Chapter 433 Thank You, Uncle (1/2)

When in doubt,

clean the pond to solve the problem.

This is the second time that Li Duoyu has suffered the biggest loss since he started farming.

The first time happened in his previous life. One year, a typhoon was so strong that all the oysters he farmed were blown to the beach and given to tourists.

Luckily, he is rich in this life, so he is not particularly sad even if so many blue crabs died.

The most important thing is that crab seedlings are cheap, only one cent per crab seedling, while in his previous life, even airplane seedlings cost 30 cents, and four-finger and five-finger wild blue crab seedlings almost all start at one dollar.

Li Duoyu did not blame his father in public, but planned to tell his second brother, brother-in-law, Xiao Chao and others in private about the cause of the large-scale death of blue crabs.

Li Duoyu also knew that people of his father's generation had experienced that difficult time.

Take thrift as a dogma, be particularly frugal, even if the steamed bun skin is moldy, tear off the skin and still eat it.

Maybe sometimes, being too frugal will cause harm to yourself.

This is why Li Duoyu insisted on eating with his parents. If he didn't eat with them, his parents would always like to eat pickled things, such as pickles, pickled bamboo shoots, pickled olives, salted fish, etc.

I told them a long time ago that it is not good to eat those things often, but they just ignored it and couldn't make sense at all.

In the previous life, the reason why my father left so early was probably related to his daily diet and personality.

He was a typical sullen person. Even if he was very unhappy, he would not explode. He would just sulk with himself.

Even if he had a stomachache, he would always endure it. In the end, he had no choice but to go to the hospital, but it was too late.

If he knew that it was because he did not feed the blue crabs strictly according to the requirements, which led to the deterioration of the pond bottom and caused a series of problems, he would probably blame himself for a long time.

Even if my father complained that he did not take good care of the pond, Li Duoyu accepted the criticism with a silly smile.

However, this matter was not really my father's fault. The fundamental reason was that Li Duoyu made a common management mistake.

As his breeding business grows bigger and bigger, the current team is simply too busy.

In addition to looking after the pond, my brother-in-law is also responsible for building the dike, and Chen Wenchao was temporarily transferred to purchase cloves.

My second brother is mainly responsible for the eel pond. It may be because of the shortage of people that my father filled this position, resulting in the current situation.

If the fault must be investigated, it must be his responsibility.

Because this is a typical management loophole caused by unclear division of labor and one person serving as multiple people.

Through this lesson, Li Duoyu plans to recruit more people, such as setting up an eel breeding team directly on the second brother's side.

My brother-in-law set up a pond breeding team here. Chen Wenchao was also assigned a few people so that he could help at any time.

After the tide began to recede.

Li Duoyu opened all the sluice gates of the two ponds. Because there were three layers of barbed wire, there was no need to worry about the blue crabs running away with the water.

It took nearly four hours to drain the water in the pond.

Just as Li Duoyu guessed, the mud crabs in this pond were doomed. The situation at the bottom of the pond made everyone silent. There were densely packed half-dead mud crabs, estimated to be about 20,000 to 30,000.

Lao Li, the second brother and the brother-in-law were very distressed when they saw Li Duoyu put the dying mud crabs together with the dead crabs.

Li Zhengtian couldn't help but say: "Then don't throw away the ones that are still alive. They should still be edible."

"No, this yellow water disease crab is smelly inside, and people will have diarrhea after eating it."

"That's such a waste, at least the crab claws can be kept, and then they can be cooked and distributed to everyone."

"Dad, break it and see, there is also yellow water in the crab claws, and it smells after being cooked."

"Do all these crabs have to be disposed of? Some look quite healthy."

Li Duoyu thought about it, nodded and said: "They have to be disposed of."

These mud crabs not only have yellow water disease but also black gill disease. Even those mud crabs that look healthy are probably carrying bacteria and parasites.

It is only a matter of time before the crabs break out again. Unless they take "strong medicine", there is no chance of improvement.

Instead of procrastinating, it is better to clean the pond and dispose of them directly.

Lao Li sighed. He was really distressed. He rolled up a cigarette and smoked it on the spot. With so many crabs, even if each crab was sold for one cent, it could sell for two or three thousand yuan.

In the past, some farmers and merchants did freeze these dying blue crabs and sell them to takeaway stores in order to reduce losses.

Some of the more conscientious ones only sell crab claws and crab meat.

As a farmer, Li Duoyu dared not eat blue crabs unless they were alive, because there was no way to guarantee what the ingredients of this thing were.

But one thing is certain, the price of living crabs is several times that of dead crabs, and no farmer is willing to kill live crabs for you to eat.

This reminded Li Duoyu of the "shaking crabs" in a certain island province, where fishmongers can use their hands to make crabs "resurrect from the dead".

Li Duoyu dug a pit and threw the blue crabs in the pond into it, preparing to bury them directly for compost.

The villagers who came to watch felt very distressed when they saw Lao Li burying buckets of blue crabs directly.

"Lao Li, they are still alive, why did you get rid of them all? If you don't want them, leave some for us."

Li Zhengtian said with a dark face: "Duoyu said that I can't give them to you. You will have diarrhea if you eat them."

"The diarrhea is ours, leave some for us."

"Just now, my fourth child pooped and peed on it just because I was afraid that you would secretly pick it up and eat it. If you think it's okay, then pick it up and eat it."

"No way, so cruel."

Lao Li would not tell them that Duoyu did this because he was afraid that he would pick it up and eat it, so he had no choice but to do so.

After hearing this, a villager who had just stolen a lot of blue crabs suddenly felt sick and said, "I just feel strange, why does it smell like urine."

"Old Lin, have you eaten it already?"

The villager named Lao Lin had a sad face: "No, I'm not that fast."

At this moment, Lao Lin suddenly held his stomach and said, "Damn it, it's over. Why does my stomach hurt so much after you said that? I must be poisoned."

The villagers who were watching were speechless for a while. They estimated that Lao Lin had eaten a lot of blue crabs secretly. After seeing that he had a stomachache, no villagers picked up those blue crabs and ate them again.

Seeing that the village director had raised so many blue crabs to death was a wake-up call for the villagers of Dandan Island. The road to breeding was not that easy.

After Li Duoyu's green crabs died on a large scale, people came from the Fisheries Research Institute the next day. It was Li Duoyu who notified them, and there were quite a few people who came, including five or six researchers.

They are all here to study the causes of death of these blue crabs.

Chen Dongqing smoked a cigarette and said with emotion: "I must have suffered a lot this time. I must feel very uncomfortable."

Li Duoyu said: "It's not much, why do you have to feel uncomfortable? There are always losses and profits in breeding. How can it be possible to make money all the time?"

Chen Dongqing frowned and said: "So many crabs have died, so you can't be more humble, act sad, hug your uncle's thigh, and ask for technical support or something."

"I don't think it's necessary. As long as there are no problems in the next three ponds, I will still make a lot of money from blue crab farming."

The corners of Chen Dongqing's mouth twitched. "Ten years ago, I will definitely fight to death a big dog like you."

Chen Dongqing held a cigarette in his right hand: "By the way, what did you do to this blue crab? Yellow water disease and black cheek disease are so serious. This is not like the style of Expert Li like you."

Facing his uncle, Li Duoyu did not hide anything: "The feed was adulterated with small fish, which damaged the entire bottom of the pond and caused bacterial and parasitic infections."

"It shouldn't be. Didn't you say at the beginning that you would only feed blue crabs with shells and snails?"

"There was something wrong with the breeding process, and I didn't control it well. Just don't tell my dad the specific reason."

When Li Duoyu said this, Chen Dongqing immediately understood: "Mr. Li, are you short of manpower? Do you want to hire me? I'm very cheap, as long as you give me two hundred per month."

"Okay, you can quit your job at the research institute and come work for me. I will give you a salary of two hundred immediately."

"You are a real dog."

After Chen Dongqing finished scolding, he asked: "By the way, Director Zhang asked me to take a message and ask if the land for the institute has been selected for us."

"The choice has been made."

Next, Li Duoyu took his uncle Chen Dongqing to the Beilan collar and pointed to an open space full of bushes.

"I have discussed it with the village committee and this land is for you."

Chen Dongqing frowned and said, "Why is it so biased? I think the area closer to the seaside is better."

"That piece has been booked a long time ago."

"Who made the reservation?"

Li Duoyu grinned and said: "Comrade Li Duoyu is a proletarian warrior from Xiasha Village on Dandan Island who is committed to making everyone rich together."

Chen Dongqing looked disgusted: "You can't find the manpower to raise a blue crab. What are you doing with such a large piece of land? Give it to us quickly."

"No, I'll circle the land first. When my Minlong Food becomes bigger and stronger, maybe it will come in handy."

Chen Dongqing frowned. He couldn't understand his nephew more and more. He didn't feel sad at all after so many blue crabs died.

I always feel that his vision is very far-sighted, and what he is doing now seems to be paving the way for the future.

According to the leader's words, this comrade is very forward-looking.

This suddenly reminded him of what Director Zhang said: "Learn more from your nephew and look further ahead."

Chen Dongqing said: "The shrimp seedlings will arrive in two weeks. This time our research institute will raise them with you."

"Then who owns the raised shrimp?"

Chen Dongqing said with a dark face: "We sent you the shrimp seedlings, and the research results are ours."

"This is acceptable."

After the two of them finished talking, Chen Dongqing returned the five foreign exchange coupons he had taken from Li Duoyu a few days ago: "I'll give you this money back."

Li Duoyu asked curiously: "Why, you don't want to buy a piano? Don't you have enough money?"

Chen Dongqing sighed: "I originally wanted to buy it, but after looking at the price, I didn't dare to buy it."

Li Duoyu frowned and asked, "How much?"

"The domestically produced Zhujiang costs four to five thousand, and the imported Yamaha costs at least more than ten thousand."

Li Duoyu frowned. He didn't expect pianos to be so expensive in this era: "Then I'll sponsor you to buy one made in Taiwan."

Chen Dongqing shook his head: "Even if you gave it to me, I wouldn't dare to ask for it. With my salary, as long as you put this thing at home, someone will come to talk to you in a few days."

Li Duoyu thought about it and felt that he had been hasty. With his uncle's salary, if he really put a piano worth several thousand dollars at home, he might be invited to tea by the organization.

After smoking, Chen Dongqing sat on a stone, holding a dogtail grass in his mouth, and said lightly: "We used to come here often."

When Chen Dongqing said this, Li Duoyu's memory was suddenly pulled very far away and very vague.

"Well, there are more flat lands and more grass here. Everyone likes to come here to graze cattle and sheep."

"In a blink of an eye, it has been more than ten years." Chen Dongqing smiled and said: "I remember it very clearly. At that time, you swore on this stone: you must leave Dandan Island and go to the big city outside."

"Really? Why don't I remember it."

Chen Dongqing looked at Li Duoyu and asked: "Now that you have made so much money, don't you want to leave Dandan Island at all and go to the outside world?"

Li Duoyu said slowly: "You can make money on Dandan Island, there is no need to go outside, and besides, I like to stay with my family."

After hearing this, Chen Dongqing suddenly fell silent, and then "When I came here just now, I saw you collecting cloves. Is this order from Director Liu?"

Li Duoyu was surprised and said, "Do you know this order?"

"Yes, after Director Liu received this foreign trade order, he immediately took the sample to our institute to ask what kind of fish this clove is?"

"I see."

Chen Dongqing suddenly asked, "How much do you charge for this dried fish?"

"Two dollars and fifty cents."

After hearing this price, Chen Dongqing took a breath and asked, "How much does Director Liu charge?"

"Five dollars."

At this moment, Chen Dongqing was silent. In fact, he has been very impetuous since his research direction was temporarily stopped.

In addition, in the past two years, some people in the institute have resigned and started business.

Two people went to Sharp to cultivate seaweed and made very good money. In less than a year, they earned enough money to buy a small car.

His wife Xu Xiaoqing would occasionally whisper in his ear, asking him to quit and directly follow Duoyu to do cultivation.

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "Are you tempted? Do you want to join Minlong Food? I'll leave you a position as deputy general manager and technical director."

"Go away. Don't try to use capital to corrupt my loyalty to the organization. How can people like us be in the same boat with people like you who are full of money?"

"You are awesome. You are noble."

Chen Dongqing did not tell Li Duoyu that if he left, the relationship between Dandan Island and the Fisheries Research Institute would probably not be as close as it is now.

If the leadership is changed, those agreements, breeding bases, etc., will not have any binding force at all.

"Let's go." Chen Dongqing spit out the dogtail grass in his mouth: "Your blue crabs are very valuable and have accumulated valuable breeding experience for us."

Li Duoyu's mouth twitched.

"Thank you, uncle."

"Ah, what did you call me just now? Call me again."

"What did I say? You heard it wrong." (End of this chapter)