Farming Space: The Lucky and Lovely Lady Come to Farm

Chapter 202 The Beginning of Pearl Culture

Gu Fei and Lian'er got on the mule cart together. Gu Sanlang almost fell asleep and hurriedly drove to the south gate.

More than a quarter of an hour later, Gu Fei arrived home.

After entering the second gate, she saw Mrs. Chen coming out. Mrs. Chen said, "You are back. Go and take a look. Your father brought home a lot of pearl clams and said he wanted to implant them."

 “And he dislikes us for being clumsy and won’t let us interfere.”

 “Where is my dad?”

Mrs. Chen pursed her lips and said, "Well, it's over there in the west wing."

Gu Fei hurried over.

The door was opened, and there was a square basket on the ground in the room, with dozens of pearl clams neatly stacked in it, all of which had been cleaned.

 Looking at Gu Zhang again, he hadn't started yet, still holding the book and reading.

Gu Fei breathed a sigh of relief.

 She read and copied this book once, and she still knew something about it.

In order to implant the bead core or inner mantle into the mussel, it must be hygienic to avoid infection of the mussel, and it must be done quickly to prevent the mussel from being harmed as much as possible.

Gu Zhang raised his head and saw her, "My dear, you are back. If you don't come back, I will do it myself."

Gu Fei said: "Dad, have you got all the tools?"

Gu Zhang nodded, "I ordered it a year ago and got it back."

There was a wooden box on the table. Gu Fei opened it and found scissors, tweezers, a knife, and a long needle inside.

 There is also a small box. Open it. Inside are small shell beads and a wooden wedge.

 At this time, artificially raised pearls were already available, and these small shell beads were specially used for implantation.

 Only by implanting these round small pearls, the pearls can easily grow round.

However, the survival rate of clams is not high if only shell beads are used for implantation. Therefore, modern techniques must be used to wrap the shell beads with the inner mantle of the clam for implantation.

When Gu Fei saw that everything was ready, she stretched out her head and called Lian'er, "Lian'er, bring a clean basin."

Lian'er hurriedly went to the kitchen in front, found a basin, washed it and brought it over.

 Gu Fei closed the door, took out a bottle of 75% alcohol from the space, and put the scissors, tweezers, knife and long needle, small shell beads and wooden wedges inside for disinfection.

Gu Zhang saw that she had finished it, "Then I'll start."

Gu Fei said: "Dad, please disinfect your hands too."

Gu Zhang saw that the book also said disinfection. Although he didn't quite understand what it meant, he would do whatever his daughter said.

Gu Fei poured some alcohol on Gu Zhang's hands, and Gu Zhang rubbed them.

Gu Zhang picked up a clam shell and put it on the table, and started to pry the edge of the clam shell with a knife.

After prying for a long time, Gu Zhang looked at it and said, "This is just for cutting film."

He broke open the clam with force and took off a layer of meat membrane on the edge of the shell. Gu Fei quickly wiped the table with alcohol, and Gu Zhang put the membrane on it.

Gu Fei picked up the knife and cut the film into strips first, and then into small pieces.

Gu Zhang opened another bead clam here, and Gu Zhang said: "This one is big, this one should be good for implantation."

Happling the wooden wedge to the edge of the clam shell, Gu Fei quickly took out a small piece of membrane to wrap the bead core, then held a long needle against it and carefully implanted it into the body of the clam.

 After completing one and taking off the wooden wedge, both Gu Zhang and Gu Fei breathed a sigh of relief. Gu Zhang smiled and said, "It's not that difficult."

 Father and daughter worked together in a tacit understanding and spent two hours to implant all the pearl clams.

 The two of them looked at these pearl clams with a sense of accomplishment.

Gu Zhang smiled and said: "You will be able to reap the rewards tomorrow and next year."

 (End of this chapter)