It's dawn.

The work of collecting kelp continues, and every villager who participated in the kelp harvesting last night had exhaustion written on their faces with capital letters.

Many people have wet hair, whether it is wet from the sea or sweat.

The villagers on the sampan boats also wore special skirts made of fertilizer bags, so that when they pulled the kelp, their whole bodies would not get wet with the kelp.

Can be dried to the end.

The lower half of the body is still wet.

Fortunately, it's already June, the weather is not so cold, and everyone can hold on.

Although everyone was very tired, with the glow of the east, the hanging hearts of the farmers were finally put down.

The sky was blue, with only a few small white clouds drifting, and it was very rare for a northeast wind to blow in the summer.

However, since it is relatively dry over there, the water vapor carried by the wind is not so strong, so it should be sunny days in the future.

Li Duoyu was also so tired that he lay directly on his fishing boat, with a cigarette in his mouth, looking at the clear blue sky.

There are still lying beside them, Chen Wenchao, Li Shuguang, and Li Qingguang.

The second uncle and the eldest uncle stood on the bow of the boat, took off the water boots, buckled them back, and dried the water inside.

Take off your pants, wring them out by hand, and hang them on the bow of the boat to blow for a while.

Everyone worked from 11 o'clock last night to 6 o'clock in the morning, a full seven hours.

Their hands were already a little numb because of the kelp they had been pulling, especially their arms were particularly sore, and these people lying on the deck now had difficulty even raising their hands.

Li Qingguang's whole body curled up in a ball, so tired that he fell asleep on the spot, but after a while, he jumped up suddenly.

I took off my pants on the spot.

Immediately after that, a slippery gray-white small eel came out of the trouser leg, which is a small eel that is very much offshore, and it is often possible to catch them.

Locals usually use flour for frying, or braising it.

The second uncle, who was wearing pants, smoked a dry cigarette and quipped: "Qingguang, which one is bigger than yours." ”

Li Qingguang, who was not yet eighteen, blushed: "Anyway, mine must be older than you." ”

"Then let's compare."

"Compare it, who's afraid of whom, mine must be longer than you."

The eldest uncle said disgustedly: "The older you get, the more immodest it becomes, and when you shrink it, it's like a sea intestine, and you can't pee more than half a meter, and you have to compare it with young people." ”

After hearing the analogy of the eldest uncle, everyone couldn't help laughing.

"What are you laughing at, when you get older in the future, you may be smaller than the sea intestines, and you will be a sea earthworm to death."

Last night, Li Duoyu's fishing boat also participated in the collection of kelp, and his father Li was very reluctant and afraid of dirtying the fishing boat.

But time is pressing, Li Duoyu is too lazy to care so much, although the boat is very precious, but it can't be offered like the ancestors.

If it's dirty, just rinse it again.

And last night, this fishing boat made a great contribution, not only can pull five or six thousand catties of kelp at a time, but also can tow five or six sampan boats in the back, and one trip can pull half an acre of kelp.

The main thing is that it's fast.

Li Shuguang's boat can run twice.

But there are too many kelp in his house, and this year he called more than 40 people to help collect the kelp, and after one night, he only collected less than a quarter of a cent.

It will take at least two days, otherwise they will not be able to harvest it at all, and while they are resting temporarily, there are still several sampan boats in the kelp field that are still collecting kelp.

Under normal circumstances, a sampan boat is equipped with three people to collect kelp, but the second sister-in-law's boat only has two people.

Li Yaoguo was in charge of driving the boat and sorting the kelp, while the second sister-in-law was constantly pulling the kelp from the sea to the boat.

Zhu Xiuhua is still vigorous and resolute when he gets to work, and everyone else is pulled on the boat one by one.

But she has a lot of strength, a hundred pounds of kelp, in her hands is like carrying a chicken, she can do the hard work, one person can top three.

This year, the wages for harvesting kelp have increased, and Li Duoyu has given everyone two choices.

One is three yuan per person per day, no matter how much work or how little work is done.

The other is charged by the boat, and if the kelp of a sampan boat is salvaged and hung on a bamboo frame, it costs six cents.

The second sister-in-law thought about it for a while and felt that it was not cost-effective to calculate the money according to the head, so she chose the type that charges by the boat.

From last night to now, she has made ten boats of kelp and has earned six yuan.

Now it is the eleventh boat of kelp, and Zhu Xiuhua estimates that if they work all day, the two of them can earn at least fifteen yuan.

Li Yaoguo, who was already so tired that his face turned pale, let out a sigh and said, "Let's rest, I can't bear it anymore." ”

Zhu Xiuhua looked disgusted:

"You're really useless, you've only been working for seven hours, and you're tired, just like you, how can we make money."

Li Yaoguo muttered: "Everyone else has three boats, but we are only two, we must be tired." ”

"If we want three, the money we make will be divided equally by one more, of course two people are good."

The next moment, Zhu Xiuhua suddenly said: "Yaoguo, why don't we raise kelp this year." ”

Li Yaoguo frowned and said, "Don't you want to make eels yourself, why do you want to raise kelp again." ”

"Let's do it together."

Li Yaoguo frowned, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, shook a cigarette out, and then pulled a match and smoked it.

"We just invested in a big fish boat, where is the money for these things."

Zhu Xiuhua, who was still pulling kelp, said: "Don't you have a female classmate Gao Jing, who works in the credit union in the town, we can ask her for a loan." ”

Li Yaoguo was stunned, in the past, his wife would blow up when she heard Gao Jing, but now she was willing to let him take the initiative to find her.

"Now the loan is different from before, there is interest, and the money must be repaid after maturity."

Zhu Xiuhua continued: "Yaoguo, how much money do you think Duoyu made this year? ”

"At least twenty thousand."

Zhu Xiuhua is also very envious that Li Duoyu can earn so much kelp and make so much money, but she admits to this matter.

The brother-in-law had already told them that if they wanted to grow kelp together, she had to take the money to invest in abalone.

Zhu Xiuhua said with annoyance: "Last year, I was blinded by lard and deceived by the Wang brothers to invest in abalone, I think we can't miss it again this year, even if we take out a loan, we have to raise kelp." ”

Li Yaoguo, who was a little annoyed, said: "When the time comes, let's talk about it." ”

Seeing Li Yaoguo's impatient appearance, Zhu Xiuhua instantly became aggrieved: "You can't say it every time, you are an accountant, you have to plan well, otherwise our family will never be able to raise its head, and we will always be the poorest one." ”

"Look at Duoyu, in less than two years, it has completely turned over, and now it has earned thirty or forty thousand, to say the least."

"There is also the Splash family, her husband has two boats, and the fine for the third child can be paid, even if there are no more fish and money, it will definitely not be too bad."

"Big brother and sister-in-law, you can take out 5,000 investment ships in one go, there are still houses in the city, one is the workshop director, and the other is in charge of finance, and the future development will definitely be very good."

"Xiao Rong doesn't need to talk about it, the doctor in the big hospital. Maybe find a second generation, and it will directly be a sparrow turning into a phoenix. ”

"But what about our family, we are so poor that we don't have a thousand yuan of money, if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about Haoran."

Seeing Zhu Xiuhua thinking about it in pieces, Li Yaoguo wrinkled his brows: "Don't worry, let's just learn from Xiaochao, as long as you follow Duoyu well, don't use any crooked brains, sooner or later, we will also get up." ”

Zhu Xiuhua sneered:

"How is it possible, your brother is a door-picker, where will he help us."

Zhu Xiuhua suddenly whispered: "Two days ago, the big boss of that company contacted me and said that when the time comes, he will open an eel breeding factory in the next town with us. ”

Li Yaoguo said speechlessly: "You have half a bucket of water yourself, how can you cooperate with others to raise eels." ”

"I'm not the only one, the big boss also invited several experts from the Ludao Fisheries Research Institute, and when the time comes, if we work together, I don't believe that I can't raise it."

"When the time comes, you'll have to come with me, you know."

Li Yaoguo did not agree.

Because he always felt that something was weird, the main thing was that the attitude of the fish was a little strange, and it stands to reason that his wife stole his technology to cooperate with others.

According to Duoyu's character, it's right to turn his face with her 100%, but he doesn't seem to care at all.

"Xiuhua, if you want to raise kelp, I can go to my classmate, let's not touch the matter of breeding eels, it's really too difficult, you didn't see the rainy days, and the fish themselves are guarding the eel pond every day."

"No, I've told people about this, anyway, let's have a technology, and there is nothing to lose."

Li Yaoguo really wanted to scold: You have a fart technique, but if you scold her like this on the boat, maybe she will really slap her into the sea.

He finished the rest of the cigarette in one go, and couldn't help but sigh, he just wanted to live an ordinary life, why was it so difficult. (End of chapter)