In 1983, a small island started from a large farmer

Earlier this year.

When Li Duoyu was communicating with several shrimp farmers in Hong Kong Island, he already knew that the Overseas Province was now the largest shrimp farming base in Asia.

What they mainly raise is not Chinese shrimp, but tiger shrimp. Since this kind of shrimp likes to live in estuaries with aquatic plants and seaweed when they are young, people in overseas provinces generally call them grass shrimp.

In mainland China, it is generally called black tiger shrimp because it has the same stripes as a tiger.

When fishermen on Dandan Island cast their nets, they occasionally catch black tiger shrimps. The largest individuals weigh more than one kilogram, which is much larger than the local shrimps.

Li Duoyu remembered that there was a period of time in his previous life when the sales of white shrimp (Lavanera vannamei) were not good, so the country still raised black tiger shrimp. This type of shrimp is more difficult to raise and is more expensive than white shrimp.

As far as Li Duoyu knows, there are not only black tiger shrimps among the giant tiger prawns, but also red tiger shrimps and green tiger shrimps. The largest green tiger shrimp can grow to nearly two kilograms, and you can't finish eating just one.

Fishermen on Dandan Island occasionally catch one or two large shrimps like this one. Usually, as soon as they reach the dock, they will be immediately bought by fishmongers at a high price.

Unfortunately, there are relatively few waters near Dandan Island where Penaeus monodon is grown, and the broodstock do not breed the next generation here, otherwise Li Duoyu could also breed this kind of shrimp.

Since Haixin Group obtains its shrimp fry from overseas provinces, the shrimp they are raising now are not local shrimps, but black tiger shrimps.

This is one of the reasons why they are so fearless. After all, the shrimps they raise are slightly larger than the local prawns, and are naturally easier to sell.

But Li Duoyu doesn't pursue big shrimps. If he wants to raise really big shrimps, he has to raise them until at least next year.

For a shrimp farmer, the longer the breeding time, the greater the risk, and he even has to consider the issue of wintering.

If the temperature is too low, we have to build a greenhouse and install a boiler for the shrimps to overwinter. The cost is too high and it is not cost-effective at all.

In this era, even if they were from the coastal areas, if they could serve a plate of shrimps when entertaining guests, it would be considered a great honor.

Li Duoyu thinks that after raising this batch of prawns for four or five months, when there are about 15 to 20 heads ( prawns per pound), they can be put on the market together with this batch of blue crabs.

As long as he sells these shrimps and crabs, he will immediately become a rich man again.

At present, the annual harvest of an acre of shrimp pond by an ordinary shrimp farmer is only about 100 to 200 kilograms.

But if Li Duoyu were to raise it, he was quite confident that he could harvest about 400 kilograms per acre.

The current purchase price of shrimp is relatively stable, about three yuan per catty.

Li Duoyu's current ponds on Dandan Island and the shrimp ponds in Qixing Bay add up to a total area of ​​nearly 500 acres.

By then, the ideal income could reach nearly 600,000, and this is just for the big shrimps, he also has blue crabs.

The production and market of blue crabs are not as large as shrimps, but if everything goes well, it will be no problem to contribute 70,000 or 80,000 to him.

If we can ship it before this year's Spring Festival, the price will be even better, if we are lucky.

He might actually become a bona fide millionaire.

Li Duoyu smiled and said:

"Brother, you don't need to save money, especially on feed and management. I'll find a way to solve the money problem."

Li Yaoguo pursed his lips and nodded. He didn't mean to preach at all, he just wanted to remind Duoyu.

After all, this guy has a criminal record. When he was smuggling, he spent money lavishly.

At this moment, a villager named Laohei came running over and said, "Yaoguo, go over and take a look at your son."

Halfway through his words, the other party began to pant. Seeing him running so anxiously, Li Yaoguo became nervous.

"Laohei, what happened to Haoran?"

Lahei put his hands on his knees and panted, "Hurry over and take a look. Your Haoran must have been bitten by a jellyfish when he was playing at the beach. Now he's crying in pain and his whole leg is swollen."

Hearing this, the second brother Li Yaoguo's face changed drastically, and he asked on the spot: "Where is the person?"

"He's in Badwater Bay. He's in so much pain that he can't even walk. No one dares to bring him back."

"Duoyu, collect the account book. I'll go over first."

After Li Yaoguo finished speaking, he ran out on the spot. Li Duoyu had never seen his second brother run so fast in his life.

Hearing that Haoran was bitten, Li Duoyu was very worried. He hurriedly put away the account book and planned to go and see how serious it was.

But before leaving, Li Duoyu asked Lao Yang for some alum and a glass bottle from his stir-fry restaurant, and also borrowed his fish-killing knife.

Old Yang looked puzzled: "Director Li, what are you doing with these things?"

"I'll return it to you later."

Here, alum can be used to pickle jellyfish. Most restaurants will have some on hand. If you are really bitten by a jellyfish, this thing is very useful.

Just after coming out of Lao Yang's stir-fry restaurant, Li Duoyu saw Lao Lu's wife hanging out the baby's diapers at the dock.

She had just hung it up when Li Duoyu took it away and said with a smile:

"Auntie Lanying, I'll take one first and buy you a new one later."

The old lady who was hanging clothes looked puzzled and had no idea why Li Duoyu wanted to take a baby's diaper.

Although she washed very clean, she had just pooped after all, so she didn't mind the smell at all.

Before she could ask, Li Duoyu had already disappeared.

The Eshui Beach is a bit far from the village. If you run there, it will take more than ten minutes. However, Li Duoyu only ran for about ten minutes and caught up with his second brother.

Maybe it was because I ran too fast at the beginning, I now have no strength left and my face looks very ugly.

But he still endured it and kept "running" forward. Seeing that his second brother was out of breath, Li Duoyu shook his head and said, "You'd better slow down. I'll go over and see what's going on."

When Li Duoyu arrived at Evilwater Beach, he didn't even need to look for where Li Haoran was.

On the beach not far away, there were about ten people gathered together, and Li Haoran's pig-slaughtering screams could be heard from afar.

"It hurts, it hurts!"

Li Haoran lay on the ground, pounding the beach with his hands in so much pain, his whole face looking as if he had eaten Coptis chinensis and was in so much pain.

There were four or five adults in the crowd. What surprised Li Duoyu was that his second sister-in-law Zhu Xiuhua had arrived here first.

Someone shouted anxiously:

"Xiuhua, hold his hand down, don't let him grab it. There are thorns on the wound. If he grabs it, his hand will be destroyed as well."

Others said:

"Do you have any carbon ash? Take some and sprinkle it on him. This is the most effective."

Li Duoyu took a quick look and found that the little fat boy was really bitten badly this time. Both of his legs were in a horrible state, as if he had just eaten an enhanced version of "Stir-fried Bamboo Shoots with Pork", with shocking whip marks all over them.

The two little boys next to him were also injured, although not as seriously as him, and were crying loudly in pain.

When everyone saw him coming, they quickly made way for him. One flatterer said, "Duoyu is here. He has the most ideas. Maybe he can find a way to deal with it."

Second sister-in-law Zhu Xiuhua's face was also full of tears. Seeing Haoran hitting the beach in pain, she felt heartbroken.

"Duoyu, do you have any solution? Haoran has been crying out in pain and he almost got a stitch in the side while crying."

When the little fat boy saw Li Duoyu, he started crying and his nose was running: "Uncle, my leg is so hot and painful. It feels like it's on fire."

At this moment, an adult came over with a bucket of water and shouted:

"Everyone, make way. The well water is coming. Wash the wound quickly."

Seeing that the water he was getting was from the well, Li Duoyu frowned instantly and quickly stopped him, saying, "Don't wash yet. I'll take care of this."

The man continued, "You can cool it down with some well water, and it will definitely make you feel better."

Li Duoyu was too lazy to explain to them why they could not use clean water after being bitten by a jellyfish.

Because after being stung by a jellyfish, the wound is full of tiny spines and residual venom.

If clean water is used, the venom will spread more rapidly and cause more serious consequences.

The correct way to deal with it is to try to pull out the stinger first, but the stinger is very small and difficult to see with the naked eye.

So you need to use cotton cloth, but of course you can take off your clothes.

However, the diaper that the lady just hung out to dry is very suitable for removing stingers and wiping off jellyfish venom.

Li Duoyu poured some alum into a canning glass jar and then dissolved it with sea water.

After the alum water was ready, Li Duoyu directly put the diaper into the water cup, wet it, and started to wipe Li Haoran's wound.

When the diaper soaked in alum water touched the little fat boy's red and swollen wound, he instantly screamed in pain.

Li Duoyu said in a deep voice: "Hold on, don't move."

After being yelled at by Li Duoyu, Li Haoran instantly became much more obedient, but his teeth were still clenched tightly.

A villager nearby couldn't help but ask, "Duoyu, what kind of water is this?"

Li Duoyu replied casually:

“This is alum.”

"The alum for pickling jellyfish?"

Li Duoyu nodded. In fact, he didn’t understand why alum was effective for this.

Maybe this thing has a natural ability to restrain jellyfish. The jellyfish they often eat is actually pickled with alum.

There is even a professional name called "three-alum processing method", which means pickling it with alum three times. It is said that the jellyfish produced in this way can meet export standards.

After Li Duoyu wiped it with cotton cloth, he could still see many small black dots near the wound.

That thing should be the nematocysts of the jellyfish, which is not very easy to wipe off. After being stung by a jellyfish, the most fearful thing is to catch it with your hands.

If this thing is broken, the toxin will be doubled. Many people become sicker after being bitten by jellyfish because of their careless hands.

When the second brother Li Yaoguo ran over, he was panting and his face was almost the color of liver.

But he had just squeezed into the crowd when he saw Li Duoyu taking out a shiny fish-killing knife.

"Duoyu, why are you holding a knife?"

Li Duoyu replied: "It's just scraping off the sting, don't worry, your Haoran won't lose a single piece of meat."

This knife is a fish-killing knife that Li Duoyu borrowed from Lao Yang. Lao Yang has the habit of sharpening his knives regularly, so this knife looks very sharp.

When the second sister-in-law Zhu Xiuhua saw Li Yaoguo, she was so angry that she wanted to punch him twice.

"Don't bother Duoyu, he's treating our Haoran's wound."

Zhu Xiuhua looked at the breathless man in front of her and angrily scolded, "Haoran has been stung to such a bad state. Duoyu has been here for such a long time, why did you come just now?"

Li Yaoguo was also helpless. His physical fitness could not compare with Duoyu. When he ran, he was as free as the wind and he could not catch up with him at all.

When Li Haoran saw the fish knife in his uncle's hand, he was scared out of his wits. At this moment, he really wanted to faint so that he wouldn't have to suffer.

Li Duoyu took the fish-killing knife and gently scraped the surface of Li Haoran's wound, making it feel like scraping pig hair.

Wherever the blade passed, tiny black dots were scraped off. It took about ten minutes, and Li Duoyu was already sweating profusely, before he finally scraped off all the tiny black dots.

Then, he gently wiped it again with alum water, but Li Haoran still felt very painful.

Li Duoyu frowned slightly. If he was stung by a jellyfish, it shouldn't be so painful or serious.

"Haoran, was the one that bit you a small jellyfish with long tentacles?"

Li Haoran had a bitter face: "I didn't pay attention. After I was bitten, it was very painful. I ran out of the sea directly."

The child who was also bitten raised his hand and said, "Director Li, I saw that it was indeed a small jellyfish, and it was blue, and it looked a bit like a hat."

Hearing this, Li Duoyu was slightly stunned. No wonder Li Haoran was in so much pain, it turned out to be a Portuguese man-of-war.

Even if an adult is bitten by this thing, he will probably cry for help.

But this thing is not distributed in Dandan Island. Most of the local jellyfish are sea urchins, whip jellyfish, and Tan Kah Kee jellyfish. Portuguese man-of-war is rarely seen. How did it get here?

Could it be that there was another problem? Li Duoyu dealt with it.

The little fat boy wanted to try to stand up, but Li Duoyu frowned and said, "Try not to move to reduce the spread of the poison. Let your mother take you back."

"Also, go back and soak the wound in 40-degree warm water for half an hour, and it shouldn't hurt so much."

"Second sister-in-law, please observe carefully. If Haoran has allergies or breathing discomfort, go to the health center immediately."

After treating the fat boy, Li Duoyu then treated the other two children whose injuries were not as serious.

They only had one or two "whips" on their legs and the situation was not very serious. When their parents learned about the situation, they all came to the Evil Water Beach.

But when they saw the real bamboo whips in their parents' hands, the children were so scared that their faces turned pale. They no longer cared about the pain in their calves and ran away immediately.

"The Ghost Festival is coming soon. I told you not to go to the sea. Are you ignoring my words?"

"Please trouble Director Li to treat your wounds."

Seeing the two shirtless children running and crying, Li Duoyu couldn't help laughing, as if when he was a child, he was often chased and beaten by his mother like this.

The little fat boy escaped the disaster because of his serious injuries, otherwise he might have had to eat a meal of "stir-fried bamboo shoots with meat".

Some villagers were very curious because Li Duoyu had previously given mouth-to-mouth treatment to Lao Mao's son and saved him.

Unexpectedly, now even jellyfish know how to deal with it. Someone couldn't help but ask: "Duoyu, how do you even know this?"

Li Duoyu laughed and said casually: "I saw it in magazines and books."

Li Duoyu said to the man who brought the well water seriously, "Ah Shui, next time you encounter this kind of situation, don't use water or alcohol to clean the wound, otherwise it will only make the situation worse."

But Ah Shui was still a little unconvinced: "But Chen Wenchao was stung before, and it was nothing serious. He just washed it with water."

Li Duoyu said: "Jellyfish are not very poisonous, and the bite is not particularly serious. The blue jellyfish is more terrifying."

Just at this moment, a naughty little boy came to Li Duoyu with a branch in his hand and a blue jellyfish in his hand. When the sea breeze blew, the long tentacles floated up.

"Director Li, is this the one?"

Li Duoyu's mouth twitched and he took several steps back: "Yes, that's it. Don't get too close to me."

After seeing this scene, everyone couldn't help laughing.

Li Duoyu took a quick walk along the beach and actually saw several Portuguese man-of-war jellyfish.

Li Duoyu looked at the people on the beach with a serious expression and said, "There are a lot of poisonous jellyfish in the sea. Everyone, please don't go down to play in the water anymore."

After returning home, the fat little boy soaked his two big carrot legs in a bucket of water at 42 or 43 degrees.

After soaking for a while, the little fat boy finally looked better: "Mother, it doesn't seem to hurt that much anymore."

Zhu Xiuhua finally breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Do you still feel any pain or discomfort in breathing?"

The little fat boy scratched his head and said, "No, I just feel hot all over and want to eat a popsicle."

After hearing this, Zhu Xiuhua became angry instantly and wished she could whip out the bamboo whip on the spot.