Chapter 39: The Pearl

Jiang Tangtang returned to the donkey cart with rice in a bamboo tube.

  Although they had already had dinner, Jiang Tangtang planned to have a barbecue after catching so many river mussels during the day.

  So after He Qiuniang and Hu Dangui had eaten, they took the tools and continued to open river clams.

  Jiang Tangtang saw that He Hu was still beside He Qiuniang to help him at such a young age, so he gave the rice in a bamboo tube to He Hu.

  This bamboo tube rice is made with glutinous rice and sausages. Actually, we don't make much of it, so we don't have a few servants.

  He Hu took the rice in the bamboo tube and hurriedly thanked Jiang Tangtang.

  Jiang Tangtang was satisfied, this was the attitude he should have when eating her food!

  How could those people in the second room of the Lu family just eat her food for free and scold her, but she wouldn't give it to them.

  "Uh, what is this?" Jiang Tangtang was about to leave when He Qiuniang suddenly raised the clam shell in her hand and said.

  Jiang Tangtang was attracted by her voice, tilted her head to look, and said happily: "This is a pearl!"

  "Pearl?" He Qiuniang had heard of pearls before, and knew that many ladies from wealthy families in the county used pearls to make jewelry. It's very expensive, but I never knew that pearls grow in clam shells.

  After realizing what a precious thing she was holding in her hand, He Qiuniang was also excited and hurriedly handed the pearl to Jiang Tangtang.

  "Since you discovered it, this pearl belongs to you!" Jiang Tangtang, who had seen artificially cultured pearls in modern times, didn't care about this unusual-shaped pearl that was not very smooth, but he had the idea of ​​​​the river clam. .

  Ordinary river mussels do not produce pearls.

  According to her observation, the river mussel in He Qiuniang's hand is the spinel clam. In modern times, this kind of river mussel is mostly used in freshwater cultured pearls.

  He Qiuniang didn't expect that Jiang Tangtang would let her keep such a precious thing. She subconsciously declined: "How can that be done! This is against the rules!" "

  If this is against the rules, treat it as a reward from me. Put it away!" Jiang Tangtang said: "When you settle down, I will make you a piece of jewelry when I have free time." "

  Thank you, madam! You are such a good person!" He Qiuniang carefully put the pearl away and knelt on the ground to give it to Jiang Tangtang. Kowtow to express thanks.

  "No thanks, get up quickly!" Jiang Tangtang said: "Take a good look at what this river mussel looks like, and pay attention when you open the shell later. If it looks like this river mussel, don't open it yet. Leave me alone."

  Hearing that Jiang Tangtang was selling pearls, the prisoners who had followed him to pick up mussels during the day all checked the mussels in their hands.

  Mrs. Chen was also checking the river mussel in her hand. However, after a lot of work, I didn't find a single pearl, but I opened all the river mussels that I had saved for breakfast the next day.

  Mrs. Chen was unwilling to say: "Why can they get the pearls out, but we can't? Could it be that the clam shell they got the pearls from happened to be the one Brother Han sent over?"

  Lu Zhiyi was about to retaliate to Jiang Tangtang. He wanted to steal her bamboo tube rice, and immediately said: "Mom, I'll go over and take a look."

  After saying that, he walked towards the resting place of the Lu family's main room.

  Seeing Lu Shiyan, Lu Zhiyi immediately sniffed, covered half of his face, lowered his head, and said aggrievedly: "Cousin, I'm sorry, I thought the food in Brother Han's hand was given by my grandmother. I don't know if my cousin has it." I agree. If I knew my cousin-in-law disagreed, I wouldn't eat it. I won't eat it again next time, I'm sorry..."

  Lu Shiyan said expressionlessly: "That was not meant for you to eat. You know you are wrong. Okay."

  Lu Zhiyi raised his head in surprise and looked at Lu Shiyan in disbelief.

  Isn't my cousin the most disciplined?

  At this time, shouldn't he scold Jiang for being ignorant and beating her just for a mere bite of food?

  Why is it different from what she thought.

  Jiang Tangtang, who was standing aside and watching the excitement, couldn't hold back and burst out laughing.

  Damn green tea, I still wanted to tea her and go to Lu Shiyan to sue her. I didn't expect that Lu Shiyan, a straight man, didn't play according to the routine at all.

  This is so cool!

  Hearing Jiang Tangtang's laughter, Lu Zhiyi almost couldn't hold it back and went up to fight Jiang Tangtang directly.    

  She finally suppressed the anger in her heart and said to Jiang Tangtang: "Sister-in-law, I know you don't like me! But don't worry, since the river mussel is given to you, it belongs to you. The pearls that come out of it are also yours. I'll give it to you. I won't ask you to take it back. Can you please don't do this to me?"

  Jiang Tangtang sneered and said to Hu Yan beside him: "Go and pick up the mussel that Brother Han just brought over and give it back to her. !"

  The river mussels in the second room were full of mud, and there was no sand to remove the smell. How could she eat them?

  Moreover, brothers Lu Shiyan and Lu Shili picked up so many river mussels that they couldn't even finish their own, so there was no shortage of her three or five river mussels.

  After Hu Yan brought the mussels over, Jiang Tangtang threw them at her feet and said, "See, these are the mussels you sent over. We haven't touched them yet. Don't see our mussels coming out." Pearl, let's just say it's yours. You really want to take advantage of everything. You're shameless. Get out of here with your clams!"

  "That's not what I meant!" Lu Zhiyi looked at Lu Shiyan with an aggrieved look on his face and said, "First cousin , I really didn't mean that, the lobby sister-in-law misunderstood me."

  Lu Shiyan still had a cold face, "I have ears, you don't need to explain. Jiang is right, we have never touched your river mussels. , take it back quickly! Go back and take a closer look to see if you can get any pearls."

  After saying that, Lu Shiyan ignored her and turned around to feed the donkey.

  Jiang Tangtang didn't bother to pay attention to her.

  She set up a barbecue, placed the battered mussels one by one on the red charcoal fire, and then brushed them with various barbecue seasonings.

  An alluring aroma suddenly floated on the simple barbecue grill.

  Lu Zhiyi couldn't help but swallowed a handful of saliva. His feet felt like they were rooted and he couldn't walk.

  She walked over and said, "Sister-in-law, please use your fire to roast our clams!"

  "No time!" Jiang Tangtang rolled his eyes and refused unceremoniously: "I want to roast myself." Bake it."

  Lu Zhiyi glared at Jiang Tangtang hatefully, opening her mouth to call him ugly, but as she got closer, she suddenly realized that Jiang Tangtang was completely different from what she remembered.

  Her face is much whiter, with no spots at all, and she has lost a lot of weight.

  Although she still doesn't look beautiful now, as long as she loses weight, her appearance will definitely be good.

  This is really unfair!

  Everyone's skin was tanned and stained, and it became more and more ugly, but she was better, and she looked better.

  Being exiled as a co-author is not a hardship for her, but an opportunity to change herself?

  Lu Zhiyi was full of sourness and could barely hold back his anger and said: "I can't write two characters for "LU" in one stroke. Even if we are separated, we are still the closest people in the world. When we

  get to the exile in the future, we will still support each other!" Why is the lobby sister-in-law so mean? Besides, I produce the mussels myself, so I don't take advantage of you."

  "Bah!" Jiang Tangtang said, "Who is talking to you, a Green Tea family with thicker skin than the city wall? Stop talking!"

  Lu Zhiyi He still wanted to pester him, but he was quickly driven away by the official who smelled the fragrance.

  That night, Jiang Tangtang set up a barbecue stall for an hour and grilled all the mussel meat served by He Qiuniang.

  Of course, it was not in vain that she had worked hard for an hour to prepare her own barbecue ingredients.

  After the barbecue was finished, Liang Jiamin offered to lend her half a donkey cart to put her things in, and promised to allow her to buy another carriage when she got to the next town.

  In addition, several officials gave her the rabbit skins collected on the road, and kindly reminded her: "Although it usually doesn't snow in Yazhou in winter, it is quite cold when there is strong wind. I will wait until you arrive in Yazhou. It's the coldest time of the year, so we still need to buy some things, especially for a few children."

  Jiang Tangtang thanked several officials for their kindness and put away all the rabbit skins.