Chapter 172: Oysters

In Big Pear Village.

Li Hong gritted his teeth angrily.

"This is too much, they are so savage and absurd."

The Bio boy who married the poor fisherman in the fleet was clearly his younger brother, but these people refused to admit it. They refused to pay a single cent and they even beaten him up.

Li Hong was a scoundrel in the village. Although he was shameless, people tended to give him what he wanted to avoid trouble. He was always the only one who bullied others, but this time, he was beaten up.

The moment Shen Chi raised his arm in a call for action, it had met with a quick response from the fishermen.

And the fishermen all concentrated forces against Li Hong instead of his parents, they didn't want to accidentally hurt the old couple.

Of course, there was another reason why the fishermen would attack Li Hong only. Li Hong was just too arrogant. He gave vent to a torrent of abuse to Zhou An and the fishermen who tried to help Zhou An before Shen Chi showed up and upheld justice for Zhou An.

"I told you that the people in the fleet are not to be trifled with, but you were bent on having your own way," Father Li sighed.

The fleet of the Fish Cabin County belonged to Magistrate Lu. When Li Hong said he wanted to charge into the fleet's dormitory and confront Zhou An, Father Li raised an objection.

Li Hong said hatefully, "Who knows that County Magistrate is in charge of so much?"

Li Hong was a person who bullied the weak and feared the strong. He didn't want to deal with Lu Lin, all he wanted was to sell his younger brother Li Xiaoyu for money.

Li Hong had the guts to start trouble in the dormitory building was partially because he heard that the new County Magistrate was very good -tempered, he was even afraid of his wife. He was only interested in opening restaurants and doing business.

"Maybe, that person married Zhou An just looks like your brother, he is not actually your brother, poor Xiaoyu, he has jumped into that river, we were all there when it happened."

Father Li originally thought that his son didn't die and ended up marrying Zhou An, but after Shen Chi made such a ruckus, Father Li was a little panicked. He recalled what he had heard from the villagers, what they said was Zhou An's wife looked like his son, they were not exactly sure whether that was his son or not. Now Father Li doubted it was true or not.

"How can it be? Father, don't you think they are just being guilty, they refused to let us see that Zhou Yu! " Li Hong said angrily.

"There are so many fishermen, and they are so fierce. I agree with Hong, I think they are trying to hide something," Li Hong's mother chimed in.

Even though the fishermen avoided hitting Mother Li accidentally, but everyone was in a great bustle, they had indeed accidentally kicked Mother Li several times and her body was bruised.

Mother Li was old, so she held a deep-seated hatred towards those fishermen.

Li Hong nodded. He didn't want to mess with the fleet anymore. Li Hong was a bully in the village, but he only dared to bully ordinary people.

The Li family was beaten up and there were some miserable and gloomy atmosphere at home.

Suddenly, there was a clamor outside. Father Li walked out and found that there were many people standing in the yard, looking so indignant.

"Old Li, my husband was beaten up, but he was just there to help you and Li Hong, you need to be responsible for this!"

"That's right, Old Li, same thing happened to my husband! And now is busy farming season, I really need him to work in the field!"

"You need to be responsible for this, everyone followed you because of our friendships. However, you it turns out you guys were just lying to us, you aren't even sure about the whole context!

......

Li Hong was fed up with the accusation and he said angrily, "You guys should go ask Shen Chi to be responsible for this. If you want some justice, go confront him, it's him who has asked the fishermen to beat us up."

Li Hong thought to himself, 'It was said that Shen Chi was Chen Xiao Mai's wife, that means Shen Chi is Magistrate Lu's sister-in-law, he was so fierce when he asked the fishermen to drive us out, he looks like a Bio, but he sure didn't act like one.'

The villagers also knew Shen Chi's identity, so of course, they didn't dare to confront him.

"Li Hong, you bastard, you want to extort money, and innocent people are paying for that!"

"Yeah! Li Hong, it's fine that you have been messing around in the village. How can you scheme to mess with the County Magistrate?"

"Yeah! Li Hong, how could you do that to us! You vowed to us that a fisherman has abducted your brother, but it turns out that person just looks like your brother, you aren't sure whether they are the same person, I dread to think what if Magistrate Lu investigates this?"

......

Father Li couldn't help but be frightened. Knowing that the fleet was owned by Magistrate Lu, Father Li begged several villagers to come along to boost their courage.

Li Hong choked on his anger. The villagers were here asking for money as compensation, Li Hong, cash-stripped, couldn't afford to pay them a cent.

The people who came here were not easy to deal with. Seeing that Li Hong was unwilling to give money, several villagers barged into the house and moved things they landed their eyes on. Father Li and Mother Li cried bitterly and loudly in excessive grief, but the villagers didn't stop.

After the commotion, all articles of value in the house were stripped.

......

After Zhou An's incident, the fleet enjoyed some uneventful time. Zhou An was worried that Li Hong would come back, so he asked Li Xiaoyu to stay low-key. The other fishermen and their family members were all very warm-hearted, they offered to keep .an eye out for anything suspicious.

The fishermen's family were mainly in charge of drying squid in the front yard and cooking for the fishermen, so they had a lot of free time in hand.

Shen Chi released a recruitment announcement. He encouraged the family members who had free time in hand to help out in the restaurants and the pay was 15 cents per day. There were already several family members who applied for the job on the first day the announcement was released.

Lu Lin looked at the list of the fleet and said, "There are more people buying dormitory rooms!"

Chen Xiao Mi nodded, "Yeah! Three tales of silver is a friendly price for our hard-working fishermen team." Chen Xiao Mi thought to himself, 'I wish I could buy a room with three taels of silver when I was in Big Stone Village so that me and my brothers could have a roof over our heads on rainy days.'

Chen Xiao Mi had noticed one more thing, there seemed to be many pregnant people on the team. Their living conditions had improved significantly since they moved to the dormitory building, Chen Xiao Mi felt so happy for the fishermen.

"Magistrate Lu, the things you want are here," Qin Lang walked to Lu Lin and handed him a box.

Lu Lin nodded and said, "Be careful."

Chen Xiao Mi glanced at Lu Lin and asked strangely, "Are you interested in the shells?"

The box that Qin Lang sent over was full of dried oysters. Although it was only a small box, it took a lot of effort. Oysters had large shells, the meat inside was small, and they shrunk even more after being dried.

"I want to send this thing to the capital," Lu Lin said.

Chen Xiao Mi blinked and said, "Do you still sell it to Highness Cheng? This thing doesn't look very pretty."

Lu Lin shook his head with a meaningful smile, "It doesn't matter that they don't look pretty, I can give them some packaging, I've already made some wooden boxes, we can put the oyster meat in the wooden boxes nice and neat!"

Chen Xiao Mi was a little surprised, "Wooden boxes? Is it really necessary?"

A while ago, Lu Lin had customized a batch of wooden boxes. Chen Xiao Mi knew about that, but little did he expect those wooden boxes were for oyster meat.

Lu Lin smiled and said, "You don't know what oyster can do, do you? In my hometown, we say oysters are like a gas station for men and a beauty salon for women!"

"A gas station?" Chen Xiao Mi tilted his head and asked.

Lu Lin showed a cheeky smile and said, "This thing can help men perform better in the bedroom."

Chen Xiao Mi covered his mouth and said, "Then we shall not send this to Highness Cheng, what if he is offended? What if he thinks we are mocking him in some way?"

Lu Lin rubbed his forehead and thought to himself, 'Xiao Mi is right! Better be safe than sorry. What if Highness Cheng takes it wrong and thinks I'm mocking him?'

"Is this thing really good for women, can they really help women maintain beauty and keep young?" asked Chen Xiao Mi curiously.

Lu Lin nodded, "It is true, oysters can delay ageing and beautify skin."

Chen Xiao Mi nodded and said, "Alright, let's send a batch to Ji Yun An and Cai."

"We don't need to worry about selling them, they are good products. Worst case scenario, we can eat them all by ourselves" Lu Lin said.

Chen Xiao Mi glanced at Lu Lin and said, "Watch out, you may overdo it."

Lu Lin scratched his head and blushed.

......

In the capital city.

"Mai, what is this?" Song Yufei asked curiously when he saw the wooden box.

Mai opened the box, he took some dried oyster meat out and said, "It is dried oyster meat, it's impossible to transport the fresh ones, my brother has to dry them and send them to me."

Song Yufei nodded and let out an "Oh."

Mai glanced at Song Yufei and said, "Don't underestimate this thing! Big Brother said that this thing could boost men's vigor, you know what I mean?"

Mai winked at Song Yufei.

Song Yufei blushed when he heard Mai just casually said 'boost men's vigor'.

"Really? Is it good for women too?" asked Song Yufei in a low voice.

Mai nodded and said, "Big Brother said they could make your skin glow and firm."

Song Yufei asked suspiciously, "Is it really that good?"

In the capital city, a lot of ladies dreaded getting old and looking aged, they willing to spend gold on cosmetics and skincare. Even though Song Yufei was a Bio boy, he was obsessed with skincare as well.

Mai nodded and said, "Big Brother said that. Big Brother has never lied to me."

Mai squatted down and checked the wooden box, Song Yufei squatted beside him and watched the oyster meat in a daze.

"Can this thing really strengthen your body?" Song Yufei asked in a subtly way.

Mai thought for a moment and said, "I think so even though I haven't tried, but we are about to find out I guess, all we need to do is try some."

Song Yufei nodded and said, "Yeah!"

......

There came a soft cough from behind. Chen Xiao Mai and Song Yufei turned their heads at the same time. It was Highness Cheng.

Song Yufei blushed. He guessed that the conversation between him and Mai was overheard by the prince already.

"Your Highness, you're here!" Chen Xiao Mai greeted Highness Cheng as usual.

Song Yufei glanced at Chen Xiao Mai's expression, and he was surprised that Mai acted so calm and collected. Song Yufei thought to himself, 'No wonder some people say Mai is a bit slow, but sometimes being slow is a blessing.'

"Your brother sent you something again!" Highness Cheng asked.

Chen Xiao Mai nodded and said, "Yes, I will pack some for you, Highness Cheng. This oyster meat is for both men and women."

Song Yufei looked at Chen Xiao Mai with concern, he was afraid that Mai might say something to the effect of 'enhancing performance in the bedroom', he let out a sigh when Mai stopped and handed Highness Cheng a wooden box.

Highness Cheng took the box and fled the scene to avoid any possible awkward conversation.