Chapter 21 Fishing for river clams and prying pearls

Author: Ting Lan Tingyu

Chapter 21 Fishing for river clams and prying pearls

"Big eagle, little eagle."

Ye Xiuyan shook the net bag in her hand and smiled happily: "I'm lucky today. I caught a few river clams. You have something delicious to eat."

"Zizi."

The two ospreys saw the river clams with their eagle eyes shining brightly, and they eagerly stretched their necks to peck at the net bag.

"Don't worry, just pry open the shell before you can eat it."

Ye Xiuyan did a little magic, dried her hair and clothes, took out the river crabs, threw them on the bamboo raft, and let the two ospreys fight for them.

The river crabs were frightened and ran around on the bamboo raft.

The two ospreys were like a cat playing with a mouse, chasing and intercepting each other with their pointed beaks stretched out.

Ye Xiuyan put on a bamboo hat, took out a sharp knife from the wooden bucket, poured the river mussels out of the net bag, and skillfully pried off the clam shells.

Six river clams, one of which is as big as a human palm.

From childhood to adulthood, she pried open the clam shells, scraped off the clam meat with a knife, and rewarded two ospreys.

The two ospreys smelled the scent of clam meat, lost interest in teasing the crab, and scrambled to surround it.

Ye Xiuyan threw the clam meat on the bamboo raft and threw the clam shell into the river.

Two ospreys competed for the clam meat, and they ate happily. They ate five in a row, but still couldn't get enough. The eagle eyes focused on the last clam, and they were so eager that they could burst into flames.

"Two greedy cats."

Ye Xiuyan smiled and patted the heads of the two ospreys, then picked up the last river clam.

This river mussel is about the size of an adult's palm, and its jet-black shell is shiny.

"Zizi."

The two ospreys couldn't wait to pry it open and couldn't wait to peck the clam shell with their eagle beaks.

"Can't peck."

Ye Xiuyan smiled and quickly switched the mussels with her hands alternately.

The eyes of the two ospreys, as her hands kept turning, soon became cross-eyed.

"Hahaha."

Ye Xiuyan couldn't hold it back for a moment and burst out laughing.

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A palm-sized river clam has an 80% chance of giving birth to a pearl.

Ye Xiuyan had already used endoscopic vision to see what was going on inside. She was extremely careful when prying the clam shell. She inserted the knife into the edge of the gap and gently extended it in. The blade stopped immediately when it touched a hard object.

The two ospreys stared at her with cross-eyed eyes, without blinking.

Ye Xiuyan used her skills to pry open the clam shell, revealing six oval-shaped pearls the size of soybeans.

"Did you see it? There are pearls. Fortunately, the shells were not broken by you two."

She glanced at the two ospreys teasingly, then skillfully scratched the clam meat a few times with a knife, squeezing out the pearls.

"Zizi."

When the two ospreys saw the pearl, their eagle eyes shone, and they looked eagerly at her palm.

"I can't give you pearls to eat."

Ye Xiuyan smiled and threw the remaining clam meat on the bamboo raft.

With the delicious clam meat, the two ospreys immediately forgot about the pearl and started a new round of fighting.

Ye Xiuyan washed the pearls in the river and put them in her pocket.

*

"Help, help."

A sudden change occurred in the center of the turbulent river. A small boat fell into the undercurrent whirlpool, shook violently several times, and crashed into a two-story luxury passenger ship.

The boat capsized instantly, and the three people on board fell into the water, floating in the fast-flowing river.

When Ye Xiuyan heard the cry for help, without thinking, she picked up the bamboo pole and pushed it into the water, rowing the bamboo raft closer to the overturned boat.

At this moment, a young man with dark hair and black clothes climbed out of the open window on the second floor of the luxury passenger ship and ran quickly across the river.

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Arriving in front of the overturned boat, he leaned over to grab the two people who had fallen into the water. He tapped his toes on the bottom of the boat, turned around like an eagle spreading its wings, and ran towards the bamboo raft quickly.
Chapter completed!