Bohalla's face was relatively young, looking only thirteen or fourteen years old, but his height and body shape were nearly eighteen years old. He was tall and fat.
He had a buzz cut, short and thick eyebrows, small eyes, and a rare upturned nose. His big mouth always had a smile on it, giving people a simple and honest feeling.
As a more conspicuous person in the reef area, Luo noticed that Bohalla's rather distinctive appearance and body shape was very similar to the examiner of the first hunter test after the original plot began.
After that, Luo deliberately contacted Bohalla and confirmed his guess after learning his name.
Bohalla also came to take the hunter test, but he came to Maffando a month ago.
After arriving in Maffando, his travel expenses were almost on the cost of his room. After learning about the existence of drifting shells, he used the last bit of money to rent a net. Every day, he caught drifting shells in the reef area, which was his daily meal.
This guy's luck was not very good. He could catch a lot of drifting shells every day, but the pearls he opened were only average. The money he exchanged was basically used to maintain the room and the net rental.
The reason why he insisted on eating drifting shells every day was that, on the one hand, the only seafood he could get was drifting shells. On the other hand, after Luo gave him a slice of iced shellfish meat, he couldn't stop and pestered Luo to help him cut the shellfish meat every day.
The two walked on the street of Maffando, and along the way, they saw a lot of shellfish stalls.
Various kinds of drifting shells were placed on the table for buyers to choose from. The lowest price of a drifting shell was 50,000 rings, but the price was generally more than 100,000 rings.
At this time, it was the busiest time of the day, and many people gathered at various shellfish stalls.
One after another, people chose drifting shells and paid to open them. In just a few minutes, it was possible to know whether they earned or lost.
After the rise of shellfish gambling, the value of drifting shells was gradually replaced by the value of pearls. Nowadays, there were very few people like Bohalla who came for the meat.
Some time ago, a lucky young man opened a few thumbnail-sized black pearls and was bought by a jewelry merchant on the spot for seven million rings.
The young man was so happy that he couldn't stop at all. He threw seven million rings into shellfish gambling, and as a result, he lost everything and became one of the shellfish fishermen in the reef area.
This phenomenon was not uncommon in Maffando.
Luo originally wanted to play with the shell to see if he could open a good-looking purple pearl, and then he could bring it back to Machi.
However, during this period of time, he had been practicing boat racing. In addition, Bohara automatically gave him twenty to thirty drifting shells every day, so he didn't participate in the shell-gambling anymore.
Dozens of drifting shells were opened every day, and there were a lot of pearls, but they were not valuable.
After the popularity of shellfish gambling, Ma Fanduo was able to open a lot of pearls every day. As the saying goes, the rarer something is, the more precious it is. The more ordinary pearls were opened, the lower the price would naturally be. Only pearls with rare colors and good quality would be valuable.
Walking through the bustling streets, they arrived at a quiet residential area.
Law led Bohara back to his grandmother's house.
In the courtyard, the old granny sat by the door, weaving a fishing net while Sambika helped her.
The two walked into the courtyard, and Bohara came to the well in the courtyard with ease. He threw the drifting shellfish on the edge of the well and began to draw water from the well without Law's instruction.
"How's the boat training going?" The old grandma stopped what she was doing and looked up at Law with a faint smile on her face.
"It's almost done." Law smiled.
The old grandma nodded slightly and said with emotion: "After outsiders come to Ma Fanduo, few people are willing to practice boat racing. Instead, they are attracted by the shell-gambling. They don't want to think about how to get on the boat when it comes."
"Boat racing is still very difficult to practice." Law smiled bitterly. He had to turn over the boat many times before he could barely master it.
"Can the skill of eating be easy to practice?" The old grandma stared.
Law said weakly: "You know it's hard to practice. If I wasn't interested, I would have given up after a few days."
"There's no harm in learning more skills. People who give up because it's too difficult will be like that for a lifetime." The old grandma scolded.
"You're right!"
Law was like a good student, with a good attitude, but he saw Sambika's pitiful eyes.
The old grandma asked Sambika to learn to weave fishing nets with the viewpoint of more skills.
If it weren't for the old grandma being alone, Law would have thought that the old grandma wanted to bring Sambika into the door as a granddaughter-in-law.
Aware of Sambika's gaze, Law pretended not to see it. He suspected that if it weren't for the practice of boat racing, maybe the old grandma would have let him learn to weave fishing nets.
In any case, he can't save Sambika. It can be said that he can't help.
Seeing Law pretending not to see, Sambika was quite helpless.
"Law, ready."
At this time, Bohala, who had a large bucket of water, couldn't wait to shout.
"Open them all."
Law went to the well and squatted down to look at the thirty-one drifting shells neatly arranged on the ground.
Each shell has the size of a washbasin. The shell surface is slightly flat, dark purple, and the color is quite deep.
He has eaten the meat of drifting shells, and the data only increased by 0.1%, which is not the average, and the effect is pitifully low.
Bohala rubbed his hands and directly broke open the drifting shells with brute force. After breaking open one, he rushed to the next one.
Law was picking up pearls, picking out pearls from the pale yellow shell meat and throwing them into the basin beside him.
The value of a pearl depends on its luster, color, size, and whether there are surface defects and shape. A pearl that can only be found by chance is natural and does not need to be carved manually.
The pearls dug out from the drifting shells are basically the same. Occasionally, there will be pearls with good color and size, but the color is too common and the value is not high.
After digging more than a dozen pearls, Law suddenly dug out a natural black pearl from a drifting shell. Its appearance, size, and color are all superior, and there are no defects on the surface.
Seeing this beautiful black pearl, Law immediately thought of Sambika's eyes …
"What a beautiful bead." Bohala was also attracted by the black pearl and stopped immediately.
When the old grandma and Sambika heard the sound, they both looked at the black pearl in Law's hand.
"Good luck." The old grandma stared at the black pearl and said, "I haven't seen such a good black pearl for a long time."
"Bohala, continue to open the shell."
Law paused and let Bohala continue. Then he walked to Sambika and handed the black pearl to her. He simply said, "This is for you."
Sambika was stunned when she heard the words, and the old grandma's eyes flashed with ridicule. She said lightly, "Xiaosang, according to our custom here, if a man gives you a beautiful pearl, you have to accept it."
The man gives the pearl, and the woman weaves the pearl, and then it becomes a token of love. The old grandma didn't say this.
"Is that so …"
Sambika returned to her senses and slowly took the pearl without any doubt. Then she looked at it carefully and was a little happy.
After seeing the black pearl under Sambika's hand, Law ran to the well again.
He felt that his luck today should be very good. As long as he dug out another purple pearl, it would be perfect. Then he could give it to Machi.
Purple is Machi's favorite color, which corresponds to her hair color, and black pearls are as beautiful as Sambika's eyes. They are the most suitable for her.
When Law turned and walked away, the old grandma looked at Sambika and said seriously, "Xiaosang, I think you have almost learned how to weave a net. Now I will teach you how to weave beads."
"Ah?"
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