Chapter 497: No Choice Back Then (1/2)

Li Duoyu sat down with President Ou and discussed the cooperation seriously.

That night.

President Ou ordered more than 20,000 grilled eels. When Li Duoyu finished grilling, he would call a ship to pick up the goods.

At the same time, President Ou was also very interested in Li Duoyu's large dried oysters, but what he wanted to cooperate with Li Duoyu most was the abalone farming project.

There are also people farming abalone in Hong Kong Island, but they are all local green abalone and nine-hole abalone, and the taste is not as good as those imported from the island country.

He was very interested in the southern abalone and northern abalone project mentioned by Li Duoyu. Unfortunately, Li Duoyu is now focusing on shrimp farming and eel farming, and has no plans to get involved in the abalone industry in recent years.

President Ou found that this young man was really bad. After drawing a big pie, he successfully whetted his appetite, but said he didn't want to do it for the time being.

President Ou sighed and said, "Director Li, if you have plans to do it, remember to ask me for investment. Then, I will borrow a ship from the shipping king in Hong Kong Island to help you complete the abalone transportation."

"No problem, we will contact each other then."

Time passed quickly. Li Duoyu and his team had been in Hong Kong Island for more than a week, and the organization had done everything it should do.

The organization has decided to return to Ludao on Gulangyu tomorrow afternoon.

Under the leadership of the organization and President Ou, Li Duoyu successfully signed a contract with the equipment factory.

Unexpectedly, the equipment purchase contract was all in English, including the product manual.

Zhou Xiaoying complained several times that she had learned English but didn't use it, but she didn't expect that she would use it here.

The equipment cannot be obtained immediately. It will be sent to Shangfeng Town in about three months.

So during these three months, he must put the construction of Qixing Bay on the agenda and strive to build the shrimp farming base when the equipment arrives.

April and May are the breeding seasons for local prawns. If everything goes well, we may be able to raise prawns directly this year.

In addition to Qixing Bay.

Li Duoyu also added a set of water circulation and temperature control equipment to the eel factory on Dandan Island.

Li Duoyu planned that the eel factory on Dandan Island would only be responsible for cultivating eel seedlings in the future.

It would be better to build an eel factory in Qixing Bay to cultivate adult eels. If Haixin Eel Factory does not make technological breakthroughs and cannot persist, it would be even better. He would not mind taking over.

Li Duoyu made a simple calculation and found that if he took over Haixin Eel Factory, he could save at least hundreds of thousands of infrastructure costs.

This trip to Hong Kong Island can be said to be full of gains, and the biggest gain is these equipment.

Of course, Zhou Xiaoying's relatives were found. Before leaving Hong Kong Island, Li Duoyu and Zhou Xiaoying's relatives had a meal together at home and took a group photo.

Zhou Xiaoying's grandmother was completely reluctant to let Zhou Xiaoying go back. During these days when Li Duoyu was busy, Zhou Xiaoying would go to her cousin Zhou Zhenshun's shop to help out whenever she had time, and chat with the hard-of-hearing old lady.

But the old lady kept talking about the third son Zhou Shiqing, saying that he was unfilial, never returned home, and never sent a letter.

Every time Zhou Xiaoying heard the old lady talk about her father, she felt very uncomfortable. After so many years, she thought she could have let it go long ago.

But when she thought that her parents had been gone for so many years, she couldn't help wanting to cry.

And among the relatives, all those who knew about it, no one dared to tell the old lady that the third son Zhou Shiqing was no longer there.

Although the old lady is a little hard of hearing now, she was a singer when she was young, and she was also a musician.

When talking about this past event, the uncle was so angry that he gnashed his teeth. This is also the reason why they are unwilling to go back even if they make money.

After hearing this, Zhou Xiaoying's eyes instantly turned red. Although everyone is living well now, her relatives in that era really lived a miserable life.

If she suffered another blow, she would probably not be able to bear it, so everyone decided to conceal the matter.

Zhou Xiaoying also told a white lie: "Grandma, my father has gone to work in a relatively far place now, and he only comes back once in a long time."

The old lady said angrily: "He really hasn't changed at all. He has loved running around since he was a child."

"By the way, where is your mother?"

Zhou Xiaoying was silent for a while, and smiled slightly: "My mother also went with him."

"Alas, I haven't seen this daughter-in-law yet. Tell your father later and ask him to bring your mother to Hong Kong Island so that I can meet her."

"Okay, grandma."

Before leaving Hong Kong Island, the old lady bought a pair of dragon and phoenix gold bracelets for Zhou Xiaoying with the 5,000 yuan that was originally intended for Qin Huaiyun.

"This is what grandma gave you. Keep it well. If you have any difficulties in the mainland in the future, just write to us and tell us."

Zhou Xiaoying nodded happily. She was very happy to find them here. What she feared most was that she would never find their relatives again.

Before leaving, Li Duoyu found that Zhou Zhenshun's store business was not very good. He also noticed it when he ate their food.

It was indeed a little bit lacking, especially the abalone sauce rice, the taste was a little bit worse.

Before leaving, Li Duoyu taught them several secret seasonings. With these seasonings, it would be hard for this store to do badly.

If Zhou Xiaoying's cousin is ambitious, he might be able to open a branch store soon with these seasonings.

The next day, afternoon.

The Gulangyu Island slowly sailed out of Victoria Harbor and headed towards the blue sea.

In a village far away on the outskirts of Jinling City, there is a large family who are as anxious as ants on a hot pot these days.

Several of them had panda eyes, and they had not slept well for several nights.

"Mom, how many days has it been? By this time, the overseas remittances of the Zhou family had come here a long time ago. It couldn't be in the hands of Zhang Damao. There really is the real address of the Zhou family in Hong Kong Island."

Qin Huaiyun said: "It shouldn't be possible. The last time your father invited Lao Zhang for a drink, he came up with something. The letter in his hand didn't have a detailed address at all, and it was wrong. With that address alone, he couldn't contact him at all. Less than Zhou family.”

A young man in his twenties said: "Mom, is it possible that the Zhou family knew the contact information of Zhou Shiqing and contacted him directly."

"Impossible, that Zhou Shiqing is already dead."

"Dead?" After hearing this, Qin Huaiyun's sons were also very surprised: "Zhou Shi has black hair. Don't the Zhou family know that? Why do they still send money to him every year?"

Qin Huaiyun snorted: "You are stupid, how could I tell them? If they knew, the Zhou family would give us more money.

Don't think that the Zhou family is so kind to us. Not all of the five thousand overseas remittances belong to our family, but three thousand of them are for that Zhou Shiqing. "

"So, we've been receiving dead money."

After hearing this, Qin Huaiyun stared at him on the spot: "Why are you talking? What do you mean by taking money from a dead person?"

"Anyway, you don't have to worry. As long as we don't give you the real address, that Zhou Xiaoying shouldn't be able to contact the Zhou family."

Among them was Zhang Youxian, a young man wearing fashionable clothes who said anxiously:

"Mom, will the money arrive at the end of the month? Zhu Yun and I have made an appointment. Next month we will go to watch the flag-raising, climb the Great Wall, and visit the Friendship Store in the Imperial Capital. If there is no money, I will go to Jinling. Don’t go.”

Another young man said equally anxiously: "The money I borrowed from the credit union will have to be repaid immediately this month. If I don't repay it, I might be taken to jail."

"Aniang, if this money is cut off, Xiuli will definitely go back to her parents' home and stop living with me."

Qin Huaiyun frowned: "Don't worry, let's wait. Maybe the Zhou family is just busy during this time. This has happened before."

"If the money has not come in two days, I will spend money to send a telegram to Hong Kong Island to ask and see what the situation is."

"Mom, please post it earlier."

"We really can't survive next month."

Having said that, Qin Huaiyun has always had a bad feeling in his heart. Recently, his right eye has been twitching, and he always feels that his family's source of income is about to be cut off.

When she thought of this, she became so nervous that her palms sweated. If it really broke off, the family would probably fall apart.

The eldest daughter-in-law is definitely going to cause trouble. The third daughter still owes so much money to the credit union, and the second daughter-in-law has just been dating.

His position in Jinling was bought with money, and he had to pay tribute to the leaders every year.

If this is broken.

How to live?

Here in Zhouzhuang, people are not allowed to laugh to death.

After a day and night of sailing, in the early morning of the next day, the Gulangyu Island docked at Heping Pier on Ludao Island.

Li Duoyu did not stay at Ludao, but drove his fishing boat directly back to Dandan Island.

Maybe it was because he saw his fishing boat, but the boat hadn't docked yet. Xiaopangdun, Aniang holding little Tutu, Sister Shuihua, Zhang Lin and Zhang Yun were all at the dock.

Perhaps because it had been so long since she had seen her parents, little Tutu was a little surprised at first, and even couldn't react.

But when Li Duoyu opened his arms, Xiao Tutu ran directly to Zhou Xiaoying, hugged her thigh tightly and cried in grievance.

The voice is so loud that half of the pier can be heard, and no matter how much you coax it, you can't coax it.

It wasn't until Li Duoyu took out a robot that was equipped with a battery that could move, light up and make sounds that Xiao Tutu stopped crying instantly.

After seeing this robot, Xiaopangdun's eyes instantly lit up. He wanted to come over and touch it, but he didn't expect Xiaotutu to hug it directly.

"be mine."

Little Fatty smiled and said: "Tutu, just give it to my brother and give it back to you right away."

"No, it's all mine."

Seeing this scene, Li Duoyu and Zhou Xiaoying looked at each other. The children are really growing up day by day, and now they can protect toys.

Zhou Xiaoying also bought some things for these children, including mechanical pencils and several erasers that were very easy to erase.

After returning, many relatives also came over. Li Duoyu also brought them some souvenirs and told them some things about Hong Kong Island.

Even his second uncle and eldest uncle came, and a group of people sat around the courtyard of Li Duoyu's new home, listening to Li Duoyu talk about what he saw and heard in Hong Kong Island.

The second uncle who was smoking a dry cigarette couldn't help but asked: "Duoyu, you have been to both Hong Kong Island and the island country, which one is more powerful?"

Li Duoyu frowned slightly, and then replied: "Island countries should be more powerful."

The second uncle, who had a blood feud with the islanders, couldn't help but curse: "Damn, this little devil has developed so well, I should have invested more in it from the beginning."

But no one was very interested in the sorority organized by the organization, so they told them that Boss Huo was coming that night.

They didn't understand how powerful Boss Huo was. The villagers were most concerned about how much money those who smuggled over there could make every month in Hong Kong Island.

Li Duoyu also talked with Zhou Xiaoying's relatives, and then he knew that smuggling to Hong Kong Island was not as profitable as imagined.

"For those who have obtained identity, it is no problem to earn four or five thousand a month, but if you don't have an identity, it's hard to say, about two or three thousand a month."

Lao Lu frowned and said:

"So little, only two or three thousand a month, it's better to grow a few more acres of kelp on our island."

Li Duoyu smiled. This was true for Lao Lu. For people like him who got rich the earliest, the cost-effectiveness of smuggling was really not high.

Working hard in Hong Kong Island, maybe you don't earn as much as at home, but the option of smuggling has never been prepared for rich people.

Most of them are those who have no money and can't find a way out, and finally take the risk and embark on the road of smuggling.

In his previous life, when Li Duoyu came out of prison, the village was still very poor. There were only one or two households with an annual income of 10,000 yuan, and there were not many boats at all. It was completely incomparable with the present.

After Li Duoyu came out, he did think about staying with Zhou Xiaoying and the children, but because he had been in prison, many units and factories refused to accept him.

At that time, no one was engaged in breeding, and he didn't even have a boat, so he couldn't make money on Dandan Island at all.

He relied entirely on Xiaoying's salary to support him, and no matter what era, a man who couldn't make money would be laughed at.

This was also the fundamental reason why Li Duoyu didn't hesitate to borrow high-interest loans from snakeheads and risk his life to smuggle to the island country to work.

In that environment, many people living by the sea who couldn't make money had no choice at all.

Instead, they thought that smuggling was a very glorious thing, and even after successfully smuggling, they had to set off fireworks to celebrate and invite villagers to watch the show. (End of this chapter)