1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

That night, my sister-in-law went into labor early and was pushed into the delivery room, but no one could help her with childbirth.

My father and mother didn't sleep all night, waiting outside the delivery room, and Zhou Xiaoying followed.

Li Duoyu was alone in the guesthouse, accompanying little Tutu to sleep alone, but the boy was so excited after going to the zoo that he refused to sleep at all.

Even when the lights were turned off, he was still shouting, "I want to be like Bass and become an athlete when I grow up."

Li Duoyu patted his head. I remember that the boy's dream a few days ago was to become the Monkey King.

"Sleep well. If you don't grow tall, no one will want you to be an athlete."

"Dad, can you take me to see pandas next time?"

"Go to bed quickly."

"Dad, when will mom come back? Can you tell me a bedtime story?"

"Dad, my back is itchy. Please scratch it for me."

"Dad, there is no air conditioning in this guesthouse. It's so hot. Let's go home and sleep now."

Li Duoyu: "Damn it."

The next day, just after dawn, Zhou Xiaoying ran back and announced the good news with an excited face: "Duoyu, my sister-in-law gave birth to a boy."

And the father and son with panda eyes were both sleepy, and it was obvious that they didn't sleep well last night.

Hearing that a boy was born, Li Duoyu was also very happy. He scratched his head and went to wash up. Although he liked girls more, in this era, giving birth to a boy was indeed a very proud thing.

This time, the father and mother must be very happy, after all, the Li family has added another child.

Due to those strange rules, such as conflicting zodiac signs, Li Duoyu could not visit his nephew directly.

But everyone was here, and Li Duoyu still went to the hospital to meet his eldest brother. He looked exhausted.

He probably didn't sleep much during the two days when his sister-in-law gave birth, but he couldn't stop smiling.

As soon as he saw him, he immediately said: "Duoyu, why don't you give the child a name."

Hearing that he had to give a name again, Li Duoyu was overwhelmed and said casually: "If you really let me give it, I will let him be called Li Xinxin."

Li Duoyu was just joking, but he didn't expect his eldest brother to really consider it:

"Okay, Li Xinxin is a good name, six golds, my father and mother will definitely like it."

Li Duoyu hurriedly said: "I'm just joking, don't take it seriously."

After that, he quickly stuffed him a red envelope, not much, just a little more than his eldest brother's monthly salary.

"Thank you."

This time Li Jinchuan accepted it very readily, but he would definitely not be willing to accept it in the past.

Li Duoyu found that his elder brother seemed to have changed a lot this year. He was no longer as sensitive as before, and he didn't care so much about how much money Li Duoyu made.

Next.

Dad and mother didn't go back with him. Mother wanted to stay and help her sister-in-law with confinement before going back.

Dad would help here for two days, and then he would go back to the island to prepare some ceremonies. After all, it was a big event for the Li family to have a baby.

Not only did he need to worship and inform the ancestors, but when the baby was full, he had to give the villagers "red turtles" and candies.

Li Duoyu had even less time because he also had an eel factory and a shrimp farm, so he couldn't stay in Rongcheng for too long.

That afternoon, Li Duoyu came to Rongcheng Wharf. He planned to go back directly, but he couldn't help but go to the newly built farmers' market.

The farmers' market covers a large area. If all the stalls are added up, there are at least hundreds of stalls.

There are pork sellers, seafood sellers, dry goods sellers, and vegetable sellers, but the overall focus is still on seafood.

It is said that this market is a major experiment of the dual-track system. In this market, all kinds of tickets cannot be used.

Because the stall owners here are private contractors, they want more real money.

Li Duoyu found that in the aquatic area, freshwater and seafood accounted for half each. In the past, the number of freshwater fish was much larger than seafood.

Because most seafood is dead after being caught, it is easy to spoil and always has an ammonia smell.

Freshwater and lake seafood also have an earthy smell, but compared to the ammonia smell, they still think the earthy smell is easier to accept.

But now the farmers' market has been established, and many stalls have also used freezers, and some are even equipped with live fish ponds.

Li Duoyu is quite satisfied and feels that Chen Yuansu has done a great job. With these equipment, seafood will definitely sell better.

Seafood has finally supported half of the market and is no longer the stinky seafood in everyone's mouth.

Seeing this, Li Duoyu also thought that all the fishing boats in the village could be equipped with live fish tanks. In the future, the price of live seafood will be 100% higher and there will be a larger market.

Li Duoyu walked around and found that after the farmer's market was built, it was cleaner and more sanitary, which was a good thing for consumers.

And Li Duoyu saw some familiar faces here, many of whom were fishmongers at the dock before.

Lao Mi also said that this group of people planned to unite and stand up against Chen Yuansu, but people are like this.

Cursing is cursing, but when it comes to things related to interests, everyone wants to rush to the front.

In a conspicuous place in the farmer's market, Li Duoyu actually saw a stall that was not open yet. The sign on the stall read "Minlong Grilled Eel".

Many customers immediately surrounded it after seeing the sign and asked:

"You've already made a sign of grilled eel, when will it be launched and how much will it cost?"

"It's coming soon, it's coming soon. It depends on Li Duoyu on Dandan Island. If his eels are not grilled well, where can we sell them?"

The corners of Li Duoyu's mouth twitched:

"It's my fault."

An uncle snorted coldly: "Really, this Li Duoyu is so active in selling it to the islanders, but he is treating it differently when he sells it to us."

"You're right. If this person is truly patriotic, he should betray his own people first. He is a guy who admires foreign things."

An old man said: "I think the young people of this generation have really forgotten their ancestors. We were bullied so miserably by the Japanese that we have forgotten all of them. Now we think about kneeling down and licking them all day long."

"That's right, I also think that Li Duoyu has bad views. If I meet him, I have to give him a good word."

At this moment, a fishmonger who knew Li Duoyu was about to wave hello to him. Li Duoyu briefly greeted him and left in a hurry.

If you are recognized here, maybe you will be taught a patriotic lesson by these adults.

There are still 50,000 eels in the pond. Li Duoyu originally planned to raise them a little larger and use them to make grilled eels.

After all, except for the island, other places do not have such strict standards. The eels priced at 6 or 7 taels are the most cost-effective.

People who buy it can eat more meat, and Li Duoyu can also make more money. It's a win-win situation.

But since you said that to me, then I won’t be so greedy. I won’t have double standards to fulfill your wishes.

After returning to the island. He began to organize fishing boats and employees to catch eels, and he himself also made kabayaki eel juice, which is his unique secret recipe.

To be honest, even the eel immortals in the island country may not be as good as him in the sauces they prepare.

The eel factory has been busy for a whole week and finally caught all the eels, but Li Duoyu still left more than a thousand eels behind.

If you save some eels, then, if some leaders are really greedy and ask him for eels, they won't have no place to find them.

After catching the eel.

The second brother Li Yaoguo can finally have a good rest, but he loves work so much that he wishes he could be assigned to a shrimp farm by Li Duoyu immediately.

Because the eldest brother gave birth to a boy, I don't know what kind of nerves Zhu Xiuhua was stimulated. She has been clamoring for him for the past two days, wanting to have another child.

He was so scared that he didn't dare to go home and sleep. He couldn't wait to go to the shrimp farm every day to help.

But this time, Li Duoyu really couldn't save him. A few days ago, his second sister-in-law protested with him as soon as he returned to the island.

He said that your second brother is too tired and must let him take a good rest for a month, otherwise he will be locked up at home and not allowed to make any money.

Seeing that the second sister-in-law didn't look like she was joking, Li Duoyu patted the second brother on the shoulder: "If it doesn't work, let's take some medicine. There's nothing to be ashamed of."

Li Yaoguo wanted to kick his boss into the eel pond.

He was suffering and couldn't tell.

Both of them have a physique that makes it difficult for them to get pregnant. If it were easy, they would have had a second child long ago because of her so much trouble.

Li Yaoguo seemed to have grasped the last straw: "Duoyu, why don't you call your sister-in-law to the shrimp farm and let her do some chores."

Li Duoyu said with a smile: "My sister-in-law said that she has been going to Haixin for so long and feels a bit indebted to you and your son. She will not go anywhere this summer vacation and will spend time with you."

Li Yaoguo's face turned ashen.

It seems that there is really no escape now.

In the past few days, the Zhao brothers have also received a big business, which is to help Li Duoyu catch blue crab seedlings, and there are a lot of them.

In fact, the blue crab fry they caught are quite important, because they will soon raise shrimps.

For earth pond farming, it is best to breed shrimps and crabs together. Since shrimps are relatively sensitive, these two things will not fight, and they also have the same food, which is various shellfish.

At that time, you can also raise some small oysters in the pond to filter the water quality. This "environmental simulation breeding method" will help the growth of shrimps.

Li Duoyu finally had some time to spare, but unexpectedly, Principal Zhu approached him with excitement on his face: "Director Li, I have something important to tell you."

Looking at Principal Zhu with a smile on his face, Li Duoyu couldn't think of any big event that would make him so happy.

As a result, the first thing he said was: "I want to tell you something big. There are new regulations. Students who will take exams this year can go to junior high school."

After hearing this, Li Duoyu was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that compulsory education started this year.

But what does this matter have to do with him? Do you have to come and talk to him?

Principal Liu said:

"I communicated with Principal Wang of the middle school two days ago. The current policy is down, but it is still a bit difficult to implement it. Our middle school does not have enough dormitories. Even if the dormitories are full, according to this year's Due to the enrollment scale, there are still many students who can only sleep in the playground.”

"It happened to be the 30th anniversary of our Shangfeng Middle School in the second half of the year. When I chatted with Principal Wang, he immediately thought of you as an outstanding alumnus and talked about many of your heroic deeds in the past. Principal Wang I want to invite you to speak on stage so that you can inspire the students.”

Li Duoyu was stunned for a while. I have a shitty heroic deed. During the three years of junior high school, I was either fighting or on the way to fight.

Li Duoyu had already guessed that it was a lie that Principal Wang invited him to speak, but it was true that he wanted to ask him for money.

Li Duoyu suddenly remembered something. It seemed that after the popularization of compulsory education in his previous life, the accommodation conditions in middle schools were really poor.

They are all large collective dormitories, where thirty or forty people live in one dormitory.

The sanitary environment is hard to describe. Once an infection occurs, the entire dormitory will be destroyed.

One year, the school seemed to have transparent blisters. More than half of the students in the village were infected, and they all had to go home to rest.

And many girls have blisters on their faces due to blisters. It seems that Wang Dapao’s granddaughter was almost disfigured because of this blister.

Later, Xiasha Village collectively invested money to build a two-story dormitory building in the school specifically for the children in the village.

The name is Xiashalou.

And this is one of the few personnel matters that Wang Dapao has done.

But what about this?

Li Duoyu is rich, but being rich doesn't mean you can kill me casually.

Li Duoyu said seriously: "Principal Zhu, you should discuss this kind of matter with Party Secretary Chen Jianghe. How can you discuss this kind of thing that benefits our whole village with just me? Party Secretary Chen should be asked to mobilize donations. We There are more than 200,000-yuan households on the island, so I can’t afford to steal all the limelight.”

"If this were to spread, what would people think? They would say that I am in the limelight just because I have money, right?"

Principal Zhu suddenly realized: "Okay, I'll go find Secretary Chen about this first."

Early July.

The results of the primary school graduation exam finally came out, and Li Haoran, who had been a good boy for a long time, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

These days, he is doing really well. He has taken care of all the hygiene at home and often follows his mother to pry oysters.

He refused the temptation of his uncle to take him to Rongcheng Zoo, just to avoid getting beaten less when his grades came out.

He was mentally prepared for a joint double from his parents.

But on the day when the results came out, his parents didn't show much anger when they saw his report card.

Zhu Xiuhua said earnestly: "Haoran, just study hard in the future. Your aunt just told me that you still have a lot of room for improvement. Your poor performance in this exam has something to do with the sudden breakage of the electric fan. She told you not to be discouraged and to work hard.”

Li Haoran looked confused: "I'm 63 in Chinese and 34 in math. How can I go to junior high school?"

Zhu Xiuhua said with a smile on her face: "You are lucky this year. We just happened to have a major policy reform. As long as you take the exam this year, you can go directly to junior high school no matter what your score is."

"Ah, in that case, didn't I fail the exam and work hard for so long in vain?"

Li Yaoguo scolded: "What nonsense are you talking about, your hard work is in vain? If you go to junior high school, don't you need to take the junior college and high school exams?"

Zhu Xiuhua also agreed: "Your father is right. Since you are already in junior high school, you should work harder. If we are able, we can directly take the junior college entrance examination. If not, we can go to high school first and then take the college entrance examination." "

Li Haoran was down, and birds were chirping in his head. He hated this policy.

If I had known earlier, I would have gone to Rongcheng with my uncle. According to Xiao Tutu, they not only saw elephants, but also stood in the front row to interact with giant pandas and even took photos with them.

Li Haoran really wanted to cry. His beautiful life had just begun to take shape, and it ended like this.

What made him even more devastated was that his mother borrowed the first grade textbook from nowhere and placed it directly in front of him.

"You are not good at basics. Take advantage of the summer vacation to take a good look at it first. The stupid bird will fly first. Your aunt has already said that if you don't understand anything, you can ask her directly."

"By the way, your sister-in-law also said that she will come back for a few days during the summer vacation to see your uncle's children and tutor you for another two days."

I heard that my sister-in-law was coming back.

Li Haoran really wanted to knock himself out with a piece of tofu, or where child labor was being recruited, he wanted to go to the factory to drive screws. (End of chapter)