"Hasn't my sister been worrying about the decorations on her cartoon dolls these past few days?" Ah Zheng asked, fiddling with two beads.
"I think these beads are quite nice! If they were set on a doll, they would surely capture the heart of a young girl, and the price of the doll might even double!"
"Yes, such beautiful beads are something you don't usually see!" Zhao looked at the beads that filled almost half a bowl, her usually gentle eyes filled with shock. "In previous years, sometimes I really craved meat but couldn't afford it. The fish in this river were also very clever."
The father and his brothers would go to the river to catch some clams, fish, and shrimp, but no matter how many times they caught clams, they never found a single pearl.
Now, this half-bucket of river mussels has miraculously produced twenty or thirty pearls.
It seems that the old monk's words were indeed more valuable than gold.
In the end, his gaze towards Su Hua became incredibly intense.
Su Hua couldn't help but twitch at the sight. She had heard these so-called monk's words so many times over the past few days that she was already tired of them. It was one thing for her to say that her business was doing well and she was making money because she was born with a rich destiny, but lately it had become more and more bizarre. It was even said that the piglets she had never met were growing strong, the lambs were eating well, and the rabbits were having many offspring all because of her.
She had to admit that the monk who supposedly decided her life's destiny was truly a remarkable person.
A-Zheng looked up and saw Su Hua's expression clearly. She burst out laughing, "I also think that what this high monk said makes a lot of sense. Our little Hua'er is a lucky and precious girl. These clams may have come to congratulate little Hua'er today, swallowing the sand and spitting out pearls as a congratulatory gift!"
"Congratulations? There's nothing to celebrate, nothing to be happy about, so what's there to celebrate?" A hint of helplessness flashed in the girl's almond-shaped eyes. "Besides, this half-bucket of clams was all collected by the two brothers, Da Lang and Er Lang. If we're going to celebrate, it's Da Lang and Er Lang!"
"No matter who it's for, the pearl inside this clam is genuine." Zhao smiled, carrying the pearl towards the backyard. "I'll go ask Sui'er if she can use it. If she can, I'll immediately go and get some more clams..."
Su Hua shook her head and smiled, her gaze falling on the clam shell.
Besides the fact that river mussels can produce pearls, the fish that Azheng and Xue Lao have been catching in the river these days have also changed quite a bit compared to the fish they caught at the beginning. The meat is not only more tender, but also has less of a fishy smell, and tastes sweet and clean.
Even the simplest method of steaming makes them incredibly delicious.
Rather than believing the monk's words, she thought the change might be caused by the many spatial water droplets she had placed in the river when making fish balls. After all, spatial water droplets have a huge impact on plants and animals, and it's possible that they could improve the life in the river.
However, this is just speculation, and whether it is true or not still needs to be verified.
The original puddle has now transformed into a silvery-white river. A section of the river can be dammed downstream to raise fish and clams. The fish can be eaten, and if the clams can produce pearls, the Su family will have another source of income.
Soon, Zhao returned with an empty bowl, her face beaming. "Sui'er just said that these beads are perfect for decorating the dolls. I'll go to the river now and get some more..."
Halfway through the conversation, a rapid knocking suddenly interrupted the conversation.
Knock knock knock!
Immediately afterwards, a panting voice rang out, "Aunt Hua'er... Is Aunt Hua'er home?"
Su Hua looked up and saw Liu Amao standing outside the courtyard gate, panting and sweating. She was immediately puzzled. "Amao? What's wrong with you? Come in and have some water first!"
She remembered that when she was abducted to Daheishan Mountain, the person who came to deliver the message was A Mao.
Amao wiped his sweat hard. "Aunt Zhao! Aunt Hua'er! Quick... quick, to the village chief's house... something has happened to Dalang and Erlang..."
Clang!
Zhao's smile froze on her face, and the white bowl in her hand fell to the ground.
It shattered into pieces in an instant.
Everything went black before my eyes, and I collapsed limply to the ground.
"Sister-in-law!" Su Hua quickly helped her up. "Sister-in-law, don't rush, let A Mao finish speaking first."
Upon seeing this, Amao quickly said, "It's Princess Mingzhu's people. They say that Dalang, Erlang, and Niqiu stole something and want to arrest them and take them to the authorities!"
"How could this be?!" Zhao Shi collapsed softly into Su Hua's arms, finally regaining some strength. "How could Da Lang and Er Lang possibly steal anything! They wouldn't even take a needle from someone else, there's absolutely no way they would steal anything. Hua'er, let's go to the village chief's house right now, okay?"
Su Hua nodded, and the group hurried toward the center of the village.
At this moment, in the center of the village chief's courtyard, it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
Only Cai Die's angry rebuke was particularly clear: "You three little kids, you're not even as tall as a thigh, yet you have audacity that can hold the sky high! Caught red-handed, you still won't admit it. Do you have to go to the government office to confess honestly?"
Su Erlang raised his eyes, his gaze burning like fire as he stared at the jade bracelet. "You're talking nonsense! This jade bracelet clearly fell right in front of us by itself. We didn't even touch it. We didn't steal anything at all."
"It fell right in front of you?" Butterfly sneered. "You might as well say that this jade bracelet has legs and can run away!"
"Maybe it does have legs!" Su Erlang rolled his eyes to the sky. "Whether your own bracelet has legs or not, you don't know yourself, yet you come to ask us little kids who aren't even as tall as your thighs. It's really shameless and laughable!"
"Outrageous! How dare you laugh at me!" Cai Die's face darkened with anger, and she raised her hand to slap Su Erlang across the face.
When the Zhao family arrived, they happened to see the slap aimed at Su Erlang, and their hearts jumped. "Erlang!"
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