Chapter 46: Orca Gives A Gift
The orca not far away was still making a wuwuwu sound.
Wang Mei looked over, “Is that orca the one you guys saved before? What is it doing?”
Yun Jiao: “It’s asking me to go out and play.”
Wang Mei & Shen Yunlian: ………
“Play what? It’s a fish and you’re a human, can you play together?”
“Leave it alone! Why is this big fish being so ungrateful.”
Yun Jiao: ………
In the end, she could only play by the shore.
But she still said hello to the orca.
The orca cried “yingyingying” in the sea for a long time, and more and more people came to join the fun.
Everyone curiously pointed and gestured at the orca.
“This big fish hasn’t left yet?”
“What is it doing?”
“Its cry sounds quite nice, why isn’t it afraid of people?”
As for the orca itself, seeing that Yun Jiao really wouldn’t play with it, it huffily turned and dived into the sea.
Seeing it leave, Yun Jiao patted the giant sea turtle beside her.
“Here you go.”
She opened a clam she had just dug out and gave the meat to the giant sea turtle.
It was considered compensation for its fright.
The giant sea turtle had been listless when it first came ashore, and only now had it recovered a bit.
Yun Jiao dug out several clams from the sand for it to eat, and also found some mantis shrimp, giving one to it while stealthily popping one into her own mouth.
After all, it was a turtle that found sea urchins for her, and it was her little brother, so Yun Jiao was quite generous to it.
Yun Jiao held her small shovel and with a flick of her wrist, pried a pretty red stone out of the sand.
By the sea, it was quite easy to find pretty stones of various colors, and Yun Jiao herself had collected quite a few.
Although not as good as the pearls and gems from the deep sea, they had their own charm.
The stone she pried out this time was a bright red, and it was in the shape of a small, plump fish.
She picked up the red, plump fish-shaped stone and washed the sand off with seawater, making it even more beautiful, presenting a clean, transparent material in the sunlight.
She liked it.
Yesterday she found a pearl in the shape of a fish tail, and today she dug up a pretty stone in the shape of a little plump fish.
She had been so lucky these past two days.
The little plump fish was only the size of a little finger, and Yun Jiao carefully collected it.
“Wuwuwu~~~”
The familiar sound came again, followed by Yun Xiaowu’s loud voice.
“That orca is back!”
“It’s still here, it must have settled in our area.”
Yun Jiao was still squatting on the ground, and she looked up; the orca, with its body swaying, was swimming towards the shallow water area.
More than half of its body was stranded on the beach, and it was holding something in its mouth.
‘Human, gift, I caught it…’
It was bringing her a gift.
Yun Jiao was curious, she had to go and see.
“Mom, I’m going to take a look.”
After speaking, Yun Jiao ran towards the orca.
Shen Yunlian saw that the water where the orca was located was not deep, so she let Yun Xiaowu and a few others follow.
‘Human, for you.’
Seeing Yun Jiao approach, the orca happily wagged its tail and dropped the thing in its mouth in front of her.
Yun Xiaowu, who had followed closely behind Yun Jiao, opened his eyes wide, “What a big sea cucumber!”
That’s right, the gift brought by the orca was a sea cucumber.
It was as long as an adult man’s palm, and quite thick.
“Thank you, I like it very much.”
Yun Jiao patted the orca’s head.
The orca immediately let out a happy cry, its tail slapping the water and creating quite a splash.
“This orca is stranded again, how do we get it back into the sea?”
It didn’t need anyone’s help at all.
The orca pod came over and, scolding, called for the baby orca.
The baby orca cast a reluctant glance at Yun Jiao, and then, under everyone’s gaze, it twisted its slightly round body and retreated into the deeper sea.
When the seawater covered more than half of its body, it turned and completely entered the sea with a flick of its tail.
“Wow… it’s so intelligent!”
Indeed, even though it was still a baby orca, its intelligence was far beyond that of ordinary fish.
Ordinary fish, when beached, would only follow their instincts and keep moving their bodies in place.
The orca consciously moved its body in the direction of the deeper water.
After the orca left, everyone looked at the giant sea cucumber that Yun Jiao was holding.
“It even knows how to repay kindness. It must have recognized us from saving it last time, and even brought a gift.”
Back on shore, Shen Yunlian and Wang Mei were also amazed looking at the large sea cucumber.
They had never seen such a big sea cucumber before!
And the price of sea cucumbers nowadays, like abalone, was not cheap.
The sea cucumber in Yun Jiao’s arms was quite heavy, probably weighing seven or eight liang.
“Where did that orca find such a big sea cucumber?”
Wang Mei’s eyes were fixed on the large sea cucumber, thinking that if they could find a whole school of them, wouldn’t they get rich?
Shen Yunlian quickly put the sea cucumber into the bucket.
Fortunately, only their family was here now.
The beach was large, and people generally didn’t gather together for tide gathering.
“Put it away quickly.”
Many people had saved this orca together before. If the villagers knew that the orca had only given a gift to Jiao Jiao, they didn’t know what they would think.
“Mom, let’s go home?”
Having received such a large sea cucumber, Shen Yunlian and Wang Mei had no interest in digging for clams and sea sunflower seeds anymore. They nodded and led the children back.
The giant sea turtle was still carried back.
Yun Jiao’s attention was not on the sea cucumber. She knew without thinking that their family would definitely not keep such a large sea cucumber to eat.
She took the red, little plump fish-shaped stone and went to find Fourth Brother.
It was Saturday today, so Fourth Brother wasn’t at school and was helping at home.
“Fourth Brother, make a bracelet for Jiao Jiao.”
Yun Chenbei’s hands were skillful, and due to his hobby, he had also accumulated several handy tools.
Of course, they were all discarded ones that others no longer used. He had found them himself at a scrap purchase station, repaired them, and brought them back.
There were tools for planing wood, as well as some for drilling and carving.
Back home, Yun Chenbei took out his treasure box from under the bed and opened it.
Various small tools and materials inside appeared before Yun Jiao’s eyes.
There were even several pieces of wood and stones in various shapes.
One piece of wood had already been carved into the shape of a small rabbit by him, following the wood’s original contours.
“This stone is so beautiful, it doesn’t need any carving, it’s already a natural little fish shape.”
Yun Chenbei played with the small stone in his hand for a moment, his eyes showing great fondness.
Yun Jiao nodded proudly, “I found it today.”
Yun Chenbei took out a few beads from his treasure tool box.
These were wooden beads, but the color of the wood was a light purple, and it also had a pleasant fragrance.
Yun Chenbei said with a smile, “I found this wood at the scrap purchase station. It was originally a broken wooden box. I thought the wood’s color was nice and it even had a faint fragrance, so I brought it back. I took the box apart, and some of the severely damaged pieces were polished into beads.”
“What kind of wood is this?”
Yun Chenbei: “Sandalwood. I got it at a bargain. When I found the wooden box, it was covered in dirt. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been my turn to pick it up.”
