Ye Qingling carefully held the small pearl in her palm, her eyes sparkling with excitement.
"This pearl may not be as good as Ah Chan's, but it's not bad either. At least it's cracked open."
Feng Ye said with a satisfied smile.
The conch shell was opened three times, and pearls were found each time.
That's incredible luck.
He really wanted to shout, "Who else?"
"It's good enough to have something; we can't be too greedy."
Ye Qingling nodded in satisfaction.
"Ah Ye, help me get the meat out too."
Du Guilan's eyes were full of envy, but she was also a little impatient.
Of the four conch shells, two of them produced pearls.
This gave her the illusion that the pearl was easy to obtain.
This gave her a huge boost of confidence, and she was even able to open her conch shell and find pearls.
But as fate would have it, Feng Jiaqing's prediction actually came true while he was at sea.
Finally, this last conch shell actually yielded another pearl.
Moreover, its appearance and size are even better than Ah Chan's, and it is almost perfectly round, so it can be said to be a top-quality piece.
Du Guilan was overjoyed; she held the pearl with such excitement, as if it were a priceless treasure.
Feng Ye was dumbfounded; the probability was too high.
Isn't it said that it's very difficult to get, with only a one in fifty thousand chance?
How come three of them appeared all at once? The probability has skyrocketed to 75%?
"That's great, our family has a baby now."
Du Guilan was overjoyed, her voice filled with excitement.
"Sister-in-law, don't let anyone know. If anyone asks later, just say it wasn't opened," Ye Qingling reminded her.
Du Guilan nodded: "I know, I'll just tell Dad and Mom quietly at most."
"What's wrong? Why are you telling me this in secret?"
Just then, Xiao Chunxiu, who had returned to prepare dinner, walked into the kitchen.
"Mother, look, what is this?"
Du Guilan immediately displayed the pearl in her hand as if presenting a treasure.
Xiao Chunxiu's eyes widened immediately: "A pearl? You really found one? Is this the only one?"
Du Guilan said, "A Ling also produced one."
Ye Qingling also opened her palm, revealing the pearl in her hand.
Xiao Chunxiu looked at the two pearls, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes, and said repeatedly, "Good, good... quickly put them away, don't let them fall."
"Um."
The two sisters-in-law went to their own rooms and hid the pearls away.
"Mom, just slice the snail meat thinly, add some ginger, scallions, and chili, and stir-fry it briefly."
Feng Ye was afraid that his mother wouldn't know how to cook it properly, resulting in the snail meat being overcooked and too tough to chew.
Xiao Chunxiu rolled her eyes: "I've been cooking my whole life, do I need you to teach me?"
"Hehe, I'm just worried you've never cooked this before and don't know how, right?"
"Alright, stop getting in the way and go help out at the workshop. I saw a boat coming back when I came back."
Feng Ye scratched his head, smiled awkwardly, left the kitchen, and turned to enter the main room.
When Du Guilan came out, he took out a thick wad of money from his pocket and put it on the table.
Du Guilan's eyes lit up at the sight, and she asked in surprise, "Where did all this money come from? From the dried fish vendor?"
"Yes, I gave you the money for the sea urchins before; these are from selling dried fish."
"So many? That must be several thousand yuan! How much dried fish did you sell today?"
"We sold over six thousand yuan worth in total, and it's all here." Feng Ye slapped his forehead. "I forgot to call A-Can over."
At this moment, Ye Qingling also came out. After doing the math in her head, she exclaimed in surprise, "You've sold them all!"
"They're selling so well! How long have you been selling them? You probably haven't been selling them for very long, have you? You've already sold so many sea urchins."
Du Guilan answered her own question.
"I met the big boss..."
Feng Ye recounted what happened at the market this morning.
Ye Qingling and Du Guilan were overjoyed to hear this.
“Inland areas are far from the sea, so people can’t get fresh seafood and can only buy dried fish to try.”
Feng Ye smiled and said, "I estimate that in a few days, that Boss Zeng will call to order the goods."
"Very likely."
Ye Qingling nodded. "We were worried before that if we dried too much, we wouldn't be able to sell it; now it seems that our worries were completely unnecessary."
Du Guilan added, "It's not just redundant, we're worried about not having enough goods. According to what A-Ye said, the next time Boss Zeng wants more than 10,000 catties."
"Shouldn't we start collecting dried fish now? People have been asking about it today," Ye Qingling said.
Feng Ye cautioned, "Take it if someone brings it, but don't be too proactive, I'm afraid someone might cause trouble."
"Make trouble? Who would make trouble?" Du Guilan asked doubtfully.
"Seeing how well our business is doing, it's inevitable that some people will get envious. If we're too proactive, some people might conspire to stop selling our dried fish to us or demand a price increase."
Ye Qingling agreed, "Yes, we definitely need to be careful."
"Anyone who dares to cause trouble, I'll curse them to death, and we'll never accept their dried fish again. Let's see if they regret it."
Du Guilan said with a sharp tongue.
You know what, she really had to come out about this.
Women from the countryside are not to be trifled with.
Feng Ye waved his hand: "I was just saying. Whether things will come to that point is still unknown. Don't worry too much."
"It's better to be on guard. Like Ah Ye said, we won't take them on our own. We'll just let someone else take them."
"I agree with A-Ling's opinion; one should always be wary of others."
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