In 1983, a small island started from a large farmer

Chapter 69 Eel Fry (Modify)

After eating and drinking in the restaurant,

Uncle Chen Dongqing drove the bus back to the county seat.

And at checkout.

Li Duoyu told the boss that Agui had left.

Although I had vaguely guessed it, I was still a little emotional when I learned it from Li Duoyu personally.

"Many old acquaintances have disappeared recently, and I miss the good old days when everyone was good."

For this boss,

These things may have happened not long ago,

But for Li Duoyu,
Some people and things are really too far away.

After leaving Qingkou Wharf.

Li Duoyu simply calculated today's accounts. Today, he sold a total of 170 yuan, and he spent 8 yuan in the restaurant just now.

There are 162 yuan left in my hand.

Li Duoyu took out four cards of great unity and handed them to Chen Wenchao, the local dog.He also put in a lot of effort in fishing this time, and he still has to give what should be given to others.

"This is your reward for today."

Chen Wenchao's hands were trembling when he took the money. If it's not a fake, it should be the biggest income in his life.

His parents left early, and his family was very poor. When he was a child, he was brought up by his grandma begging for Xiaohai and weaving nets.

Later, when he grew up, he planned to work in the fishery team, but the captain thought he was too young and didn't want him.

In order to make a living, he can only beg for small seas on the tidal flats and the seaside, and do odd jobs for the boat boss when he has the opportunity.

He remembers very clearly that three years ago, he helped a boat boss catch thousands of catties of large yellow croakers, but the boat boss didn't even pay him a dividend, he only gave him a day's wages, one yuan and five dollars.

After that, he was very disappointed with people, and especially wanted to make money to buy a boat of his own.

Unexpectedly, when he came out with Brother Yu today, he actually gave him almost a quarter of his income, which made him a little uncomfortable, his eyes turned red instantly, and his nose suddenly became sour.

Seeing him about to cry.

After Li Duoyu glanced at it, he said with disgust, "Do you think it's too little?"

Chen Wenchao turned around and wiped his eyes with his arm.

"No, it's too many."

"I didn't do much help today, not to mention, and almost ruined your good deed, Brother Yu, you gave me so much money back."

"Since I was a child, no one has been so kind to me except my grandma."

Li Duoyu patted him on the shoulder:

"Don't be so sensational, can't you? I can't stand it. Just keep the money if you give it to you, or Liu Xiaolan, the big ass, will be married off by someone else."

After thinking of a woman, Chen Wenchao didn't hesitate any longer and collected the money.

He wants to save money, marry that woman, and then build a big house and give birth to a bunch of fat babies before his grandma dies.

when returning home.

It was almost four o'clock in the afternoon, and Li Duoyu found out that Auntie had been cooking in the kitchen early today.

He who smelled the fragrance.

Sneaking into the kitchen, seeing the little whitebait omelette, he took a piece and ate it.

The taste is not bad, the thief is fragrant.

The taste of the small fish was just right.

"Have you washed your hands, just eat them with your hands, you are not afraid of worms in your stomach."

"Mother, this little fish omelet is delicious."

Li Duoyu grinned, and when he was about to take the second piece, he suddenly looked at Xiaoyu Fried Egg.

They don't have small whitebait on Dandan Island, which is only found in the estuaries and lakes in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

"Mother, where did you catch these fish?"

"It was caught right behind our island."

"I heard from others that this broccoli seedling is fried together with eggs, which is very nourishing to the blood. I have fished a lot with your father in the past two days, and it will nourish you and Xiaoying."

After hearing that it was Xi Huamiao, Li Duoyu broke open the fried egg, pulled out a small fish and observed it, looking at the slender and whitish body of the fish.

Li Duoyu finally came to his senses, what kind of plaything is this little fish that looks like a little silver fish?

It is eel fry.

On Dandan Island, people generally call it Xihuamiao. In this era, fishermen on the seaside are not familiar with this kind of fish.

I only know that around the time of the winter solstice, eel fry will swim from the depths of the sea to their area, and then enter rivers and lakes.

Looking at this big pot of fried eggs with small fish.

Li Duoyu checked visually, there are at least 200 of them, and there are at least [-] to [-] of them still frying in the big iron pan.

Li Duoyu's heart was bleeding.

In later generations, local eel fry like this, small ones like this one, cost more than 10 yuan a piece when it was cheap, and 40 yuan a piece when it was expensive.

The average price can be sold for about 20 yuan.

And if there are 500 pieces, that's more than 1 yuan.

What shocked Li Duoyu even more was that his mother actually said to him: "Take the fry in that bucket, wash it, then dry it, and eat it for breakfast later."

Li Duoyu suddenly looked at the wooden barrel in the corner of the kitchen. Sure enough, the whole barrel was full of eel fry. I couldn't count how many Li Duoyu were, but there should be tens of thousands of them.

No wonder I haven't seen Father and Mother these days, they were all fishing for this fish.

The eel is a very magical creature. In order to reproduce, the eel will stop eating when it becomes an adult.

Without eating or drinking for several months, they swim from inland lakes and mountain streams to the depths of the great trench to reproduce and die.

And their offspring, who were only as thin as a needle when they were just born, have to swim from the great trench to the inland rivers along the ocean currents.

And this kind of eel fry, at this time, did not receive the attention of fishermen, almost until the end of the 80s.

Merchants from overseas provinces came to them to set up factories for eel farming. Only then did the fishermen realize that this kind of fish, which is the size of a toothpick, is actually so valuable.

However, eel is one of the few species that cannot be artificially bred for the next generation. If you want to breed this thing, you must go to the estuary of the river to catch eel fry, and then put it in a special breeding pond to raise it, and it is very difficult to raise.

In later generations, there were also many people raising eels on Dandan Island, but Li Duoyu had only helped in eel breeding factories before, and did not have a complete set of farming techniques.

I only know that eel fry are very difficult to raise and are picky eaters. They don't eat ordinary food. They must be fed small red earthworms or freshwater red worms.

And eels have certain requirements on temperature, neither too hot nor too cold.

Judging from the current conditions on Dandan Island, eel farming is indeed very difficult, and it may even be impossible to make money.

But Li Duoyu thought about it.

Still decided to give up farming eels.

At this stage, let’s earn the first pot of gold from kelp first. In my spare time, I can earn some income by fishing in the offshore.

Wait for the base to stabilize.

Then consider other things.

In his life, he has seen too many farmers who fish for three days and dry their nets for two days, and they want to raise whatever they want to make money.

As a result, in the end, everything was half a bucket of water, and they couldn't manage it. In the end, they lost their entire family.

The aquaculture industry seems simple, but the actual water is very deep. If a simple fish disease is not dealt with properly, your investment for several years will be in vain.

　This sentence was not well written, so I revised it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)