Chapter 17 Becoming Famous

When the passenger ship left the island, it was loaded with seafood.

When it returned to the island, it was also loaded with all kinds of daily necessities, with a wide variety of things, but most of these things were from the supply and marketing cooperative on the island.

Li Duoyu remembered that although the reform was open, it seemed that no one in the village had opened a grocery store. Everyone went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy vegetables, daily necessities, and soy sauce.

The supply and marketing cooperative on Dandan Island occupied a large area, more than 200 square meters, with five salesmen.

In this era, the supply and marketing cooperative sold almost everything, including electric lights, electric fans, fishing nets, and ship repair accessories.

When Li Duoyu was a child, he loved to visit the supply and marketing cooperative the most. He felt like Liu Laolao entering the Grand View Garden. He was curious about everything and wanted to buy everything.

In the past few years when the goods were popular, the business of the supply and marketing cooperative was obviously much worse, and few people bought cloth. Those large items on the glass cabinets were all covered with dust.

Wang Jinjun, the dormitory leader in charge of purchasing for the supply and marketing cooperative, saw that all the villagers on the boat were running to buy smuggled goods. His face was full of helplessness. He sat on the deck alone and smoked a cigarette.

In the past, when only tickets were used, everyone would greet him enthusiastically when they saw him, saying "Hello, President". Unlike now, when they are on the same boat, no one will pay attention to them.

What he is most afraid of hearing is that the villagers say that his products are expensive and the quality is not as good as smuggled goods.

He is the one who hates smuggling the most on the island.

Wang Jinjun looked at Li Duoyu, who was sitting in the corner of the passenger ship holding the smuggled cloth, and he became more and more angry.

He and Agui were considered active smugglers on the island, and they were always advocating how good smuggled goods were.

Recently, Wang Jinjun heard some rumors from his superiors. It seems that someone from above has come and set up an anti-smuggling office.

If he knew where the anti-smuggling office was, he would like to report these two people now and arrest them and put them in prison.

After returning to Dandan Island.

Li Duoyu, who had not slept well for several days, fell asleep.

But he didn't expect that the same day's Rongcheng Daily would be brought back to the island with the passenger ship.

When Wang Jinjun, the president of the supply and marketing cooperative, saw the newspaper, he thought he was dazzled and read it again with his reading glasses.

"Impossible, how could this be possible."

He had been the president of the supply and marketing cooperative for so many years, and had attended many meetings, big and small, but he had never been in the same frame with this leader. Li Duoyu actually took a photo with him.

And the villagers on the island who usually read newspapers were all dumbfounded after getting the newspaper.

The fourth child of the old Li family, who was lazy and swindled, actually reported it, took a photo with the leader, and talked about our Dandan Island.

In this era, there were very few televisions, and newspapers were the largest media channel. It was a very awesome thing to be able to report it.

In less than half an hour.

The news of Li Duoyu's report spread all over the island.

The principal of the primary school in Dandan Island went to Zhou Xiaoying in person with a newspaper, looking excited: "Xiaoying, this man is your husband Li Duoyu, right?"

After Zhou Xiaoying saw the newspaper, she was speechless for a long time, and her hands were shaking slightly: "Yes, it's him."

The female colleagues in the office gathered around.

"It's really Duoyu."

"What did he do? Why did he take a photo with the leader?"

"Xiaoying, your husband has changed a lot recently. He cut his hair and came to the school to pick you up. Did you secretly reward him?"

Zhou Xiaoying blushed when they teased her.

"No, I'm still pregnant."

And the female teacher named Lin Shanshan, after seeing the newspaper, looked bitter. She was slapped twice by the useless man at home yesterday.

Today, Zhou Xiaoying's husband was reported. This huge contrast made her a little difficult to accept.

"Xiaoying, you are really lucky."

Zhou Xiaoying herself couldn't believe that Li Duoyu had been out for only two days and made such a big fuss, looking at the content of the report in the newspaper.

Zhou Xiaoying was full of doubts. Does Li Duoyu look like someone who can say such nice words?

Could it be that his uncle taught him to say it?

But when she thought about the changes in Li Duoyu in the past few days, Zhou Xiaoying felt that it was not impossible.

Zhou Xiaoying folded the newspaper neatly and pressed it between the textbooks. Her face was full of smiles, and her heart was already full of joy.

And in the square in front of the temple.

The group of island youths who were drinking beer, playing music, and twisting their bodies heard the news and bought a newspaper to read.

"Gan Lin, Brother Yu is really in the newspaper, and he took a photo with the leader."

"Let me see it too."

Xiao Hei, who replaced Li Duoyu and became the new upstart in the island's goods circle, said sourly after seeing the newspaper:

"How could this be said by Duoyu? It must be because of his uncle's help, otherwise how could it be in the newspaper."

And a young man with an afro nicknamed "Tugou" stared at Li Duoyu in the newspaper.

"Damn it, when did Brother Yu cut his hair?"

"It was Brother Yu who instigated me to have an afro, which caused my father to chase and beat me for a long time. Why did he cut it?"

Xiao Hei continued:

"Why? He alone represents the entire Dandan Island, and he also said that he wants to grow kelp. When the time comes, these leaders will come to our island and see that there is nothing left. Li Duoyu will definitely find a way to get in."

"It's better not to come, otherwise the leaders will pay attention to us, and how will we sell our goods in the future?"

"That's right, let's just focus on selling our goods. By then, we will all make a lot of money and build a big house. Let's see him grow kelp and lose money there."

Agui, the backbone of this group, heard that these younger brothers also had dark faces after reading the newspaper. They were brothers who had been drinking together a few days ago.

They changed in an instant.

Old Li, who had just come back from the mudflats after picking oysters, was stopped by his neighbor, Grandpa Hu. This old man who usually loves to play four-color cards, held the newspaper and said excitedly: "Old Li, have you read the newspaper? Your son has made progress."

Old Li looked at Grandpa Hu in confusion. He has five children in total.

The eldest, Li Qingguo, went to work in the city and didn't even have a partner;

The second, Li Yaoguo, was a softie;

The third, Li Shuihua, married to the next village and lived an average life;

The fourth, Li Duoyu, recently became a good woman, but she didn't make progress either;

The only one who had a relatively good future should be the fifth, Li Xiaorong, who was studying at a medical university in another place.

But Xiaorong was a woman.

When Old Li took the newspaper and saw the pictures published on it, his face, which had been exposed to the sun for many years and had become very dark and dry, instantly became rosy.

Then, he found that he didn't know how to read.

He quickly asked Lao Hu:

"Lao Hu, tell me what's written on it."

Uncle Hu explained to Lao Li seriously:

"It was your son who said in front of the leaders that he wanted to grow kelp and lead us to grow kelp on Dandan Island, striving to be the first in the province."

After hearing this, Lao Li was not happy. Kelp is so difficult to grow, and it will all die in summer. Isn't Lao Si lying to the leaders by saying such big words?

At this time, there was a "crunch".

Li Duoyu, with sleepy eyes, scratched his belly and walked out of the room and came to the courtyard. Then, he saw the newspaper in the hands of Uncle Hu next door and became nervous instantly.

"Dad, take me to find those farmers who raised kelp last year."

"You just came back, why are you in such a hurry?"

Li Duoyu lowered his head and whispered:

"I have to be in a hurry. If they also see the newspaper and know that I want to raise kelp, I won't be able to buy their kelp rope at a low price."

After Lao Li reacted, he urged:

"Then why are you still standing there, hurry up and leave."