Allure of a Country Maiden-Chapter 58 - 56 Ginseng and Black Pearl

Chapter 58: Chapter 56 Ginseng and Black Pearl

Chapter 58 -56 Ginseng and Black Pearl

After lunch, the family all went to the wasteland, Xiao’er didn’t accompany them.

She seized this opportunity to go up the mountain, and then arrived at the ominous forest described by Jingrui before.

Xiao’er suspected that the so-called crying tree was actually a rubber tree.

Now she saw it really was the rubber tree she knew from her previous life.

She couldn’t help but feel a bit excited and at the same time puzzled.

According to the memories of the original owner, the climate here was not conducive to growing rubber trees.

Why were there rubber trees here?

“There is geothermal heat nearby, which makes the climate here comparatively warm.” Bai Tian timely explained.

Xiao’er nodded.

There are myriad possibilities in this world, and mysteries of nature are endless.

However, even if there were geothermal hotspots nearby, they would be difficult to utilize.

So she did not struggle with this issue and instead cut open an incision with a sickle and started collecting latex in a wooden barrel.

One of the design drawings she had given to Shangguan Xuanyi earlier required a rubber seal ring to be installed on the pressure pipe of a hand water pump.

It would be good to test these latexes.

She moved two small rubber trees into her space for future use.

After collecting the latex, she placed the entire barrel in her space and descended the mountain.

On her way down, she also collected two pheasants to raise in her space.

The ginseng in her space had grown quite large.

She found a relatively small one, intended to claim that she had picked it on the mountain later.

She then took out several types of herbs grown in her space and descended the mountain.

When she got home, she encountered no one.

She filled a sack with herbs and placed the ginseng inside the bag.

After locking her room, she made some bait and headed towards the village with two baskets.

“Brother, Hao’er, how about we catch some fish to eat tonight?”

Hearing Xiao’er’s words, the two brothers quickly dropped their tasks, and ran to her.

“Sis, are we going to catch fish?

Why didn’t you bring a bucket?

Without a bucket, how will we carry the fish?”

“Good boy, Hao’er is really thoughtful.

Why don’t you ask Dad to help us transport a barrel with a cart to the river?

We’ll catch lots of fish and have an extra meal tonight for those who have helped us reclaim the wasteland.”

Upon hearing this, Jing Hao immediately ran to tell Shen Chengyao.

Shen Chengyao put down his work to bring a wooden barrel to help the children.

At the river bank, Shen Chengyao and two brothers were responsible for catching fish.

Xiao’er didn’t go into the river, the water was chilling at this time.

Shen Chengyao repeatedly warned Xiao’er not to enter the river.

Xiao’er was fiddling with a bamboo stick on the boulders along the river shore.

When Shen Chengyao saw this, he didn’t stop her, thinking she was just playing.

Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, Xiao’er planted three giant river clams at different places in the water and then released a few small ones.

Only then did she call out loudly: “Dad, dad, come and see this!”

Upon hearing Xiao’er’s shout, Shen Chengyao turned his head and saw Xiao’er standing safely on a rock.

He heaved a sigh of relief, lifted his basket full of fish from the water, and asked Jing Hao to sort the fish into the barrel.

He then walked towards Xiao’er.

“Xiao’er, what did you find?

Is it little crabs?”

Xiao’er gestured for him to hurry over.

Filled with impatience, she hurried him over, “Dad, hurry up, come and see.”

When Shen Chengyao came to the side of Xiao’er, she pointed out to him a river clam in the water using a bamboo stick.

Shen Chengyao saw a river clam as large as a small pumpkin and reached out to pull it from the water, “Eh, has this clam turned into a spirit?”

“Dad, I’ve heard that river clams can grow pearls.

Let’s crack it open and see.”

Hearing this, the two brothers stopped fishing and ran over to check the giant clam, “Dad, quickly check to see if there are pearls inside!”

Jing Hao handed a stone to Shen Chengyao.

As Shen Chengyao was about to hit the clam, Xiao’er hurriedly stopped him, “No, if there is a pearl inside and you hit it like that, won’t it be ruined?”

“It’s so tightly closed, we can’t pry it open with our hands!”

“I’ll go home and fetch a kitchen knife!” Jing Hao ran off like the wind after saying this.

“I’ll see if there are any more.” Jing Rui immersed himself in earnestly searching.

“There’s another one here, this one is even bigger!” Jing Rui retrieved another clam from the water, grabbed it in his hands, and waved it around joyfully.

Upon seeing this, Shen Chengyao also started looking seriously in the river, and Xiao’er naturally joined in as well.

It didn’t take him long to find all the river clams they’d planted.

Jinghao hurried over with a kitchen knife.

The clever boy had also brought a basket with fabric.

Shen Chengyao carefully cut open the shell of the clam with the kitchen knife, revealing a black pearl the size of an apple.

The black pearl shone a bluish-purple hue under the sunlight.

Shen Chengyao picked up the pearl, cleaned it in the river water, rotated it.

The black pearl’s intense metallic luster changed into various vibrant colors as he turned it, demonstrating its beautiful luster.

“Can a black pearl be sold for much?” Jinghao was a little worried.

“Black pearls are a very precious type of pearl.

They symbolize the crystallization of the hardest times and are referred to as the most painful tears of the mother pearl.

They embody nobility due to their rarity and the ordeals they’ve endured.”

“So, it’s worth a lot of money?!” He was recently worried since they might run out of money after the family’s sudden expenses, and the completion of the house.

“Dad, quickly cut open the rest of the clams to see if there are any more pearls.” Jingrui, looking at the small pile of clams on the ground, felt an unstoppable excitement.

Shen Chengyao then picked up another large clam and cut it even more carefully.

Another purple pearl the size of a goose egg revealed itself.

“Purple…it’s a purple pearl, so beautiful!” Jinghao jump for joy, “Dad, keep going.

Cut it quickly.”

Shen Chengyao picked up the pearl and cleaned it.

Xiao’er laid out the fabric in the basket Jinghao had brought and then put both the black pearl and the purple pearl in it.

The two brothers huddled around the basket, staring at the two pearls inside without blinking.

Shen Chengyao cut open the last, large clam, revealing a white pearl the size of a fist, radiating brilliant colors.

From the remaining smaller clams, he managed to cut out many pearls the size of fish eyes.

There were pink, golden, and blue ones, about ten to twenty of each.

Suppressing his joy, Shen Chengyao said, “Rui’er, go cut some grass to put in the basket.

We won’t catch any more fish today.

We can do that tomorrow.

Let’s go home now.”

Xiao’er had already gone off to dig up some wild vegetables when the three were engrossed in the great task of extracting pearls, “Dad, I dug up some wild vegetables.

If we put these on top, it should be fine.”

Shen Chengyao nodded and put the wild vegetables into the basket.

He checked once again to make sure the contents underneath were hidden before he loaded the wooden barrel full of fish and two baskets onto the cart, placed the basket on top, and then pretended to be calm as he began to push the cart home with a buoyant feeling.

The familiar villagers they met along the way were mostly puzzled by his absent-minded responses.

This made Xiao’er stifle a chuckle.

As soon as they entered the yard, they saw Mrs. freēwēbnovel.com

Li coming out from the west wing.

She rushed over, her eyes sparkling when she saw the large barrel they were carrying.

This startled Shen Chengyao, who thought she knew about the pearls in the basket.

Mrs.

Li dashed to the barrel and seeing more than a dozen large fish inside, her eyes sparkled, “Younger brother, our family has nothing to eat tonight, can we have these fish?”

Shen Chengyao realized that Mrs.

Li just wanted the fish and let out a small sigh of relief, “If my sister-in-law wants to eat fish, please pick a couple.”

Without hesitation, Mrs.

Li scooped up the two largest fish.

“Father, we should also send fish to Grandpa and Grandma and Uncle Four.

I will go and cook.” Xiao’er didn’t bother with her and naturally lifted the basket and proceeded to the west wing.

The others breathed a quiet sigh of relief only after seeing Xiao’er walk into the house with the basket on his back.