When Father Li saw him coming back, he waved to him. When he came closer, he looked at him sternly and said, "I heard from your mother-in-law that you have to open all the oysters to find pearls. It's just nonsense!"

"I have been a fisherman for most of my life. When I worked in a production cooperative, I opened a lot of oysters, but I have never seen anyone open pearls...

"Abba," Li Changle interrupted him and said with a smile: "Just because you didn't open it, it doesn't mean I can't open it! My mother-in-law also saw the pearl I opened, and she just ate an oyster and opened it. Arrived."

Chen Yongwei, who followed, said hurriedly: "Tang Bo, I can testify to this. Brother A Le just ate an oyster and opened the beads." "It's not that I don't believe you."

Father Li looked at Li Changle and saw that he was not like before. As long as he disagreed with what he wanted to do, he would yell at him with a dark face. He also softened his tone and said seriously: "Ah Le, my father is telling you. , being able to get a bead is already a blessing from Lord Hai Long.

You should open all the ones at home to see if there are any beads. Dad agrees, but next time you won’t open the ones you pry out from the cave. You can give them to restaurants or sell them to Chenji, it’s up to you.”

Li Changle, who had never seen his old father talking to him softly since he became an adult, felt a little headache looking at him, "Abba..."

Father Li raised his hand and said: "I know you said you can dry oyster meat, but the weather is too humid now, so it is not suitable to dry oyster meat. If you are unlucky and it rains, all the oyster meat will be soaked in the soup. Or It is refreshing and trouble-free to give it away and sell it.

Li Changle thought for a moment, and prepared to use delaying tactics, "Abba, how about this, if I still can't find the beads after last night's drive, I'll come back and try again. If I still can't find the beads, I'll I gave up, and Ah Wei and I pried dozens of kilograms of the remaining oysters in the cave every day and sent them to restaurants to sell."

After hearing this, Father Li hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll let you try again at most." Then he asked, "How many oysters are there in the cave?" There are all oysters on the cliff. How many can we pick? A thousand catties." Li Changle looked at him proudly, "Abba, have you seen those Buddha's hand snails?"

Father Li looked at his son who was so proud that he had his tail raised, and gave him an angry look, "It's not like I don't have eyes. Master Hai Long is willing to reward you with food. Do a good job in the future. As the old saying goes, a good girl doesn't wear her wedding clothes, so If a man doesn't live in a separate family, rely on the money you earn to build a new house and buy a big boat. No matter who sees you, they will look down on you. "Don't worry, I will work hard and earn money to build a new house and buy a big boat!" Li Changle said Then he lifted the ground cage containing the flat-tailed sea snake from the basket on his back.

"Look, Dad, we caught a sea snake and asked my mother to kill a chicken and make dragon and phoenix soup for everyone at noon."

"Such a big gray and blue sea snake can be sold for at least ten yuan when delivered to a restaurant." Father Li said angrily, "You are the only one who has a delicate mouth and wants to eat all the good things." I just thought that he had really changed his mind. Okay, Ryu showed his true form in less than a minute

"It's not that I want to eat it. You see Xiaohai and Xiaozhou have yellow hair, and Anan is so thin. I want to stew it to replenish it for them.

Also, you were just injured, and Doctor Lin also said that you need to eat something good to increase your resistance, so that you can have the strength to help me get out of the boat."

"During this period, your mother-in-law has given me boiled eggs and duck eggs every day. Besides, I just ate pig's trotters yesterday. I'll be fine soon."

Seeing that he was still reluctant to eat, Li Changle approached him with a playful smile, "The money I earned in one day yesterday cannot be earned by others in a month. Isn't earning money just to eat better, wear better clothes, and live better?"

If you make money and still eat salted fish and sweet potato shreds and porridge every day like before, then what else are you making money for? Dad, if you are still as reluctant to part with anything as before, it will dampen my enthusiasm for making money."

Father Li looked at his son with a headache, fearing that he would become the same as before, "Okay, okay, as long as you make money steadily, I don't care whether you eat dragon and phoenix soup or open pearls. I’ll do it with you!”

"That's right!"

Father Li rolled his eyes at him and said, "Eat firewood!" After saying that, he walked toward Li Changle's house on a walking stick.

"Brother, I have sorted the catch. Do you want to kill the sea snakes when they come back?" Chen Yongwei asked as he came out carrying a cage.

"Well, come back and kill again. I'll go see if your sister-in-law has hit the pearl first?" Li Changle entered the house in three steps and two steps at a time. "How many times have you hit the pearl?" Zhou Ruonan saw him. With an eager look on his face, he pointed to the oyster meat in the porcelain basin with a smile, "I only opened a dozen of them, how could I find them so quickly?"

Li Changle was very excited after hearing her words. He put down his backpack and said with a smile, "You're right. If you only find one with beads after opening a dozen or so, you won't get rich."

"You know it too!" Zhou Ruonan glanced at him with a smile, inserted the scissors from the pointed tail of the oyster, turned the scissors to lift the oyster shell, and a piece of green-white oyster meat was exposed.

She pinched the oyster meat and shook her head at Li Changle, who looked at her eagerly, "No."

"Let me open one and try it." Li Changle stepped forward and took the scissors, inserted the knife neatly, cut off the shell pillars and pried open the oyster shell. As soon as they pinched the oyster meat and felt it, Zhou Ruonan and Chen Yongwei looked at it eagerly. Looking at him, "Is there any?"

Li Changle glanced at the two people, pinched the oyster meat and touched it again. He shook his head at the two people, put the oyster meat in the porcelain basin, and picked up another one. After prying it open and touching it again, there was still nothing there. I don’t believe it. If I can’t open one today, I won’t leave.

Seeing his appearance, Father Li couldn't help but sneered, "If you don't listen to the old man's words, you will suffer the consequences. You have to work hard for a long time, and you have to spend time drying the oysters to sell them for money. It is much easier to just sell them."

Seeing that he remained silent, Zhou Ruonan said to Li's father: "Abba, the last time I went back to my parents' house, my mother-in-law said that the dried oysters she bought were not as good as the ones I sent last time. The soup was not fresh when cooked, and the porridge was not delicious when eaten. Fresh and sweet.

The oysters we found this time were so good that we dried them and sent them to Lucheng to let my mother-in-law sell them for us. The price was more cost-effective than selling oysters." After Zhou's father was rehabilitated, the school repaid their wages to Zhou's mother and asked her to continue returning. Do it in the school cafeteria.

When my brother and sister-in-law saw that Zhou’s mother had not only received back wages from the school, but also got her job in the cafeteria, the two parents-in-law licked their faces and came to her home with their two children to beg her for forgiveness. Zhou’s mother would rather die than forgive her rebellious and ruthless son. My daughter-in-law didn't want to go back to school to work after driving them away, so she simply took medical leave.

When I have nothing to do, I grow some vegetables and sell them in front of my house, and my life is quite leisurely.

After hearing this, Li's father said: "Then what your grandma bought must be dried oysters that have been cooked and dried in oil. This kind of dried oysters does not have the freshness and sweetness of being dried directly." Grandma Chen: "Anan, your mother-in-law likes to eat it. After it's dried, you can send her some more."

"Thank you, Grandma." Zhou Ruonan looked at Li Changle, "Ah Le, stop driving and take the catch to the restaurant quickly. It will be too late later."

"I'll open this and leave." After Li Changle opened an oyster, he pinched it twice and his eyes suddenly lit up. "There seems to be something in this piece of oyster meat!" "Really?" Four pairs All eyes turned to him.

"Hmm!" Li Changle dug open the oyster meat and squeezed out a bead that was as smooth as jade and was two times larger than the one from yesterday.

Zhou Ruonan held the beads proudly and looked at her with eyes. He handed it to her and laughed loudly. He looked at Father Li and said, "Look, I said yes!"

"My mother, it really came out!" Zhou Ruonan looked at the bead in his hand in surprise and said excitedly, "This bead is whiter, brighter and more beautiful than the one last night!" Chen Yongwei said with admiration on his face, " My brother is just lucky, I drove a few but none of them came out."

"Let me take a look!" Li's father also took the beads excitedly, wiped them on his clothes a few times, and looked at the sun.

Under the soft light of the morning sun, the beads reflect silver light. If you look closely at the light, you will see that the whole bead is oily and shiny, and its shape is as if it was made with a mold. It is round and smooth, and no flaws can be seen.

"Okay, okay!" Father Li grinned and happily handed the beads to Granny Chen, who was watching eagerly. "I didn't expect him to find it." He looked back at his son who was grinning proudly. , I couldn’t help but feel a little embarrassed when I thought that I had just said that he was joking.

Li Changle looked at him with a smile, "I just don't think it's cost-effective to sell such good oysters for one or two cents each. Plus I got another bead, so I just took a gamble and opened them all. It seems like this one is The bet was right."

Father Li glanced at him with a smile on his face, "This is a gamble. You go and gamble at the card table and see if I don't break your hand!"

Grandma Chen looked at the beads and smiled with a smile on her face, "Don't worry, Tang, Ah Le knows it well. Fortunately, Ah Le didn't listen to us last night, otherwise the person who bought this piece of oyster would be in trouble."

"Look at it, it's as round as a glutinous rice ball. In the old days, one like this could be sold for at least ten dollars." "Two hundred dollars?" Chen Yongwei's eyes sparkled, and he took it excitedly. Bead, "Grandma, do you think this bead can be sold for two hundred yuan?"

Granny Chen shook her head with a smile, "I wonder how it is now? In the old days, those rich people were not short of money. As long as it was good, they would buy it without batting an eye." Li Changle thought of the cat shark buyer at Phoenix Restaurant, " There are so many nouveau riche people nowadays, and they don’t even blink an eye when buying things.”

"Yes, yes!" Chen Yongwei also thought of it, "Brother, let's take the beads and ask Manager A Kun to help us ask. What do you think?"

Before Li Changle could answer, Zhou Ruonan hurriedly stopped him, "Ale, I think it's better not to take the beads out before the oysters in the cave are pried back." "It's up to you, I won't take it out." Go." Li Changle also had this plan in mind.
Chapter completed!