Pei Min found the situation amusing. Could it be that she was the main producer of razor clams? And she had to provide them till October when Li Hong would give birth? She didn't have such capabilities, and even if she did, she wouldn't indulge Li Hong.
She shook her head as she ran through the calculations, "Your brother-in-law sent back two pounds. Since he was going back, we had him take some cured meat along, which he shared with his comrades. In return, they sent back some local specialties from their hometown. Of that, half a pound of the razor clams was for our family, and the remaining one and a half pounds, we kept half a pound for ourselves and divided the rest among the four elder sisters-in-law, about two and a half ounces each. All were allocated accordingly. And of our own share, the two younger sisters-in-law were eagerly watching. How could we possibly spare more?"
