Starting to go to the sea: I really didn’t want to be a sea king

"What's wrong, Ayang?"

Hu Erhu noticed the change in Chu Yang's expression and asked.

"Nothing, I suddenly thought of something happy."

Hu Erhu: ...

"Oh~"

Fearing that he was dazzled, Chu Yang looked again and found that he was indeed right.

"Open!"

Chu Yang rubbed his hands and opened the treasure chest immediately.

Bang!

Silver-white light flashed.

[Silver treasure chest has been opened, reward: randomly refreshed ocean treasure (rare) *1, capture time limit: 60 minutes. . ]

It turned out to be an ocean treasure, but this is also water, could the so-called ocean treasure be some kind of ocean fossil buried underneath?

Just thinking about it, suddenly a bearded fisherman carrying a sack came from a distance.

"Hu Zi, what good things did you get today?"

As soon as Hu Erhu saw the person coming, he stood up with a smile, took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it over.

The fisherman called Hu Zi took the cigarette and lit it, with a proud look on his face, put the sack on the ground, grinned and said:

"Take a look."

Hu Erhu stepped forward to open the sack, and Chu Yang followed his gaze. When he saw what was inside, his eyes suddenly lit up.

Inside the sack, a dozen yellow-brown, papaya-shaped, smooth-surfaced, black-brown-spotted conches were lying quietly at the bottom.

"Papaya snails!"

Papaya snails, coconut snails

Papaya snails, scientifically known as coconut vortex snails, also known as coconut snails, are mainly distributed in warm and tropical sandy shallow seas.

Papaya snails are full of treasures, with delicate meat and crisp taste, and brightly colored and uniquely shaped shells. A little polishing makes them into fine handicrafts.

"Where did you get so many papaya snails?" Hu Erhu was also shocked.

"Don't worry about it, just accept it or not." Hu Zi asked.

"Sai Linmu, are you afraid that I will snatch it from you?"

Hu Erhu laughed and scolded, and it was obvious that the two had a good relationship.

After a few words of scolding, he did not continue to ask.

The beach that can produce papaya snails is a treasure trove for every fisherman, and no one will easily reveal it.

With such good things, they must be collected, but papaya snails are still relatively rare, and the purchasing station has not received them yet.

"Wait a moment, I will call to ask the price."

Hu Erhu said.

Huzi nodded, pulled a small stool and sat down.

Chu Yang also sat next to him and handed him a cigarette.

After chatting for a while, I learned that Huzi's name was Hu Guoqing, and he was one of the fishermen who often sent fish to sell on Zhangdao Island these days.

After a while, Hu Erhu's phone call was over.

"Hu Zi, let's charge 55 yuan per catty for papaya snails, how about that?"

"Too low, a plate of this stuff costs more than 100 yuan at the wharf restaurant, and I can fry two plates with this snail." Hu Zi shook his head.

"You know that's in the restaurant, we're a purchasing station, the price is definitely incomparable..."

The two of them argued for a while, and finally the papaya snails were sold at 70 yuan per catty.

This price is high for the current seafood market. Hu Erhu just called Bai Pengfei, and the latter's offer was 80 yuan.

In other words, the profit margin of this batch of papaya snails is only 12.5%, and Ma Dan's profit from selling toilet paper on Pinduoduo 20 years later is not so thin.

If Chu Yang hadn't given Hu Erhu a look to let him buy it, he would definitely have argued with Hu Zi again.

Weigh it, issue an invoice, and pay.

The last 15 papaya snails, a total of 28 catties, cost 1,960 yuan, which is equivalent to two months' salary of an ordinary worker.

"Thanks, Huzi, and Boss Chu, I'll come to you guys next time if I have something good."

Huzi took the money and left contentedly.

"Ayang, why didn't you let me continue talking just now? We can definitely get it at 60 yuan per kilogram." Hu Erhu asked with a smile.

Chu Yang smiled, "No need, this thing is quite rare. It just so happens that I have to go to see the leader in two days. It's not good to go empty-handed."

Hu Erhu nodded suddenly, "Oh, I see!"

He knew that Chu Yang planned to arrange his people into the village committee, and even his father, Chu Yang, was going to get the title of village committee member.

"Then I'll take these snails back first. Tell Sister He about the money and put it in my account. I'll settle it at the end of the month."

"No problem."

Carrying the sack, Chu Yang returned home.

After closing the yard door and entering the kitchen, Chu Yang poured all the papaya snails in the sack into the sink and picked them up one by one to look at them.

When he checked the fifth one, Chu Yang's eyes lit up instantly.

"Here it comes."

Putting the snail upside down on the chopping board, Chu Yang picked up the bone-chopping knife and smashed it hard against the shell.

"Bang!"

The papaya snail, which was larger than an adult's face, was instantly smashed into several pieces.

If it were those handicraft manufacturersIf you see it, you will definitely shout that it is a waste.

This papaya snail shell is worth at least tens or hundreds of dollars.

But Chu Yang was not soft-hearted at all. He separated the shell completely in a few consecutive cuts.

Take out the snail meat, and then cut it carefully with a kitchen knife.

Before the third cut, I felt that the blade hit something hard.

Then Chu Yang took the snail meat and scraped it a few times, and then an orange-red round lens was squeezed out from the wrapped snail meat.

"Pearl!"

Chu Yang was overjoyed.

And it was an orange-red pearl, the pearl body was nearly round, and the surface was as bright as ceramic. Under the light, it rolled in Chu Yang's palm and jumped like a burning flame.

"Melo Pearl!"

Melo Pearl

Without a doubt, Chu Yang recognized it at a glance.

This was also thanks to his domineering wife in the previous life. Her best friend bought a Melo Pearl by chance, and his wife naturally wanted it too.

So Chu Yang spent a lot of effort to understand.

Melo pearls are actually a type of shell pearls. The composition is also very simple, including calcite and aragonite microcrystal aggregates. It is just because of its bright colors, orange-red, orange-yellow, yellow, yellow-brown to nearly white, and unique appearance, which is somewhat similar to the legendary "Dragon Ball". The number is rare. Only one Melo pearl can be found in about 50,000 papaya snails, and only one Melo pearl with production value can be found in every 2,000 pieces. Therefore, it is given a very high collection value.

Before Chu Yang was reborn, a 5-gram orange Melo pearl, according to its flame pattern color, had been hyped up to 200,000 to 500,000 soft sister RMB.

And the one he opened now has a diameter of more than 10 mm and weighs at least 8 grams.

Even considering appreciation and inflation, the value is at least more than six figures.

"What a good thing!"

Chu Yang exhaled, wiped the bead on his clothes, and then held it up in his palm to shine under the light. As the bead rolled, the lines on the surface rose and jumped like flames.

If such a gem is used to make a ring, it will be much cooler than a diamond ring.

Thinking of this, Chu Yang quickly took a bag and put it in.

After collecting the beads, he put the remaining papaya snails back into the sack.

Chu Yang carried the sack and walked towards the dock.