Chapter 233: Mother-in-law looks at son-in-law

Ye Yaodong also saw his surprised expression.

"What's wrong?"

"I seem to have seen a pearl?"

Lin Xiang Hui picked up the big river mussel with a cracked outer shell that he had just thrown on the ground, opened it, and there were really two round pearls inside.

Ye Yaodong also widened his eyes. "Oh? Freshwater pearl! Brother, you are really lucky."

Lin Xiang Hui looked at it with some disbelief. People in their village had been catching river mussels since they were young, and pearls—there were some accidentally opened in previous years, but very few. It was not certain that there would be one in a few years.

He didn't expect that he just saw a thin slit, and by instinct, followed this hole and touched it casually. The big river mussel he touched actually had two pearls inside?

"What are you stunned for, Brother? Take out the pearls and take a look."

After all, Ye Yaodong was someone who had opened oyster pearls, so he had no excited emotions about the freshwater pearls opened from river mussels.

Reminded by him, Lin Xiang Hui hurriedly buckled the two pearls inside, put them in his palm, smiled, and the corners of his mouth were almost split to the back of his ears.

He didn't expect that there would be this unexpected joy today. These two pearls should be worth a lot of money. The more he thought about it, the more excited he was, and he hurriedly shouted to Lin Xiangyang, who was poking in the bushes with a bent waist.

"Xiangyang, you come over quickly."

"What's the matter?"

Lin Xiangyang held a stick and poked in the bushes, moving slowly and unhurriedly. "What are you doing?"

Lin Xiang Hui stretched the shining pearls in his hand to him and said with a full face of smiles, "Look, I just opened it from a river mussel."

"Holy crap, pearl?" Lin Xiangyang's indifferent face instantly widened his eyes again.

"Yes, seeing A-Dong touching snails and picking river clams here, I walked over to take a look. As a result, I saw him touching a few river mussels, so I tried to touch one too. I didn't expect to touch a big one, and I accidentally crushed the outer shell."

Lin Xiang Hui became happier the more he talked. If he hadn't crushed it, he might not have discovered it, and could only wait until it was cooked or taken back to buckle the meat to know.

Speaking of this, he suddenly thought of the few Ye Yaodong had caught on the side, and was about to remind him, but he was already prying the shell.

Ye Yaodong pried open all the river mussels he had just caught, and there was nothing inside, only white meat.

Lin Xiang Hui asked with concern, "Are there none?"

He shrugged. "None."

It's normal to have none, and he didn't hold high expectations. The eldest brother-in-law had dog shit luck today!

"It's a pity..."

"Nothing to pity. These are not pearl mussels either. It's very rare to be able to open one occasionally. Brother, why don't you take advantage of the good luck today and touch a few more?"

The smile on Lin Xiang Hui's face deepened. "You guys also catch a few more to try. Anyway, it's still early, and the guests collecting oranges haven't come yet, so I still have time."

He said while carefully putting the two pearls into his chest pocket, and even patted them twice carefully.

Lin Xiangyang had already started to touch the silt on the edge of the river channel with great interest. They all aimed at the gaps and started to dig. It was also one dig, one accurate, slowly digging along a river channel...

After digging a few without any harvest, Ye Yaodong didn't plan to dig anymore. Let the two brothers-in-law dig slowly. They were familiar with the things in the river.

He shook his wet hands and walked towards the children who were playing happily, wanting to see how their harvest was? By the way, beat them and let them be honest.

"Wild ducks, how many did you catch?"

"Caught 6!"

"Little Uncle, we caught 6. These wild ducks are so stupid. They flew away and came back."

"It's quite stupid. Catch a few more, and you can eat them openly at night."

"Mm mm."

These wild ducks have low vigilance and are quite easy to catch. He just regretted that there was no fishing net in his hand, otherwise, he could save a lot of trouble and net a group at once.

There were also some curious children squatting on the shore. Originally, they were also going to come down to join the fun, but they were threatened by the Lin family's boys, saying that this was their territory and they were not allowed to come down, otherwise they would beat them...

Ye Yaodong instructed them to be careful, and then walked to the upper reaches. He startled that pile of wild ducks to fly around. There were many wild ducks in the upper reaches, and he actually picked up several wild duck eggs in the bushes.

From time to time, big fish, small fish, and some loaches swam in the clear water, which made his hands itchy, but the eldest brother-in-law only had one shrimp cage, which had long been put down.

Without any tools, he could only look and stare. He pondered when there would be more, maybe he could bring a hand-throwing net? I don't know if he would be scolded...

After wandering around the upper reaches of the river, his clothes were already spread out to hold duck eggs. After counting, there were exactly ten. He was happy and prepared to walk back.

He heard the children's exclamation from the front, which scared him to hurriedly hold the wild duck eggs in his arms and run forward.

The eldest brother-in-law and second brother-in-law also heard the exclamation and ran over in fright.

"What's wrong, what's going on?"

"Cousin slipped and sat in the water..."

"Also, Dad, look, a big turtle came up in the river, super big..."

"Yes, yes, look, it's even bigger than a washbasin..."

The children who hadn't left on the river bank also shouted excitedly, saying they had never seen such a big turtle...

At this time, Ye Chenghu had already been lifted up by their brothers and sisters. Who let him be the smallest in the group.

Half of his legs were wet, and he was still excited and gesturing there: "Look, I didn't lie to you. This is the big turtle we saw yesterday. Isn't it super big, even bigger than a washbasin..."

Ye Yaodong only glanced at the big turtle in the river after approaching, and hurriedly put down the duck eggs in his arms and went up to check on his eldest son. Fortunately, only below the knees were wet.

"Is there anywhere else you fell? Are only your legs wet?"

"Didn't fall, just slipped when I saw the big turtle crawl up and was too excited, and my two legs stretched into the water." Ye Chenghu said while shrinking, a bit afraid that he would be beaten again.

Who knew that his dad just glared at him and didn't beat him, nor scold him, just frowned.

"Follow me back to take a bath and change clothes later."

Without beating, without scolding him, he was instantly happy again.

The two brothers-in-law ran over and also saw the big turtle that suddenly crawled up on the river surface, and also felt amazed.

"It's really bigger than a washbasin. I've always heard that there is a big turtle in this river, but it's rare that it actually crawled up to sunbathe today."

"The weather is cold, and turtles and soft-shelled turtles like to come out to sunbathe."

"So bold, not afraid of being caught."

"Who dares to catch this? It has become a spirit. Whoever catches it will be punished..."

The two were amazed before they remembered to ask Ye Chenghu how he was.

"It's okay, just too excited to see such a big soft-shelled turtle float out of the water, and slipped, and my feet stretched into the water. It's okay, I'll take him back first."

Ye Yaodong also instructed the eldest brother-in-law to remember to pick up the snails, river clams, and river mussels in the bushes, and he had picked ten wild duck eggs, so he took his eldest son back first.

The lower body was wet and stuck to the body. Although it was early winter, the temperature here was more than ten degrees, but children have poor resistance and are easily caught a cold, so he had to take him back to take a bath first.

Lin Xiang Hui nodded, and frowned again, scolding Lin Guangyuan: "Told you to watch the younger brothers and sisters, but you didn't watch well, and even let your cousin fall. Give me all the things and go home, no one is allowed to play anymore."

Lin Guangyuan said unconvinced: "I watched them. He was too excited and not careful. What can I do. What's more, you adults are also running around playing. How can you blame me."

"Talking back again. Told you to watch, you didn't watch well, it's your fault. Go back and beat you."

"Humph~"

Lin Guangyuan was not afraid of his father, but also knew that his little cousin was a guest, so no matter what, his father had to scold them to make a show.

It seemed there was no way to continue playing today. He had to greet the other younger brothers and sisters, collect the things, and put the caught wild ducks into the bamboo basket.

Everyone was a bit unfulfilled, feeling that they hadn't caught enough, and had to go home.

Lin Guangyuan said reluctantly: "It's almost caught, enough to eat. Let's come again on the weekend in two days."

Anyway, he already knew the method. If there is good weather, there will be wild ducks flying over, and they can continue to catch them in the same way.

Ye Chenghu knew that because he was not careful, everyone couldn'

Along the way, Ye Yaodong didn't scold him either; it was normal for a child to fall, nothing worth scolding. If you walk by the river often, how can you not get your shoes wet?

It was a good thing he didn't fall into the river entirely.

When they got back, the child wasn't scolded, but he was the one who got scolded.

"How can you be so careless?" Lin Xiuqing took off Ye Chenghu's pants, then frowned and glared at Ye Yaodong, "Why didn't you watch him properly? You actually let him fall into the water?"

"How would I know? He got too excited when he saw the big turtle himself."

"Then you should have kept a closer eye on him by his side. Going to the river isn't like going anywhere else. I gave you instructions when you left, I don't know what you were doing, day after day..."

Lin Mu hurriedly helped out, saying: "Children run and jump, how can you really keep an eye on them? Don't talk to Adong like that, you've grown a temper, with that tone! How can you blame him?"

Lin Xiuqing looked at her mother in disbelief. What did she mean by she had grown a temper? What tone did she have?

"He didn't watch the child well, can't I even criticize him a couple of times? How is that me growing a temper? Mom, what are you saying?"

"How can you blame him for this? Stop nagging so much, don't spend all day scolding the little one and then the big one. The child was just careless, hurry up and wash your son, put his pants on, don't let him catch a cold."

"When did I scold the big one after scolding the little one? Mom, are you talking about yourself?"

Lin Xiuqing couldn't help but grumble to herself; it was clearly her own mother, yet she ended up standing on her husband's side, and even called her a nag!

"You're even talking back when I'm telling you off. Hurry up and wipe your son, put his pants on..."

Ye Yaodong was suddenly amused.

A mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law, sure enough, the more she looks, the more satisfied she is!