Chapter 29 Gifts from pearl pickers

As soon as the fish remembered the danger faced by the pearl picker, he understood the cause of death of the pearl picker who had died on the beach before. Presumably, he broke the rope that connected him with the ship because of some external factors. As soon as the rope was broken, he could only drift with the waves in the vast sea and was finally crushed by the sea. The internal organs and take life.

Thinking of the pearl picker who died on the beach, the fish subconsciously recalled what he said before his death - "If you don't accept it, you will only be robbed by those greedy officials!"

Yes, if there were not many corrupt officials forcing pearl pickers to go to the sea to pick pearls frequently, how could so many people have died in the sea? After all, no matter how much these pearl pickers like pearls, they will take care of their lives, not to mention that picking pearls can make fishermen living by the sea live for a long time...

Yuer knew that in the feudal era, almost all the seawater pearls in the North Sea were monopolized by the royal family, and all emperors would send officials to the Hepu area of Beihai to supervise the pearls. And due to the rampant mining of Nanzhu by feudal rulers, the natural seawater pearl resources in the North Sea have suffered serious damage. From the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, natural seawater pearls were almost extinct!

That is to say, the acquisition of each bead is obtained by the pearl pickers at the cost of their lives, and it is precisely because pearls are difficult to pick, which makes good pearls valuable, and sometimes it is even difficult to find a pearl! After all, those pearl pickers also rely on luck to go to the sea. If they don't have good luck to pick good pearls, they can't pick good pearls...

Thinking of this, the fish subconsciously remembered that the pearl picker forced her the kit. The kit fish had not had a chance to open it, but she had touched the kit before and felt that the head was like a small ball...

Things like small balls?

Isn't the pearl just round like a small ball?!

Isn't that a rare pearl in that kit?!

This guess made the fish's heartbeat suddenly accelerate a lot, and there was an uncontrollable excitement in his heart--if this bead is really valuable, it will not only be settled on Yang Silang's travel expenses for taking the imperial examination, the bride price and dowry of their brothers and sisters in the future, but also make the life of the Yang family. Improve immediately!

This beautiful idea makes the blood all over the fish boil uncontrollably...

"Sister, weren't you scared by the fourth brother's intelligence? Don't admire the fourth brother too much. Your fourth brother is the prodigy who can know astronomy and geography, which is rare in a hundred years!"

"Sister?! Sister, what are you in a daze?

It was not until Yang Silang called the fish several times in a row that the fish woke up from full of excitement. Unlike Yang Silang carrying it and directly left the sentence, "What you know is read from the book, there is nothing to be proud of." He hurriedly found the bamboo basket that had taken out and uncovered the cover on the bamboo basket. The blue flower cloth on it turned over for a while and then turned out the brocade bag that the pearl picker had stuffed over.

The fish put the kit on the table and said excitedly to Yang Dazhu and his wife, "Dad and mother, didn't I say that the pearl picker gave me a kit before he died? Look, that's it!"

Liu looked at the round kit with a doubtful face and asked, "What's in here?" Unexpectedly, the kit is round..."

"There was chaos on the beach before, and I didn't have a chance to open this kit, so I don't know what's in here," the fish said with a look of expectation and carefully said, "Mother, do you think there will be a big pearl of great value in this kit?"

As the fish said, he couldn't help stretching out his hand and carefully touched the round kit. His face was not only eager to open the kit, but also the hesitation of not daring to open the kit immediately, for fear that the things inside would disappoint him.

When Yuer said this, Liu and Yang Silang's eyes also lit up, and then fixed their eyes on the kit on the table. Liu also said in the same expectant but careful tone, "Look at the roundness of this kit, it is really possible that the price is as Amei said. The big pearl in value... Why don't we open the kit now?"

Hearing this, Yuer pressed his hand on the mouth of the kit. Because he expected too much, he was a little more than usual. He still asked hesitantly, "Mom, do you really open this kit now? In case..."

"What's the case? Sister, haven't you always been very cheerful? Why did you suddenly become such a mother-in-law today? Why don't you open a kit and see what's in it? Why do you and your mother look like this? Even if it's not a pearl, we won't lose anything, right?"

While talking, Yang Silang had reached out and grabbed the kit in the fish's hand and decisively pulled the mouth of the kit. As soon as the mouth was pulled open by Yang Silang, a round pearl with a faint white glow immediately rolled out of it! The pearl made the fish and others wide open their eyes, and their eyes were tightly attracted by the pearl as big as a green plum...

Even Yang Silang, who was a little disapproving before, was stunned when he saw the white and flawless pearl and said, "It really contains a pearl, and it's still such a big pearl!"

After the people in the cabin recovered from the shock brought by this pearl, Yang Dazhu took the lead in saying, "Sister, we need such a valuable thing. You should send it back to others quickly!"

"Yes, we can't do such a valuable thing!" Liu thought that there was at most a pearl the size of a small fruit core in the kit, but she didn't expect that a pearl the size of a green plum was poured out as soon as she opened the kit, which made her not think much at the moment and only told the fish according to Yang Dazhu's words.

But the fish looked embarrassed and said a little aggrievedly, "I didn't want this kit at that time. It was the pearl picker who forced me, and now the pearl picker has lost his breath. How can I return this pearl to him?"

As soon as the fish said, Yang Dazhu and his wife remembered the fact that they ignored it for a moment. Although this bead was given to the fish by the dying pearl picker, the so-called "no merit is not rewarded", so Yang Dazhu and his wife always felt that it was a little useless to take advantage of this pearl.

But this pearl can indeed change the current situation of the Yang family, and even this pearl can be used to settle the matter of Fang's family promotion! The entanglement of various factors made Yang Dazhu and his wife very conflicted. After looking at the big pearl on the table and the fish with aggrieved face, they couldn't speak for a long time...

Yang Silang, who was more alert, understood his parents' difficulties and took the initiative to say, "Father and mother, this pearl was not stolen or robbed by my sister. Our sister kindly saved the dying pearl picker and gave him a bowl of porridge. The pearl picker did not give this pearl for no reason. Sister, he wanted to repay her for saving her life to give her this pearl.

As soon as Yang Silang mentioned this matter, the fish was a little sad and whispered, "But I still couldn't save his life in the end..."

"It's not your fault. You have fed him porridge and called someone for him. You have tried your best," Yang Silang said while patting the fish on the shoulder to comfort her, and then continued, " Besides, didn't the pearl picker beg his sister to bury him well? It will cost a lot of money to bury him, right? We don't have extra money at the present, so don't we have to use the beads he gave to my sister?

After Yang Silang said this and several people thought about it carefully, they felt that although he said it bluntly, it was really reasonable--this will cost a lot of money to buy a pair of good coffins, hire someone to carry the coffin up the mountain, and then dig the earth to fill the pit, set up tombstones, etc.? If this bead is not pawned, the Yang family really can't afford so much money.

So the fish thought about it and decided to accept the kindness of the deceased pearl picker. After all, he is no longer there, and it is also a waste to return this bead to him. In addition, he really needs a sum of money for a good burial...

After made up his mind, the fish took the initiative and said, "Fourth brother is right. It will cost a lot of money for us to bury the poor pearl picker well. In addition, this is also a kindness before the pearl picker dies. Let's accept it! Anyway, this bead is not stolen or stolen by us. We just need to have a clear conscience.

Yuer's words immediately reached Liu's heart, which made her regain her previous toughness and wave her hand to make the decision on the spot: "Okay! This bead was given to our sister by the pearl picker. Our sister can do what she says!"

Since Liu has settled down and Yang Dazhu can't say anything more, he can only nod to agree to Liu's decision with a trace of guilt, and then did not forget to add: "Since we have received other people's beads, the pearl picker is the benefactor of our family, and we must bury him well. "

"Do you still need to say this?"

Liu first anxed Yang Dazhu, and then said, "Let's go to pawn this pearl in the city. We have to pawn the pearl for silver before we can buy a good coffin for the benefactor, right?"

So the fish family went out together and rushed to the city to quietly pawn the big pearl before the pawnshop in the city closed.

Although the pearl is large, it is very ordinary after careful examination by the pawnshop's shopkeeper. It is not the kind of pearl that is really valuable or priceless, so in the end, the pearl was only about 1,000 taels of silver. At the reminder of the fish, Liu exchanged the 1,000 taels of silver for ten 100 taels of silver tickets, and the remaining coins were exchanged for broken silver and a string of copper coins.

At the suggestion of the fish, everyone first found a safe place and quietly divided the money into five parts. Yang Dazhu, Liu Shi, Yuer, Yang Sanlang and Yang Silang each hid one. After hiding a few people, they turned to a coffin shop in the city and replaced it with a few pieces of broken silver. The poor pearl picker ordered a good coffin and made an appointment with the shopkeeper to transport the coffin directly to Xiaoqi Village the next day.