345. Chapter 343: Power Outage on the Island (1/2)

Chapter 343 Blackout on the Island

Li Duoyu unpacked the Walkman and checked it. It was indeed brand new. There was also a pair of headphones in the box.

This thing is an absolute rarity in this era, and many people have never seen headphones.

"Uncle Ma, do you have batteries and tapes here? Let me try to see if they are broken."

Ma Youcai lowered his reading glasses and glanced at him sideways: "If it's really bad, I dare to sell you. It's not like you don't know that those who work in our industry are most afraid of offending others."

Li Duoyu smiled and said: "If we inspect the goods on site, none of us will suffer. We will save ourselves the hassle."

Ma Youcai thought it made sense: "That's right. Just wait for me and I'll get you two batteries."

Not long after.

Li Duoyu installed the two Three Circle batteries given to him by Uncle Ma into his Walkman, put down a blank tape and started listening.

Li Duoyu originally thought it was a song, but before he listened to it for a while, his expression felt a little strange, and there were literally ten thousand grass and mud horses galloping in his heart.

Seeing Li Duoyu's exaggerated expression, Ma Youcai worriedly said, "It's not really bad. Let me take a look."

Li Duoyu quickly handed the thing to Uncle Ma, but Uncle Ma only listened to it for a few seconds and immediately took off his headphones.

"Don't look at me like this. It's not what you think. This tape is not mine."

Li Duoyu sighed.

"Uncle Ma, I can understand you. I also like to read short stories, but yours is too exciting. Where did you record it?"

Ma Youcai slapped his thigh directly: "It's really not me. It should have been recorded by my bastard son using my three-way camera."

"I see."

"What do you know? I've already told you. It's really not me. If I knew there was something wrong with this tape, how could I still show it to you?"

After seeing that there was no problem with the machine, Li Duoyu readily paid for the Walkman and the 20 meters of fabric.

"Uncle Ma, I'm leaving first."

Ma Youcai wanted to explain, but Li Duoyu ran away after paying the money, and then he realized: "Duoyu, please return the battery and tape to me."

"Uncle Ma, just give this to me. Our good brothers who go fishing at sea will definitely like it very much."

Ma Youcai was angry and helpless: "Don't tell people nonsense. Do you know?"

"That's for sure. We have had a revolutionary friendship."

Ma Youcai held the 19-card Great Unity in his hand, but felt that the money was "incredibly heavy" and that his wise life was ruined in one day.

And at that moment, a carefree young man came to the store: "Dad, where is the tape I put in your store?"

Ma Youcai closed the store door and picked up the hardest ruler in the fabric store.

"Dad, why are you closing the door?"

Ma Youcai looked murderous: "You piece of shit, I have to beat you to death today."

Li Duoyu really didn't expect that when he came to buy a Walkman, he actually picked up a treasure.

When their big ship is finished in the future, this thing can be put on the ship as a "treasure" to stabilize the ship.

It takes a long time for a big ship to go out to sea. If you hold it in for a long time, young people will inevitably become angry. When the time comes, this tape will be an absolute hot commodity.

Li Duoyu got on the last bus and headed to Qingkou Pier.

Chen Wenchao had been waiting for him at the dock for a long time. He was holding a bamboo cage in his hand, which contained five or six young hens. He should have bought it for Xiaolan to eat during her confinement period.

And beside him, there were several fishmongers talking and laughing with him.

Seeing these people, Li Duoyu felt really guilty. After all, he was the one who proposed the aquatic product processing plant next to him. Maybe it was these people who told him the news about Old Man Mi.

Anyone who knows him knows that the fishing boat belongs to him, and they would not deliberately block him here.

Li Duoyu hesitated for a while and then walked over.

When he saw Li Duoyu, Chen Wenchao said hello, and Lao Zhang, who was smoking, saw him and said with a smile:

"Duoyu, where have you been? I've been waiting for you for a long time."

"I really didn't expect that this aquatic product processing plant was proposed by you. You must be so awesome. You didn't even tell us about such an awesome thing. If we hadn't worked in the factory and heard the factory director talk about it, "I guess you really were kept in the dark."

Li Duoyu looked stunned and pointed at the nearby processing factory: "Have you all entered the factory?"

Lao Zhang smiled bitterly and said: "If we don't enter the factory, we will be drinking from the northwest. Now we are all salesmen in the processing factory."

Li Duoyu said with a smile: "It's good to join the factory. Once we have a staff, I might change my name to you as Manager Zhang."

Lao Zhang sighed: "I don't have that much freedom when I enter the factory. I have already had five meetings in less than two weeks on the job."

Li Duoyu smiled: "Just get used to it."

After chatting with Lao Zhang and other fish traders for a while, Li Duoyu sailed back to Dandan Island.

In the past, I took a passenger ship.

It will take at least half an hour to return to the island. You can get on the fishing boat by yourself and it will only take fifteen minutes at most. If you use "Da Fei", ten minutes is probably enough.

When Li Duoyu returned to Dandan Island Fishing Port, it was almost eight o'clock, but as soon as he parked the boat, he saw a funny scene.

Shitou held a loudspeaker and shouted:

"Dear folks, brothers and sisters, tonight's TV series finale, please turn off the refrigerator after eight o'clock and do not use the washing machine.

There are a lot of lights on in the house, please turn off one or two.”

Shitou and Li Qingguang each held a pack of cigarettes in their hands and visited households with large electrical appliances door to door.

"Lao Lu, you have the most electrical appliances in your home. Remember to turn them off. It will take an hour and a half."

"Brother Yu, you are back. Do you want to watch TV together tonight? The finale is here."

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "You guys work hard just to watch TV."

Shitou scratched his head: "We don't want to, but at night these days, the voltage in the village is not good. Everyone has missed several episodes. The finale is tonight."

Li Qingguang asked:

"Brother, your TV has been broken for several months. Has it been repaired? The color TV still looks comfortable."

Li Duoyu said: "The repairman said that there is no spare parts and it cannot be repaired for the time being."

"Brother, I noticed that you don't seem to like watching TV very much. I haven't seen you watching it with us."

"I prefer reading comics and novels."

"That one is not as good as TV. All the women in the TV series are very beautiful. I like Huang Rong very much."

Li Duoyu would not tell the two of them that he had read at least five versions of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

When he was young, his favorites were Huang Yaoshi and Hong Qigong, and he thought they were very powerful.

But as I got older, I fell in love with Ouyang Feng more and more, feeling that he was the most real person among them.

After Li Duoyu returned home after buying a lot of things, he thought he would be talked over by Zhou Xiaoying, but he didn't expect that she was in the bedroom, playing with little Tutu.

Before she noticed, Li Duoyu hurriedly hid the cloth and walkman he had just bought under the cabinet, planning to give her a little surprise on her birthday.

After hearing the noise outside.

Zhou Xiaoying took out a stick and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw it was Li Duoyu: "I thought there was a mouse in the house, but you came home and didn't even bark."

"Want to give you a surprise."

Zhou Xiaoying rolled her eyes at him: "You haven't had dinner yet, the rice and vegetables are all hot in the pot for you."

Li Duoyu hugged Zhou Xiaoying on the spot and kissed her directly: "My wife is still kind to me."

Zhou Xiaoying frowned, broke away, and wiped the saliva on her face.

"Isn't it disgusting? You did it all over my face."

"What's so disgusting? When we first got married, you still stuck your tongue out."

Zhou Xiaoying blushed suddenly and was so angry that she wanted to step on him. She said angrily: "Hurry up and eat your food. After you finish eating, I will wash the dishes." "It's just two bowls, I'll just wash them. "

"If I always ask you to wash dishes and let the neighbors see it, my reputation outside will only get worse and worse. People have already started to criticize me. I won't take care of the children and I won't do the housework anymore."

"Who doesn't have eyes? My wife is so beautiful and virtuous. You may not even be able to find her in the entire Rongcheng City, but you dare to talk about her."

Zhou Xiaoying felt embarrassed after hearing this. She went back to the bedroom to continue accompanying Xiao Tutu, but as soon as she arrived in the bedroom, she screamed loudly:

"Duoyu, come here quickly!"

Li Duoyu thought something had happened and rushed over in fright. When he got to the bedroom, he realized that it was little Tutu who had stood up on his own.

Zhou Xiaoying said excitedly: "Our son can stand up on his own."

He was still holding the inflatable tiger toy in his hand. Little Tutu stood up alone and took the first step carefully.

His center of gravity was unstable and he almost fell, but luckily he put his hands on the ground.

Zhou Xiaoying was so frightened that she immediately went to help him, but Li Duoyu quickly pulled her back.

"Do not worry."

Little Tutu held back her strength, stood up again, and took another small step. This time she didn't fall.

Little Tutu, who could walk, seemed to have discovered a new world. He walked slowly towards the two of them, with a smile on his face, looking very happy, and he also let out a sharp laugh, like Celebrating that I can walk again.

Li Duoyu felt an indescribable feeling when he saw this scene.

Li Duoyu opened his arms and smiled like an old father: "Tutu, come to daddy."

As soon as Li Duoyu finished speaking, Xiao Tutu glanced at him, then turned around and walked towards his mother.

In the first few steps, I could only walk slowly, but in the back I actually started running quickly, and before falling, I hugged his mother's thigh.

Zhou Xiaoying happily picked him up and kissed him several times on the cheek: "Our family Tutu can also walk."

Li Duoyu said: "Xiaoying, let him down and let him take a few more steps to see."

"Why are you so anxious? It will be difficult to take care of the child after he can leave. Hurry up and put away the things in our house that are within his reach."

But little Tutu, who had just learned to walk, couldn't hold her at all and kept struggling to get to the ground.

But at this moment.

The lights at home flickered on and off, which startled little Tutu and buried her head directly in Xiaoying's arms.

After Li Duoyu glanced at the electric light, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. Now those who watch the TV series are probably going to be furious again.

Sure enough, within two seconds, the light went out and did not come back on.

At this time, Li Duoyu could hear a large group of people watching TV in the direction of his cousin's house, constantly cursing.

"Who is so wicked?"

"It's all over, why are you still making trouble? Just be a human being."

Shitou yelled and cursed: "Lao Lu, did you secretly open the refrigerator and washing machine again?"

Lao Lu scolded back: "Damn it, Shitou, please stop talking nonsense, my house has been closed a long time ago."

"Then who turned on the big appliances again? You are the only ones in our village who have big appliances."

"You ask me, who should I ask?"

This kind of power shortage has happened to everyone many times. Generally, the power will come back after a while.

But this time, the power didn't come back. A group of people who followed the drama were watching the black and white TV in front of them.

"What's going on?"

"It's not really out of power."

At this time, someone in the village shouted: "The village office notified that the diesel generator at the end of the village has broken down and is being repaired. Let's light the lights first."

Upon hearing this news, those who were guarding the black and white TV started to cry and curse.

"Ganni mother."

"It didn't break down earlier or later, but it broke down at this time."

"Can it be repaired? The finale is coming soon. Can you let people watch it?"

The diesel generator in the village was broken. As the village director, Li Duoyu must go to the machine room to check.

The diesel generator in the village has always been in charge of Wang Xianghong, who is Wang Dapao's cousin and the only one in the village with the surname Wang who is not hated by the villagers.

Although he was also collecting the electricity bills in the village, most of the money he collected was used to buy diesel. He didn't make much money in a month, so he could only make ends meet.

Li Duoyu came to the generator room and found that many people had come. There was a kerosene lamp in the room, and outside the room, he could smell the strong smell of burning plastic.

In the room, there was a large diesel generator, which was already a few years old. It was said that it was given by the Russians a long time ago.

A middle-aged man with oil all over his face was lying on the ground, checking the generator.

Li Duoyu asked him: "Comrade Xiang Hong, is the generator seriously broken this time?"

Wang Xianghong, who was lying on the ground, replied: "Some parts are burned out. You have to approve a note for me. I will go to the machinery factory in the city to see if there are the same parts. If not, I have to buy them from other places."

"Okay, come to me tomorrow and I will give you the funds."

Looking at the diesel generator that suddenly broke down in front of him, Li Duoyu was also helpless. He had just mentioned the project to the town leaders today, but he didn't expect the generator in the village to break down.

Since there was no electricity, many people who had watched the TV show halfway also ran to the machine room.

When they learned that the diesel generator was broken, they thought of using the reservoir to generate electricity. A young man said:

"If the generator is broken, let's use the reservoir generator directly."

As soon as he finished speaking, he was scolded by the old man in the village: "Reservoir power generation is only used in emergencies, and it cannot be used casually."

"Then we won't be able to watch the finale tonight."

At this time, Shitou looked at Li Duoyu with a smile: "Brother Yu, can I borrow the diesel generator from your eel factory?"

"Yes, I almost forgot that our village director's eel factory has two generators."

Li Duoyu glanced at the group of people. He didn't expect that everyone was so addicted to watching the drama that even his eldest cousin, cousin, third aunt, and eldest aunt were watching.

"My diesel generators are fixed. If you want to watch, move the TV to my factory and watch it."

"Okay."

Fearing that the TV series would end, Shitou ran away. Then, everyone carried the TV and the receiving antenna and went to Li Duoyu's eel factory.

But everyone had just assembled it.

When the TV was turned on, the three big words "Grand Finale" appeared on the screen, which made their blood pressure soar.

"Fuck you."

"I still didn't catch up."

After the power outage in Xiasha Village, the children in the village had a lot of fun, as if the power outage was a very interesting thing.

Some children made a fire and torches. Many children ran around with torches, shouting that they wanted to go on an adventure.

"Haoran, don't play too late, don't go to dangerous places, do you understand?" Second sister-in-law Zhu Xiuhua shouted.

"I understand."

Standing in the courtyard, Li Duoyu glanced at the dimly lit Xiasha Village, as if he had returned to his childhood.

At that time, the lights in the village were not on, and every household lit kerosene lamps. At that time, every night, his favorite thing to do was to roast sweet potatoes.

Because roasted sweet potatoes are really delicious, every time he roasted sweet potatoes, he would bring them to Zhou Xiaoying to tempt her, but he would not let her eat them.