Chapter 126: Retreating Tide

Yu Mei was about to take another pig leg out, but Baozhu quickly dragged her mother back.

"Mother, you'd better not go. Doctor Yin didn't want to accept the meat in the first place, and Xiao Wan also secretly gave him money, which made it clear. If you force him to give it again, Doctor Yin might get annoyed."

"But this is just a chicken and a few eggs. Isn't the gift too light? They saved your life."

Giving so many gifts at once would make anyone feel bad, but she felt that her daughter's life was far more valuable than those things, so no matter how much she gave, it would not be too much.

"You can't repay a favor by giving me a little meat. We're not going to give you a big gift and then stop communicating. I'll just pay you back slowly in the future."

Baozhu convinced her mother with her words, and Yu Mei had to put away all the copper plates.

After putting the copper plate away, I thought about it and found it funny again. I couldn't help but pinch my daughter's chubby face.

"You seem quite smart sometimes, but you act stupidly in front of Qian Yue and are fooled by her."

When Qian Yue was mentioned, the light in Baozhu's eyes suddenly disappeared.

The sisterhood that I worked so hard to maintain now seems like a joke. Ah Yue probably never considered me a friend...

I am just too stupid.

Yu Mei slapped her lips secretly, thinking that she was really talking about something irrelevant.

"Baozhu, you haven't taken your medicine yet, go and take it. Dayuan, go take the meat to the butcher shop for Dad, and on your way back, go and fill up the water tank for Doctor Yin's family."

Baozhu, who had just walked to the door of the kitchen, immediately turned around.

"Mother, please don't let father go. Doctor Yin's family has two daughters. What if father goes there and people gossip about him? I'd better go. It's a good opportunity for me to go for a walk and get rid of the fat on my body."

"Nonsense! What do you mean by fat meat? This is clearly the meat of the rich."

Baozhu laughed when she heard the word "rich meat".

Anyway, in my mother's eyes, I am the most beautiful girl in the village.

What a lucky guy, Pearl.

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After lunch, the sky gradually became overcast. The wind started to blow but it didn't rain for a long time. Jiang Wan didn't want to miss the low tide today, so she carried two hats on her back before going out.

As for the bucket, she asked her cousin to hold it.

My cousin sits at home embroidering every day, so she doesn't get enough exercise. She only goes out to play for an hour or two, so it's good to get out and move around occasionally.

Jiang Wan would not disturb her cousin at other times, but when the tide receded, the sea water receded quickly and far, and the seafood could easily be stranded on the beach and reefs.

If you go fishing, you can get a lot of delicious seafood. It would be a shame not to go and pick them for free.

So this time she insisted on dragging her cousin along no matter what.

Hehe~

In fact, she didn't have to say much. She just nudged her cousin and said something coquettish and her cousin agreed immediately.

My sweet and soft cousin is the best!

Jiang Wan and her cousin went to the beach hand in hand. At this time, almost all families in the village were out, all heading to the beach.

There are tens of thousands of marine creatures in the sea, including worthless small fish and shrimps as well as other things. If someone is lucky, it is possible to become rich overnight.

At the very least, I could get some other seafood and sell it for some money.

The tide receded really far today, and the reefs that usually only show their tips in the sea after the tide receded were now fully exposed.

The tide recedes once every half a month, and I wonder how many little guys come to the reefs during this half month.

"Xiao Wan Aning, come quickly, come quickly!"

Yinzhu and Xiaoman were both calling out to them from the front. Jiang Wan pulled her cousin to catch up, and when they got closer, they could hear their excited voices.

"There's a huge colony of snails here!"

Jiang Wan didn't react when she first heard the term Nine-hole Snail. It was not until she saw what Yinzhu was pointing at that she realized what she was talking about.

The reef is tightly clinging to a number of stone-like bulges, which are somewhat similar to the general's caps mentioned above, but are much larger than the general's caps.

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This is what is called abalone today, a delicacy among seafood.

Nowadays, large wild ones are sold for thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars. She saw that they were similar to the ones on the reef in front of her.

It turns out that its ancient name was the nine-hole snail. No wonder, there are nine holes on its shell, which is very vivid.

"What are you two idiots doing standing there? Pry it open!"

Yinzhu urged him and picked up a small shovel to start scooping abalone. Xiaoman also took out a small shovel and talked while scooping.

"Nine-hole snails can usually only be obtained when the imperial court is over, and it is very difficult to get them by diving into the sea. I heard that the big bosses in the city like to eat them very much. These can be sold at the dock for about 15 cents per pound."

There was unstoppable joy in Xiaoman's voice.

One shovel will yield a large number of them.

Jiang Wan seemed to hear a series of system notification sounds in her head, indicating that the account was about to be recharged.

Each of these abalones was about the size of her palm, and together with the shell they weighed at least six or seven taels.

There's money everywhere!

Jiang Wan and Yin Ning immediately picked up shovels and joined the team scooping abalone.

Abalones live in groups just like sea urchins, so there are quite a lot of abalones in this large reef, but no matter how many there are, they cannot outnumber the villagers.

In less than a quarter of an hour, everyone worked together to pry the abalone clean.

The piece that Jiang Wan and her friends had pried open was also discovered by some villagers, but no one got angry with each other, as it all depended on their own hand speed.

The two sisters finally pried open half of the bucket together. Xiaoman and Yinzhu each pried open half a bucket. The harvest was very good.

Half a bucket of abalone weighs almost ten pounds, and the profit of more than one hundred coins is not something you can get every day.

"I'm really sorry for both of you today."

Xiaoman smiled so hard that her eyes narrowed.

Jiang Wan didn't understand.

"We? What happened to us?"

"Hehe~ Because you're together, we can be so harmonious here. Go out and take a look, there are women fighting over snails."

Everyone in the village knows about Master Yin and Doctor Yin's daughter, and no one can get them by force.

Yinzhu shook the bucket happily.

After selling these snails, she could buy more paper and pens for her brother. She could also cut some meat and have a delicious meal.

The four girls carried the abalone and continued to search happily on the beach.

Baozhu, who was not far away, looked at the figures of those people eagerly. She really wanted to go over and say hello, but she hesitated for a long time and finally couldn't go over.

She poured the abalone she had pried off into A Niang's bucket, then turned around and went back to looking for various conches.

I heard that Master Yin's family often buys conches, so I got some more and sent them over to build a good relationship with Xiao Wan's family first.

Should this work?

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(My dears, the second update will be later today, at 11 o'clock)