1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer Chapter 645

Chapter 645 Dad, I'm not asleep yet

Seeing that these children were quite interesting, Li Duoyu asked, "Do you think that Li Duoyu is handsome?"

The little boy said: "I saw it from a distance once, and I thought it was a little worse than you, uncle."

"You're a kid who can talk. Okay. I bought your blue crab for two yuan."

"Thank you, uncle." The little boy was quite excited: "Uncle, I will tie up this blue crab for you so that your hands will not be pinched."

"You can also tie blue crabs."

The little boy actually took out two five-jointed awn leaves from his pocket, kneaded them into ropes, and tied them up on the spot.

"I have been tying three-eyed crabs with my father at the pier since I was a child. I am not bragging. Hehe~~ Despite my young age, I have tied not only tens of thousands of crabs, but also several thousand."

Li Duoyu gave a thumbs up and said in appreciation: "Yes, it's great. I will definitely have a future."

The little boy blushed a little after being praised by Li Duoyu.

After Li Duoyu got the crab, he took out a wallet directly from his pocket and gave two dollars from it to the leading little boy.

"Thank you, uncle!" The little boy took the money with both hands and smiled happily.

The other children stared wide-eyed at the two banknotes with the Great Wall on the back.

At this moment, I can't wait to dig up a few more blue crabs.

Seeing that it was already dark and these children were all wet, Li Duoyu said, "It is already dark and it is very cold at night. You should go home quickly."

The little boy grinned and said: "We will dig for a while and then go back. If we can't catch blue crabs, we will go back."

"By the way, uncle, if we catch blue crabs again, will you still buy them?"

Li Duoyu thought for a moment: "Okay, if you catch it, sell it to me directly later."

The little boy asked: "Where shall we find you later?"

Li Duoyu frowned and thought for a moment: "If you catch it, just take it to the guard."

Hearing the word "doorman", the little boy said with some embarrassment: "Uncle, can you change the place? We are afraid that the doorman will confiscate our blue crabs."

"No, if you give him the blue crab and then say it is for the fourth son of the Li family, he will not only not confiscate it, but will also give the money directly to you."

"Okay, Uncle Li Si."

Li Duoyu was stunned for a moment, Zhang San Li Si? Then he laughed: "Okay, there's nothing wrong with calling me Li Si."

The light of the torch reflected the children's cheeks, all of them were dirty, but their eyes were very clean and clear.

The appearance of this group of children also reminded Li Duoyu of some things from his childhood.

Although the memory is very blurry, Li Duoyu still remembers some things.

When he was a child, one year even the sweet potato harvest was not good and there was nothing to eat.

It happened that the tide went out in the middle of the night, and Li Duoyu was forcefully dragged out of bed by his mother-in-law.

He and Zhou Xiaoying followed Aniang to fish for Xiaohai, and they actually caught a big blue crab for him, but they were caught by it and cried loudly.

In order to help him, Zhou Xiaoying bit the blue crab's claws into pieces with her teeth.

It is estimated that it was from that time that Xiaoying started to like eating blue crabs.

Unexpectedly, so many years have passed so quickly.

Li Duoyu left with the tied blue crabs. To him, two yuan was really a small amount of money, but to these children, they could do a lot of things.

The children of the poor become rich early.

These children reminded Li Duoyu of the little girl catching crickets at Rongcheng Pier. It is estimated that her mother is in good health and should be going to school.

Li Duoyu suddenly felt that compared to these children, Xiao Tutu was too happy.

In two years, let him make his own money to buy toys.

After returning to the factory, Li Duoyu briefly explained a few words to the guard.

Then he went to the canteen, where the workers happened to be eating.

Li Duoyu threw the blue crab to the fire in the cafeteria and said: "Uncle Zhang, use this blue crab to make seafood porridge, add more lean meat, add some **** to dispel the cold, and make it a bigger portion. , almost five children can have enough to eat.”

"OK."

The boss in the cafeteria didn't ask any questions, thinking it was the boss's child who wanted to come over to eat.

"Director Li, you haven't eaten yet. Do you want me to cook you a separate meal?"

Li Duoyu shook his head and said, "No, I can just eat the same food as everyone else. I especially like to eat big pot rice."

Li Duoyu turned around and took an aluminum plate from the basket, then scooped out some salty rice, stuffed some water spinach, ordered a portion of braised pork, and also put a bowl of kelp soup in it.

The food at Qixingwan Canteen is very good, with almost every meal having three dishes and one soup.

Almost everyone who comes to work here will gain several pounds after coming in.

And many people who work here wish they could bring their families here to eat.

While Li Duoyu was having dinner, the group of children holding torches were also discussing curiously.

"Brother, that uncle just now probably works here too."

The little boy thought for a while: "That's right. Even if the water in this shrimp farm is exhausted, only us children can come in. As soon as the adults outside come in, they will be kicked out immediately."

"Then if he doesn't have a lot of blue crabs, why would he buy them from us?"

"Yes."

Only then did the little boy realize that he couldn't figure out why the uncle wanted to buy his blue crabs.

"Forget it, it doesn't matter so much. Let's catch a little more. I heard from others that blue crabs will come out at night. Let's try to catch two more blue crabs. Then we can cover our tuition and fees for the next semester. Handed over.”

These children are all from Xiagong Village, the same village where Xiaojin was beaten and Li Duoyu's bamboo fence was robbed.

Although they are also fishing villages, because they do not have a deep-water dock, just like Chenjia Village, their economy is not particularly good.

Moreover, in their village, illegal immigrants have been very serious in the past two years, even though compulsory education has started.

However, there are still many parents who feel that studying is of no use and do not even want to pay a few dollars in tuition and fees.

However, the luck of these children was not very good.

The brightness of the small torch was too low. They searched the pond for a long time but could not find blue crabs.

As it got darker and darker, everyone was shivering from the cold. One child's lips turned purple and he started to tremble.

"Brother, it's too cold, let's go back."

"If we go back too late, we will be scolded by our father."

The little boy still refused to give up: "Be patient for now, let's catch another one and then go back."

Just then, one of the children shouted: "Don't make any noise yet, someone is coming."

The group of children saw someone approaching them with a flashlight.

The one coming from the direction seemed to be coming from the guard, and these children thought they were here to drive them away. The little boy who took the lead immediately stuck the torch in the mud, but what they didn't expect was that the uncle guard shouted:

"Don't run away. Our boss is afraid that you will freeze, so he has prepared some seafood porridge for you to warm up."

These children didn't believe it. After hearing this, they ran as fast as they could.

As a result, the guard uncle became anxious: "It makes me look like a bad guy. Our boss is the one who just bought your blue crabs. Come back quickly. There are blue crabs in this seafood porridge and a lot of lean meat. It's delicious. You guys." If not, we'll give it to others to eat.”

After hearing that there was lean meat in the seafood porridge, several children stopped and swallowed uncontrollably.

"You didn't lie to us. Is that Li Si really your boss?"

"Why are you lying to you?" the guard uncle snorted: "If our boss hadn't spoken out, you would have been driven away long ago if you were able to catch blue crabs here for so long.

What about Li Si? Our boss Li Duoyu is the fourth eldest son in the family, and his name is Li Duoyu. "

"That uncle just now is the millionaire Li Duoyu."

The children were all stunned, so nervous that their breathing was a little short.

"Wash your hands and feet later. He has cooked a large portion of seafood porridge for you. Go and eat it while it's hot."

Several children were in a daze, and then followed the guard uncle to the canteen of the shrimp farm.

But when they got here, they didn't see the kind uncle, but there was a hot and fragrant seafood porridge on the table.

The uncle guard said: "Your hands and feet are so frozen. Hurry and eat while it's hot to avoid catching a cold."

After the little boy who took the lead ate the hot seafood porridge, his eyes instantly turned red.

It's so delicious.

They have never seen so much lean meat put in seafood porridge.

But a little boy looked at the unfinished salty rice crispy rice and some leftover braised meat sauce in the cafeteria.

"Can I have some crispy rice and some braised gravy?"

"Okay, our boss said, you can order whatever you want to eat today."

But Huotou master Lao Zhang never expected that the person coming was a relative of the boss.

There is a lot of lean meat in the seafood porridge. I didn't think it was to entertain the children who came to pick up blue crabs.

Sometimes, even he feels that Director Li is very good to all children.

On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the island was very lively. Since Li Duoyu did not participate, the number of candidates for the first place is now simply crazy.

A large number of villagers were gathered at Thean Hou Temple. Someone shouted: "I think the election must be fair. We can't just choose the rich ones like them. We also have to elect together."

"That's right, everyone must be qualified to vote. Director Li's unwillingness to join us is a good start for us. We must carry forward this spirit of fairness and justice."

"Everyone is eligible to choose."

Seeing that the situation was somewhat uncontrollable, the members of the Thean Hou Palace Council gathered together to discuss.

Finally, a more reasonable plan was given.

Chen Huotan stood on the stage, holding a loudspeaker and shouted: "Villagers, listen to me first."

“After discussion by the Board of Directors, starting from this year, our first candidate will adopt a rotating method.

There are thirteen teams in our village. Each of your teams will send a representative to throw the Holy Grail directly to ask Mazu.

Until the last one wins, the first candidate this year will be the person from this team.

However, we agreed in advance to ensure that each team can be the leader.

The team selected this year will not be able to throw the Holy Grail again for the next twelve years. It will not start again until the last team has finished its turn.

And let me reiterate here, there are requirements for the first candidate. First of all, he must have good character, cannot be reactionary, have no criminal record, and must be over 25 years old."

After hearing this, the villagers all started whispering. Someone raised his hand and asked, "Can someone who has been in prison be qualified?"

Chen Huotan said on the spot: "No, someone who has been in prison cannot be a candidate for the top job."

"Can someone who has been caught and raped be accepted?"

Chen Huotan said disgustedly: "It's good that I didn't get beaten to death. I still want to be the top candidate."

After hearing this, everyone couldn't help laughing.

Everyone felt that the election of the first candidate was quite fair: "We think it's okay, so we'll just follow this."

Compared with previous years, the competition for the first candidate this year is more intense and lively.

There are thirteen teams in the village, and they directly send their captains to throw the Holy Grail. The uncle is the captain of the third team.

Lao Li is from the seventh team.

And every team really wants to win, and every time they throw the Holy Grail, they ask questions very religiously.

When someone threw the Holy Grail, they shouted: "Okay, Mazu bless you."

As a result, I spent a whole day just asking about the Holy Grail, and it wasn't until that night that I finally asked.

The second team from Xiasha Village won, that is, the team from the dock.

As for the first candidate, their team selected it themselves. In the end, Lao Lu and Lao Chen, who sells fishing gear, were elected candidates.

And the two of them have to go to Chenjiacun next door tomorrow to fight for a spot in Datoujia.

And the next day is New Year's Eve. This year is New Year's Eve, not New Year's Eve.

At night, the sound of firecrackers is everywhere. These days, little Tutu, who is often awakened by firecrackers, puffs his mouth.

"Mom, it's New Year's Eve tomorrow, why isn't dad back yet? I haven't seen him for several days."

Zhou Xiaoying, who had just finished taking a shower, smiled and said, "Your father has been busy recently and should be back tomorrow."

"Then can you ask him to buy me a toy? I want a big robot."

Zhou Xiaoying pinched his nose: "You already have so many toys, why do you still want to buy them?"

"But dad has made so much money, and he hasn't been making it all the time."

After hearing this, Zhou Xiaoying didn't even know how to answer. She smiled bitterly and said, "Who taught you to say such things?"

"Brother Haoran said this while doing his homework. He said that adults only know how to make money all day long and don't care about us children."

Zhou Xiaoying was startled for a moment. Although Li Haoran was not very good at reading, what he said sometimes made sense.

"If your father didn't make money, you wouldn't even be able to eat meat."

"I don't like meat."

The corner of Zhou Xiaoying's mouth twitched. When she thought that this boy was from a poor family, she really wanted to pull him up right now and stuff him with another bowl of rice.

At this moment, the sound of unlocking came from the iron door of the courtyard, and not long after, a figure walked into the room.

He hugged Zhou Xiaoying directly: "You haven't gone to bed yet. It's the last day of this year. I've already taken a shower in the factory."

But at this moment, little Tutu, who was pretending to sleep next to him, suddenly stood up and said excitedly: "Dad, I haven't slept yet either."

(End of chapter)

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