Ye Second Sister-in-Law's eyes lit up at that. She had originally planned to take them to the buying station to find out what kind of sea snails they were and how much they were worth.
"Wouldn't you have to pick out the meat to know whether there are pearls inside? If there aren't any, wouldn't that be a loss?"
"Yeah. It's up to you whether to sell them outright or look for pearls."
Ye Second Sister-in-Law hesitated. Ye Yaodong left her to it, tossing her two back into her bucket and handing his own to Lin Xiuqing. "Put it in your bucket for now. There's no rush. We can pick it open when we get home. Let's keep looking and see if there are any more."
Since his second sister-in-law had found two, there might be more on the beach today, washed in by the waves.
He had only just turned around when he spotted another grayish-white bump farther out in the shallows at low tide. He jogged over and picked it up. This one was a little smaller than the one his wife had found.
"Ah Qing!"
"Huh?"
"Another one! Catch!"
He held up the Conch Shell to show her, then tossed it over in an arc.
Lin Xiuqing spread her hands, watched carefully, and caught it. She turned it this way and that before happily putting it in her bucket.
Seeing that they had actually found another, Ye Second Sister-in-Law refused to fall behind and hurried toward the water to search again.
Perhaps only a limited number had washed in with the tide. In the end, they found no more, only a few horned helmets of various sizes. Everything else was an assortment of clams.
Seeing that the tide had nearly reached its lowest point and some people