1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

Chapter 98: Harvesting kelp (please recommend)

 This side of the kelp field.

 Six sampans are already busy.

 The work of collecting kelp is very hard.

The kelp on a two- to three-meter-long kelp rope weighs more than a hundred kilograms, and one has to rely on manpower to fish them out of the sea one by one.

 In later generations, there were special kelp harvesting machines. Harvesting kelp was relatively easy. You only needed to control the crane to lift the kelp from the sea.

 It can be found in this era.

Almost entirely relying on manual labor to pull and pull, which requires physical strength and endurance.

 Usually, each sampan boat requires three people to work together. One person is responsible for untying the slip knot between the kelp rope and the main rope, and the other two people drag the kelp onto the boat.

 And before closing.

Li Duoyu spread a rectangular brown rope net under the sampan boat so that the crane on the trawler can easily lift the kelp onto the big ship.

Li Duoyu, Chen Wenchao and Li Yaoguo were assigned to the same boat. Li Yaoguo, who rarely went to sea to work, was responsible for untying the kelp rope.

Li Duoyu and Chen Wenchao are responsible for pulling up the kelp. With the cooperation of the three people, it takes about two minutes to pull up a kelp rope.

 My eldest uncle and second uncle, as fishermen of the older generation, have the habit of shouting slogans when doing this kind of work.

 Haven’t pulled the kelp for a while.

The two of them started shouting at the top of their lungs, but there were no lyrics.

 “Ouch hey.”

 “Hey~hey~hey~“

The amazing thing is that as soon as the trumpet sounded, everyone's movements also started to coordinate, and when they started working, it became much smoother.

 After pulling for about an hour, everyone’s sampan was already filled with kelp.

 Li Duoyu's sampan boat was packed with so much kelp that it was half as high as a person.

 The sea water has reached the edge of the ship and may pour in at any time.

Li Yaoguo, who rarely goes to sea, was very nervous when he saw that the boat was almost submerged. He held the diesel engine head with both hands.

“There are too many fish, so our boat won’t sink.”

The uncle on the side smiled and said: "At first glance, you rarely go to sea. Our boats have empty cabins and are made of wood. We are afraid of capsizing but not sinking. I will take another two hundred kilograms away for you."

Li Yaoguo kept shaking his head: "Forget it, let's leave it like this."

 After waiting for six sampans to be filled with kelp.

The cousin drove his power fishing boat and pulled these small sampans to the third uncle's trawler.

 The trawler's crane is then used to pull the harvested kelp onto the trawler.

 Then, everyone returned to the kelp field.

 Continue to harvest kelp.

 When the trawler can no longer load it and the tide rises, everyone will go to the moso bamboo pile on the tidal flat and hang the collected kelp on the rope of the moso bamboo pile.

 At this time.

The advantages of using moso bamboo piles to dry kelp are shown. You only need to work in a sea area. You no longer need to transport the kelp to land and find open space to dry it, which saves a lot of time and effort.

  After all, it’s a race against time to harvest kelp. The better the weather is, the faster everyone can harvest it.

 As for being tired,

That must be very tiring.

But Li Yaoguo, who was sitting in the office, was able to hold on, and the others were too embarrassed to complain about being tired.

Even though it’s only the end of April.

 But the sun at noon was still scorching, making everyone uncomfortable.

 But everyone did not go back, but took a short rest on the trawler.

After a whole morning of harvesting, the relatives who came to help were all wet and sticky. Qingguang, the youngest, felt so uncomfortable that he jumped into the sea and swam twice.

The older generation laughed and scolded: "Silly, this is sea water. The more you wash, the more uncomfortable you will feel. After a while, your whole body will be covered with salt."

Li Duoyu, who was resting, suddenly felt something foreign on the sole of his foot, as if a small stone fell into the pair of waterproof shoes given to him by Zhou Xiaoying.

 When it was poured out, it turned out to be a small abalone, which may have fallen in while harvesting kelp.

Li Duoyu sniffed it curiously. It was the smell of athlete's foot mixed with the stinking smell of death. In order to thank everyone for coming to help, Li Duoyu did not save any money this time. In addition to asking his mother to make salty rice and kelp bone soup, he also bought several boxes of Rongcheng beer to reward everyone.

The eldest cousin, who had eaten three large bowls of salty rice in a row, couldn't help but praise: "After eating salty rice from so many families, I still feel that the salty rice from my aunt's house is the most delicious."

Chen Huiying said with a smile: "Can it not be delicious? By frying this pot of salty rice, I have used up all the lard at home."

 “So willing to give it up.”

“It’s not Duoyu who specifically told me to let you eat more oil and water so that you won’t have the energy to work.”

"Hahaha."

This reminds everyone of the days when there was a severe shortage of oil and water in the 1970s, because at that time, everything was distributed.

There is no shortage of seafood on the island, but the biggest shortage is oil and water. At that time, no matter how much seafood I ate, there was no oil or water in my stomach, and I still felt hungry and uncomfortable.

Li Duoyu remembers that for a while, he was afraid of seafood when he saw it. After steaming the large yellow croaker without oil and water, he really didn't want to eat a bite.

 Later, his son told him what they called "rabbit meat syndrome".

What else can I say? When people are hungry, they must consume fat first. When the fat is not enough, they start to consume muscle to provide energy. Therefore, it is useless to eat more meat without fat.

 So, humans cannot do without oil and water, and the same goes for animals. Many animals do not like to eat meat, but only like to eat liver and fat meat with a lot of oil and water.

 It’s a pity that Li Duoyu has little education. Apart from seafood farming and cooking skills, he really knows nothing about the rest.

　　Until later, I let go.

 The situation has improved since we were able to raise pigs and chickens and ducks by ourselves. For a period of time, the fish and shrimps caught by fishermen were used to feed pigs.

 After everyone finished their salty meal, they all drank the kelp tube bone soup. Even though they had drank it several times, everyone still praised the taste.

 After Chen Wenchao finished eating, he squatted alone in a dark place, bit open the bottle cap with his teeth, and drank beer.

Li Duoyu also brought a bottle of beer, leaned the edge of the bottle cap against the wooden edge of the boat, and quickly drank a dozen.

 The beer bottle cap was also opened.

 Speaking of which, there are really many ways to open the lid of a beer bottle, including chopsticks, a knife, and a lighter.

The most exaggerated thing is that in later short videos, there are still shots fired with "violent weapons". Li Duoyu still doesn't understand what happened.

 After opening the beer cap.

Li Duoyu raised his beer bottle and touched it with the bottle in Chen Wenchao's hand.

“Did you work too hard last night? Why do you look so tired today?”

 Chen Wenchao grinned: "I slept alone last night."

 “Then why do you still look constipated?”

Chen Wenchao said truthfully: "I just see you have so many relatives and our relationship is so good, I'm really envious."

 Li Duoyu sighed.

 No wonder this guy said so little today. He thought he had a quarrel with Liu Xiaolan. This is the reason.

 Chen Wenchao's family should be the last group of people to live on Dandan Island, and their family size is relatively small.

　In addition, his parents were swept away by the sea water when they went to the small sea in the early years on the rocks. In the end, only he and an old lady were left.

 Li Duoyu patted him on the shoulder.

“It’s not easy to have more people. If you and Xiaolan work harder to have more children, the population will be prosperous in a few years.”

Chen Wenchao smiled bitterly and said: "Now that we have children, we have planned them. I heard people say that there are only two at most. If you have more, you will be fined."

Hearing what he said, Li Duoyu realized that now is indeed the time when the birth plan is strictest.

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "Then make more money. As long as you have enough money, you won't be afraid of punishment."

 Chen Wenchao smiled and said:

“Brother Yu, how many babies my family can have depends entirely on you.”

"OK, no problem."

 But when Li Duoyu thought about it carefully, why did he always feel that something was wrong with these words.

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