Shen Yuesheng was very happy that Mr. Gu did not dislike her doing business.
She decided that she would make them a good pot of tea later and show them her cooking skills.
Shen Yuesheng left the kitchen and went to see those people opening river clams.
In fact, it is very difficult to obtain pearls from river clams.
Pearl formation:
The mantle of the clam is stimulated by the invasion of foreign matter (sand particles, parasites). The epidermal cells at the stimulated area take the foreign matter as the nucleus and sink into the connective tissue of the mantle. The epidermal cells of the mantle that sink into the mantle divide on their own to form a pearl sac. The pearl sac cells secrete nacre, which wraps the nucleus layer by layer to form a pearl. Pearls with foreign objects as their core are called "nucleated pearls".
Another type: When the outer epidermis of the mantle is pathologically stimulated, a part of it undergoes cell division and then separates, and is then covered with the organic matter secreted by itself, while gradually sinking into the connective tissue of the mantle, forming a pearl sac and then a pearl. Because there is no foreign object as the nucleus, it is called "nucleus-less pearl".
Pearls also have medicinal value: improving human immunity, delaying aging, removing spots and whitening, supplementing calcium, etc.
Pearls were also used in alchemy in ancient times.
So Shen Yuesheng is quite looking forward to the pearls that will be opened later.
Before she even walked outside, she heard Ji Qingran calling her loudly: "Shengbao, come here, there's something good."
"What good stuff." Shen Yuesheng ran out quickly.
"We got something good." Ji Qingran was very surprised.
Shen Yuesheng didn't have time to ask and hurried to the place where the clams were opened.
"What's the matter?"
"Shengbao, look." Ji Qingran slowly opened his palm.
Shen Yuesheng's eyes lit up. Oh my god, what a big white pearl.
It was about half the size of her fist and looked particularly round.
“Did this just come out?”
"Yeah! Gu Ye just opened it."
"I'm afraid this isn't the night-shining pearl that was mentioned in ancient times!"
Shen Yuesheng smacked his lips, feeling extremely happy.
"There are still a lot of them. Let's open them quickly. Maybe there are more."
Shen Yuesheng's eyes lit up, and he wished that every next one would be like this.
She was full of energy and moved a small stool to sit next to Gu Ye. Gu Ye split the river clam with a knife, and Shen Yuesheng looked to see if there were any pearls inside.
When men and women work together, the work becomes less tiring.
The more Shen Yuesheng looked, the brighter his eyes became, and he couldn't help but make a fuss about Ji Qingran.
After seeing it more, Shen Yuesheng's eyes were not so surprised anymore.
In the end, the few people spent an hour opening dozens of clams.
Many, many colorful pearls were opened. Perhaps Shen Yuesheng had seen them so many times that he was not surprised anymore, and the others were probably too surprised to notice.
Shen Yuesheng looked at the large and small, colorful pearls in the large basin.
I was thinking about making a pearl necklace or a bracelet for each family member.
Then the big pearls are kept.
It was decided that this big pearl would be given one to each married couple, since they had offered more than ten.
Give one to your eldest brother, one to your parents, and one to your grandparents.
The rest are hers, hahahaha…
Shen Yuesheng smiled happily, as if she was really rich now, and any one of these pearls could be sold at a very high price.
Especially for the young ladies in Jin City, it was another huge profit, and there were also many clams in that river.
If she had scooped some and placed them in spiritual spring water, would the quality be better? Pearls would have been sold at a high price in later generations.
Shen Yuesheng quickly collected her thoughts and told a few people about her plan.
"I plan to make necklaces and bracelets for grandma, mom, and eldest sister-in-law with these small beads. I will give the big beads to my eldest brother, one to my second brother, one to my third brother, one to my parents, two to my grandparents, and I will give them to you second and third brothers when they get married.
And the same goes for the Gu family. ”
After Shen Yuesheng finished speaking, he looked at the people around him and said, "How about it, do you agree?"
"Shengbao, this is the river clam you found yourself. We just opened it for you. You can keep it for yourself. You don't have to share it with us."
Shen Xuanwen spoke first.
Ji Qingran also nodded at the side: "Yeah, yeah!"
"Yes, Shengbao, you don't have to give it to me."
Shen Xuanwu agreed first.
"You can arrange it." Gu Ye looked at Shen Yuesheng lovingly.
"Since you all say it's mine, you can't disagree with my arrangement."
There was nothing they could do, so they could only let Shen Yuesheng make his arrangements.
“So that’s what it’s decided.”
Shen Yuesheng distributed the things to a few people and put away the rest.
Then I went to look at the tea leaves.
Zhang Cuihua had also finished frying hers, and Grandpa Gu hurriedly prepared to make a pot of soup.
As soon as Shen Yuesheng came in, he saw Mr. Gu looking anxious.
"Grandpa, I'll make you some tea."
"Okay, then I'd like to see Miss Sheng's cooking skills." Old Master Gu said cheerfully.
When Shen Yuesheng and the others came back, they brought back tea sets.
So Shen Yuesheng took out the tea set, quietly boiled the spiritual spring water, and then started to make tea.
Old Man Gu watched from the side. Every move of Shen Yuesheng was smooth and flowing, which was very entertaining to watch.
She looks just like the ladies from ancient times.
Old Master Gu stroked the non-existent beard on his chin and nodded secretly.
After a while, a cup of fragrant tea was ready.
"Grandpa, please."
"Let me try it." Mr. Gu was not in a hurry to taste the tea. He picked it up, put it to the tip of his nose to smell it, and then took a small sip.
Savor it carefully.
Shen Yuesheng watched Old Man Gu close his eyes and savour the wine, then he served a few cups to the family members to taste.
Zhang Cuihua and Shen Aiguo were both rough people who did not know how to appreciate tea. They just drank it in one gulp after letting it cool down.
"Shengbao, this tea tastes great, not astringent at all." This is all Zhang Cuihua could taste.
"Not bad, it quenches your thirst." Shen Aiguo still shocked everyone as soon as he said it.
Gu Ye also drank it, and there was a flash of something different in his eyes.
Shen Xuanwen didn't know why, but he also tasted the tea seriously.
Shen Yuesheng finally poured herself a cup. She took a sip and her eyes narrowed. Well, she couldn't tell whether it was good tea or not.
Ha ha ha ha! But she had to pretend so that everyone would think she could.
Commonly known as pretending to be cool.
Old Master Gu also came out with a teacup and sat in the yard: "Sheng girl, this is good tea, better than the one I have in my collection. If this can be grown in large quantities, it will definitely be sought after by hundreds of families."
When Shen Yuesheng heard what Mr. Gu said, he became even more determined to buy the back mountain.
The whole family drank the tea in their hands leisurely. Those who knew how to drink and those who didn't, all sat together, and there was no sense of incongruity.
We ate last night’s leftovers in the evening. They were all good food, and Mr. Gu and the other two didn’t mind.
After the meal, I also had some fruit, peaches picked from the vegetable garden, which tasted very good.
Then the elders in the family began to discuss Shen Yuesheng and Gu Ye’s wedding banquet.
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