Now it's good to have water to wear on your body, but pearl divers used to go down shirtless, and if they were bitten by a poisonous sea snake, and if they couldn't be rescued, they would soon lose their lives. The poisonous jellyfish is erratic, and if it is stung by it, there is no effective medicine to treat it, and the wound is red, swollen and ulcerating, and the pain is unbearable. Severe cases can also be life-threatening.

In addition, the opportunity for the pearl divers on the bottom of the sea to shake the rope and the speed at which the people on the boat pull the rope should also be well coordinated. If it is a little slower, the pearl diver may be suffocated to the point of bleeding to death.

The danger of the pearl diver is not only this, sometimes the people on the boat, find that the rope has become lighter, and when they pull up the rope, they find that there is no one on it, only the broken rope end, which means that the pearl diver has been swept away by the undercurrent, or disappeared into the whirlpool of the seabed......

No wonder when Zhuang Xiaomo insisted on participating in the pearl diving competition, Yu Xiaolian was so worried!

At present, Zhuang Xiaomo's luck is still good, and he has been up and down several times in a row, picking up a lot of pearl oysters that look good. By noon, this small "pearl pool" was almost picked up by him. In the afternoon, they changed places again, and they also gained a little.

When they returned, most of the pearl diving ships were empty, and many pearl divers from other places had not yet completed the step of exploration, and Zhuang Xiaomo and they had already started picking pearls one step faster.

Picking pearls from pearl oysters can be taken back or done on the spot. Zhu Junyang is not afraid of someone cheating, as long as he can contribute the top pearls, bonuses and petty official positions he needs, he will not feel distressed at all.

When picking pearls, Yu Xiaocao and her friends came over and surrounded Zhuang Xiaomo and them in three layers inside and three layers outside. For wild pearl oysters, the odds of catching a pearl are similar to winning the jackpot. After the first few were opened, they were all empty, and the young ladies and young masters of the capital who came up with great interest all pouted in disappointment and left.

Yu Xiaocao was still squatting next to a pile of pearl oysters, pulling pearl oysters of different sizes casually. Yu Wanqing took a small bench and sat beside her, watching Zhuang Xiaomo open the shells one by one, disappointed again and again. This little fan sister of Yu Xiaocao said anxiously: "Little Brother Mo, you let Sister Yu help you open a few to try, she has always had good luck!" ”

This little girl, seeing that Xiaolian and Xiaocao both called him "Little Brother Mo", was also as good as a stream, and she didn't have the shelf of the eldest lady in the capital at all, but admired Zhuang Xiaomo's methods.

Yu Xiaocao was caught off guard by her, and after being stunned for a moment, she said with a smile: "What does this have to do with luck?" Could it be that someone else opened it, and if I opened it, a pearl would appear out of thin air? ”

Yu Wanqing said confidently: "This pile of pearls, it is impossible to have no pearls." There are no pearls chosen by others, but Sister Yu has good luck, and she will definitely be able to choose one with pearls!! ”

The little mending stone woke up at this time, and it scanned the pile of pearls with its own aura, and said with a little disgust: [The boy surnamed Zhuang, his luck is really not good, most of the piles he picked up are garbage, and only a few of them have aura fluctuations. 】

In the eyes of cultivators, the jewels belong to the heavens and the earth, and they can sense the slight fluctuations of the aura inside. The greater the fluctuation of the aura, the higher the preciousness.

In the corner that everyone couldn't see, the little mending stone turned into the palm-sized, golden cat, and came to Xiaocao's side with proud and elegant steps. Yu Xiaocao took it into his arms and hugged it. According to Xiao Tianshi's reminder, in the expectant or ridiculous gaze of everyone, she stretched out her hand to a small pearl oyster that looked ugly.

Yu Wanqing was anxious for her on the side: "Sister Yu, take the biggest one!" Isn't the older the pearl oyster, the more likely it is to produce pearls? The one you take is so small, even if there are pearls in it, it won't be very big. ”

Yu Wanqing's worries, Xiaocao was also puzzled. But the little mending stone said with certainty that the aura fluctuation in this pearl oyster was relatively the largest. She had never doubted the words of the little mending stone.

threw the pearl oyster to Zhuang Xiaomo and motioned for him to open it. Seeing that her expression was very determined, everyone turned their expectant eyes to the pearl oyster in Zhuang Xiaomo's hand.

The pearl oyster was quickly pried open, and in a conspicuous position inside the shell, a pearl the size of a small fingernail shimmered with a faint and shiny soft light in the evening afterglow.

"Wow! There really are pearls! Xiaocao, you are so powerful, you can take a pearl oyster and you can bloom pearls!! How did you do that? He Wanning pounced, holding the opened pearl oyster, carefully examining the round and beautiful pearl. It turns out that the pearl was born from this little ugly shell!

Her question is also what everyone wants to know. In the scorching eyes of everyone, Yu Xiaocao said leisurely: "It's nothing, it's just intuition!" ”

"Cut! Grass, you're so boring!! The crowd pouted at her answer.

Yu Xiaocao spread out his hands: "Okay! In the dark, it seemed as if someone was guiding me, and among the many shells, I fell in love with this inconspicuous pearl oyster at a glance. My hand, unobediently, reached out to the unremarkable shell, and a voice in my head kept telling me: "Here are the pearls, here are the pearls......"

"Tsk!! You can switch to storytelling!! The disdain on the faces of several men became even more obvious. The little girls had a smile on their faces, and it was clear that no one believed her. Yu Xiaocao shrugged her shoulders, it was indeed Xiao Tianshi who had been telling her in her head, this pearl oyster has pearls? No one believes the truth these days!

Xiao Mending Tianshi complained: [It's you who tell the truth too falsely, so people can't believe it! ] 】

Yu Xiaocao held his breath and opened six pearls of different sizes in a row, and then in the incredible eyes of everyone, Shi Shiran left. Of the remaining dozens of pearl oysters, not a single pearl was produced. Everyone felt that it was illusory, could it be that Xiaocao's intuition was so accurate, and none of them had failed?

"Tell me honestly! Are you a little fairy in the sky? He Wanning leaned over mysteriously and lowered her voice, as if she was afraid that others would hear it.

Yu Xiaocao gave her a big roll of the eyes: "Sister He, have you read too many mythological scripts?" Fairies descend to earth? I also turn some stones into gold!! Dongshan Village is backed by the mountains and faces the sea, why don't you suspect that I am transformed into a spirit from the mountain? Or was it the dragon girl in the sea who came ashore to play? ”

Her voice was not loud, but it was enough to be heard by Yu Wanqing and the others, and the men and women all showed smiles, and the little girls also laughed and joked about He Wanning's whimsy.

Yu Wanqing blinked her big eyes, nodded seriously, and said, "It's very possible!" Sister Yu's swimming skills are so good, and she can dive for a long time, and she can communicate with the little dolphins and be friends. Sister Yu, maybe you were really a little dragon girl in your previous life!! ”

Yu Xiaocao smiled bitterly, pinched the little girl's face, and said with a smile: "You say yes!" What happened in the past life, who knows! Maybe our sister Wanqing, in her previous life, was a very beautiful little fairy, and the daughter of the Jade Emperor was jealous of your beauty, so in this life, you have lived with acne on your face and low self-esteem for more than ten years. It wasn't until I met the daughter of the Sea Dragon King that I untied the spell on your body and made you break out of the cocoon and be reborn! ”

"That's right! Chances are!! Sister Yu, do you have any memories of your past life? What is Ryugu like? "Yu Wanqing, a stupid girl, actually really believes it, and it is not enough to make the sisters laugh, nor is it angry.

In the next few days, Zhuang Xiaomo harvested every day, and the pearls that bloomed were not able to exceed the pearls the size of the little fingernails on the first day. However, he did not lose heart, and went out early and returned late every day to continue his pearl diving business.

There are more and more pearl divers from all over the world, although they came a little late, but after all, the pearl diving competition is still ten days before it ends, pearl diving depends on ability, two depends on luck, as long as there is a chance to participate, maybe there will be a harvest!

The pearl diving competition is going on in an orderly manner, and although there are dangers in the middle, they are all thrillingly resolved by experienced pearl divers.

The competition is still going on, and the eldest ladies from Beijing have written several times at home. Especially Yu Wanqing, who is young and rarely goes out, although there is a big brother with her, Mrs. Yu still uneasily urged people several times.

A few little girls who wanted to drag it until the end of the competition to see the results, and the people who were sent by the family asked for three or four times, and if they didn't go back, they couldn't say it. Although I didn't want to leave, I still reluctantly embarked on the road back. The Ning Donghuan brothers, who came over, also went back for one reason or another.

When Xiaocao saw them off, He Wanning and Ning Donghuan repeatedly told them: When the competition has results, they must write to tell them.

After sending off a group of dozens of people, Dongshan Village finally quieted down. Since these young masters and young ladies from the capital came, the villagers of Dongshan Village have been a lot more careful in their words and actions, for fear that their words and actions will anger these powerful children from the capital. In the hearts of the common people, the children born in official families are so arrogant.

Every time dozens of people enter and leave Dongshan Village, the villagers only dare to watch from a distance, and even a few of Yu Xiaocao's good sisters rarely come to their side. Zhou Sango, who has a generous personality, went to Xiaocao's house a few times, although he rarely talked to those officials and ladies, he felt that they were not as difficult to get along with as the villagers said.

After sending away those freshly dressed and angry horses, the high-spirited young masters and young ladies returned to Dongshan Village. Except for the occasional talk about the arbitrariness and chicness of these people, they are like a gust of wind that blows and then there is no news.