I’m the Farmgirl You Can’t Mess With
Chapter 909 - Chapter 909 Farming Pearls

Chapter 909: Farming Pearls Chapter 909: Farming Pearls Editor: Atlas Studios “We can decide that too?” Tao Sheng’s eyes widened.

Tiger Head said proudly, “If you treat them well, they will definitely listen to you.” Little An and Little Lion nodded and requested, “My mother likes pink ones.

We’ve got to make them give birth to a pink pearl the second time round.” Little Lion said, “Don’t forget Royal Aunt.

Let’s give her a white one.” Tao Sheng looked at the two clams in his hand and felt that their mission was really difficult.

He asked weakly, “How many babies can a clam give birth to in a lifetime?” The children looked at each other.

After a long while, Little Bear said, “Why don’t we go home and ask Father and Mother?” While it was not easy to find big clams by the seaside, it was not difficult to find some small clams.

As Little Bear and Tao Sheng were the best swimmers, they dived into the water to find a lot of clams for the younger boys.

In the end, they split up the clams caught before heading home.

Little Bear adhered to the agreement and sent Tao Sheng and his younger brothers back to the fishing village before getting into the carriage to return to the city.

They cherished the clams very much and raised them in a bucket with seawater.

When Mu Yangling saw it, she said, “Clams are quite delicious too.” Stunned, the four children immediately raised their hands to protect their clams.

“These are for farming pearls, not for food.” Mu Yangling looked at the small clams in surprise and asked, “Can you farm pearls with such small clams?” “We can after they grow up,” Tiger Head said proudly.

“We’ll just feed them more rice and they’ll grow up in no time.” This was what Qi Haoran often told them.

Mu Yangling was embarrassed for a moment and said, “I don’t think clams eat rice.” “What do they eat then?” Mu Yangling shook her head, indicating that she didn’t know.

“You can ask your father when he comes back.” Of course, Qi Haoran did not know what clams ate, but he knew that clams didn’t give birth to pearls through reproduction.

With his eyes widened, he asked, “Who told you that clams can give birth to pearls?” “Eh, Brother Ping Lang said that he found the pearls inside the clams,” Little Lion said.

Qi Haoran knew this.

“You found pearls inside the clams, and you assume the female clams give birth to them?” The three children widened their eyes and shouted in surprise, “Surely they aren’t born from male sea clams?” Qi Haoran was so angry that he nearly vomited blood while Mu Yangling laughed out loud.

Qi Haoran slammed the table and said, “Who said that pearls are born from sea clams?

Shouldn’t sea clams give birth to sea clams?

How can they give birth to pearls?” “Then why are pearls found in the clam’s stomach?” Tiger Head asked indignantly.

Qi Haoran could not answer either, but he knew that sea clams could only give birth to sea clams and could not give birth to pearls.

He said, “Do you think no one has raised sea clams before?

That’s not how one farms pearls.

I reckon that the sea clams ate those pearls at the bottom of the sea.

In the vast sea, finding a pearl is about the same as finding a needle.

However, sea clams are much bigger in size.

If the sea clams eat the pearls, people just have to find the sea clams.” Little Bear said dejectedly, “So the pearls aren’t born from clams, but are swallowed into their stomachs instead.

So if we want to find the pearls, we have to put the clams back into the sea?” Qi Haoran nodded.

Having laughed enough, Mu Yangling put her arm around their shoulders and said, “Don’t listen to your father’s nonsense.

These pearls aren’t formed naturally either.

How can there be so many pearls at the bottom of the sea for the clams to eat?

Furthermore, only the clams can eat the pearls?

These pearls are made by the clams.” The three children’s eyes lit up as they looked at their mother in admiration.

Smiling, Mu Yangling elaborated, “I don’t know the details either.

I only know that clams like to open their shells.

When they happen to do so as the wind blows, it’s possible that sand gets blown into their shells.

As the clams and shellfish are filled with soft flesh, it must be very uncomfortable for sand to enter, just like how it’s uncomfortable when sand enters a person’s eyes.

Therefore, they secrete liquid.

It’s just like how when sand enters our eyes, our eyes will tear up in order to flush away the sand.

It’s the same for clams and shellfish.

However, they don’t have hands like us.

Also, they can’t get someone to blow the sand out of their shells.

Thus, they can only secrete liquid continuously.

That liquid is called nacre.

The liquid wraps around the sand and constantly grinds in the soft flesh.

As time passes, the sand will be rubbed until it’s round and smooth, thus forming a pearl.” The children widened their eyes in astonishment, and even Qi Haoran was engrossed in listening.

Mu Yangling continued, “The longer it gets, the rounder and smoother these pearls will be, and the more precious they will be.

It’s not difficult for you guys to farm pearls.

As long as there’s seawater and enough clams and shellfish, you should be able to farm pearls.” The children’s eyes sparkled as they asked, “Then can we raise sea clams at home?” Mu Yangling knew that they were doing it for fun, so she was happy to support them.

She waved her hand and said, “There’s still some space in the inner estate.

I’ll get someone to dig a small pool for you and fill it with seawater.” Without waiting for the children to cheer, Qi Haoran stopped them.

“How can you raise clams in the inner estate?

I’m planning to level that piece of land and build a small martial arts arena.

If you want to raise sea clams, go to the seaside to raise them.

If not, find a fishing village to raise them.

Aren’t you good friends with Tao Sheng?

Ask him if he’s willing to help you raise them.

Just give him an amount of money every month.” “Alright, we’ll ask Brother Tao Sheng to help us raise them.” The children discussed for a while and decided.

Meanwhile, Little An was disheartened to learn from Fan Zijin’s words that the clams gave birth to clams and not pearls.

As for how a pearl came about and why it was in the clam’s stomach, Fan Zijin could not answer the question.

If he didn’t know, he would just tell his son that he didn’t know, instead of making wild guesses like Qi Haoran.

So, Little An fell asleep with a stomach full of questions.

When he woke up the next morning, he was a little groggy and looked like he hadn’t slept enough.

He looked for Tiger Head and Little Lion dejectedly and said, “Pearls are not born from male and female sea clams.” Tiger Head and Little Lion’s faces were filled with excitement as they nodded and said, “That’s right.

Sea clams can only give birth to small sea clams.

Father told us everything.” “Then why are you still so happy?” “But the pearls are still made by the clams.” Little Lion happily told Little An what his mother had told them and said, “Let’s go find Tao Sheng and Ping Lang and dig a small pool near their house to raise the clams.

We’ll get them to help us check on those clams often.

Perhaps we pearls would’ve formed after the new year.” To them, it was a very, very long time from now until the new year.

Little An perked up again.

The four children discussed how to convince Tao Sheng when they met him later.

Tao Sheng also didn’t sleep the entire night.

He brought the clams home to show them to his grandfather and told him about raising clams and breeding pearls, causing his grandfather to laugh out loud.

Only then did he know that he had made a fool of himself.

Thinking that his path to making money was gone just like that, Tao Sheng was very depressed.

Only when the tide was about to recede did he perk up.

“Brother Tao Sheng, Little Bear and the others aren’t here yet.

Will they not come today?” One of those in the group started worrying.

“Then won’t we have to pay Boss Hai protection fees again?” “Boss Hai won’t ask us for protection fees, as long as you guys don’t leave the team,” Tao Sheng said firmly.

During this period of time, Boss Hai’s attitude towards him was quite good every time he saw him, as though he didn’t mind the new arrangement.

And the reason why he seeked protection from Little Bear wasn’t because he was guarding against Boss Hai, but because he was guarding against people other than Boss Hai.

After all, Boss Hai wouldn’t rob them even if they didn’t pay the protection fee, but it might not be the same for others.

Tao Sheng thought that the reason why Boss Hai protected them even though they’d stopped paying the protection fee was most likely because of Little Bear’s identity.