1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

The drizzle continued until early May, and the faces of the kelp farmers on Dandan Island were like the gloomy sky above.

Lao Lu was sitting at the door of his home, looking at the gloomy weather above his head and cursing.

"God, God, what kind of weather is this? You can't even catch a fish. Why is it so difficult to make money?"

Lao Jin from a nearby pork stall said: "It's not that you are greedy. Duoyu has already said that the weather may not be very good this year. In April, we should sell the kelp directly to the processing factory."

Lao Lu didn't bother to reply to this neighbor who was always trying to undermine him. Duoyu had indeed said that last month.

The weather may not be very good this year, so you can sell the kelp to a processing plant in advance, where it can be directly processed into salted kelp and kelp shreds.

But he still wants to give it a try. After all, the growth of kelp depends on the last two months. By then, the difference between an acre of kelp field will be several tons.

But who would have thought that the weather is not going to be good this time, it rains all the time, and if the kelp has not been exposed to the sun for too long, the kelp is prone to perforations and rotten edges.

There are also many kelp farmers who are equally worried. Zhu Xiuhua, who was so irritated that she went to wash the sheets, was in a very bad mood when she smelled the undried sheets.

Because her hundred acres of kelp field had not yet been confiscated, but what made her most angry was that Li Yaoguo didn't help her at all.

I have been busy in the company all day, and I didn't even go home to sleep at night. What can I say? The company is very busy during this period.

With nowhere to vent her gloomy energy, she actually began to mutter about the Tianhou Palace.

"Mother Mazu, aren't you blessing us? Then let the weather get better quickly. If the weather doesn't get better, the kelp will all rot."

"I don't bless those who should be blessed, and I bless those who shouldn't be blessed. I provide you with so many delicious foods every year."

After hearing Zhu Xiuhua's thoughts, Chen Huiying's expression suddenly dropped. She might give in to other things.

This was the only thing she couldn't let go of. Regardless of whether Zhu Xiuhua wanted to or not, he had to force her to go to Tianhou Palace to admit her mistake and apologize.

Seeing how angry Chen Huiying was, the second sister-in-law didn't dare to mess with her. After all, Li Duoyu was protecting her, so she really didn't dare to mess with him.

In addition, now she is completely under control. Her second daughter is just one year old, and she is at the age where she needs help from others.

If she goes out to earn money, her mother-in-law will have to help her take care of the children. Now is the time when she needs help from others, so naturally she cannot be strong-willed.

"Mom, it's okay that I was wrong. I will admit my mistake to Mazu immediately, so we don't have to go to Thean Hou Temple."

Chen Huiying insisted: "No, say goodbye to me and admit your mistake. We all rely on the sea to make a living. How can you say this to Mazu? You are a white-eyed wolf."

Zhu Xiuhua muttered, but turned around and went back to the room to pick up the magic basket.

There are also many kelp farmers on Dandan Island, and they have been harvesting kelp since April.

Li Duoyu's uncle and third uncle, as well as farmers such as the Zhao brothers, Wang Jinshan, and Chen Atai, all listened to Li Duoyu's advice, collected some of the kelp, and took it to the processing plant to be salted. kelp.

For them, it's okay to make less money, but what they want is stability.

While most kelp farmers are still worried, they have already completed most of the kelp harvesting work.

Preparations for catching cloves began immediately.

Due to the explosive sales of canned cloves, Minlong's canned clove orders have exploded. In addition, this year, it has contracted advertising for several popular time periods of Yangma.

Li Duoyu no longer dares to go to the distribution company. Every time he gets there, distributors always come directly to ask when the canned clove fish will be in stock.

An Yuliang estimates that clove production will need to increase at least five times this year to meet market demand. If we work hard, ten times is possible.

If it were ten times that, then the sales of canned cloves this year would exceed 10 million, which is something that is completely unimaginable in this era.

In order to ensure the supply of this product, Li Duoyu is currently focusing directly on the acquisition of cloves.

A temporary clove purchasing team has been set up. This year, it is not enough to just rely on the fishermen on Dandan Island and Ding Bay to catch cloves. Instead, the entire fishing front must be extended.

Not only did they send out advertisements to purchase cloves in their own province, but also to the two neighboring provinces.

At the same time, several technicians were dispatched to the two neighboring provinces to teach local fishermen some techniques for catching cloves.

Although the "breakthrough" is coming soon, after comprehensive evaluation, the impact on Minlong is really not that big.

And if handled well, Li Duoyu might be able to make a lot of money from this "breakthrough".

As a reborn person, he knows very well that failure to break through will definitely lead to inflation and currency devaluation.

What Minlong is engaged in is the most basic food industry. As long as the raw materials are obtained before inflation.

We have to make a good time difference, and maybe we can take advantage of this inflation to make a lot of money.

Seeing Li Duoyu grinning ferociously from time to time, his uncle Chen Dongqing couldn't help but look at him with disgust. Every time he saw his expression, he must be full of bad ideas.

Mid May.

The golden-red sunset dyed the entire sky extremely gorgeous, and it had been a long time since everyone had seen such a beautiful sunset.

It finally cleared up.

Just that night, the village radio rang, and the loudspeaker made a buzzing sound.

[Dear villagers, especially those who raise kelp, please listen carefully. According to the weather forecast and the judgment of the village weather forecaster, the east wind may blow in the next few days. It is a good weather. Those who want to harvest kelp should hurry up. 】

[If anyone goes to collect kelp tonight, be sure to pay attention to safety. Those who cannot swim must wear a life jacket.]

[If you haven’t found the manpower to collect kelp, please report to the village committee as soon as possible, and the village committee will allocate manpower to everyone. 】

After hearing this broadcast at night, all the kelp farmers in the village became excited and put on their kelp harvesting equipment one after another.

The best time to harvest kelp.

Not during the day but at night.

Because after it is put away at night, it can be dried all day during the day. If the weather is good, it can be dried on the same day.

But if you start working at dawn, you cannot continue to harvest in the afternoon, because if you harvest in the afternoon, the kelp will not dry and will rot easily.

At night, the sea is full of ship lights and the rumble of diesel engines, making it impossible for the families near the dock to sleep.

Kelp farmers are driving fishing boats through rows of offshore fields composed of floating balls and breeding ropes.

The kelp, which was two to three meters long, was dragged to the sampan boat and then transported back to Dandan Island.

At this time, the huge advantages of Li Duoyu's customized flat-bottomed iron-hulled boats were revealed.

Ordinary sampan boats can only transport about two tons at most, but Li Duoyu's flat-bottomed iron-hulled boats can haul six tons at a time, which is more than three times their efficiency.

Many kelp farmers wanted to buy one after looking at Li Duoyu's iron-hulled boat.

After the second sister-in-law heard the broadcast, she also started harvesting her 100 acres of kelp field. This time Li Yaoguo helped her find the workers.

And she couldn't ask about the price. Although the second sister-in-law was very dissatisfied, there was really nothing she could do because it was the peak hiring season. If you don't pay a high price, some farmers will pay a high price. When the time comes, no workers can be found to collect the kelp, and it rots in the kelp fields, which will be a big loss.

Zhu Xiuhua prepared the things, handed the baby's second child to her mother, and woke up Li Haoran who was still sleeping.

"Get up and get to work."

Li Haoran didn't want to help his family collect kelp at all, because if he helped his family collect kelp, he would be free labor.

If you don't do something well, you'll get scolded by your mother-in-law, but if you help your uncle collect it, you might be able to earn five or six yuan a day.

Li Haoran really didn't like his mother-in-law raising kelp by herself, so he had to pretend: "Mom, I'm seasick recently. Can I stop collecting kelp?"

"Why are you just like your father, always slipping up at critical moments? I didn't let you go on the boat. You just need to help dry the kelp."

After hearing this, Li Haoran's face turned pale. Oh, why did he forget that after collecting the kelp, he had to dry it, and finally he had to turn the kelp and put it away.

For the first time, Li Haoran hated this new curriculum reform so much. It would have been nice to have one day off. Why do we have two days off now?

I want to go to school! Since mid-May, Dandan Island has been busy, and the entire island is filled with a strong smell of kelp.

But most kelp farmers are very happy because they have been quite lucky this year. Although the continuous rainy weather has not made the kelp grow particularly well.

However, the price of kelp has unexpectedly increased, and by a lot.

In the past, 30 acres of kelp field could be sold for over 10,000 yuan. After the price increase this year, 30 acres could be sold for almost 15,000 yuan.

Zhu Xiuhua's 100 acres of kelp field was harvested and sold for nearly 50,000 yuan. After deducting all breeding costs and labor costs, the profit was about 30,000 yuan.

Looking at the fifty stacks of unity on the table, Zhu Xiuhua was so excited. This was the first time she had earned so much money on her own.

After finally waiting for Li Yaoguo to come back, Zhu Xiuhua, who had been excited for many days, said excitedly: "Yaoguo, raising kelp is really profitable."

"Um."

Li Yaoguo smiled awkwardly, "Isn't it something that everyone has known for a long time about making money by raising kelp? Duoyu has made a lot of money by raising kelp."

Zhu Xiuhua said directly: "How about you put your work at Duoyu aside for a while, and the two of us raise kelp together, and strive to build a thousand acres. We might earn 300,000 yuan a year."

Li Yaoguo was quite speechless. How could it be so easy to make money? Raising kelp depends on the sky. Everyone is lucky this year.

The chaos in the market has caused the price of kelp to rise accordingly. If the situation last year were based on the situation last year, it would not be possible to make much money with the quality of kelp this year.

And Li Yaoguo didn't dare to say that in order to harvest her one hundred acres of kelp, he privately paid a lot of wages.

He is the treasurer of Minlong Company, and he knows very well that labor is becoming more and more expensive. At the peak of this year's kelp harvest, it cost fifteen yuan a day to recruit workers.

"You have to raise it yourself. I won't raise it anyway. Besides, Xiao Leiyang has no place to raise kelp now. If you want to cultivate a thousand acres, you can only go to Dongjia Reef. By then, artificial Costs and oil prices will only be higher.”

Zhu Xiuhua said angrily: "Li Yaoguo, can't you support me? If we just work hard for a few years, we will be millionaires."

Li Yaoguo asked:

"If you invest a thousand acres, what will you do if there is a typhoon or strange waves during the kelp farming period next year?"

After hearing this, Zhu Xiuhua said angrily on the spot: "Bah, bah, bah, you have a crow's mouth, can you speak?"

At this moment, a child's voice came from the small bed next to the two of them.

"Shh, keep your voice down, Hanhan is awake."

Li Yaoguo was about to coax his daughter, but found that his youngest daughter's eyes were wide open.

"You little bastard, it's so late, why aren't you sleeping yet?"

The little girl was slurping her little hands, looking like she was about to cry in the next second. Li Yaoguo said nervously: "Quick, quick, quick, Hanhan must be hungry, feed her quickly."

"But I have no milk now."

"You are so big, how can you have no breasts?"

"If there is no milk, there will be no milk. What can I do? You can quickly make the rice cereal for her to drink."

Next door, Li Haoran, who was secretly playing a game console, sighed. Since the birth of this little sister, his father's attention has been completely focused on his little sister when he came home.

After collecting kelp on Dandan Island, the fishermen did not rest for two days. They worked hard and went out to sea to catch cloves.

This year, Minlong Processing Factory felt like it was about to burst into smoke, and it was as busy as a dog every day.

In January and February, it has been producing grilled shredded squid, starting in March and April, it has been producing canned kelp shreds, and starting in May, it has been fully engaged in the production of canned cloves.

It can be said that from the beginning of the new year to now, the processing plant has not been idle for a day.

The only eighth-level fitter in the factory also works hard because the machinery in the factory almost always runs around the clock.

Once the equipment fails, he must deal with it as soon as possible.

The company has also introduced new regulations. Overtime work is entitled to overtime pay, and during assessment, overtime work is awarded extra points.

Those who get perfect scores in the assessment will receive extra bonuses every month. Some employees in the factory have not had a break since the beginning of the year in order to make more money, but the corresponding wages have also become higher.

Truckloads of canned cloves were loaded from the processing factory and sent to various provinces. The farthest order actually had to be sent to Qinggan.

With the current road construction, it may take several months just to deliver the goods there.

For an order like this, after deducting the transportation fee, Minlong will not make much money, but sometimes in order to expand the market, it can still sacrifice a little profit.

Around this time, news came out that the state would adjust the retail prices of some major agricultural and sideline products, which directly triggered a panic buying frenzy.

This directly triggered a panic buying frenzy. During this period of time, almost all workers have not gone to work and have all gone to the supply and marketing cooperatives to buy rice and pork.

At the Rongcheng Farmers Market, Minlong Food was the first to be affected, and the entire store was emptied.

Even here on Dandan Island, everyone has become panicked. In the past two days, everyone has been discussing one thing, that is, prices are going to rise sharply.

The supply and marketing cooperative has been full of people in the past two days, and even the store run by Li Shuihua has been emptied out, not even the wool.

Zhu Xiuhua, who is strong and strong, can be said to have an advantage in this rush to buy. He carried three bags of rice and half a fan of pork alone and returned home with a happy face.

But when he saw Li Duoyu leisurely accompanying his pregnant wife, he couldn't help but persuade him:

"Duoyu, hurry up and grab something. It seems to be serious this time. If you don't grab more rice, you may not be able to buy rice in the future, even if you have money."

Li Duoyu smiled: "If there is no rice to eat, I will eat meat. Our company also raises more than 5,000 pigs."

After hearing this, the second sister-in-law was immediately speechless. Looking at the half fan of pork she bought at a high price, she suddenly felt that it didn't taste good. (End of chapter)

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