Chapter 447 Soldiers Go to the Island (1/2)
The next day.
Li Duoyu woke up in the double room of the restaurant.
His head was a little dizzy and swollen, and he smelled of alcohol. He was only wearing shorts. Xiaoying seemed to be gone.
Li Duoyu looked at the watch on his left hand. He didn't expect it was already nine o'clock in the morning. Since his rebirth, he really didn't sleep so late.
The atmosphere last night was very good. Li Duoyu didn't drink too much, but stayed awake and returned to the room.
But why am I so tired?
Li Duoyu looked around. Although it was a restaurant that had only been built for a few years, it might be because the original owner didn't go to the State Guesthouse, or because of insufficient funds.
This restaurant is no different except that the bed is better, the room is larger, and the sound insulation is relatively better.
There is no such thing as a bathroom. If you want to go to the toilet, you have to go to the public toilet. If you want to take a shower, you still have to go to the first floor to get water.
After waking up, Li Duoyu patted his head. He obviously just drank a little wine, but why is his whole body sore?
Li Duoyu rubbed his waist and looked at the bruises. Now he remembered them all.
As expected, being young is good!
At this moment, Zhou Xiaoying pushed the door open with a basin of water and two round oyster cakes in her hand.
After seeing him wake up, Zhou Xiaoying said unhappily: "You stink, wash quickly."
Li Duoyu grinned and said: "Have you washed? Otherwise, you can wash first. I'm not in a hurry."
Zhou Xiaoying cast a murderous look: "If you want to wash, wash quickly. If not, I will pour it out directly."
"Wash, of course."
After Li Duoyu finished washing, he ate both oyster cakes and drank a glass of boiled water.
Before leaving, Zhou Xiaoying folded the quilt on the bed neatly, closed the door, and left.
When they arrived at the lobby of the restaurant, many classmates from other places had gathered.
Zhang Defa kept apologizing to the boss: "Boss, I really didn't mean it. How about I compensate you a little?"
When encountering such a customer, Boss Huang was also very upset. If you don't know how to drink, just drink less. He vomited all over his bed and quilt.
This quilt is probably unusable in the short term. It needs to be aired for a while before the smell can be removed.
Zhang Jianhua, with dark circles under his eyes, complained with his mouth wide open: "I shouldn't have slept in the same room with you, damn it, you made me sleepless all night."
The restaurant owner originally planned to charge a symbolic dollar as a token of his appreciation, but when he saw Li Duoyu coming, he immediately changed his words and said: "Forget it, it's just a quilt, I'll have someone wash it a few more times."
"Thank you, boss, I'm really sorry."
"It's okay, we have encountered many customers like you, and we are used to it."
After everyone chatted briefly for a few words, Zhang Defa followed Yao Xue, Zhang Jianhua and others on the bus and returned to Rongcheng.
After all, everyone had to continue working tomorrow, and Li Duoyu returned to Qingkou Wharf with several classmates.
Shangfeng Town governs quite a few islands, and the total population of the town's land is not as large as the total population of the islands.
When they were studying, they were relatively close to each other, and those from the islands usually played together.
Li Duoyu remembered that some classmates looked down on those from the islands, and were always weird and unwilling to call them by their names, so they especially liked to call them "water monkeys".
Li Duoyu remembered very clearly that their favorite saying at the time was:
"You water monkeys, just stay in the water, what are you doing on the shore?"
At first, Li Duoyu was very angry, but later he found that the reason didn't make sense at all, and those classmates looked down on those from the islands.
So, Li Duoyu, Agui and some other classmates from other islands got together, and if they looked down on them, they would beat them until they looked up to them.
Just like the class teacher said, at the beginning, he was also a good student, but because he was busy fighting for four years in junior high school.
After fighting for a long time, he became a problem teenager and the most naughty student in the eyes of the class teacher, but the classmates on the island liked him very much.
Especially Zhang Zhenping and Li Shuangjie, they climbed over the wall together and were scolded together.
And many details have long been forgotten by Li Duoyu. In addition to drinking last night, Li Duoyu has been listening quietly.
Listening to them talk about the past.
For them, it was just eight or nine years ago, but for Li Duoyu, it spanned a full fifty or sixty years.
Once people get older, they are particularly nostalgic. Some people who used to be unpleasant are not so annoying now.
Although the actual age has increased, Li Duoyu is still used to picking out celery when eating vegetables.
On the way to Qingkou Wharf, a group of classmates shouted that they wanted to see the fishing boat given to him by the islanders.
Zhang Zhenping said with emotion: "This year, when I went out to sea, I saw your boat several times, and I was drooling with envy."
"If I had known it was yours, I would have gone directly to your Dandan Island to find you."
A classmate said speechlessly: "Is it that exaggerated? The boat is not a woman, why are you drooling?"
"You know nothing. For people like us who go to sea, boats are much more important than women. You haven't seen the Duoyu boat. It's really super beautiful and fast. When it passed by me, the waves were really beautiful."
"Then don't get married, just live with the boat."
"Sorry, I already have two children. If I make money, I plan to have a third one."
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When the shuttle bus arrived at Qingkou Pier, we found that it was extremely lively today.
There were many people watching, and seven or eight large Jiefang trucks with tarpaulins had just arrived at the dock.
Many soldiers jumped out of the back of the car. They were all carrying large war backpacks.
The only difference was that they did not hold guns. Most of them held shovels, pickaxes, and the like, and some carried large iron pots on their backs.
These soldiers all look very young, on average less than twenty years old, and some of them still have a childish look on their faces.
But everyone is very tanned, even darker than the islanders like them.
"bi~~"
As the whistle blew, an officer wearing a hat shouted solemnly: "I'll give you two minutes, put down your things, and gather for me immediately to report."
Bang!
The soldiers put down their weapons one after another, and stood up as quickly as possible to form four square formations, each with three rows, and quickly started counting.
"one two three four"
After the count was completed, a platoon leader shouted: "Report, one platoon, 34 people, all are here."
"Second row, 35 people, all present."
"Third Platoon. One person was injured in the leg and asked for leave to raise pigs in the company." "Fourth Platoon. All members are here."
Old classmate Zhang Zhenping asked curiously: "Suddenly there are so many soldiers, are they going to fight with the other side?"
Li Shuangjie shook his head: "How is that possible? These look like engineers. They are carrying shovels and the like. They are probably digging holes or helping to build roads."
Although Li Duoyu had already guessed what these soldiers were coming for, he was still a little confused. After all, Secretary Chen said that the official construction would not start until next week.
Zhang Zhenping saw the white fishing boat parked in the pier from a distance.
"There are so many fish, what's so interesting about this?"
Before he finished speaking, he noticed Li Duoyu walking in the direction of Brother A Bing and directly greeted the senior officials of the town.
"Secretary Chen, didn't you say you would come next week? Why did you come so soon?"
Secretary Chen smiled bitterly and said: "This task is very urgent. Everyone is ahead of schedule. The leader asked them to go to the island to set up a temporary accommodation first, so as not to waste time when the actual work starts."
"By the way, you happen to be here. Let me introduce you. This is Company Commander Xu, and instructor Zhang."
"This time, their company helped build the dock and open the road."
Li Duoyu quickly introduced himself: "I am the village director of Xiasha Village, Li Duoyu, thank you very much for coming to help."
Secretary Chen continued:
"Duoyu, Captain Xu is going to the island today. I'll leave this matter to you. I have something else to do in the afternoon and I have to go to the county seat."
"You're in such a hurry, why don't we go to the island and sit for a while."
Chen Shulin glared at him: "Can't you be anxious? The fishermen on your island always cause trouble for me. Not only do they want to hit people with their boats, but they also dare to open their guns. People have reported it to the county committee and asked me to give an explanation. , Mayor Gao has already gone over to review."
Li Duoyu scratched his head: "Then I'll trouble Secretary Chen and Mayor Gao."
Chen Shulin said helplessly: "I was scolded by the leader, so don't take it easy. Write me a self-criticism of at least 5,000 words in the next two days, and then give it to me."
"For five thousand words, you might as well kill me."
Seeing Li Duoyu greeting them, Zhang Zhenping asked Zhou Xiaoying, who rarely spoke, "Xiaoying, are these soldiers going to your island?"
"It's possible. I've heard Duoyu talk about this."
Zhang Zhenping was surprised: "I really went to Dandan Island. What kind of big project is your island doing? You actually transferred all the soldiers to help."
Zhou Xiaoying thought for a while: "Duoyu didn't explain it to me very clearly. It seems to be some kind of big windmill, used to generate electricity."
After hearing about the large windmills used to generate electricity, Zhang Zhenping immediately understood. He had been to Haidao County and saw several large windmills there.
It’s really huge!
"Your island is so awesome. Our Langqi Island is no smaller than your Dandan Island. Why didn't this project fall on us?"
Zhou Xiaoying said in embarrassment: "I don't know about this. If you really want to ask, just ask Duoyu directly."
At this time, the steamer heading to Langqi Island had already sounded its whistle, and Zhang Zhenping glanced at the fishing boat that was close at hand.
"Duoyu, Shuangjie and I's boat is here, let's go first."
Li Duoyu rushed over: "Is it so fast? Didn't you agree to go and see my fishing boat?"
"No, the ferry to our island is about to leave. Now I'm going to see your fishing boat. I can't help but touch it once or twice. It's not even satisfying. I have to leave immediately. Next time I go to your island, I'll take care of you. Learn more about it.”
"Okay, next time you come to our island, I'll treat you to wine and dinner."
"That's what you said. Oh, by the way, I'm also raising kelp this year. If I can't raise it well, I'll have to ask you, an expert."
Li Duoyu replied: "No problem. If something happens, just come to the island to find me, or you can write a letter to ask me to come over."
"With your words, I feel relieved."
As the whistle sounded again, Zhang Zhenping and Li Shuangjie ran directly to the passenger ship that had begun to untie the rope.
"Two more, wait"
"Damn it, I've been urged by the horn so many times, but I don't know how to hurry up."
Next, Li Duoyu drove the fishing boat back to the island first. After Zhou Xiaoying got off the boat, she went straight home.
In the past, there was only one child to worry about at home, but now there are three.
When Li Duoyu just stepped onto the dock, Lao Lu, who had just returned from fishing, immediately called him.
"Duoyu, the cloves seem to have all grown bigger and less transparent. Take a look and see if my batch of cloves is okay."
Li Duoyu frowned slightly, but still picked up the cloves and checked them. He found that these cloves were already four or five centimeters long, and some had fine scales.
"This quality is not good, I won't accept it."
"Then we have worked in vain today."
Li Duoyu smiled: "There is no way, we have already agreed at the beginning."
After hearing this,
Many fishermen sighed: "If the flood season lasts one more week, I can buy a big boat next year."
"I'm so angry. I'll have electricity soon. I only need 500 yuan to buy a color TV."
"You can buy a black and white one."
"That's different. If you want to buy one, you have to buy it in one go. Who would think of buying a black and white TV if they have seen color TV?"
Li Duoyu looked around and found that there seemed to be one less person at the dock today, so he asked: "Lao Mi, where did you go today? Why is he not here?"
"He cried out that he had a stomachache early in the morning and was sent to the hospital. He has a miserable life. He has had a stomachache for so long, and his children don't know how to come back to take care of him."
"Is that so."
However, Li Duoyu was not very worried. If I remember correctly, when he came back from the island country, Lao Mi was still alive.
Seeing that the fishing boats that were fishing for anchovies had almost all returned, Li Duoyu said to them directly: "Everyone, please listen to the radio. I will need your help later."
"What is it? Just tell me directly?"
"I will tell you on the radio."
Li Duoyu went directly to the eel factory and used the radio equipment.
"Dear fellow villagers, I am Li Duoyu, the village director of Xiasha Village. I have two important things to inform you.
I will continue to purchase anchovies that meet the requirements. I will not accept anchovies that do not meet the requirements.
In addition, the soldiers who came to help us build the new dock will land on the island today. Don't just watch and don't cause conflicts. The village cadres will come to the dock later."
"I will inform you again."
In less than ten minutes, all the village cadres came to the dock. At this time, a passenger ship appeared in everyone's sight. The ship was densely packed with soldiers wearing military green clothes. (End of this chapter)