I Had a Home In 1982

   Chapter 71 71. The whole team watches the electric horn

  Smoke lingers in the seafood processing room on Tianya Island.

   On the stove under the two iron pots, the flames were billowing, and hot water steam rose up and out of the window like a hurricane.

   This is the women on the island working on sea cucumbers.

  Sea cucumber is a good thing, ranking first among the eight treasures of seafood, and it is the highlight of the banquet.

   They are slender and round, with thorns and brownish sauce. They don't look very good, but they are nutritious and easy to absorb. They are especially popular in the market.

  Fuhai produces a variety of seafood, including shallow-sea fish, deep-sea fish, prawns, crabs, conch, clams, scallops, mussels, and even jellyfish and kelp.

  These seafood can be eaten simply by steaming after they are out of the water, and some can even be eaten raw - there is an old saying in the local area that "eat crabs and shrimps alive, and you won't be drowned if you fall into the sea".

   But the sea cucumber is not good. It is bitter, salty and particularly strong when eaten raw, like salted raw cowhide, which is unpalatable and not chewy.

   To eat sea cucumbers, they must be processed, dried and sold to the supply and marketing cooperatives, and then they can become the most popular seafood in the market.

   Xiufang, Fengya and other women are handling sea cucumbers.

  These sea cucumbers were sent back at noon. The sea cucumbers that came out of the water should not be stored for a long time, otherwise they would melt and lose nutrients and lose their value.

  To deal with sea cucumbers, first clean the stomach and then add hot water to the pot.

   Both stoves are burning hot water. Some women are setting fires, some women are cleaning the stomach of sea cucumbers, and some women are running the water.

   They chatted while working.

  Fengya said casually, "Fang, what did you hear about the radio with the secretary?"

   Xiufang is cleaning the sea cucumber.

   She grabbed a round, black, and hard sea cucumber and pressed it on the chopping board. She picked up a knife and stabbed it from its butt.

   This intestine is full of sand and has no value.

   She threw it away and said, "There is a people's meeting in North Korea."

   "Why do you talk about foreign affairs? Talk about our domestic affairs." Huang Xiaohua, who was burning the fire, wiped her sweat and said.

Xiufang handed the sea cucumber to Fengya and said, "In domestic terms, there is something very new. Many vegetable fields called plastic greenhouses have been built in Lu Province. Vegetables can also grow in winter and spring. I have eaten leeks, rapeseed, eggplant, peppers, and fresh green onions."

  Huang Xiaohua shook his head in disbelief: "How can there be rape, eggplant, pepper, and pepper now? I don't believe it, winter is so cold, and Lu Province is colder than here. We can't grow vegetables here, can they grow there?"

   Xiufang argued with her: "The news from China Central Radio, how can this be fake?"

  A woman named Laifeng said, "Is there anything related to us? We can't handle external affairs."

   Xiufang said: "There is also, and this news is also related to our current work."

   "Last night, I heard an expert introduce sea cucumber. He said that this thing is very good. It can nourish qi and nourish blood, strengthen physique, nourish yin and yang, especially suitable for elderly people."

   "Elderly people who insist on eating sea cucumbers can not only prolong their life, but even rejuvenate their youth!"

  Huang Xiaohua smiled: "Really or not? Rejuvenation? Did the birthday star eat sea cucumber?"

  Xiufang nodded: "There is a possibility. Our team will give Shouxing Lord a sea cucumber for two days. Anyway, sea cucumbers are very expensive now."

   "It's definitely precious," Fengya said. "Now, when you go up to the Great Hall of the People to invite foreign guests to dinner, and even down to the cadres, you must have sea cucumbers for dinner. If you don't have sea cucumbers, you will be ashamed."

Xiufang said: "Yes, now the broadcast also says that there is a thing in society called the magic power of sea cucumbers, and that if you want to get a relationship and go through the back door, you must have sea cucumbers, and things that cannot be done can be done with the accommodation of sea cucumbers - this It's not a good thing, the secretary listened to scolding mother."

  Other people laughed: "The secretary also scolds mother?"

  Fengya said, "I heard from my man that the dried sea cucumbers from the supply and marketing cooperative cost 60 to 70 yuan per catty. If you go to the black market, it will be even more expensive, at least 100 yuan!"

   "Really?" Huang Xiaohua was stunned, "One hundred yuan per pound of sea cucumber? My mother!"

   Someone muttered unhappily: "Then why did the buyer come to collect our sea cucumbers and only give twenty yuan a pound?"

   Xiufang said: "As for supporting the country's construction, we farmers have the task of dispatching purchases, which is very positive..."

   Right now!

   A loud voice suddenly entered the processing room: "Hey! Hey! Cough!"

   "Every member, please pay attention, everyone, please pay attention! This is the brigade committee, ahem, I'm ahem, um, I'm Wang Xianghong!"

   "I'm here to tell you one thing, um, one thing to inform the members, today the team brought in two baskets of radishes, and after work, each family arranged for a **** to come over to pick up the radishes!"

   "Cough, repeat, I repeat..."

   Hearing these words, the women in the room were all stunned.

  Xiufang asked subconsciously: "This is my father-in-law, this is the voice of the secretary! Why is it so loud? Where can he speak to us!"

  Fengya shouted: "It's a big horn! It's a big horn talking! When the troops were still there, they had big horns, and it was like this every time the chief spoke! I must have heard it right!"

   "But where did the loudspeaker come from in our team? It's an electric horn!" Huang Xiaohua also hurriedly said, "The army used to have generators, but we don't have them!"

  The women went out to see it.

   Wang Xianghong’s voice still echoed on Tianya Island:

   "Here I would like to inform the members of one thing. Today, the team brought in two baskets of radishes. After work, each family arranged for a female comrade to come and pick up the radishes!"

   It was clearer to hear it outside the door.

  The women saw other workers coming out, and they all looked towards the top of the mountain in disbelief.

  Fengya said fiercely: "Oh, there are still sea cucumbers in the pot! Go and fish them out, let's go to the brigade committee to see what's going on!"

   "But the clerk hasn't rang the work bell yet." Huang Xiaohua said worriedly, "If we stop work for no reason, let the party secretary know that he will criticize us, and if it is not good, we will report to the team leader."

  Fengya said: "He can do whatever he likes. Anyway, I'm going to the brigade committee to see what's going on, or else I can't do anything in my heart!"

   The other women nodded and finally decided to go to the brigade committee together.

  They packed the sea cucumbers out of the pot and put them in a salt tank to marinate them to remove water.

   Covered the salt jar and they hurriedly went out and made a detour to the mountain.

   On the way up the mountain, I found several teams of women, and an old man walking in front. It turned out that everyone had to go to the brigade committee.

  In this way, Fengya and the others felt more at ease. They joined other women working on the top of the mountain and found that the gate of the brigade committee was surrounded by a group of children and old people.

  Wang Yi knew that once the island was electrified, it would definitely cause a sensation, but he didn't expect that just a loud horn would startle everyone!

  The big trumpet was hung with ropes from the wooden pole supporting the big bronze bell.

  Wang Dongmei held the trumpet head with cloth strips in her ears.

   This was a task arranged by Wang Xianghong. He was anxious to try the electric horn, but the horn needed a suitable angle to transmit sound perfectly to the whole island, so he asked Wang Dongmei to adjust the angle manually.

  Wang Yi saw this scene and remembered seeing some people erecting TV antennas on the roof when he was a child.

   But at that time, TV was very popular, and not many people would watch this kind of thing.

   At this time, it was different. Children, the elderly, and women, the people who stayed on the island were coming in an endless stream, and they all asked questions after arriving:

   "Secretary, what's wrong with this trumpet?"

   "Where did the electric horn come from? Where did the electricity come from?"

   "Oh, big horn, Mr. Zhi, let me shout, let me see if my voice can spread across our island like yours?"

   "Go away, kid, don't join in the fun!"

   Wang Xianghong with his hands behind his back solemnly looked at the surprised members.

He was very proud in his heart, but there was a calm expression on his face: "Okay, okay, don't talk about children, look at what you are doing? It's okay for the elderly to not go to work, female commune members. What is this for?"

   "The children are leaving too. You are in labor class, Mr. Wang, don't you mind?"

  Wang Yi said: "Isn't I responsible for stepping on the pedals to generate electricity?"

   "Step on the pedal to generate electricity? What does this mean?" Feng Ya asked anxiously.

  Wang Yi said with a smile: "That's right, auntie, the party secretary left the relationship with Manager Xu of the supply and marketing company, and then applied for an electric horn and a manpower generator for our team..."

   "Really?" Before he could finish speaking, everyone immediately shouted:

   "Human power generator? Is it hand-cranked? There is one on Splash Island, and I used to show it off to us!"

   "We also have generators? We also have electricity?"

   "I saw a light bulb! A box of light bulbs with the words written on it - Safe use of electricity, protect personal safety; save electricity, support industrial and agricultural production!"

   The last sentence sparked cheers from more people: "Light bulbs? Are we going to use light bulbs on the island?"

   "And it's a hand-cranked generator. This one doesn't burn oil and doesn't cost much, just take turns to generate electricity!"

   "Where do you hang the light bulb? Secretary, Teacher Wang, when will you install the light bulb?"

   Wang Xianghong pressed his hands down to signal everyone to be quiet.

   But the people in the team were too excited, but the people at sea were so loud because they wanted to talk in the sound of the wind and waves, so the scene was chaotic for a while.

   Seeing this, he waved to Wang Yi: "Continue to generate electricity."

   Then he entered the room and sat down into the microphone on the desk and said, "Hey, hey, fellow members, please be quiet, fellow members, please be quiet!"

   "We do have generators on our island now, and we do have to install light bulbs. But our generators are too small to support many light bulbs, so we can't install light bulbs for every household for the time being..."

   Lord Shou Xing came out and asked, "Why is the donkey too small? Let's feed it more forage to make it grow faster? Why don't we feed it some soybean meal, the donkey will grow faster when it eats soybean meal!"

   Wang Dongxi said helplessly: "Lord Shouxing, it's power, not a jackass! It's not a thing!"

   "Simply put, the generator can't generate a lot of electricity, such as this electric horn. If you want to use the electric horn, our generator can't do anything, only power it!"

  Wang Yi secretly said that this is still 22 years of technological development. The hand-cranked generator is also equipped with a small transformer. It is impossible for the hand-cranked generator of this era to supply power to such a big speaker.

   He checked the old broadcast speakers because they use constant voltage output, and the speakers are high-impedance speakers, so they need a transformer for matching.

  Wang Dongxi explained it clearly, and everyone sighed regretfully.

   He was rather happy and said, "Secretary, our old bronze bell can be retired with an electric horn, and it is no longer needed. When will we smelt to support the country's construction."

Wang Xianghong was a little reluctant to give up: "Oh, this bronze bell is old. Back then, the little devil who came from nowhere and wanted to transport it from the sea to Shanghai was rescued by our maritime military team and hid on our island. It's really weird that it's smelted."

Wang Dongxi said: "This copper bell is not light, not five hundred kilograms? It's a lot of money after smelting and purifying it and selling it as pure copper! Buy more light bulbs and distribute them to the members. The four groups take turns using this generator. How wonderful to light up your home!"

   Wang Xianghong nodded: "It makes sense!"

  Wang Yi was stunned.

   There is a fart truth!

  This bronze bell is probably a cultural relic!

   In order to sell a few hundred more for pure copper, you have to smelt it? !

   In case the bronze bell is a cultural relic, it will be struck by thunder!

   (end of this chapter)