Chapter 1682 Butterfly Effect 4

The soldiers next to him pulled up the net, and everyone who was chatting came forward to help, except Feng Qingxue and the old squad leader.

The old squad leader said to Feng Qingxue: "Since you are an old comrade, you will probably visit him after you return to the island. I tell you, Captain Du is a good person, but his wife is not easy to get along with. You should be careful."

A question mark flashed through Feng Qingxue's mind, "Why?"

The old squad leader waved his hand, "It's not good to gossip behind people's backs. You will know it later. You choose a few beautiful conchs, and I won't fry them later."

There are many ways to cook conchs, such as cold salad and stir-fry.

In order not to damage the conch shell, you have to use steaming and boiling to remove the conch meat first.

Feng Qingxue selected more than 20 conchs with beautiful patterns. The old squad leader put them separately in a fresh water basin, added some salt, let them spit out all the mud and sand, and then steamed them in a steamer for more than ten minutes, and took them out to remove the conch meat.

Feng Qingxue is currently free, so she helps in the kitchen.

"Hey! There are pearls in this conch!" As soon as the old squad leader finished speaking, three pearls, one large and two small, were cut out of the conch meat. They were all orange-red, shining with a warm and crystal-clear luster.

Feng Qingxue leaned over and took a look, her eyes lit up, "Melo Pearl!"

Melo Pearl is a particularly expensive variety of pearls. It is very expensive and very rare. It cannot be cultivated artificially, and the pearl yield is only one in a few thousand. Feng Qingxue has never seen Melo Pearl in her past and present lives, but living in an era of advanced information, she has naturally seen relevant introductions on the Internet. The orange-red Melo Pearl in front of her is the most precious.

"What is Melo Pearl?" Not only the old squad leader was curious, but the two cooks were also curious.

Feng Qingxue explained, "It's a kind of pearl. I heard about it from someone. Don't you think it's beautiful?"

The old squad leader laughed, "Do you like this?"

Feng Qingxue nodded, "Old squad leader, can you give me the pearls? I'll exchange them with what you need. My daughter likes these beads. When she was at home, I used to make her a necklace with grass beads."

The old squad leader handed it to her casually, "Take it if you like it, don't mention exchanging it for something."

"Really give it to me?" Feng Qingxue held three Melo pearls. The largest one was very round, close to a perfect circle, with a diameter of about ten millimeters. The two smaller ones were a circle smaller and oval.

The old squad leader took out a can from under the chopping board table and put it on the table, "Here!"

The bottle was half filled with pearls, some large and some small, some round and irregular, some oval and egg-shaped, and the colors were also colorful, with white accounting for 50%, and the remaining 50% were black, gold, and pink.

Feng Qingxue's eyes widened, "Old squad leader!"

"This stuff can be exported." The old squad leader said, "When we work at sea, we sometimes come across pearls. We often collect them together and sell them to the trade department. Some fishermen do the same, and then export them. It took several months to save up this half bottle. It won't make much money if we sell it, but we earn foreign exchange for the country, right? If you like it, pick some more and bring them to your daughter."

Feng Qingxue swallowed, "Old squad leader, I want to buy a batch of pearls, can you help me?"

"Doctor Feng, what do you want to do? If your daughter likes it, you can just pick some good-looking ones and take them away. Private purchases are not good."

"I want to use it to make pearl powder. Pearl powder is a precious medicinal material." Feng Qingxue said seriously, planning to collect the good pearls and use the irregular defective ones to make pearl powder and pearl cream.