Upon hearing this, everyone looked towards Fu Ming, only to see him rummage through the scallop meat for a while before pulling out a bright golden bead.
Look at that head, it's about the same size as Fu Wan's previous one.
May Goddess Mazu protect us!
"Such a huge gold bead!"
"Lingling Mingzhu, you guys are so lucky!"
Fu Ming was so excited that he was almost incoherent. The golden bead was so beautiful that he couldn't react for a moment.
Fu Wan picked up the pearl and looked at it. The gold color of this pearl was more like pink gold, or what we would call rose gold in later times, rather than the tea gold color of her own pearl.
It was indeed about the same size as his own golden bead, and it was also perfectly round without any irregularities.
"Ah Wan, why don't you keep this bead? After all, it was chosen by the children."
Fu Ming looked at the happy children and said something. Fu Wan smiled and teased him on purpose.
"Brother, you're really letting me take it?"
Fu Ming nodded reluctantly, controlling himself from looking at the pearl.
Wow, these beads are so pretty!
But if it weren't for Lingling and Mingzhu, he wouldn't have been able to find such beautiful pearls.
"Yes, you can help the children keep these so they can make their own jewelry when they grow up!"
Fu Wan could easily see Fu Ming's reluctance, so she laughed and put the golden pearl into Fu Ming's plate.
The pearls jingled and tinkled as they circled the bottom of the plate, finally settling into a still, wobbly state.
"Brother, don't be so formal. Although Lingling and Mingzhu picked the scallops, you were the one who opened them."
As I just said, let's open the scallops first, and then discuss whether to keep or discard the pearls!
"If you really want to give it to Lingling and Mingzhu, you can give it to them later, I won't stop you."
"It's just that you only have one, so there won't be enough to go around..."
"Yes, two children and one pearl, isn't that a dilemma!"
Ye Xiaocui couldn't help but interject, "Don't rush this, opening the scallops is the most important thing."
Fu Ming realized he hadn't considered things thoroughly and quickly nodded in agreement.
"Alright, then I'll open another pearl, and each of us will get one Lingling Pearl!"
Hehe, it would be best to open a few more. He also wants to get a necklace for his wife, and if they have children in the future, he wants to leave some for them too.
As she spoke, Ye Xiaocui opened three more scallops, but found no trace of pearls.
After thinking for a moment, she called over Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu, her face full of kind smiles.
"My darlings, quickly pick out a few scallops for me too, so Grandma can share in your good luck!"
Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu were overjoyed and were about to go over to make their selections when Tom suddenly spoke up excitedly.
"My scallops have pearls!"
Everyone's attention was instantly drawn to Tom carefully cutting open the scallop meat with a knife, and Fu Wan was immediately surprised when she saw it.
There were three pearls!
The three pearls, two large and one small, were clustered together like triplets. Tom was overjoyed and hurriedly took the three pearls out.
Only after taking it out did I realize that the bottom of the small pearl was somewhat flat, and it looked like it hadn't fully grown yet.
What a pity.
Tom was somewhat annoyed, but fortunately the two larger pearls were fairly well-shaped. However, compared to the white pearl he had found earlier, the white color of these three pearls was not quite pure.
The white has a slightly hazy gray undertone, or rather, it leans more towards a shade between off-white and grayish-white.
"It's okay, since you weren't planning to sell it anyway. It's nice to take it back as a gift for your family."
Fu Ming grinned to comfort her, and Fu Wan nodded in agreement.
"Yes, don't throw away the smaller one either. Even if you can't make jewelry, you can keep it for medicine or grind it into powder for face application."
Pearls have never been used only for jewelry.
In medicine, pearls are believed to have the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, nourishing the liver and improving eyesight. Pearl powder can also promote the healing of various ulcerated wounds, and applying it to the face can also achieve beauty and skin-nourishing effects.
Of course, these effects are also closely related to the type of pearl. Most pearl powders are actually made from freshwater pearls.
Because of their different growing environments, freshwater pearls and saltwater pearls have vastly different structures.
The biggest difference is probably that most freshwater pearls are nucleus-free, while saltwater pearls are nucleus-free. Therefore, freshwater pearls, when ground into powder, will not have too many impurities. However, saltwater pearls have a very thin nacre layer and contain a shell nucleus, making them more expensive and harder to process.
Of course, since the formation of pearls is inherently unique, some freshwater pearls have a nucleus while saltwater pearls do not. Fu Wan didn't know much about this, but in her opinion, irregular pearls can also be liked by some people.
Even if she didn't grind it into powder, she could collect it and take it to the capital to sell. If she couldn't get a good price, she would grind it into earrings for herself.
These irregularly shaped pearl earrings also possess a unique beauty.
After Tom's triplets were born, Ye Xiaocui's good news followed.
She opened two white pearls from the five scallops chosen by Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu.
Such a high probability puzzled Fu Wan. Could it be that Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu really had better luck?
Everyone realized the problem, so they simply asked Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu to help them choose scallops.
Of course, although the two children helped, they still put the best ones in Fu Wan's hands.
Fu Wan's hands kept moving, and after opening seven or eight scallops, she finally touched the hard, round pearl again.
The pearl felt huge to the touch; to put it bluntly, Fu Wan felt it was almost as big as the eggs laid by her own hen.
As soon as the pearl was taken out, Fu Ming couldn't wait to look at it, but what he saw left him dumbfounded.
How can there be pearls that shine as brightly as gold!
Oh, Goddess Mazu, this is truly a golden pearl!
"My God, these golden beads are so beautiful!"
Fu Ming muttered to himself, and even Boss Fu found it quite amusing.
"It's the same color as gold. Such fine gold beads would have been offered to the emperor in the palace in feudal society, wouldn't they?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Xiaocui slapped his hand without hesitation.
"What nonsense are you spouting? How can you say such things!"
Why bring up feudal society when things are going so well?
Fu Wan twirled the golden bead in her hand. Even the dim light in the courtyard couldn't dim its brilliance. Its round, golden shape was pleasing to the eye.
What a coincidence! Both beads she opened today were gold beads!
Speaking of which, these large pearl oysters all came from Matsui Hidekane's ship. I wonder if Matsui Hidekane knew that these large pearl oysters would have such a high pearl yield.
What Boss Fu said wasn't an exaggeration. Such a large pearl was indeed only used in the palace in the past. Now, Fu Wan is planning to send it to Wan Jin Lai's auction. She believes that this pearl can fetch at least 50,000 or 60,000 yuan!
Everyone admired the large gold bead, with Jack, Robert, and the other two touching it several times.
At this moment, Boss Fu also took out two pearls, one black and one white, and they were the size of glass beads.
However, this white bead is of poor quality, with a dark yellow and uneven color, so it probably won't fetch a high price.
Image of Jin Zhenzhu (image removed due to copyright infringement). It is a true gold color!
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