Late Ming sea owl

Chapter 5 Schrödinger’s Pearl
After an unknown amount of time, Lin Hai vaguely heard someone arguing. When he opened his eyes, he realized that it was the Ming Dynasty and the people arguing outside were the Shi family's father and daughter.

Lin Hai peeked into the outhouse and saw that no one was in the house, so he gently got down from the hammock and looked out of the house through the crack in the door.

In the open space on the shore, the father and daughter of the Shi family were fighting for the old clam. Zhu Niang was facing Lin Hai, holding a kitchen knife in one hand, and wrestling with Shi Wusi with the other hand.Qizai watched from the side, his dark eyes full of confusion.

"Nanny, you can't open this clam shell." Lin Hai saw that Shi Wusi's back was turned to him. He hid the old clam behind him with one hand and blocked Zhu Niang with the other. He then ordered Qizai: "Go and take sister's kitchen knife away." , this clam shell cannot be opened."

Qizai was stunned and did not move. Zhu Niang sneered: "The clam shell can't be opened, so why don't you come up with a charter? Will you really listen to Brother Lin and kill Lao Wang and go overseas?"

Shi Wusi struggled hard with his daughter and gasped: "I'm talking about the charter, but you're a slanderous person. You're talking about 豼, Lao Wang is older..."

Before she finished speaking, Zhu Niang raised her chin, picked up the kitchen knife and put it on her neck: "If I bring this up again, I won't open the clam shells. I'll just wipe my neck with the knife and it'll be over."

When Shi Wusi saw this posture, his tone immediately softened: "Look at you... okay, okay, I won't mention this, you put down the kitchen knife first."

Zhu Niang didn't move, and her father was speechless for a moment. Qizai tried to grab the kitchen knife, but he was too short to reach it.

Zhu Niang glanced at her nephew and suddenly sighed: "Abba, my family in Zhenri worshiped Mazu and begged her to give me a good bead so that I could pay off the usury. Yesterday, I rescued Brother Lin. There is actually a huge old clam pressed under him, isn't this my mother's spiritual appearance?"

"This old clam was given to me by my mother. Why don't you let me drive it? I won't marry Lao Wang, and I won't die! If I hadn't been afraid that you would be frightened, I would have just listened to Brother Lin. Son, what if we run away and go overseas? Our Dan family can live as long as there is water, which sea can't support people?"

Shi Wusi panted and said: "Oh, you girl is just a dead cow with one neck. Marrying Lao Wang will provide you with good food and clothing. What's wrong with that? You won't see Lao Wang's daughter..."

The old man chattered a lot, and Zhu Niang's eyes gradually turned red. She gritted her teeth tightly, grabbed the kitchen knife and slashed her neck, and bright red blood immediately flowed down the blade.

Lin Hai was startled. This girl was so serious. He almost rushed out to save people.Fortunately, Zhu Niang didn't use any real force this time and only broke some skin.

"Abba, it's up to you whether to give this old clam or not." Zhu Niang's face was as red as a peach blossom, her wide eyes were full of tears, and there was a look of determination and cruelty in her eyes.

"Grandpa, give the old clam to my aunt quickly." Qizai yelled and went around behind his grandfather to grab the old clam.

"Here, here, here it is for you." Shi Wusi became anxious when he saw it, and hurriedly handed the old clam to his daughter, "Nanny, it's not hurt, is it? Oh, you sister, your father will just listen to you. ."

"I don't care... open the clam now." Shi Zhuniang shrank her nose, her eye circles were still red, she took the clam shell and was about to pry it with a kitchen knife.

"Wait a minute, don't open it yet." Lin Hai yelled hurriedly and pushed open the wooden door.He listened for a long time and still didn't understand why Shi Wusi didn't agree to open the clams. There must be some mystery hidden in it.

Lin Hai strode to Zhu Niang: "How many taels of silver do you think my leather coat might be worth? Is it enough for you to pay off your debt?"

Zhu Niang was shocked by Lin Hai's roar, and her hand movements stopped for a moment before she realized what she was doing.She put down the kitchen knife and the old clam, touched Lin Hai's leather windbreaker and said, "What kind of leather is this?"

Lin Hai also forgot what kind of leather it was, and said vaguely: "Real leather Western goods, including belts and leather shoes. I thought about it all night before I came up with this idea, but I don't know what it is worth in China. Do you think it is enough to pay back the money?" "

Zhu Niang's nose couldn't help but feel sour. Her biological father pushed her into the fire pit, but the man in front of her wanted to save her from the fire. She felt aggrieved and grateful at the same time, and she had mixed feelings for a moment.Seeing her like this, Lin Hai couldn't help but feel a little pity for her. This girl was only 19 years old. She would have just entered college in future generations, but her young shoulders had carried so much hardship in life.

He patted Zhu Niang on the shoulder and said warmly: "From now on, if you have any difficulties, just tell me. Don't bear it alone. I will help you."

Zhu Niang's tears burst out instantly. She hadn't cried in many years. No matter how hard it was, her eyes would be red. For some reason, she couldn't control it at this time... She was even a little ashamed. She shouldn't have avoided it last night. Lin Hai.

Zhu Niang whined and sobbed: "I don't take advantage of you in vain. To be honest, that old clam is very rare..."

"Ahem." Shi Wusi coughed upon hearing this and looked at his daughter with his eyes, but Zhu Niang ignored him at all.

She wiped her tears and said: "Brother Lin, that old clam was pressed under you that day. If I hadn't saved you, I might not have been able to see it. I won't hide it from you, there may be good beads here. If so, If it is true, I will give you half of the money from the sale. If not, you have seen the situation of my family, and I am afraid that I will not have the money to pay you back."

Seeing that she finally said it, Shi Wusi's face turned pale. Zhu Niang turned to her father and said, "Abba, don't blame me for talking too much. If it weren't for Brother Lin, this old clam would have opened just now. Even if there are really good beads, most of the price will be lost."

"Mother Zhu, what do you mean by this?" Lin Hai finally understood why Shi Wusi was unwilling to open the clam.

"You don't know something. If you pry open the clam shell, the beads inside are dead beads. If you open them with the sun, they are raw beads. If they are ordinary beads, then that's fine. If they are good big beads, then they are big. It’s different. For the same beads, one living one can hold up to ten dead ones.”

"Bake it in the sun... How long will it take to dry it?" Lin Hai was slightly excited. Even a layman like him thought this old clam was unusual. Maybe the beads inside could buy a big ship?

"It's hard to say. It will take at least a few months to dry out. Whether there are any beads inside remains to be seen." Zhu Niang's answer was like Dou Tou pouring a basin of cold water on Lin Hai.

Good guy, after wandering around for a long time, do you think this is just Schrödinger's pearl?
Lin Hai pondered for a moment, then turned to Shi Wusi and said: "Uncle Shi, if there are really good beads, we will have to make a long-term plan. I am good at business, and we will use these beads as capital to form a partnership. Do some business and earn half of the money for each of us."

"It all depends on the good man's orders." Shi Wusi Weiwei agreed.He was also afraid that Lin Hai wanted to devour this old clam for himself. He was a character who was ready to kill people. Who dared to fight against this desperado?

"What you said makes sense. It's just that our Dan family can't live ashore, so what kind of business can we do?" Zhu Niang tilted her head in thought, but she seriously considered Lin Hai's proposal.

Lin Hai laughed: "It's hard to say, let's learn from Aunt Chunhua and buy a small flower boat..."

"Shit! I don't want to be a water chicken." Zhu Niang's eyes suddenly widened, "If you want to do it, you have to be a rabbit husband, look at your skin and tender flesh."

Lin Hai didn't expect this girl to be so fierce, and was speechless for a moment. It turned out that in the eyes of the working people in ancient times, he, a modern rough guy, could be considered a pretty boy.

"I mean, you and Uncle Shi sail the boat, I'll settle the accounts, and we buy a few more girls to make water chickens."

"You...that's what you mean?" Zhu Niang smiled with a frown, a red cloud flying on her malt-colored face.

(End of this chapter)