Li Song was indifferent to the matter of divorce, but Chunhua insisted on it, so he agreed.
Their marriage ended so abruptly, just as hastily as their wedding.
Chunhua brought her two children to Li Jin for help in registering their births. The children's surnames were Chun Jinlong and Chun Yufeng.
Only then did Li Xiangdong realize that Chun was a surname; he had always thought Chunhua was just a given name!
After a brief marriage, Chunhua's entire demeanor changed. Like a tree, she finally began to take root in the ground, appearing strong and reliable, unafraid of wind and rain.
Chunhua continued working at the cannery, and entrusted her child to Qi Yuexian for help, paying her a monthly wage.
Zhao Sufang and Li Lan often lend a hand, and if they cook something delicious at home, they will send a few bowls over to the mother and her two children.
Since that incident, Li Song has basically stopped going back to Lijiapo and has been living in the company dormitory.
As for Zhang Erzhu, he hasn't appeared since Chunhua returned from the hospital.
The villagers' attention quickly shifted away from this matter, because something more important had caught their eye!
The freshwater prawns in Lijiapo Village are ripe!
The shrimp will be harvested soon!
For the past few months, Guo Daming and his team have been at the shrimp ponds almost 24 hours a day, meticulously following the experts' advice to raise the shrimp and recording various parameters and the growth of the giant freshwater prawns in detail.
Giant freshwater prawns have very high requirements for water quality. The water in the prawn ponds needs to be clear and highly transparent, and indicators such as ammonia nitrogen and nitrite in the water must be controlled within safe ranges.
In addition, temperature is also an important factor in the aquaculture process. Their suitable growth temperature is between 22-30℃, and water temperatures that are too high or too low will affect the growth rate of giant freshwater prawns.
Therefore, it is necessary to strictly control the water temperature during the breeding process, especially in winter, when the water temperature and room temperature are kept consistent, which is most conducive to the growth of giant freshwater prawns.
Guo Daming's team needs to change the water regularly to maintain stable water quality, adjust the temperature inside the greenhouse in real time according to the temperature of the day, and rationally arrange the feeding time and amount according to the habits of giant freshwater prawns.
Over the past three months, Guo Daming has lost more than 20 pounds. He hasn't had time to groom his hair and beard, and they look unkempt and frizzy. The once handsome young man looks like he has aged more than ten years.
Especially in the last few days, almost the entire team was involved, and Li Jin and Li Xiangdong would also go over to keep an eye on things whenever they had free time.
As giant freshwater prawns grow larger, their oxygen requirements also increase, so they must constantly monitor the condition of the prawn ponds to prevent prawn deaths and diseases.
Fresh fish and live shrimp? Shrimp have to be lively and jumping around to fetch a good price!
On March 26th, the grass on the ground had already sprouted its pointed green tips, and the soft willow branches swayed in the warm yet chilly east wind. Upon closer inspection, the yellow-green buds on the branches had already bulged, like millet grains, and were exceptionally cute.
Early in the morning, Liu Donglai, along with a group of county and commune leaders, accompanied Professor Liu Minle to Lijiapo Brigade.
Without saying much else, everyone headed straight for the shrimp pond.
Because giant freshwater prawns grow near the bottom of the pond, a large portion of the water in the prawn pond was drained yesterday, and now the water level in the prawn pond is only knee-high.
In the shrimp pond, four young men are working together, each holding a large net. Two men hold the two ends of the net, while the other two hold the other two ends, moving slowly forward along the embankment of the shrimp pond.
As the trawling net was pulled in smaller and smaller, in an instant, giant freshwater prawns with bright blue pincers and crystal-clear bodies began to wriggle and jump around inside the net.
Giant freshwater prawns are prone to dying out of water, so to ensure fresh prawns are available on the market, people immediately begin sorting them according to their size.
Shrimp that meet the weight and size requirements are immediately placed into net cages, while smaller shrimp that do not meet the requirements are immediately returned to the shrimp pond for continued rearing.
Professor Liu Minle picked up a large, wriggling prawn and had the students following behind measure its length and weight, which they then recorded.
"Macrobrachium rosenbergii can grow to 1000 grams in the Amazon River basin. When we breed them at our aquaculture institute, males typically grow to 40 centimeters in length and weigh up to 600 grams. Females are smaller, usually only 25 centimeters long and weigh about 200 grams. Judging from the size of the shrimp in your pond, they probably all exceed 200 grams!"
Professor Liu Minle introduced the prawns to everyone while observing the ones that had been caught, his excitement evident in his words.
The shrimp in the net cages are light blue-green in color, with bluish-brown on their backs, and the second pair of legs of the male shrimp are particularly bright blue.
The seafood transport trucks from Yanjing Department Store, Yong'an Road Department Store, and Dongfang Department Store were already waiting outside.
Once a net cage is full of shrimp, someone will transport it to the main road outside, where the villagers will quickly weigh the shrimp and load them onto trucks.
It wasn't until midnight that the giant freshwater prawns from the two shrimp ponds were harvested and sent away.
Tomorrow morning, fresh and delicious giant freshwater prawns will appear on the tables of thousands of households.
Finally, after calculation, the shrimp ponds in Lijiapo yielded 800 jin of freshwater prawns per mu, with the largest freshwater prawn weighing 486g and the average shrimp weight reaching 220g.
The wholesale price of giant freshwater prawns is 1.6 yuan per kilogram. Two shrimp ponds, each nine acres in size, yielded a total of over 14,000 kilograms, which were sold for over 22,000 yuan.
Of course, the biggest buyer of giant freshwater prawns is still the Yanjing Department Store, which not only has the most affluent customer base but also supplies some of the high-end restaurants in Yanjing.
Professor Liu Minle was particularly excited, "I originally wanted to conduct aquaculture experiments in Shenzhen. When you came to me, to be honest, I really didn't expect you to be able to raise them so well and achieve such high yields!"
Li Jin raised his glass to Professor Liu Minle, saying, "I mainly want to thank you for your meticulous guidance, which helped us adjust the feed ratio and choose the most suitable growth temperature!"
He raised his glass again to thank Liu Donglai for his support and praised Guo Daming and his team for their dedication, which led to today's bumper harvest of freshwater prawns!
Liu Donglai smiled and clinked glasses with Li Jin and Professor Liu. "If our Huichuan County goes into large-scale aquaculture in the future, we'll need Professor Liu's support for shrimp fry!"
Professor Liu Minle was naturally very happy. The success of the Lijiapo team proved that the giant freshwater prawns they cultivated could not only be farmed in the south, but could also be promoted on a large scale in the national market in the future.
The main dish served to Professor Liu and his entourage was steamed freshwater prawns, which were indeed exceptionally fresh, tender, and sweet. The meal was a delight for both host and guests.
"We have now successfully bred Pacific white shrimp that can be farmed in freshwater. Are you interested in raising them?"
Before leaving, Professor Liu asked Li Jin and Guo Daming questions.
"Of course I'd like to!"
Guo Daming was the first to answer.
After speaking, she looked at Li Jin sheepishly, "Captain, what do you think?"
Li Jin nodded in agreement, “Da Ming is the head of the Lijiapo aquaculture team, so his word is law! Professor Liu, we are willing to raise them!”
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