"Why aren't you selling all these oysters? Uncle Fa will buy them, won't he?"
"It's so cheap, why bother selling it? I might as well keep it for myself." Feng Ye chuckled. "It'll be good for me to replenish my energy."
Oysters are a very cheap seafood, with purchase prices ranging from a few cents to two cents. They also vary in size and require a lot of cleaning, which is quite troublesome.
Moreover, this price is not attractive to him at all; he might as well eat something that satisfies his hunger.
"You're such a tease," Ye Qingling said playfully. "So much of it, are you planning to eat it all? Aren't you afraid of overdoing it?"
Feng Ye chuckled and said, "I'm not afraid, I'm just afraid you can't handle it."
"Are you trying to get yourself killed by saying this in broad daylight?"
Ye Qingling glared at Feng Ye, and a blush instantly spread across her face.
"Then I'll talk about it tonight," Feng Ye laughed.
Just then, Feng Xidong came out of the kitchen carrying a basin and a brush, and Feng Yanmei carrying a half-full bucket of water. Behind them was Feng Xinan, who followed them around like a shadow.
Ye Qingling could only blush and stomp her foot before letting him go.
Feng Ye carried the basket of scallops down and placed it in front of the children: "You're to wash them. If you don't wash them clean, we won't have any tonight."
"Uncle, we will definitely wash it clean!" Feng Xinan patted his chest and promised.
Feng Yanmei poured water into the basin and then, together with Feng Xidong, began to wash the scallops with great enthusiasm.
As for Feng Xinan, he was simply playing in the water.
Feng Ye ignored him, took out oyster pearls from his pocket, turned to Ye Qingling and said, "Hold out your hand."
"what?"
"Of course there's something good for you."
Ye Qingling glanced at Feng Ye suspiciously, but still extended her hand as instructed.
Feng Ye gently placed the round oyster pearl in her palm.
Ye Qingling looked at the pearl in her hand with delight, her eyes sparkling: "This is a pearl? Where did you get it?"
Feng Ye kicked the snakeskin bag: "It was dug out of this thing. Maybe we can open it up again. That's another reason why I'm not selling them."
"Did you really get it from an oyster?"
Ye Qingling's eyes widened. A pearl could be found inside an oyster?
She had never even heard of it.
"Really, it wasn't just me who got one; the three people at the police station also got one. The odds are pretty high."
"This is the first time I've ever heard that you can find pearls inside oysters."
“There are many things you don’t know,” Feng Ye said with a smile. “All shellfish can potentially produce pearls; it’s just a matter of probability. I’ve only ever heard of them before; I’ve never actually seen one.”
Actually, he had seen it on Douyin in his past life.
Ye Qingling looked at the pearl in her hand, her eyes filled with surprise and joy: "How much can this pearl sell for?"
"I don't know, just keep it. I'll make you some jewelry later. If we can't get it from here, we'll make a necklace pendant; if we can get another one, we'll make a pair of earrings."
“I work every day, why would I wear jewelry? It would be such a waste if I accidentally lost it.”
She gave him a reproachful look, though she was secretly delighted.
"Whatever you want, but keep it for now. This is the first pearl I've ever found inside an oyster."
"Um."
Ye Qingling played with the pearl in her hand, then suddenly asked as if she remembered something, "How do we divide it if there's only one? Will my sister-in-law and A-Can have any objections? Let's not ruin our relationship over this one pearl."
"Aren't there still so many oysters? Maybe we can open them up again."
"Then let's wait until after the ceremony to talk about it." Ye Qingling nodded. "If they really don't have enough, we'll give them some extra money."
"That's fine too."
Feng Ye agreed without even thinking about it.
He originally intended to keep the pearl, but as for paying his older brother and Ah-Can extra money, he figured they wouldn't accept it at all.
"I'll go and put it away properly. It's so small, it'll be hard to find if it gets lost."
"Okay, I'll take this bag of oysters to Ah-Can too. Oh, by the way, I won't be home for dinner tonight, so don't wait for me."
"Not eating at home?" Ye Qingling was slightly taken aback, then looked up at Feng Ye. "Where are you going to eat then? At A-Can's house?"
"We're going to eat at the village committee. This afternoon, Officer Fang caught a yellowfin tuna weighing over 40 pounds and we're going to cook it. The scallops were also caught by them while diving."
Feng Ye leaned closer to her ear and whispered, "You haven't had tuna before, have you? Eat less tonight, I'll bring some back for you to try."
"Then come back soon, don't keep me waiting until I'm hungry."
Ye Qingling's eyes lit up, her heart filled with anticipation.
There are probably very few people on the entire island who have ever eaten tuna.
The reason is that tuna are generally quite large and expensive, so almost no fisherman is willing to eat them; they sell them for money.
"Don't fall asleep when I get back."
After Feng Ye finished speaking, he pushed the cart out of the yard and headed straight for A-Can's house.
...
Shortly after 10 p.m., Feng Ye returned home carrying a plate of tuna.
At this time of day, most households have turned off their lights and gone to bed, but only the light in his room is still on.
He smiled, realizing that Ye Qingling was waiting for him to bring the tuna back.
The door wasn't locked, so he pushed it open quietly, trying to make as little noise as possible so as not to wake the others.
Ye Qingling lay half-reclined on the bed, holding a palm-leaf fan in her hand, fanning her sleeping son.
Hearing the door open, she immediately sat up, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes: "You're back?"
Feng Ye placed the plate on the table: "You must have been waiting impatiently. Look, this is tuna meat I brought for you. I specially chose the belly part, because this part of the meat is the best."
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