Chapter 127 I'll Buy It All for You
After Hua Xiali went over, he prepared the kerosene lamp and kitchen knife. When he heard a slight knock on the door, he went over to open it, then grabbed Huo Beixi's arm and pulled him in, then locked the gate again, "I'm going to trouble you again."
"We are a family, there is nothing to worry about." Huo Beixi was a little surprised to see so many large freshwater clams in the yard. He had gone into the water to help her pick them before, but he had never picked up such big ones. He didn't know when she picked up such large freshwater clams.
Hua Xiali handed the kitchen knife to Huo Beixi, then picked up another kitchen knife and prepared to cut it. Huo Beixi said, "Don't move, I'll do it. You will be responsible for taking out the meat later."
"Okay." Hua Xiali didn't say anything else, but sat on the chair and watched Huo Beixi open the freshwater clams.
Huo Beixi opened a large freshwater clam in a few strokes. Seeing the round particles inside the clam shell, Huo Beixi reached out and touched it. "This should be a pearl, right?"
"Maybe." Hua Xiali took the freshwater clam and squeezed out the round particles. It turned out to be round pearls. She didn't know whether they were grown by her using the spiritual spring water or were originally present in the freshwater clam.
Thinking of this, Hua Xiali stood up and walked behind Huo Beixi. She took out a large freshwater clam from the space behind him. Then she handed the freshwater clam to Huo Beixi, "Huo Beixi, help me open this and take a look."
As long as you open this, you can know where pearls come from.
Huo Beixi took the freshwater clam handed over by Hua Xiali. The appearance of this clam shell was obviously not as clean as those on the ground. However, Huo Beixi did not say anything. Instead, he sat down and opened it directly. After opening it, he handed it to Hua Xiali. Hua Xiali looked at it carefully and found that there were pearls. She took out the pearls quickly. The pearls were of different sizes. The big ones were only the size of soybeans, and the small ones were the size of mung beans. They were also irregular, some were strange in shape, and some were slightly rounder.
Only one or two pearls out of a handful can be processed into jewelry. It will probably take many years before the pearls are as big as the ones they took out. It seems that natural pearls are really rare.
It is estimated that it is because she has raised freshwater clams in spiritual spring water for a period of time, so the pearls she took out are so perfect in size and luster. Then the matter of raising freshwater clams in large water tanks can be carried out.
But they have to be raised in a place with convenient water access. The school's land is outside the village, quite far from the river bay. Raising freshwater clams requires a lot of water, and getting water is not very convenient.
The only option was to raise them near a river bay, but if she did that, she would have to buy some land.
"Is there?" Huo Beixi asked.
Hua Xiali shook his head, "No, how could there be pearls in every clam shell? Otherwise, wouldn't we be rich?"
"It's okay if you don't have it. Don't be too disappointed. This thing was supposed to be free. If you have it, you have it. If you don't have it, forget it. If everyone had it, wouldn't everyone go crazy? In the future, I will buy you any jewelry you want." Huo Beixi said.
"Really? You will buy me whatever I want?" Hua Xiali asked with a smile on his face. He also wanted to buy her any jewelry she wanted. His salary was only enough to buy some jewelry now, and the speed at which his salary increased could not keep up with the speed at which the price of jewelry increased.
So if she wants to wear jewelry, she has to buy it herself. But some of the words are soothing to hear. After all, not every man is willing to say nice things to make his wife happy.
Some people don't even want to talk to their wives.
"What is the purpose of making money? Isn't it for spending? What's the point of saving money if you keep saving it and don't use it?" Huo Beixi said this, but he didn't stop working in his hands, he continued to open freshwater clams.
Hua Xiali quickly took out the pearls and clam meat and placed them in two bowls. Now that the weather was cold, the clam meat would not go bad even if it was left for the next day.
And after Huo Beixi returns, she can store the clam shell meat in the space and take it out when processing it tomorrow.
"By the way, the clam shells that were opened last time are still piled in my yard. Are those clam shells still of any use?" Huo Beixi suddenly remembered the empty clam shells piled in the corner of the yard and asked.
"Leave it to me and I'll come get it when I'm free." If clam shells can be used as fertilizer for flowers, then they should also be able to be used as fertilizer for vegetables.
When people ask her why the vegetables she grows are so delicious, she can say that they are grown using clam shells as fertilizer.
"I'll bring it to you tomorrow night. It's not convenient for you to carry so much." Huo Beixi said. It was such a small matter, there was no need for her to do anything.
It took Huo Beixi more than three hours to finish fishing the four large tanks of freshwater clams, from around seven in the evening to nearly eleven. It was already late at night, and as it was winter, not even the sound of insects could be heard outside. The whole world was silent.
Hua Xiali handed the soap to Huo Beixi and said, "Wash your hands quickly to get rid of the fishy smell. That's all for today. I'll come over tomorrow morning to take care of the rest."
"If you want to sell the pearls, give them to me and I will help you sell them. The price now should be higher than before." Huo Beixi glanced at the pearls in the basin.
The colors of pearls are not exactly the same, but they are all light-colored and none is dark.
The light gold, light purple, and light pink would look especially beautiful if made into a pearl necklace for Hua Xiali.
"There's no rush about this, let's talk about it later." Hua Xiali hasn't decided whether to sell the pearls or not. Anyway, he hasn't promised anyone anything, nor has he given them hope, so there's no chance of disappointing them.
"Okay, if you have anything to do, just tell me." Huo Beixi reminded.
When it comes to making money, he can't compare to Hua Xiali. The salary in their ordinary units is not as good as that of individuals, but in other aspects, he can contribute.
Isn’t there a saying that those who have money contribute money and those who have no money contribute labor?
There's always a place where he can be used!
"Don't worry, you're my boyfriend. Who else can I turn to if I have something to do but you?" After locking the gate of the new house, the two walked back side by side. Huo Beixi held Hua Xiali's hand and walked forward in the dark without a flashlight.
After watching Hua Xiali enter the courtyard, Huo Beixi turned around and left. He walked to the well at the back and looked up at the window upstairs.
Seeing the lights on in the room, Huo Beixi's eyes were gentler than anyone else had ever seen.
Not long after that, good news came from the hotel in the town, saying that they wanted to buy vegetables grown in their vegetable base. They probably thought that they could wholesale at a low price like in the wholesale market. As soon as they mentioned the price, Hua Xiali refused. She really thought that they were ignorant farmers. The price they offered was even lower than the wholesale price in the farmers' market. Hua Xiali directly told them to go to the wholesale market for wholesale and not to buy her vegetables.