The black-bellied prince: the little princess of the chef

Chapter 85
With Xiong Jie's help, the Ye family immediately set about buying bricks and repairing the house, without daring to delay at all.

However, Ye Pingrong and Mrs. Xu had a private discussion, and wrote down the amount of money spent on repairing the house. In the future, the money earned will be returned to Ye Qing, and let her take it as a dowry.

Although it was a huge sum and it would be difficult for them to make up for it, it was still the two of them. They felt ashamed to spend the money their daughter earned to repair the house.

In order to save money, Ye Pingrong led Ye Junbei to run around several counties around Jincheng, and compared the prices of all brick kilns and tile kilns.
One of the brick kilns in Fu County is cheaper than a penny a brick, but it takes more manpower and financial resources to transport it back.When Ye Junbei reported the price, Ye Qing felt that it was not a good deal, so he directly passed it!

Although Ye Qing couldn't help her father and elder brother with rough work, she persevered in frying snails every day, and then was responsible for feeding pigs, chickens, cooking, and washing clothes. As long as it was within her ability, she was obliged to do it.

Therefore, Zhang Xiu, who should have worked as hard as other pregnant women in the village, enjoyed the treatment of a "ten-month queen"!

Ye Junbei and the villagers hired by them used donkey carts and mule carts to transport green bricks and tiles, and had no time to pick up snails.Wu Yan can't do rough work, so he can only rely on him to go down the river to pick up snails after hunting!
However, at this time, Xun Bin became more and more diligent in visiting Ye's house. After picking snails, he found a new excuse: to help pick snails.

"Qingqing, do you need to pick up so many snails every day?"

"nonsense!"

"Qingqing, can I try your handicraft tonight?"

"Don't you have long hands yourself?"

"Qingqing, I heard"

"Pick up a snail, where did you come up with so much nonsense?"

Ye Qing: ".."

When Ye Qing saw Wu Yan and Xun Bin, each with a thorn in the other, and Wu Yan unceremoniously arguing with Xun Bin, she had a headache.

What's wrong with speechless?
Every time Xun Bin asked Ye Qing a question, he was bombarded silently. No matter how good his temper and patience were, he was worn out by the short-cut words of resistance. He said with a dark face: " Are you the land of Xiaochangba? (in local dialect, it means that the land master manages the land)"

After Xun Bin finished speaking, he was stunned for a moment without words. What is "the land of Xiaochangba"?Then, with puzzled but disgusted eyes, he looked at Xun Bin without hesitation!
Ye Qing was also slightly taken aback, what does this sentence mean?
Xun Bin also finds Wuyan not pleasing to the eye, and the two of them are just like the "two-phase hate" mentioned in the poem.

Wu Yan was not polite to Xun Bin, so Xun Bin would not be polite to others, but after all, he stayed in the city for a few years and learned a lot of superficial things. So wide!"

This time I was speechless and speechless, but then my face was so blue that water dripped out!
Seeing this, Ye Qing quickly broke the deadlock and adjusted the awkward atmosphere.

Although she didn't want to admit it, she knew in her heart that she was partial and speechless, and immediately said in a friendly voice, "It won't clear up today, and it looks like it's going to rain again. Hurry up and pick up the snails, and let my brother fry the crayfish tonight. Look!"

After Ye Qing finished speaking, the two high-spirited roosters finally looked away, and looked at the tilted wooden barrel in Ye Qing's hand. There were already half a barrel of crayfish in it!

Wu Yan sneered at the corner of his mouth, proudly provoking Xun Bin, how about it, are you convinced now?
Xun Bin felt depressed and flustered, he wanted to try Ye Qing's craft, what's wrong?Is it worth targeting him like this?

However, although the crayfish was fried by Ye Junbei, in general, it was the fruit of her labor this afternoon, wasn't it?

After Xun Bin figured this out, he immediately smiled!

Wu Yan and Xun Bin fought dull-wittedly all afternoon, first they bickered, then they fought over who picked up the most snails, and Ye Qing got the better of them in the end.Looking at the fruits of their labor today, there is no need to pick snails tomorrow afternoon!
When it was almost dark to finish work, Wu Yan unexpectedly picked up a very large mussel, weighing about five or six catties, bigger than a Haikou plate.

From the looks of it, this river clam might have become a spirit!
Wu Yan has no memory, so naturally he can't remember seeing such a big mussel; Ye Qing and Xun Bin also shook their heads at the same time, this is really the first time in their life, in this small river, such a big mussel really It's ridiculously big!
"Do you think there will be pearls in this mussel?"

"Pearl?" Wu Yan and Xun Bin immediately asked in unison.

Ye Qing nodded, but looked at the mussel carefully.Although she has never seen such a big mussel, she still has a certain understanding of the origin of pearls and the stories of pearl divers.

In ancient times, especially many families living along the coast, in order to make a living, they went to the sea to fish for pearls from generation to generation.

Pearl divers tie their waists with long ropes, carry bamboo baskets to the bottom of the sea, put the pearls they pick up into the bamboo baskets, then shake the ropes tied around their waists, and tell people on the sea to pull the ropes. Some people quickly dragged the pearl divers with bamboo baskets to the surface of the water.

This kind of occupation is very dangerous, but picking a high-quality pearl can be enough for a family for more than a month or even longer. In order to make a living, many people have no choice but to embark on this road.

After the industrial revolution, science and technology developed rapidly, and the technique of pearl fishing was also innovated from generation to generation. Today's pearl fishing technology has already undergone earth-shaking changes.

Although Ye Qing knew about this, he didn't dare to tell the two of them just like that.

After thinking for a while, she said: "I heard a story before that pearls are the tears of river mussels. When they grow up to a certain size, they keep crying and wriggling, and finally the tears condense into pearls. Pearl."

Although Wu Yan was skeptical, he didn't open his mouth to refute Ye Qing's remarks.However, Xun Bin said directly: "Is the pearl the tears of the mussel?"

When Xun Bin was an apprentice in Yangcheng, he was fortunate enough to see the boss get a round and round pearl, with a delicate luster and a faint light, so beautiful that people couldn't move their eyes. At this moment, he still remembered it in his mind. still fresh.Therefore, it is really difficult for him to connect pearls and mussels!
Ye Qing saw that Xun Bin was suspicious, but she nodded without blushing or panting, "I listened to what others said."

She can never say that pearls are made of gravel after accumulating mussel meat, right?
Wu Yan believed Ye Qing's words in his heart. Although she must have concealed something in her heart, he still believed it unconditionally. If he had looked at Ye Qing meaningfully, he remained silent; "Others" are full of curiosity.

Ye Qing saw that Xun Bin still didn't believe it, and she couldn't get off the tiger. She saw that this oyster was so big, it must contain pearls.So, she suggested: "Why don't we cut open this river clam?"

　Sorry, it was only updated today, the company worked overtime temporarily, and I was drunk when I returned to the company to work overtime during the holiday

　　
　
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