1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

Chapter 8 Looking at the breeding grounds

 Not a while yet.

Li Duoyu caught more than a dozen of them to watch the tide. In 2020, they could be sold for more than a hundred yuan. However, in the 1980s, these things were not valuable, and they were usually eaten by their own families.

The women who were begging for Xiaohai were all amazed by Li Duoyu's skill in catching Wangchao, and they gathered around to see how he caught it.

 “Caught another one.”

"There are so many fish, but you haven't even fished in the small sea. How come you are so good at digging them all?"

"Duoyu, when did you shave your hair so that it looks much clearer? That afro before was neither fish nor fowl."

Li Duoyu smiled and said casually: "My mother taught me this when I was a child."

“Well, Huiying, you usually come and go with our sisters. You have such good skills, but you don’t teach us. No wonder every time you ask Xiaohai, you catch more than us.”

The person involved, Chen Huiying, was confused. If I remember correctly, the fourth child didn’t like playing on the beach since he was a child. Also, when did I teach him to catch the tide?

 Is it possible that you were taught this when you were a child?

Immediately afterwards, the group of women surrounded Chen Huiying and began to flatter her. Seeing the pride on her face, Li Duoyu taught these neighbors the skills of looking for tides.

Li Duoyu pointed to a hole the size of a coin in front of him: "Look, look at the water first to find the tide. There must be something in the hole, the water will move."

"The most important thing is to cut off the back path. You must step out with your feet first to cut off the back path before digging. Otherwise, it will get in and it will be difficult to dig."

Although Li Duoyu taught them the technology, the subsequent practical results were not very satisfactory.

This thing is actually just like fishing. The theoretical knowledge is taught to you, but the operation is completely different.

 After discussing Xiaohai for a while.

Li Duoyu heard the sound of "rumbling" and turned around to see white waves rolling towards the tidal flat.

 “The tide is rising, let’s go.”

 The women who were fishing on the tidal flat packed up their tools and prepared to go home when the tide came in.

 Li Duoyu had other plans.

Even when he was looking at the tide just now, he kept looking at the tide in the distance because he planned to engage in kelp farming in this area.

 Kelp is suitable for growing in mud and sandy bottom environments.

 The sea should not be too turbid.

 It is best to have fertilizer and water,

 And it is best to breed in an area of ​​1 to 3 meters below the high dry tide line.

 The sea area outside the tidal flat is fully qualified for kelp farming.

 In fact, Li Duoyu didn't even need to come and see it in person. In his last life, the best kelp breeding ground on Dandan Island came from the sea area in front of him, but he was a little worried. After all, seeing is believing.

In addition to looking at the breeding location, Li Duoyu also plans to contract the tidal flat land in the kelp breeding area while everyone is "abandoning fish and taking away goods".

In the future, not only will it be convenient for transportation, but you can also put bamboo poles on the tidal flats to dry kelp, and also engage in diversified farming, raising razor clams, mud clams and the like.

Li Duoyu kept asking her mother:

“Whose family owns this oyster patch? Why don’t they raise any more oysters?”

“This area belongs to the old farmer. I broke my leg last year and stopped raising it. It has always been empty.”

 “What about this area?”

“It belongs to Third Aunt Qi’s family. They used to raise razor clams, but the whole family has gone away.”

“And this is your second grandfather’s house.”

Li Duoyu asked around and found out that they were all related to each other, but it was right to think about it. The island was relatively closed. If you push up a few generations, you would find that they were all brothers and relatives.

“Mom, can you contact them? I would like to treat them to a meal.”

“It’s okay, why treat them to dinner? There’s too much money.”

 “Hey, I want to rent their land.”

 Chen Huiying frowned: "Okay, why rent their land? What you earn now is hard-earned money. You can't do it alone with so much land."

"Don't worry about it. Your son is so smart, how can he do a loss-making business?"

Chen Huiying looked at her son. The fourth child had really changed a lot in the past two days. He was no longer the child she worried about. It seemed that Mazu had indeed blessed him. "If you really want to do it, your mother will definitely support you. If you don't have enough money, don't tell your second sister-in-law and secretly ask your father for some. In the past few years, your father has not made much money raising oysters, but the third sister-in-law has made a lot of money." It’s still available for four hundred yuan.”

 “My mother still loves me the most.”

Li Duoyu chuckled. If his mother knew that he still had more than a hundred Yuan Datou in his hand, he would probably be dumbfounded.

"By the way, I may go to the county town to find my uncle tomorrow. I will stay there for a night or two. You can prepare the things you want to give to your uncle."

 “I’ll go up to your brother-in-law so soon.”

 “Well, there are some things that need to be dealt with.”

 Li Duoyu nodded, but did not tell his mother the reason for her anxiety.

 It is already mid-September. For Dandan Island, the best time to go to the sea to bring seedlings is November every year.

 But before the kelp emerges.

He still has a lot of preparation work to do, such as purchasing a batch of kelp farming ropes, and finding workers to set up stakes to frame the sea area first.

 In the early 1980s, the offshore surface aquaculture industry had not yet taken off. Everyone went out to fish, either raising oysters, or raising clams, razor clams, and mud snails on the tidal flats. No one thought about the use rights of the open sea.

At this time, the management of sea areas was quite chaotic, and fishermen generally adhered to the idea of ​​​​"whoever develops it first belongs to whoever develops it first".

 Now, even if you occupy several thousand acres of sea area, as long as you don’t make money, no one will bother you.

 But once you make money, it will be different. There will definitely be many jealous people. The Fisheries Law was not promulgated until 1986.

 At this stage, it’s all about public opinion and mother-in-law’s opinion, and there will always be people who will try their best to find trouble with you.

In his previous life, Li Duoyu had seen a contractor who had worked hard to raise kelp for a year or two, but was swallowed up by the village committee and a few local gangsters for any reason. In the end, all the kelp was returned to the village's "collective" all.

 So, Li Duoyu went to his uncle this time. In addition to asking for kelp seedlings, he also planned to ask the research institute for a brand name for the breeding base.

 At that time, if there is an organization as a backer, even if someone is really jealous, they will not dare to cause trouble for him casually.

When he returned to the shore, Lao Li had already packed the oysters into four baskets. The two elders each picked up a load of oysters and walked towards the pier.

He wanted to deliver the four baskets of oysters to the buyer in the town just in time for the transport ship to go to the town.

 While leaving the dock.

Li Duoyu happened to bump into Agui. He found a ship repairman who was repairing his small motor sailing boat.

　　After hitting a rock last night, his motor boat had a hole in it and he couldn't go out to sea to carry goods for the past two days.

After seeing Li Duoyu, Agui couldn't believe it. His afro was cut off and his whole body was covered in mud. His brother obviously hated the tidal flats and the sea.

The two of them once had a dream, that is, to earn enough money to sneak to the island country to live and work.

 But it had only been a few days, and this brother seemed to be possessed by a demon, and became a completely different person.

Looking at him like this, he probably really doesn’t plan to go out to sea to sell goods. Moreover, after his wife returned home last night, she kept telling him that Duoyu kept staring at her when he came back last night.

Agui thought for a while and felt that he was already kind and righteous enough. Since his brother had money but not money, he would not wrong him.

Agui held a foreign cigarette in his mouth:

“Brother, if you really don’t want to sell the goods, just sell me those Yuan Datou you have.”

"Are you still planning to continue doing this?" Li Duoyu asked rudely. In fact, he knew the answer even without asking. The people passing by the goods looked like ignorant teenagers who had eaten the forbidden fruit, with endless desire for quick money and huge profits. go.

Agui laughed twice:

“Sure, you can earn someone else’s salary for several years in one trip. What could be more profitable than this?”

“Okay, then I’ll sell you all Yuan Datou.”

Li Duoyu went home and took out all the more than 100 Yuan Datou hidden under the floor tiles and gave them to Agui.

Agui then handed him two large bundles wrapped in cloth. They must have just been taken out, and there was still the fragrance of ink on them.

 “There are two thousand and two in total, please count them.”

 After the exchange between the two, Agui walked towards the port, while Li Duoyu walked towards home.

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 (End of this chapter)