Vol 3 Chapter 448: It’s time to plant kelp seedlings again

Vol 3 Chapter 448: It’s time to plant kelp seedlings again

The military green clothes instantly attracted the attention of most people on the pier, especially the two touches of red on the collars of their uniforms.

 Although I had told the villagers not to come and watch, a lot of people still came.

Especially the unmarried girls on the island, all looked at the disciple soldiers with admiration.

“They are all so handsome and energetic. They are indeed different from the men in our village.”

Li Duoyu was slightly embarrassed and felt offended by these words.

When some men in the village heard this, they retorted on the spot: "What's the use of being handsome? When they retire from the army, they will still have to work in the fields. In two years, they will be like us."

“We are talking about those officers and recruits who are younger than us.”

"Well"

 Li Duoyu smiled bitterly. Women in this era do admire soldiers.

According to his experience in two lifetimes, it seems that every time the military and civilians unite, one or two military wives are born, and they are usually female teachers.

Li Duoyu noticed that after the soldiers arrived on the island, an old man in the crowd saluted directly when he saw them.

The thin body stood very upright. Li Duoyu couldn't help but look at the old man twice. Everyone seemed to call him Lao Zhang because of his inconvenient legs and feet.

He has never married a wife, has a rather eccentric personality, and lives a very simple life. He wears a very old old-fashioned uniform all year round. The clothes are full of holes and have been mended several times, but he just can't bear to change them.

 Li Duoyu once heard that when he was a child, he participated in the Northern War against America, and he still had a pistol given to him by the leader at home.

Seeing that the crowd of onlookers was getting bigger and bigger, Li Duoyu held a "big loudspeaker" and shouted: "Don't look anymore, everyone, give way, don't cause unnecessary trouble to our people's soldiers."

 Some relatively bold girls said:

“There are many fish, but it won’t matter if you look at them twice. How long will they stay? When will they organize a party for us?”

After hearing this, the Zhao brothers’ faces turned dark and they became inexplicably nervous.

 Now in the village, there are already more men than women. If more people marry outside the village, the competition will be even greater, and the matchmakers will definitely charge sky-high prices.

Zhao Dahai hurriedly said: "Director Li, this is not good. It can easily cause problems. What should we do if someone becomes pregnant after the friendship but cannot find his biological father?"

The young women who heard this all stared at Zhao Dahai: "You can stop saying a few words about your bad mouth. If you can't find it yourself, why don't you let others find it? Besides, is there any woman in our village who is willing to marry a man?" Like the widow."

Zhao Dahai, who was said so, responded on the spot: "When I make money, I will go to the next village and find anyone who is not better-looking than you."

 “Then go find it.”

Seeing them arguing, Li Duoyu had a headache and coughed twice: "We'll talk about this when we have a chance. Now everyone, please give in and get to work quickly."

 After Brother Abing landed on the island.

They lined up directly on the spot. Due to discipline reasons, they did not plan to live close to the village.

Mainly because they were worried about causing unnecessary trouble, the soldiers directly picked up all the equipment and trotted to Beilan Territory.

　Seeing them leaving like this, some young women were a little disappointed: "Why don't you live in the village?"

“Ahua, what are you thinking about? I can’t live in your house even if I live in the village.”

The woman named A Hua smiled and said: "I would like to just take someone away, so that I don't have to nag me all day long."

 Li Duoyu and the village cadres also went to Beilan Ling to communicate with Company Commander Xu and Instructor Zhang.

They found a relatively flat piece of land and built a camp with tarps and iron pots.

As they were building, Li Duoyu asked: "Company Commander Xu, Instructor Zhang, is there anything missing?"

Xu Donghua thought about it for a while. They all brought their own rice, oil, salt, flour, etc., but there were indeed some things they were lacking.

That means that the firewood they brought may not be enough, and the Beilan collar seems to be bare everywhere, as if there is firewood for them to collect, and they don’t know where to get fresh water at the moment.

“Director Li, there are regulations above that we cannot take things from the masses. Just tell us where to collect firewood and fetch water.”

Li Duoyu smiled and said: "That's different. The people at the dock are the masses, but we are from the same organization. Besides, you are here to help us. If you have any difficulties, just raise them and I will help you solve them."

Just when they put down their equipment and luggage, Li Duoyu discovered that they were lacking a lot of things, not just firewood and fresh water.

 The only things they brought were some rice, pickled vegetables and some flour, but no meat or vegetables at all.

They came to the island to do physical work. Without high-protein food, these young soldiers would lose weight in less than half a month.

 Although there are regulations from above, a veteran like him is still quite good at taking advantage of loopholes.

 Next.

 Li Duoyu and the village cadres introduced the information about Dandan Island to Company Commander Xu and Instructor Zhang.

 Including the location of the new wharf, where the quarry will be, where the windmill will be erected, and the road to be built.

In addition to these, Li Duoyu also brought a hand-drawn map of Dandan Island and handed them the hydrography and tidal fluctuation tables of the waters near the island.

With so many new recruits, bathing is definitely a problem. It is impossible for them to wash themselves with fresh water, and nine times out of ten they will definitely play in the water.

The waters of Beilan Territory are relatively deep and relatively dangerous. Li Duoyu marked several dangerous places with turbulent currents and even exaggerated some of them.

 In the end, Li Duoyu was still worried, so he tied a red ribbon with a bamboo pole and erected a wooden sign to remind them of the dangers in this sea area.

These soldiers are here to help on the island. As the village director, what Li Duoyu hopes to see most is that they come here happily and return safely.

 The second day after Abing Ge landed on the island.

 The muffled sound of "boom, boom, boom" kept coming from the island, and rocks were already being exploded.

On the third day, the engineer responsible for the windmill project also came to the island, and the project officially started operation.

Volunteers from the two villages on Dandan Island also came in to help. The main idea is that one person is more powerful and it takes less than a few days.

 The new wharf was already piled with stones. At first, the food of the soldiers and the villagers was cooked separately.

 At Li Duoyu's suggestion, in order to reduce the workload of the gang leader, the two parties simply started eating from a big pot.

It was from this day on that these soldiers fell in love with seafood. Of course, there were some poor people who became allergic to seafood when they ate it. They could only look at their comrades helplessly as they ate seafood.

Especially the grilled oysters, grilled saury, and the sweet and delicious shrimps. Their favorite drink is the fish soup, and their favorite is the hard dried fish that can be carried in their pockets. When you're hungry, just take a bite.

What Li Duoyu didn’t expect was that Company Commander Xu and Instructor Zhang took the initiative to find him, hoping to hold a military-civilian gathering.

Li Duoyu frowned and said, "Would this violate the regulations?"

Instructor Zhang said seriously: "No, this is to unite the masses. Our superiors still support us."

 Due to the special nature of their profession, young officers and soldiers have almost no contact with the opposite sex, and it is very difficult to find a suitable partner.

 In order to solve their marriage and love problems, superior units often organize various social gatherings.

 “Have you fallen in love with a young woman?”

Since they have become quite familiar with each other these days, Captain Xu did not hesitate and said directly: "There is a female teacher in the school who is quite good-looking."

 “As expected, I went to the teacher.”

"Okay, I'll try my best to arrange it for you, but I don't know if the other party will participate."

It was during this friendship that two young female teachers at Dandan Island Primary School were very likely to be promoted to military wives.

 The most hurtful person in this incident was not the singles like the Zhao brothers. After all, it was impossible for them to pursue the female teacher in the first place.

The one who was most hurt was the male teacher in the primary school. He had just made some accusations, but felt that he was just missing the point, and ended up picking peaches for others.

 But because they are teachers and they still want to save face, they cannot just jump in and scold others like the Zhao brothers. After a month of day and night processing, the soldiers who came at the beginning were all turned into black charcoal.

The number of villagers from Dandan Island who came to help changed several times, and finally it was mid-November of the lunar calendar.

The new pier in Beilanling is almost ready, and its length alone is three times that of the old pier.

 The dock has a draft of nearly ten meters. When the time comes, even 10,000-ton fishing boats will be able to dock.

 Due to the rush of the project and the prefix "国", mechanized equipment was immediately put on the island as soon as the wharf was built.

 Nearly ten imported bulldozers and excavators were directly dispatched. When these big guys came to the island, almost half of the children on the island came to watch.

 After all, in this era, which child doesn’t like excavators? In fact, even Li Duoyu likes to see them.

With peanuts and wine, he might actually be able to watch it all day long.

With the arrival of large-scale machinery and equipment, the villagers who came to help were stopped, mainly because of the danger.

After all, there are bulldozers and excavators. If the villagers run around, they will not only be in danger, but also cause trouble to the master.

Of course, the most important point is that there is not much need. The strength of more than fifty villagers working hard to open a road may not be comparable to that of an excavator.

With the first few days of the twelfth lunar month, the cold air that kelp farmers have been waiting for has finally arrived.

 This year, Li Duoyu’s kelp farming area did not increase much, only about 250 acres.

As for the kelp farmers on Dandan Island, some are more willing to invest money and have expanded to more than 100 acres.

 The main reason is that Li Duoyu has no need to increase his sales. His current identity is mainly an exporter.

The Nagasaki Fisheries Association now only recognizes him. If those kelp farmers want to export, they can only bring the kelp to his side to sell it.

These days, kelp farmers are vying for people everywhere. After relatives met, they quickly said: "Second uncle, my kelp seedlings will arrive the day after tomorrow. Your family needs to come and help."

 “Oh, Lao Chen.”

 Some relatives, who had relatively few relatives, directly held the "Dangshenggong" at the pier and shouted: "Come and experience it, help pick up kelp seedlings, at least two pieces a day."

Last year, many kelp farmers signed up for the job, starting from one yuan a day.

But this year, the market has completely changed. The price has increased to as high as two yuan, and people have to be recruited. Otherwise, if you ask, you will be booked away.

 Lao Lu, who is on the other side of the pier, has also established a kelp field of 70 to 80 acres this year. If he wants to do it before the year, he will need at least 20 people.

Since he really couldn't rob anyone, he spent money directly and used the village's broadcasting equipment.

"Those with experience will be charged two and a half yuan a day. Those who want it can go directly to the old Lu's house on the dock to sign up. We need twenty people, ten men and ten women."

 Li Duoyu's family should be the largest on the island, with all their relatives combined covering more than 500 acres.

All her relatives came to help, and there were not enough manpower. The eldest aunt had no choice but to go to Nanri Town to find help.

 I directly invited No. 30 people to help, mainly relatives from my aunt's side. Li Duoyu also saved a lot of trouble.

 At that time, relatives like the eldest aunt and uncle will start picking up their kelp seedlings after the eldest uncle and third uncle's.

 And the aunt’s approach of directly looking for people from outside the island instantly opened up an idea for the farmers on the island.

 If the manpower on the island is not enough, you can definitely ask outsiders to help.

As a result, some farmers took advantage of the time to catch up with the fish farmers and recruited people to come to the island to help collect kelp seedlings.

 It turned out that the kelp farmers in Shangqi Village and Langqi Village coincided with their ideas.

 This month before the Chinese New Year, Shangfeng Town started a vigorous battle to grab labor.

 What no one expected was that at the end of the rush, at the most expensive time, the price of a labor was raised to four yuan, which was four times the price in previous years.

During the time when I was collecting kelp, there was someone who was scolding me every day, that is, Chen Dongqing, who was in charge of distributing kelp seedlings.

During this period, he was at the nursery base almost every day.

“Chen Fugui from Shangqi Village, what you registered this year was obviously ten acres, why do you need twenty acres of kelp seedlings now?”

The farmer named Chen Fugui saw that Chen Dongqing was smoking. When no one was around, he stuffed a pack of imported cigarettes into his pocket.

“Leader, I accidentally drove too many kelp piles. I made a wrong report earlier. Please be accommodating and give me twenty acres.”

 Chen Dongqing took out the cigarettes and gave them back to him on the spot, and cursed: "If you ask for more, there will definitely be fewer people. Besides, do I look so easy to handle? You can kill me with just one pack of cigarettes."

After hearing this, Chen Fugui seemed to have an enlightenment: "Boss, I understand. I will bring you a box."

Chen Dongqing said disgustedly:

“Ten boxes are useless, ten acres are ten acres. If you really want it, then register it and divide the seedlings into equal parts. If there is any left, I will leave it to you.”

 “Thank you, leader.”

Chen Dongqing frowned and said, "Don't call me leader. If my leader hears this, he might give me some shoes and call me comrade, or Section Chief Chen."

“Chief Chen, thank you very much.”

 What troubles Chen Dongqing the most is that because there are too many kelp seedlings distributed for free, the superior units do not want to allocate this expense to the subordinates, and they must bear the responsibility for their own profits and losses.

 In other words, if you want to get kelp seedlings next year, you will probably need money.

But it makes sense to think about it. The scale of kelp farming has increased dramatically this year, with the entire county’s kelp farming reaching an astonishing 5,000 acres.

They spent 50,000 to 60,000 yuan just to cultivate these kelp seedlings, but what made Chen Dongqing the most unhappy was this.

 What date is this?

Why hasn't this Li Duoyu come to get the kelp seedlings? This guy wants to kill people.

 What Chen Dongqing doesn't know is that Li Duoyu has something more important to do now.

He stood at the crab pond and pulled up a ground cage, which was densely packed with blue crabs.

Most of them are seven to eight liang of crabs. The larger ones have grown to one pound. When the big crabs are opened, they are quite big.

Li Duoyu casually grabbed a blue crab and stood up. The blue crab held up its big claw and kept resisting, but it was of no use.

 After all, this two-legged beast is grabbing its last pair of feet. No matter how much it resists, its big claws cannot catch him.

　　After Li Duoyu caught the blue crab, he knocked on the crab shell and pinched the crab legs. Unexpectedly, the meat was quite plump and firm.

While the blue crab wasn't paying attention, Li Duoyu opened the blue crab shell directly, and it was full of crab roe.

And the crab paste is very good and slightly red in color. For locals, this kind of blue crab is the most delicious. If you use it to make sturgeon rice, it is really good.

Chen Wenchao widened his eyes and said, "Brother Yu, there's a lot of blue crab paste, it's so fat."

Li Duoyu opened another blue crab, which was also full of crab paste.

“Xiao Chao, pick out a box of good blue crabs and send it to Xinyuan Aquatic Products Company. Then go directly to Manager Chen Yuan Yuan to see if they want this batch of goods.”

“The Chinese New Year is coming soon, blue crabs should be very popular, and we will try to clear the crab ponds before the Chinese New Year.”

After all, the two parties have signed a contract. Xinyuan Aquatic Products Company has priority over the seafood from Minlong Food Breeding Factory, and when they sell seafood, they will note that it is produced by Minlong Food.

“Brother Yu, I will send the blue crabs over this afternoon.

 Chen Wenchao scratched his head and asked: "Then if Manager Chen asks, how many blue crabs do we have, how should I answer?"

Li Duoyu thought for a while: "If she asks, just tell her directly, there are about 40,000."

 “Okay, I get it.” (End of chapter)