Uncle Chen was so shocked that he almost dropped the cigarette bag in his hand." What did you say, young lady? There are pink pearls inside?"
Qingli nodded." Yes, there are about seven or eight pearls in these two clam shells. They look good."”
Uncle Chen jumped off the ship's side excitedly and couldn't wait to cut the pearl with a knife!
As fishermen, they often caught clams and naturally had their own pearls. They were very clear about the value of pearls of various colors.
Pink pearls, black pearls, and blue pearls were the three most precious types.
However, it was very difficult to find pearls. Sometimes, it was difficult to find one out of dozens or hundreds of clam shells. Therefore, they later sold the entire clam shell to the young masters in the town like gambling on stones in the city.
50 copper coins for one. The young masters were not short of money. They would not be angry even if they could not find a single pearl from hundreds of clam shells. However, if they could find one, they would be happy to show off for a long time. To them, opening pearl clams was just spending money to find fun.
Now that he knew that there were precious pink pearls in his clam shell, Uncle Chen was naturally excited.
The people on the fishing boats beside them were also excited. They jumped down from the side of the boat to watch the show.
"Let's go and see if Old Chen can really produce pink pearls!”
"I heard from the little girl that it was a pink pearl of very good quality. Do you remember that Old Zhao from the neighboring village met a rich man last time and spent sixty taels of silver to buy that pink pearl that was the size of a date in his hand?”
"If Old Chen can get a big, round, and good-looking one, he'll be rich!”
When everyone gathered around, Feng Wuchen and his son also came to Uncle Chen's boat.
Feng Wuchen wanted to call Qingli, but Feng Jinrong stopped him.
He stood outside the crowd and quietly looked at Qingli, who had a noble temperament and stood out like a crane among chickens.
He wanted to see what kind of person this daughter-in-law was.
Qingli's five senses were sharp, so she naturally noticed that someone was sizing her up.
She guessed that Feng Wuchen's father was secretly observing her, so she didn't look back. She casually fiddled with a pile of small stones in her palm and watched Uncle Chen open the clam shell.
Uncle Chen was very familiar with opening clam shells. He picked up the knife and separated the two clam shells with a few strokes. Then, he held the two sides and broke them apart.
At the same time that the fishy smell dissipated, the few pearls growing in the white and tender flesh also entered everyone's eyes.
Everyone cheered in surprise!
"It really is a pink pearl!"
"There are four in this clam shell. Only one is irregularly shaped. The other three are round and flawless.”
"Especially the pearl on the left. It's so big. It can be sold for ten taels of silver!”
"Old Chen, open another one and see. Hurry up!”
Uncle Chen was so excited that he couldn't stop smiling. He quickly picked up another clam shell and opened it.
The moment it was opened, everyone became even more excited!
"There are only three pearls in this clam shell, and two of them are irregularly shaped. However, the third one was the size of a date. It was round and bright. It could definitely be sold for dozens of taels of silver!”
"Congratulations, Old Chen. Your two clam shells are worth your boat of fish!”
"What kind of dog shit luck did you get? I'm so envious!”
Everyone congratulated her and looked at her with envy.
They wanted to ask Qingli if she was an expert in identifying pearl mussels and if she could help them see if there were any pearls on their boat.
However, such experts would not easily make a move. Honest and honest elders like them really could not open their mouths to trouble others.
Bathed in everyone's eager gazes, Qingli smiled and said," I happen to have nothing to do. If you have such a beautiful stone, you can give it to me as a reward. I'll help you take a look."”
Everyone was instantly excited!
They fought to invite Qingli-
"Little girl, come to my boat and take a look. I also have colorful stones here. It's a big pile. I guarantee that each of them is much more beautiful than the ones in your hand!”
"Little girl, come to my boat. I have the most stones here. There are all kinds of stones!”
"Little girl, not only do I have beautiful stones on my boat, but I also have a bunch of beautiful conches!”
Qingli raised her hand to silence everyone.
She smiled and said," Let's go from left to right, one boat at a time.”
Everyone was extremely happy and nodded repeatedly to show their cooperation.
Before Qingli took a step forward, she glanced at everyone.
"But I have to tell everyone first. If you let me identify the pearl mussels and pick out the ones with pearls, then the rest of the mussel shells will be thrown back into the sea.”
This was her true purpose.
She agreed to help them identify the pearl clams because she wanted to save these hundreds of thousands of clams.
As a dragon lady, the creatures at the bottom of the sea were all her people.
It was a natural rule for humans to hunt fish, prawns, and clams. She would not interfere or stop them too much.
However, if she could save hundreds of lives with just a lift of her hand, why wouldn't she be happy?
This was also merit, the merit she needed the most.
"Good!" The fishermen looked at each other and nodded in agreement.
They weren't the kind of people who were black-hearted. They picked out the ones with pearls and used the ones without pearls to scam others of their money. It was unconscious-minded to do such a thing!
After the deal was made, the uncle on the first boat on the left immediately led the way with a smile on his face. He brought Qing Li to see the pearl clams on his boat.
The rest of the people also followed behind to watch the show.
On the boat, Qingli looked at the pile of more than eighty pearl clams. She could tell at a glance that only one of the clams had pearls, and it was an ordinary white pearl.
She pointed out the clam shell to the uncle.
The middle-aged man knew that it was White Pearl and was a little disappointed.
If these clam shells were sold to the young masters, each of them would be worth fifty copper coins. Eighty of them could be sold for four taels of silver!
Now, there were only a few ordinary white pearls, which were not even worth one tael of silver. Naturally, it was a huge loss.
He asked Qingli unwillingly," Miss, is there really only one? Take a closer look. There might be some that you missed!”
Qingli shook her head." Indeed, there's only one. If pearls could be found so easily, you wouldn't have sold the clam shell to a young master who came to try his luck.”
The uncle smiled bitterly.
He thanked Qingli and said," Thank you, Miss. You can have these beautiful stones."”
Qingli nodded and went to pick the small stones.
Dragons were creatures that loved gold, silver, jewelry, and shiny stones. She was a dragon lady, so she naturally had the hobby of collecting beautiful stones.
Outside the cabin, the excited fishermen calmed down.
They looked at each other, and a few of them backed out, not wanting Qingli to help them identify the pearls anymore.
If he was as unlucky as this person, he would lose three taels of silver for nothing!
When Qingli came out, four of them expressed that they did not need to identify the pearl mussel.
Qingli nodded readily.
Seeing that Qingli did not take it to heart, the few of them laughed and followed the others to watch the commotion.
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