Li Duoyu drove the sampan back to Dandan Island and found that the pier was full of the sound of oysters.

The oysters that were originally piled up on the dock were almost pried away by them in less than seven hours.

The one who pries the most is still the second sister-in-law Zhu Xiuhua, and the oyster mountain in front of her is the highest and the largest.

Li Duoyu estimated that in the two days that he was prying oysters, his second sister-in-law could earn a salary of ten yuan.

As soon as Li Qingguang returned to the dock, a group of children who followed him surrounded him.

"Brother Guang."

"How's the roasted oysters selling today?"

Qingguang snorted: "It must be sold out, you still have to think about it." ”

"That should make a lot of money."

After Li Qingguang glanced at his cousin not far away, he said triumphantly: "Yes, I have gone to Brother Duoyu today, how can I not make money." ”

When they heard that they had made a lot of money, this group of children was also very excited.

"Brother Guang, you make so much money, can you invite us to eat a few crystal candies and eat a little melon seeds."

The corners of Li Qingguang's mouth twitched, he knew that he wouldn't slap his swollen face and become fat, but as the king of children in this area, he still had to be a little majestic.

"No problem, I'll buy some sugar and melon seeds later, let's go to the old place, and we'll cook our own seafood at night."

"Thank you, Brother Guang."

"Then Junhao and I will go to Xiaohai first."

"I'll go home and bring some sweet potatoes."

"My hen just laid a few eggs."

After Li Duoyu parked the sampan boat, he found that in a corner of the pier, Daddy was putting the plucked oysters in a fine net, and then soaking them in a large bucket filled with seawater, constantly washing them up and down.

This step of washing oysters is actually very crucial.

Almost all of the oysters that are harvested on site are alive, and if they are washed with fresh water, they will absorb fresh water and swell.

In the past, in order to increase the weight and size of oysters, many merchants would take advantage of the characteristics of oysters and catch those oysters that are not so fat, and then soak them in the estuary.

Oysters will absorb water frantically due to the poor salinity, which makes the oysters look big and fat, and this kind of oysters soaked in fresh water are easy to die, and after being cooked or roasted, they will also shrink seriously.

In oyster rings, this kind of oysters that have been soaked in fresh water are generally called "water oysters".

If you come across an oyster that is boiled, the shrinkage is very severe, and there is no doubt that it will be 100% if you come across an oyster soaked in fresh water.

For those who dry their oysters, soaking the cleaned oysters in fresh water is not only not conducive to drying, but also deteriorates faster.

In bad weather, if you don't have oyster baking equipment, you might have to spoil a whole batch of oysters.

Next, Li Duoyu and Lao Li cleaned the oysters and pulled them to the bamboo factory to dry.

When Li Duoyu arrived there, he was also shocked by the scene in front of him, and at a glance, the ground was full of dustpans with oyster meat, because Lao Li already had healthy oysters.

There have always been a lot of dustpans at home, but there are at least hundreds of dustpans in front of me, and I feel that half of the village's dustpans are here.

On the bamboo factory, there are many seabirds gathering, and Chen Wenchao is holding a long bamboo pole and keeps driving the seabirds who want to eat the buffet.

After seeing Li Duoyu coming, he said with a smile on his face: "Brother Yu, you are back." ”

Li Duoyu nodded and said, "In the past two days, I have worked hard for you." ”

"The little thing, it's just that these birds are a little annoying, if Dawn could lend me a gun, they would definitely collapse."

Li Duoyu checked the oyster meat on the dustpan, which was pried yesterday, and after a day of drying, the skin was already a little hard and yellow.

Drying oysters is not easy.

Especially in the early stage, the dough has to be turned every two hours to prevent the oyster meat from sticking to the dustpan and breaking the skin.

Dozens of catties are fine, but once the number is more, turning the noodles is a big project, seeing that the oysters on this side have been almost sunburned, Li Duoyu turned up the oysters.

Daddy and Chen Wenchao put the newly pried oysters neatly on the dustpan.

In the past, people rarely used this traditional air-drying method to dry oysters, but instead used an oven to dry them.

As an island man, Li Duoyu certainly thinks that traditional air-dried oysters are more delicious, but as an oyster farmer, he naturally prefers oven-drying.

Li Duoyu glanced at the bamboo factory and felt that it was completely possible to build a simple oven facility for burning fire.

When the time comes, it can be used not only to bake oysters, but also to bake fishing rods and kelp, after all, not every time you dry oysters, the weather will be so good and prepared.

After almost three hours.

As the yolk fell below sea level, the trio collected the oysters in the bamboo factory, and Chen Wenchao did not go home, but took care of the oysters.

During the day, birds steal food, and at night, rats also come to steal food.

Before dark.

Li Duoyu returned to the dock, took a small calculator, and directly settled the wages for prying oysters in the past two days.

"Zhu Xiuhua."

"1,300 pounds on the first day, 1,250 pounds on the second day, a total of ten yuan two."

The second sister-in-law who got the money was happy in her heart, with a smile on her face: "Duoyu, will there be oysters tomorrow." ”

"Tomorrow it's gone, and if you want to pry the oysters, it may take a while."

Li Duoyu then recited:

"Liu Xiaolan."

"700 pounds on the first day, 850 pounds on the second day, a total of six yuan two."

"Thank you, Brother Yu."

Zhang Yanhua ...... Five pieces of five. ”

When Li Duoyu handed out the money, the fisherwomen who were weaving nets on the side all showed envious expressions.

Most of them earn about seven or eight cents for a whole day, and they can't even afford a pound of pork.

And Li Duoyu is also very bold in making money, and he will not deduct it indiscriminately, a woman who is weaving a net can't help but say to the owner of the fishing tackle shop:

"Lao Chen, can't you learn from our village director and be bold?"

Chen Lifa rolled his eyes and snorted: "If the money is easy to make, you will still sit here to mend the net, don't get cheap and sell well, pry oysters are much more tired than you guys who mend the net." ”

After Li Duoyu returned home.

A-Niang has already cooked dinner.

There are braised pork, pickled pork rib soup, seafood fried noodles, as well as boiled wangchao, red snails, stir-fried water spinach, a large pot of winter melon and mussel soup, and shelled boiled oysters.

Seeing that the dishes were so rich tonight, especially after seeing the pickle pork rib soup, Li Duoyu swallowed his saliva and asked A-Niang, who was still cooking in the kitchen.

"Mother, what festival is it today, how do you cook so much food."

"It's not a holiday, it's just that you and Yaoguo are very tired these days, cook more delicious food for you, let's eat it together as a family."

After Chen Huiying finished speaking, she shouted in her voice: "It's time to eat, it's time to eat." ”

After hearing this.

Li Haoran, who was immersed in his homework, ran out of the house on the spot as if he had heard the pardon.

"Grandma, I'm here."

After A-Niang shouted for a while, Zhou Xiaoying in the room did not move, and Li Duoyu, who felt a little strange, went back to the bedroom to take a look.

found that Zhou Xiaoying was sitting and asleep against the bed board, still holding two slender rods and needles in her hands.

Xiao Tutu was chasing those round balls of yarn on the bed, and there was a book "500 Kinds of Shanghai Rod and Needle Knotting Patterns" next to him.

Depending on the situation, he should knit a sweater until he fell asleep, Li Duoyu thought it was knitted for Xiao Tutu to wear, but he didn't think that the sweater was quite big, and the style was very new, so it was for him to wear at a glance.

Li Duoyu felt a warm current in his heart, and couldn't help but kiss her.

Li Duoyu found that since Zhou Xiaoying started class, the two have less time together during the day, except for some interaction at night.

Zhou Xiaoying, who noticed the feeling of a foreign body in her lips, woke up suddenly, instinctively held the rod needle with both hands, and frowned when she saw that it was Li Duoyu: "What are you doing." ”

"Didn't do anything."

Zhou Xiaoying glared and said, "It's nothing, where did you put your hand." ”

Li Duoyu was a little embarrassed: "I'm sorry, I just want to check it for you to see if it's blocked again, who are you knitting sweaters for." ”

Zhou Xiaoying hurriedly put away the sweater: "Anyway, I didn't knit it for you." ”

"I've seen it all." Li Duoyu flipped through a few pages of books, pointed to one of them and said, "I think this one is better." ”

Zhou Xiaoying frowned and said: "But I am weaving another one, if you want to weave this, you have to re-disassemble all the stitches." ”

"The other one, I like it too."

(End of chapter)