Return to the small fishing village of 1982

Lin Xiuqing also knelt down and watched. She stared at it for a long time before speaking out: "Will the snail meat escape just like this? How long will it be hung? If I had known, I would have borrowed the scale as well, so I could weigh the snail." .”

"It's okay. It doesn't matter if you weigh it or not. The most important thing is whether there is a baby? This coconut snail only weighs 3-4 pounds. Hang it up for a while!"

She had no choice but to wait patiently, wondering what kind of treasure was inside this snail? Her man is actually mysterious?

Ye Yaodong lowered the weighing hook. After a while, the shell of the coconut snail fell off and fell on the beach, and the snail flesh hung tightly on the weighing hook.

But at this time, who cares whether the snail meat is big or not? No, the moment Lin Xiuqing dropped the coconut snail shell on the beach, she immediately picked it up with bright eyes, then opened and closed her eyes to look at the spiral part.

Ye Yaodong also asked nervously: "Is there anything inside?"

"Orange! There's really something in there!"

Lin Xiuqing's eyes widened and she was also very surprised. When she first saw the waves coming up, she thought they were just shells without flesh.

"Fuck!"

He was instantly excited, took the conch shell in her hand and tipped it over, and a round, orange-red bead glowing with ceramic light fell directly onto his hand!

"Hahahaha~ I'm getting rich~"

Lin Xiuqing looked at his happy expression and knew that it must be very valuable. She asked in surprise, "What kind of bead is this! Why haven't I seen it before?"

Ye Yaodong held up the beads and smiled so hard that the corners of his mouth almost reached behind his ears, "Mile beads! Have you heard of it? This snail has a chance of one in a thousand that it can produce mele beads."

"What is Melo Pearl? Is it also a type of pearl?"

"It's more valuable than pearls. If beads come out of this coconut snail, they are called Merlot beads. They can also be called "dragon beads" or "flame beads." The colors include orange, orange, yellow, and nearly white. Some Merlot There are also flame patterns on the beads, and their shapes include irregular, elliptical and round shapes, among which the round shape is the most valuable.”

"Our bead has flame patterns on it!"

"Yes," Ye Yaodong narrowed his eyes with a smile, "This is a top-quality Merlot bead. It looks bigger than a two-cent coin!"

The diameter of a two-cent coin in this era should be about 21 millimeters. From his visual inspection, it was larger than a two-cent coin and a little smaller than a five-cent coin. It might be about the same. The diameter of a five-cent coin is 24 millimeters.

Really made a fortune!

Lin Xiuqing was overjoyed, "Let's compare the coins when we get back. We really got it right today!"

This is the second time she has said this, which shows how happy she is.

He said proudly, "Now you know you were right to listen to me!"

"Yes, yes, you are the only one who comes to the beach during a typhoon. Who in the village dares to not be afraid of being swept away by the waves!"

"They are cowards. Typhoon geniuses have surprises. As long as there are big waves, the beach will be more productive than when the tide is high."

"Then how much can these beads be sold for? Where should we sell these beads?"

Uh... This question also puzzled him a bit. He really didn't know how much the beads were worth at this time...

Influenced by my country's traditional dragon culture, the collecting community has always regarded Melo beads as "dragon beads", which have been endowed with sacred symbolic meaning and are also rare royal jewelry.

From what he heard in later generations, this was always priced at tens of thousands of dollars, but now, he is not sure. After all, the productivity is backward and the people's food and clothing problem has just been solved.

He frowned, "I only know that this bead is very expensive. I can't say how much it can be sold for. The jewelry stores in our town and county certainly can't estimate it. Even if they can estimate it, they certainly won't be able to give a high price. The market Here... I don’t feel like I’m doing well, I might have to go to the provincial capital!”

"Ah? Are you going to the provincial capital? So far?" Lin Xiuqing was dumbfounded when she heard this. Is this bead so amazing?

Ye Yaodong also felt that it was a bit troublesome. After thinking about it, he said in a negotiating tone: "We are not very short of money now and our life is pretty good. Or we can keep this bead and this luck? How should we say this? It’s also a “Dragon Pearl”, and if it stays with us, it might also bless our family with smooth sailing and good fortune!”

Lin Xiuqing thought about it and felt it made sense. They could still live a decent life now. If it was really worth so much, if they sold it to their relatives and friends, they would definitely have a bunch of aunts and uncles taking turns coming to borrow money, and they wouldn't be able to live in peace. .

In their rural area, half the village is full of relatives and friends. When the time comes that the children have no money to go to school and the family members have no money to pay for medical treatment, will you borrow it?

Don’t lend... say you have no conscience, they are all relatives and friends, they are in trouble, and you don’t lend a hand even if you get rich.

Borrow it... people may not feel grateful, and those who didn't borrow it will still have complaints in their hearts...

You make yourself no longer a human being inside and out! Xinbiquge

It's better to cover your hands first. It's a "dragon ball" after all. You can keep it to bless your family. If your family is really in trouble and you can't survive, it's not too late to exchange it for money.

And...she secretly glanced at her man. What if he became worse and more lazy than before when he became rich?

Men become bad when they are rich. She has heard too much gossip. He has finally seemed to be getting better these days, but it is better not to sell it.

In just a short while, Lin Xiuqing's mind was spinning a thousand times and thinking a lot.

"Yeah!" She nodded, "What you said makes sense. We are living a good life now. We are lucky to find this "Dragon Pearl". Let's keep our luck and wish our family a smooth sailing and many harvests. .”

"As long as we know about this bead, don't tell anyone else."

"I know!"

Ye Yaodong handed the Melo Bead to her, "Just keep it and lock it after you get it home."

Lin Xiuqing took the bead with a gentle smile on her face. He handed over such a valuable thing to her for safekeeping without hesitation, which gave her a sense of satisfaction that she was trusted and couldn't help but take another look at him.

"What are you doing? Suddenly you think your man is handsome, right?"

She smiled and pushed him, "Stop talking so much, go look around again and see if you can gain anything else?"

Ye Yaodong was pushed by her and sat down on the beach. He was not annoyed. He stood up and followed her with a smile, "You got a rare jewel, don't you want to reward me?"

Lin Xiuqing glanced at him sideways, "We are one husband and wife, what's wrong with me keeping it? Besides, you seem to have forgotten that I picked up this conch... Ah, by the way, don't forget to take this coconut conch shell, keep it." As a souvenir.”

"I picked it up and threw the shell into the sack. The meat is still hanging on the scale. You can hold it with the scale. You can take it back and fry it at night. Extra food and luck."

"Um."

He shamelessly approached her again, "Since you picked up the conch, how about I reward you?"

"No, I refuse. I'm more realistic. Just reward me with more seafood."

"If you don't tell me, I will work hard to find some seafood. This cannot be regarded as a reward... Come, I will give you my reward..."

"Go away...Are you annoyed..."