Chapter 26 Clam

Jiang Mixia stood up and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I saw something strange." Song Jingyun rolled up his sleeves a little higher, then bent down and reached his hand into the river.

There was a "splash" of water, and a fan-shaped object appeared in Song Jingyun's hand.

"This is..." Jiang Mixia walked closer to take a look, "Clam?"

"Is fishing for this thing... considered great?"

Song Jingyun scratched his head a little embarrassedly, "This is easy to get, there is still some inside, look, my lady."

As he spoke, Song Jingyun fished out another river clam and showed it to Jiang Mixia.

Jiang Mixia, "..."

"I mean, this thing is called a clam, a river clam."

Instead of praising you.

"Oh." Song Jingyun looked at the two ugly-looking things in his hand, which were a bit bluish and black in color. "This thing has a strange name, and it doesn't look very good either."

“Can I eat it?”

"Yes, it can be used for cooking or stewing. It tastes better than fish and has no bones." Jiang Mixia said, "But I have to clean it up when I get home. I have to pry open the shell, remove the internal organs, and eat the clean clam meat."

It’s edible and tastes better than fish.

No need to bother with the fork.

Song Jingyun's eyes lit up, and without caring about anything else, he reached out to pick up the river clams again, throwing them towards the river as he picked them up. He picked up seven or eight in one breath before stopping.

There was already half a basket of fish in the bamboo basket, and now with these large river clams, it was almost full.

"Let's go home." Jiang Mixia took the carrying pole to hook the wooden barrel.

Song Jingyun looked at the size of the wooden barrel, reached out to pick it up, then looked at himself, put the bamboo basket down, and took the shoulder pole from Jiang Mixia, "I'll do it."

"Are you... sure?"

Jiang Mixia recalled the last time when the young son-in-law was crushed and unable to move while carrying bamboo, and her face was full of distrust.

"I've eaten so much recently, so I feel stronger." Song Jingyun shook his arms.

The young son-in-law's arms are not much thicker than Jiang Mixia's.

But to be honest, the young son-in-law is now a little stronger than before.

And he's grown a bit taller.

His face has gained some flesh, making him look less frail and more youthful at his age.

The little son-in-law has grown up visibly.

Jiang Mixia blinked.

Based on the educational principle of letting the young son-in-law try as much as he wants when there is little cost of trial and error, Jiang Mixia handed the pole to Song Jingyun's shoulders even though she didn't trust him much.

He picked up the bamboo basket next to him with one hand.

Song Jingyun first put the carrying pole on his shoulder to try it out, then took a deep breath, said "Hey", and stood up.

His body swayed slightly, but he quickly stabilized himself and then tried to take two steps.

It was okay. Although it was still not very stable, the water in the bucket did not spill out. Song Jingyun also felt that he could bear the weight of the two buckets of water.

Song Jingyun's confidence suddenly increased, and he walked home with his head held high.

good.

Jiang Mixia also nodded slightly.

The young son-in-law is strong and can help with some heavy work.

As a wife, I suddenly feel a sense of relief that my husband has grown up.

Jiang Mixia hung the bamboo basket on her left shoulder and followed with a smile.

Jiang Youcheng and Liu have become accustomed to the fact that Song Jingyun can catch a lot of fish with his fork.

However, I was still a little surprised to see so many clams this time.

They knew there were clams in the river and had picked them up before, but this was the first time they had encountered such big clams, and picked up so many of such big clams at once.

"This clam is really big, I guess it has a lot of meat." Liu was very happy. She found a wooden basin, scooped some clean water, put the clam shell in it and spit out the river sand.

Fresh clams need to be soaked in water with a little salt for two full days, then washed clean and soaked in boiling water.

Next, crack the shell, remove the gills and intestines, leaving the clean and tender clam meat, and you can cook it as you like.

River clams are not something that is eaten often, and Liu is not very skilled at cracking their shells.

Seeing this, Jiang Mixia came to help, making full use of her strength.

He cut a hole with the hatchet, inserted a kitchen knife into the gap, and pried it open with force. The clam shell was then opened smoothly, and Liu removed the clam's internal organs.

The latest novel is published first on Liu9shuba!

"Ah." Liu suddenly shouted.

"What's wrong? Did you cut your hand?" Jiang Youcheng, who was knitting a needlework basket nearby, dropped his work and ran over, grabbing Liu's finger to take a look.

"I'm not hurt." Liu explained hurriedly. She looked around to see if there was anyone around, then she opened her clenched hands and said, "There's this in the clam..."

When Jiang Mixia saw clearly what was in Liu's hand, she was stunned.

"Is this... a pearl?"

Jiang Mixia picked up the small cylinder in Liu's hand, looked at it carefully, and nodded, "It's a pearl."

It is not big, a little smaller than soybeans, not particularly round, but oval, fairly neat, without any bumps, and the overall appearance is pretty good.

Jiang Youcheng and Liu had also heard about pearls being found in river clams.

However, there was no such incident in Jiangjia Village. It happened once in Sunjia Village, and that happened several years ago. A young woman, whose family was so poor that she could not even afford food, ran to the river all day long, catching fish, shrimps and clams, hoping to feed her whole family.

As a result, a pearl the size of a broad bean was found in the river clam that he picked up that day. He exchanged it for a lot of money, which he used to buy land and build a house. He never went hungry again after that.

So much so that in the past few years, people went to the river every day to catch clams, but there was not even a small clam to be found in the river. However, no one ever found pearls from the clams they caught.

Everybody said that the family probably picked up some silver outside but they didn't dare to say it, they just said they exchanged it for pearls. It was impossible to get pearls out of the clams in the river. So the number of people who went to the river to catch clams gradually decreased, and even disappeared.

Unexpectedly, the river mussels that Song Jingyun picked up today actually opened pearls! Jiang Youcheng and Liu looked at each other and nodded at the same time.

"Come into the house first." Jiang Youcheng's voice was trembling a little, and he carried the wooden basin containing river clams and walked into the house.

When I entered the house, I tripped over the threshold and almost fell.

There were six or seven clams in the basin, and the four people worked together to open them all.

Including the first one, I got a total of three pearls.

The largest one is the size of a small peanut bean, which is big but not round. There is also a smallest one, which is about the size of a mung bean, small but perfectly round.

Looking at the three pearls, the whole family was silent for a while.

It always feels unreal.

Finally, it was Jiang Mixia who spoke up, "Then let's take it to the county town tomorrow to check the price?"

"Yes, yes, let's go and take a look and see how much it can be sold for." Jiang Youcheng and Liu nodded repeatedly.

Pearls are not something that should be eaten or used. They are only most useful when they are exchanged for money.

Song Jingyun interrupted, "Then..."

Thanks to "Book Friend 20180607134007601" for the monthly ticket~ 　　 　 (End of this chapter)