Fisherman Fubao made his fortune by fishing

Li Yuer placed the black clam on the reef, found a suitable angle, held it tightly with his hand, and picked up a fish knife with his other hand. He inserted it into the middle of the gap in the pearl clam shell, pried it gently left and right, and then slowly inserted the blade into the black clam to find the ligament and adductor muscle.

When she felt the touch of cutting something in her hands, she drew back the knife and used her hands to separate the clams.

For a moment, even she herself was stunned.

There are actually many pearls hidden densely in the milky white clam meat. Because the clam is not big, the pearls are not too big either. The big ones are as big as corn kernels, and the small ones are only as big as soybeans.

She just wanted to open the clam to get the meat, just to amuse the children, but how did it turn into opening the clam to get the pearls?

If she had known there were pearls inside, she would have secretly taken them home.

Is it too late to take it back now?

"Wow! It's a pearl! Futou'er, look! She has opened the pearl." Yougen exclaimed.

"Oh my god! It's really Pearl!"

"How is this possible? It's such a small clam!"

"That clam belongs to us." Honghong said weakly.

She also knew that she had thrown the clam away, and if someone else picked it up, it would belong to them. But, but there was a pearl there, it should have been hers, wasn't it? It was given to him by his brother, wasn't it?

Yougen’s face had turned green like bitter gourd.

The probability of natural clams containing pearls is very small, especially the small clams that live near the mudflats. Their meat is usually old and has a strong earthy smell. They are not tasty and basically do not produce pearls.

Even for deep-sea clams, the probability of producing pearls is not particularly high because the water quality is better in this era.

Therefore, fishermen usually only take large clams home and scald them with boiling water to see if there are pearls inside when they happen to catch them from deep water. They just throw away the small ones.

Many years ago, an old fisherman from Rabbit Island fished out a large clam from the deep water and found a pearl the size of a little finger, which he sold for ten taels of silver.

This attracted nearby fishermen to follow suit and go to the sea to catch clams, but clams like to live in the mud and sand at the bottom of the water and are very difficult to catch. In modern society, there were people who caught pearls and were classified as livestock by the court. The way they caught pearls was to dive into the seabed and search manually.

It is basically impossible to catch pearl oysters with fishing nets.

Even if you can fish a clam from the bottom of the sea, you rarely get pearls out of it.

There was once a fisherman who opened more than twenty clams in a row, but did not get any pearls.

Some people even drowned because they dived too deep. Gradually, people gave up the idea of ​​catching pearls from clams, and the trend of catching clams gradually passed.

Li Yuer never thought that she could actually open pearls. If she had known, she would not have opened them.

In the past, there was not only gambling on stones, but also gambling on pearls. In some places, there were even shops for gambling on pearls where customers could personally select and open the clams.

While traveling, she also tried betting on pearls at a tourist attraction. These pearl oysters all came from breeding bases and basically all of them could produce pearls, the only difference being the quality of the pearls inside.

Gambling will bring people pleasure to a certain extent. The feeling of opening a blind box with your own hands is both exciting and fulfilling.

Since the pearls had been opened in public, Li Yuer had no choice but to cut them out, wipe them clean with a piece of linen that served as a handkerchief, put them in the palm of her hand, and count them.

"One, two, three... eight in total."

The little rascals have formed a circle around Li Yuer, staring at him with their heads stretched out.

"Yubaoer, you are so amazing. You can count to eight." Doubao said naively.

After Doubao finished saying this, he was patted on the head by Yougen, "Who can't count to eight?"

Yougen was angry, this should have been his, if he hadn't thrown it away just now. It was all his sister's fault. As expected, his sister was a delicate, whiny and annoying person.

Li Yuer picked out the four largest ones and put them away. Then she took out the largest one and handed it to Dabao.

"Dabao, can I exchange this for your treasure?"

Li Yuer pointed to the rotten wood on the ground that was ignored by everyone.

"Yu Baoer, are you crazy? You want to exchange pearls for a piece of rotten wood? Why don't you exchange this with me?"

Futou was so excited that he handed the oyster shell in his hand to Li Yuer.

He also knew that a sea full of conches could not compare to pearls, but it was better than Silly Dabao's rotten wood.

Afraid that Li Yuer would not agree, he added: "How about I help you grill it later?"

Li Yu'er looked at him for a while, and just when Fu Tou'er thought there was no hope, Li Yu'er took out another pearl from her hand, which was the largest one among the remaining pearls.

She handed the pearl to Futou'er, and without waiting for his reaction, she took the oyster shell from his hand.

Oyster snails are delicious. In her previous life, she loved eating grilled oyster snails at food stalls. A small piece of oyster snail would cost more than ten yuan.

"You, are you really going to give it to me?"

Seeing that the other party had really changed, Futouer felt that he had taken advantage of him and felt a little uneasy.

"Just change it. I still have it anyway." Li Yuer said readily.

When Dabao saw that Fu Tou'er had changed, he followed suit.

Children all like shiny things, and Dabao is no exception. In the sunlight, the pearls sparkle with colorful luster, which is very beautiful.

Dabao had never seen such a beautiful thing before, he happily took it, smiled silly and said: "Thank you Yubaoer, you are so nice to me."

Seeing that Dabao just had a low IQ but was still a very polite and simple person, Li Yuer had a much better impression of him.

She carefully picked up the "rotten wood" that was kicked to the side and put it in the backpack.

Since they have already been replaced by Dabao and Futouer, the rest of the people must also be replaced.

Li Yuer was pleased to see that the other children did not fight over the pearls, and said, "Do you want to exchange something with me for the pearls? Any seafood is fine, but you have to help me roast them."

"Yu Baoer, are you serious?" Honghong's extremely depressed and lost mood instantly improved.

Li Yuer is the granddaughter of Grandpa Li Shiyi. The Li family is the largest family in Tuwozi Village. The village chief and clan leader is Grandpa Li Jiu. Her parents have told them not to offend the children of the Li family easily.

So, even though they felt wronged, they didn't act like children just now.

Li Yuer nodded at her.

Seeing this, Yougen was so happy that he almost jumped up, but then he thought again and felt a little disappointed because they didn't catch anything.

Li Yu'er also saw their dilemma and said, "You don't have any seafood, so you can help me pick up shells. One bowl of shells will be enough."

"That's too easy. Not to mention one bowl, two bowls will do." Yougen, who had originally thought there was no hope, immediately became happy when he heard this. He patted his chest and guaranteed.

There are far more shells than seafood. They are everywhere on the beach and you can pick up a handful of them at will. Normally, they complain that they hurt their feet when walking on them.

Li Yuer took out a pearl from her hand and handed it to them. This pearl was not as big as the previous ones, but it was pink in the shape of a teardrop, a color that was very suitable for girls.

Sure enough, Honghong fell in love with it at first sight and held it in her hands like a treasure.

Yougen also leaned over to take a look. The brother and sister were chatting and giggling, with no trace of the hostility they had before when they glared at each other.

"Can I change too?" asked the thin girl Haicao in a mosquito-like voice.

"Of course." Li Yuer put the last pearl into her hand, took the scallop from her hand, thought about it, and handed it back.

Hai Cao's face turned pale instantly. Li Yu'er saw that she was quite sensitive and quickly explained: "You are responsible for helping me roast it."

Haicao's heart fell again, and his eyes were covered with a layer of mist.

Doubao didn't notice the change in his sister's mood at all. He took the scallops from her hand and said, "I'll grill them for you. I'm better at it."

Li Yu'er instructed, "Put the pearls away. They are too small and easy to lose. If you lose them, don't come to me again."

"Of course, of course." The children said one after another.

Children from poor families have to grow up early. They know how to be frugal from a young age. They don't leave even a grain of rice when eating, let alone pearls.

Yougen and Honghong went to the beach to pick up shells as requested by Li Yuer.

Futouer led the rest of the friends to build a firewood pile on the beach. The middle was hollow, and they stuffed straw inside to start the fire. They then used a fire starter to light the straw, which then ignited the firewood. Finally, they placed very thin stone slices on the rack.

A natural grill is ready.

It is not difficult to tell from their skillful movements that they do this a lot in their daily lives.

The fire was lit. Futou asked Haicao and Dabao to watch the fire. He and Doubao wanted to continue breaking the ice and picking up more seafood. This was not enough for them.

Even in winter, the resources on the beach are very rich. You can just break the ice and dig out all kinds of seafood from underneath.

After a while, the two of them picked up a small pile: oyster shells, cat's eye snails, scallops, etc.

Natural and pollution-free seafood, no need to add salt, no need to wash, just grilled directly on the stone slab.

Soon, tempting aromas wafted from the grill.

This attracted the attention of Li Erlang and Li Meir.

"Futou is grilling something again." Li Erlang straightened up, stretched, and patted his legs which were a little sore from squatting.

After picking up almost all the shells, Li Meir stopped and looked over there.

"You and your elder brother were the same when you were little. What if the food at home wasn't tasty? You insisted on baking it yourself."

Li Erlang was exposed for his past childish behavior, and awkwardly changed the subject, saying, "When are we going to go to town and try it out?"

"Still want to try? What's robbery? We are doing a legitimate business. Yu Baoer said we will go tomorrow."