Fish Stone Pendant (Please Bookmark and Follow)

Fish Stone Pendant (Please Bookmark and Follow)

Lu Qing did not take out the Azure Armor Fish Stone in front of Wang Da'an.

Instead, he had left it inside the Azure Armor Fish.

It was not that he was stingy and unwilling to show it to others, but that he had no good way to explain the thing.

Now that no one was disturbing him, it was the perfect time to take out the Fish Stone.

When he arrived in the kitchen, the Azure Armor Fish's massive head was sitting in a Wooden Basin.

Lu Qing split open the fish head and found the Fish Stone at its throat.

However, when he saw what the Fish Stone looked like, Lu Qing was greatly surprised.

In his previous life, Lu Qing had once caught a grass carp weighing over twenty jin and had likewise obtained a rather fine Fish Stone.

But when he had taken that Fish Stone out back then, it had been somewhat gelatinous.

After removing it, he had needed to clean it, air-dry it, and carry out a whole series of treatments before finally obtaining a Fish Stone of good quality.

Now, when he touched the Fish Stone in the Azure Armor Fish's throat, he found that it was not soft in the slightest. It had already hardened.

Lu Qing found a small wooden spoon and carefully dug out the Fish Stone.

After washing it clean, drying it, and examining it again, he was even more astonished.

This Fish Stone was two centimeters wide and over half a centimeter thick, shaped like a scallop.

Its entire texture was like stone and jade. It felt warm, smooth, and rounded to the touch, with an exceptionally fine feel.

Its quality was far better than the Fish Stone he had painstakingly maintained in his previous life.

As he gently played with the jade-like Fish Stone in his hand, Lu Qing seemed to feel a thread of peace settle over his mind.

He knew it was not an illusion.

Because in his vision, the Fish Stone in his hand was now giving off a dense layer of White Light.

Azure Armor Fish Stone: A complete Fish Stone nurtured by an adult Azure Armor Fish. It has become jade-like.

Legend had it that jade-grade Azure Armor Fish Stones, when worn close to the body, could soothe the soul and steady the spirit.

After studying it for a while, Lu Qing realized that this Fish Stone's quality could already be called perfect.

It needed no additional polishing and could be worn directly.

He found some tools and carefully drilled a hole through the narrower end of the Fish Stone.

Fortunately, although this Azure Armor Fish Stone had become jade-like, it was not as hard as those hard jades.

It did not take much effort before he had ground out a perfect hole.

After drilling the hole, he took out the remaining hemp thread from before, twisted it into a tough hemp cord, and strung the Fish Stone onto it.

Once he finished, he had made a simple Fish Stone Pendant.

After admiring his handiwork for a while, Lu Qing called Xiao Yan, who was playing in the courtyard, inside.

"Brother, what did you call Xiao Yan in for?"

The little girl scampered into the room.

"Brother made something nice and wants to give it to you." Lu Qing held the pendant in his hand.

"What nice thing is it?" Xiao Yan's eyes lit up.

"It's this."

Lu Qing pinched the hemp cord, then loosened his hand, letting the Fish Stone hang in midair and sway back and forth.

"Wow! What is that? It's so pretty!"

The little girl's eyes immediately widened as she stared at the pendant.

"This is a pendant. Brother made it from the Fish Stone inside that big fish. From now on, wear it close to your body. With it, you won't kick off your blanket while sleeping anymore."

Lu Qing untied the hemp cord, hung the pendant around Xiao Yan's neck, then tied the cord tight again.

He made the loop rather small, so the little girl could not pull the pendant off over her head, lest she carelessly lose it.

"Thank you, Brother! Xiao Yan really likes this gift!"

The little girl lowered her head to play with the pendant around her neck, her heart brimming with joy.

It was the first piece of jewelry that belonged to her alone, and it was such a pretty stone at that.

Children were practically defenseless against beautiful, lovely stones.

The more Xiao Yan looked at the pendant around her neck, the more she liked it.

"It's good that you like it. Remember not to lose it, or Brother won't be able to catch another big fish to make one for you."

Seeing that Xiao Yan could not put the pendant down, Lu Qing reminded her.

"Xiao Yan knows. Xiao Yan will protect it properly!" Xiao Yan said with a solemn expression.

Seeing that the little girl had taken his words to heart, Lu Qing stopped worrying about her and let her keep playing.

Meanwhile, he returned to the kitchen and prepared to cook the big fish head.

At dinner, the brother and sister enjoyed a grand fish-head feast.

Lu Qing roasted half of the massive fish head and made soup from the other half.

The two siblings ate until they were utterly satisfied.

"Brother, big fish is so delicious."

That night, Xiao Yan lay in her own little bed, rubbed her still slightly full belly, and spoke to Lu Qing.

"As long as Xiao Yan behaves, Brother will make even more delicious food for you in the future."

Lu Qing tucked in the little girl's blanket.

Xiao Yan had once slept in the same room as their father and mother. After their parents were gone, she would always cry at night, so the original owner had moved her little bed into his room. Only then had Xiao Yan been able to sleep a little more peacefully.

"Mhm, Xiao Yan will be very good!"

The little girl touched the pendant around her neck and nodded earnestly.

"Then go to sleep early. We still have to visit Grandpa Chen tomorrow."

"Mhm, Xiao Yan misses Grandpa Chen too."

As the little girl spoke, her eyelids grew heavier and heavier. Before long, she had fallen deeply asleep.

Lu Qing tenderly helped her tuck the thin blanket around her.

The little girl had been quite exhausted today as well.

She had gone fishing with him and helped carry the fishing rod.

After returning, she had also played in the courtyard for most of the day.

The fact that she had only grown sleepy now was already quite impressive.

Only after making sure the little girl was asleep did Lu Qing lie down on his own bed beside hers.

Listening to Xiao Yan's faint breathing, Lu Qing could not fall asleep right away.

He was thinking about tomorrow.

Tomorrow was the day he would go to Old Doctor Chen's for acupuncture.

According to the Old Doctor's earlier promise, starting tomorrow, after every acupuncture session, he would have half a shichen to study medicinal herbs with the Old Doctor.

Identifying medicinal herbs was still secondary. With his ability to help him, Lu Qing was not worried about whether he could learn it.

What he needed to consider was how to use this opportunity to gain the Old Doctor's favor and recognition.

And there was also what Da'an Ge had mentioned today about Da Ji. He needed to think it over carefully as well.

After these past few days of consumption, quite a bit of the grain borrowed at home had already been eaten by him and Xiao Yan.

More importantly, there was not much salt and oil left.

In a few days, they would be completely used up.

So he had to find a way to make money as soon as possible.

It was not the season for farming now, so there was no point thinking about income from the fields for the time being.

Besides, he did not even have the money to buy grain seeds.

He could only seek another path.

Da Ji might be a good choice.

He just did not know what Da Ji was really like. From Da'an Ge's warning at noon, it seemed there were some special rules that needed to be followed...

All kinds of thoughts turned through Lu Qing's mind. As he thought, his eyelids grew heavier and heavier.

At last, unable to hold on any longer, he slowly fell asleep.

The room was silent, and the brother and sister were both deeply asleep.

Outside, the night breeze was faintly cool, and the sky was filled with stars.

Suddenly, a black figure lightly leaped into the courtyard and looked toward the fish meat hanging beneath the eaves.