Chapter 911： cultured pearls

   "Can we decide this too?" Tao Sheng's eyes widened.

Hutou said proudly: "If you are good to them, they will definitely listen to you."

Xiao An and the little lion nodded and demanded: "My mother likes pink, you let them give birth to a pink pearl for the second time."

The little lion said: "There is also the royal aunt, I want a white one for her."

Taosheng looked at the two mussels in his hands and felt that their task was really arduous, so he asked weakly, "How many babies can a mussel give birth to in a lifetime?"

Several children looked at each other, and after a long time, Little Bear said, "Why don't we go home and ask father and mother."

It is not easy to find big mussels at the beach, but it is not difficult to find some small mussels.

Xiaoxiong and Taosheng have the best water quality. They dived to find a lot of mussels for their younger brothers, and finally each of them shared some and went home together.

Xiaoxiong obeyed the agreement to send Taosheng and his younger brother back to the fishing village, and then got on the carriage and returned to the city.

They cherished the mussels in the bucket with sea water. Mu Yangling saw it and said, "The mussels are delicious too."

The four children were stunned for a moment, and immediately put their hands up to protect them, "This is for making pearls, not for eating."

Mu Yangling looked at the little sea mussels in surprise, and said in amazement, "Can such small sea mussels raise pearls?"

"It's enough to raise them," Hutou said proudly. "Give them a little more food, and they will grow up soon."

This is something Qi Haoran often says to them.

Mu Yangling froze for a moment and said, "The sea mussels don't seem to eat."

"Then what do they eat?"

Mu Yangling shook his head and said he didn't know, "When your father comes back, you can ask him."

Of course Qi Haoran didn't know what sea mussels eat, but he knew that sea mussels and sea mussels couldn't produce pearls, so he widened his eyes and asked, "Who told you that sea mussels and sea mussels can produce pearls? "

"Hey, it was Brother Pinglang who said that the pearls were all found from sea mussels." said the little lion.

This Qi Haoran knew, "The pearls found in the sea mussels are born from the mother sea mussels?"

The three children widened their eyes and shouted in surprise, "Could it be that the mussels were born on the high seas?"

Qi Haoran was so angry that he vomited blood, and Mu Yangling fell down laughing.

Qi Haoran patted the table and said, "Who said pearls are born from sea mussels? Shouldn't sea mussels give birth to sea mussels? How can pearls be born?"

"Why are the pearls in the belly of the sea clam?" Hutou asked in dissatisfaction.

Qi Haoran couldn't answer, but he knew that sea mussels can only produce sea mussels, not pearls, he said: "Do you think no one has ever raised sea mussels? The sea mussels are eaten under the sea. The sea is so big that finding a pearl in the vast sea is almost the same as finding a needle, but the sea mussels are much bigger. The sea mussels eat the pearls, and people only need to find the sea mussels. already."

The little bear said in a loss: "So the pearls are not produced by sea mussels, but eaten by them. To find pearls, do you have to put them back into the sea?"

Qi Haoran nodded.

Mu Yangling laughed enough, took their shoulders and said, "Don't listen to your father's nonsense, these pearls are not formed naturally, how can there be so many pearls on the seabed for sea mussels to eat, only sea mussels can find and eat them. What? This pearl is cultivated by sea mussels."

The eyes of the three children lit up, and they all looked at their mother in admiration.

Mu Yangling smiled and said: "I don't know the specifics, I just know that sea mussels like to open their shells, and if the wind blows at this time, it is possible to blow sand into the shells, and the sea mussels and shells are soft inside. Meat, mixed with sand must be very uncomfortable, just like people's eyes get into the sand, so they secrete liquid, just like our eyes get into the sand, weeping out the sand, sea mussels and shells are the same, but they Unlike we have hands, we can also ask people to blow the sand out of our eyes, they can only continuously secrete liquid, that liquid is called nacre, the liquid wraps the sand and grinds it in the soft meat. Grind it off, and over time, the grit will be smooth and round, and pearls will be formed."

Several children's eyes widened, and even Qi Haoran lost sight of God, Mu Yangling continued: "The longer this age, the rounder, smoother and more precious the pearl will be. You don't want to keep pearls. Difficult, as long as there is a sea market and there are enough mussels and shells, pearls should be raised."

Several children's eyes sparkled and asked, "Then can we raise sea mussels at home?"

Mu Yangling knew that they were doing it with a playful attitude, and was happy to support them, he waved his hand and said, "There is still a little space in the backyard, I will ask someone to dig a small pond for you and put it in sea water. "

Before a few children cheered, Qi Haoran stopped him, "How can you raise this in the backyard? I plan to level the land to build a small martial arts field. If you want to raise sea mussels, go to the beach to raise them, if you can't, look for them. Raised in a fishing village, don’t you have a relationship with Taosheng? Ask him if he is willing to help you raise it, and you can give him some monthly money every month.”

"Okay, let's ask Brother Taosheng to help us raise it." After some discussion, the children settled down.

On the other side, Xiao An was being discouraged by Fan Zijin's words, it turns out that sea mussels are still sea mussels, not pearls.

Fan Zijin couldn't answer the question of how the pearls came from and how they were in the belly of sea mussels.

If he didn't know, he just told his son that he didn't know, he didn't guess like Qi Haoran, so Xiao An slept with a stomach full of doubts. When he woke up the next morning, he was a little groggy and didn't get enough sleep. .

He looked down at the tiger head and the little lion, and said, "Pearl is not produced by male sea mussels and female sea mussels."

The tiger head and the little lion were excited, nodded and said, "Yes, sea mussels can only give birth to small sea mussels, my father told us."

"Then why are you so happy?"

"But the pearls are still raised by sea mussels." The little lion happily told his mother's words to Xiao An, saying: "Let's go to Taosheng Hepinglang and dig a small pond near their house to raise sea mussels, so that they can often help us watch them. Look, maybe we'll be able to grow pearls in the next year."

For them, it has been a long, long time from now until the New Year.

Xiao An regained his strength, and the four children discussed how to persuade him when they saw Tao Sheng for a while.

Tao Sheng also didn't sleep all night. He took the sea mussels home and showed them to his grandfather, and told him about raising the sea mussels to produce pearls, which made his grandfather laugh out loud. Only then did he realize that he was making a joke. Thinking that a way to make money was gone, Tao Sheng was very depressed, and it was not until the tide was about to recede that he regained his spirits.

"Brother Taosheng, Xiaoxiong and the others haven't come yet, will they not come today?" Someone became worried, "Aren't we going to pay Boss Hai and the others a protection fee again?"

"Boss Hai won't ask us for protection fees, as long as you don't leave the team." Tao Sheng said firmly.

During this time, Boss Hai always had a good attitude every time he saw him, and he didn't seem to mind, and when he sought shelter from Xiao Xiong and the others, it was not Boss Hai from Fang, but someone other than Boss Fang.

After all, they won't rob them if they don't pay the protection of Fei Hai's boss, but others won't be sure.

Tao Sheng thought that the reason why Boss Hai still protected them without paying the protection fee was mostly because of the identities of the little bears.