1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

Chapter 132 Sticky Oyster Seedlings (Please subscribe)

From the Fisheries Research Institute, oyster seedlings were transported over at 3:30 in the morning.

 Chen Dongqing, who was in charge of following the boat, had a pair of unhappy panda eyes. When he saw Li Duoyu, he was smoking a cigarette and cursing.

“Damn it, it’s obviously you who is making money, why is it that I’m the one who’s doing the hard work? I spent the whole night with the master last night.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Chen Huiying behind Li Duoyu and immediately put out his cigarette: "Sister, why did you wake up so early?"

Chen Huiying said: "If you haven't slept yet, go and take a nap. Do you know if you should smoke less?"

 “Okay, sister.”

Before leaving, Chen Dongqing also said to the person in charge on the ship: "Team Leader Lin, I will help them unload the cargo later. I can't hold on any longer, so I'm going back first."

After Li Duoyu came to the boat and looked at a whole boat of oyster sprouts, he immediately felt pressure.

The oyster seedlings on this boat are all first-instar oyster seedlings, which are relatively small, about two to three fingers wide, and are piled on the entire deck of the ship.

Li Duoyu didn’t know how many there were, but he estimated that there were 70,000 to 80,000.

With so many oyster sprouts, Li Duoyu must complete the sorting, gluing and launching of the oysters on the same day. Otherwise, if they are kept for too long, they will probably die even if he has a shaded factory building.

 After Li Duoyu jumped onto the boat.

I found that the masters collecting oyster seedlings were the same people who came to deliver kelp before. They looked listless.

 I think I worked hard all night last night.

Like before, Li Duoyu distributed the wine, cigarettes and light cakes that he had prepared first to the masters.

When these masters saw the cigarettes and wine handed over by Li Duoyu, smiles appeared on their tired faces. The leader, Team Leader Lin, hurriedly said:

 “There is a lot of fish, so you don’t have to be so polite every time.”

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "That's right. Thank you for your hard work. Next, you can rest first while we unload the goods."

"How can you be so embarrassed? We work for the research institute. If Section Chief Zhang finds out, he won't scold us to death."

 “Then why don’t we come together.”

"this is okay."

 Subsequently, Li Duoyu took people on board to shovel all the oyster sprouts into sacks, then moved them to the back bucket of the tractor and transported them to the factory.

  A whole tin boat full of oyster seedlings, the tractor master had to make three trips to finish pulling the oysters.

 After unloading the oyster sprouts.

 The fish belly is already white in Dongfang, and the iron boat of the Fisheries Research Institute has also returned, while Li Duoyu has started a busy day.

Aniang has already organized the people who are going to stick the oyster sprouts.

Possibly because the weather was too hot, there was no fish to catch, and there was no money to be made. There were a lot of people here this time. In addition to the group of people who were holding kelp seedlings, there were also many new faces.

To Li Duoyu’s surprise, Liu Xiaolan also came. After seeing Li Duoyu, she smiled and called, “Brother Yu.”

 Li Duoyu nodded to her.

 Following.

Li Duoyu divided them into two groups. Those who had raised oysters before and those who had cracked oysters were assigned to one group because the oyster seedlings sent by the institute came with ropes and had not been cleaned.

There are a large number of mussels and barnacles attached to it, and these must be removed before the oysters can emerge.

 Otherwise, these things will steal nutrients and grow faster than oysters, especially barnacles. Once they are allowed to grow, the oysters will not grow big.

Li Duoyu counted and found that there were a total of nine people who knew how to crack oysters, and almost all of them were his relatives. Needless to say, my mother-in-law and second sister-in-law must have cracked oysters.

 And the eldest aunt and those cousins ​​​​are simply the best among masters. If I remember correctly, eldest aunt Zhang Guifen's natal family has nearly a hundred acres of oyster fields.

 cousin and the others have to go over and help crack the oysters every year when the oysters are on the market.

There are only seven inexperienced people. Li Duoyu plans to let them be responsible for sticking the oysters, which is much simpler.

Li Duoyu took out fifteen oysters and let the flat side lie on the ground. Then he took out a rope and placed it on the raised side of the oysters.

“It’s very simple, we use cement to fix two oysters and rope together.”

“We glue two oysters every 15 centimeters. Don’t use too much cement. You can only glue the buttocks of the oysters, not the front.”

 Generally speaking, sticking oysters is even simpler than sticking kelp seedlings. The only thing you need to pay attention to is to apply the cement slurry.

This cement slurry must be mixed with water and cannot be too thin, otherwise it will dry very slowly, so Li Duoyu decided that he would be responsible for this cement slurry.

 After Li Duoyu finished explaining the matter.

Especially because piece rates are still used, and because of the hot weather, Li Duoyu raised his wages slightly.

Everyone became full of motivation instantly, and the second sister-in-law was the strongest. She held a bag of 70 to 80 kilograms of oyster sprouts in each hand.

Li Duoyu felt a little numb when he saw her. Fortunately, he had not made any move against her in these years. Otherwise, it would be hard to tell who would win and who would lose.

Now on the island, many people are staring at Li Duoyu. The novel method of keeping oysters has instantly attracted the attention of the villagers, and they have come to watch the excitement.

 As a result, more and more people surrounded us.

 Severely affected everyone. Li Duoyu, who was a little angry, said impatiently: "If you continue to watch like this, I will charge a fee."

“Duoyu, why do you only care about money?”

 “That’s right, that’s right.”

At this moment, a clam farmer named Tang Ping took out a fifty cent note and placed it in front of Li Duoyu:

"Here, here, is fifty cents enough? Tell us why you, an oyster, need to stick to cement."

 “Fifty cents, you send the beggar.”

 “At least give me a piece.”

 After saying that, Li Duoyu put away the one dollar without politeness.

The villagers couldn't help complaining: "Damn it, you are now the richest on the island, and you don't even give away fifty cents."

 “Nonsense, don’t slander me, I still owe the credit union a lot of money.”

"Besides, no matter how rich I am, I can be as rich as the Wang brothers."

 After mentioning Wang Dapao, everyone frowned. To be honest, they didn't know how much money the two brothers had.

 And recently, some of them received red envelopes from Wang Jinjun, and the meaning could not be more obvious.

Tang Ping urged:

“Don’t worry about who is the richest, I have already paid. Tell us quickly, how are you going to raise these oysters?”

Li Duoyu smiled and said: "What I do is called the hanging method, which is specially used to raise oysters.

 In the past, the oysters raised in our village were small in size and did not have much meat. The reason was that there was not enough room for growth in vertical farming.

And like this, if two of them are put together, the space for growth is very large.

“

Li Duoyu was halfway through speaking when he suddenly stopped talking. He coughed twice and joked: "If you want to hear the analysis next time, you have to pay extra."

 “Your uncle, tell me quickly.”

The tractor driver in the village laughed and scolded: "You are getting worse and worse. When you go to the bamboo house, I won't charge you any more. Please talk to me now."

Li Duoyu grinned.

 It’s quite fun to have some fun once in a while.

Li Duoyu also answered all the villagers’ questions one by one, and told the onlookers all the methods of hanging oysters.

 But everyone had too many problems, which really affected Li Duoyu's work. At this time, someone just woke up.

Li Duoyu quickly said: "My brother-in-law taught me these. He just happened to be here. If you ask him, you will know better."

 Chen Dongqing, who was yawning, found that everyone gathered around and asked some questions about oyster farming.

“Holly, is this hanging method good?”

 “Will raising this oyster make money?”

 When the villagers asked this question, Chen Dongqing frowned and fell silent. Due to the previous failure experience of Uncle Tai, he was very careful when speaking now.

“It’s really hard to tell. The breeding cycle of large oysters like Li Duoyu is very long, about three years, if there is a typhoon.”

 “It takes so long.”

“Isn’t it true that the labor cost is very high and the risk is also high?”

 Chen Dongqing nodded: "Yes, that's right."

Having suffered a loss once, he will never assure farmers that seafood farming can make money. Instead, he tells them that farming is very risky.

 Because mariculture is really difficult, it’s really like gambling, you have to go through several disasters a year.

 A sea surge can cause the Wang brothers to lose 10,000 yuan in blood, let alone something as terrifying as a typhoon.

Facing these fishermen who want to keep oysters alive, Chen Dongqing can only say:

“If you really plan to keep oysters, you can sign up with me first. When the time comes, I will ask Section Chief Zhang Qingyun from the research institute to give you a class on how to keep oysters alive.”

"I regestrated."

Tang Ping, the clam farmer, was the first to raise his hand.

 “Count me in too.”

 What Li Duoyu and Chen Dongqing didn't expect was that at this moment, the village radio rang.

This time the person making the announcement was not Uncle Mao, but Wang Dapao himself.

“Hello fellow villagers and friends, I am Wang Xianjun, and I will give you an important message now.”

“Our Dandan Island has reached a cooperation agreement with two Hong Kong Island investors. If there are any villagers who want to raise abalone, please come to the brigade to gather.”

 (End of this chapter)