Ye Xiaocui's surprised voice attracted the attention of everyone who had finally finished digging out the abalone.
"My God, this abalone pearl is so beautiful!"
When Fu Ming saw the abalone shell with the abalone pearl in Fu Wan's hand, he was immediately captivated by the beauty of the pearl.
"So there really are abalone pearls inside abalone?!"
Ye Lin and Fu Liang were extremely envious.
Fu Wan carefully examined the abalone pearl in her hand. It was a completely blue pearl with a very striking color, a mirror-like sheen, and a perfectly round shape.
These are indeed much prettier than the previous oyster pearls.
"Ah Wan, these abalone pearls are really good." He had seen oyster pearls before, but this was the first time he had ever seen abalone pearls in his two lifetimes.
"Ah Wan is lucky; her abalone pearl opened up just like that."
Jiang Chunlan was also very envious; she probably wouldn't have been able to get such beautiful beads with her luck.
Fu Wan was also happy, "Lingling gave this to me, she's the lucky one!"
Fu Ling could understand what the adults were saying. That beautiful bead came from her own abalone. Fu Ling was indeed the most amazing!
"For Mom!"
I want to give all the nice things to my mom!
Boss Fu told Fu Wan to put the abalone pearl, shell and all, away and find someone to grind it out later.
Now no one had any appetite for the cooked noodles, especially Fu Ming and Ye Lin, who wanted to try opening the abalone to see if they could find any abalone pearls.
It was Boss Fu who finally spoke.
"Let each person eat something first. Whoever cuts open the abalone over there eats it; we can't waste it!"
If we were at home, we could cut them all open and dry the rest. But here on a deserted island in the middle of the day, such a big abalone would go bad if we cut it all open.
Fu Mingye, Lin Fuliang, and the other two also understood this principle. They all came from poor families and knew the importance of not wasting resources.
After working so hard for so long, everyone was indeed hungry. They each shared some noodles, and even the bowls were large seashells that Fu Ling had picked up.
The chopsticks were replaced with clean twigs, which Fu Ling found novel. How was this any different from the house games she and her friends in the village played?
So adults play house too!
Fu Wan felt that surviving in the wilderness was much better than eating something hot than hard cornbread.
The group wolfed down the noodles, and while the fire under the pot was still burning, Fu Ming, Fu Liang, and Ye Lin picked out a few abalone, cleaned them, and hopefully gutted them.
Fu Ming, in particular, was holding the abalone with his hands clasped together and muttering incantations.
Because Fu Wan was nearby, she witnessed his entire rambling and incoherent behavior.
She almost died laughing at Fu Ming.
What was this guy muttering? "Goddess Mazu, please have pity on me and let me win a pearl!"
"May my ancestors grant me a lucky pearl, and I'll burn you plenty of paper money later!"
Seeing Fu Ming's appearance, Ye Lin followed suit, and Fu Liang simply joined in with his hands clasped together. In the end, the three of them prayed together.
Whether it was bad luck or the goddess Mazu simply ignored them, without exception, none of the abalone the three brothers cut open contained a single abalone pearl. In the end, the three brothers could only painfully cook and eat the remaining abalone.
Fu Laoda and Ye Jianguo also wanted to try their luck, and Ye Xiaocui and Jiang Chunlan also picked one. The four middle-aged men cleaned the abalone they had chosen, but they still couldn't find any abalone pearls.
"Forget it, with our luck, let's just eat abalone!"
Jiang Chunlan threw the abalone in her hand into the pot to cook it, and then picked it up with a twig in her hand.
"Holy crap, what's that biting my teeth!"
Jiang Chunlan spat the abalone meat from her mouth into her hand, and a small blue piece the size of a fingernail appeared inside the abalone meat.
"What's this?"
The shape doesn't look quite like Fu Wan's abalone pearl. Fu Wan's abalone pearl is clearly a pearl, but the one in her hand is rather oddly shaped, like an irregular little stone.
Moreover, this thing wasn't connected to the shell; instead, somehow, it grew inside the abalone meat.
However, this thing is similar in color to Fu Wan's, also blue, with a faint green sheen.
"This is also an abalone pearl!"
Fu Wan took a closer look at the thing that Jiang Chunlan had picked out from the abalone meat. Wasn't that an irregular abalone pearl?
"Ah Wan, these aren't round, are they abalone pearls?"
Jiang Chunlan suppressed her excitement, and Fu Wan explained to everyone, "Pearls aren't necessarily round, and the same goes for abalone pearls. Pearls that are irregularly shaped are called baroque pearls. These strange-looking pearls are also abalone pearls. When they are sold, artisans can polish them and set them into jewelry, and they can make money just the same."
Everyone then realized what was happening, and Ye Xiaocui patted Jiang Chunlan on the shoulder.
"What's wrong with you? This is an abalone pearl! You're so lucky!"
Jiang Chunlan was overjoyed. She was the second person to find the abalone pearl, which meant that she, the widow Jiang, was still quite lucky!
Once there's a second one, there's a third. Everyone couldn't help but get tempted by the pile of abalone. However, a few people were really too full to eat anymore. Since the abalone weren't going to grow legs and run away, they might as well go back and cut them open together!
"I'll go back, take a hot shower, wash my hands thoroughly with soap, and then kowtow to the Goddess Mazu. I refuse to believe I can't get the abalone pearl!"
Fu Ming spoke with absolute certainty, and Fu Liang, who had grown up with Fu Ming, immediately echoed his own absolute certainty.
"I'll go back and offer incense to my father. I refuse to believe I can't open the abalone pearl!"
Ye Lin was dumbfounded. The people in the mountains didn't believe in Mazu, and his father was still alive.
"I...I washed my hands clean, I kowtowed, I refuse to believe I can't open the abalone pearl!"
Ye Jianguo was too ashamed to look and quickly followed Boss Fu to the side.
This son's IQ has dropped considerably since he arrived here; I'm afraid we can't keep him.
Seeing her three uncles' strange appearance, Fu Ling shook her head. "Sigh, these three uncles look even sillier than children!"
After all the abalone had been pried open and lunch had been eaten, everyone cleaned up the stainless steel pot and the traces of the fire. Only then did Fu Wan realize that her daughter was missing.
"Lingling?!"
Fu Ling responded from behind a large rock, "Mom, I'm here!"
Fu Wan finally breathed a sigh of relief, and her tense nerves relaxed.
What are you doing?
Fu Ling didn't reply for a while. Just as Fu Wan was about to go over and take a look, the little guy ran towards her holding something.
"Mom, I found the prettiest seashell ever!"
Fu Wan watched her run closer, somewhat confused, and then noticed the seashell in Fu Ling's hand.
Although the shell was covered in a lot of mud and sand, its shape was still clearly visible.
It was no wonder that Fu Wan jumped up as soon as she saw it, completely losing her composure.
"Where did you find this thing?!"
Good heavens, if she wasn't mistaken, the giant clam shell that Xue Qing and his group wanted was indeed in Fu Ling's hand!
Where did this ancestor find such a horrible seashell?!
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