Digging for clam shells?
Do you really need so many people to comfort a child?
Yue Jiuyue thought to herself: People in ancient times really know how to spoil their children!
The next second, Lin Chaobei happily said to Yue Jiuyue:
“Mother, Third Brother said that pearls can also be exchanged for money. We just never thought that pearls actually come from oyster shells. If we had known that pearls could be extracted from oyster shells, why would we have gone to the mountains to dig for eels and look for ginseng!”
Lin Chaobei had been climbing the mountain for most of the day and must be very tired by now. However, despite being covered in sweat, he rested his chin on the back of his hand on the handle of the hoe, grinning and showing off his big white teeth. He showed no signs of fatigue and looked like a spirited young man.
"Oyster shells are easy to find, but oyster shells with pearls are hard to find! On the contrary, we dug up quite a few crickets."
Lin Chaonan also had a smile on his face, and was also sweating profusely, showing off his big white teeth.
"Since you've already dug it up, why not pile all this soil up the riverbank? Consider it a cleanup of the lakebed and a raising of the riverbank. That way, when it rains or snows, the lake can hold more water, and we won't have to worry about running out of water in the future."
Yue Jiuyue already had the idea of clearing the silt from the bottom of the lake. Now that Lin Chaodong and the others were looking for pearls in oyster shells, they had already dug them out, so there was no need to move the soil to the riverbank again, so as not to have piles of soil in the way.
"Alright, it's just something I can do on the side anyway."
Lin Chaobei muttered something, then looked back at the vast reservoir, feeling a chill run down his spine.
How long would it take them to dig all the mud out of this lake?
Reality told him that he was worrying too soon.
In the countryside, there are no secrets at all.
The next morning, some villagers saw that the family was not going up the mountain to dig for crickets, but instead digging around in the lake in front of their house. How could they not be curious and go up to ask them what was going on?
Then, the whole village moved to the lake and dug up the bottom of the lake in less than two days.
Lin Chaobei: Σ(?д?;)
He thought he'd have to dig forever!
After the initial shock, Lin Chaobei was so saddened that he almost burst into tears. His pearl!
This time, every household got a few pearls, more or less. After all, this lake has existed for countless years, and there are countless fish, shrimp, crabs and clams in it. Last summer, when the lake water was low, they caught quite a few fish to eat.
As for shrimp, crabs, and clams, it wasn't that nobody ate them, it's just that nobody knew how to eat them. After all, there wasn't much meat, and at that time, nobody knew the drought would be so severe, so nobody cared.
If there were shrimp and crabs in this lake now, the villagers would probably scramble to buy them.
Even a tiny mosquito is still meat!
During this pearl-hunting expedition, Yue Jiuyue's family only obtained three pearls, plus the one Yue Jiuyue found that day, making a total of four.
Their luck was so-so. Some families in the village didn't find a single pearl, while others found more than a dozen. Their family was considered to be neither rich nor poor. Although they felt a pang of envy when they saw the families who had found more than a dozen pearls, they were still envious.
Not only their family was envious, but everyone was envious. After all, pearls are precious items. Whether they are made into hairpins or ground into pearl powder for facial application, they are things that only wealthy families can afford.
Therefore, some families immediately exchanged their money for silver, while others were reluctant to sell, since they hadn't reached the point of desperation.
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