The evil sister is in charge, and the mother is getting married

Chapter 109 Regardless of whether Bai Haoyu will become an official in the future, they decided not to care about the Bai family’s affairs anymore.

Bai Jiangshi broke out in cold sweats when she heard this. She had no choice but to pay the money. The family was counting on her eldest son to pass the imperial examinations, and she couldn't let this incident ruin her son's future. So she took out the silver note from her pocket and paid the bill decisively.

Seeing that the purple dress had disappeared from the corner, Sheng Wanqiu knew that Bai Jiang must have gone to pay the bill. She had known for a long time that Bai Jiang was rich.

In the original owner's memory, she saw men giving her money more than once. It was impossible that she didn't even have money for medical treatment.

"Uncle headman, auntie, I'm leaving first. I guess you don't need to borrow money!" Sheng Wanqiu nodded and motioned them to look back.

The head of the village and his wife immediately turned around and saw Bai Jiang carrying Bai Haowu on her back, followed by Bai Xiaolian with her head wrapped and medicine in her hand. It seemed that the bill had been settled.

The headman and his wife were so angry that they almost vomited blood. It seemed that they were really being made fun of. They immediately swore in their hearts that no matter what happened to the Bai family in the future, they would not care.

Regardless of whether Bai Haoyu will become an official in the future, they decided not to care about the Bai family's affairs anymore.

Sheng Wanqiu ruined Bai Jiang's plan, and happily took Xiao Du to the blacksmith shop, and bought two axes, two sickles, and two hoes for the family. She thought that even if her grandmother wanted to join a fight, these would be enough.

When she returned home, she carried half a bucket of clams into her room, asked everyone not to disturb her while she was doing the experiment, and then closed her door.

"It's so mysterious. What kind of experiment can be done with river clams?" Mrs. Sheng muttered softly, but her hands immediately closed the door to prevent anyone from entering her yard and disturbing her granddaughter's experiment.

Sheng Wanqiu plunged into her own space, poured the clams in the bucket onto the ground, then filled the bucket with spiritual spring water, and began to search for scientific knowledge applicable to freshwater pearl oyster farming in her mind.

She remembered that the mantle of the river clam was stimulated by the invasion of foreign objects, preferably foreign objects such as sand. The epidermal cells at the stimulated area used the foreign objects as nuclei, and the pearl sac cells secreted nacre, which covered the nucleus layer by layer to form a pearl.

Sheng Wanqiu took out the prepared sharp bamboo sticks and a handful of fine sand. On the way back, Sheng Wanqiu asked Xiao Du to pick them up from the river.

Give it a try. If it works, it works. If not, forget it. It’s also nice to eat some river clam meat.

So Sheng Wanqiu took action, carefully prying open the shell of the clam with a dagger, revealing a small opening, and then quickly used a thin bamboo stick dipped in sand to gently poke the edge of the clam along the shell, and then threw the clam into the bucket filled with spiritual spring water.

Then the moment of witnessing a miracle came. The palm-sized river clam grew bigger and bigger in the bucket. Just when the bucket was about to burst, Sheng Wanqiu quickly fished the clam out.

The grown river clam was cut open in no time, and seven or eight off-white pearls as big as peas lay quietly on the edge of the clam shell.

"Hahahaha! Success!" Sheng Wanqiu jumped up on the spot.

The next step is to study the color of the pearls. A single color is definitely not enough, but how can the pearls change color?
The book says that only the color of saltwater pearls is naturally formed according to the type of shellfish, and each shell will only have one pearl, but a river clam can produce seven, eight or even more freshwater pearls at once, which is a high yield.

Forget about the seawater pearls. She is still a long way from the sea, so she shouldn't bother with that. She can make a fortune by focusing on the freshwater pearls.

Sheng Wanqiu then experimented with several river clams. She found that the color of the freshwater pearls was related to the shape of the clams. It was probably a problem with the type of clams. She couldn't understand the difference between these clams. She only knew that the pearls produced by the triangular clams were light purple and light pink.

The pearls from the round clams were mostly milky white, with the occasional light orange and rose hue, which was enough. Black and gold pearls only grew from certain seashells, so she had no intention of ever getting one.

Sheng Wanqiu thought of buying a pond, cultivating pearls and raising some fish, and pouring the diluted spiritual spring water into the pond to accelerate the growth of the fish and clams in the pond without making them sick. This way, not only would there be fish to eat, but she could also get pearls to sell for money. Hahaha, it was simply a golden idea.

Just do what you want to do, this is Sheng Wanqiu's rhythm.

"Mother! Come quickly!"

"I have something good for you! Hehehe!"

Sheng Wanqiu carried a bucket of dug-out clam meat out of the house, leaving the clam shells in the space. The sudden change from a small clam to a big one would definitely arouse suspicion, so she simply cleaned the clam meat before bringing it out.

Anyway, Hui Niang had just come back from digging wild vegetables, and she hadn't seen the size of the clams before, so she wouldn't be suspicious.

"What are you going to give me again? You're so mysterious and sneaky!" When Mrs. Sheng heard that her granddaughter had something good to give her, she immediately threw away the bamboo basket, wiped her hands, and rushed to Sheng Wanqiu in two steps, staring at her in confusion.

"Grandma, stretch out your hand!" Sheng Wanqiu winked at her playfully.

"Hmph! You're so naughty!" Mrs. Sheng rolled her eyes at her and obediently stretched out her hand.

Sheng Wanqiu took out a handful of pearls from her pocket and put them into Mrs. Sheng's hand.

"Granny, surprise, this is all yours."

"Hehe, I'll tell you in detail later. I have to go do my business first!"

After Sheng Wanqiu finished speaking, she ran out of the yard, not forgetting to ask Hui Niang to cook the river clam meat at noon, and then she disappeared.

Grandma Sheng looked at the handful of pearls, large and small, in her hand and quickly covered her mouth with a cry of surprise. When had her granddaughter acquired such a skill? Could she have some kind of X-ray vision? Could she tell which clams contained pearls?
In the past, people in the village went to the river to catch clams and bring them back to eat. They also dug pearls from the clams, but they were definitely not as big as these, and their colors were not as beautiful as the ones her granddaughter gave her. Not only were the pearls plump, but they also had many colors.

Wait until this little girl comes back and ask her what’s going on!

"Wanqiu girl, did I hear you correctly? Do you really want to buy the pond at the entrance of the village?" the village head exclaimed.

"Uncle Lizheng, you heard me right, I really want to buy it!"

"And I'll pay you the money right away. As long as you agree, I'll pay half of it first. Once the land deed and other procedures are completed, I'll pay the rest right away!" Sheng Wanqiu doesn't like Mo Ji's way of doing things. Quick decisions are her style.

"Then I'll ask the elders in the village first. You know, this pond belongs to the village. I can't make the decision alone!"

(End of this chapter)