Catch the sea: start with a sand shovel and take over the entire beach

After returning home, Zhao Qin took a look at the sky. Although it was already past six o'clock, the sun was still high, and it was estimated that it might not get completely dark at eight o'clock.

The wind had gotten stronger now, and it was quite cool to walk on.

As soon as I returned to my eldest brother's house, I heard Lin's second daughter-in-law standing at the doorway from the living room to the backyard, leaning against the door and chatting with her sister-in-law.

"Hey, you guys really gained a lot from this trip."

"It's just my luck today that I came across an oyster nest." Xia Rong regretted a little. He just wanted to keep the front and back doors open for ventilation and coolness, so he left them open. There was someone here who knew him.

"It's such a waste to open it. If it were sold, it would be worth one or two thousand."

"Aqin said he boiled the oyster sauce and dried the rest for later use."

"Hey, if you keep so much to eat, it will be a waste of money. Ah Qin is fooling around, and you brothers and sisters-in-law won't stop him." After Lin's second daughter-in-law finished speaking, she saw Zhao Qin standing next to her and laughed sarcastically. Said: "Aqin is back."

"Sister-in-law Lin, if you have nothing to do, just help me drive together."

"I have something to do. There's still rice burning in the stove at home, so I'll leave first." After that, he turned around and left.

Zhao Qin didn't care. He moved a bench and sat on it and said, "Not one?"

"There are not so many. Do you regret it? I regret that it's too late to sell the rest." Naturally, the only one who can talk to him like this here is his eldest brother.

"Let's keep it open and I'll help you."

"Aqin, don't do it if your hands are not good enough. Don't poke it again accidentally."

"It's okay, sister-in-law, I'll be careful and take my time."

Zhao Qin stepped on one with his foot, took out the oyster knife with his left hand, and slowly pried it in. Zhao Ping took a look and felt that he was blind, so he simply opened the oysters honestly and ignored him.

I finally opened one, touched the oyster meat carefully, and then sighed.

"You are my biological brother. You really think you are Mazu's biological grandson. Just open one." Hearing him sigh, Zhao Ping couldn't help but make a sarcastic comment.

Zhao Qin raised his hand and fanned his ears, ignoring the sound, then picked up the second one and started playing with it.

This one was even more painful to open, breaking a piece of the shell. The oyster still didn't let go. He finally inserted the knife and cut off the shell pillars. He was already sweating from exhaustion, and he was thinking about this again. , he stopped.

As soon as his hand touched the oyster meat, his eyes suddenly lit up, and then he squeezed out a bead from inside and laughed: "Brother, I really doubt whether we are brothers."

Zhao Pingchu immediately became angry when he heard this, and was about to raise his hand to hit him, but when he saw an extra bead in his hand, his face immediately turned from anger to joy, "Oh, you really shot one."

He leaned over and took a quick look, and immediately exclaimed: "Oh my God, it's still golden, and the diameter is the same as the previous one."

"Golden one?" The old lady was also surprised. Zhao Qin handed it to her. She took a look and said, "The quality is very good. This one is definitely not cheap."

Xia Rong didn't mind the dirt and wiped it directly on his clothes. Under the light of the setting sun, the refracted golden light even dazzled the eyes. If you look closely, it still retains its oily luster. The overall shape can almost be regarded as a perfect circle. It can't be seen. to flaws.

This bead was passed around in everyone's hands, and Miaomiao, who was sitting in a walker next to her, also slid closer and reached out for it.

"Hey, I started to like it at such a young age. Don't worry, my uncle will give you a few when you grow up." Zhao Qin wanted to reach out and pinch the little girl's fat face, but the little girl's head moved around to avoid his hand.

"I can't give you this, you have to stuff it into your stomach." Xia Rong smiled, then seemed to remember something, stood up and closed the front and back doors.

Afraid that everyone would be hot, he brought a fan from the house to blow on everyone, and took a small jar and put the pearls in, "Let's see how many can be turned on today?"

This one was opened right in front of everyone's eyes, which would double her confidence.

Zhao Qin didn't open it again. It was really inconvenient and he had to keep a good hand to eat.

Miraculously, the pearl he opened was like the key to Pandora's Box. After a while, the old lady also opened one. It was larger than the previous two, but it was not a perfect circle, but rather oval and shiny. The degree is equally excellent.

Next, from time to time, you can hear muffled shouts of surprise, and then there is the tinkling sound of pearls falling into the small jar.

"Oh, Ah Qin is lucky. We should keep our mouths shut about his decisions from now on." The old lady was so happy that she couldn't see her eyes. She has seven or eight pills on sale right now. I don't know how much they can be sold for, but It should be worth more than these oysters.

"Old lady, I was short-sighted before and only thought that I would not lose money if I sold it. Looking at it now, if I really sell it, I will really lose a lot." Xia Rong is also good-tempered and proactively admitted that he had just No.

"I just feel that the price is too low and it's not worth it. I happened to get one on a boat before and just opened it all. It seems like I made the right bet."

As he spoke, he put a cigarette into Ah He and his eldest brother's mouths, helped them light it, and brought in the kettle to refill everyone's water. He couldn't open oysters and could only help with logistics.

Watching the sun set, it was only half open. It seemed that it would be open until eight or nine o'clock tonight, and Zhao Qin's stomach made an inappropriate noise.

"Arong, please stop and cook first. I'm hungry, and the children must be hungry too." Zhao Ping seemed to hear his brother's stomach protesting, so he asked his wife to start cooking.

Xia Rong put down the knife with some unfinished thoughts, glanced at the sky, nodded and said to Grandma Ahe: "Old lady, I'll cook more rice, you can just deal with it here."

"I have to trouble you again. I'll ask Ah He to send some rice over tomorrow. I'll be at your house during this period..."

"Grandma, you're out of sight now. You're helping us. It's not your job to be in charge of the food."

Zhao Qin said something to the old lady, and then said to his sister-in-law who got up and walked to the kitchen: "Sister-in-law, just stir-fry some vegetables and make soup, and I will bring you two plates of braised vegetables. Just pick some fatter oysters to steam." ”

After that, he walked out the door.

When we arrived at Lao Zhang's house, we rounded up all the food that the other party planned to keep for himself. He also asked Lao Zhang to fill half a bag of brine for soaking oysters later. I think it tastes good.

When he got home, after his sister-in-law steamed the oysters, he poured them directly into the brine and soaked them. At this time, he also changed his mind.

"Brother, let the kids eat first. We'll eat after we finish our work. We're a little tired. Let's have two drinks in the evening."

Originally, Zhao Ping was still a little hungry and wanted to eat before doing it. When he heard that he wanted to drink, he decisively agreed to his brother's suggestion.

After working for more than an hour, only the last bit was left. The old lady said to Zhao Qin: "Aqin, pour it out and count it. How many are there?"

Zhao Qin was about to count when Ah He on the side said in surprise: "Brother, my color looks good too."

He turned around and found Ahe holding a dark bead in his hand. He took it and looked closely, and found that it was brown with natural lines on it, "Brother, why are these oyster beads different?"

Zhao Ping took it, looked at it and shook his head: "I don't know, this one is pretty good too. It's probably not as valuable as your golden one, but it's definitely better than the white one."