394. Chapter 389: Can't Win, Can't Go Back (Two in One) (1/2)

After Li Duoyu arrived home.

After a brief trimming, I touched Little Tutu's head, mounted the 28-bar, and headed towards the tidal flat.

As soon as we got there, there was a tractor loaded with sand and gravel. Sending black smoke towards the embankment.

Since the bodies of these tractors do not have a self-unloading function, whether loading or unloading, they can only rely on manpower, which is also the reason for the low efficiency.

In seven days, the embankment only stretched out 150 meters, but it was more than two meters wide, enough for a tractor to pass.

There were many people watching near the embankment, and everyone felt that the investment was too high, and the money was simply calculated by the meter.

The cost per meter of advance of the dike.

It costs at least ten dollars.

Such a large investment caused half of the people on Dandan Island to start arguing again.

Some farmers who have made money with Li Duoyu also want to join in the business. Unfortunately, the investment is too large, even greater than the investment in the eel pond. Even if they wanted to, they would not have the money to follow.

However, some people are still not optimistic about Li Duoyu's dike farming. They think Li Duoyu is too aggressive. If he invests so much at once, if he loses money, he may return to before liberation.

Some people also think that Li Duoyu was lucky in the past, and maybe this time the embankment breeding will be overturned.

Li Duoyu's cousin Liu Meifeng had planned to borrow money again some time ago, but after seeing that Li Duoyu was working on such a big project, she stopped talking about borrowing money.

August, summer is hot.

The sea breeze is hot.

The people who worked on the dam were all naked from the waist up, with a soaked towel wrapped around their necks, and their upper bodies were all tanned.

As soon as the tractor came over, the villagers at the end of the embankment climbed directly onto the back of the truck. They first turned over the stones with their bare hands and let them roll into the tidal flat.

Then, the sand and soil were shoveled off the car, and the entire embankment was mostly made of stones.

Otherwise, no matter how much sand and soil is washed away by the waves, it will be in vain.

Fortunately, the most indispensable thing on Dandan Island is stones, and in order to prevent these stones from moving due to force.

Zhang Mingsheng dug a large wooden pile on both sides of the dam at regular intervals for fixation. But this was not enough. He did not know where he borrowed a large stone mill. This thing has the same effect as a road roller and can be used to compact the dam. Dams can effectively prevent dam collapse.

After meeting Li Duoyu, Zhang Mingsheng, who was in charge of the entire embankment project, smiled and said, "Duoyu, when did you come back?"

Li Duoyu smiled and said:

"I just arrived not long ago."

Zhang Mingsheng said: "What, this dam is okay."

Li Duoyu stepped on the dam: "It's powerful, it's stronger than I thought."

At first, he thought it was unlikely, but he didn't expect that he would feel more accomplished the more he did it. He even consulted the old people who built the pier and summed up a lot of experience.

"Boom~~"

At this moment, Li Duoyu heard a loud noise, and then all the birds near the tidal flat were frightened and flew up.

"What kind of sound is this?"

Zhang Mingsheng said with a smile: "This is the sound of exploding rocks. It is too slow to use stone wedges to open the rocks, so I found some connections and bought some explosives. It will explode faster."

Li Duoyu frowned and said, "Is it safe?"

Zhang Mingsheng said: "Safety, the person in charge of the explosion is Captain Zhang. We all strictly abide by the explosion regulations."

In this era, explosives could be bought and sold among the private sector, and there were quite a few related organizations. If you had connections, you could buy them for a little money. Even Captain Zhang of the militia company had quite a few.

"I'll go take a look."

Li Duoyu rode a large 28 pole and walked towards the quarry.

When Li Duoyu rushed to the quarrying point, he found that they had dug a big hole into the mountain.

Due to the strong sea breeze, once the explosive exploded, the surrounding area was filled with dust generated by the explosion.

There are more people here than on the other side of the embankment, more than twenty in total.

Chen Wenchao, Company Commander Zhang, and Xiao Jun are all here. They are all gray-faced, with their hair covered in lime.

These people had no protection at all. Many of them had cigarettes in their mouths and were choking on the dust and coughing.

"Brother Yu, you are back."

Chen Wenchao said hello.

But after Li Duoyu looked them over, he called Chen Wenchao aside and asked, "Is the dust in this quarry always so heavy?"

Chen Wenchao replied: "There were not many at the beginning, but after using explosives to blow up the rocks, there were more."

Li Duoyu frowned and said, "The dust is too big. Buy some masks for everyone to wear."

Chen Wenchao chuckled and said: "It's okay, many of them smoke, and they can't wear masks at all."

These days, no one knows about protection, nor how harmful the dust produced by ore is to the lungs.

Li Duoyu said with a serious expression: "You still have to buy a mask. If someone doesn't wear a mask, you can just change someone else."

The smile on Chen Wenchao's face disappeared instantly and he became serious on the spot, because Brother Yu rarely said such strong words.

Li Duoyu then explained:

"You rarely go out to the island, and you don't know that many of the workers in the quarries and coal mines outside died of pneumoconiosis due to inhaling too much dust.

After suffering from this disease, it cannot be cured. You can only watch yourself slowly die. We have to work on this embankment for a long time, and there is so much dust every day, so we must take protection. "

Chen Wenchao didn't know what the pneumoconiosis was, but he knew that Brother Yu was angry for their own good.

"Brother Yu, I'll go to the town to buy a mask right away."

After Chen Wenchao left.

Shitou, who came to help, sat aside and drank water in big gulps, and said: "Fuck, this damn weather is so damn hot."

Li Duoyu laughed:

"You don't fish, why did you come to my place?"

Shitou scratched his head and said: "They all say that I'm as thin as a monkey. I need to do more work to be manly."

Li Duoyu glanced at Lin Shanshan who was helping with cooking not far away, and smiled: "You kid is not interested in wine."

Shitou, who was illiterate, was stunned and said: "What do you mean?"

"That is to say, you are not really here to work for me, but have other purposes."

After Li Duoyu finished speaking, he pointed to Shanshan not far away and shouted: "Shanshan, why are you here to help too."

Lin Shanshan walked over.

"Xiaoying is not here, your mother still has to take care of Tutu, Xiuhua went to Nanri Town again, so I came here to help with cooking."

"Thank you for your hard work."

Lin Shanshan smiled and said, "It's just a small matter. You and Sister Xiaoying have helped me so much, and I haven't thanked you properly yet."

When Lin Shanshan came over, Shitou's face turned red for no reason, and he turned his back to drink water.

After she left, he dared to turn around.

Li Duoyu shook his head: "You are too cowardly. You can't even look at her face, how can you chase her?"

Shitou frowned: "Brother Yu, please, don't talk nonsense, I just want to help you, it has nothing to do with Shanshan."

Li Duoyu whispered: "Actually, Shanshan doesn't like the strong ones, but the thin ones with more temperament."

Shitou's eyes widened and said: "Really?"

Li Duoyu smiled and said: "I haven't asked Shanshan, how do I know."

At this moment, Shitou suddenly felt a chill in this hot summer. If the person in front of him was not Li Duoyu, he really wanted to fight with him with a bayonet.

Li Duoyu continued, "By the way, Shitou, let me ask you something. Is your grandma's house in Team 3, No. 23?"

Shitou thought for a moment and replied, "Yes, we are in Team 3, my grandma is No. 23, and my house is No. 24."

"Then is your grandma called Ma Xiumei?"

Shitou frowned and said, "No, my grandma's name is Xiumei, but her last name is Shi, not Ma."

Li Duoyu touched his chin in confusion. This shouldn't be the case. The address and name matched, but why didn't the last name match?

Since there are so many people named Xiumei on the island, Li Duoyu asked in detail: "Have you ever moved? Have you always lived here?"

"I don't know about this. Anyway, it has never changed since I was born."

At this time, Captain Zhang, who came to help, said: "I know this, Shitou, your grandma's surname is not Shi, but Ma. When the household registration book was made, the person in charge of writing the materials in the brigade wrote your grandma's surname wrong, and then it has never been changed."

"So that's it."

Li Duoyu finally found the real person and continued to ask Shitou: "By the way, where is your grandpa?"

Shitou scratched his head: "My grandpa passed away a long time ago. I was raised by my grandma since I was a child."

"That's good."

Shitou was stunned: "What are you talking about? My grandpa is gone. What's good about this?" "Can you take me to find your grandma? I have something to ask her."

Shitou frowned. He felt very strange. He didn't even know that his grandma's surname was Ma. How did Brother Yu know it?

"Brother Yu, why are you asking this? You're not checking my family's household registration, are you? My ancestors for three generations are all good citizens and have never committed any crime."

Li Duoyu smiled mysteriously: "Don't worry, it's a good thing, there will be great wealth on your head."

Shitou shook his head and said, "How is it possible."

"Let's go, take me to find your grandma first, and you will know what's going on."

"Can you tell me first?"

"I can't tell you directly. After I discuss it with your grandma, I'll see if she is willing to tell you."

"What's going on? It's so mysterious."

On the way to Shitou's house, Li Duoyu took out the pieces of letter paper written by the old man two years ago. Last time he sent a letter, he didn't find the person, and the other party was also very polite and sent the letter back.

Under the leadership of Shitou.

Li Duoyu came to their house, which was actually similar to theirs, with a small courtyard. The only difference was that their house seemed to be facing the direction of the overseas province.

An old lady wearing clothes with cloth buttons in the old times and with her hair tied up was mending a fishing net in the shade.

After seeing Li Duoyu, the old lady was a little surprised: "Village director, why are you here?"

"It's like this, Shitou's grandma, I have something to ask you."

The old lady put down the net shuttle.

"Village director, go ahead."

"Then I'll just ask you two simple questions, is your hometown near Jinling?"

The old lady was very surprised when she heard this, because her first husband belonged to another organization.

For so many years, she hardly mentioned to the people on the island that she was from Jinling, and about her first husband, because she was worried that the organization would think she wanted to defect.

But how did the village director know?

The old lady frowned and said to Shitou: "You go out first, I have something to discuss with our village director."

Shitou was very surprised.

"Can't I listen?"

The old lady said sternly: "If you can listen, I will ask you to leave. When you leave, close the door."

Shitou looked reluctant, but he still closed the door when he left.

This is not overwhelming wealth. Looking at the expression of grandma, it is simply overwhelming fear.

Could it be that grandma has a special identity.

Female spy?

Old lady with two guns?

After seeing Shitou go out, the old lady said: "Village director, I am indeed from there. My real name is Ma Xiumei."

After confirming that it was the real person, Li Duoyu picked up the "love letter" written by the old man to her and handed it to her.

The old lady frowned: "What is this? I can't recognize the words. Can you read it to me? What is written on it?"

"Ah."

The content of this letter is quite sensational and corny. Li Duoyu got goose bumps when he thought of reading a love letter to the person involved.

But the water pump has been accepted, and it is still necessary to read it. Li Duoyu suddenly felt that it was a bit of a loss to accept only a water pump from the old man.

Li Duoyu cleared his throat:

To Xiumei:

In the countless days and nights when I miss you, I am full of guilt and my heart is broken. At the beginning, I shouldn't have acted impulsively.

When I learned that I couldn't win and couldn't go back, I felt like a walking corpse. Many people kept drinking to numb themselves.

How much I miss you,

and our children.

The old lady just listened to a few words.

Her eyes were already wet.

Just a few words brought her back to the hard times forty years ago. At that time, they had just been married for a short time, and her husband was deceived to go to the overseas province.

"Village director, where did you get this letter from?"

Li Duoyu replied: "I met him in the open sea last year. He has been looking for you, so I got this letter."

The old lady turned around, took out a handkerchief, gently wiped her tears, and asked: "Is he okay now?"

Li Duoyu pursed her lips. For a moment, she didn't know how to answer. As far as the current situation is concerned, the overseas province is better than the situation on Dandan Island.

"I'll give it to you, read on."

The old man's true situation was explained in the letter, including that he had remarried, how many children he had, and how many grandchildren he had.

After listening to it, Ma Xiumei didn't mean to blame him at all. After all, it was difficult for a person to live in that chaotic era.

"Fortunately, he didn't wait for me all the time, otherwise I really wouldn't have the face to see him."

After reading the whole letter, Li Duoyu handed the letter to the old lady and asked:

"Old lady, I have something to ask you. Who is Shitou's father and whose child is he?"

At this point, the old lady didn't want to hide it.

"It's Weiguo and I. Shi Laosan and I just live together. We don't have any children."

Li Duoyu smiled: "So, Shitou and his grandfather have met."

The old lady was shocked: "Have they met?"

Li Duoyu said truthfully: "Shitou went fishing frequently some time ago, so he should have met him."

Outside the door, Shitou, who had been eavesdropping, had a buzzing head. For a moment, it was hard to accept.

It turned out that the grandpa he often worshipped was not his grandpa, but the old man who gave him overseas province cigarettes and liked to be naked upper body was his grandpa.

Shitou still remembers it very clearly. Li Shuguang also said that they looked a bit alike, so the two stood together and took a photo with their camera.

Shitou never thought that the old man was his real grandfather.

In theory, Shitou should be very happy to have a grandfather from overseas province, but at this moment, he found it hard to accept.

Shitou had chatted with the old man and knew that he had also started a family in the overseas province, and his family was quite happy.

He was the kind who would never run away, which was also the prerequisite for the old man to be a fisherman, otherwise those old soldiers would not be able to be fishermen.

After Li Duoyu handed the letter to Ma Xiumei, he had fulfilled the agreement with the old man.

When he opened the door, he saw Shitou with a frown on his face: "You should have heard it all."

"Yes, I heard it."

"After a while, Shuguang will continue to go fishing in the open sea. Do you want to go with him? Maybe you can recognize your grandpa."

Shitou thought for a while: "It's a bit embarrassing. I talked to him before. If I told him that I was his grandson, would he think that I was deliberately lying to him?"

At this time, Ma Xiumei took out an old silver longevity lock from the room, which was engraved with four big characters "Long Life and a Hundred Years", and three small characters "Gao Changping" on the other side.

"Shitou, if you give this to him, he will definitely know who you are."

Shitou accepted the longevity lock and said, "This Gao Changping, could it be my father's original name?"

The old lady nodded.

Shitou grinned and said, "What a nice name, why did they later give my father the name of Shi Dachui?"

The old lady sighed, "At that time, it was difficult to raise a child, and your father's original name was too big, so they gave him a harder name."

Shitou smiled bitterly and said, "My name seems to be hard too."

"Is hard not good?"

After dealing with this matter, Li Duoyu walked towards the direction of the village committee.

As the village director, he still needs to report to the village committee frequently.

But I didn't think about it.

As soon as he arrived at the office, Lao Liao came to find him and said, "Director Li, two days ago, Secretary Chen from the town came to see you. He said that if you come back, you should go to see him when you have time."

"Did he say anything?"

Lao Liao recalled and replied, "He came that day, and it seemed that he was accompanying the leader of a machinery factory in Rongcheng. He seemed to have mentioned something about promoting a net-lifting machine. I don't know what it is."

Net-lifting machine?

After hearing this, Li Duoyu's eyes widened instantly. He finally waited for this thing.

Net-lifting machine is a very important thing for fishermen. It can be said that this thing will greatly improve the fishing experience of fishermen.

For those small and medium-sized fishing boats that use nets to catch fish, net-lifting machine is a necessary equipment if conditions permit.

I just don't know if the net-lifting machine is expensive at this time. (End of this chapter)