In 1983, a small island started from a large farmer

In addition, if Li Yujun came back, almost all the male members of the Li family would be present on the day of the winter solstice, and each of them would carry a sacred basket and go to the Li family ancestral hall.

This ancestral hall is located near my uncle's house. It is a stone house, not very big, only less than 20 square meters. There are about 20 black and white portraits on the altar.

When Li Yujun saw the old lady's portrait, his eyes turned red and he knelt down, kowtowed and admitted his mistakes.

"Grandma, I'm back."

“I am not filial.”

Li Yujun felt heartbroken when he thought that he would never see the grandma who always protected him every time he was beaten.

It can be said that he spent almost his entire childhood with his grandma.

Everyone couldn't help but feel sad when seeing Li Yujun crying so sadly, although Li Duoyu had little connection with the old lady.

But for some reason, my nose felt a little sour. This old lady had a strong personality all her life, even though she kept shouting that she didn't recognize them.

But Li Duoyu vaguely remembered that when he was a child, he sneaked to his third uncle's house to play, the old lady looked down on him but gave him food.

In that era when people didn't even have to plan their meals, the old lady once secretly put a boiled egg in Li Duoyu's pocket.

Li Duoyu and his two brothers seldom come here. This should be his second time to come to the Li Family Ancestral Hall.

Looking at the many portraits on the altar, they hardly recognized any of the portraits except for grandpa and grandma.

Little Tutu, who came with them, was also curious about the portraits in the ancestral hall. He pointed at the tallest portrait and asked.

"Dad, that person is a man, but why does he still have braids?"

Li Duoyu was quite speechless. He quickly took Xiao Tutu's fingers away and hit him twice, then he began to worship towards Taigong's tablet.

"Children are ignorant, please don't mind it, Grandpa. I will definitely provide you with good fish and meat in the future and come to see you often."

Seeing that the three brothers Li Duoyu looked a little confused, uncle Li Niantian said with a smile:

"I guess I haven't introduced your father's personality to you guys."

"Not yet." Li Duoyu said with a smile.

Old Li, who was still smoking, snorted, "We didn't know either. When Zhengfa and I were old enough to understand, grandpa and grandma had already passed away. No one told us."

"However, if you want to meet the people at the top, I am the only one who can introduce them to you."

Li Niantian introduced them on the spot: "The one on the top, I'm sure you all know him, he's your great grandfather, and the one next to him is your great grandmother, they brought their family here from Rongcheng."

However, Li Duoyu was full of curiosity about the two portraits on the left and right sides of the first row. He had wanted to ask for a long time whether those two were his great-grandfather's sisters.

"Who are the other two in the first row?"

The uncle smiled and said, "I knew you would definitely ask about these two. Your father probably doesn't even know that they are your great grandfather's second and third wives."

After hearing this, Li Duoyu and his three brothers were all stunned.

The uncle went on to say, "What's so surprising about this? In that era, it was normal for a man to have one wife and multiple concubines. Your great-grandfather had more than three wives, a total of four."

Li Duoyu couldn't help but ask curiously, "There are four, so why are there only three portraits? Is the other one still there?"

The uncle whispered, "There was another one, your great grandfather robbed him, but something happened and he ran away."

"Fuck, this is even possible!"

The uncle said, "What's the big deal? It was a chaotic time. As long as you had money and food, it was normal to have seven or eight wives."

Li Duoyu finally understood why their branch was called the first branch, while other people with the surname Li in the village were called the third branch.

And every time they worshipped their ancestors, they had to wait until the first branch had finished before the third branch could go to worship, but in his impression, he seemed to have never heard the words "second branch".

At this moment, uncle lit a good cigarette and placed it in front of the lone portrait on the far left.

Li Duoyu found that the portrait of the second grandmother was obviously different from that of the grandfather and grandmother. It was very fashionable and looked quite Republican style. Even the hairstyle was different.

The uncle went on to say, "When I was a child, I saw your second grandmother. She smoked, drank, played mahjong, and was very fashionable. She especially liked to wear cheongsam.

But she couldn't stay on the island at all. When she was alive, she was addicted to opium. Every time she came home, she would find ways to ask for money and was often beaten by your grandfather.

But once she gets the urge to smoke, she is not afraid of being beaten any harder. Your great-grandmother was most afraid of her back then. Every time she came back, she would make a mess of the house.

But she is very kind to us younger generations. Every time she returns to the island, she brings us some interesting things. "

Hearing this, Li Duoyu couldn't help but ask: "So, our Li family was also a big family in the past."

"If we were to calculate our Li family by class, we would definitely be a landlord family, but we were somewhat different from those landowners.

Although your grandfather dresses conservatively, he is actually very powerful. He was one of the first batch of overseas students at the Mawei Naval Academy, and he also followed some bigwigs to carry out reforms. At that time, because the reforms failed, he was afraid of being purged by the court, so he hid in Dandan Island. "

After hearing this, Li Duoyu found that everything matched, just like what his tour guide had said in Yantai Mountain, Rongcheng two years ago.

Li Duoyu asked excitedly: "Uncle, our hometown in Rongcheng is Li Garden in Yantai Mountain, right?"

The uncle was really surprised. He only found out about it when he was planning to trace his ancestors. He planned to give these bastards a little shock when he returned to Rongcheng to trace his ancestors in a few days.

"Have you been there?"

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "I just happened to pass by and saw the name of my grandfather there, Li Ruixiang."

Li Shuguang frowned and thought for a while before he realized, "So, the one with the highest degree in our Li family is actually our grandfather."

"Yes."

Li Niantian nodded: "But the one in the second room who likes to smoke marijuana also has a high degree. It seems that he graduated from some girls' school."

Li Shuguang said: "So, our family can be considered a scholarly family. If we go out in the future, who will dare to call us country bumpkins?"

The uncle looked around with disdain, and his family was completely wiped out: "None of you can read, only Duoyu has a promising future."

Li Shuguang was dissatisfied and said, "Duoyu, you haven't even graduated from junior high school."

"Duoyu hasn't even graduated from junior high school, but he's already a specially-appointed teacher at the Fisheries Science and Technology School."

"That doesn't count."

Li Shuguang retorted: "Our generation is not good enough, and your generation is not much better either."

"At least your father is still the captain of the fishery team."

"Compared to Taigong, he is far inferior. He must be at least an eighth-level fitter."

Hearing about the eighth-level fitter, Li Niantian rolled his eyes: "Your father is like this anyway, you guys should work hard."

However, Li Duoyu heard some interesting things from his uncle afterwards. It turned out that the Wang family were long-term workers of their Li family and they came with their great grandfather.

Later it was liberated.

The Wang family chose to be independent.

This was also the reason why Wang Dapao did not dare to arbitrarily classify the Li family even after he became the team leader.

After all, the life of the Wang family ancestor was saved by their great grandfather. Perhaps it was because of this relationship that the great grandmother was able to hide the small yellow croaker until after the reform and opening up.

Everything has cause and effect!

Li Duoyu glanced at the portraits on the altar and found that people of that era did not live long.

The second row, which is the generation of his grandparents, has many hand-painted portraits of their youth, especially the third room has a lot of them.

The second wife had no descendants at all, and Li Duoyu had no idea why the second wife had no descendants.

Without even needing his uncle's introduction, Li Duoyu could guess the entire social living environment at that time through these portraits.

War and famine were times of cannibalism, and people like my uncle who survived were lucky. Li Duoyu also noticed that there was a blank photo frame on the far right of the second row.

The eldest uncle went on to say, "In fact, you have a fourth uncle who followed us into the war without knowing what was going on. We don't even know if he's dead or alive."

But everyone knows that if he was still alive, he would have returned long ago and would not have waited until now.

After listening to his uncle's introduction, Li Duoyu finally got to know their Li family. After confirming that his great-grandfather was Li Ruixiang from Li Yuan, he straightened his back.

After returning from the ancestral hall, everyone gathered at Li Duoyu's new house, and the uncle announced in front of everyone:
"Now that Yujun has returned, the day after tomorrow, we will go to Rongcheng together to recognize our ancestors. I also heard from the relatives in Rongcheng that the lineage that went abroad that year has also returned, so everyone should try to come."

The eldest brother looked at Li Jinchuan specifically.

"You are the only ones among us who need to go to work. Can you spare some time the day after tomorrow?"

Li Jinchuan thought for a while and said, "If it's in Rongcheng, I'll have no problem. I can just say hello to the factory manager."

"Okay, then let's set it for the day after tomorrow."

Speaking of the matter of recognizing one's ancestors, it has been delayed again and again. I originally wanted to go in August, but then the shrimp plague happened, and Yujun was about to be released from prison.

It has been delayed until now, and I only have these few days of free time. If I don’t go now, I will have to pick up kelp seedlings.

If we delay it until then, Li Duoyu's prawns and blue crabs will be harvested, and everyone will have to earn money for the New Year, so it will most likely be delayed until next year.

Li Duoyu said: "When the time comes, Shuguang, you guys drive my boat. If you get seasick, you can take my car."

Li Yaoguo raised his hand and said:

"I'll take your car."

The fat boy Li Haoran also raised his hand and said, "Grandpa, can I go too?"

Li Niantian thought for a while and said, "If you have classes, you should focus on your studies and go again next time you have the chance."

Li Haoran's smile disappeared instantly. He was not interested at first, but when he heard that relatives from abroad had returned.

He instantly perked up, thinking that maybe if he was a little sweet-talker, these relatives abroad would give him red envelopes and toys.

Li Haoran now wishes the teaching building would collapse immediately so that he could have two more days of vacation.

"Okay, let's stop here for today. Pack up your things in the next two days and we'll set off on time the day after tomorrow morning."

When everyone had left, my second sister-in-law appeared with a beaming smile on her face, a list in her hand, and she was smiling happily.

It seems that during this period of time, my second sister-in-law has been running to the town’s health center.

Today, the second sister-in-law was particularly excited. After seeing the second brother, she immediately said, "This time it's real, it's really happening."

Confused, Li Haoran asked, "Mom, what are you pregnant with?"

"Little kid, why are you asking so many questions? Just do your homework."

Seeing how happy his second sister-in-law was, Li Duoyu instantly understood what was going on. It seemed that his second brother’s efforts this year were not in vain.

Ah Niang also heard it, and although she didn't like her daughter-in-law very much, she still said with concern after knowing that she was pregnant:
"Now that you have it, don't run around. Don't tell anyone three months ago. Stay home and I'll buy you a batch of chicks next market day."

Zhu Xiuhua said, "Mom, you have to buy more. By then, I will also be in confinement for at least 45 days."

My second sister-in-law's belly hasn't even grown yet, but she's already thinking about such distant things, which makes everyone a little speechless.

Because of the child, Zhu Xiuhua seemed to have found her way back to this family, and even said to Li Duoyu:
"Duoyu, don't just focus on making money. Work hard with Xiaoying. If you don't have more children, little Tutu won't be able to spend all the money by himself."

In the past, the second sister-in-law and Li Jinchuan did not get along, but after she became pregnant, Zhu Xiuhua even started to greet him.

"Brother, while sister-in-law is still in good health, why don't you have another child? This way, our Li family will be prosperous."

Chen Huiying's face instantly turned dark when she heard this. This daughter-in-law would easily lose her composure when she was proud.

Li Yaoguo quickly said, "My eldest brother and his wife both have stable jobs, so they can't have extra children."

"But I heard that their machinery factory has been restructured. Why not just move back to Dandan Island?"

Li Yaoguo quickly covered her mouth and pulled her back to the room. He felt that if he let her continue talking, his eldest brother might get angry and leave again.

Originally, the Winter Solstice was a day for family reunion, but with my second sister-in-law messing things up, the atmosphere suddenly became a little weird.

At night.

Li Duoyu, lying on the bed, suddenly felt that what his second sister-in-law said made some sense. It was indeed too little to have only one child.

He turned to look at Zhou Xiaoying: "How about we also try harder?"

Zhou Xiaoying glared at him and said, "You are a fool! Are you still qualified to be the director? You are a party member, and I am also a teacher, so I am definitely not qualified."

Li Duoyu chuckled and said, "Actually, fishermen have a special policy that no one knows about. That is, fishermen with a registered permanent residence can legally apply for a second child."

Although most families have a second child, they are almost all fined.

Zhou Xiaoying was surprised: "When was this rule made? How come I don't know about it?"

Li Duoyu said: "I just found out about this recently. It's quite troublesome. You need to apply for it and get it stamped."

"It's so troublesome." Zhou Xiaoying frowned and asked, "Will it affect you?"

"No, this is in compliance with the law and will not affect me. Besides, I am only a village director and I have no intention of becoming a high-ranking official."

Seeing that there was indeed a way to have a second child, Zhou Xiaoying was a little overwhelmed: "Give me some time, I'm not mentally prepared yet. I'm going to sleep first, and we'll talk about this later."

But some people couldn't sleep at all. They tossed and turned, and their hands went through the clothes and kept kneading.

Zhou Xiaoying pulled away.

"Go to bed and come back another day."

Li Duoyu protested: "You are seriously affecting the harmony of the family. We need to communicate more. We can't do it eight times a month, but six times should be enough."

Zhou Xiaoying snorted, "You've been busy all the time, why blame me? Hurry up and move that dirty hand away. Brother and the others are still living downstairs."

"Why are you afraid? They are not directly below us. Besides, this house is very soundproof. As long as you shout quietly, they won't hear you."

Zhou Xiaoying couldn't help but pinch him, feeling angry and helpless. She even suspected that Li Duoyu had built the new house just for that reason.

Since her elder brother and his wife lived downstairs, Zhou Xiaoying felt a little uncomfortable and patted Li Duoyu's hand that was touching her randomly.

"Be good, I'll make it up to you after my brothers leave."

"But brother, they will leave with us the day after tomorrow."

"Next time, then."

"But I've already drunk the Deer Antler and Seahorse Wine. How can I hold it back? You can't do this to your husband. He'll explode."

Because his second sister-in-law was pregnant, Li Duoyu went to ask his second brother. It turned out that he couldn't bear it anymore, so he went to Rongcheng to find the young doctor recommended by Li Duoyu.

As a result, the other party prescribed him a very expensive prescription, which included bull whip, epimedium, deer antler, seahorse, eucommia bark, Morinda officinalis, and Cistanche deserticola, and then soaked it in strong sorghum wine.
The second brother had been tortured by this thing for a long time. Now that the second sister-in-law finally had it, he was finally liberated and gave this thing to Li Duoyu on the spot.

Li Duoyu didn't believe that the effect was so good, so he secretly drank two cups tonight. After drinking, he felt a fire burning in his stomach and it was impossible for him to fall asleep.

Zhou Xiaoying was speechless.

"You figure it out yourself."

"How can I solve it if you don't help me?"

Zhou Xiaoying was helpless: "I told you in advance that I'm not mentally prepared yet. You have to wear that thing, understand?"

"Got it, hurry up." (End of this chapter)