1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

This time the fleet went out to catch jellyfish, and no one expected that it would end with this big firework.

After detonating the torpedo, the border guards were very grateful to the fishermen on Dandan Island for discovering this "time bomb".

At the same time, they will search again carefully on Xiaoxiang Island during this period to ensure that there are no other explosives on the island.

In fact, before the reform and opening up, they had dismantled a lot of landmines and sea mines near Xiaoxiang Island, but unexpectedly, there were still mines that slipped through the net.

There are not many jellyfish on the sea now, and it doesn't make much sense to continue fishing.

The most important thing is that the pool where Li Duoyu pickled jellyfish can no longer hold it. Now even the shrimp farm has cleared a lot of pools to pickle jellyfish.

This jellyfish fishing trip not only made these fishermen earn money, but also let them enjoy the big fireworks for free.

After returning to the village, everyone set up a wine table and became a "storyteller". Zhao Xiaoliu and Zhao Erniu, who had touched the torpedo, instantly became the famous people at the wine table.

A young man asked: "Xiaoliu, were you afraid when it hit you?"

Zhao Xiaoliu said: "I was afraid of nothing. I didn't know what it was at that time. When Director Li said it was a torpedo, I almost peed my pants."

But some people found something wrong.

"Logically, that thing has rusted into a lump of iron. No one can recognize it. How did our Director Li recognize it?"

The villagers were also confused. For a while, they couldn't figure it out. He was the boss this year. Maybe Mazu told him.

And more than 300 kilometers away in the sea of ​​Taizhou, several fishing boats on the sea were holding long fishing nets and fishing in the sea.

But the more they fished, the more they felt something was wrong. These fishermen who were fishing for jellyfish frowned.

"Old Four, how are you doing over there? Are there any jellyfish?"

The fisherman named Huang Laosi shouted at the top of his voice: "There are very few, it's nothing like before, how are you doing over there?"

"Same, many jellyfish are broken when they are picked up."

The old fisherman said:

"Is it possible that they were eaten by turtles and skinned fish?"

"There are so many jellyfish, how can they be eaten up? Besides, those skinned fish only eat the feet."

Although other fishermen think this statement is outrageous, there seems to be no better explanation now.

"It seems that we can't make money this year."

Until they caught some jellyfish that looked a bit strange, and there were still net ropes hanging in the broken jellyfish heads.

Seeing this scene, everyone thought of the injured jellyfish, and the fishermen suddenly understood, and their faces were all very dark.

"Your uncle."

"This was intercepted by someone, who did this good thing."

Li Duoyu, who was fishing for jellyfish, couldn't help sneezing.

The fishing lasted for five days.

All of Li Duoyu's ponds were filled with jellyfish skins, and the salt and alum that Li Yaoguo had originally bought were not enough these days.

The shortage of plastic cans for jellyfish was even greater, and the cooperatives in the city were unwilling to sell them so much.

In the end, there was no other way, and Chen Yuansu came forward to make a phone call, and only then did he buy enough alum and plastic cans.

Since she was asked to help with this matter, as a businessman, Li Duoyu naturally gave a lot of jellyfish to Xinyuan Aquatic Products Company.

Li Duoyu was not in a hurry anyway, but the company's financial officer Li Yaoguo was really anxious.

During the days of jellyfish fishing, the company's average daily expenditure was more than 3,500 yuan.

The big part was the money for purchasing jellyfish, which was nearly 3,000 yuan per day on average, plus the fuel cost, transportation cost, salt cost, and alum cost.

All kinds of miscellaneous expenses, added up to about 18,000 yuan in five days.

There is no sign of money, and so much money has been spent. Li Yaoguo is really a little impatient.

If the jellyfish sales are not smooth, the company's money can only run for another three months at most, and then it will really be impossible to pay wages.

And then, it will also be time to spend money, because the kelp fields need to be sorted out, and kelp seedlings need to be prepared, etc.

Li Yaoguo really wants to talk about his brother, but this person is not in a hurry at all, and he is directing the workers in the factory.

"When adding alum, the alum must be controlled well, not too much or too little, and it must be controlled at 200 to 1."

Some villagers replied: "Duoyu, how do you calculate 200 to 1?"

Li Duoyu scolded: "Put a pound of meat in 200 pounds of water to cook, do you understand?"

The villagers scratched their heads: "I understand, I understand, Duoyu is good, unlike what Xiaochao told me, four buckets and an iron basin, ghosts know what he wants to express."

The whole three-alum processing process takes about a week.

The first batch of jellyfish has almost completed the three-alum steps.

In fact, it is not necessary to use three alums. Many merchants start selling two alums. However, when using two alums, the jellyfish is still relatively watery and heavy.

Many unscrupulous merchants often sell two alum jellyfish as three alums.

But for Li Duoyu, the difference between the two is not very big. As long as they are not deliberately pretending to sell at a high price, the taste of the two can be regarded as different. After all, not everyone likes crispy.

During this period, not only the villagers paid attention to Li Duoyu's jellyfish, but also Secretary Chen and Mayor Gao brought several people to inspect and learn.

Looking at the pool full of jellyfish, Mayor Gao couldn't help but say: "I found that you are always generous every time you make a move."

Li Duoyu grinned and said: "Secretary Chen and Mayor Gao taught us well."

Gao Tianyun snorted: "Don't flatter us, we didn't teach you anything."

"Yes, you personally guided me in my ideological report when I joined the organization."

Gao Tianyun frowned and quickly whispered in Li Duoyu's ear: "Just talk about this privately, don't let anyone know, I helped you."

Li Duoyu smiled and replied: "Of course, only a few leaders know about it. After all, I am just a junior high school graduate and can't write such a profound ideological report."

After hearing this, Gao Tianyun almost spit out the wolfberry water he swallowed, and wanted to kick Li Duoyu.

But after seeing Li Duoyu's jellyfish, the village party secretaries and village directors who came to visit still didn't believe that this thing could make money.

Especially Tang Wenchang, the village party secretary of Shangqi Village, was full of resentment after the kelp in their village was destroyed in the typhoon last time.

He didn't want to come this time, but when he heard that Li Duoyu was doing jellyfish, he didn't believe that this thing could still make money.

"Director Li, you spent so much money on these jellyfish, aren't you afraid of losing even your underwear?"

Li Duoyu smiled: "When I was raising kelp and eels, everyone said the same thing."

Zhang Dongsheng from Langqi Village said: "If I had known earlier, I would have followed Director Li earlier."

Director Lin from Chengtou Village also sighed: "It's a pity that kelp seedlings will be charged this year, and I didn't catch up with the good time."

Seeing this group of people talking about kelp all the time, Tang Wenchang felt like a cat whose tail was stepped on, which was quite uncomfortable.

But after visiting the jellyfish processing, most people still felt that jellyfish could not be sold at a high price and were not very optimistic.

"How about this, I'll just cook some jellyfish for everyone to eat. If you don't think it tastes good, I'll accept it."

Li Duoyu didn't bother to talk nonsense, and directly took several cans of jellyfish made with alum and came to Lao Yang's Stir-fry Restaurant.

He soaked it in vinegar for more than two hours in advance, and then put on an apron and picked up a kitchen knife. He cut the soaked jellyfish skin into strips, and his knife skills stunned Lao Yang, the restaurant owner.

Seeing that Li Duoyu started cooking again, many villagers came to watch. It seemed like a long time since he last cooked. Everyone almost forgot that Li Duoyu's earliest dream was to become a chef.

But what everyone was more concerned about was what kind of tricks Li Duoyu could play with jellyfish. They didn't believe that jellyfish, such a watery thing, could be so delicious.

After hearing the news, the villagers of Chenjia Village came in a large group, wanting to see what the jellyfish that Li Duoyu spent so much money on was different from theirs.

It didn't take long.

The entrance of Lao Yang's restaurant was full of people, and even the steps not far away were full of people.

After Li Duoyu cut the processed jellyfish skin into strips and sliced ​​the jellyfish head, he began to prepare various seasonings.

As a chef, Li Duoyu knew very well that the taste of jellyfish was the only thing that mattered, and what really made jellyfish sublime was the various sauces.

Fortunately, the sauces and various side dishes in Lao Yang's restaurant were quite complete.

Li Duoyu took a few cucumbers, washed them, and patted them directly with the back of the knife, and then cut them into pieces with an oblique knife.

This time, Lao Yang helped him and chopped the garlic.

After Li Duoyu boiled the water, he blanched the cut jellyfish in boiling water for about six to ten seconds.

He immediately took it out and put it in ice water, and then prepared the sauce with salt, sugar, soy sauce, old vinegar, minced garlic, sesame oil, and soul coriander.

A dish of cucumber and jellyfish salad was ready. When the people in Chenjia Village saw this dish, their eyes widened.

When they eat jellyfish, they just dip it in soy sauce and aged vinegar at most. There is no need for so many troublesome steps.

But seeing the very good-looking cucumber and jellyfish salad, everyone couldn't help swallowing their saliva. Just from the appearance, it was very refreshing.

Li Duoyu then made two more dishes, one of which was "coriander fried double crisps", and the double crisps here were duck gizzards and jellyfish.

It also looked very good.

The last dish was much simpler, "old vinegar jellyfish head", but it looked simple, but there were no less condiments in it.

There were aged vinegar, millet pepper, oyster sauce, white sesame, sugar, MSG, minced garlic, etc.

It took less than half an hour.

Li Duoyu prepared several dishes. After seeing these dishes, Secretary Chen and Mayor Gao were also stunned.

This Li Duoyu seems to always be able to surprise people, the last time the grilled eel, this time the jellyfish feast.

Under the watch of a large number of villagers, Gao Tianyun took the lead in picking up the first dish of cucumber salad jellyfish, and put it in his mouth after two bites.

His eyes widened instantly. As a coastal person, he had also eaten jellyfish, but the jellyfish made by Li Duoyu was completely different from what he had eaten.

Chen Shulin smiled and asked: "Lao Gao, don't just eat it, tell me how it tastes."

Mayor Gao said: "Don't ask me, you will know if it's good after you eat it."

The villagers watching couldn't help but say: "Mayor Gao, don't keep us in suspense, just tell us if it's good or not?"

Gao Tianyun rolled his eyes at them:

"If I say it's delicious, will you believe it? You will definitely say that Duoyu and I are wearing the same pants."

"Hahaha."

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help laughing. Chen Shulin also picked up the chopsticks and ate a piece of jellyfish first, then a piece of cucumber.

Then, his expression was the same as Mayor Gao. He had eaten a lot of seafood, but it was the first time he had such an experience.

It was crispy, fresh and fragrant. The most important thing was that the icy taste made the whole body cool.

Zhang Dongsheng also started eating. He was a little rude. After eating, he said on the spot: "Fuck, this doesn't feel like jellyfish anymore. How can it be so delicious."

Then, he tried the plate of old vinegar jellyfish head again. The crisp feeling gave him a completely different taste experience.

"Secretary Chen, Mayor Gao, you try this one. It's really indescribable."

Next, Chen Shulin and Gao Tianyun tried every plate, and then looked at the grinning Li Duoyu.

Feeling that it was meaningless to praise him, he said seriously: "Duoyu, I think we can develop the jellyfish industry together, what do you think?"

Li Duoyu smiled and replied: "That's fine, I will come to you in person when the time comes."

In fact, their place is not the main production area of ​​jellyfish, and it was pure luck that they were able to catch this batch of jellyfish this time.

But there is a way to overtake on the curve, that is jellyfish farming.

Maybe in the short term, there is no need to engage in farming at all, but with the intensification of jellyfish fishing, in ten years, such a large number of jellyfish will hardly be seen.

At that time, everyone will slowly turn to farming, even jellyfish is no exception, but it is not impossible to eat this piece of cake now.

By then, Li Duoyu will open up foreign trade, and he can go to Zhejiang Province to collect the jellyfish made with alum, process it and sell it to the island country.

Tang Wenchang, who originally wanted to pour cold water, had a buzzing head after eating these jellyfish cold dishes.

Although he wanted to say that with so many condiments, even a pile of shit should be delicious.

But he had eaten local jellyfish, which was completely incomparable to the one made by Li Duoyu. The local jellyfish was salty and astringent, and sometimes it would bite people.

And the jellyfish made by Li Duoyu was really smooth, crispy and fresh.

As stubborn as he was, he couldn't help but say: "Director Li's jellyfish is really delicious, much better than our local ones."

Seeing that Secretary Tang of Shangqi Village said so, the onlookers couldn't help but say: "Duoyu, don't stop, make one for us to taste."

Li Duoyu smiled and said: "One is fifty cents, pay the money and I'll make it."

"Your uncle, this is a waste of money." A villager took out fifty cents on the spot and slapped it on the table.

"Give me one, remember to put more soy sauce and vinegar, if it doesn't taste good, I'll ask you to refund the money."

The villagers of Chenjia Village squeezed through the crowd and took out one dollar and fifty cents on the spot, and ordered one of each of the three dishes.

Seeing so many people want to eat jellyfish, Li Duoyu's mouth twitched, feeling that he sold it cheaply.

At 50 cents, including these sauces, at most it can just break even.

He looked at the two buckets of jellyfish and Lao Yang's sauces, and said, "There are only 20 left."

Seeing so many people want to eat this jellyfish, Lao Yang of the restaurant was so envious, and really hoped that the business would be so good every day.

And when Li Duoyu was cooking just now, he also learned it when he helped. These three dishes are not difficult, just ordinary home-cooked dishes.

But he also tried a bite just now, and the taste was really great.

The villagers of Chenjia Village didn't believe that the jellyfish made by Li Duoyu could be much better than theirs.

But after eating, they were all silent. It's not a question of how much better it tastes, but that Li Duoyu's jellyfish and the ones they pickled are not the same thing at all.

This thing is called gourmet food.

If we really want to compare, then the jellyfish they pickled are just pig food at best.

Because there were too many people, five or six people were eating the same dish, and they ate it all as soon as it was served.

Someone immediately paid: "More fish, give us another portion."

And the villagers who were still queuing outside the door came in directly and carried them away, cursing: "There weren't many portions left, and you actually wanted another portion." (End of this chapter)