1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

383. Chapter 378: New House Roof Beam Laying (1/2)

(I’m so embarrassed. I was asked to revise three or four chapters in a row. This plot is over. I really don’t dare anymore.)

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After my sister gave birth to her child, she insisted on asking Li Duoyu to help name the child.

What can I say? This child came into this world because of his help.

But he, who was named a waste, really only knew how to use redundant words. Finally, under the pressure of his sister, he had to give the child a nickname first.

Round.

After choosing the nickname, my sister and brother-in-law both praised me non-stop.

“It’s still beneficial to have more fish.”

"Yuanyuan is good, it means reunion."

"Shui Hua, why not just call her Yuanyuan."

"I think it's okay."

It is obviously a very common nickname, the kind that belongs to the bad streets, but my sister and brother-in-law praised it so much that Li Duoyu felt a little embarrassed.

And at this moment, Li Duoyu suddenly realized that everyone seemed to be becoming more and more cautious when communicating with him.

Moreover, the number of flatterers around him has obviously increased, and even his parents rarely lecture him anymore.

With the improvement of his status and assets, Li Duoyu felt as if he had lost something, and some things seemed to never be returned to the past.

A few days after giving birth, brother-in-law Zhang Mingsheng secretly handed a thick leather envelope to Director Liu.

Of course, he has not forgotten the hush money paid by his second sister-in-law.

Take the money last.

Go to the place of residence to handle the fine.

And this matter passed like this.

But then, brother-in-law Zhang Mingsheng had a huge quarrel with his family when they learned that they had another daughter.

Just as he expected, Zhang's father and mother forced him to give the child away and asked the couple to have another child.

His relatives all felt that Li Shuihua could not give birth to a son, so they all made suggestions, and even came up with the idea of ​​"borrowing a child".

Pay money to let outside women give birth to sons for the Zhang family.

And Zhang Mingsheng, who had been crushed by the words "carrying on the family line" for a long time, finally broke out.

After a big quarrel with his family, he drove directly to Dandan Island with his eldest daughter Zhang Lin and second daughter Zhang Yun, and temporarily stayed at the guest house of the village committee.

That day.

Being left alone, Zhang's mother burst into tears. Zhang's relatives also scolded Zhang Mingsheng for being unfilial and abandoning his family for the sake of a woman.

But it was very festive here on Dandan Island. Relatives prepared gifts for Zhang Mingsheng's eldest daughter Zhang Lin and second daughter Zhang Yun.

When Chen Huiying saw her two thin granddaughters, she felt so distressed that she almost shed tears: "Why are you so thin? Together, you two don't even weigh as much as Haoran."

Li Haoran on the side smiled awkwardly. He felt that it was not serious, it was not that exaggerated.

When the two granddaughters saw Chen Huiying, they were also very excited and said with a smile:

"Grandma, we miss you so much."

Chen Huiying touched their heads: "We haven't seen each other for so many years, but I still remember my grandma."

The eldest daughter Zhang Lin said: "Remember, grandma is the best to us. Every time we come over, she prepares delicious food for us. The fish balls are delicious."

After hearing this, Chen Huiying's nose suddenly became sore, her eyes were a little moist, and she looked at Zhang Mingsheng and Li Shuihua a little angrily.

"How do you two raise a child? You raise the child like a bamboo pole. It feels like a gust of wind can blow it over."

Li Shuihua puffed her mouth and whispered: "They two don't like to eat."

Chen Huiying scolded her on the spot: "Are you still reasonable? Don't you know what the food you cook tastes like?"

After Chen Huiying finished training Li Shuihua, she said to her two granddaughters with a smile: "My dear grandson, I will eat with grandma from now on. I will make sure to prepare delicious food for you every day."

The two girls laughed and said:

"Thank you, grandma."

"Grandma, it's the best for us."

At this moment, Li Haoran looked at the two sisters who also had sweet mouths. Suddenly, he felt as if he had fallen out of favor.

First there was little Tutu, then little Yuanyuan, and now two younger sisters.

It seems that grandma won’t cook his favorite braised pork for him these days.

However, Li Haoran had already looked away.

It doesn't matter if she falls out of favor with grandma, as long as she doesn't fall out of favor with her uncle. After all, the thickest thighs in the village are those of my uncle.

Mid July.

Dandan Island has ushered in a hot summer. Although the wind is very strong on the beach, the heat is really hot.

At noon, the beach is impossible to walk on with bare feet.

At this time, Li Duoyu's new house ushered in the capping of the second floor.

Although the new house is a frame structure with cement slabs on top, Lao Li insisted on building a pyramid-shaped beam roof on top.

It is specially used to place the main beam.

The day has arrived for the beam.

Li Duoyu and Lao Li carried a large fir tree covered with red silk from the dock.

The person who presided over the beam-laying ceremony was still the old mage from last time. Many people had built houses in the past two years, and many people came to him to raise the beams.

Compared with last year, this old mage is visibly mellower, and he is becoming more and more proficient in his business.

Before the ceremony even started, dozens of people came to the courtyard of the new house.

Most of them were children. They had been waiting there early, holding a piece of red cloth in their hands.

Because after the beam-laying ceremony is over, Li Duoyu will scatter wedding fruits and candies on the top floor, and the red cloth in their hands is used to grab and contain.

Zhang Lin and Zhang Yun followed Xiaopangdun with two small bamboo poles and couldn't help but ask:

"Brother, how long will this ceremony last? When will the happy fruits start to be sprinkled?"

Li Haoran replied in a familiar manner: "You two must have never robbed me before."

"We don't let girls grab it."

Li Haoran frowned and said: "You guys have so many rules, don't worry, the tide hasn't come in yet. The ceremony won't start until the tide is full. After all the ceremonies are over and the firecrackers are set off, the candy will start. "

"Then are we going to have to stand here and wait for a long time?"

Li Haoran said seriously: "We have the best position here. If we don't occupy it, it will be taken away by others immediately.

If you two have sore feet, go take a rest first, and then follow me when the fight starts. "

The two girls nodded obediently.

"Thank you, brother."

"By the way, when the grabbing starts later, we only want wedding candies and coins, and we won't grab anything else. Do you know?"

The two little girls nodded like chickens one by one, and Li Haoran suddenly felt that it would be nice to have two more obedient sisters.

It was almost two o'clock in the afternoon.

The tide is rising.

Someone on the other side of the pier shouted: "The water has risen, it's time to raise the beam."

After hearing this, the old mage lit the incense in his hand

The whole process is similar to the previous factory building beam installation.

After the beam loading is completed.

Li Duoyu and Zhou Xiaoying stood on the roof and shouted to the people below: "Are you ready?"

The second uncle below shouted: "Hurry up, everyone has been waiting for a long time, there are so many of us, have you prepared enough things?" "It must be enough, it's three loads."

"Then let it go quickly."

"Then, please say something nice first."

The second uncle below cleared his throat and shouted: "I wish you good luck in your new home, good luck to your family, lots of money, happiness in the world, and endless happiness. Let's talk about it, okay?"

Everyone shouted together: "Okay."

Li Duoyu began to scatter wedding fruits, wedding candies and coins downstairs, and the people downstairs immediately started looting.

The adults mainly grab the red turtle cakes, while the children lie on the ground one by one and grab the candies and coins.

When some red turtle cakes were thrown down, they hit the people below. Instead of being angry, they laughed and said, "It hit me. I will build a new house next year."

Seeing everyone grabbing the happy fruits, Li Duoyu shouted: "Don't worry about grabbing things, be obedient and don't stop."

The second uncle then shouted: "Good luck to the country, rising steadily, and prosperity. Everyone wishes the village director good luck in giving birth to a boy next year."

"OK."

Zhou Xiaoying was a little helpless, but still spread the good news.

The villagers who came to participate in the beam-laying ceremony all returned carrying a large bag of happy fruits.

Li Haoran took advantage of his secret position and grabbed a full dollar. Zhang Lin and Zhang Yun followed him and also picked up a lot.

Their pockets were filled with various candies, including watermelon candies, orange candies and maltose candies.

After finishing the robbery, Li Haoran took his two sisters to the supply and marketing cooperative and went directly to the salesperson to buy all the popsicles.

"Boss, here are five popsicles."

Zhang Lin was puzzled: "There are only three of us, why did we buy five."

Little Fatty smiled and said: "My uncle and aunt must be exhausted today, so I'll buy them two to relieve the heat."

"Brother, you are so sensible."

The beam-laying ceremony is over, but the house is only half-finished, and it will take a long time before it is truly completed.

The inner walls of the house also need to be plastered with white ash, the floor needs to be paved with ceramic tiles, the outer walls need to be plastered with a layer of cement, and finally the small rectangular ceramic tiles need to be affixed.

The mason Cao estimated that it would take at least October to complete the project. Even he himself could not have imagined that building such a new house would take so long.

However, Lao Cao felt that the reason why the construction was slow was because it was his first time to build it, which also caused every process to be done very seriously.

After Li Duoyu's new house is finished with beams.

After all the trouble with the house.

The uncle and the third uncle came to see him personally and determined the time for the next sea trip in three days.

Because it's early August.

On the Zhoushan Islands, there is a flood season for swimming crabs, and a large number of swimming crabs can be caught.

The price of swimming crabs has also increased this year.

The price has increased from more than 10 cents to 2.5 cents, and swimming crabs swim relatively slowly, so it is very suitable to use the fish finder on Li Duoyu's fishing boat to find swimming crabs.

Li Duoyu also planned to take Zhou Xiaoying with him, and then, after disembarking from Hangzhou Bay, take a train to Xiaoying's hometown.

I heard that we want to jointly catch swimming crabs.

Brother-in-law Zhang Mingsheng originally wanted to go with him, but considering that his sister was still in confinement, Li Duoyu was naturally embarrassed to take him with him.

Of course, Li Duoyu has another more important matter that needs his help, and that is the tidal flat embankment.

When the tide goes out.

The two of them were riding "mud horses" gliding on the tidal flats. Li Duoyu held many bamboo poles and stuck them on the tidal flats.

Zhang Mingsheng was surprised: "Do you want to enclose such a large area? This is already fifty acres. If we really build a dam, the project will be huge. How long will it take to make money back?"

Li Duoyu nodded: "In the first few years, you will definitely lose money, but as long as you encircle it, you will make pure profits later."

The entire tidal flat area of ​​Dandan Island, including the area extending into the sea, is about more than 2,000 acres. If they are all enclosed for breeding, the economy of Dandan Island will definitely take off.

Li Duoyu remembers very clearly that in his previous life, these two thousand acres of tidal flats were secretly subcontracted by the Wang brothers to an individual enterprise.

The contract was signed for 30 years.

As a result, the villagers of Xiasha Village had no right to use the tidal flats. The two sides had been in court for more than 20 years, but there was no result.

When the last policy came down, all the embankments of the tidal flats were cleared by the organization.

No one was allowed to use it.

However, that was more than 20 years later.

Li Duoyu surrounded the tidal flats, one because he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune, and the other because he wanted to boost the village's economy.

To be honest, it was very simple to let the villagers live a good life. As long as he made money, the villagers would definitely follow suit and raise livestock.

Although Li Duoyu mostly took the lead and the lion's share, he would not "eat up the whole family" like the Wang brothers in his previous life.

Li Duoyu would at least leave half of it so that the villagers could eat meat together.

Money, Li Duoyu must like it.

As a human being in two lives, he knows how useful money is, but he can't be too unscrupulous when making money, just like a future business tycoon in the next county.

He would rather donate the money to society and win reputation than give a cent to his employees. This is the typical face of a capitalist.

In the early stage of blue crab farming, Li Duoyu planned to fence off 40 to 50 mu first, raise blue crabs first, and then expand the scale if it really works.

The loudspeaker in the village sounded.

"Fellow villagers, fellow villagers

Good morning.

Today, our village director is recruiting workers to start reclamation. We need men with stronger strength to help with the work. The daily wage is 2.5 yuan. You can rest for four days a month and get lunch. We want to recruit 20 people.

This recruitment will take at least half a year. If you want to sign up, hurry to the village committee to find Zhang Mingsheng to sign up."

After hearing the broadcast.

Some women weaving nets in the village couldn't help complaining: "Why don't you recruit women?"

"The wages are so high, it must be hard to make money. I guess we can't make money even if we go."

Many men in the village who didn't have fishing boats put down their work and ran to the village committee.

Two yuan a day for hard labor.

Not high.

But what is rare is that they can continue to work for half a year, and they can rest for four days a month, and they will also get a meal at noon. If they work for half a year, they can also afford to buy a rowing sampan.

"I want to sign up."

"I am stronger, it is definitely right to choose me."

In addition to recruiting people, the two tractors on the island were also contracted by Li Duoyu.

The number of people this time will not be less than the last time to dig a pond.

However, the workload is larger, and the embankment is much more difficult than digging a pond. A truckload of stones and soil can only fill less than half a meter.

It takes several trucks to fill a deeper place with one meter. Two tractors run non-stop, and at most they can only fill about 20 meters a day.

But after everyone started working, they found that the daily salary of two dollars and a half is really not easy to earn. It is pure physical work.

My back and waist ache after working for a day.

After seeing these people, Li Duoyu kept shaking his head. It was a pity that the second sister-in-law was not there this time, otherwise one second sister-in-law could at least replace three or four men like them.

Recently, the second sister-in-law has been going to Nanri Town very frequently, and she always nags about buying a small boat and learning to sail it herself.

Li Duoyu naturally knows what she is doing, but if she wants to do it, let her do it. (End of this chapter)

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