Chapter 50 What is a Pearl?

Luo Yiniu held his breath and tiptoed to the big rock that Xingxing pointed to.

His friends were also a little nervous about Luo Qiniu, so they huddled together.

Luo Yiniu slowly lifted up the stone that Xingxing had picked up.

There was nothing below except a few mossy stones.

There weren't even any crabs the size of a fingernail.

Although Luo Yiniu was a little disappointed, he was not too disappointed.

After all, they had been turning over rocks for so long but hadn't seen any big crabs.

Xingxing is just a cute three-year-old girl. If it were really so effective, she should have been enshrined in a temple long ago!

Luo Yiniu didn't say anything, but his friends started to murmur:

"My grandmother heard from someone that this little girl picked a valuable heart-burning grass and sold it for four taels of silver! These days, she has been running to the mountains with others to look for that heart-burning grass..."

"My mother also heard about it and went to look for it! There is nothing in the mountains!"

"I guess it was just a coincidence!"

Several people were muttering to each other. Xing Xing looked at Luo Qiniu with embarrassment, but before he could say anything, Luo Qiniu had already thrown out a string of comforting words: "It's okay! We are just looking for fun! It doesn't matter if we can't find it! It's really nothing!"

After saying this, he was afraid that Xing Xing would be embarrassed, so he dragged all his friends away.

Xingxing tilted her head.

Although she felt that this brother from the Luo family was a little weird, she could feel his kindness towards her.

What a good person!

Gui Ge'er looked at the backs of Luo Yiniu and the others and said, "I think there's something wrong with their brains."

Liu Ge'er still held the bighead carp tightly and said, "Don't worry about them. Let's go home and raise the fish."

Guiger and Xingxing nodded repeatedly.

When Xingxing was about to leave, something suddenly flashed in the corner of her eye under the sunlight.

She turned her head curiously, but saw that under the stone that had just been lifted up, there seemed to be something pressed by layers of rubble, with a corner exposed.

"Third brother, wait for me." Xingxing shouted hurriedly, squatted down, and used her little hands to move the stones by the stream.

Gui Ge'er also hurried over to help.

The brother and sister worked together to move a few stones, and unexpectedly dug out a river clam the size of a palm!

"Wow, it's so big!" Xingxing was a little surprised. She turned it over and over again, treating it as a novel toy.

"When the time comes, keep this with the fish and put it in the soup. The soup will be very delicious." Liu Ge'er said, "Let's go home."

Xingxing nodded repeatedly, holding her big river clam in her hands, and happily followed her brothers home.

…

In the Yu family courtyard.

After Su Rouer calmed down, she went back to the house to sew the soles of her shoes.

Her needlework was average, but she was quite good at making shoes.

Previously, she had looked down on her elder and younger sisters-in-law who were doing needlework to supplement the family income. But now it was different, she also wanted to earn some money through her own labor.

Ju Ge'er was a little worried about his mother, so he took a small slingshot made for him by his fourth uncle in the yard, drew a circle on the ground, and shot it with pebbles for fun.

Liu Ge'er walked into the house carrying the big fish. Ju Ge'er happened to be picking up pebbles. When he looked up, he saw his third brother holding a huge fish in his arms!

Brother Ju was dumbfounded!

First, he felt a little regretful. It must have been fun to catch such a big fish! He missed it!

But then I felt excited again. It was such a big fish, and I could eat fish again!

Gui Ge'er boasted a little: "How is it? Awesome, right? Xing Xing found it, and my third brother and I caught it!"

Ju Geer nodded his head and said, "Take me with you next time!"

"No problem!" Gui Ge'er responded immediately, and then shouted towards the house, "Mom, grandma, come out and take a look! We caught a big fish!"

When Mrs. Wei and Bai Xiaofeng heard the noise, they came out and saw Liu Ge'er holding a huge bighead carp in his arms. They were both stunned!

Bai Xiaofeng came back to his senses and was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.

Oh, her two brothers are really capable!

"Mom, do you have a big basin at home?" Liu Ge'er had been holding the fish for a long time, and his hands were sore. "Put the fish in the basin and keep it for two days. When my aunt and the others come back, we can make fish soup."

Bai Xiaofeng nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, wait, I'll go to the kitchen to get the basin."

As soon as this half-dead bighead carp was put into the basin, it quickly regained its vitality and swam two circles in the basin, swinging its tail.

The children were relieved.

Mrs. Wei was so happy that she didn't know what to say: "Where did you catch such a big fish?"

Gui Ge'er chattered, "It was in that creek! We tried for a long time but couldn't catch any. Then Xing Xing found that the stupid bighead carp had crashed into that hole and got stuck. My third brother and I quickly caught it."

Is this still possible?

Bai Xiaofeng listened and enjoyed it!

"Our Xingxing is really a little lucky star!" Bai Xiaofeng couldn't help but sigh.

Xingxing was a little shy, and she held up the big river clam in her hand to show it to Grandma Wei and Bai Xiaofeng: "Grandma, Second Auntie, look, Xingxing also found this!"

"Oh, our Xingxing is so amazing! What a big river clam!" Mrs. Wei hugged Xingxing and gave her a kiss on her little face.

Xingxing smiled happily and shyly.

Ju Ge'er suddenly had an idea and came over to take a look: "Grandma, I heard that there are pearls in river clams. Is there any in this one?"

Mrs. Wei laughed and said, "Pearls are rare things. How can they be so easy to come across?"

"What are pearls?" Xingxing tilted her head and asked Ju Ge'er in confusion.

Ju Ge'er gestured, not knowing how to describe it to Xing Xing: "It's just a kind of small white beads!"

Liu Ge'er added: "The pearl is completely white, very rare and very beautiful. I heard before that someone found a pearl as big as a chicken's eye in a river clam and sold it for a lot of money... However, we usually don't get to see it."

Xing Xing was fascinated by what she heard. She put the big clam on the ground with great anticipation, picked up a thin branch and poked it left and right: "I wonder if there are pearls in it?"

Ju Ge'er and Xing Xing squatted together, acting like little adults: "Didn't you hear what Third Brother said? It's very rare. How can it be so easy to get pearls?"

"Oh." Xing Xing was still poking at the clam's shell, very curious. "I've never seen a pearl before!"

Mrs. Wei simply smiled and said, "I'll open it for you to have a look."

But the clam was quite large and its shell was tightly closed. Mrs. Wei pried it open for a long time before she could finally pry it open.

When the door was pried open, Mrs. Wei was stunned.

There is indeed a bulge where the shellfish meat is wrapped...

Could there really be pearls inside?

Mrs. Wei couldn't believe it, her hands were shaking slightly, and she almost dropped the knife to pry open the clams!