Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife-Chapter 1684: Butterfly Effect 4

Next to them, the soldiers pulled up the net, and everyone who was chatting quickly went forward to help, except for Feng Qingxue and the old squad leader.

The old squad leader said to Feng Qingxue, "Since he’s an old comrade, when you return to the island, you might visit him. I’m telling you, Commander Du is a nice guy, but his wife isn’t easy to get along with, so be careful."

Feng Qingxue’s heart flashed a question mark, "Why?"

The old squad leader waved his hand, "It’s not good to gossip behind people’s backs, you’ll find out in due time. Pick a few pretty shellfish; later, I won’t stir-fry them."

There are many ways to cook shellfish, such as cold dressing and stir-frying.

To avoid damaging the shell, you need to use steaming and boiling to first extract the meat.

Feng Qingxue picked more than twenty shellfish with lovely patterns, and the old squad leader put them in a fresh water basin, added some salt, and let them rid of sand, then steamed them for over ten minutes with the rice, and took out the meat.

Feng Qingxue was currently free, so she helped out in the kitchen.

"Hey! There’s a pearl inside this shell!" The old squad leader exclaimed, and sure enough, he cut out three pearls—one large and two small—from the shellfish meat, all orange-red and shining with a gentle, crystalline gloss.

Feng Qingxue leaned over for a look, her eyes brightened, "Beauty Beads!"

Beauty Beads are a particularly expensive type of pearl, very costly and extremely rare. They can’t be artificially cultivated, with a probability of occurring at thousands to one. Feng Qingxue had not seen Beauty Beads in her past life or this one, but living in an era with abundant information, she had naturally read about them online. The orange-red Beauty Beads before her were the most precious.

"What are Beauty Beads?" Not only the old squad leader was curious, but the two cooks were curious too.

Feng Qingxue explained, "It’s a type of pearl, I’ve heard people say. Don’t you think these pearls are beautiful?"

The old squad leader laughed heartily, "You like this stuff?"

Feng Qingxue nodded, "Old squad leader, could I have the pearls? I’ll trade you something you need for them. My daughter likes these beads; back home, I used to string grass beads into necklaces for her to play with."

The old squad leader handed them over casually, "If you like them, take them, don’t mention trading anything."

"Really give them to me?" Feng Qingxue cradled the three Beauty Beads, the largest was very round, almost perfectly spherical, with a diameter of over ten millimeters, while the two smaller ones were a notch less and oval-shaped. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ

The old squad leader pulled out a can jar from beneath the table, placing it on the table, "Here!"

The jar contained half a bottle of pearls, large and small, round and irregularly shaped, as well as oval and egg-shaped. The colors were also varied, with white taking up half, while the remaining half included black, gold, and pink.

Feng Qingxue widened her eyes, "Old squad leader!"

"These things can be exported." The old squad leader said, "We sometimes come across pearls while working at sea; we frequently gather them to sell to the trade department, and some fishermen do the same, then export them. It took months to gather this half bottle, selling doesn’t fetch much, but we’re earning foreign exchange for the country, aren’t we? If you like, pick some more for your daughter."

Feng Qingxue swallowed, "Old squad leader, I’m thinking of acquiring a batch of pearls. Can you help make a connection?"

"Doctor Feng, what are you planning? If your daughter likes them, just choose some nice ones to take; private acquisition isn’t good."

"I want to use them to make Pearl Powder, which is a kind of precious medicine." Feng Qingxue said earnestly, planning to keep the good pearls as a collection and use the irregular ones to make Pearl Powder and Pearl Cream.

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