Chapter 284: Turtle Egg
Gui Yi and Gui Er came to see her about something.
Yun Jiao followed them to a secluded island, and then discovered so many sea turtles!
“No, you two brought me to your breeding island?!”
That’s right, all these sea turtles were in their egg-laying season.
She even saw a sea turtle not far away struggling to dig a large pit, trying hard to lay eggs.
In some places, the sea turtle in front had just finished laying eggs and covered the sand, but a mother turtle that was about to lay eggs dug up those eggs.
Not playing by the rules!
Many seabirds were circling in the sky, some eating the dug-up turtle eggs, while others squatted behind the sea turtles’ butts picking up eggs.
It was really lively.
So, what did Gui Yi and Gui Er bring her here for? To give her an extra meal?
Speaking of which, she could bring back some turtle eggs; they are edible and very nourishing.
Yun Jiao was thinking it might not be right to dig up the eggs that had just been laid, maybe the mother sea turtle hadn’t even left yet.
Then… then she could pick up the eggs that were dug up, right?
Seabirds can eat them, so why couldn’t she?
Yun Jiao thought to herself, her small eyes already fixed on the turtle eggs exposed on the beach.
As soon as she moved her feet to pick them up, Gui Yi, stretching his neck, bit her pant leg.
Yun Jiao: …………
“What are you doing?”
This was delaying her picking up eggs.
‘Come, follow me, come.’
Fine, after all, they were friends she had known for so long, so she would put aside picking up turtle eggs for now.
Following Gui Yi and Gui Er, she crossed some places that were obviously raised, and sea turtles that hadn’t left and were basking in the sun on the beach, arriving beside a heavily laden giant sea turtle.
This burden wasn’t referring to its turtle shell, but the barnacles on the turtle shell.
Quite a few.
Yun Jiao blinked her eyes: “You called me here to deal with these barnacles?”
Gui Yi nodded humanely.
Yun Jiao: Alright, she didn’t expect Gui Yi to have such affection for his own kind.
Yun Jiao picked up her small knife and started working with a grunt.
This sea turtle’s head had several barnacles parasitizing it.
However, prying off barnacles was quite stress-relieving.
Yun Jiao grunted, and after about twenty minutes, she finally cleared all the barnacles off the sea turtle. Looking up, good heavens!
There was a long line behind!
Looking closely, they were all sea turtles with barnacles on them, oh not all, one sea turtle also had a fishing net stuck in its mouth.
Yun Jiao: … After being an underwater chef, she’s now an underwater doctor, right?
Yun Jiao’s gaze drifted to Gui Yi and Gui Er.
The two looked at her with their big eyes, their doudou eyes showing no emotion.
Yun Jiao: …………
Yun Jiao flicked them both on the head.
But the work still had to be done.
Yun Jiao rolled up her sleeves and pried barnacles off the sea turtles, and freed the silly turtle’s mouth that had eaten the fishing net.
This guy didn’t know how long it had been eating; its shell looked very dim, and it was skinny.
After dealing with the last sea turtle, it was getting late.
The sun was almost setting below the horizon.
“Done, my knife is broken.”
Yun Jiao pouted, looking at the knife broken into two pieces.
“Pick up some turtle eggs to take back, this is my compensation.”
Hmph, now she was super justified in picking up turtle eggs.
She picked up the turtle eggs that were exposed on the beach and hadn’t been eaten by seabirds.
Even without digging up the nests, she still collected seventy-three turtle eggs.
Only a sparse few seabirds were still circling in the sky; these were clearly latecomers.
They were too late even for a hot meal.
During the sea turtle egg-laying season and the hatching period for the baby sea turtles, these seabirds would eat until their bellies were round.
However, survival in nature is inherently cruel; only the lucky and strong can grow up safely.
“I’m exhausted today.”
Wiping the sweat from her forehead, she carefully put the turtle eggs into a sack, fearing they would break if they collided. Yun Jiao even put sand inside.
Finally, she hung on the orca’s back, bid farewell to the sea turtles, and left the island.
But she remembered this place and would come back to see if there were any good things on this island next time.
This was a new map.
The orca took her to Bailong Village. As soon as she reached the shore and was about to head home, she had brought quite a lot of things today.
Besides edible fish, shrimp, sea snails, and crabs caught from the sea, there was also a large net bag of sea urchins, turtle eggs, and half a giant clam shell.
“Jiaojiao is over there!”
Hearing someone call her, the moment Yun Jiao looked up, a figure rushed over and hugged her.
If she didn’t have a stable base and strength, she might have fallen over.
“Jiaojiao, where did you go, why are you only back now!”
“Fifth Brother?”
“It seems it is a bit late.”
Wang Hongfei wished he could spank Yun Jiao. Such a small child had been gone for so long, and in the sea, did she know how worried he was?
“I’m sorry, you all worried again.”
With her obedient apology, Wang Hongfei’s anger subsided somewhat.
“It’s good that you’re back. I said Jiaojiao would definitely be fine, right?”
Yun Linhe patted Wang Hongfei on the shoulder: “Our Jiaojiao can hold her breath for about twenty minutes in the sea, and besides, with the orca, there won’t be any problems.”
Wang Hongfei: “Knowing is one thing, but I still can’t help but worry.”
That’s true.
Initially, even though they knew Yun Jiao could breathe underwater, they couldn’t help but worry when she was gone for a long time.
“Jiaojiao, what else did you bring back? Wow, what is this, so big!”
Yun Jiao’s brothers quickly surrounded Yun Jiao and the things she brought back like playful puppies.
They were astonished when they saw the half giant clam shell.
“It’s bigger than my foot basin.”
Yun Xiao Jiu gestured: “I could even sit inside.”
Yun Linhe: “This… isn’t this a giant clam? Isn’t it illegal to catch these? Quickly, quickly… throw it back.”
Yun Jiao: “This one is already dead.”
“But others don’t know. If someone discovers we have this giant clam shell in our house later, they won’t believe you if you explain that you brought it back after it died.”
Yun Jiao stroked her chin, it seemed to make sense.
“But I don’t want to throw it away.”
Although the giant clam shell looked dull and dirty now with no aesthetic appeal, Yun Jiao had wiped a small area and saw that after cleaning and polishing, it would be a beautiful white.
Yun Jiao looked pleadingly at her father and uncle: “Can we find a way to keep it?”
The adults couldn’t stand Yun Jiao’s gaze; she looked at them like a pitiful, beautiful kitten, looking wronged.
“Your third brother is coming back tomorrow, why not ask him?”
Third brother Yun Chennan was the smartest and had the most ideas in the family.
And more importantly, he was reliable.
“Let’s take it back for now, but this thing can’t be discovered by others.”
So they had to take a more secluded route, and someone had to scout ahead.
Period, it’s the first day of my period and my stomach hurts. I’ll rest for a day and update tomorrow.
