Chapter 29: Another Sea Turtle Encounter
According to the current price of sea wolves, at five mao per jin, these sea wolves alone sold for 65 yuan and 5 mao.
There were other fish as well. Old Master Yun decided to keep three Black Sea Bream, all over three jin.
After all, there are many people in the family, and they’ve hired people to help build a house now. Black Sea Bream are not expensive and have good meat, making them a respectable choice for dishes.
Except for the three Black Sea Bream, the rest of the fish, including the mackerel, were sold, earning another eight yuan and five mao.
Today, they earned 74 yuan!
The Yun family members were all smiles.
This is more profitable than what most people who specifically go out to sea to fish earn.
Generally, when fishing inshore, a good day’s catch usually brings in twenty to thirty yuan.
And that’s considered lucky. On a bad day, they might only catch a few small, inexpensive fish and shrimp, in small quantities and at low prices.
So, they truly made many people envious and jealous with this trip.
“Let’s go, we’re going home.”
Granny Yun admonished, “When we get home, cut out some red paper and stick it on the boat. We need to find an opportunity to go to the Mazu Temple and the Dragon King Temple to worship.”
People living by the sea generally believe in Mazu. In their Bailong Village, they believe in Mazu and the Dragon God. After buying a boat, it’s natural to go worship for peace and safety at sea and smooth sea transport.
Everyone agreed with this.
After returning home, the two women in the family didn’t delay, immediately grabbing scissors and red paper to get ready.
Yun Jiao watched from the side.
It’s actually just cutting the red paper into square shapes and then writing the “Fu” character on them.
Their family did the same during New Year. Last year, Yun Jiao also used a calligraphy brush dipped in ink, and with her third older brother holding her little hand, she wrote a plump “Fu” character crookedly on the red paper.
Now, Yun Jiao was again guided by her third older brother, her little hand holding a calligraphy brush, writing a “Fu” character on the newly cut red paper.
This time, it was much better than last time, but still plump.
It looked quite cute.
“Alright, tomorrow we’ll go and stick this ‘Fu’ character on the boat!”
The family was harmonious and joyful, but their wish to stick the “Fu” character on the boat tomorrow was clearly going to be postponed.
A typhoon started that night.
Small typhoons like this didn’t have a significant impact on the lives of the villagers by the sea. It just meant that if the weather was bad, they wouldn’t be able to go out to sea tomorrow.
However, these typhoons often came with high tides, so the beach would likely be lively tomorrow morning.
“Get to sleep early, get to sleep early. We’ll go tide pooling early tomorrow morning.”
Inside the house, pots and bowls were placed under the leaky spots. Outside it was raining heavily, and inside their room, it was raining lightly.
“When will our new house be finished?”
In their blankets, Yun Xiaowu and the others whispered to each other.
Yun Jiao, sandwiched between them, gradually closed her eyes.
The next day, before dawn, the weather outside was still gloomy and raining, but they still hurried to get up.
Yun Jiao also got up.
“Jiaojiao, sleep a little longer.”
The adults woke up early to go tide pooling, but they didn’t plan to take the children.
Yun Jiao shook her head, rubbing her eyes with the back of her plump hands, her voice soft but firm: “I want to go too.”
The smell of the morning tide was strong. The humid environment that might bother others was just right for her.
“Wait, we want to go too.”
“Alright, let’s go quickly.”
Yesterday’s typhoon must have washed ashore a lot of good things from the sea.
The family hurried towards the seaside, meeting other families who were also up early on the way.
As people who lived by the sea, they clearly understood the situation. No one wanted to miss out on good things that could be sold for money.
“Let’s split up and search.”
Yun Xiaowu said, “Jiaojiao, you come with me.”
“Be careful, don’t take your younger sister to crowded places, and don’t get too close to the sea.”
At this time, crowded places meant competition. Even a single fish could cause many people to fight over it.
“Where should we go?”
Yun Xiaowu remembered how Yun Jiao had casually pointed to a spot before and had a good harvest. He looked at her eagerly.
Yun Jiao tilted her head, and amidst her older brothers’ expectant gazes, she pointed in a direction.
“Let’s go, off we go!”
Yesterday’s typhoon had indeed brought in a lot of goods. They could pick up many small fish and shrimp along the way.
“Wow, what a big sea snail!”
“There’s some over here too.”
This one was as big as their palms.
A patch of sea snails lay on the beach.
The sky was still a bit dark at this moment, and there weren’t too many people. They grabbed their sacks and started picking them up frantically.
“Keep it down, don’t attract others.”
Yun Jiao also rolled up her pant legs and stood on the beach, occasionally squatting down to pick up a large sea snail.
Besides sea snails, there were other types of snails mixed in, such as cat’s eye snails and flower snails. Among them were the Thousand-Hand Snails, whose shells were particularly beautiful.
The Thousand-Hand Snail was white, with a serrated skirt and some serrations on the upper part of its shell.
However, both their color and shape were more beautiful than ordinary sea snails.
Yun Jiao alone picked up five Thousand-Hand Snails.
“We’re done picking, this must be at least a sack full.”
It was probably over a hundred jin.
However, for snails, the weight of the shell is much greater than the meat, but they also sell for more than ordinary fish.
“Let’s keep looking. Fortunately, we brought sacks today. So many sea snails are definitely worth a lot of money.”
They rejoiced, dragging the sacks of sea snails and continuing their search.
This was a bit cumbersome, but who would dislike it, and who would be willing to leave so soon.
This time, Yun Jiao, with her short legs, walked ahead.
Soon, her sharp eyes spotted something moving in the waves approaching the shore, and it was golden.
Her eyes lit up, and she turned to run towards it.
“Jiaojiao!”
Her older brothers quickly caught up.
“Holy crap, is that a Yellow Croaker?”
“There are three of them, quick, grab them!”
Yun Jiao was the first to pounce, grabbing one Yellow Croaker.
The others quickly caught the other two.
Although their clothes were wet, their harvest was substantial.
Although these three Yellow Croakers weren’t as large as the sea turtle that gifted them before, they probably weighed five to six jin combined.
Yun Xiaowu and the others, dripping wet, were laughing with unrestrained joy.
Yun Jiao’s hair was plastered to her chubby little face, but this did not detract from her delicate cuteness.
“Jiaojiao, you’re amazing, you could see it from so far away.”
Yun Jiao was so praised, she could have wagged her tail.
Suddenly, there was movement in the sea, and Yun Jiao looked up.
Her brothers thought she had discovered another big catch.
“Turtle Turtle.”
At this moment, Yun Xiaowu and the others also noticed the large creature emerging from the sea.
“It’s just a sea turtle.”
The sea turtle followed the waves and crawled over, nudging Yun Jiao’s hand with its head.
It knew about a super big fish.
Yun Jiao’s eyes lit up: “Where is it?”
The sea turtle returned to the seawater, gesturing for Yun Jiao to follow.
Yun Jiao glanced at her brothers: “The sea turtle wants me to follow it.”
She was actually also itching to go into the sea.
“No!”
All the older brothers refused. They even held Yun Jiao tighter, and their expressions soured as they looked at the sea turtle, as if it were a turtle trafficker trying to abduct their younger sister.
Sea Turtle: ???
You guys are being a bit too much.
