Chapter 458: Treasure Hunt at the Stall, Purple Pearl
Chapter 458: Treasure Hunt at the Stall, Purple Pearl
This is the way the world is.
Where there is wealth, there is poverty.
Resources are fixed, but their allocation is not necessarily fixed.
Shen Yu just listened and then walked out of the branch office.
As soon as I stepped out the door.
He saw a scene that was completely different from the lively one in the company.
There were many people wandering around the streets.
Those people were lifeless, with numb eyes, and looked like zombies.
They seemed very busy, and everyone was in a hurry.
They were thin, and all of them had some unhealthy features to a greater or lesser extent.
There was a group of people guarding the door of the branch, staring into the company with eager eyes.
The expressions they showed to the employees who were dressed beautifully and had a very good mental outlook were very complicated.
There is both desire and a hint of subtle jealousy.
Why? We are all from the same country.
Why are we still suffering outside while these people are saved?
Have a decent, high-paying job that can support your family?
But they still have to go out to sea to fish and work hard, getting tanned. After paying the high fishing tax, the fish they catch are exploited layer by layer, and only a very small amount is left for them.
It was obvious that the people inside were originally the same as them.
The same suffering, the same lack of future.
I wish I were the one to join this company.
At the beginning, they should not have seen that this was a foreign company, thought that the company was not stable, and had no knowledge to think that it could not make money, so they did not apply for the job.
If they were given another chance, they would never give up this opportunity to change their lives.
Shen Yu walked out from the door.
However, those people were disturbed by an unknown force and could not see him at all.
In other words, the eyes saw him, but the brain sent a signal to him that he was just a passing cloud and a piece of air, a passerby not worthy of attention.
Therefore, everyone unanimously ignored Shen Yu, a living person.
Even Shen Yu's attire seemed very unusual to the local residents.
This time he wore a cloak, the white and gold cloak obscured his figure, and the large fluffy hat also covered his eyes.
Shen Yu wore a mask made of platinum, covering the lower half of his face.
Such a strange dress blends into the city like air.
No one noticed him walking down the street.
Heldrie is on the sea, and most of it is close to the coast.
The sea breeze carried a fishy, salty and damp smell and blew it to the shore. The smell could be smelled in almost the entire city.
If you remove the noisy voices and listen carefully, you can still hear the sound of waves hitting the rocks.
Shen Yu came to the shore where many fishing boats were anchored.
There are many people here who are dropping anchor, mooring at the shore, and transporting boxes of seafood downriver.
The fish inside are very fat, and there are some more delicious seafood, such as crabs, octopuses, lobsters, etc.
Shen Yu saw many stalls next to the seaport, with many freshly caught seafood on them.
However, the people around hurried past without even glancing at the seafood.
In this country, almost every household fishes, and these seafoods are considered delicious by people in some inland cities.
But for the local people who are used to seeing and eating it, it is not strange or precious.
Some businessmen in suits who were obviously not locals came by boat. After landing at the port, they walked towards these stalls.
They chattered to the stall owner, guessed and gestured, and offered an extremely low price to buy a whole stall of seafood.
There are some very valuable seafoods on this stall.
People around them are not surprised.
The owner of the stall even packed the goods for them in boxes with a smile on his face.
Shen Yu squatted in front of a stall.
Here are displayed shellfish fished from the deep sea.
There are some shellfish that are rich in pearls, and the pearls produced by these shellfish that grow naturally to such a large size are bound to be more valuable than those produced artificially.
Shen Yu picked a few at random and asked, "Boss, how much is this?"
The stall owner looked up, surprised that he could actually understand what was being said, but he quickly gave it a second thought. "This kind of shellfish is rare, and whether you can catch it depends entirely on luck. I'm going to charge one thousand baht each."
If calculated using the exchange rate of Xia currency, it would be approximately one Xia currency to two hundred Hai baht.
Five dollars each.
Each of these shellfish is very large, even the smallest one is bigger than the palm of your hand.
If it were in Xia Country, the price would definitely be dozens of dollars.
Shen Yu paid the money.
He bought six in total, refused the packaging bags offered by the stall owner, and started selling them directly at the stall.
The stall owner also catches seafood all year round and is very knowledgeable about these shellfish.
From the way this person moved, it was clear that he was definitely not a local.
Because no local would buy this kind of shellfish, the bigger the bigger the meat, the older it tastes. With this money, wouldn’t it be better to buy more pork, duck, vegetables and fruits?
It must be another foreigner who heard about the abundant seafood here and came here to travel and buy things.
Moreover, maybe he wants to extract pearls from these shells?
Although these shellfish can indeed produce pearls, naturally produced pearls are extremely rare, and you need luck to open them.
Shen Yu exerted force with his hands and broke open the shell, which looked very hard, without the help of any tools.
The stall owner paused as he was about to hand him the tools.
I was amazed in my heart: He is so strong! With this kind of strength, he must be able to do a good job as a net collector on a boat.
After Shen Yu opened the shell in his hand, he touched the shell meat inside with his fingers, and sure enough, he felt a hard object inside.
He exerted a little force with his hand and dug the thing out.
A round, shiny purple pearl that reflects delicate light appeared in front of the stall owner.
The pearl seemed to emit a faint fluorescent glow, and in the eyes of the stall owner it looked like a glowing pearl.
A hint of greed and regret flashed in the stall owner's eyes.
If he had not sold these shellfish to this guy, he would have such beautiful pearls. If he had sold these pearls to the merchants who came frequently, his family's life would have been much easier.
Thinking of this, the stall owner looked at the dozen or so shells left on his stall.
The stall owners and merchants around have already seen what is happening here.
The businessmen have gathered around.
They said in a condescending tone, as if giving alms: "I'll take all your shellfish."
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