Wu An was taken aback.
What is that?
Ambergris?
He looked at the somewhat agitated Old Fu and asked, "Old Fu, are you saying that what those two sea turtles spat out was ambergris, the legendary spice that's more expensive than gold?"
Old Fu nodded.
Old Fu carefully picked up a small piece. Seeing his serious expression, Wu An also came over to look. To him, it looked like a grayish-white stone.
But it's not stone; its surface is very rough.
Old Fu leaned closer to smell it, then coughed twice: "It smells a bit fishy."
Wu An also took a sniff and nodded with a look of disgust: "Yeah, this looks like marine debris. It's probably some kind of plastic that got contaminated and became like this after being soaked in seawater."
"Could this be ambergris?"
"Old Fu, you've been fooled."
Old Fu's expression grew increasingly serious as he said, "Touch it and see."
Wu An hesitated for a moment before accepting the "ambergris." He held it in his hand for a moment; it wasn't heavy, and its texture was quite unique, resembling wax but not quite, with a soft and smooth feel.
He said with a hint of surprise and uncertainty, "It seems a bit special."
Looking at the ambergris in his palm, he felt a mix of trepidation and curiosity. If it really was ambergris, then the two little sea turtles bumping their heads at him were actually trying to give him the ambergris.
Old Fu said, "I saw someone on the internet before who looked very similar to this. I wouldn't say it's 100%, but it's at least 80 or 90 percent similar."
He was also plagued by anxieties and uncertainties.
They're afraid they might misjudge the situation, otherwise everyone would just be disappointed.
Wu An shrugged: "Go back and find a professional to take a look."
Ambergris is valuable.
But he wasn't someone who hadn't seen a lot of money before. He was an elite young man who could easily earn hundreds of thousands a day, so he wouldn't be so easily swayed by two pieces of ambergris that were no bigger than a child's fist.
It's about the same size as the ambergris incense sticks that Ah Qing's head is.
Aqing and Meiwu also came over to look. Wu An gave each of them a piece, letting them hold it in their hands and play with it. The two were very curious: "Old Fu, is this ambergris? It looks almost like a piece of plastic, and it's about the same weight as plastic."
Mei Wu said, "I actually know about this. Ambergris is actually a kind of excrement secreted by sperm whales."
"I heard that this is worth a thousand yuan per gram, which is much more expensive than gold, which is only two or three hundred yuan per gram."
Old Fu laughed and said, "It's not that exaggerated."
"But it's true that it's more expensive than gold."
"Anyway, it's good stuff."
Mei Wu questioned, "That's not right. I've seen photos in the news, and those were blackish-gray. This one looks quite white. It doesn't seem like it."
Old Fu said, "They are all the same, but the colors are different and the quality is also different."
Mei Wu suddenly realized, weighed it in his hand, and said happily, "This must weigh several tens of grams. If it's really ambergris, it's worth tens of thousands of yuan."
Aqing asked, "Why spend so much money on this thing? What's the use of it?"
Old Fu said, "This... spices, I don't know much about them."
Mei Wu also said, "I've seen the reports online, but I've forgotten exactly what it's used for."
He was only focused on the price at the time.
He was thinking that if he could find a piece of ambergris on the beach, he would be rich. Unexpectedly, he now has a piece that looks like ambergris in his hand.
Wu An said, "It's a traditional Chinese medicine. Our ancestors discovered it, and now it's used to make perfume."
He knew all this.
It was because he had read a lot of novels about beachcombing in his previous life, and for a while he was quite fascinated by it. After all, he came from a fishing village by the sea and fantasized about getting rich overnight and returning home in glory.
My fantasy didn't come true, but I was reborn.
Getting rich overnight is impossible, but you can make money slowly.
Old Fu ran into the boat awning and found a hand-held steelyard, the kind of weighing tool with a pole and a hook at the end for hanging a weight.
These things are rarely seen nowadays.
"Why is there this on the ship?"
“I use it occasionally, and I just leave it on the boat.” Old Fu likes to buy things to make liquor and he trades at the dock. He weighed the ambergris, and the two pieces together weighed 149 grams.
Wu An's eyes lit up: "If this really is ambergris, wouldn't it be worth hundreds of thousands?"
Old Fu nodded with a smile.
Wu An was overjoyed to receive this unexpected windfall, which could be described as "good deeds being rewarded." He had never expected anything in return when he helped the sea turtle deal with the barnacles.
But look, the sea turtle is grateful. It helped him navigate when they encountered storms, and now it's bringing him ambergris.
This made him quite embarrassed.
He thought to himself, "If possible, I'll send more."
It wasn't that he was greedy; he just couldn't help but overthink.
You should know that all the seafood on this ship is not as valuable as these two small pieces of ambergris.
Who could remain unmoved?
No wonder ambergris is said to be a treasure of the sea.
That's absolutely true.
The premise is that these two items are indeed ambergris; otherwise, it's all just wishful thinking.
Old Fu told Wu An to put away the ambergris, then said seriously, "A Qing, A Wu, you two keep your mouths shut and don't reveal anything."
Aqing nodded.
Mei Wu said, "Reveal what? I don't know anything."
Old Fu smiled and nodded at him.
When Wu An came out, Old Fu asked, "Is it all set up?"
Wu An nodded: "I found a box."
"Don't worry, as long as we don't tell anyone, no one will know."
"Moreover, I hid the box inside the box. Unless a thief really comes to our ship, the ambergris will not be lost."
He wondered to himself whether it was ambergris.
Old Fu said, "Okay, okay, that's good."
Although it hasn't been completely confirmed, he already felt that it was ambergris. Those two pieces were worth hundreds of thousands, so he couldn't afford to be careless. If word got out, he was sure a third hand would get onto the ship.
At this time.
As the Fan family's fishing boat approached, Fan Dali's cheerful voice came through the walkie-talkie: "Ah An, following you was definitely the right decision. After all these years of going to sea with my father, this is the first time I've ever felt like I'm picking up money at sea."
On the side.
When Old Man Fan heard his eldest son complaining about him, he wasn't annoyed at all. Instead, he chuckled. He was overjoyed that he had caught so many large squid today, which would fetch a good amount of money. He wouldn't get angry even if his eldest son scolded him.
He was quite proud of himself, saying, "That's because I insisted on following Wu An back then; otherwise, I wouldn't have the opportunity to make money now."
Fan Xiaozhu couldn't help but purse his lips as he listened.
He had a feeling that his father would say that phrase his whole life.
Wu An laughed and said, "Congratulations, congratulations, you've struck it rich!"
Fan Dali: "Let's get rich together, let's get rich together."
Wu An asked, "Oh, by the way, did you hurt the sea turtle?"
Fan Dali asked in surprise, "What sea turtle? I didn't find any sea turtles. You even caught one?"
Wu An suddenly realized.
It seems that the reason they caught the sea turtle was because the sea turtle was friendly with them.
Therefore, naturally, Fan Dali and his group would not be able to obtain the ambergris.
He smiled and said, "Yes, we caught a lot. Almost every net had a sea turtle, and we released them all after we caught them."
"Old Fu said the giant squid swarm was driven to the surface by sea turtles."
"Alright, enough chit-chat, let's hurry to Cliff Island."
Leaving the cliff island, the chance encounter with a group of giant squid and sea turtles was purely an unexpected bonus; his main purpose was still to get the "fish" to bite the bait.
Time to go back and reel in the line.
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