——That’s the river clam.
The river clam looks dark and inconspicuous on the mall system interface.
Jiang Ning smiled slightly mysteriously.
She already had a new plan in her mind.
The river pond area that has just been opened is not very big.
Jiang Ning divided it into three equal parts. One part was raised with the freshest grass carp, and the other part was farmed with freshwater shrimp.
In this way, there are fish and shrimps, and a lot of delicious food can be added to the dinner table in the future.
The remaining one-third is cultivated for river mussels.
The space boy watched Jiang Ning's operation from the side. He blinked in confusion and asked curiously.
"Is this river mussel... delicious?"
In ancient classics, there are many records describing the deliciousness of fish and shrimp.
But he had never heard of river clams.
Jiang Ning shook his head while operating.
"Tongtong, this river mussel is not for eating."
The little boy's eyes suddenly opened wide.
Not for eating?
What is that for?
Jiang Ning had completed the operation at this time. In the river pond area in front of her, there were swarms of grass carp, fresh shrimps jumping alive, and river mussels covering the bottom of the river one by one.
She looked at all this and explained slowly.
"Although river mussels can be eaten, their meat is hard and the meat content is not very high. It is laborious and time-consuming to eat, and the edible value is not high. But it has special economic value-that is, cultured pearls. "
"pearl?"
The little boy looked at Jiang Ning's shining eyes, listened carefully, and then thought slowly.
he continued to ask.
"Are you talking about the pearl in 'The moon in the sea sheds tears, the sun in the blue field warms the jade and creates smoke'?"
"Yes, this is the pearl! Lantian jade is produced by tens of thousands of years of geological changes. It is rare but hard to find. It is too difficult for ordinary people. But freshwater pearls are much simpler."
As Jiang Ning spoke, his smile became more and more charming.
Then do it immediately.
She asked the space boy to move his fingers and fished up the mussels from the bottom of the pond.
The wet river mussels have a slight fishy smell.
The two shells of the river clam are tightly closed together.
Jiang Ning used a thin piece of iron to pry open the tightly closed mussels.
After opening again, the iron piece turned sideways, and a tiny gap opened up in the closed shell.
The gap opened cannot be too large, only about a few millimeters wide.
If the gap is too large and the skin and flesh of the mussel are pulled, the mussel may die, and the breeding effect will be lost.
When the gap opens, you can see the milky white meat inside the mussel.
Jiang Ning used a small iron needle to poke three small holes into the thickest mussel meat.
They say they are three small holes, but they are actually three small wounds.
The second step is to put a small piece of cell membrane from other mussels into the three small holes.
Because after there are wounds and other foreign objects.
In order to protect itself, river clams secrete a special kind of mucus, which is nacre.
These nacres will wrap around the initially implanted cell membrane to form a bead nucleus.
Over the years, as the nacre is wrapped layer by layer, the bead core slowly grows...
Gradually, it turns into a shining pearl that people can see.
This step seems simple, but it actually tests your eyesight and hand strength.
It doesn't depend on who is stronger, but whose hand is steadier.
Because only if the holes poked out are standard enough and the position where the cell membrane is placed is square enough, the pearls that grow out will be big and round instead of crooked.
When Jiang Ning was doing these things.
She lowered her head, her fair face looking calm and composed.
Clear eyes, staring without blinking.
Her wrist holding the small iron rod did not tremble even in the small gap.
The movement is fast and steady.
The space boy watched silently.
His Qingjun face was tense and he stopped breathing several times.
He was afraid that if he accidentally breathed loudly, it would affect the movements of Jiang Ning's hands.
Wait for Jiang Ning to finish this.
You should pour some hydrogen peroxide to disinfect the mussel's wounds.
But there are no such conditions in the Lingbao space, not to mention that the water in the Lingquan stream is clear and clean, and the river mussels will not rot due to inflammation.
So, you can skip this step.
Just put the processed mussels back into the river pond.
The next step is to wait patiently.
During this period, the substances that river mussels need most are plankton and sunlight.
Plankton is nourishment and sunlight is energy.
Therefore, Jiangning put some grass carp and fresh shrimp into the mussel breeding area to let them produce some plankton.
As for sunshine…
Lingbao Space is like spring all year round, and the most indispensable thing is sunshine.
Jiang Ning had calculated before.
In Lingbao Space, rice only takes one day to mature and harvest, which is almost half a year’s growth cycle in the real world.
In other words.
Small pearls from river mussels usually take 3-5 years to be harvested.
So in the Lingbao space, Jiang Ning can harvest the first batch of small pearls in as little as six days.
Cultured small pearls are not very expensive treasures.
But for Jiang Ning, among the intangible cultural heritage techniques she has studied with great concentration, the least of them is the embellishment of pearls.
But it has extraordinary significance.
This is why she gave up breeding some more delicious varieties and chose river mussels.
only……
Pinch open the clam, poke small wounds, add cytoplasm...
These steps completely exceed the basic settings of Lingbao Space, and are no longer something that a space boy can simply complete with a wave of his hand.
After trying several times, the little boy shook his head repeatedly.
"No, the gap is too small, and the mussel's flesh is so white that I can't even see where the small hole is."
If you were as stubborn as him, you could only spread your hands and look helpless.
"It doesn't matter, I'll do it. You just need to stay with me."
Jiang Ning looked at the little boy and said softly.
This way.
In order to harvest more pearls faster, Jiang Ning spent a longer time staying in the Lingbao space.
She even forgot...
…
inside the house.
Qin Jiulie has been back in the room for a while.
His eyes looked toward the lit bathroom again and again.
During this period, only dim lights could be seen, but no sound of running water could be heard.
He frowned.
He walked to the bathroom door, reached out and knocked on the door.
Boom, boom, boom.
"Daughter-in-law, are you still taking a shower?"
"young married woman?"
"Daughter-in-law, I opened the door and went in -"
There was even a hint of urgency and worry in Qin Jiulie's last voice.
The doorknob is held in a broad hand.
A hard push.
When the dark eyes saw the scene in the bathroom, their pupils trembled suddenly.
His eyes darkened immediately.
