"Then Boss Song must be a person who loves animals very much, otherwise according to the habits of dugongs, they will not settle down in places where humans are present." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
This can be seen from the legend of mermaids left behind by dugongs. They like to sing on the reefs in uninhabited sea areas, and will immediately run away once humans appear.
If that group of dugongs had not been familiar with Boss Song, they would never have appeared near the house where Boss Song lived.
"Mr. Song really likes those dugongs. He even arranges for people to deliver fresh vegetables to the beach every day." Xiao Zhao said.
Xiang Yang glanced at Zhao Ye, and after a moment's thought he was sure that what Zhao Ye said was true, because if the group of dugongs already had offspring to feed, they would not continue to feed new offspring before their existing offspring reached adulthood unless there was plenty of food.
"Let's take a look at the clam shells." Xiang Yang untied his net bag. "I was watching the dugong just now, so I only caught two clam shells. How about you? How many did you catch?"
“I only got two.”
“I got four.”
This time we went down to collect clam shells, because the crew members who could go down to that depth were basically very experienced old sailors, so everyone had some gains to varying degrees.
The one who got the least was Zhou Wang. He was badly cheated by the two humpback whales, so he only caught two clam shells. He still has a sullen face and is unhappy after he came up. He Mingde said that when he came up just now, he swore that he would never feed the two humpback whales again.
The one who harvested the most was Master Xu. He caught eight clam shells in one trip. He said that it was mainly because he found a mud pit and found five clam shells directly in the mud pit. Otherwise, he would not have caught so many.
Xiang Yang traded all the clam shells to Song Chaoshu, and then said, "Everyone who goes down to collect the clam shells this time will be rewarded 500, and Master Xu will be rewarded 1,000. After that, the person who collects the most clam shells each time will be rewarded 500, and the second and third place will be rewarded 200."
As soon as Xiang Yang said this, Master Xu's eyes immediately lit up. He knew that as long as Xiang Yang made money, he would not treat his subordinates unfairly, but he was still a little surprised that he was rewarded with a thousand yuan for just one trip.
As for those crew members who could not dive due to physical reasons, they were all heartbroken. Some of them even gritted their teeth and made up their minds to dive at all costs. However, they were immediately glared at and scolded by Chen Qingsheng. The most feared thing in diving operations is someone showing off. As long as someone shows off, there will definitely be problems.
Xiang Yang also did not forget those crew members who could not dive under the sea slope due to their physical condition. He asked the crew members to work hard to exercise in the future and train their muscles to be as well-built as He Mingde and his crew. At the same time, he told them that there were a lot of crabs and lobsters under this sea area. They could go to the sea slope to catch crabs and lobsters and there would be a bonus of 200 yuan each. In addition, the three people who caught the most crabs and lobsters would each be rewarded with 500 yuan.
As soon as Xiang Yang said this, the crew members who were on a bye and stayed on the deck and couldn't go into the water were immediately envious. They secretly decided that they must be more attentive the next time they dive. As long as they performed better than other crew members during the diving operation, they would not be on a bye.
"Boss Song, do you want me to deliver these clam shells to your speedboat or do you want to drive them right here?" Xiang Yang asked.
Song Chaoshu glanced at Xiang Yang.
Xiang Yang immediately smiled harmlessly. There were actually two reasons why he asked this question.
The first thing was naturally that Xiang Yang wanted to satisfy his curiosity and see whether Boss Song made a profit or a loss by spending a large amount of money to buy these clam shells. If he made a profit, what kind of pearls would he get
Another thing is that Xiang Yang remembered that when they were doing pearl trading this time, the clam meat was directly thrown away after opening the pearls. These clam shells were so big and the clam meat was so plump that it made people salivate at the sight of them. It would be a pity to throw it away.
"Let's open it here. It's too troublesome to move it up and down." Song Chaoshu said with a smile, "Lend me a screwdriver. Let's open it here."
Xiang Yang immediately asked Fang Youqun to hand the screwdriver and fruit knife to Song Chaoshu.
Song Chaoshu held a screwdriver in his left hand and a clam shell in his right hand. He gestured at the clam shell with the screwdriver for a long time but didn't start.
Xiang Yang waited patiently.
Fang Youqun was straightforward and said directly, "Boss Song, this isn't the first time you've had trouble opening a clam, is it?"
Song Chaoshu was slightly embarrassed, "I have never opened a clam myself before."
Xiang Yang was speechless. You have never opened a clam before, yet you spent so much time trying to figure it out. People who don’t know would think you were practicing some professional techniques without doing anything.
However, it is not surprising that Song Chaoshu himself has never opened a clam shell.
Xiang Yang had a relative who ran a fried chicken shop in the county town and fried chicken legs every day. One year when Xiang Yang went to his grandmother's house to pay New Year's greetings, the relative happened to be also paying New Year's greetings to Xiang Yang's grandmother. When it was almost time for dinner, someone urged the man to show off his fried chicken skills, but the man held the kitchen knife for a long time and didn't dare to cut the chicken's neck.
"Mr. Song, let me do it." Zhao Ye squatted down and volunteered.
"Okay, you do it." Song Chaoshu quickly handed the screwdriver to Zhao Ye.
Zhao Ye took the screwdriver and skillfully pried open the clam shell. He fumbled around on the clam meat for a while, then cut it with a knife and took out more than a dozen pearls as big as peanut kernels from the clam meat.
Unfortunately, these pearls are mainly mixed colors, and the pure colors are all milky white pearls, and their shapes are as irregular as teeth and very ugly.
Song Chaoshu didn't care. He took the pearls and nodded to let Zhao Ye continue.
Zhao Ye then opened the second clam shell.
As a result, each of the next few clam shells contained pearls. Even Song Chaoshu was surprised. If the clam shells that Xiang Yang had opened before were counted, the pearl yield rate of clam shells in this sea area was almost as high as 80%, which was almost comparable to the pearl yield rate of clam shells in pearl oyster farms.
Xiang Yang also noticed this, but he didn't say anything because the other party had not yet opened any valuable pearls.
Pearls are not the same as the more there are, the more valuable they are. Those small, irregularly shaped milky white pearls or multicolored pearls are not much more expensive than ordinary glass crafts. From this point of view, the other party is actually losing money by spending a large price to buy these pearl oysters.
Zhao Ye pried open another clam shell, took out a few pearls from it, and handed them to Song Chaoshu as usual.
Suddenly he froze.
Xiang Yang's eyes also lit up.
Song Chaoshu even squatted down in surprise.