At this time, red coral is regarded as an auspicious and happy thing, representing noble power, so it is also called "Ruibao", which is a symbol of happiness and eternity. Xiaocao heard from her godmother that when the princesses of the previous dynasty were married, the royal family married a red coral as tall as a person, which was priceless and attracted the envy of countless rich and powerful daughters. Such brightly colored and dazzling red corals should be considered top-notch, right
With the help of Butianshi, Yu Xiaocao harvested this clump of beautiful red coral, and slowly dragged it back to the shore. Fortunately, the sea water has buoyancy, and with the help of the little dolphin, otherwise, she really doesn't know if she can get this coral that is about to catch up with her height.
With the help of the sisters, the coral was dragged ashore. A group of little sisters were amazed. Have they ever seen such a large coral with such a red cut color
He Wanning wandered around the coral twice in surprise, and said with a smile: "Sister Xiaocao, you are so lucky that you have encountered such a superb red coral. How can you drag your skinny little body?" came up?"
Li Mengqi also knew how precious red coral was. The old lady in her family has a dowry red coral plant, but it is only two feet high, but she hides it like a treasure, for fear that others will damage it.
Yu Wanqing charmingly showed the coral beads on her wrist to others, and said with a smile: "When I celebrated my birthday, my mother gave me a string of red pearl bracelets. The color is not as beautiful as this one. It’s several thousand taels! Sister Yu, how many strings of beads do you have to grind out of this coral!!”
He Wanning gave her a pat on the back of the head, ignoring her aggrieved expression, and reprimanded: "Do you know how rare a whole coral plant is? If you divide it into pieces as you said, it would be a waste of money! Little Grass, you can't be so confused and be greedy for small things!"
Yuan Xueyan thought more deeply, and asked: "Sister Xiaocao, this coral is priceless, have you thought about what to do with it?" They all said that it was a crime to conceive a biscuit, such a precious thing, I am afraid it will attract Xiao Xiao's attention. only.
Yu Xiaocao heard her hidden meaning, and without thinking, she replied: "At the end of next month, isn't it the birthday of the emperor's mother and concubine Duan Wangfei? The emperor and the empress have treated me so well, and I have nothing to repay." Yes, this coral should be given to Princess Duan as a birthday gift!"
However, He Wanning was very regretful. In her opinion, although Xiaocao was named princess, she still lacked a bit of status to be worthy of Yang Junwang, a real relative of the emperor. If there is such a priceless dowry when you get married, those guys with long tongues shouldn't be able to say anything, right? However, now you want to dedicate it to someone else, so that you can feel sorry for her, is it right
Princess Minglan said sourly: "No wonder the emperor and the empress like you so much, you little girl, you are so good at flattering. You can give such a precious thing as soon as you say it! However, you have to be mentally prepared, the birthday gift you gave It is so precious, and if you suppress others, it will inevitably cause some people's displeasure. You are offending people in a disguised form!"
Yu Xiaocao thought about it, it really was such a rationale, rushed over to hug Princess Minglan, and said: "Thank you sister Minglan for reminding me, otherwise, I would have done a stupid thing to bring trouble on myself! !"
"Go, go! Stay away from me, ah—my clothes are all wet by you, and she embroidered them with her own hands after finally begging from Mrs. Jiang!! Look, they are all embroidered by you Dirty!" Princess Minglan was rubbed by the sea water, and jumped on the spot angrily. What did she do! I should have known not to mention that little girl! !
Yu Xiaocao laughed and dodged the little hand she was slapping, and said with a playful smile: "Sister Minglan, I'll just wash it for you when you go back. If the washing is broken, I will pay you back! I just made a set this year. I haven't got my upper body yet... "
"Just your small body? Shall I wear it on my body and play monkeys for others to see?" Taking advantage of her inattention, Princess Minglan pushed Xiaocao off the rock, looked at the splashing water, and relieved the depression in her heart.
Yu Xiaocao paddled her limbs in the sea, swimming leisurely on her back, and did not forget to show her teeth provocatively at Princess Minglan. Princess Minglan looks grumpy, but after getting to know her, she knows that she is a paper tiger, which can be broken with a single poke!
When the night filled the entire beach, the group of little girls happily returned to the village with a bountiful harvest. The tall red coral plant was carried back to the other courtyard by Chunhua and Qiushi through the night.
On the way back, they met the Ning family brothers who came over anxiously after seeing them not returning for a long time, and three and a half teenagers. Seeing this red coral under the moonlight, Ning Donghuan's eyes almost popped out, such a big coral? This girl Xiaocao has made a lot of money! !
Before he could figure out how to buy the coral back from Xiaocao, Xiaocao had someone invite Ma Yingjie over. The task of escorting this red coral back to Beijing was left to this team of Habayashi guards. She decided to quietly dedicate the coral to the emperor, and it has nothing to do with her whatever he does with it.
These young masters and ladies spent a few days in Dongshan Village happily, and ate all the delicacies of mountains and seas. Liu's authentic seafood cooking skills conquered them. Garlic lobster, sea cucumber chicken soup, crispy salt and pepper abalone, scallops in sauce, spicy Pipi shrimp...they didn't want to leave the blessed place of Dongshan Village.
However, no matter how good Dongshan Village is, they will return to the capital after all. Just when they were about to go back home, Tang Gu suddenly reported that a pearl-diving competition would be held. It is said that in addition to a high bonus, the first place can also be granted an official position. Although it is only a seventh-rank idle position, it is tantamount to a huge temptation for fishermen and pearl divers!
It has to be said that King Yang did a good job in publicity. Even in a small fishing village hundreds of miles away, some people came to sign up. Anyway, there is no need to pay any fees for registration, even if you don't get the ranking, there is not much loss. Let's give it a try, maybe the god of luck will favor him
Many fishermen with good diving skills have signed up to participate, not to mention those who have many years of pearl fishing experience! Surprisingly, several women also signed up. Sure enough, the legendary profession of pearl divers still exists.
If Dongshan Village wants to say that the water quality is good, it must first count Yuhai. However, he has a lot of money now, and he already has an official position, so he has little interest in this event. There are a few newborn calves who are not afraid of tigers, but they signed up behind their backs. It wasn't until the day when the competition started that Xiaocao found out that Zhuang Xiaomo had also secretly signed up.
Zhuang Xiaomo's diving skills are better than Xiaocao's father Yu Hai. It is said that the old man who adopted him was a famous local pearl fisher when he was young. Later, when he had health problems, he gave up and became an ordinary fisherman.
Although he didn't want his adopted grandson to make the same mistakes as him, but he didn't want to lose his valuable experience in pearl fishing for more than ten years, so he passed it on to Zhuang Xiaomo one after another in the midst of entanglement. Zhuang Xiaomo also followed his grandfather's instructions and did not follow the old path of a dangerous pearl diver, but he thought that both his diving skills and his pearl fishing skills were much better than ordinary pearl divers.
Zhuang Xiaomo, who fell in love with Xiaolian, has always been in a state of inferiority, fearing that his identity is not worthy of her, and fearing that she will fall in love with someone better than himself. Therefore, Zhuang Xiaomo has always had a knot in his heart, hoping that with his hard work, he can find a background worthy of Xiaolian.
This opportunity is once in a lifetime for him. If he really wins the first place and wins a high prize, he will be able to sell a yard in Beijing to Xiaolian. place.
A junior official of the seventh rank, although he has no real power, after all, he got rid of his status as a mud-legged person and became the highest among scholars, farmers, businessmen and commerce. When he went to Yu's house to propose marriage, he would be able to straighten his back, and when he promised Xiao Lian happiness, he would be more confident.
On the day when the Pearl Diving Contest started, Xiao Lian, who followed her younger sister to join in the fun, suddenly panicked when she saw the familiar figure in the crowd. Living by the sea all year round, she has naturally heard stories about pearl divers from the older generation.
The career of picking pearls sounds very "money", but who knows the dangers and embarrassments involved? Who knows, every round and crystal clear pearl is bought by pearl divers with their own health and even life.
The smoky sea looks calm and waveless on the surface, but the mysterious seabed is full of ravines, dense reefs, turbulent undercurrents and constant eddies. The dangers are far more than these, there are also poisonous sea snakes lurking in the crevices of the reef, poisonous jellyfish floating in the sea, and even more ferocious sharks patrolling their territories in groups.
Those pearl oysters inhabiting seawater more than ten meters or even tens of meters deep, in order to pick them, pearl divers not only have to bear the huge pressure of seawater, face the risk of being swept away by undercurrents and eddies, but also beware of various dangers Attack of sea life.
So, when Zhuang Xiaomo greeted Brother Jiang for some time to board the boat, Yu Xiaolian rushed over and shouted indiscriminately: "Zhuang Xiaomo, who asked you to sign up? You don't know how dangerous pearl hunting is." ? Why do you still risk your life? Are you really so short of money? You don’t even care about your life for money?"
"Hey, hey! Little girl, can you say something sweet, okay?" Zhuang Xiaomo hadn't said anything yet, the big black man next door was not happy about it, like those who work in their line of work, the most taboo is that people say it's dangerous and dies La! Isn't this a curse
Zhuang Xiaomo smiled at him apologetically, then turned to Xiao Lian and said: "It's okay, Brother Jiang and I are just going to try our hands. If we don't go far away, we just wander around a few times. Anyway, signing up is the way to go." It’s a grand event, and the cost is not high, so it’s just an experience. Don’t worry, I value my own life more than you, and I won’t take risks easily!”
The subtext in his heart is: If I die in the sea, wouldn't it be cheaper for those brats who are staring at you
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