Chapter 77 Conspiracy (Please Read On)

It seems that Chen Wenchao doesn’t know that the kelp rope was cut last night.

Li Duoyu checked the kelp.

What surprised Li Duoyu was that he found a lot of local abalones, nine-hole abalones, on the kelp.

This abalone has a relatively smooth surface and 7 to 9 small holes on the edge of the back, so it is called nine-hole abalone.

In the next ten years, this abalone will be the main abalone cultured in the south, until the technology of "transferring from north to south" is later developed.

The fishermen on Dandan Island began to switch to raising the larger wrinkled abalone, but the northern abalone species has higher requirements for the living environment.

Abalone eats algae.

They especially like to eat kelp and asparagus.

I guess these few should be foodies, and they actually ran here from such a faraway reef living area.

Since you are so optimistic about my kelp, I will reluctantly collect you all.

What surprised Li Duoyu was that these abalones were quite large, with an average length of about seven or eight centimeters.

Wild abalones of this size need at least four or five years to grow to this size.

Fortunately, local fishermen at that time did not like to eat abalone, otherwise they would not be able to catch such a large wild abalone.

Li Duoyu remembered that when he was a child, he also caught abalone with Lao Li, but he did not want its meat, but its shell.

It seems that its shell is a kind of medicinal material called "Shijueming". In the past, there would be medicinal material buyers coming to the island every once in a while to buy abalone shells.

As for why fishermen do not like to eat abalone, the reason is also very simple, that is, fresh abalone is too difficult to taste, and eating it steamed is like chewing rubber.

If you want to make abalone delicious, you must dry abalone. Speaking of which, some seafood is so magical.

It must be dried and produce a chemical reaction before it becomes delicious.

The same is true for abalone.

The same is true for kelp.

After inspecting the kelp field, Li Duoyu harvested a total of seven or eight large abalones and more than ten small abalones.

Li Duoyu plans to try to make the big ones into dried abalone, and as for the small ones, he will throw them into the net cage and give them a piece of kelp.

Li Duoyu plans to try to raise them first to see if they will die easily.

The sunshine in winter is relatively short.

Before it was completely dark, the sea breeze blew over, and Li Duoyu felt the coolness, and fed Erbaiwu a meal.

Li Duoyu sailed away.

At first, the little yellow dog wanted to get on the boat with him, but when he saw the boat getting farther and farther away, he barked twice.

But the boat driver didn't even turn his head.

The little yellow dog kept watching him until the night was completely dark, and then he returned to the new doghouse.

When Li Duoyu returned to the dock, he parked the boat and ran into Lao Zhuang, who was not very agile, head-on, the cook who had helped on the trawler before.

Lao Zhuang smiled and greeted, "Duoyu, you're back so late."

"Lao Zhuang, have you eaten yet?"

"Yes, you must not have eaten yet."

After some pleasantries, Lao Zhuang said directly without beating around the bush:

"I heard that Chen Wenchao has stockpiled a lot of fish on your fishing raft. Isn't he following you? Can you sell those fish to me when the time comes?"

Lao Zhuang's words surprised Li Duoyu. He used to be a fishmonger, but he only sold miscellaneous fish. It was a small business and he rarely bought fish in large quantities.

Li Duoyu said, "It seems that you have also started a big business."

Lao Zhuang sighed, "How can I have that kind of capital? It's my Liangyu who bought a seafood store in the county town and now asked me to help him get the goods."

"It seems that Liangyu has made progress."

Lao Zhuang said disdainfully, "How can he make progress? All the money was borrowed. I'm afraid that the business will lose money and I will be in debt."

"Okay, I'll ask him about this. If there is no buyer's reservation, I'll ask him to sell it directly to you."

"That's settled first."

When Li Duoyu saw Lao Zhuang, he suddenly remembered that he lived here at the pier and his balcony was facing the pier.

He knew very well how many fishing boats went in and out of the port every day.

"Uncle Zhuang, I want to ask you something. Have any small fishing boats left the harbor in the middle of the night these two days?"

Lao Zhuang frowned and thought: "I didn't pay attention to it late at night, but when I got up to go to the bathroom last night, I did see a small sampan going out."

Li Duoyu looked surprised: "Did you see who it was?"

"It was too cold last night, I went to the bathroom and went back immediately, but looking at the body shape, it doesn't look like a man."

Lao Zhuang looked at Li Duoyu in confusion and asked: "Did something happen?"

Li Duoyu felt that Lao Zhuang, who lived at the dock, might be able to help him next, so he didn't hide it from him and told the truth:

"My kelp rope was cut by dozens of strands last night."

Hearing this, Lao Zhuang cursed: "Which bastard is so wicked."

"I want to know too."

Then, Li Duoyu took out two big unity notes and stuffed them into Lao Zhuang's pocket.

"Uncle Zhuang, please help me keep an eye on it these nights. If you find anything wrong, just knock on my door."

"That's impossible."

Old Zhuang quickly returned the two big unity notes to Li Duoyu:

"It's very good that you are willing to sell the seafood to me. I would have helped you even if you didn't tell me about this."

"If you really give me money, I won't help you with this."

Seeing Lao Zhuang's resolute attitude, Li Duoyu also took the money back: "Then I'll trouble you."

"Why are you so polite to Uncle Zhuang?"

At this moment, in a small room of the supply and marketing cooperative.

A middle-aged man wearing military green work clothes said: "Yesterday you did something bad. I even lent you the boat and only cut a few strips. Are you kidding me?"

The woman kept a dark face the whole time: "I can't move that sampan of yours by myself. Besides, there were fishing boats fishing nearby that night, and I was worried about being caught by the lights of the boats."

The middle-aged man frowned: "If you do this, they will definitely ask people to guard the kelp field. Otherwise, let's forget about it now and wait until after the New Year."

The woman said firmly: "No, if I can't celebrate the New Year, they won't want to celebrate the New Year either. On the night of the New Year's Eve dinner, you lend me a diesel sampan and I will cut all their kelp fields."

After hearing this, the middle-aged man said seriously: "Okay, I believe you again. If you really want to make things beautiful, I will find a way to arrange a job for you in the cannery in the city."

After the woman left.

Another middle-aged man who looked like a cadre came to the hut and said, "Isn't this too anxious?"

"Brother, we can't be in a hurry. Our third brother and the deputy director have both said that we can't let their kelp fields start up, otherwise next year's election will be very detrimental to us."

"The deputy director also said that Li Duoyu's photo taking with the senior leader was purely coincidental and he had nothing to do with it at all."

"What if this woman is caught and turns us in?"

"Brother, has anyone seen us meeting that woman? Besides, if something really happens, we can sue her for stealing our ship."

The middle-aged man who came in later suddenly realized: "Oh, you are more advanced."

"Since I'm so advanced, what do you think if I run for village secretary next year?"

"You kid are going too far, aren't you?"