Chapter 415 The Zhao Brothers Quarrel (1/2)

Chapter 415 The Zhao brothers quarreled

Due to the high tide, the water rose very quickly. After each wave disappeared, the seawater pushed forward several meters, hit the reef, and stirred up water splashes up to meters high.

Seeing that there were still many people fishing for small seaweed on the mudflats and reefs in the distance, the villagers on the shore shouted directly: "Come back quickly, don't catch them anymore, the water has risen."

Some villagers who heard the shouting put away the buckets on the spot and rushed back to the shore, but there were always one or two greedy ones.

Li Duoyu had to go back to the village committee, took out the small trumpet, and came to the mudflats and shouted:

"The water is rising."

"Did you hear that? Come back quickly, especially the one with the child. If the water rises, you won't be able to find your child."

After hearing Li Duoyu's voice, those who were still dawdling also rushed back to the shore.

The fishmonger, Old Man Mi, shook his head and said, "Now in our village, only Duoyu's words are more effective. No one listens to what we old men say."

Old Lu, who also waited for the high tide to go out to sea to fish, joked, "Everyone must listen to what rich people say more."

"Humph."

Although this era advocates free love, there are still many people who are coerced, and many children from poor families cannot get married.

"That's so troublesome."

"Then shut up."

"I thought it was some dog with such a stinky mouth, but it turned out to be Zhao Dahai who found a widow, was eaten up, and kicked away."

Li Duoyu remembered very clearly that in the next city, that is, the county where Mazu Niangniang was located, some families would deliberately adopt some girls.

"I want you to take care of it."

Li Duoyu frowned at the two brothers. He had actually thought about it for a long time. The fundamental reason for the quarrel between the two was probably because of women.

As a result, the one who jumped up slipped and fell, causing everyone to laugh.

Zhao Erniu sat up and said with a smile: "I just remembered that the house was built, but I forgot to buy a bed. I plan to buy a bed in the town."

"Zhao Dahai, bullshit, you were deceived like a fool, and worked like a slave for several months. Don't think that every woman is like that widow."

"Woo woo woo~"

If these two brothers both get married, or if neither of them has a wife.

Li Duoyu was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt that what Lao Lu said made sense.

Zhao Erniu's face suddenly became bitter. It is indeed easy to find a match by asking the matchmaker to go to the pirate village to propose marriage, but the other party's asking price is not low at all.

When the villagers on the boat heard it, their eyes widened, and some couldn't help cursing:

As the whistle sounded, the passenger ship was already urging people. Even if the whistle sounded several times, there were still villagers coming one after another.

Zhao Erniu looked in the direction of the sound, but he didn't expect Zhao Dahai to be on the boat. He sprayed and confronted him on the spot.

The two brothers got more and more angry, and the latter pulled up their sleeves and was about to fight on the boat, but fortunately they were held down by the nearby villagers.

Some of them liked to wait for the right time. Even when the boat had thrown the rope and started to reverse, some people still jumped on the boat.

"The flesh of the mother is exposed. Is this marrying off the daughter or selling the daughter? Does this woman have an older brother or younger brother?"

Zhao Erniu sighed: "How can it be so fast? There are still many things to do. The girl's family must see the house first, and they have to send the betrothal gift before they are willing to marry their daughter."

They will "sell their daughter" to raise some betrothal money for their son.

Li Duoyu, who was sitting at the bow, asked curiously: "Erniu, how much do you want for the bride price?"

"Fuck, at least I got it, and I was happy for several months. You are a single dog, you haven't even touched a woman's hand, but she wants so much from you. If you get cheated and jump into the sea to commit suicide, I won't save you."

"The matchmaker said that the bottom of the box needs 25, the mother's rice needs 40, the mother's meat needs 40, the recognition gift needs 33, and the final settlement needs to be a perfect marriage, a bicycle and a watch."

Then there will probably be no quarrel.

Just like what others often say, the boss's fart is fragrant.

"You should change one, you will be sucked to death."

"What is "six sixes and a lucky number?"

"Then you should buy a bigger one. I heard that you have found a partner and will get married at the end of the year."

"Who the hell wants to control you? Don't be so self-indulgent."

"Erniu, can't you come earlier? You have to perform for us."

"There are three brothers and one younger brother."

"That's 60 kilograms of rice, 60 kilograms of noodles, six jars of wine, 6 kilograms of candied fruit, and 6 kilograms of meat."

Maybe the brother or younger brother he found was a pirate. "

Who knows, the other party really sold his daughter.

But what Zhao Dahai said was not without reason. The woman Zhao Erniu wanted to marry was too expensive.

"How good can the women in that kind of pirate village be? When the time comes, you don't know how you died. ”

When you have no money, no one will pay attention to you even if you shout at the top of your lungs, but once you are rich and powerful, others will praise you for your eloquence when you say something casually.

A man in the cabin snorted coldly: "For someone like him, he can only marry someone who sells his daughter. Which good family is willing to marry him?

One is to help with housework, and the other is to hope to be "sold" for a good price.

There are two situations when such a woman marries. One is to accept her fate.

The other is that after giving birth to a child, she will find ways to work in a big city and will never come back.

Li Duoyu once heard a joke in the city next door. The bicycle he gave as a gift to his wife when he got married went around in circles and returned to his home when his sister got married.

In the bickering between the two brothers.

The passenger ship traveled for less than half an hour and arrived at Qingkou Pier.

Li Duoyu looked at the Qingkou Pier in front of him. The changes were really big.

I heard that the ship that came to transport kelp and live eels from the island country was unable to dock last time.

The organization mobilized more than a dozen excavators, and it took three months to complete the deepwater treatment of Qingkou Wharf. Now it can fully dock some large-scale transport ships.

The scale of Rongcheng Aquatic Products Processing Factory (branch factory) has also expanded a lot, with more than a dozen production lines, and the number of employees working there has reached 500.

In addition, the organization also plans to build a warehouse next to the aquatic product processing plant, and intends to turn Qingkou Wharf into a trade-only wharf.

Looking at the Qingkou Pier in front of him, Li Duoyu suddenly couldn't remember what the previous Pier looked like.

After the passenger ship docks.

Those who were in a hurry to go to the fair carried dry goods on their backs and rushed to the town one by one because of the high tide today.

As a result, they were already late, and it was almost noon now. If they were any later, they might have to disperse.

The first group of people to disembark immediately crowded the bus leading to the town.

What everyone didn't expect was that the Zhao brothers were all going to town to buy beds. Because they were on the way, the two continued to curse each other on the bus.

An old man who had listened to them scolding them all the way couldn't help it anymore. "If you have that spare time to scold, you might as well make more money."

After thinking about it, the two brothers felt that what the old man said was very reasonable. It was boring to scold them, but it was a bit embarrassing.

After Li Duoyu got off the boat.

The herbal medicine dealer named Chen Baishu stood at the dock waiting for him and greeted him warmly.

Li Duoyu said directly:

"When I sell oysters, Manager An will probably come to the island. At that time, you should come and see me."

Chen Baishu clasped his hands and said, "Thank you very much, Director Li."

"Get to work quickly."

"Then I'll leave first."

Next, Li Duoyu helped Li Qingguang put the grill and oysters on the back of a tractor.

Li Qingguang had a lot of stuff, not only the iron rack, but also these dripping oysters. The bus driver would have to pay more and hand over cigarettes before he would be allowed on the bus.

Maybe seawater leaked out and you have to pay for cleaning.

Fishermen who haul goods prefer riding tractors with rear buckets to buses, mainly because they are cheap and people won’t dislike you.

Ten people were already sitting on the tractor, six people were sitting on the wooden boards on both sides of the rear bucket, two more were sitting on both sides of the driver's seat, and two children were sitting on the iron frame above the driver's seat. The tractor master shouted: "Hurry up and get on the truck. The last two positions are 10 cents each in the town. Those who bring something with them will get 5 cents."

"Brother, come up quickly."

Li Duoyu waved his hand: "You go first."

Li Qingguang said puzzledly:

"Don't you want to go together?"

Li Duoyu shook his head. He looked at his watch and saw that it was already past eleven o'clock. If he arrived in town at this time, he would be in time for Secretary Chen to have dinner and take a lunch break.

If you go to find someone during this time, you might really get disliked by them.

Just when Li Duoyu hesitated, two people from the next island squeezed into the back of the tractor. After seeing that the seats were full, the tractor master shouted on the spot:

"Everyone is here, sit tight and hold on tight. I don't care if you fall."

As the sound of "Tong, Tong, Tong" sounded, black smoke billowed from the front of the tractor, and the tractor carrying more than ten people slowly drove towards the town.

Li Duoyu glanced at the nameless snack bar where he often ate. It didn't have a sign before, but now it has a sign called "A Guang Xiao Chao Restaurant".

Has the boss changed?

After Li Duoyu entered the store, he found that the business was very good, and there were one or two tables occupied by foremen from aquatic product processing plants.

There was also a table of people wearing work clothes. They looked young, probably just over 20 years old. Some of them were wearing glasses, and they looked like students.

But there was a lot of beer and cigarettes on their table, which was in sharp contrast to the gentleness on their faces.

At this time, Lao Chen came out from the kitchen with food, and then Li Duoyu remembered that Lao Chen's name seemed to be A Guang.

People who knew him seemed to call him A Guang. After meeting Li Duoyu, Chen Aguang looked happy.

"How long has it been since you came to patronize my business?"

"When did the sign change? I thought it was someone else."

"It's been more than half a year." Lao Chen glanced at Li Duoyu and asked doubtfully: "Are you the only one today? Didn't Agui come?"

Li Duoyu was a little embarrassed.

"Agui, it's been two years since I lost my baby."

Old Chen patted his head.

"Oh, look at my memory. You told me last time, but why did I forget it again?"

"Let's not talk about this anymore. Sit down first. Sit down first. What do you want to eat?"

Li Duoyu found a corner and sat down.

"Whatever dish is quick, just serve it to me."

Lao Chen frowned and thought for a while: "If you are alone, I will give you a piece of fried thread noodles and a piece of pork liver soup."

"sure."

While Li Duoyu was chatting with Lao Chen, someone from the back kitchen came out with a plate of fried snails. When he saw Li Duoyu, his eyes widened on the spot.

"I thought the voice sounded familiar."

"It's really Brother Yu!"

Seeing that his daughter was so excited that she almost dropped the dishes, Lao Chen looked disgusted. What he hated most was the excitement on his daughter's face when she saw Li Duoyu.

You are still a college student after all. Is it easy for your parents to raise you to be so outstanding?

Why can't you be more reserved? You look like you can't help but fall in love with me.

Fortunately, Duoyu got married early and his wife is quite beautiful. His daughter didn't have the slightest chance, otherwise she might have been given away for nothing.

Lao Chen said disgustedly: "Why are you standing there? Hurry up and serve the food. Your classmates are still waiting."

Lao Chen likes all her classmates very much. They are all young, polite, and most importantly, educated.

If he were to find a classmate, both of them would be cadres after graduation, but it happened that his daughter had no interest in these classmates.

Speaking of which, it was all the fault of the short-lived Agui who used to give things to Xiaoyun, which made her seem to like people who were older than her and had no feelings for people of the same age.

I always say people are naive.

Li Duoyu looked at Chen Xiaoyun in front of him. He hadn't seen her for almost half a year. The little girl back then had really grown up, and her whole figure was highlighted.

What's different from before is that I'm nearsighted and wear glasses.

Li Duoyu looked at the date on his watch: "Today is Tuesday, why didn't you go to class?"

Chen Xiaoyun said: "I am in class, but it just happened that during this time, the teacher took us out for a practical class, which happened to be in front of my house, so I helped with the cooking."

"Xiaoyun, hurry up and give us the fried snails. We are short of this snack."

Chen Xiaoyun glared and said:

"You guys should drink less. We have to draw pictures this afternoon. If the teacher finds out, he will definitely scold us."

A college student wearing glasses asked: "Xiaoyun, who is this? Please introduce it to us."

"I am the village director of Xiasha Village on Dandan Island. Please be respectful and ask Director Li if he knows."

The big boy who raised his glass was stunned for a moment, and then he suddenly realized: "Xiaoyun, could he be the Director Li Duoyu you often talk about, who goes to island countries for inspections and is often published in newspapers?"

"What do you mean by always talking about it? I only say it once every two or three months."

The college student wearing glasses said seriously: "On average, I say it at least twice a month."

Chen Xiaoyun's face turned red, and for a moment she wanted to beat this big mouth to death.

"Hello you all."

Li Duoyu greeted them symbolically. No wonder they all looked very polite. They were all top students.

If these people are all classmates of Chen Xiaoyun, then in the near future, at least half of these people will be in important positions in the construction industry.

In some cases, maybe thirty or forty years later, they will have to spend the rest of their lives in prison.

A bit tipsy, the college student wearing glasses quickly took an empty cup and filled it with beer.

"Meeting is fate, let's go together."

Li Duoyu also didn't expect that these college students were so bold and bold. They just met for a drink. For a while, he didn't know how to answer.

Another college student took out a cigarette and said, "Brother, do you want to smoke? I'll light one for you."

Li Duoyu also didn't expect that these college students were quite down-to-earth, not pretentious, and smelled like books.

If he met someone who was showing off, Li Duoyu would definitely not look down on them. He didn't expect to meet someone interesting today. Seeing how enthusiastic they were, Li Duoyu took the wine glass and drank it down on the spot.

There was applause.

"Awesome, worthy of being a big brother."

The sight of these college students smoking and drinking in front of him broke Li Duoyu's perception of college students.

But it’s right to think about it. They are engaged in civil engineering and often go to construction sites. They are really different from those polite college students. When they arrive at the construction site, who can show their pretentiousness?

Li Duoyu chatted with them for a while, and then he realized how popular Chen Xiaoyun was in their class. She was a treasure because she was the only girl in the class.

Li Duoyu couldn't help laughing.

"Xiaoyun, then you can choose any man you want."

Chen Xiaoyun had a bitter look on her face.

"If I had known, I would be the only female in the class, I wouldn't have studied this major."

The college student wearing glasses smiled and said: "The mechanical class is even worse, there is not even a woman."

When this group of students were enjoying their drinking, the sudden arrival of two people instantly silenced them.

They immediately pinched the cigarettes out of their mouths and hid all the beer bottles, like children who made mistakes.

In addition to them, the people at the two tables next door also became nervous, because one of these two people was the boss of their factory.

However, after they entered the store, they didn't pay much attention to these people. Instead, they looked at Li Duoyu in surprise.

"Director Li, why are you here?"