Chapter 491: Ludao Ghost Market
Hearing that the leader wanted to relax, Li Duoyu hurriedly said: "I have brought the boat over, and my fishing rods are also on the boat." ”
"That's even better, the leaders have been chanting for a year, and they want to sit in your boat."
Li Yunpeng was also very envious of Li Duoyu, not long after they arrived at Ludao, the big leader asked him if he had come.
In his eyes, the leaders were so good to this Li Duoyu that even he couldn't understand it.
It's just an ordinary village party secretary, who was lucky, raised some kelp, and exported some eels.
As far as the foreign exchange he earned last year only accounted for about one-thousandth of Rongcheng's foreign exchange, his contribution was not particularly large.
Because of this matter, he also asked Director Huang specifically, but the answer he got made him a little confused.
"Some people just get along comfortably."
Later, he also tried to get in touch with Li Duoyu and found that this person was indeed quite comfortable to get along with.
But he really didn't figure out why this happened, he just felt that with him, he could really make friends.
"Then Director Li, you have a good rest, I'll go back and report to the leader, and tentatively set off at eight o'clock tomorrow morning."
In Li Duoyu's mind, the tide of the twentieth lunar calendar instantly appeared.
"Yes, tomorrow the tide will be fine, and you will still be able to catch fish."
Under the leadership of Section Chief Li, he quickly checked in, and Li Duoyu was assigned a twin room because of the two of them.
And Zhang Sanming, who followed them all the way, kept listening with his ears pricked up, and the leader in Section Chief Li's mouth had to be at least Director Huang.
But his intuition told him that it might not be so simple, after all, this overseas sorority meeting was led by a big leader.
He also wanted to go fishing with them, but for a while, he couldn't open this mouth at all.
Zhou Xiaoying is also a person who has lived in Jinling Hotel, and she is no longer surprised by these TVs in front of her and various settings.
Although the appearance is not as good as Jinling Hotel, the facilities inside are not bad at all.
It's a bit overserved, which reminds Li Duoyu of his previous life, when his son took him to eat a kind of hot pot.
The waiter inside is eager to stuff the food into your mouth himself, and the waiter here is not like serving the guests, but more like serving the leader.
But after less than three hours of enthusiasm, I don't know where they learned from that Li Duoyu was just a village director, and the original enthusiastic smile disappeared and turned into a professional smirk.
Li Duoyu is also understandable, after all, these waiters are in contact with big leaders, and several of them have also taken photos with the country's top leaders.
Although he was smiling on the surface, he definitely didn't look down on people like Li Duoyu who didn't even have an administrative level.
Li Duoyu originally wanted to take Xiaoying to Ludao Island for a walk at night, which is very close to Ludao University, and there are many ancient buildings near the hotel.
The night market near the pier also has a lot of snacks, including sand tea noodles, fried oysters, and boiled noodles with frozen red fish with bamboo shoots.
"Do you want to go for a walk?"
didn't think about it, Zhou Xiaoying was very stressed in the past two days, and almost as soon as she had time, she squeezed out time, wore headphones, and concentrated on learning English.
She even picked up the room service directory and saw that there were words on the Chinese-English comparison that she didn't know, so she looked up the dictionary on the spot.
Seeing that she studied so seriously, Li Duoyu didn't bother her, after all, in this era, if you can learn English well, it is really very popular.
In the future, if you have to do foreign trade, you can save a female translator and take Xiaoying out directly.
Took the boat all day.
Li Duoyu was also a little tired, and after eating something simply, he went to bed early, and he had to go fishing with the leader tomorrow.
As long as he doesn't have a mobile phone by his side, Li Duoyu belongs to the kind of person who sleeps immediately after getting on the bed, and when he opens his eyes again.
It was already around five o'clock in the morning, and at this time, he was no longer sleepy, maybe he studied too late last night.
Or she is not familiar with the new environment, Zhou Xiaoying slept with the lamp on, and Li Duoyu did not wake her up.
Brushed his teeth and washed his face lightly, then tore a piece of paper and wrote on it: I went out to accompany the leader to go fishing, and I took the room card to the restaurant for breakfast and lunch.
Because he woke up too early, Ludao Hotel had not prepared breakfast yet, so after Li Duoyu got dressed, he walked directly in the direction of Ludao No. 1 Pier.
Although Heron Island is relatively southern, it is also quite cold in the first month, especially when the sea breeze blows, if you wear too few clothes, there is still a bit of clammy cold.
People in this year all get up very early, only five o'clock, and there are already many pedestrians on the road.
What surprised Li Duoyu the most was that not far in front of him, there were actually a lot of street lamps on, and there were many people.
Ghost City.
When he was teaching on Ludao, he had heard Mr. Fang tell him a few times that there was a night market that only opened around 4 a.m. on the street near the pier.
And this kind of night market is because the people of the late Qing Dynasty did not dare to sell their ancestral belongings during the day, so they took advantage of the middle of the night to trade privately.
As soon as the morning dawns, all of them disperse, so it is called a "ghost market".
Most of the places that sell in this kind of place are some cultural relics, antiques and the like.
But if you want to buy good things here, you have to be in a certain way, because the things sold here are real and fake.
You may be able to buy a fake with a lot of money, or you can buy a big treasure with very little money.
Li Duoyu walked over to take a look and found that most of the stall owners here lowered their heads, and they didn't sell or call you, the main thing was fate.
There are all kinds of things sold on the ground, including second-hand clothes, snuff bottles, gourds, rusty copper coins, and all kinds of porcelain and bronze ware.
In this era, there are still a lot of people who are willing to come to visit the ghost market, and it seems that it is also the best time to search for cultural relics.
It is said that at this time, if you go to Fuyou Road in Shanghai, or Panjiayuan in the imperial capital, you can pick up money with a little eyesight.
It's a pity that Li Duoyu doesn't know anything about this aspect at all, otherwise he can really find a few treasures.
After Li Duoyu took a few looks, he planned to leave this place, he thought that he had nothing to do with these stall owners.
I never thought that there were good things in the ghost market, and some people were actually selling cassette magnets from Hong Kong Island and overseas provinces.
The cover is quite explicit, Li Duoyu thinks that he is not a decent gentleman, and when he sees this thing, his eyes instantly widen.
When he was in the island country, he didn't see it less, and it was a little comfort in his dark life.
"How do you sell this?"
"Twenty pieces a piece."
Li Duoyu glared and said: "It's so expensive, do you think I don't know how much it is, ten yuan a piece, I'll buy five pieces." ”
The stall owner frowned and thought for a while: "Count me at a loss, don't tell others that you bought it for ten yuan, I have a color villain book here, do you want it?" ”
Li Duoyu said in disgust: "I have a cassette, what do I do with reading that kind of villain book." ”
Li Duoyu hid the five newly bought cassettes in his arms, action movies in this era are still relatively conservative, most of them are plot-based, and the time for action shots is not long.
In many cases, only the upper body is moving, but for Chinese people who have never been exposed to this kind of thing, this thing is definitely an "opium" level existence.
And now it also happens to be the time of the video hall pandemic, and the late-night stalls are often overcrowded, and the majority of the people are keen to take night classes.
Now that the cassette is available, Li Duoyu still lacks a player, and it is best to record the kind that can be recorded, so that the content of the TV broadcast can be recorded.
After leaving the ghost market, Li Duoyu came to the dock, where there were several bright halogen lights.
Although it is not yet dawn, there are already many fishing boats docked here at the first pier.
The New Year season happens to be the fattest season for hairtail, and baskets of hairtail are pulled to the pier.
These hairtail fish were pulled up by trawl nets, and they were in poor condition, many of them were puffed out of the eyes, and some had broken stomachs.
Most of these hairtail fish are made into canned hairtails, and the rest are made into salted hairtail fish and sold to cities and villages that are not close to the sea.
Those in good condition will be picked up by fishmongers and sold at the morning market.
In addition to these trawlers, there are many small fishing boats on the pier, most of which are sampans.
These small fishing boats catch small seafood, which is the favorite of Hong Kong people.
Fishermen on Ludao often say: If you want to eat seafood, you must eat sticky nets, not eat those dragged up by big nets.
There is some truth in what they say, most of the seafood caught in trawling is not particularly fresh.
A coastal city like Ludao is much more picky when it comes to seafood than an inland city like Rongcheng.
It is even more picky than Dantan Island, and as soon as these small fishing boats dock, many fishmongers surround them.
Some of these fishmongers are shops on the other side of the fish market, and some are vendors of hotels.
Since Ludao was designated as a special economic zone, Ludao has always been favored by investors on Hong Kong Island, who have built a lot of seafood restaurants.
While investing, it has also brought a lot of eating habits to Egret Island, and it is precisely because of these seafood restaurants.
The price of seafood in Egret Island is getting bigger and bigger every year.
The reason why Li Duoyu came to the dock so early was not to grab seafood from these fishmongers, but to buy live shrimp and silkworms.
When you accompany the leader to go fishing, you have to prepare the bait first, otherwise you won't be able to catch fish later, which will be embarrassing.
Li Duoyu thinks that he is not a good fisherman, but as a farmer, he knows very well what marine fish like to eat.
Live shrimp fishing will at least ensure that you won't catch turtles, while fishing with sand silkworms will ensure that you will catch more species.
Li Duoyu first went to his fishing boat, took a bucket, and properly placed the five "cassettes" he had just bought.
His fishing boat is parked at the dock, which is quite expensive, and he has to pay a stop fee of five yuan a day.
Li Duoyu carried a bucket and learned from the fishmongers to talk to the fishermen.
"Abel, are there any live shrimp?"
A fisherman replied: "My boat has no water tank, it is all dead, and if you want to buy a life, you have to find those who have water tanks." ”
"Okay, thanks Abel."
The last time I came, Li Duoyu found out that the sampan boat here on Egret Island has a live water tank.
This may have something to do with the fact that Egret Island is originally located by the sea, and the fishermen here prefer to eat fresh seafood.
Li Duoyu also likes it, as a fisherman and a cook, he knows better, no matter how good the freezing technique is.
The gap between chilled seafood and live freshness, in terms of umami, is still quite large.
Li Duoyu asked several fishing boats in a row.
"Abel, are there any live shrimp?"
Finally, I asked him and met a fisherman who specialized in selling live shrimp.
The fisherman looked Li Duoyu up and down a few times, and said, "I'll tell you in advance, live shrimp are more expensive, and they are usually sold to hotels." ”
Li Duoyu smiled: "How much is it." ”
"Nine-section shrimp, eight yuan per catty of live, and five yuan per catty of green shell shrimp."
This price is a little expensive, but it is still okay, but Li Duoyu still couldn't help but bargain and said: "One pound is cheaper than one yuan, these two, I will take two pounds each." ”
The boat boss said: "At most, you will be given a cheap Wu Jiao per catty." ”
"One yuan, the first cooperation is cheaper, and in the future, I will come to take care of your business."
The boat boss said disgustedly: "You look at it from other places, where is there the next cooperation, forget it, sell it for you for one yuan per catty." ”
Li Duoyu bought four catties of live shrimp at one time, but he was different from other fishmongers, and other fishmongers would definitely pick the biggest shrimp to buy.
And Li Duoyu chose the smallest shrimp to buy, seeing that he only picked small shrimp, the boat boss instantly felt that he didn't suffer so much, but he couldn't help but remind: "How do you buy so many small shrimp, the big one is better." ”
Li Duoyu said: "I take it to fish, this kind of small shrimp is more suitable." ”
After hearing this, the boat boss was stunned on the spot, and several fishmongers nearby were also stunned, how could there be such a fool.
Six or seven pieces of live shrimp a catty, how much is a pound of fish, even the most expensive big yellow croaker is not as expensive as live shrimp, this is a pure waste of money.
The boat boss couldn't help but say: "Young man, you will lose money fishing like this, or you will think about it again." ”
"It's okay, I'll just fish and play."
After Li Duoyu paid the money, he asked by the way: "Abo, where is there a sea centipede for sale at our dock." ”
"There is no dock here, you can buy it when you go to the eighth market."
"Okay, thanks."
Looking at the back of Li Duoyu leaving, the boat boss and several fishmongers nearby were a little confused and couldn't figure it out at all.
It wasn't until Li Duoyu jumped on the fishing boat that these people finally figured it out, and it seemed that it was for the rich.
After arriving at the fishing boat, Li Duoyu dumped the live shrimp into the live fish warehouse brought by the boat, and then went to the nearby Eighth Market to buy some live sea centipedes.
By the time he had done all this, it was already dawn.
Li Duoyu, who was a little hungry, did not go back to Ludao Hotel for breakfast, but ate a bowl of noodle batter and a fried dough stick directly near the pier.
In recent years, everyone has been yearning for the hotel's exquisite breakfasts, but Li Duoyu prefers street food, which feels more fireworks.
As the first rays of sunlight reached the pier in the morning, Li Duoyu, who ate a bowl of noodle batter and was warm all over, walked back in the direction of Ludao Hotel. (End of chapter)