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

No sooner had Lai Er left than a chubby buyer, unwilling to give up, came up to him.

"Wu Lao Er, 3.2 yuan each!"

"I'm only doing this because of you. If it were anyone else, 3 yuan would be the maximum."

The fat boss gritted his teeth, looking like he had suffered a great loss.

Wu Sui scoffed, "Give me a break. So my reputation is only worth two cents? Who do you think you are?"

Just then, the sound of cart wheels rolling over the stone pavement came from outside the crowd.

"Make way, make way, don't block the way."

Wang Feng pulled the cart, and Chen Xue followed behind, squeezing into the crowd.

"Get out, get out, stop being disgusting!"

He stopped the cart, put his hands on his hips, and started yelling at the fat boss.

"My second son said he's not selling, and that's final. Who are you trying to embarrass by adding two cents?"

"Do you really think we're short of your two cents? We'd rather dump these oysters into the sea than sell them to you heartless bastards."

The fat boss was sprayed with spittle, and his face turned red.

Chen Xue, who is usually gentle, also sided with her sister-in-law at this moment.

"Boss, don't try to persuade me. My husband says we should keep it for ourselves, so we'll keep it for ourselves and sell it to you when we have better quality goods in the future."

The surrounding villagers whispered among themselves.

The Wu family is really getting cocky now; they're refusing to sell items worth several thousand yuan.

Seeing the Wu family's firm attitude, the fat boss knew it was hopeless and shook his head with a sigh.

"Fine, you guys have money to burn, keep it for yourselves."

As the crowd gradually dispersed, Wang Feng jumped onto the fishing boat and was startled to see the giant oysters piled up like a small mountain on the deck.

"Wow, second brother, where did you get these oysters? They're huge!"

Chen Xue also boarded the boat. Looking at all these oysters, she secretly worried that it would take forever to eat them.

Wang Feng nudged Chen Xue with her elbow and whispered.

"Xiaoxue, don't be upset. Those people at the village dock are ruthless. Second Brother did the right thing."

"These oysters are big. If we take them to town, we can sell them for at least two or three hundred yuan more. My second son is shrewd now; he won't let us lose out."

Upon hearing this, Chen Xue suddenly understood and nodded repeatedly.

Wu Sui smiled when he heard his sister-in-law's words, but did not explain.

Chen Yang, standing to the side, blushed with suppressed urges. He wanted to share about finding oyster pearls, but knew the occasion was inappropriate, so he could only lower his head and stuff oysters into the snakeskin bag.

The group worked quickly and efficiently, stuffing everything into bags in no time.

"Brother, you stay on the ship to wash the deck and keep an eye on the rest. We'll haul one back first."

Two thousand pounds of goods cannot be hauled by a single cart; it requires two extra trips.

Wu Gang nodded, picked up a bucket, and went to fetch water to wash the deck.

Wu Sui pulled the cart in front, while Chen Yang, Wang Feng, and Chen Xue pushed it from behind.

"Second brother, it's hot here. Although oysters don't die easily, it's better to go to town to sell them as soon as possible, lest they really spoil."

Wang Feng pushed the cart with all her might while muttering to herself.

Wu Sui didn't even turn his head: "Sister-in-law, we're really not selling. We're taking them all home to open."

"What?" Wang Feng slipped and almost fell. "You really won't sell it? Are you crazy? This is worth several thousand yuan."

Chen Xue also became anxious: "Ah Sui, this...this is so much, our whole family can't finish it all."

Chen Yang couldn't hold back any longer and muttered to himself.

"Sister, sister-in-law, just listen to your brother-in-law, there's treasure inside these oysters."

"Baby? What baby?" Wang Feng, with her sharp ears, immediately pressed for an answer.

Wu Sui glared at Chen Yang, who shrank back and didn't dare to say a word.

"We'll talk about it when we get home, sister-in-law. Trust me this once, I guarantee it'll be more profitable than selling it." Wu Sui kept everyone in suspense.

Wang Feng was skeptical, but seeing how confident Wu Sui was, she didn't say anything more.

Anyway, the second son is capable now, buying big boats and yards without batting an eye, so let him do whatever he wants with these few thousand dollars worth of stuff.

When we arrived at the old house, my father, Wu Jianguo, was mending fishing nets in the yard.

Li Cuihua, the old lady, looked after Ya Ya and Xiao Hu, and the two little ones helped pick vegetables.

Seeing several people huffing and puffing as they pulled in a whole truckload of sacks, Wu Jianguo put down what he was doing.

"What did you make? It's so heavy!"

Wu Sui and Chen Yang unloaded the bag together and opened it.

Wu Jianguo gasped, "How...how can oysters be so big?"

Li Cuihua also came over and took a look, her eyes filled with surprise.

"It's so big, you could probably make a lot of money selling it."

"Mom, we're not selling. We've opened them all." Wu Sui wiped the sweat from her brow.

"Dad, do you have any iron bars and hammers left in the house? Find them all."

"Open...all open?" Wu Jianguo was completely bewildered. "Second brother, this meat won't keep well."

Wu Sui stopped hiding it and took out the oyster pearl.

Wang Feng was the first to approach, her eyes instantly lighting up.

"Oh my god, pearls?!"

Wu Jianguo took the bead and looked at it against the sun.

"Are these oyster pearls?"

Wu Sui nodded: "Yes, Xiao Yang found it when he was eating oysters. This bead is worth at least one or two thousand."

"Hiss..." A collective gasp of astonishment echoed through the courtyard.

"Second brother, you mean, these oysters can contain pearls?!"

"Yes, Xiaoyang ate one on the boat this morning, and found this one."

"We have over two thousand oysters here. If we could open a few more, wouldn't that be better than selling them?"

Wang Feng rubbed her hands excitedly: "Then what are we waiting for? Hurry up, you guys go and bring back the rest, I'll go get the tools to open them."

Chen Xue felt a pang of sympathy looking at Wu Sui, whose eyes were dark-rimmed.

But he knew that there were too many oysters for him and his sister-in-law to shuck, so he had to hurry up and make breakfast for them.

Soon, the first truckload of oysters was unloaded in the yard.

Wu Sui and Chen Yang went to the dock again and brought back the remaining trips.

The family of six, plus Chen Yang, sat around a small stool in the yard, holding various tools in their hands.

With his extensive experience, Wu Jianguo struck the oyster shell with a single blow, cracking it open. With a flick of the iron spatula, a whole piece of plump oyster meat fell into the basin beside him.

He carefully squeezed the oyster meat, but didn't feel anything hard, so he shook his head: "Nothing."

Wang Feng refused to believe it and started prying with an iron pry bar.

Chen Xue was not strong, so Wu Sui helped her pry open the shell and let her be in charge of finding the beads inside the meat.

"Ah Sui, we don't have this either." Chen Xue was a little discouraged.

"It's alright, keep going. These things are rare anyway, not everyone can have them," Wu Sui comforted her.

Only the clanging and clattering of oyster shells falling to the ground remained in the courtyard.

Half an hour passed, and the aluminum basin was filled with oyster meat, but not a single oyster had been found.

Wang Feng's wrists were aching, and she couldn't help but mutter to herself.

"Second brother, is there only one in this pile? Did we lose money?"

Wu Jianguo also stopped what he was doing and lit a cigarette.

"Second brother, this bead is extremely rare, I think it's unlikely."

Just when everyone's morale was low, Chen Xue suddenly let out a soft cry.

"Hey? Sui, feel this piece of flesh, is there a hard lump?"

All eyes turned to that direction.

Wu Sui took it and pinched the thick hem of the skirt with her fingers. Sure enough, there was a round, hard object inside.

He took a small knife and cut open the membrane.

A pearl, a size larger than Chen Yang's and a pale golden color, rolled into Chen Xue's palm.

Under the sunlight, the bead emitted a mesmerizing halo.

The courtyard was quiet for a second, then erupted in cheers.

"It's out! It's really out!" Wang Feng jumped for joy.

Wu Sui looked at the pinkish-gold oyster bead and laughed: "Sister-in-law, this bead is worth at least three thousand."

"My goodness!" Wang Feng's eyes turned red, and she grabbed a hammer and smashed it against the oysters on the ground.

"Stop standing there, get started! If we don't finish today, nobody's going to eat."