1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

Chapter 93: Planting bamboo in the oyster field (please follow up)

In a small place like Dandan Island, news spreads very quickly. If there is any disturbance, the whole island will know about it in less than two days.

 The fishermen who were rescued by Li Duoyu transformed into moving human-shaped speakers after eating the dried kelp given to them by Lao Li.

 Everyone I meet will praise the kelp soup sold by Li Duoyu as very delicious.

 Not long after.

Many villagers who want to try something new come to the door and want to buy kelp soup to drink.

 At first, Li Duoyu saw that there were not that many people buying, so he simply bought half and half for free.

Unexpectedly, after this group of people returned, they all thought the kelp stew was good and started to spread the word.

 As a result, within a few days, more than a hundred villagers came to buy.

Seeing that more and more people were buying, Li Duoyu didn’t dare to give it away, but because no one had sold kelp before.

 Li Duoyu is also difficult to price.

In addition, most of the dried kelp sold in the Rongcheng wet market is transported from the north, and transportation costs are included in it.

 The price is not low.

 After comprehensive consideration in many aspects, we have tentatively decided on the price of first-class dishes at 50 cents, second-class dishes at 40 cents, and rough dishes at 20 cents.

 But even at this price, it is still very profitable for Li Duoyu.

The kelp that was harvested early previously totaled 14 tons. Normally, the kelp would shrink six to seven times after drying, excluding various leftovers.

Li Duoyu can sell more than 4,000 kilograms of dried kelp.

Even if sold at this price, the income would be about one thousand three thousand, and this batch of kelp that was forced to be harvested in advance only accounts for about one-tenth of the total output.

 So Li Duoyu estimates that if he collects all the kelp, dries it and sells it, his final profit will be just over 10,000 yuan.

 The overall investment in kelp farming is not particularly high. Including wooden stakes, brown ropes and various labor costs, Li Duoyu probably invested more than 2,000 yuan.

 Earnings are fully five times the investment.

Of course there are many things involved. For example, his kelp rope was bought cheaply, but after using it this time, it will probably be scrapped.

 The most important point is that the free kelp seedlings provided by the institute have saved Li Duoyu at least a lot of money.

However, high returns are often accompanied by high risks, and raising kelp is very dependent on God.

 If you are unlucky and encounter a winter typhoon or a spring typhoon, all your investment will be in vain.

These villagers did not buy Li Duoyu’s kelp just to eat it. They wanted to test whether the kelp was good or not.

 Less than a few days.

Li Duoyu sold 70% of the dried kelp, and the meat stall on Dandan Island was also sold out.

Pork guy Lao Jin recently discovered that the sales of pork bones have soared more than ten times. He opened his stall in less than ten minutes every morning.

All kinds of pig bones were sold out, and those villagers who couldn't buy any pig bones would complain to him: "Lao Jin, get more bones tomorrow."

After asking around, Lao Jin found out that everyone bought pig bones to make kelp soup, and for a pig-killer like him, the whole family had long been tired of drinking pork soup.

But I couldn't help but be curious, so I bought a bunch of dried kelp and stewed it into soup. As a result, the whole family drank all the soup that day.

Looking at the empty bottom of the pot, Lao Jin finally realized that it wasn't that his family didn't like pork anymore, but that he hadn't found a suitable way to eat it.

These days, Chen Wenchao is not on Dandan Island, but in Dazhu Village, Gushan, purchasing moso bamboo with Brother Ou.

Originally planned to go to Gushan to collect moso bamboo ten days ago, but due to extreme weather and the addition of a new baby to Brother Yu's family.

 Chen Wenchao also postponed his arrival to Dazhu Village for more than ten days. This time he walked into the village and met Ou Ge again.

 Faced with Ouge’s warm invitation.

Chen Wenchao refused on the spot and insisted on walking into the village.

 But before he had walked a few kilometers, Brother Ou changed his motorcycle and came down to pick him up. Chen Wenchao felt an indescribable excitement when he got on the motorcycle. He felt the speed and passion for the first time.

 Chen Wenchao secretly made up his mind. When he married Liu Xiaolan, he planned to buy a motorcycle and drive her around the village.

 The moso bamboo Li Duoyu wants to buy this time is different from the one used to make fishing rafts last time. It only needs medium-sized moso bamboo, about seven inches.

When driving piles on the tidal flat, the larger the bamboo head, the more difficult it is to drive. If the pile cannot be driven deep, it will be easy to pull out the pile.

 Following this, moso bamboos were constantly being transported back to the island.

Li Duoyu also invited Master Zhang, who specializes in pile driving. It is better to find professional people to do professional things.

However, it was also the first time for Master Zhang and others to drive moso bamboo piles on the tidal flat, so they were not very experienced.

With Li Duoyu’s conscious or unconscious reminder, this group of pile drivers quickly figured out how to drive bamboo piles.

They first used an iron rod to poke open the membrane at the bottom of the moso bamboo. This could increase the friction between the moso bamboo and the silt.

The driven bamboo stakes became more stable and secure, and then they tied a wooden stick horizontally in the middle of the bamboos.

 Then, ask a person with a larger tonnage to stand on the wooden stick, keep stepping and jumping, and use the person's own weight to knock the bamboo into the tidal flat.

Although this method is very tiring, the effect is very good. Three people work in groups, and their pile driving team can drive five or six piles at the same time.

 The beaten bamboos were tied with brown ropes at both ends.

The upper part is used to hang kelp for drying, and the lower part is used to hang oysters.

 After seeing this brand new breeding method, Lao Li, who had been raising oysters for so many years, was dumbfounded.

He naturally knows how good this farming method is. Their pile-type oyster fields can only be set up in the intertidal zone, and the working time every day is very limited.

 Once the tide rises.

 Can't do any work.

 You can only wait until the tide goes out before going to work.

However, if fishing ropes are used for farming, it is very simple to harvest oysters even when the tide is high. You just need to sail over and pull up the farming rope to collect them.

 The most important thing is that the hanging method will greatly reduce the damage from natural enemies.

 Lao Li has been raising oysters for many years, and what he hates most are oysters, snails and various small crabs.

Every time we harvest oysters, we wish that these species would simply disappear from the earth.

 However, if you adopt the hanging method, it will not be so easy for oysters and crabs to eat oysters.

 When the nearby fishermen saw that Li Duoyu was causing trouble again, they all came over to watch. After learning about this new farming method, they all learned from the experience and imitated it.

 After all, everyone who set up a net with Li Duoyu made a lot of money last time, and Li Duoyu’s kelp is selling like hotcakes these days.

Has made him an indispensable topic of conversation on Dandan Island after dinner.

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However, everyone did not follow the trend without thinking. They did see the advantages of raising oysters by hanging, and then they made up their mind to switch to this farming method.

In addition to fishermen who want to raise oysters, many fishermen who want to build fishing rafts also want to buy moso bamboo from him.

Although Li Duoyu has repeatedly emphasized to them that summer is the peak season for typhoons, there is a risk of moso bamboo piles being pulled out, and it is difficult for fishing rafts to withstand typhoons.

 But these fishermen were all stunned, and they all planned to take a gamble with God.

 As a middleman who has never made a profit from the price difference, Li Duoyu does not want to dampen the enthusiasm of these fishermen.

 And this large order of two thousand moso bamboos also made Li Duoyu earn 500 yuan in tears, which directly saved the labor for driving moso bamboo piles.

After you see the update, you can postpone reading it a little, because the author has been in a bad mood recently and has to revise the article several times before he can write the sentences fluently (crying~~)

 (End of this chapter)