In 1983, a small island started from a large farmer

Hearing that this kid still wanted to eat watermelon, Li Yaoguo really wanted to give him a beating. He was about to go to junior high school, and all he did all day was eat.

But what Li Yaoguo was more worried about was that after he entered junior high school, others would encourage him to do bad things just by eating something with him.

Now that the family is not poor anymore, Li Yaoguo thought for a while and said, "If I see one on the road, I'll bring one back for you."

Li Haoran was just talking, he never thought that his father would really buy it for him, he smiled and said: "Dad, remember."

The words haven't even been spoken yet.

Li Yaoguo's face turned dark, and the fat boy immediately shut up, feeling a little aggrieved.

What he wanted to say was, remember to buy a watermelon for his uncle's family. Li Haoran found that adults nowadays always say that they are impatient, but in fact they are the most impatient. They often start to change their faces without waiting for others to finish speaking.

Li Haoran happily moved into the guest room of his uncle's house. After the cool air conditioner blew over him, he felt that his legs were not so painful, but still a little itchy.

My uncle seemed to be very busy again today. After turning on the TV for him, he hurriedly ate a few mouthfuls of food and left immediately without even putting away the bowl and chopsticks.

On TV, the show was "Bao Gong", which he didn't like, but he had no choice. It was good enough to watch it at all, and others couldn't watch it if they wanted to, because his uncle was not at home.

The yard was usually locked, so he could only watch in a low voice.

Everything about my uncle's family is good except that he is a little afraid of his aunt. Although his aunt is always approachable when she is not in class, Li Haoran is still afraid of her.

He didn't know why, but he felt that his aunt was not very happy today. She kept sighing twice while washing dishes.

Although everyone says that Teacher Zhou is the happiest woman on the island, Li Haoran doesn't think that's necessarily the case.

Little Tutu has never watched TV since he was scared the last time he watched "Calabash Brothers".

He also brought his idiots to act arrogantly in the yard and bully the chickens and ducks.

Li Haoran felt that as an elder brother he needed to take care of it, so he spoke to the idiot.

"Xiao Huang, go back to your doghouse."

Although my uncle called the dog idiot, he still insisted on calling it that.

Erbaiwu was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to do. He returned to the doghouse with his ears drooping.

"Tutu, you can't catch ducks anymore. You've almost plucked all the feathers out. If grandma comes back and sees you, she'll definitely spank you."

Little Tutu pouted but still listened to him, which made Li Haoran particularly proud.

Little Tutu is very naughty and dares to talk back to his grandma and uncle, but he always listens to Rang.

After Li Duoyu finished his simple meal, he told Zhou Xiaoying about catching jellyfish. She just smiled and asked him to be careful.

Li Duoyu was also very clear that he had indeed spent less time at home in recent times.

But after the company's big machine started running, he, as the boss, had too many things to worry about.

Li Duoyu went to the village committee first, cleared his throat, and then broadcast:

[Good evening, fellow villagers. I am Li Duoyu]

During dinner, the village radio sounded. When everyone heard Li Duoyu's voice, many of them stopped picking up food.

Now everyone knows very well that if the village radio broadcasts Lao Mao's voice, it must be some useless information.

Broadcast some spiritual documents conveyed by some organizations, and tell them not to smuggle or sneak across the border, and to strengthen ideological construction.

But if Director Li broadcasts it himself, it is usually closely related to them, and it is very likely that he will make money with them.

Sure enough, this broadcast was also about forming a fleet to take everyone to catch jellyfish.

But when they heard the word jellyfish, everyone hesitated. Some fishermen said:

"Did our Director Li drink alcohol today? How can we make money from jellyfish?"

"No matter whether it makes money or not, Duoyu has never made us lose money."

When the Zhao brothers were having dinner at home, they heard that they were going to catch jellyfish, so they started eating, drank up the kelp and bone soup cooked by their parents, and immediately ran towards the pier.

When Zhao's mother saw this, she couldn't help but frown: "He's just busy all day long. He's already so old, but he doesn't know how to find a partner first. Xiao Chao is younger than him, and he already has two children."

Father Zhao, smoking a cigarette, sighed and said, "You don't have to ask for so much. The lives of these two children were saved by Li Duoyu. Just let them live."

Mother Zhao was a little angry: "It was Li Duoyu who taught us that as long as we have money, we can choose any woman we want. Now these two bastards have lost their minds and don't even like ordinary women."

But what she didn't expect was that her husband actually agreed with this statement:

"It seems to be the same in our time. The ones who are more capable of working in the team would just pick the most beautiful woman in the team."

Mother Zhao's face darkened instantly and she asked, "You mean to say that I was the one left out?"

After hearing this, Zhao's father turned around immediately, and then he realized that he had said the wrong thing: "I'll go to the dock to see what the jellyfish is all about."

Before long, many fishermen with boats gathered at the dock, as well as villagers who came to watch the fun.

Li Duoyu bought two old trawl nets from Lao Chen and was planning to convert the trawl nets into large flat nets that could intercept objects.

This kind of net is quite common at the seaside. Tang Ping, who raises clams, often uses this kind of net.

However, he uses it as a fixed net, mainly to intercept marine fish and crabs outside the isolated breeding area to prevent the clams he cultivates from being eaten by those marine fish and crabs.

This type of net is quite common on beaches where clams are farmed and on mudflats where razor clams are farmed.

The net that Li Duoyu is making now is similar to his fixed net, but Li Duoyu is not intercepting sea fish, he wants to intercept jellyfish.

At that time, just put the net horizontally into the sea, hang a buoy on it and a big stone on the bottom.

The jellyfish floating along the ocean current will bump into the net one by one, and they just need to use the net to scoop them up, which can greatly improve the efficiency of fishing.

This fishing method was not invented by Li Duoyu, but something he saw on a short video in his previous life.

It’s interesting to say that many of the things I read out of boredom in my previous life are now useful.

After buying two trawl nets, Li Duoyu just gave a brief talk to the women who were mending the nets.

Unexpectedly, they knew how to do it. They took big scissors and kept cutting the trawl net as if they were cutting clothes.

The leader also said, "Xiuhua, sew this piece up."

"Yuzhu, you sew the back piece."

In less than an hour and a half, they processed the two trawl nets into a large blocking net three or four hundred meters long.

Li Duoyu was stunned by the efficiency. It turned out that every profession has its top talents, especially when it comes to weaving and mending nets.

There probably aren’t many people in the entire county who are stronger than these women.

Li Duoyu also admires his second sister-in-law very much. She is really an all-rounder and deserves to be the winner of the Red Flag Bearer award that year.

As long as "practice makes perfect" she performs quite well.

Just knowing that her second brother had gone to help her with work again, her face looked so bad, but when she knew that the fat boy had moved into their house, she immediately smiled again:

"Duoyu, if Haoran lives in your house, ask Xiaoying to teach him more when you are free. His grades are so poor, I am worried that he will not be able to keep up in junior high school. Then, how can he enter a technical secondary school?"

The woman who was mending the net nearby said with a smile: "If Haoran can get into a technical secondary school, it will definitely not be a problem for my Adong to get into university."

Zhu Xiuhua said angrily: "We Li family members are all good at studying, okay? Haoran is just naughty, it's not that he can't study."

"I'm just kidding. Can you please not be so anxious? Besides, my son Dong was originally one of the top five students in the district, so it's not difficult for him to get into a university."

Li Duoyu smiled and said quickly, "When I'm done with my work, I'll go directly to the city and buy Haoran a bunch of exercise books so that he can get into a technical secondary school."

Zhu Xiuhua was so happy to see Li Duoyu speaking for her. She really hated this woman named Mingyu.

They keep saying things like, this year's students are lucky because they have caught up with the reform, otherwise they wouldn't be able to get into junior high school.

In the final analysis, she just wanted to show off that her son did well in the exam and that Haoran was not worthy of going to junior high school.

Being always treated with such sarcasm by her, Zhu Xiuhua really hopes that Li Haoran can try his best and get into a technical secondary school to show everyone.

Li Duoyu smelled the smell of gunpowder and saw that the two women were about to confront each other again, so he quickly ran away.

If the fat boy knew that his uncle was planning to buy him an exercise book, he would probably run away overnight and would not dare to stay at his house at all.

A lot of people came to the dock, all of them were smoking and chatting there, but what they discussed most was how to make money from jellyfish.

"Isn't Li Duoyu really going to ask us to catch jellyfish?"

"I've eaten the pickled jellyfish from Chenjia Village. When it's freshly made, it bites you and your mouth feels numb. I got scared after eating it once."

"The jellyfish in Chenjia Village is not good. I've eaten it outside and others make it better."

Li Duoyu could understand that everyone was pessimistic about jellyfish, although people in many coastal areas have the habit of eating jellyfish.

But when it comes to jellyfish, not only do you have to get the right species, you also have to know how to pickle it, otherwise the jellyfish you make won’t be delicious.

Li Duoyu used a loud speaker to explain to everyone: "This time, I'm not taking you to catch the big jellyfish, but the red jellyfish."

Some fishermen asked curiously: "Director Li, aren't all jellyfish transparent? How come there are red ones?"

Li Duoyu said: "Maybe that kind of jellyfish is rare here, and it can only be found on Little Elephant Island. Let me tell you first, this time when you go out to sea, as long as you catch a jellyfish, I will give you five cents.

If someone thinks it's not cost-effective, I can also charter your boat and cover all the fuel costs, but you have to have at least two people working on the boat, and I'll pay you 40 dollars a day."

When they heard that the gas was all included and there was 40 yuan a day, the fishermen's eyes widened.

Normally, they could earn at most ten yuan from fishing, but this time they could earn forty yuan a day, which was really tempting.

The women who were weaving the nets were also very envious: "We work so hard here, and at most we can only earn two dollars a day."

"When will my man get a boat? I really don't want to mend the nets anymore."

"Mingyu, why wasn't your man chosen when we rented a boat last time?"

"He is so lazy that he fishes for three days and rests for two days. Teacher Zhou would never let someone like him rent a boat. If he wants to live a good life, he may have to wait until our Dongzi graduates from university."

Zhu Xiuhua on the side snorted:

"The child hasn't even started high school yet, and you're already thinking about relying on him to support you in the future. We as parents don't work hard, and we're always thinking about holding our children back."

After hearing this, Zhang Mingyu's face flushed and he shouted, "Zhu Xiuhua, did you come here just to quarrel with me today?"

I heard someone on the other side speak loudly.

Zhu Xiuhua shouted even louder: "I just came here to quarrel, what's wrong? Isn't it because your child is better at doing the test questions that you show off everywhere all day long? Don't let him fail to even get into a technical secondary school, and then who will be embarrassed?"

"you you you"

Looking at Zhu Xiuhua's burly body, Zhang Mingyu was really a little scared, but she didn't want to back down.

Seven or eight fishermen who were mending their nets dropped their fishing spears and hurriedly grabbed the two men.

"Mingyu, please stop talking."

"It's fine, why are you arguing?"

They really wanted to tell Zhang Mingyu that even if you and your husband were combined, they might not be able to beat Zhu Xiuhua.

By then, if she really beats you, Li Duoyu may not stand on your side.

Why bother?

Seeing the two women quarreling, all the men at the dock came to watch the show. They didn't know when this rule had been passed down.

If women quarrel, men generally won't try to persuade them, but these two were all talk and no action. They cursed at each other and then started to play catch-up.

The dock instantly returned to calm, and a fisherman said, "Director Li, we have two boats at home. Let's choose to charter the boat and take the 40 yuan."

The Zhao brothers thought about it and said, "We believe Brother Yu. Five cents for one fish is five cents. We will just count the money."

“My family also charters a boat”

Seeing that most people have difficulty making choices, Li Duoyu simply said, "How about this, we won't be so formal when the time comes. If everyone feels that they will lose money, they can choose to charter a boat or calculate it by the boat."

After Li Duoyu said this, everyone laughed. Then, most people chose the safer option of chartering a boat.

At this moment, Wang Jinshan, who had just been bitten by a jellyfish, also came and said, "Brother Yu, I want to join in, too. I'll press one too."

Li Duoyu frowned and said, "You got bitten, why don't you take a rest for two days?"

Wang Jinshan said bitterly: "After applying the alum you mentioned a few times, it seems to be fine now. I'm going to take revenge."

Li Duoyu then shouted into the trumpet: "By the way, we are fishing for jellyfish this time. If you have waders and gloves, please put them on. I have told you in advance that this thing will bite people."

"If you don't have any, go to the cooperative and buy some. If you get bitten, don't ask me for medical expenses."

The news that Li Duoyu's fleet was going to catch jellyfish quickly spread to Chenjia Village.

In less than an hour, six boats came from their village, and his cousin's husband was among them.

"Duoyu, we will go fishing for jellyfish with you. Our village is quite experienced in this."

"Yes, of course you are welcome."

At this time, nearly forty fishing boats had been assembled, most of which were powered, with only a few being small rowing boats.

When Li Duoyu saw that these small rowing boats also wanted to go out to sea with them, he refused on the spot.

After all, Little Elephant Island is considered to be in the open sea, where the waves are relatively large. If a rowing boat is used here, it is easy to capsize.

The fishermen in the rowboat smiled and said, "It's okay. We'll follow you. We promise nothing will happen."

Li Duoyu said seriously: "It's really not possible. I'll take you guys next time. You really can't joke around in the open sea."

Wang Jinshan also said:

"You'd better not go. I just came back from there today. A small boat like yours can't even be moved there, let alone catch jellyfish."

Everyone started to persuade him.

"Director Li and Duoyu are right. You can't joke around at sea."

The few people who were rejected were quite disappointed. They knew very well that they had missed another opportunity to make money.

It was almost two o'clock in the morning and everyone had prepared their fishing tools.

Most people wore rubber boots and rubber gloves, and my eldest cousin Li Shuguang also went out to sea on this trip.

Liu Yun's boat also followed, and Lao Lu's small tugboat also said it wanted to go together.

The fleet waited at the dock until almost 2:30 in the morning. The tide had risen, but the largest iron-hulled tugboat in the village had not returned yet.

The longer the time goes, the fewer jellyfish there are likely to be. Li Duoyu glanced at his watch and decided not to wait any longer.

"I'll lead the way for you later. Shuguang and Lao Lu's boats will be in the middle, and Liu Yun's boat will be at the end. We'll set off in this order. When the time comes, don't disrupt the formation, and don't overtake me. Got it?"

Everyone laughed and said, "We were worried that you were going too fast. With your boat, none of our boats can catch up with you."

Li Duoyu counted the boats and found a total of 37. He shouted with a loud speaker, "Okay, let's go."

"Dong dong dong."

Diesel engines started up one after another, and several large ships turned on their lights.

A fleet of ships in a straight line set out from the dock of Dandan Island. From a distance, it looked like a glowing sea dragon.

Many people in the village saw this scene, and some children smiled and said, "It's very beautiful."

Some elderly people couldn't help but sigh: "These days, there is really more and more hope."