Chapter 42 Weird Imperial Green Ring
The weather was average, a degree grayer than usual.
The wind was strong and cool, making their clothes rustle.
Nowadays, Yu Zhile's live broadcast room has a fixed audience group. There are many comments as soon as the broadcast starts, some of which are feedback about yesterday's small window products.
"The tide is low today. If we're lucky, we can see many kinds of seafood." Yu Zhile explained to Zhang Wenxin.
Zhang Wenxin's mind is filled with the feeling of stepping on the sand. After graduating and returning to the village, she has been staying at home reading books and making plans, and has not been to the beach for a long time.
"Let's go and take a look at the reef area." Yu Zhile pointed somewhere.
Zhang Wenxin hurriedly followed her.
The first thing that caught their eyes was the clusters of dark purple plants between the rocks.
"Dragon's beard seaweed?" Zhang Wenxin dug out a name from the depths of his mind.
Yu Zhile shook his head, scraped off a cluster with a bamboo stick, and said, "The algae are short, this is sea stone flower, which is more commonly used to make jelly."
"Seaweed?" Zhang Wenxin scraped the seaweed growing on the stone wall and recalled his childhood. "My aunt loves to drink four-fruit soup."
"Yes, the names are different." Yu Zhile replied.
Afterwards, the two chatted casually, and the audience in the live broadcast room felt drowsy as the bamboo sticks made crackling sounds when they touched the reef.
Ten minutes later, Yu Zhile straightened up and said, "Let's go and take a look at the side."
"Okay!" The sea breeze made Zhang Wenxin's hair messy, but she was still in high spirits.
After walking a few steps, Yu Zhile discovered a nest of sea urchins. They were very fresh and their spines were moving.
"Wow, so many." Zhang Wenxin exclaimed, picking them up with a bamboo clip, very happy, "This is the first time I have seen so many thorny pots."
While she was working hard, Yu Zhile picked out a portion of the money and put it into the small warehouse.
Then, she introduced Zhang Wenxin to some common seafood attached to the reefs.
"Small oysters are good for making omelettes, but the shells are very hard and the meat is difficult to remove."
"This is spicy snail, the taste is slightly bitter and spicy, we rarely eat it here."
"It's easier to find ox-eye snails when the wind is southeasterly and the sea is high tide."
More than a dozen kinds of food were introduced along the way, some of which were edible and some were not.
There were a lot of snails, growing in large groups. Yu Zhile taught Zhang Wenxin to pick the big ones, as the big ones have more edible parts.
After walking around the reef area, they found one or two small abalone along the way, but they didn't take them and went straight to the tide line.
The fine sand was washed away.
The cool sea water hit his legs, and Zhang Wenxin felt somewhat comfortable, as the fatigue caused by bending over for a long time was relieved a little.
She splashed the sea water and heard Yu Zhile calling her, so she jumped and went to find her.
There are many shellfish with half of their bodies exposed in the places where the tide collapsed.
"White clams taste good when cooked into soup, and flower clams are even more fragrant when stir-fried." Yu Zhile held a shell in one hand.
Zhang Wenxin looked left and right, but couldn't see any difference except the patterns, so he went straight to picking up the shells without saying a word.
【I want to buy white clams and winter melon. 】
The first barrage of comments that xxxx posted when he entered the live broadcast room happened to be seen by Yu Zhile who was standing up and taking a rest.
"Winter melon?" Yu Zhile couldn't remember whether Jiang Shangqing had planted any vegetables in his vegetable garden. Anyway, the main vine in the backyard was less than one meter tall.
Zhang Wenxin looked up: "Do you want to eat winter melon? I have some in my vegetable garden. I'll pick some for you later."
"Okay, then let's make some clam and winter melon soup for lunch." Yu Zhile replied to xxxx in text in the live broadcast room.
As she spoke, she bent down again and picked out the things to put into the small warehouse.
Zhang Wenxin learned to be smart and only picked up the big ones. He would stop when he had picked up half of the bamboo basket.
"Let's walk a little further to the side." Yu Zhile caught a glimpse of several dark green ribbons of plants floating on the water from afar.
When I walked closer, I saw that it was kelp, half of which was still in the water, and the stem was surrounded by wavy leaves.
"Wow! Such a big kelp! First time I've seen it!" Zhang Wenxin leaned over to pick it up, and gestured with her hands twice. The stem was wider than her wrist.
It was also the first time that Yu Zhile saw such a large wakame plant. He was surprised and said, "It's the first time for me to see it, too."
The audience in the live broadcast room also woke up after seeing this.
[The second half is pretty good. ]
[Wow! Can such a big plant grow in the sea? ]
Zhang Wenxin was still reading it over and over again, sighing.
"Okay, time to go home." Yu Zhile closed the live broadcast.
The original harvest plus this kelp almost reached the limit of their carrying capacity.
While walking back, Yu Zhile was attracted by a fish with a silvery belly on the beach.
"The belly of the Spanish mackerel is white, and you can see obvious fine wavy patterns on the sides of the body. It's edible." She explained the appearance characteristics to Zhang Wenxin and taught her how to judge the freshness, and then put them in a bamboo basket.
Pushing open the door to the backyard, Zhou Yuesheng came to greet me, his movements not very smooth.
Seeing that his face was pale, Yu Zhile didn't let him answer and asked, "What's wrong?"
"I didn't sleep well." Zhou Yuesheng paused for a few seconds before answering.
The lie was quite clumsy, but Yu Zhile just stared at him for a while, nodded, and continued walking towards the front yard.
"I'm going to pick winter melon." Zhang Wenxin poured the seafood into a wooden basin and went out without taking a break.
Zhou Yuesheng sat upright on a bamboo chair, tapping his fingers irregularly on his knees.
Based on his understanding of Ning Tan, Ning Tan should be in Huaxi Village looking for the woman that Gao Liangyi is looking for.
He suspected that this woman was the crazy sister of Gao Liangyi's fiancée mentioned by Zhang Wenxin.
At the same time, Ning Tan happened to arrive at the brigade headquarters in Huaxi Village.
"I'm looking for the captain." He knocked on the door.
Everyone in the room looked at him. A greasy-haired man with a big belly said arrogantly, "It's me. What do you want from me?"
The investigation was conducted in private. Ning Tan went alone. He was dressed inconspicuously and had some disguise on his face, looking unkempt.
"Captain Du, can you please spare me a moment to talk?" He patted his bulging waist.
Captain Du's eyes widened. He coughed pretentiously and found an excuse to send the others away.
Soon, they were the only two left in the room.
"Who introduced you here? Do you know the rules? Come to me during the day and the price will be doubled."
"One price, one thousand yuan. I'll take you to see the goods tonight."
"Let me make it clear first. Once the money is paid and the goods are delivered, we are not responsible at all."
Before Ning Tan could say anything, Captain Du scolded him and then explained the rules to him while breathing heavily.
"Hmm?" Ning Tan said.
Captain Du approached him and threatened him fiercely: "If I don't give you all the money you have today, you won't be able to leave Huaxi Village without the goods."
Ning Tan slammed the gun on the table without saying a word.
Captain Du swallowed his saliva, knelt on the ground, slapped himself in the face and begged for mercy.
"Please spare me, sir. I was tactless and didn't know you were coming."
"I, I didn't embezzle it. The money was buried under the big locust tree in my backyard. I didn't use a penny of it."
"You, you are so magnanimous, please forgive me."
Ning Tan narrowed his eyes slightly, it seemed that there were many secrets in this village.
Captain Du lightened the force on his hands and carefully looked at Ning Tan's face.
"Keep fighting." Ning Tan pointed the gun at him and said coldly.
Captain Du didn't dare to act rashly and slapped himself in the face.
"A woman from above ran away, and a brother found her near the village. Are there any outsiders in the village recently?" Ning Tan asked.
Captain Du's head was swollen like a pig's. He spoke vaguely, "No, no, no outsiders."
"Really not?" Ning Tan frowned and looked at him.
Captain Du raised three fingers and swore: "I promise, absolutely not. Not even a mosquito in Huaxi Village can escape my eyes."
Ning Tan sneered.
Captain Du couldn't guess what he was thinking, so he had to slap himself wildly, not daring to lighten the force at all.
"That's enough." Ning Tan called for a stop.
Captain Du stopped, moved his body away from the muzzle of the gun without leaving any trace, and asked: "What does that woman look like? We will help keep an eye on her on weekdays."
"Don't worry about it." Ning Tan said impatiently.
Captain Du suddenly shrank his neck and dared not make another sound.
"The situation is tense, so stop what you're doing behind my back for now." Ning Tan raised his leg to leave, then turned around and said something ambiguous.
Captain Du had just stood up when he knelt down on the ground with a plop and quickly lowered his head to respond.
When Zhang Wenxin appeared in the Yu family courtyard again, he had a basket full of vegetables on his arm.
As soon as she entered the door, she threw the bamboo basket on the ground and mysteriously pulled Yu Zhile into the house.
"What are you doing? So mysterious?" Yu Zhile smiled as she watched her check the door that had just been closed.
Zhang Wenxin took out a square object wrapped tightly in a handkerchief from her bosom, handed it to her, and said, "This thing is given to you by the old lady."
The small wooden box exudes a faint fragrance. The lid is opened, and an emerald ring lies quietly on the lustrous silk. The ring is full of color, bright and even.
“I can’t accept it.” Yu Zhile handed it back.
Even though she had never come into contact with jade before, she could tell at a glance that it was very valuable.
Zhang Wenxin put her hands behind her back, took a few steps back, and refused: "I won't give it back to you. I want to take it home. The old lady can nag me for half a month, and my ears will be calloused."
Yu Zhile insisted on returning it.
"Just accept them with confidence. The old lady used to be a landlady. She would not be able to wear all these little gadgets even if she had ten fingers." Zhang Wenxin said exaggeratedly, unconsciously bringing out some of his old tone.
Yu Zhile still refused to accept it.
"Didn't you hear what the villagers said? The landlady in the past had a black box filled with gold, silver and jewelry." Zhang Wenxin began to talk nonsense, "The old landlady bought people's hearts in this way, making the maids and servants under her grateful to her."
Yu Zhile rolled his eyes at her and pointed his index finger at her forehead: "That landlady is trying to win people's hearts for you, don't you want five hundred and three kowtows?"
"Okay, okay, okay, I'll go back and pay my respects to the old lady and thank her for her kindness." Zhang Wenxin said with a playful smile, "But you still have to be a real teacher."
Yu Zhile smiled helplessly, took the envelope and planned to put them in the drawer.
While she was moving, she heard a slight sound.
Opening the envelope, she saw three chips glowing golden.
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