In 1983, a small island started from a large farmer

It's quiet at night.

Cricket cricket cricket.

Little Tutu played all day and fell asleep early.

After everyone finished dinner, Zhou Xiaoying went to the kitchen to wash the dishes, and Li Duoyu hurried over.

"You go take a shower, let me take it instead."

Seeing him so proactive, Zhou Xiaoying felt that he had ulterior motives. She smelled the sweat on his body and said with disgust, "You stink so badly. Go take a shower."

"Okay, I'll wash it right away."

Zhou Xiaoying frowned. He was being too attentive for no reason. He must be trying to cause trouble.

While taking a shower, Li Duoyu regretted building this bathroom. He still missed the famous scene of watching Teacher Zhou wiping his body through the mosquito net.

Now I can't even see any hair. Why do I feel like I'm shooting myself in the foot?

Li Duoyu ate a lot of rock oysters today, and also secretly made a bag of deer antler powder to drink. He had forgotten who gave him this stuff.

It could be Manager An, or it could be some leader. He simply stirred it with warm water and drank it down with a gulp.

Some people say that eating these two things together will have a great effect. Anyway, Li Duoyu ate them all, and except for feeling hot in the lower abdomen, there was no other reaction.

To be honest, it would be better to have a bottle of Red Bull from my previous life, or some wine.

After the two of them lay down on the bed, Li Duoyu supported his head with one hand and looked directly at Zhou Xiaoying, and it seemed like he had no intention of sleeping.

As a couple for so many years, Zhou Xiaoying naturally knew what he wanted to do.

"It will disturb the baby."

Li Duoyu said disappointedly, "No, Teacher Zhou, this is all you can say now, right? You were afraid Haoran would hear it before, and now you're afraid the baby would hear it. You can't do this to me."

Li Duoyu hugged her from behind, then held her with his legs and put his hands directly into her clothes.

"Let go, tomorrow."

Seeing that Teacher Zhou was not willing to cooperate at all, Li Duoyu made a bitter face and couldn't help asking, "Is there something wrong with your body?"

"You're the one with the problem."

Li Duoyu frowned and said, "That shouldn't be the case. Thirty is like a wolf, forty is like a tiger."

Before Li Duoyu finished speaking, Zhou Xiaoying pinched him and said, "I'm not even thirty yet."

"Comrade Xiaoying, your husband's eel pond is almost full. If you don't add water, the eels will escape from the pond and be picked up by others."

Zhou Xiaoying turned around suddenly and said with a smile: "Tell me who picked up the eel."

Seeing Zhou Xiaoying's angry look, Li Duoyu quickly said, "You've been the only one to pick it up. If you don't believe me, feel it yourself."

"Ah~~"

Zhou Xiaoying was speechless. How could this man be so frivolous at night? She was so angry that she wanted to punch him on the spot.

Li Duoyu took the opportunity to hug her into his arms, and then wrapped them both in a quilt: "Tutu will be disturbed in bed, that's not easy."

After saying that, the two people wrapped in quilts rolled onto the bed.

Zhou Xiaoying was shocked.

"You're going to die, the floor is dirty, just spread the quilt on the ground."

Li Duoyu frowned and said, "Just wash it if it's dirty. If you don't spread it, I'm afraid your knees will hurt."

Zhou Xiaoying blushed on the spot.

"Shut up! Don't make any noise for a while. Do you hear me?"

"Got it. I promise not to make any noise." After saying that, Li Duoyu began to take off his clothes impatiently.

But Teacher Zhou's level of cooperation left him speechless.

This won't work. If she doesn't cooperate, it will seriously affect the harmony of the family.

Li Duoyu changed his mind and felt that this shouldn't be the case, as they had a very good relationship.

Besides, at this age, Teacher Zhou should be passionate and shouldn't be so cold. There must be something wrong.

At this moment, he suddenly remembered what Old Tang said in his previous life: women are more emotional. Sometimes, when you are exhausted, she will pretend to hum a few times to make you feel a sense of accomplishment.

In fact, coaxing her with a few words is more effective than working yourself to death. Once the other person gets emotional, you will move.

Li Duoyu didn't know how to coax her, so he praised her for her beauty, but was it necessary to praise her like that?

What can you do by praising her?

Compared with mine, her achievements are far inferior to mine. She might even give me the cold shoulder.

Li Duoyu thought for a long time and felt that it was because he was too busy recently and distanced himself from her, which caused her to be upset.

Li Duoyu really couldn't figure it out, but he simply applied the universal formula and reported to the hostess about his recent situation and how much money he had actually made from jellyfish.

Sure enough, after listening to the things related to money, Zhou Xiaoying was particularly happy and very interested.

"How are you going to spend so much money?"

She was in the mood, but Li Duoyu's little tent was secretly leaking. It turned out that once a person's attention was diverted, he would be easily distracted.

Fortunately, this body is still young. If it were in the previous life, it would probably have been over.

Li Duoyu explained the future use of the money, including how much money would be paid each month, the cost of animal feed, etc.

Li Duoyu said, "Didn't you say last time that you still wanted to buy a store? I'll leave you 50,000 or 60,000 yuan, and you can choose a few good stores."

Zhou Xiaoying thought about it for a while, then shook her head and said, "Forget it. Your expenses are too high. It won't be too late to buy it later when you can make ends meet."

Li Duoyu said, "Don't be like my second brother, always worrying about money. I will take care of the money. Do you remember the clove fish in Dinghai Bay?"

Zhou Xiaoying asked in confusion, "Didn't they say we are not allowed to go over there to fish this year?"

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "If we are not allowed to fish, he will not be able to sell it. The mayor of Xiaocheng Town in Dinghai Bay has contacted me and wants to cooperate with me."

"Why didn't you say that just now?"

Li Duoyu scratched his head and said, "I just remembered that I don't have to do anything this time. I just need to be a middleman."

Zhou Xiaoying thought for a while, then got up, took out a small notebook from the drawer, and said:

"Since we rented the house, we have received a total of 1,800 yuan in rent. Just like you said, the store price has really increased, and it has increased a lot."

"When we bought it, it was only 20,000 or 30,000 yuan, but now it's 30,000 or 40,000 yuan. The rent for the store is at least 150 yuan per month."

"It just so happens that the introducer who connected us has several stores, but the location may not be as good as the one we bought last year."

Zhou Xiaoying just said this

Li Duoyu said directly: "Don't worry about the location, as long as there are vacant stores, we will buy them all."

In this era, even the worst store can be located in a prime location within a few years.

Zhou Xiaoying nodded: "I think so too. By the way, I have something to discuss with you."

Li Duoyu felt that what Teacher Zhou had said before were probably not the reasons, and this was the real topic at the moment.

Li Duoyu squeezed Zhou Xiaoying. Why are women made of water? It really fits perfectly!

Zhou Xiaoying frowned and said, "Let me finish what I'm saying first. But don't be angry after I say it."

Li Duoyu was stunned. What else could it be? He would get angry after hearing it.

"It's like this. Xiao Weidong's parents have been making a fuss. Shanshan might have to leave Dandan Island, so I lent her two hundred yuan."

"Oh, what then?"

Li Duoyu looked indifferent. To him, this was just something that would happen sooner or later.

Zhou Xiaoying frowned and said, "Why aren't you surprised at all? Shanshan is leaving and I lent her money."

"What's so surprising? She's not my wife. Even if she leaves with someone else, it's none of my business."

"Besides, it's only two hundred dollars, so you don't need to report to me. If it's not over a thousand in the future, you can make your own decision."

Hearing this, Zhou Xiaoying couldn't help but laugh, and then, as if she had made a mistake, she whispered, "If I say it, I'll leave too."

After hearing this, Li Duoyu was really cheered up. The entire Dandan Island Primary School was originally short of teachers.

Lin Shanshan and Zhou Xiaoying are the two best teachers. If they both leave, Principal Zhu will have a headache.

No, that's not the point.

Li Duoyu looked at Zhou Xiaoying who was grinning: "You don't want to go to Rongcheng with Shanshan, do you?"

Zhou Xiaoying shook her head and said, "No."

"Then what are you doing? You said you were leaving."

Zhou Xiaoying quickly explained, "It's like this. I've been learning English on my own recently, but I've hit a bottleneck and can't make any progress. So I thought about signing up for an English correspondence course."

"It's a correspondence course."

Zhou Xiaoying was stunned and asked, "Do you know about correspondence courses?"

Li Duoyu smiled. Of course he knew about correspondence courses. It seemed to be a particularly popular way of further study in the 1980s and 1990s.

"But if you sign up for this, will you still have time to teach?"

Zhou Xiaoying nodded and said, "I have consulted. Our correspondence courses are mainly held on weekends, winter vacations, and summer vacations. They are aimed at those who are working, so it will not affect their work."

Li Duoyu thought for a while and said, "Okay, then you go. As for Xiao Tutu, I'll ask my mother to bring some more."

Zhou Xiaoying didn't expect Li Duoyu to be so straightforward and thought he would definitely not agree.

Li Duoyu glanced at his watch and said, "Teacher Zhou, I have been chatting with you for more than an hour. My time is very valuable. Please pay me first."

Zhou Xiaoying snorted, "How much is it? I'm considered a landlady now, I can afford it."

"You think too highly of yourself. Your husband's appearance fee is at least five thousand per hour."

Zhou Xiaoying glanced at him and said, "Professional English translation experts from abroad don't charge as much as you for one hour."

After coming into contact with English contracts, Zhou Xiaoying realized that contracts were so complicated. He also heard that it would cost about 5,000 yuan to ask a professional to translate a contract.

This time she is taking a correspondence course, focusing on this area. Maybe she can really help her husband in the future.

"I am just like them, a top talent. Last year, Haixin Eel Factory paid me 30,000 yuan for every time they contacted me."

"Okay, okay, you're awesome."

"Of course. How can a man say he can't do it?"

Li Duoyu couldn't bear it any longer.

"Take off your watch first. It hurts me every time you hit me. Last time, you even scratched my back."

Li Duoyu quickly took off his watch and became anxious.

"Take your hands off my hair."

The fun here is so exciting.

But in a seedling base in the county town, a young man felt like he was going crazy.

At night, the temperature outside is still around 30 degrees, but in the nursery base, it is less than 20 degrees.

The water in the nursery pond was only ten degrees. It was indeed cool in there, but his heart was bleeding.

Ever since he took over the nursery and made it semi-independent from the Fisheries Research Institute, he found out that it was a big pit.

The chiller outside has to run continuously for twenty hours, otherwise the kelp soaked in the nursery pond will rot due to the high temperature.

Looking at the electric meter that was running very fast, Zhao Jialu asked his assistant, "Should the institute pay for the electricity bill this month, or should we pay for it?"

"Director Zhao, last month it was the institute that settled the bill, but starting this month, we have to settle it ourselves."

"But there is no money in our account. How can we settle the payment?"

The assistant scratched his head, feeling that this was not something he should consider, so he did not answer.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Zhao Jialu was at a loss. Since he came here, he had discovered the researchers here.

Each one is made of wood.

None of them are very talkative. I guess the one who talks the most is my uncle Chen Dongqing. But recently he has been at Li Duoyu's shrimp farm and has seldom come here.

Li Duoyu said it was easy to take over the nursery base, but it was really difficult to do.

There are so many things to learn. Now there are four main types of seedlings in the seedling base.

Kelp seedlings, clam seedlings, razor clam seedlings and oyster seedlings, among which kelp seedlings, clam seedlings and razor clam seedlings, are all produced by the seedling base.

The oyster seedling breeding base is on Dandan Island.

But just the kelp seedlings alone were enough to give him a hard time. He used to think that growing kelp was a very simple thing.

It was not until I arrived at the seedling base that I understood why it is called kelp summer seedlings. This thing has another name.

"Low-temperature cultivation of kelp seedlings."

It is very easy to understand. The sea water temperature in the south is too high in summer, which is not suitable for the growth of kelp seedlings. Therefore, cold water is needed indoors to allow the kelp to grow comfortably.

When the sea water temperature drops to a level suitable for the growth of seedlings, they are moved back into the sea for cultivation.

"Damn it, the treatment is better than others." Zhao Jialu couldn't help but curse. This is simply a money-losing thing. If his seedling base becomes independent, the electricity bill will no longer be backed by the "organization".

If the kelp seedlings are not sold at a higher price, I probably won’t be able to make back the electricity bill.

No wonder Li Duoyu looks down on this place and would rather cultivate shrimp seedlings than touch the kelp seedlings.

Although Chen Dongqing and Li Duoyu have been secretly helping him in this matter, he is still under tremendous pressure.

Because this nursery base is very critical. To put it bluntly, if it is not done well.

This year, all kelp farmers and clam farmers will definitely come to the nursery base to make trouble.

Therefore, whether it is kelp seedlings or clam seedlings, he cannot make any mistakes and must ensure that these farmers can get the seedlings smoothly this year.

The number of kelp seedlings this year is even more exaggerated. Last year, the number of kelp seedlings registered was about 4,000 acres.

This year it has soared to 10,000 acres, and the total clam farming area is 4,000 acres.

Chen Dongqing also said that it is almost time to start breeding kelp seedlings, and then take care of them until mid-November.

Until the weather gets colder.

The process ends only after the seedlings are delivered.

Then at that time, we must immediately start cultivating clam and razor clam seedlings, and then deliver the seedlings in the early spring of the following year.

Zhao Jialu is really going crazy.

In the past, after get off work, I could go home immediately, and even after dinner, I could go to the dance hall to dance around and find a pretty girl to play with.

Now I wake up every day to work and learn a lot of knowledge about seedling cultivation.

The seedling base is different from those related departments. Some department leaders do not need professional skills or knowledge at all. They just need to hold meetings every day.

But it’s different at the nursery base. The people there are all technical personnel. If I don’t learn something, I probably won’t even be able to start a meeting.

When I was young, I was still a fashionable young man. But when I looked in the mirror recently, I found that I was dark and ugly. It might be because of the seaside. My hair is always greasy even without wax.

I used to think that Li Duoyu’s hands were indeed a bit scary, and now my own hands are not much better.

During this period, he had many blisters due to frequent soaking in water and moving things.

Zhao Jialu took a look at his watch that had just been damaged by sea water and couldn't help but sigh.

If he had to say what he regretted, he definitely felt a little bit of regret, but even though this period was very hard, he had a sense of accomplishment that he had never had before. This was something he had never had before, so he gritted his teeth and still had the confidence to build the nursery base well.

It’s just a little far from home.

I miss home, my wife and children.