"In fact, I didn't have much communication with him. When we first met, I had only cultivated for more than seven hundred years and had not yet developed a human form. An old man caught me ashore when I was out at sea. He saw me once in a thousand years. , just wanted to exchange me for silver. I thought I was in danger, until he appeared."
Sister Shui Bang held Long Nu in her arms and told her about her past, and she fell into deep thought for a moment.
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"God really blessed my family today." A 60-year-old man burst into tears and burst into tears.
Originally, when I lowered the fishing net, I noticed something was wrong as soon as I pulled it. I thought it was a stone in the water. But today, Old Man Li, who had hit it several times with no results, suddenly lost his temper and simply ignored everything and went straight up. Pull, he didn't know, but this pull shocked him.
It turned out to be a thousand-year-old water clam. It was so big that Old Man Li had to spread his arms to hug it.
This thousand-year-old water clam looks big, but it is very light when lifted. It is obviously not an ordinary object. Even a sixty-year-old man like Old Man Li can lift it with one arm, which shows how light the weight is.
Although it's not bad, this puts Old Man Li in a difficult position. It's so light that it probably doesn't even weigh a pound. How should he sell it?
This really stumped Old Man Li, a fisherman. When he was collected, he sold them by the pound. An old man in the countryside had never been out much in his life. In other words, many common people were like Old Man Li, who had never been out much. The hair is not short but the knowledge is not enough.
Since he couldn't sell it, Old Man Li thought that this must be God's chance. It happened that his daughter-in-law needed to replenish her body right now, so he used the thousand-year-old water clam for surgery.
Old Man Li wiped away his previous depressed mood. This trip was originally to catch some fish in exchange for some money to replenish his daughter-in-law's health. Now it can be regarded as completed in disguise.
After all, the money earned from fishing is not as valuable as a thousand-year-old clam.
Old man Li packed up his things and went back.
As soon as we returned, the thousand-year-old water clam caught my daughter-in-law's attention. It was simply too beautiful. The clam shell, like a folding fan, was purple and glowed with a light blue color under the sunlight.
His daughter-in-law wanted to keep it, but Old Man Li didn't say anything, but he felt bad for his daughter-in-law. This water clam was given to his grandson, and now he doesn't want to give it to him. What if his grandson has any trouble with it?
The daughter-in-law noticed Old Man Li's dissatisfaction and took out her dowry and a piece of jewelry from her boudoir. Only then did Old Man Li nod with satisfaction. Her grandson was saved.
In this way, the dissatisfaction with his daughter-in-law is naturally gone.
The water clam I felt was really hard to find in the world, so I just waited for my husband to come back and let him go back to the sea.
The water clam seemed to be able to listen to people's words, and opened its clam mouth gratefully as if to express its gratitude.
But when the husband came back, he looked at the clam and had his own thoughts. He knew how much the clam was worth. If he brought it into the city, he would definitely sell it for a lot of money.
"Madam, I know you are kind-hearted, but this is an opportunity. For you and the child, even if I go to hell, I will give it a try."
"...husband"
"Madam, this is an opportunity given to us by God. The Qianbao Pavilion in the city collects rare things from all over the world. This water clam is also hard to find in the world. The Qianbao Pavilion will definitely not treat it badly."
"I hope so." The daughter-in-law also knows her husband's wishes. Naturally, she alone cannot be the master of the family.
"Madam, please go back, be careful of hurting the fetus." After the man surnamed Li sent his wife back, he felt uncertain. Looking at the thousand-year-old water clams, he felt a little scared, but no matter what, he would give it a try. .
Flustered, he found an incense burner, lit some incense, and bowed to the God between heaven and earth, hoping that God would forgive him for his offence.
The next day, the man surnamed Li found a water tank, filled it with water, put it on the donkey cart and fixed it with hemp rope, and prepared to go to Qianbao Pavilion in the city.
Almost three days later, the man surnamed Li entered the city, went straight to the main street, picked up the clam, and entered Qianbao Pavilion. A beautiful woman came forward to ask.
The man surnamed Li pointed to the water clam in his arms and said bluntly that he had heard for a long time that Qianbao Pavilion paid a high price for collecting rare treasures from all over the world, so he came to offer the treasure.
The woman glanced at the purple clam in the arms of the man named Li, and naturally she did not dare to neglect it, so she hurriedly invited the shopkeeper out.
The shopkeeper was having a secret conversation with a distinguished guest. The distinguished guest was a well-dressed young man, handsome in appearance, but with a careless and cynical look.
Holding a folding fan in his hand and his feet on a wooden chair, he looked bored.
The shopkeeper took out an exotic treasure and introduced it to the young master, but the other party didn't seem to buy it very much.
"It's boring. I have to take out all the treasures. My Chu family has a lot of money, but I'm tired of these rags, calligraphy, paintings and antiques every day." The young master of the Chu family didn't even look at it. It was just a famous painting.
The shopkeeper wasn't angry either, so he introduced the next thing. Some things in the world are considered treasures to most people, but not many can be called treasures to wealthy families.
At this time, there was a knock on the door, one loud and one soft. When the shopkeeper heard it, he knew that someone had come to the door, so he let people in.
The person who came was the woman who had just received the man named Li. The woman first saluted the two of them, and then was stopped by the shopkeeper when she was about to get up.
"Master Chu, you are not an outsider. If you have anything to say, just tell me."
"Yes, sir. Someone outside presented me with a thousand-year-old water clam. It is six meters long and three meters high. Its body is purple, which is rare in the world. It glows in the fire and appears orchid."
The woman told all the strange things about the water clam, and the shopkeeper's eyes lit up. He was really sleepy and someone gave him a pillow. He couldn't find it even after wearing iron shoes. It took no effort to get it.
Sure enough, when the shopkeeper turned his head, he saw the Chu family master cheering up, smiling, and said to the woman, "Where is he now?"
"According to the rules, my daughter served her tea and is now waiting in the side room."
"Well done, you can go down," the shopkeeper waved his hand.
"Yes" the woman bowed and stepped back.
"Master Chu, I wonder what you think? But if you don't mind, can you come with me and have a look?"
"I've never seen anything so strange. Let's go." The young master of the Chu family also felt energetic and entered the side room with the shopkeeper.
The man surnamed Li was waiting here. When the three of them met, the young master of the Chu family was immediately attracted by the purple water clam.
He asked directly: "How much are you prepared to ask for? I've taken a fancy to this thing."
"One hundred taels, what do you think?"
"Only one hundred taels?" The young master of the Chu family was a little angry when he heard this.
"If it's expensive, what do you think of fifty taels?" The man surnamed Li was brave at first, but when he saw that the person on the other end was a little angry, he immediately changed his mind to fifty taels.
"Are you here to beg for food? Let's do this. Ten thousand taels, are you willing?" Although the young master of the Chu family was angry, he still held it back and offered a fixed price.
"That's too much, just two hundred taels will be enough." The man surnamed Li originally wanted to buy a small courtyard in the city for a hundred taels. When he heard the other party said ten thousand taels, he resisted and changed his mind to two hundred taels. Two, buy a slightly larger house.
"Two hundred taels, good guy, if I hadn't seen you dressed plainly, I would have thought you were insulting me. Twenty thousand taels, I took the things away."
The young master of the Chu family said to the informant: "I don't have any money with me. You can help me pay it first. I'll have someone send me 30,000 taels later."
After that, he picked up the water clam and left.
