1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer Chapter 632

(I just got off the highway at 7pm, the update is late today, sorry!)

The cold air of the twelfth lunar month arrived as promised, neither too early nor too late.

Put it before.

During the twelfth lunar month, most fishermen are already busy with New Year matters.

Women will start preparing for cleaning, worshiping ancestors and preparing New Year cakes, while men will start walking around the streets drinking and bragging.

But this year it seems to be particularly busy. There are fishing boats constantly delivering kelp seedlings to the new pier.

Their Li family's big tugboat has not gone out to sea for fishing in the past two weeks, but has been helping to transport kelp seedlings.

After all, the kelp nursery on Zhaojia Road has limited manpower, but the number of kelp seedlings this year far exceeded expectations.

Due to lack of experience, the nursery center has long been in chaos. Zhao Jialu has a pair of dark circles under his eyes all day long and wants to curse everyone he sees.

Seeing that he was about to collapse, Li Duoyu had to change a method. They did not need the nursery center to deliver the kelp seedlings from Dandan Island.

Li Duoyu themselves sent people and boats to pick directly at their nursery base. They only needed to send people to record the number of kelp seedlings.

Nowadays, the entire Dandan Island area near kelp farming is covered with simple shacks.

There's the new pier.

This year, we also put up an eye-catching banner with the words "Thirty days of special work, Dandan Island collectively strives for a well-off society".

This year, the villagers are also very impressive. It feels like more than half of the village is pinching kelp.

There were a lot of old people and children in particular, and all of them were blushing from the cold, but their hands and feet were very nimble.

Several older people were persuaded by Li Duoyu to go home. After all, collecting kelp seedlings was a good thing for the villagers. He didn't want any old people to be unable to live a better life because of collecting kelp seedlings. This Spring Festival.

But as soon as Li Duoyu left, these old men came back directly carrying the stove, murmuring: "With the stove, your hands will not freeze."

Although they are older and not as nimble with their hands and feet, as long as they carefully clip kelp seedlings, even they can make a dollar a day.

For many elderly people on the island, if they can't make money, they are like waste. They live frugally every day.

I just want to try my best not to trouble the children. Nowadays, there is such a good thing as kelp seedlings, how can they let it go.

At their age, if they can earn one yuan a day, it is simply a gift from God. They have no reason not to eat.

But even though half the village is already planting kelp seedlings, the manpower is still far from enough.

Because the efficiency of clipping kelp seedlings now is far lower than in the previous life, and now it is all done manually.

You have to manually break the brown rope and then clamp the kelp seedlings in. An eight-meter kelp rope requires almost a hundred kelp seedlings.

And one acre of kelp field.

Almost 50,000 kelp seedlings are needed.

In short, everyone must be very efficient and fast, otherwise the task will not be completed before the Chinese New Year.

Some kelp farmers are very anxious. They all want to finish harvesting their own kelp seedlings before Li Duoyu starts harvesting kelp seedlings.

Therefore, the prices on the island have been increasing. Yesterday, there was a fierce man like the second sister-in-law, who earned six yuan in one day.

After hearing the news, Zhu Xiuhua couldn't sit still at all. She rushed to the shack and picked up kelp seedlings with them.

But as soon as she sat down, before picking up a few kelp seedlings, Chen Huiying told her to go back.

"It's not three yet. Stay at home and don't run around. Be careful of fetal gas."

In order to solve the problem of insufficient manpower, as the village party secretary of Dandan Island, Chen Jianghe had to move two tables, bring a small speaker, and go to Qingkou Wharf in Shangfeng Town to recruit workers.

But when they got there, not only were they recruiting workers, but also several neighboring villages that grew kelp.

At the dock, he also met several village party secretaries from the neighboring village.

Zhang Dongsheng from Langqi Village,

Tang Wenchang from Shangqi Village was also there.

They set up two wooden tables and long wooden benches at the site. There was a simple banner behind them with the words "end of year recruitment" written on it.

A sign on the side reads:

[Recruiting kelp seedling workers, wages are calculated according to the work, the daily wage is at least two and a half yuan]

[Renting a boat with a diesel engine over seven meters in length is 15 yuan per day, and a boat with an oar is 8 yuan per day.]

After seeing the price, Chen Jianghe frowned on the spot. It seemed that the work was not going well.

Because Li Duoyu was very busy at the end of the year, the task of helping Xiasha Village recruit workers fell on him.

Originally, he had planned to stay up for another half month, and then he would also take a vacation, and then he could go home.

This year I just convinced my girlfriend that she was finally willing to go back to her hometown with him to visit.

I didn't think so,

The county actually called him to a meeting and told him to cooperate with Director Li and ensure that all the kelp seedlings in Xiasha Village could be released into the sea before the Chinese New Year.

"Oh, there are more than seven thousand acres."

There are 50,000 kelp seedlings per acre. Now, all the people in the village who are able to work have begun to plant kelp.

But it's still far from enough. So far, two weeks have passed, and the entire village has only covered 900 acres.

It was necessary to recruit at least two hundred more reliable workers to complete this task, so Chen Jianghe reported the situation.

In the county, recruitment information was published in newspapers. Unexpectedly, as soon as the news spread, workers from the neighboring villages came to intercept them.

What Chen Jianghe didn't expect was that the price of recruiting workers was already so expensive, and it actually cost two and a half yuan.

After seeing other people's prices, Chen Jianghe was embarrassed and put up the sign he had originally written.

Because he discussed with several kelp farmers in the village yesterday and planned to control the recruitment price to 2 yuan.

Unexpectedly, the price in these villages has actually increased to 2.5 yuan, and these workers are still hesitant, thinking that the price is too low, and bargaining there.

"Do you have food and accommodation included?"

“How is the accommodation?”

"How many days can I do this? Don't I just work for a few days and then run out of time?"

"How about we wait for Director Li? I heard that he has more than 3,000 acres. We can at least wait until the end of the year."

When Chen Jianghe heard this, the corner of his mouth twitched: "Don't wait for us. That stingy Director Li you talk about is only willing to pay two yuan." After Zhang Dongsheng and Tang Wenchang saw Chen Jianghe coming, they Tang Wenchang from Shangqi Village looked a little unhappy.

Just now, the two people were bragging and staring at each other because of the price of recruiting workers. After arguing and arguing, they raised the price to two and a half yuan.

After seeing Chen Jianghe coming, Zhang Dongsheng quickly handed Chen Jianghe a cigarette: "Zhishu Chen, are you here to recruit workers too?"

Chen Jianghe said a little displeasedly: "You were just in time. The newspaper had just been published in the county, and you came here to recruit people."

Zhang Dongsheng laughed and said: "We also saw it in the newspaper, so we came over quickly. By the way, can I ask when Director Li Duoyu plans to start collecting kelp?"

"It should be three days later."

"Director Li, have you hired the workers who will collect kelp seedlings?"

Chen Jianghe shook his head: "If he had already recruited me, I could go home for the holidays now, and I wouldn't have to come here to blow the cold wind."

"Zhishu Chen, thank you for your hard work." Zhang Dongsheng said in a low voice: "Our village is also very short of manpower now. Can you give me some face and don't raise the price too high later?"

"This year's labor is really expensive. If you raise the price further, we really can't afford it."

Chen Jianghe waved his hands and said helplessly: "I'm just the village party secretary. Do you think I can make decisions about prices?"

Zhang Dongsheng naturally understood what Chen Jianghe meant. After all, with such a powerful village director, his presence as the village party secretary was really low.

"Just don't make it too high, otherwise it will make our village lose face, and it will be a bit unpleasant if word spreads in the future."

"Okay, I'll discuss it with Director Li later and see what he says."

Chen Jianghe took out the second brother Li Duoyu temporarily lent him, looked around, held his head high and made a call.

"Ahem!"

"Director Li, the prices here are crazy. The lowest price for recruiting workers has reached 2.5 yuan. What do you want to do?"

Sure enough, when he made the call, everyone on the dock side looked at him, and he finally felt relieved.

But Zhang Dongsheng, who also had the second oldest brother, was embarrassed. In the end, he couldn't help but remind him in a low voice: "Zhishu Chen, you have to press that button first to talk. You can't contact Director Li like this."

At this moment, Chen Jianghe really wanted to go swimming in the sea. Fortunately, Zhang Dongsheng spoke softly, otherwise he would be really embarrassed.

Li Duoyu, who is extremely busy these days, received a "call" from Party Secretary Chen. After hearing the price, he immediately said: "Then just three yuan."

Chen Jianghe continued: "By the way, Party Secretary Zhang Dongsheng came over to greet us just now and hoped that we would not raise the price too high. What are you going to do?"

Li Duoyu was silent for a while, and then said: "What else can we do? Of course we must not give in on matters related to our interests. Let's do this. I can't decide for them how much money other farmers in our village will make, but if we recruit The workers here don't ask me if they pay less than five yuan.”

Chen Jianghe was stunned for a long time after hearing this. Li Duoyu usually searched and searched, but when something happened, he took action with great courage.

Chen Jianghe also had a smile on his face. If Li Duoyu refused to increase the price, then he really didn't want to do this job.

At present, Xiasha Village is the richest in the town and even the county. If the recruitment price is lower, he, the village party secretary, will really lose his face.

Chen Jianghe took out the black-painted wooden board, then erased the original two dollars and changed it to three dollars.

Then he took out his loudspeaker and shouted: "Xiasha Village is recruiting kelp workers. For those with experience, the starting price is at least three yuan a day."

As soon as the small horn sounded, workers nearby who were planning to collect kelp seedlings all came towards him.

After Tang Wenchang from Shangqi Village heard the price, he gritted his teeth and cursed: "Damn, when this Xiasha Village comes, nothing good will happen."

Zhang Dongsheng also sighed. He already knew the result when he saw Chen Zhishu pick up the second brother just now.

If you compete with Li Duoyu on price, you will definitely not be able to compete with them. Their entire village combined is not as rich as Li Duoyu.

Zhang Dongsheng said: "Collect your things and let's sail to the next county to recruit people."

But the village committee member who came with him said: "Zhang Secretary, as soon as Xiasha Village came, we left immediately. If word spreads, others will think that we in Langqi Village are afraid of them, and they might laugh at us in the future. ”

Zhang Dongsheng snorted: "If you like to laugh, just laugh. These days, only with money can you gain face. To put it harshly, our whole village is following Director Li now, so don't be a thorn in the side."

"Hurry up and collect your things and leave!"

Chen Jianghe also didn't expect that when he put out the price of three yuan, Langqi Village and Shangqi Village immediately closed the stalls.

Originally, he wanted to show off for a while, but he didn't expect that the other party was so cooperative and they all ran away.

After the end of recognizing ancestors and returning to the clan.

Li Duoyu never rested for a day because there were too many things on his hands.

I just went to the eel breeding factory in Nanri Town just yesterday to check the disinfection status of the pond there.

Yesterday, I went to Qixing Bay to inspect all the indoor ponds used for cultivating eel seedlings and started preparing water for cultivation.

Today, I was originally checking the shrimps and blue crabs at the shrimp pond, but I didn't expect Norio Oda to make a surprise attack.

Before the delivery time stipulated in the contract arrived, he drove the live fish boat to Dandan Island.

What can I say? It was too difficult to call them. He couldn't get through after calling for two days. He couldn't sit still, so he hired a live fish boat to come over.

Because they were too anxious, their live fish boat had an accident when it was near the waters of Langqi Village. The propeller hit the brown rope used for kelp farming. Now it has lost power and is floating on the sea.

He even almost had a conflict with a local kelp farmer.

At the same time, Li Duoyu also received a call from the Fisheries Bureau, hoping that they could bring some good people over to help with the rescue.

Li Duoyu was speechless, but he also guessed that Oda Norio was so anxious to get shrimps, which was probably related to the shrimp plague.

This year, the shrimp plague has swept across Asia, and people from island countries are also celebrating the New Year, and their comparisons are even more serious.

At this stage, the people of the island country are really poor and only have money. The more they lack something, the more they want to buy it. It is estimated that the price of shrimp will be 100% soaring this year.

Norio Oda, who is cooperating with him, will definitely make a lot of money this time, and he won't be so reckless because he doesn't know how to do things.

When Li Duoyu's fishing boat arrived at Langqi Village, he was quite speechless about the sea area in front of him.

No wonder Oda Norio's big ship collided with it. There was no plan for kelp farming in their village.

There aren't even navigational warning signs, so the locals can forget about it, but fishing boats from other places will most likely get caught.

Fortunately, the opponent's Baga flag is still very useful, otherwise their kelp field would be damaged, and they would not be able to leave here without losing a small boat.

After Norio Oda saw Li Duoyu's fishing boat, he seemed to have seen the reinforcements. He greeted him from a distance and shouted:

"Li Sang, we are here." (End of Chapter)

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