Yu Cuilian was very excited. She took the women in the village to sort the fresh shrimps by size and put them into oxygen-filled boxes. Some people also tied the blue crabs with tough grass.

The whole village was mobilized, and the children, who loved fishing and catching shrimp, were eager to skip school and stay here to help. However, most of them ended up doing more harm than good; they actually wanted to play.

Mi Xiaonan ran over and said, "Go back to class, everyone. If you're late, I'll punish you by making you do your homework."

The children were very naughty and laughed a lot. Mi Xiaonan caught two of them, and the others ran away.

Liu Yibang found it funny and shouted, "Hurry back to class, or I'll call your parents to beat you up."

At this time, the women who were busy working saw their own naughty boys, took off their shoes one by one, and made gestures as if to beat the children, scaring the children so much that they ran away like birds and beasts.

Mi Xiaonan looked at Liu Yibang and praised him, "Liu Yibang, you are really great."

Liu Yibang smiled and said: "It's the result of everyone's hard work."

When Liu Yibang heard Boss Wang calling him, he hurried over to help with the bill.

Mi Xiaonan walked a short distance and looked back at Liu Yibang, but this time she only saw Liu Yibang's back.

A bold boy said with a smile: "Teacher Mi, you must like Mayor Liu."

Mi Xiaonan was stunned and quickly patted the little boy's head: "Don't talk nonsense."

The little boy ran away happily, shouting, "Teacher Mi, Mayor Liu is so handsome and capable. Come on, my mom said, a man like Mayor Liu will never have trouble finding a wife. If you don't work hard, Mayor Liu will be pursued by someone else."

"If you keep saying that, I'll sew your mouth shut." Mi Xiaonan blushed and chased after the students, yelling, "These are still elementary school students, how come they know everything?"

Liu Yibang, who was busy at the time, couldn't help but smile when he saw Mi Xiaonan getting along well with the students.

The weather was nice and everyone was in a good mood.

Seeing that the children went to school, the women went back to work, but they were not idle either.

"Our town mayor, Xiao Liu, is truly amazing. This five-acre pond isn't big, but the results are so good. We'll definitely be able to expand the aquaculture next year. We won't need to go out to work anymore. We can make money right here."

"Who says it's not true? People are looked down upon when they leave their hometown. My cousin and her husband went to work in other places. Although they made some money, they only come back once a year. Moreover, when they were bullied outside, they dared not speak out."

"If seafood and pearl farming can make money, next year we will also contract land to dig a few ponds and farm them at home without leaving home. With more income, our lives will be better, and we can take care of our elderly parents and children."

Yu Cuilian laughed heartily. "If someone had told me this before, I would never have believed it! But now Mayor Xiao Liu has made achievements. I don't care what others do. Anyway, the eight of us in my family will follow Mayor Xiao Liu."

An elderly woman complimented, "Village cadres are the smartest in the village. If you all say it's okay, then we'll follow your example and learn from you! We have confidence!"

These prawns are farmed, so they are very well-proportioned and are divided into only two grades: large and extra large.

The sorted prawns are weighed and placed in an oxygen-filled box.

There are 2200 catties of extra large shrimp, 15 yuan per catty, totaling yuan.

Smaller prawns are 12 yuan per catty, and there are 2900 catties in total, totaling yuan.

The prawns alone cost yuan.

As for the growth of blue crabs, it was also very encouraging. We collected 400 catties of crabs weighing more than 40 grams, at yuan per catty, totaling yuan.

The rest were all between two and three taels, totaling 200 jin, at 30 yuan per jin, for a total of 6000 yuan.

The blue crabs were sold for a total of yuan.

The total cost of prawns and blue crabs was RMB.

Boss Wang took out cash from his bag, took out 9 yuan on the spot and handed it to Liu Yibang.

"Mayor Liu, here's 9 yuan! Consider the extra 200 yuan as a meal for my brothers and sisters who worked there!"

Since Boss Wang said so, Liu Yibang didn't refuse: "Thank you, Boss Wang! How about having lunch here before leaving?"

Boss Wang waved his hand and said, "Go back early so you can sell more while they're fresh! As for dinner, we'll have a chance to talk about it later and discuss the great business of seafood farming."

"In that case, I won't try to keep you, Boss Wang. Have a safe trip!" Liu Yibang sent the man away.

After returning to the village committee, Liu Yibang turned on the loudspeaker.

"All villagers, come to the big square in front of the village committee for a meeting! Money is being distributed!"

The men, women, young and old in the village were all very excited when they heard this.

Director Xu and his men packed up the fishing nets and hurried over.

Professor Yang and three students were arranged to sit in the front. Cui Jian and the cameraman found a suitable position and began to film the interview.

Liu Yibang placed all the money neatly on the table. Everyone's eyes were fixed on the money, unable to take their eyes off it.

Liu Yibang said loudly: "First of all, I would like to thank Professor Yang, an aquaculture expert from the Provincial Animal Husbandry College, and his three students for their great help. They have safeguarded our village's seafood farming and provided countless assistance!"

"After seven months of hard work, our village has achieved a temporary victory and reaped the fruits of our labor, with a total sales of RMB."

"According to calculations, the average cost of shrimp and crab fry, as well as subsequent breeding feed, is 4 yuan per kilogram, accounting for about % of the sales price. Therefore, % of this money belongs to Professor Yang and his three students."

Professor Yang was slightly stunned when he heard this. It was agreed before that this was a test site and help was provided free of charge. How could they charge money?

Besides, the school project was sponsored by Liu Meilan, and he would feel bad about taking two payments.

Professor Yang was about to speak when a student behind him pulled his clothes.

Seeing the student's look, Professor Yang stopped talking.

Student Lu Wei stood up and said, "Thank you, Mayor Xiao Liu, and thank you to all the villagers for your strong support! We will do our best to provide the necessary technical support for promoting seafood farming in saline-alkali ponds next year."

The villagers knew that this kind of breeding technology required technical guidance, and it was reasonable to spend the money, so everyone applauded.

Director Xu stood up from his stool and said with a smile, "They say technology is the primary productive force. In the past, we, the unsophisticated folks, simply didn't understand. Now, seeing how experts and professors can raise seafood in this remote village, I finally understand the importance of technology. On behalf of all the villagers, I thank the experts and students for their support!"

Professor Yang quickly stood up and said, "The purpose of our research is to promote and benefit the people. I hope we can continue our efforts and achieve even greater success next year."

Another round of warm applause!

Liu Yibang saw that everyone had been applauding for a while, so he signaled for a pause and said, "I plan to allocate the remaining yuan in this way: pay according to the work done at that time."

"At that time, I arranged for young and strong men to do heavy work, earning 20 yuan a day; female comrades did lighter work, earning 15 yuan a day. Among them, Xu Zhiqiang worked for 25 days and earned 500 yuan; Li Dagang worked for 20 days and earned 400 yuan..."

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