Chapter 25: Fight
Yun Xiao Wu and the others exclaimed in surprise, “Could this be another nest of moon shells?”
“No matter what, let’s dig first!”
Moon shells are buried quite deep in the sand, and sometimes you lose your direction while digging.
There are indeed moon shells here, but they aren’t clustered together; we’ll have to search everywhere.
While Yun Xiao Wu and the others were looking for air vents, Yun Jiao had already dug up three large moon shells.
In the end, they found eight moon shells.
It’s getting late, we need to go back.
Passing by the beach where they had encountered the sea turtle again, they found that the sea turtle had returned.
Yun Jiao ran over, “Turtle Turtle, what did you bring?”
The sea turtle stuck its head into the seawater and brought over something, dropping it.
Yun Jiao picked it up. It wasn’t a shell or a snail, but a large, golden yellow fish.
“A large yellow croaker!”
The famous large yellow croaker, and such a big one at that, was brought to them by a sea turtle!
“It’s still fresh.”
Yun Xiao Wu picked up the fish and looked at it, his expression filled with surprise.
“It’s a pity there’s only this one, but this large yellow croaker is so big, it must be at least five jin!”
Large yellow croakers usually move in schools, and they’re not cheap either, costing four yuan per jin.
If they could catch a net full of large yellow croakers, they would get rich.
“Sea turtle, you are a grateful turtle. I wrongly accused you.”
Yun Xiao Wu, happy, kissed the smooth head of the giant sea turtle.
Giant sea turtle: …………
It buried its head in the seawater and writhed wildly.
Yun Xiao Wu was clearly disliked.
The sea turtle really left this time, but as it twisted its neck and looked at Yun Jiao several times while moving into the sea.
Yun Jiao waved, “When my family has a boat, I’ll see you then.”
Turtle Turtle is a useful turtle; it’s good to build a good relationship with it.
The sea turtle dove into the sea and disappeared.
This time they had found good things again, the most valuable being the large yellow croaker, even though the large yellow croaker was a gift from the sea turtle.
Returning to where Shen Yunlian and the others were gathering seafood, the few of them found that the place was also quite lively.
They could vaguely hear someone excitedly talking about something.
“Mom, what happened over there?”
Shen Yunlian said with envy, “Someone found a large yellow croaker washed ashore, weighing two jin.”
A large yellow croaker now costs four yuan per jin, so two jin would be eight yuan.
Yun Xiao Wu said proudly, “What did I tell you, it turns out it was just a two-jin large yellow croaker.”
Shen Yunlian glared at him, “What are you saying, that’s not…”
Before she could finish speaking, she saw Yun Xiao Wu place the bucket he was carrying in front of them, which surprisingly contained a large yellow croaker.
It was truly huge, bigger than any large yellow croaker they had seen before!
Shen Yunlian and Wang Mei’s eyes almost bulged out.
Just a moment ago, she was envying someone else’s good luck in finding a large yellow croaker, and in the next moment, her son appeared before her with such a large large yellow croaker. This felt like a dream.
Shen Yunlian even pinched herself.
“It’s really not a dream.”
“Quick, quick, cover the bucket with clothes.”
Shen Yunlian directly took off her son’s clothes and covered the bucket with them.
The weather was hot, and there were many boys walking around shirtless, especially by the sea; she wasn’t afraid he would catch a cold.
“Isn’t this a good thing? Why hide it?”
He wanted to show off.
“What do you know? Wealth should not be displayed openly. Our family building a house and about to buy a boat is already attracting enough attention. If people find out we had such good luck gathering seafood and found such a large yellow croaker, envious eyes will target us. It’s always better to have less trouble.”
In fact, it wasn’t just this yellow croaker; the main reason was that a while ago they had also found those spiny lobsters, coral trout, and tiger grouper. Their luck in tide pooling had been too good, and someone was bound to be jealous of them.
They were afraid of being targeted by people who liked to steal.
“Let’s go, hurry home.”
After returning home, they discovered that they not only had the large yellow croaker but also about two jin of blood clams.
“Your luck is too good.”
Yun Xiao Jiu said, “The big fish was a gift from Turtle Turtle.”
They chattered about how the sea turtle had given them the fish.
Earlier, it had also given them a jellyfish.
“A jellyfish? You didn’t get close to it, did you? That thing is poisonous.”
“No.”
Wang Mei said, “Let’s sell the fish first, and you guys play at home.”
“Wait.”
Shen Yunlian picked out those eight moon shells, “Let’s keep these to eat at home.”
Her daughter’s covetous look was too pitiful.
Their family couldn’t afford to eat large yellow croakers now, but they could keep this kind of shellfish.
Wang Mei also noticed Yun Jiao’s pitiful, yearning expression and couldn’t help but smile.
“If we can catch many large yellow croakers in the future, we’ll definitely keep some to eat ourselves.”
It was hard on the child.
Yun Jiao was also very satisfied; being able to eat those moon shells was also good.
“I also want to eat small jellyfish.”
“Okay, okay, we’ll keep one of these too.”
Now Yun Jiao was completely satisfied.
Shen Yunlian and Granny Yun were cooking at home, while Wang Mei took the seafood to sell.
Once the adults weren’t paying attention, Yun Xiao Wu and the others immediately pulled Yun Jiao and ran outside.
Staying at home was impossible, it was too boring.
“Let’s go, let’s go play marbles.”
His marble-playing skills had greatly improved, and this time he was determined to show off in front of all his little friends.
However, the plan wasn’t good, as they ran into Yun Zhuangzhuang, who they didn’t get along with, and his cousin.
Yun Zhuangzhuang had been a bit afraid of Yun Xiao Wu and the others before, because he had been beaten before.
But this time, seemingly emboldened by his cousin’s support, he dared to provoke Yun Xiao Wu and the others again.
Because his cousin’s physique looked quite large, and he was several years older than Yun Xiao Wu.
“Yun Xiao Wu, Yun Liu Liu, you’re just followers! I’m buying glass marbles, so you are too!”
Yun Xiao Wu wasn’t going to indulge him and immediately cursed back.
“Are you really shameless? Glass marbles are yours, and just because you can play, we can’t? Yun Zhuangzhuang, do you want to fight?”
Yun Zhuangzhuang hid behind his cousin and made threats, “Do you think I’m afraid of you? Look, this is my cousin, he’s the Golden Horn Great King!”
Yun Zhuangzhuang’s cousin glared fiercely at Yun Xiao Wu and the others.
“Ha! You’re the Golden Horn Great King? Then I’m the Monkey King!”
While arguing, they eventually started fighting, and no one knew how it began.
Yun Zhuangzhuang’s cousin was several years older than Yun Xiao Wu and Yun Liu Liu, and he was physically larger, so Yun Xiao Wu was at a disadvantage fighting alone.
But he had many brothers.
Although Yun Liu Liu was usually a bit lazy, seeing his brother get beaten, he rushed forward, and the two brothers together beat Yun Zhuangzhuang’s cousin.
Yun Xiao Qi and Yun Xiao Ba also went to help.
Yun Jiao saw Yun Zhuangzhuang picking up a stone, preparing to throw it at her brother, and immediately became furious.
She rushed over and jumped up, slapping Yun Zhuangzhuang across the face.
Yun Zhuangzhuang was stunned by the slap.
“Yun Jiao, you little bitch, how dare you hit me!”
Yun Jiao slapped him again.
Yun Xiao Jiu rushed over and head-butted Yun Zhuangzhuang in the stomach, knocking him down.
The two children held Yun Zhuangzhuang down and gave him a beating.
