The conflict erupted in an instant; the men and women from the neighboring village were mostly young people.
Young and hot-blooded, coupled with the fact that the villagers of Fujia Village directly grabbed their seafood, a fight broke out.
Several young women and the aunties from Fujia Village even grabbed each other's hair, and some of them flashed their fingernails.
Fu Wan didn't expect a fight to break out so suddenly, and went up to try to separate the group.
"What are you doing? What are you doing!"
The village chief's voice came from afar. He had come to find his wife and go back, but when he got to the beach, he found a group of people fighting.
"I think you all want to go to jail, and you're all fighting!"
The people from the neighboring village didn't dare to say a word, but the aunties from Fujia Village were shouting without fear.
"Village chief, people from the neighboring village came to our village to collect seafood. If they collect it all, we'll be left drinking the sea breeze!"
Fu Wan nodded in agreement. The ocean is vast, but the beaches are designated for each village.
Fishermen who live by the sea regard the beach as a piece of communal land in their village.
Not to mention, if there are any dead branches or leaves on the beach, the villagers will clean them up as if they were in their own home.
Now that people from other villages are running wild on their territory, how can these women tolerate it?
Village Chief Fu then noticed the unfamiliar faces, and his expression immediately turned sour.
"Which village are you from? What are you doing here collecting seafood?"
The young man in the lead flinched. "We're from Wangjia Village next door. We didn't know you weren't allowed to pick them up here."
That's just something to fool kids. Even a child as young as Chen Lingling knows that you can't just go to the waters off other villages.
Village Chief Fu was not polite; if you didn't tell the truth, then leave your things and be driven away.
“Our village has confiscated the goods, you can go back now! If you’re not satisfied, have your village chief come find me! I’ll make him pay my management fees!”
Beach management also involves management fees, and the young people were reluctant to put down what they were carrying. Their village's beach was full of garbage, and there was hardly any seafood to pick up.
Seeing that the people were still unwilling to leave, Village Chief Fu was so angry that the few strands of hair sticking to his head almost stood up.
"Get out of here now, or I'll call the police!"
Village Chief Fu has been dealing with the police a lot lately, and he's become quite adept at handling the police reporting process.
The people from the neighboring village could only put down what they were carrying and run away without looking back.
The women from Fujia Village were as smug as roosters that had won a fight, and they were no longer so envious of the few oysters that Fu Wan's family had.
"Village chief, what's the deal with this seafood?"
Village Chief Fu knew exactly what they were up to. "You can divide this up among yourselves!"
It was something they fought for themselves.
The women immediately beamed with joy. They had only dug up some seashells that day, but now they had several bags full of things, so they could say they had returned home with a full load.
Several people emptied the contents of the bags, and one family took a little. When it was Fu Wan's turn, she waved her hand.
"My family doesn't need it, and we weren't of much help anyway."
This bag only contains abalone, oysters, and a few crabs about the size of a palm.
Fu Wan didn't need to argue with her aunts about these things.
The aunties were even happier that Fu Wan refused, because if there was one less person, they could get more.
"I want!"
"My family wants it!"
Grandma Wang and Wang Zhaodi both spoke up, but the aunt who was dividing the things couldn't stand Grandma Wang's pretentious manner the most.
Years ago, a quarrel in the family stemmed from an incident where the father-in-law saw Old Lady Wang clutching her chest and crying out in pain while he was at sea. That's why he gave Old Lady Wang a fish from a ditch.
When my mother-in-law found out, we had a fight, and every time we argued afterward, this incident would be brought up again.
"Here, take this to your family!"
There was an octopus the size of a fist in the bag, and for some reason, it was dead and smelled a bit.
The octopus was thrown directly in front of the two of them, but Wang Zhaodi didn't want it because she smelled something was off about it.
"It stinks, why are you still waiting for my family to get it!"
"You don't want it? Don't give it back to me!"
After the woman finished speaking, she went up to take it back, but Old Lady Wang quickly put it away and slapped Wang Zhaodi across the face.
"You spendthrift woman, you're complaining about such a big piece of meat. You should thank your sister-in-law."
Despite the pain, Wang Zhaodi forced a smile and said, "Thank you, sister-in-law!"
The woman rolled her eyes at her, and then started dividing the belongings with the other families.
Seeing that there was no more excitement, Fu Wan called Ye Xiaocui and Fu Liang back.
The oysters looked quite large, but they were also heavy.
Its outer shell is as heavy as a rock. Not to mention three bags of oysters.
Fu Liang volunteered and picked up the carrying pole, carrying two bags of oysters and walking ahead.
Fu Wan and Ye Xiaocui each carried one bag of oysters home.
Of course, they didn't forget to take the shellfish that Fu Liang had dug up earlier.
When they arrived at the Fu family's house, Fu Ming was standing in the courtyard, leaning on a cane. "Awan, another bumper harvest today?"
He can walk a few steps now without any problem, and he doesn't feel any pain, but he still needs to use a cane to walk.
Fu Wan put down what she was holding and wiped the sweat from her forehead.
"Yeah, bro, lots of oysters."
Oysters aren't fetching a very good price. Fu Wan glanced at the stars in the sky; tomorrow would definitely be a sunny day.
"Mom, why don't we shuck all the oysters and dry them?"
Fu Liang also agreed with the idea, as dried oysters could fetch a good price.
Ye Xiaocui, however, was afraid of not being able to find a suitable seller for the dried oysters, and hesitated to agree.
Fu Wan could only pick up an oyster, cut it open with a knife, and then scoop it out with a spoon.
"Let me try one."
Fu Ming's mouth watered at the sight of the plump oyster meat.
Huh, what's that hard lump?
Fu Wan carefully cut open the oyster meat with a knife in surprise, and a bright pearl appeared before everyone's eyes.
"pearl!"
Ye Xiaocui was closest to the pearl and was immediately startled.
How can there be pearls in oysters?
Fu Ming was somewhat confused. He used to pick oysters one by one, but he had never picked pearls before.
"Years ago, your grandfather also harvested oyster pearls, but unfortunately, he traded them for grain during a famine. I never expected to see them again today."
Ye Xiaocui examined the pearl in her hand through the flashlight. It was perfectly round and had a pinkish glow. It was about the size of a human eyeball.
It's in really good condition!
You know, the bead in her house wasn't even this big back then, and she traded it for ten pounds of sweet potatoes!
If there's a pearl this big inside just one oyster, how many oysters can you harvest here?
They all looked at the bags of oysters on the ground, their eyes gleaming with excitement.
"Fine, I won't get any sleep tonight!"
Fu Wan shook her head and resignedly picked up the knife in her hand.
She could have gone to sleep and left these people here to shuck oysters.
After all, she only slept for two hours this afternoon.
But she also enjoys opening blind boxes and such!
So what if she stays up all night? She can handle that!
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