An Unexpected Side of Tian Caihua

Ruan Tang said softly to Zhou Chengsen, "Xiao Xia is really clever."

Tian Caihua's bellyful of complaints vanished after Jiang Xia gave her a shout.

Tian Caihua had resented other people coming over to pick up the scallops they had discovered first?

Then Jiang Xia would collect all the scallops the others picked up.

That way, the others were only helping her gather them.

"Fourth Sister-in-law has always been very clever." Zhou Chengsen also admired Jiang Xia greatly.

At that moment, Jiang Xia lowered her voice and said to Tian Caihua again, "Eldest Sister-in-law, when you have time, you can also buy some dried scallops from the villagers, or go to Market Day and buy some good ones. If you collect enough, and the quality is good enough—if you can gather over a hundred pounds—I'll ask Old Xu whether he wants them. Then we can sell them to Hong Kong Island."

Tian Caihua no longer felt aggrieved. Her eyes even lit up, and she said with a smile, "Good, good, good! I'll collect them!"

She had made up her mind! From now on, she would go to every Market Day to buy dried scallops!

Dried scallops here cost over ten yuan a pound, but over on Hong Kong Island, their price would definitely more than double.

The only problem was that dried scallops were incredibly difficult to gather by the pound. Several hundred scallops could produce just one pound of dried scallops.

But if the scallops were dried thoroughly, they could be stored for a long time. Tian Caihua refused to believe she couldn't gather a hundred pounds in an entire year.

If she could earn ten yuan per pound, then a hundred pounds would mean... a thousand yuan.

If she could collect several hundred pounds in a year, then