Quick Wear: I am the shopkeeper at the Merit Pawn Shop

"You guys dig it yourself! I'm leaving now."

Shen Xian didn't show any reluctance at all. He picked up the bucket and turned around.

But he heard his sister shouting that her elder brother was here too. Shen Xian was not afraid of his sister but was afraid of his elder brother!

"You can go, but please open the clam and show it to us. They say there are pearls inside clams, but we have never seen what pearls look like!"

The two brothers stopped Shen Xian one after another.

"Are you trying to rob me? My eldest brother is here too. Just try it yourself."

Shen Xian looked back and forth between the two men, feeling a little panicked. The two brothers were tall and strong, and he, who was too skinny, could not resist. If the two of them tried to rob him, he would have no way to resist at all.

"We are not afraid of your brother coming here. He is a waste. Shen Xian, don't forget who brought you here."

As he spoke, one of them reached out towards Shen Xian's bucket.

"Shen Youcai, Shen Youde, what are you doing?"

The sudden sound made Shen Youcai stop what he was doing.

A young man in his twenties came over and helped Shen Xian take the bucket.

"Shen Xian, your brother asked me to come and take you back. He is waiting for you on the shore." The man said as he gave a warning look to the brothers Shen Youcai and Shen Youde.

"Uncle Yao Qing, thank you!"

"We are all from the same clan, there is no need to say thank you or not."

Seeing Shen Yaoqing appear to help Shen Xian, Shen Youcai and Shen Youde had no choice but to give up and let him go.

He just showed an unwilling look.

"We were just joking with Shen Xian. Shen Xian, don't forget the agreement between us. I'll come back to find you."

The two brothers looked at Shen Xian with warning eyes.

The latter followed Shen Yaoqing away without looking back.

"Shen Youcai and Shen Youde are very domineering. You should avoid dealing with them in the future, otherwise you will suffer the consequences."

Shen Yaoqing still gave a few suggestions on the way.

Shen Xian nodded.

Actually, he had no choice but to do this. Seeing that his elder brother injured his foot while picking herbs, he also wanted to reduce some of the burden on the family.

He just happened to know that the two brothers Shen Youcai and Shen Youde had a way to make money, so he just gave them one third of the money he made from selling every day.

Shen Mo didn't have to wait long before he saw Shen Yaoqing coming back with his brother and sister.

Shen Mo quickly thanked him: "Thank you Uncle Yao Qing." Although the two men were not much different in age, the seniority was there.

People in the clan address each other according to their seniority.

"It's just a small thing, no need to thank me. In the future, tell your brother not to play with the two brothers Shen Youcai and Shen Youde anymore. They are not good people. A few years ago, the two brothers threw the Zhou family's child into the well. If they were not young, they would have been arrested and imprisoned long ago."

"Thank you uncle for the reminder. I will talk to Shen Xian about it when I get back." Shen Mo looked at Shen Xian meaningfully, and the latter shrank his neck in fear.

The three siblings walked home in silence. Before Shen Mo could speak, Shen Xian couldn't help but speak first: "Brother, I know those two are bad guys, but they can help me make money. I don't want to drop out of school, I want to study."

"Who told you to drop out of school?"

Shen Mo laughed out of anger. The original owner had never had such an idea. He didn't expect to hurt his foot, so Shen Xian started to have wild thoughts.

Shen Xian blushed: "But your foot is injured, and our family has no way to make money. The villagers also said..."

"Why do you listen to those gossipers? If you have something to ask, can't you just ask me directly? Or do you think that we are alienated because we don't have the same father?"

Shen Mo thought of the gossips of the villagers. Some of the old people loved gossip the most.

Knowing that his mother was pregnant with him and married to Shen's father, and that he, a half-grown kid, is now the head of the Shen family, she likes to gossip.

No matter if it was a threat or a joke, those unpleasant words all brought Shen Xian a strong sense of crisis. He felt that sooner or later Shen Mo would no longer want him and his sister and abandon them and leave this home.

Now that Shen Mo pointed it out, Shen Xian blushed and kept saying "no".

"No, no, brother, I didn't mean that."

Under Shen Mo's gaze, Shen Xian finally couldn't hold back his tears.

"Brother, you really won't leave me and my sister, right? I'm afraid that you'll leave, afraid that you'll think my sister and I are a burden and don't want us anymore. I'm afraid..."

"That's enough. I said I won't abandon you. I know many people in the village like to laugh at other people's families, but we just need to live our own lives. Although we are not brothers from the same father, is the relationship between the three of us brothers and sisters all these years in vain? Can it be separated by a few words of gossip from others?"

"No. You will always be my brother, and I will never listen to them again." Shen Xian wiped away his tears.

"That's good, go wash your face." Shen Mo looked at Shen Xian, whose face was covered with snot and tears, with disdain.

Shen Mo looked at Shen Yu who was standing beside him. This girl was very patient. She just watched from beginning to end without saying anything.

"Just say whatever you want to say." Shen Mo looked at Shen Yu.

Shen Yu's eyes rolled around, very smart.

"I will listen to you, Big Brother. I also believe that Big Brother will not abandon us. Big Brother, I love you the most."

After the girl finished speaking, she turned around embarrassedly and ran to the kitchen to cook breakfast and deal with the seafood at the same time.

Seeing his younger sister's reaction, Shen Mo smiled slightly.

He had forgotten what it felt like to have relatives, but Shen Yu's dependence made him very happy. As for the warmth in his heart, that was the original owner's feelings for his family.

Suddenly, Shen Mo heard Shen Yu yell "Wow".

It attracted both Shen Mo and Shen Xian.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Shen Xian ran into the kitchen.

Shen Yu held a seashell larger than an adult's palm and shouted, "The color of this shell is really beautiful."

Shen Xian scratched his head and said, "It's this seashell. Just now, the two brothers Shen Youcai and Shen Youde blocked my way and wouldn't let me come back. They said there might be pearls inside."

"Then let's open it and see if there are really pearls?" Shen Yu's eyes lit up.

Shen Mo's eyes dimmed. Now he knew why in the original owner's memory, when Shen Xian fell into the water, the two brothers did not reveal a single detail to anyone.

It might be the brothers Shen Youcai and Shen Youde who pushed Shen Xian into the sea.

It was for this seashell that the two brothers were tempted by the money.

In this day and age, as long as saltwater pearls are opened, high-quality ones can be sold at a high price.

At this time, a mechanical rabbit voice came from Shen Mo's mind.

"Shen Mo, the original owner used 20% of the merit to add a task to avenge the two brothers Shen Youde and Shen Youcai."

Apparently, Rabbit had already told the original owner what was happening here.

"it is good."

Hearing that he had gained more merit, Shen Mo became more motivated.

"Then open it and take a look." Shen Mo found a handy tool and opened the shell under the expectant eyes of the two siblings.

Before even peeling off the flesh inside, you can already see some exposed dark purple color.

No matter what kind of pearl it is, the first thing to look at is the pearl's luster, followed by its shape, color and flaws.

As the saying goes, pearls become yellow as people grow old. If pearls lose their color, they are worthless.

Shen Mo opened the clam meat with his hands, and the round pearl was immediately revealed. There were also a few smaller pearls next to the big pearl.

He took out the largest dark purple pearl, and then took out a few smaller pearls around it.

After all the remaining patina on the pearls was washed off with clean water, the three siblings couldn't take their eyes off them.