The lustre of these eggs was so deep that it seemed to swallow the morning glow of the sun.

"This..." Tong Zhaodi felt like words were failing her utterly miserably. She blinked her eyes as she looked at the pearls in front of her. She wanted to say that it was not possible for such a thing to happen, and yet it had happened. Her voice failed her as she finally got the words out of her lips. "This is just not fish money. This...this is a mansion worth money in the city. I...I have heard about these, but never before did I see them."

Han Ruochen picked up the pearls that were sitting inside the oysters and turned to look at Tong Zhaodi before asking in a low voice, "How much do you think these will sell for?"

"At most fifteen thousand yuan or maybe more if we find the right channel." Hearing her response, Han Ruochen narrowed her eyes as she stared at the pearls and then placed them safely in the box that she carried with her on the boat. This was to make sure that these things wouldn’t be damaged and would be safely taken to the county. She mentally calculated the amount that she had earned in a few hours, and her heart started to beat with excitement. It seemed like she would finally be able to buy a house in the city!

Han Ruochen was different from the others. She knew very well that there were houses in the county that would soon be taken down in the name of development, and the compensation for these houses would definitely skyrocket when they were demolished. She knew this because when she was locked up in the Yang family house, Yang Jianming used the betrothal money that her father had given the Yang family and purchased a house in the county that was soon up for demolition. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

If Han Ruochen were not wrong, then only that one house’s compensation was more than one hundred thousand taels! Just thinking about it made her breathing go stagnant. Since that was the case, she might as well try her luck. She had read and heard all about the houses that were demolished in her previous life. Then she might as well buy them and try her luck. Especially the house that Yang Jianming bought!

She would never allow the Yang family to rise to prominence again.

"Let’s go back." Han Ruochen was quite satisfied with the catch and no longer wanted to stay at sea. Since she could return without suffering, why would she bother to stay in the sea?

Tong Zhaodi nodded as well.

They had fetched a good amount of money already. There was no need for them to linger in the sea and roast their backs. It was better to go back to the docks and rush to sell these things as soon as possible.

The two of them tucked everything neatly, and as for the box that contained the pearls, Han Ruochen still felt it was unsafe, so she took the pearls out and placed them in her wallet before putting them inside her breast pocket. Once the pearls were inside her pocket, Han Ruochen turned on her feet and started the motorboat before steering it back to the docks.

"Ruochen, you are back so soon?"

Widow Wang’s brother was the first one to notice that Han Ruochen had returned before noon, and his eyes could not help but fill with glee. He looked at Han Ruochen, who was steering the boat back to the docks, and suddenly, he could not help but chuckle. He said to Han Ruochen, "This is why my sister asked you to give the men the task to go to the sea. Look at this, in the end, did you not return empty-handed?"

Brother Wang was aware of the good things that his sister had said to Han Ruochen, but he not only felt that there was nothing wrong with it. He even felt that she was right. Since when have women started going to the sea? Women were supposed to stay at home and wait for their husbands. They were not supposed to go to the sea to catch fish. They were not capable enough for that.

Han Ruochen was a fool. If she thought that she could just easily bring back a bunch of seafood just because she bought a motorboat.

"You..." Tong Zhaodi was furious. She wanted to tell the man that they had caught a lot of seafood, the kind he would never see in the sea, but before she could say anything, Han Ruochen pulled her hand and stopped her. She had no intention of fighting with Brother Wang; she knew that he was the kind of man who would cause more trouble if one were to start a fight with him.

What was more, if they disclosed the seafood that they had caught, then Han Ruochen was worried that from tomorrow onwards, the other fishermen would start following her and Tong Zhaodi to the sea, which would harm their interests.

It was better for the villagers to mock them rather than let them see what she had caught unless she wanted more trouble for herself at home. If her mother found out that she had caught twin pearls and a batch of imperial lobsters, plus a snow-skin grouper, her mother would definitely raise the roof to the sky. She was not scared of her mother and her tantrums, but if possible, she would like it if she were able to avoid the schemes of her mother even for a short while!

So, she simply smiled at Brother Wang and said to him, "Thank you for your kind suggestion, Brother Wang, but this is my motorboat, and I was the one who purchased it. As long as I can make some small profits, I have no intention of renting it out to others."

Brother Wang simply snorted.

In his eyes, Han Ruochen was like a little stubborn girl who did not know what was good for her. He simply rolled his eyes and stated, "You can act tough, but let me tell you, when this thing turns old, and no one will be willing to buy it, you will be the one crying!"