probably come to ask for reconciliation. In the past, she refused to give birth to a child, but now she would probably have no problem letting her have another child.

Zhao Dahai planned this. This year he will collect the ten thousand yuan household. If there is a chance next time, he will let Er Niu collect it.

To everyone’s surprise, Chen Wenchao also came to receive the 10,000-yuan household.

“Isn’t his salary only sixty? How did he earn so much money?”

Some villagers lamented: "Do you really believe that Xiaochao only earns 60 yuan a month? He was the first to follow Li Duoyu, how could he only earn so much."

“Don’t you still know what kind of person Director Li is? Who was the first person to follow him without money?” (End of Chapter)