Qin Xuan smiled slightly when he saw the happy expressions on everyone's faces. Although the money was not a lot, as long as everyone was happy, it would be worth it!
"Tingting, let me tell you a way to make money quickly, do you want to know?" Qin Xuan said with a smile when he saw Cheng Tingting counting the money carefully.
Hearing Qin Xuan's words, Cheng Tingting couldn't help but pause, then raised her head, looked at Qin Xuan, and said eagerly: "Brother Xuanzi, what can I do? Please tell me quickly!"
Seeing Cheng Tingting's appearance at this time, Qin Xuan clearly looked like a little money fan, and couldn't help but said in a funny tone: "Tingting, look at you now, you are not what a middle school student should look like!"
Seeing that Qin Xuan never talked about the way to make money quickly, Cheng Tingting couldn't help but said angrily: "Brother Xuanzi, please stop talking about this. You'd better hurry up and tell me about that way!"
Qin Xuan laughed, then pointed in the direction of the kitchen, and said with a smile: "Look at the seashells I brought back, there may be pearls in them. You should go and check each one now. If there are really pearls,
Then you haven’t posted it yet!”
Hearing Qin Xuan's words, Cheng Tingting was stunned and immediately exclaimed: "Yes, why did I forget this!"
Saying that, Cheng Tingting immediately stood up, threw the money in Qin Huilan's hand, and then hurried to the kitchen.
Qin Xuan also didn't expect that Cheng Tingting could react to the wind and act so quickly. When he saw Cheng Tingting's running back, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.
It was getting late now, so Qin Xuan got up and walked to the kitchen. As soon as he entered the kitchen, he saw Cheng Tingting squatting there holding a seashell and inspecting it carefully.
Qin Xuan walked up to her and said with a smile: "Tingting, I'm going to cook. I'd better help you take this basin of seashells out so that you can see more clearly from outside!"
Hearing Qin Xuan's words, Cheng Tingting put the seashells in her hands back into the basin, then stood up, nodded, and said with a smile: "Okay, but Brother Xuanzi, if there are really pearls, how should we divide them?
?”
"If there really is a pearl, whoever finds it will belong to him. What do you think?" Qin Xuan said with a cheerful smile.
"Well, no one can touch this basin of seashells. I'll take care of it all by myself! If there are really pearls, Brother Xuanzi, you can't default on the debt!" Cheng Tingting said still a little worried.
"Tingting, I keep my word, whoever finds it belongs to me!" Qin Xuan assured her.
"Haha, now the pearl is mine!" Cheng Tingting looked at the seashells in the basin and said with shining eyes.
Seeing her look, Qin Xuan nodded helplessly, and then carried the basin of seashells to the hall, leaving Cheng Tingting to inspect it carefully.
Then, Qin Xuan returned to the kitchen and started to cook dinner. Although Qin Xuan had never cooked seafood dishes by himself, he had seen them in books and memorized various recipes. With Qin Xuan's abnormal talent, as long as
If you know the steps, then nothing is a problem.
Next, I only heard the banging sounds coming from the kitchen from time to time, and the alluring and rich fragrance coming from the kitchen, which made everyone smelling it in the hall salivate!
Cheng Tingting was also checking each seashell carefully. Although she was annoyed that the seashells she had checked before had no pearls, when she looked at the next seashell, her eyes immediately shone again, which surprised everyone watching in the hall.
Everyone shook their heads helplessly.
Just when Qin Xuan was frying shrimps, he heard a cry of surprise coming from the hall. When Qin Xuan heard it, he knew it was Cheng Tingting.
Hearing the deep surprise revealed in the voice, when thinking about what Cheng Tingting was doing, could it be that she really found the pearl? Qin Xuan couldn't help but think, holding the spatula in his hand.
Seeing that the shrimps had been fried and put on a plate, Qin Xuan quickly walked out of the kitchen and walked into the hall.
As soon as he arrived at the hall, Qin Xuan saw everyone gathered around, lowering their heads, talking in low voices, and Cheng Tingting's excited voice could be heard from time to time.
Qin Xuan walked to an empty seat and saw Cheng Tingting holding a very large seashell in her hand. She kept explaining to everyone that she had just seen a pearl inside.
Cheng Tingting was talking excitedly when she suddenly saw Qin Xuan standing in front of her. She quickly raised the seashell in her hand to Qin Xuan and said excitedly: "Brother Xuanzi, I found a pearl inside. This pearl is mine."
What you find is mine!"
Hearing Cheng Tingting's words, Qin Xuan smiled slightly: "I said whoever finds it belongs to him, and I will never break my promise, but did you really see the pearl?"
"Of course. I spent a lot of effort to open it just now. I just saw a soft luster and the shell closed. But I believe what I saw must be a pearl!"
Cheng Tingting explained excitedly and kept affirming as she spoke.
Qin Xuan took the seashell from Cheng Tingting's hand, smiled slightly, and said: "Okay, since you are so sure, then I will break open the seashell. Even if there are no pearls, I can just make a seashell soup.
What do you think?"
"Brother Xuanzi, I told you that I really saw the pearl. If you don't believe it, just smash it open. Anyway, I believe what I saw is right!"
Seeing that Qin Xuan didn't believe her words, Cheng Tingting said a little angry.
Qin Xuan chuckled, then returned to the kitchen to find tools and put the seashells on the chopping board.
This seashell is the largest of all seashells, and it was also the last one that Cheng Tingting checked. Of course, she could not open the seashell with her own strength, or the seashell was unknowingly opened when Cheng Tingting broke its shell hard.
Opened once.
It was Cheng Tingting who had sharp eyes. The moment she opened the sea shell, she noticed a soft luster, and then she shouted, attracting everyone.
Now Qin Xuan cracked its shell, smashing its flesh with a hammer on the way, and a stream of salty seawater splashed out from the crack.
Of course, Qin Xuan only cracked the edge of the seashell, but the place where the pearl was contained in the middle was well protected by him.
Then, after Qin Xuan used a hammer to break all the shells, he picked up a knife and skillfully separated the shells from the seashell meat.
Then Qin Xuan used the knife in his hand to slowly decompose the seashell meat and put it into a small basin next to him. Even if there were no pearls, he could still use the seashell meat to make soup!
"Tingting, where are the pearls you're talking about?" Seeing that Qin Xuan had almost broken down more than half of the seashells and hadn't seen a trace of pearls yet, Qin Huilan looked at her daughter beside her and asked.
"Mom, I really saw the pearl, why did it still appear?" Cheng Tingting stared at Qin Xuan's hand holding the knife, and said with confusion on her face.
"Haha, aunt, Tingting, don't worry, pearls are usually adsorbed inside the outer membrane, and they will decompose soon!"
Qin Xuan chuckled lightly, and at the same time, his hands were not idle. He used a knife to scrape and twist the seashell from the half-opened seashell, and he took out a whole piece of snow-white and delicate seashell meat.
"Okay, this is the outer membrane sleeve. Whether there are pearls or not depends on what's inside!"
Qin Xuan took out the entire part containing the pearl, held it in his hand, and showed it to the people surrounding him to inspect it one by one.
"Brother Xuanzi, open it quickly. There must be pearls inside!" Cheng Tingting looked at the thing in Qin Xuan's hand and said eagerly. She saw that no one believed her, so she was eager to verify her words.
"No problem, I'll cut it open right now!"
While Qin Xuan was speaking, he also picked up the knife, danced a knife pattern, and cut the seashell meat open with one stroke!
"Really, there are really pearls!"
Once the cut was made, Qin Xuan had a surprised smile on his face. At first, he thought Cheng Tingting was dazzled because she desperately wanted the pearls, but he never thought that with just one cut, the pearls would really be revealed in the seashell flesh.
"Xiaoxuan, please take out the pearl quickly and show it to us!"
"Yes, brother Xuanzi, hurry up, I have never seen what a pearl looks like when you are so big!"
"Hehe, Mom, I'm right, there are really pearls in this sea shell, you just don't believe it! Now you finally believe it!"
As soon as Qin Xuan's words came out, everyone around him immediately started talking, especially Cheng Tingting. When she heard that there were pearls inside, the smile on her face was extremely bright, as if she had drunk honey!
Qin Xuan was not slow in his movements. While everyone was talking, he stretched out his hand to tear open the seashell flesh and took out the two pearls inside.
Two pearls of different sizes, one with a diameter of 11 millimeters and the other with a diameter of 9 millimeters. Even though they are covered with a layer of mucus emitted by sea shells, they still show an alluring luster under the light!
What surprised Qin Xuan the most was that when he first looked at it, the two pearls were black, but as he turned his hands, the pearls also changed color, instantly changing from black to deep purple, and appeared
Gives off a metallic luster.
According to Qin Xuan's knowledge, only the black butterfly oyster in the Pacific Ocean can give birth to black pearls, but why the big sea oyster in front of him gave birth to two black pearls? Qin Xuan was puzzled for a moment, and his eyebrows could not help but deepen.
Wrinkled.
In fact, this seashell is unlucky. It has been living under the sea. By chance, and after a long period of precipitation, it has formed these two black pearls. Moreover, it has been lying under the sea, so even if there are
Many fishing boats passed above it but failed to catch it.
But this time, because Qin Xuan dropped the Mysterious Liquid of Life above the sea area where it lived, it was attracted by the faint breath of life, and thus, it was caught by Qin Xuan and others.
Qin Xuan thought for a while, but when he saw that he had no clue, he stopped thinking about it. Instead, he took the two pearls and carefully wiped off the mucus on them with the silk cloth next to them.
When he spread his hands again, the two black pearls that appeared in front of everyone's eyes exuded an alluring luster. Even if they were not polished, they could still be seen as extraordinary.