Chapter 22: The Lonely Boat
When I returned home and filled out the form, the pond belonged to Cheng Liping, and he threw a red envelope of more than 1,000 yuan, but saved 6,000 yuan in rent, and the business made a lot of money. Cheng Liping is not afraid that Liang Fat Man will wear small shoes for himself, that kind of person he eats very thoroughly, a typical bully of the soft and afraid of the hard, as soon as he heard that he had recorded the audio, he did not dare to call the police again, indicating that his butt was not clean. It's really going to make a fuss, and it's him Director Liang who can't eat and walks around, not himself.
Of course, in front of his parents, Cheng Liping didn't tell the truth, if the second elder knew that he beat Director Liang, it would be difficult to explain. It just so happens that the money saved can be used to buy fish fry and shrimp fry, calculate the time, and you will have a bumper harvest at the beginning of spring next year.
In the evening, I called Du Deyong and asked him to come out for a barbecue together, and by the way, contact the fish fry farmers in the south. After Du Deyong sat down in the position of director, he was so busy with official business that he didn't even have time to go out to eat, so he hurriedly said "There is a case, there is a murder case" and hung up the phone. Cheng Liping thought about it, he couldn't trouble Du Deyong for everything, so he found a few alternatives on the Internet.
Licheng people eat fish, most of them eat carp, and other grass carp, black fish, sea bass, yellow croaker, etc., although they also eat, but they account for a very small market share. After careful screening, Cheng Liping decided to cooperate with a merchant surnamed Liu in Huzhou, Zhejiang. The reason is very simple, his capital is not much, this Mr. Liu is not impatient because he is a small farmer, on the contrary, everything is answered one by one, and he also taught him a lot of experience in fish and shrimp farming. Finally, Mr. Liu sent some compressed information to Cheng Liping, all of which talked about how many fish fry are put in an acre of pond, how to configure bait, where fish species like to eat what type of bait, how to maintain the hygiene of the fish pond and the prevention and control of fish and shrimp diseases and pests, etc.
These materials are all urgently needed by Cheng Liping, and they are much more valuable than those collected on the Internet. He is a complete beginner, starting his own business for the first time, he can't make money, but he must not fail, because the thousands of dollars he earned from selling fruits are all pressed here, in case he loses all his money, he will continue to do it in the future, but he will have no capital.
During this period of learning, Cheng Liping hired a few small workers to build two simple brick houses outside the pond as a residence. He also asked someone to place a wire fence around the fish pond, and then called Mr. Liu and asked him to prepare and buy goods.
After receiving the payment from Cheng Liping, Mr. Liu immediately sent someone to send the goods. Tens of thousands of live fish fry are transported by water to the docks in the city. Cheng Liping rented a truck, took the fish fry to his own pond, and asked his father to go to the fish and insect market to hire a master who was over 60 years old, and under his guidance, put the fish fry into the pond one by one.
The old master couldn't stay idle, turned around and around, looked back and forth several times, and then said to Cheng Liping with a smile: "Xiao Cheng, you have to be careful in raising fish." This location is very good, far from the road, the water and grass are lush, and after a while, you can get some shrimp seedlings, loaches or something, and you can make a lot of money. ”
Cheng Liping said with a smile: "Accept your old man's auspicious words, Uncle Song, or you will participate in the technology and come to see it often." ”
The old master touched his gray beard and shook his head, and said, "I am an old friend with your father, how can I take advantage of you." That's it, call me if you have something, anyway, my stall is for my eldest son, and I'm idle. ”
Cheng Liping answered, invited the master to have a meal, and stayed by the pond that night. I couldn't sleep at night, sitting on the bed reading a book, listening to the slight sound of the wind coming from the water, and I felt extremely peaceful.
Time flies, the autumn leaves are falling, and the cold winter is coming. In order to help Cheng Liping nearby, my father and mother also moved to the coal mine area and rented a two-bedroom apartment of more than 60 square meters. Cheng Liping couldn't persuade him, so he had to let them. Dad picked up his old business, rented a small store in the thermal power home of the rented place, and continued to open a grocer shop. Yaya resigned from the customer service job of the telecommunications company, went to the provincial capital with Aunt Cheng, and when she was leaving, she called Cheng Liping and did not see each other.
Du Deyong finished the case at hand and drove a police car to find Cheng Liping. Cheng Liping looked at him with a dusty look on his face, and teased: "There are more than thirty people, when will you find a partner?" It's about to be the New Year, and I'm going to be urged to get married when I go home. ”
Du Deyong glanced at Cheng Liping angrily and said, "Don't worry about adults, children." ”
That being said, in fact, Du Deyong was also worried. He couldn't read at first, and it took him eight years in elementary school to enter junior high school. When he entered junior high school, he became seriously ill again, and he went back to study for three years. Then he was admitted to the provincial key high school, and then went to the police academy for a few years, from a trainee police officer to the squadron leader of the Jinsha Road Police Station. I thought that I could consider starting a family at this time, but I didn't expect that after meeting Cheng Liping, several major events happened one after another, and he Du Deyong was also implicated.
"It's not easy to be a police officer and find a woman who supports you." Du Deyong said with a bitter sigh.
Cheng Liping smiled: "You are now the head of a family, as long as you open your mouth, you will chase your woman to the sea." ”
Du Deyong shook his head: "That's not good, there are too many temptations of material desires now." As soon as I went out to handle the case, I didn't have time to accompany my wife, so I couldn't figure out the green hat and put it on my head. ”
Cheng Liping laughed, but he had to admit that what Du Deyong said was very reasonable. This is the case in Linshi, an undercover policeman who has been handling cases outside all the year round finally took a vacation, but found that his wife Hongxing went out of the wall and went with a flamboyant thug. In a fit of rage, the policeman beat up the gangsters, and then divorced his wife, and the good home was scattered. Speaking of the police, their reputation is much worse than before, but most of the police are still very desperate and conscientious, but some of the second generation of officials who came in with a relationship are arrogant and unstoppable, and they have smeared the image of the police.
Du Deyong complained for a while, walked to the small trestle bridge built by Cheng Liping, picked up a fishing net pocket and dangled in the pond.
"What are you doing," Cheng Liping said hurriedly, "this fish has only been raised for a month." ”
Du Deyong showed a mouthful of big white teeth and said with a smile: "It's okay, fight the tooth sacrifice." ”
Cheng Liping was helpless, out of sight and out of mind, and turned around to go back to the house. Du Deyong caught more than a dozen crucian carp with three or two weights, opened his intestines in the pond, and then picked up some small wooden sticks on the grass by the pond, and said with a smile: "Didn't you invite me to barbecue last time, I didn't have time, and I can make up for it today." ”
He made a fire out of dry weeds, lit wooden sticks, and when the fire was strong, Du Deyong put the fish on the shelf. It doesn't take much effort, but the grilled fish gives off an enticing aroma. Cheng Liping turned over and came out and said, "Add some chili peppers, sprinkle some cumin, it tastes better." ”
Du Deyong waved his hand, took the lead in picking up a fish and gnawed it, and said vaguely while eating: "You northerners have a strong taste, let me tell you, this kind of small fish is delicious when eaten like this, fresh and fragrant." ”
Cheng Liping was unwilling, and ate faster than Du Deyong: "That's home-raised, of course it tastes delicious." ”
After eating the grilled fish, Du Deyong said some gossip again, it was nothing more than that the old instructor of the Jinsha Road Police Station had retired, and he was going to transfer someone over. This person is a relational of Wang Dunru, and I am afraid it will be difficult to have a good relationship in the future. After talking about the police station, the topic turned to Chengjia Village, Zhibang Industrial Group has completed the preliminary clean-up of the demolition area, referring to the design and planning, and the important area has erected a big sign of steel structure. The construction team of the Provincial First Construction Group began to lay pipes and build foundations.
Cheng Liping had heard his father say these things a few days ago, and he only nodded lightly when he heard the words. I am better, my father has lived in Chengjia Village for more than 50 years, and I can't bear that place in my heart, so I take a bus for dozens of minutes to go back every other day. Cheng Liping also went back to see it, and from the planning map, he knew that the area between Wantong Market and Chengjia Village would be built with a continuous high-rise residential area. On the ground of Chengjia Village, there is a 200-meter skyscraper, surrounded by several 100-meter buildings arched as the podium of the main building. Secretary Tan Jialin's coal electronic trading center built by the whole city is located in this main building.
According to the Propaganda Department of the Licheng Municipal Government, this is the starting point of the economic rebirth of Licheng, and it is also the witness of Licheng entering another era.
After another half a month, the weather forecast broadcast the news of the cold snap moving south, and in the next few days, heavy snow will fall in Licheng. Uncle Peng, who is next door, has already disposed of the ducks and geese to the second dealer, and has returned to the city to prepare for the New Year. Cheng Liping rowed a small wooden boat, replenished bait for each drop point, and then quietly parked the boat in the middle of the fish pond.
The sky was gray, the cold wind was steep, and scattered snowflakes had begun to fall in the air. Cheng Liping looked around, except for the low old community in the coal mining area in the west, it was desolate and uninhabited. The misty pond divides the gray fields, like people's memories that have been cut apart, and there are always fragments that will be slowly lost.
The snowflakes fell on Cheng Liping's face, and the sudden coldness showed their existence, and then disappeared. Cheng Li took a slow breath and slowly spit it out, and the water vapor with body temperature liquefied into small water droplets that were almost invisible to the naked eye when it encountered the cold air, and finally merged with the empty and vast earth.
The snowflakes were getting heavier and heavier, but within half an hour, there was snow on the wooden boat. Cheng Liping shook his head vigorously, shook off the snow on his body, and rowed the boat to the shore. There was a fire in the house, and rice was cooking on the fire, and my mother was worried that she would come to see her in the snow.
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