Chapter 282: Giant Clam
Hearing that they were going to buy a TV, Jiaojiao’s older brothers also got excited like puppies, their eyes lighting up.
“But, there are no tickets for this either.”
Wang Hongfei raised his hand: “I have a ticket for a sewing machine, how about that?”
A sewing machine could be bought, both Shen Yunlian and Wang Mei were tempted.
That thing makes clothes quickly and can save a lot of time.
“Yes.”
Jiaojiao took a bite of the mango that Wang Hongfei had peeled, her mouth full, and nodded.
“Then let’s buy the sewing machine first, and we’ll talk about other things when we have tickets.”
Jiaojiao’s eyes darted around, already thinking about where to get tickets for a TV and a refrigerator.
Wang Hongfei: “Sister, brother-in-law, you don’t need to worry. No matter what you do, you have to consider others; living like that is too stifling. If you’re really worried, just say I bought it. I’m officially doing business now, and I’ve made some money.”
Wang Hongfei puffed out his chest proudly. With the experience from the first time, he knew even better what was lacking in the north. So, during his second procurement trip, not only was his capital increased, but the goods he brought sold quickly. Although this trip took a bit longer, he still earned over 4,000 yuan.
Of course, after deducting what he had to give to Jiaojiao, he had about 3,000 yuan for himself.
It was a bit tough, but such profits were worth it.
“You need to be careful and not get too carried away. It’s dangerous out there.”
Although Wang Mei hadn’t been there, her younger brother had returned looking much thinner and darker. Just looking at him made her feel tired.
Wang Hongfei scratched his head and chuckled: “I know, sister. I’m with those brothers, and we take turns watching the goods on the train. Don’t worry.”
“Let’s go, Jiaojiao, take your cousin uncle to see the big fish.”
Jiaojiao got up, grabbed a net bag and tied several sacks around herself.
“Aren’t you hot?”
Shen Yunlian couldn’t help but say as she helped her, but she quickly put a hat on her.
Jiaojiao smiled like a little sunflower, brilliant and beautiful, her little face snow-white, making people want to pinch her chubby cheeks.
“Wait for Jiaojiao, we want to go too.”
It was hot, so Yun Xiaowu and the others were only wearing shorts and no hats as they ran behind them.
They were going to get tanned anyway, so getting even darker was not a problem.
Upon reaching the seaside, Wang Hongfei witnessed Jiaojiao’s ability to summon orcas again. Although it wasn’t the first time, he was still shocked.
“Here we go!”
The older brothers skillfully dove into the water, took dried fish and dried shrimp from their small cross-body bamboo baskets to feed the orcas, then patted their bodies and climbed on.
“Cousin uncle, come down quickly.”
Wang Hongfei nodded quickly.
“Coming.”
Exciting!
The orcas were very fast. Racing through the sea was more exhilarating than drag racing.
Jiaojiao liked to dive towards the seabed, patted the orca she was riding, and plunged into the deep sea.
The others didn’t have Jiaojiao’s ability to breathe underwater and ignore water pressure. They could only dive in shallower areas and had to surface to take a breath soon.
Wang Hongfei took five breaths. Although he could swim and dive, he didn’t live by the sea, and his breath-holding time was not even comparable to that of Yun Xiaojiu, a child.
“Where’s Jiaojiao? Why hasn’t she come up yet?”
It had been so long, he couldn’t help but worry.
Yun Xiaowu: “Cousin uncle, don’t worry about Jiaojiao. She’ll definitely be fine.”
“There’s a big fish over there, Xiaowu, chase after it quickly!”
Yun Xiaowu patted the orca beneath him.
That’s right, the big orca he was riding was also named Xiaowu.
Jiaojiao had very roughly named the orcas in order of their size.
When Yun Xiaowu and the others played with the orcas, they liked to play with the orcas that had the same name as them.
Over time, they became familiar with each other and got along more naturally.
And at this time, Jiaojiao was already tens of kilometers away from them.
She observed the surrounding environment in the sea for a while and finally concluded that this was the sea area beneath the secluded island where she had previously pried abalone.
She remembered she had dropped a large clam there and had thought about looking for it, but had forgotten.
Now that she was here, she naturally wanted to look for it.
She casually picked up a few sea urchins and opened them. Several orcas following her eagerly gathered around to snatch the food.
Sea urchins, to be honest, are indeed delicious.
But they are covered in spikes and are small. Most marine creatures can’t open them at all.
For an orca, this is just a small dessert that’s not even enough to fill their teeth. They couldn’t expect to eat their fill; they could only taste it.
After opening more than ten sea urchins in a row, Jiaojiao stopped and looked for other things nearby.
Around the secluded island, Jiaojiao discovered that many abalones had climbed onto the rocky cliffs.
She looked for large ones, grabbed them, and stuffed them into the sack.
This filled up almost half the sack.
She didn’t plan to catch the remaining ones, waiting for them to grow larger.
“Found it.”
In a place overgrown with seaweed, Jiaojiao finally found the large clam, also known as a giant clam.
“It’s this big already?”
Pushing aside the seaweed, Jiaojiao looked dumbfounded at the giant clam that she couldn’t even hug with both arms.
“No way, do these things grow this fast in this world?”
As she swam around the giant clam, she noticed something else not far away.
She swam over, pushed aside the seaweed, and saw another large giant clam!
Jiaojiao immediately became interested and began searching in this area.
Soon, she found several giant clams among the seaweed.
The large ones were bigger than her foot basin, and the small ones were as small as a bowl; they could be missed if not careful.
They had been here for who knows how long, their shells dusty gray, almost blending in with the environment.
Jiaojiao also found an empty shell of a large giant clam.
She tried to curl her body slightly and crawl inside; it was completely possible!
Take it away, take it away. If she couldn’t take the live ones, she could at least take this dead empty shell.
“Knock, knock…”
Jiaojiao lay beside a giant clam about the size of a small car tire and tapped its shell, politely asking.
“Hello, do you have any pearls?”
“If you have pearls, can you open your shell? I’ll help you take them out.”
Pearls, for them, were foreign objects, and it must be uncomfortable to have them inside.
Jiaojiao asked patiently three times. Just as she was about to give up with regret, the giant clam opened a round hole through its flesh, and then a small gap opened along the flesh around this hole.
Jiaojiao’s eyes lit up.
She was bold. As the gap widened enough for an arm to fit in, she directly put her hand in, not afraid that the giant clam would close and pinch her hand.
After putting her hand in, Jiaojiao carefully touched and searched inside the giant clam.
The giant clam was so large that she almost completely entered it.
If anyone saw this, they would be scared half to death.
After searching for a long time, Jiaojiao finally felt a hard lump.
Jiaojiao clearly felt the flesh of the giant clam contract.
“It’s inside the flesh, so it’s a bit difficult to get out.”
It would require making a small incision to extract the pearl without harming the giant clam’s life, but she had no tools with her now.
