After failing the college entrance examination, I relied on fishing to reach the top of my life

It took nearly 40 minutes for the three of them to walk along the outer beach of this almost uninhabited island.

From the looks of it, Su Mo was very satisfied with the terrain and environment here. He knew that as long as a professional team was hired to plan and build the place, it would be very suitable to develop it into a tourist resort and even build a company headquarters.

However, before he can buy the entire island, he must first secure the "nail households" on it.

So the three of them came to a clearing that had been cut down manually.

It can be vaguely seen from the ruins that this was once a small village, but now there are only two or three houses left that are still intact.

The three of them wandered around for a while, and seemed to notice that an outsider was coming. Soon a gray-haired old man came out of a room.

The clothes on his body were very shabby, but they were washed very clean. Although he was old, he was in good spirits. But from his eyes, Su Mo felt a hint of hostility.

Seeing this, Su Mo winked at Yui, wanting her, a local, to go over and negotiate.

Yui nodded, and immediately went up and said a few words in Japanese. Unexpectedly, the old man shook his head, and instead answered Yui's question in a language that Su Mo had not heard before, but was somewhat familiar to.

Yui frowned immediately and looked back at Su Mo helplessly.

"you do not understand?"

Su Mo was a little surprised.

"Yes, he didn't speak Japanese."

Yui was a little embarrassed. Although she grew up in Okinawa, this was the first time she heard this language.

"Is it Ryukyuan?"

Su Mo had a guess in his mind. In ancient times, the Ryukyu people had their own language and writing. It was only later that the Japanese invaded and in order to completely occupy this place, the locals were prohibited from using the Ryukyu language with ancient Chinese characters. The islanders celebrate Chinese festivals, wear Chinese clothes, and even their food and entertainment activities have been changed to Japanese styles.

Although they have gone through many bloody and brutal purges, the Ryukyu Islanders have not completely surrendered. Instead, they have secretly preserved these cultural traditions. For example, they renamed Ryukyu language Hachijo language, and the main island of Okinawa did not allow the use of the surrounding language. The things used on the island, as well as Chinese costumes and etiquette, etc., were all recorded and hidden by thoughtful people.

It seems that this old man is a remnant of ancient Ryukyu.

Thinking of this, Su Mo walked over, smiled and said in Chinese: "Old man, are you the only one who lives here?"

Hearing this, the old man seemed to be surprised. He was silent for a while and then said in somewhat broken Chinese: "Did you learn from it?"

"Central Plains?"

Su Mo didn't react for a while, but he soon understood that this was the name Ryukyu used to call the country, so he nodded: "Yes, old man, are you also Han?"

The old man nodded very excitedly: "Yes, I am a descendant of the 36th Minzhong Zhougong surname Zhongliang!"

After saying this, the old man seemed to have remembered something, and immediately ran back to the house. After a while, he ran out again, with a yellowed and worn book in his hand.

"Look, this is my family's genealogy."

Su Mo leaned over and took a look, and found that it was indeed written in Chinese characters, and it looked very old.

"Hello Mr. Liang, my surname is Su, and I have only one Chinese character in my name."

Su Mo bent down and saluted very politely, for no other reason than that he knew how cruel and despicable things he had done in his childhood in order to completely subjugate the Ryukyu people. How can this old man still think that he is of Han descent? It's really amazing, much nobler than many Japanese elements in China.

"Hello, hello, why are you here? There is nothing here."

The old man surnamed Liang was very happy. He immediately welcomed a few people into the somewhat dilapidated hut and poured tea for them.

Su Mo did not directly tell him that he was planning to acquire the island. Instead, he asked, "Are you the only one who lives here permanently?"

"Yes." The old man surnamed Liang sighed: "A few years ago, there was an old man Zeng who was with me, but he passed away some time ago, and now I am the only one left."

"What about your children?"

"Forget it, they have forgotten their origins and have all changed their names and moved to the city."

Old Man Liang seemed very sad when talking about this incident and kept sighing.

At this time, Su Mo already understood that Old Man Liang was one of the remaining owners of the property rights. It seemed that he had been unwilling to sell his ancestral home, which was why the Japanese company failed to buy the entire Naha Island.

After pondering for a moment, Su Mocai finally told Old Man Liang his plan to acquire the entire island, and said that if Old Man Liang was willing, the company could even ask him to be a consultant to transform this nearly desolate village into a resort, and it would also be a replica of the ancient village. The kind of Ryukyu architecture.

When Old Man Liang heard this, he immediately agreed.

The reason why he was reluctant to sell before was not because of money, but because he didn't want the things left by his ancestors to be bought by outsiders.

And Su Mo is a mainlander and is willing to build an ancient Ryukyu-style resort. So what else can Old Man Liang resist?

Immediately afterwards, the two discussed the details of acquiring property rights. Old Liang even expressed his willingness to persuade the descendants of the remaining property owners to sell all their property rights to Su Mo.

The more they chatted, the more speculative they became, and Su Mo also took the opportunity to inquire about the maple, mother-of-pearl, and penguin oysters.

Even though these old people are uneducated, they actually know a lot of things. There may be many clues that cannot be found in the information, and there are still legends passed down by word of mouth in remote places.

"Are you talking about the big shells that produce pearls?"

When Su Mo heard that Old Man Liang knew about this thing, he immediately became energetic and asked quickly: "I don't know if you know the kind I mentioned, but that kind of shell is very special. Its shell is black, and the top of it is black." There are still many fine hairs, but the flesh inside the shell is very special, it is bronze around, silvery white in the middle, and has an iridescent sheen.”

Old Man Liang nodded with some vague understanding, then went back to the room and took out a big shell and said, "Do you think this is it?"

Su Mo took it and looked at it, his eyes suddenly lit up and he exclaimed: "Where did you get this thing from?"

The shell that Old Man Liang took out turned out to be a genuine penguin shell!

"This." Old Man Liang grinned, his eyes suddenly became deep, as if he remembered what happened many years ago: "If I remember correctly, I should have got this from Beidadong Island."

"Beidadong Island?"

Su Mo chewed these words for a while, then immediately asked Jenny to take out a map, and soon found the island in the remote northeast.

"Thank you so much this time, Mr. Liang. If I can find Penguin Shell over there, I will definitely not forget you."

After hearing Su Mo's words, Old Man Liang's expression suddenly changed. He quickly grabbed his sleeve and persuaded him, "No, you can't go there!"

"why?"

Su Mo was a little surprised.

Old Man Liang sighed and said slowly: "Because the sea over there can eat people!"