Beachcombing: The beach is full of amazing seafood, but my wife won't let me get out of bed!

Chen Yang was lucky.

This bead is about one centimeter in diameter, perfectly round, and has a faint silvery-purple luster on its surface.

"These are called oyster pearls. You're really lucky, kid. We all ate oysters, but you're the only one who found a pearl."

Chen Yang held the beads, examining them for a long time. "Brother-in-law, is this valuable?"

"Oyster pearls are usually very small and irregular. The one you found could probably sell for a thousand or two."

Oyster pearls and regular pearls are actually not much different.

However, almost all pearl jewelry on the market comes from cultured pearl oysters.

Oyster pearls are all-natural and their value depends entirely on luck, making them rarer and therefore more valuable.

In addition, most oyster beads are not round, have poor luster, and are small in size, so they have low commercial value.

Wu Sui estimated that this oyster pearl would sell for one or two thousand yuan, and that was a conservative estimate.

"What?! One or two thousand?!"

Chen Yang was so shocked that he almost threw the bead in his hand into the sea, and hurriedly stuffed it into Wu Sui's hand.

Wu Gang also came over, staring at the beads for a long time with an incredulous look on his face.

Wu Sui stood up, looked at the deck full of oysters, and made the decision immediately.

"Brother, let's not sell these oysters. We'll take them all home and shuck them ourselves!"

Wu Gang was somewhat taken aback when he heard this.

"Second brother, isn't this too risky?"

"Oyster pearls are already rare, and it's already quite an achievement to open one. If you can't open any..."

bah bah bah!

Wu Gang cursed himself for being a jinx.

Wu Sui smiled and weighed the beads in her hand, looking completely unconcerned.

"Oysters aren't worth much. Xiao Yang just ate one and found a pearl in it, so he's already made his money."

"With over two thousand oysters, what if we could open three to five more? Wouldn't that be more profitable than selling oysters?"

Wu Gang was stunned, his mouth agape, unable to utter a word for a long time.

Wu Sui continued, "Even if we don't find any pearls, these wild oysters are still very plump."

"We'll take the meat out and make oyster sauce. If we can't finish it all, we can give it to relatives and friends."

"Don't worry, we're not losing out no matter how you look at it."

Wu Gang stared at the deck full of oysters, his mind racing, and finally gritted his teeth.

"Okay, whatever you say."

"Then I'll set sail now and go to the town's dock to deal with the earth dragon."

Wu Gang turned around and started the motor. The small fishing boat turned around and headed towards the town's dock.

The sky was already bright, and the sea was gradually becoming lively.

The boat docked at the town's pier. Wu Sui asked Chen Yang to stay on the boat and watch over things, while he and his elder brother each carried a large bucket and headed straight for Lin Tao's purchasing station.

Lin Tao was squatting on the ground counting the seafood he had collected from the morning market when he looked up and saw the Wu brothers carrying buckets walking over. He stood up and greeted them.

"Ah Sui, Gang Ge, what good stuff did you get today?"

Wu Sui put the plastic bucket on the ground and opened the lid.

Lin Tao peeked out and his eyes widened instantly.

"Holy crap, earth dragons? So many?"

Wu Sui smiled and nodded: "Brother Lin, give me a fair price."

Lin Tao grabbed the long-handled tongs and rummaged around in the bucket a few times. When he saw the earthen dragon that was over a meter long, he couldn't help but swear.

"Selene's mother, this thing has become a spirit!"

"Ah Sui, your luck is unbelievable! Where did you get so much good stuff?"

Lin Tao looked up, his face full of excitement.

Wu Sui was taken aback, then realized that he had forgotten to pick out the largest one.

"Brother Lin, this one's not for sale. Name your price for the others."

Lin Tao: ...I should have kept quiet.

He has now come to realize that Wu Sui is not only good with money, but also has a knack for eating.

"These wild earthworms are in high demand in the market."

"Rich people use it to make medicinal wine to strengthen muscles and bones."

"Especially for women in postpartum recovery, the effect is amazing."

"How about this, I'll price it at 120 yuan per jin (500g), regardless of size? What do you think?"

Wu Gang swallowed hard upon hearing the price.

One hundred and twenty yuan per jin!

They caught at least 100 kilograms, which is worth tens of thousands of yuan.

Wu Sui nodded: "Okay, 120 it is. Pack the biggest one for me."

Lin Tao panicked: "No way! What are you keeping these for? Sell them all to me, and I'll give you a separate price for the big one."

"I'll keep it to make medicinal liquor."

Wu Sui didn't care about any of that. While talking, he quickly packed up the largest earthen dragon separately.

Lin Tao pointed at him and laughed, "You're really wasting your money now. You keep things worth thousands of yuan to make wine. You're just burning money."

Wu Sui didn't reply, but urged Lin Tao to weigh himself quickly.

Excluding the one left by Wu Sui, the remaining earth dragon weighed a total of 121 jin.

Lin Tao took out two stacks of money from the drawer, counted out 4500, plus an unopened stack, and handed it to Wu Sui.

"It's 14520 yuan in total. You can keep the biggest one yourself, and I won't give you the 20 yuan. Just to make up for my wounded heart."

Wu Sui was taken aback for a moment, then burst into laughter: "Okay, I definitely won't keep you next time."

One night, and it cost more than 10,000 yuan!

Not to mention the oysters they shucked, Wu Gang felt like he was dreaming.

After settling the bill, Lin Tao gave them another two pounds of mantis shrimp before they left.

Wu Sui didn't stand on ceremony. After thanking him, he accepted the money and walked towards the dock with his older brother.

Around 8 a.m., the village wharf was at its busiest.

Although it's the closed season for fishing, we can't use nets.

However, fishing boats operating at night can still fish for squid.

This is the time when fishing boats return, and the dock is crowded with fishmongers buying fish and people buying fish.

The villagers on the shore didn't pay attention at first, but after the small boat came to a stop, someone glanced at the deck.

One look was enough to make the man unable to move.

"My goodness, what is this thing?"

At that shout, everyone around rushed over.

"Oysters? Oysters this big?"

"Wu Lao Er, did you guys go and steal someone else's fish cages? These oysters are huge!"

Wu Sui glanced at the man and said, "This is what the oysters in your net cages look like. I was peeping at my sister-in-law taking a bath yesterday, and I happened to pick them up outside your house."

"You brat, why do you have such a sharp tongue?"

A few jokes were made, and no one took them seriously.

The main problem is that Wu Sui has a bad reputation, so no one dares to mess with him.

Wu Sui ignored them and called Li, asking his sister-in-law to bring the cart over.

Two thousand kilograms of oysters, piled up like a small mountain, were too much for them to carry home.

The villagers often go beachcombing, but many of them have never seen oysters this size in their lives.

Hearing the commotion, the fishmongers also squeezed in.

A chubby boss who specialized in collecting shellfish stared wide-eyed and pointed at the deck, shouting.

"Old Wu, I'll take all your oysters, two yuan each!"

Another tall, thin boss next to him immediately raised the price: "I'll offer two dollars and fifty cents, load them all onto my truck."

Wu Gang's heart pounded as he heard the price.

Two yuan and fifty cents each?!

This ship has more than two thousand pieces, which is five thousand yuan!

He turned to look at Wu Sui, his eyes full of anticipation.

Wu Sui stood at the bow of the boat and waved to the shore: "Sorry, business owners, these oysters are not for sale."

The fat shopkeeper got anxious, thinking Wu Sui was complaining about the low price: "Wu Lao Er, three yuan, I'll offer three yuan each, that's the absolute maximum price."

Wu Gang couldn't help but tug at Wu Sui's sleeve, lowering his voice: "Second brother, three pieces now..."

Wu Sui ignored him and shouted to the shore, "We're really not selling these oysters. We're keeping them for our own consumption."

The crowd erupted in uproar.

"Eat them yourself? Over two thousand pounds of oysters for yourself? You think you can eat them as a meal?"

"Wu Lao Er, what's wrong with you? This is several thousand yuan!"

Just then, Lai Er squeezed into the crowd and spoke in a sarcastic tone.

"Oh my, Wu Lao Er has struck it rich now, he doesn't even care about this little bit of money, won't sell for three yuan, really thinks he's the boss?"

Wu Sui raised an eyebrow and replied with a smile, "Lai Er, tell the boss to be more polite. Or you can give me a kowtow, and I'll reward you with some oysters to nourish your body."

A burst of laughter erupted from the crowd, and Lai Er's face turned pale and then flushed.

He wanted to take action, but seeing Wu Gang standing next to Wu Sui with a steel pipe in his hand, he could only spit and turn away.

"Coward, if this were at sea, I'd feed you to the sharks."