Chapter 213: Belonging
Yun Jiao was fair and soft, like a glutinous rice ball.
But at this moment, her tiny body dragging such a large and heavy manta ray looked so out of place, it made one question reality.
Yun Jiao moved a short distance and stopped. She was more agile in the sea. Dragging such a large manta ray on land was difficult even for her. In the sea, she could use the buoyancy of the water to bring fish ashore.
Yun Jiao stared with her big eyes at the family that wanted to snatch her fish.
She pursed her lips and said nothing, but the meaning she wanted to convey was vivid and clear on her beautiful little face.
“This should be enough proof, right?”
The village chief’s mouth hung open for a long time before he recovered.
“Ahem… alright, this fish now fully proves that Yun Jiao found it first.”
Seeing that the family was still unwilling and wanted to say something, the village chief’s words were a killer blow.
“Otherwise, you find someone who can move this fish, and I won’t say anything.”
To be sure, when the village chief said that, the man from their family stepped forward and tried.
The fact was, this manta ray wasn’t just heavy in appearance, it was genuinely heavy!
In the end, they could only leave dejectedly.
Yun Linhai grinned widely as he held Yun Jiao, chuckling as he walked towards the manta ray.
Hehehehe…
Such a big fish, it belonged to their family.
His daughter was truly amazing, truly powerful.
The other villagers at this moment felt genuine envy and jealousy towards Yun Linhai’s family.
Now, no one would say they had picked up a burden, a liability. This was clearly not a burden, but a lucky star, the pillar of their household!
Not to mention other things, just when going out to sea to fish, Yun Jiao’s strength could help the family a lot.
“Your family’s luck is truly good, Yun Jiao was raised well.”
“Why wasn’t Yun Jiao found by our family? We only have one child, if we had found her back then, we would have treated her well too.”
“It’s a shame. Actually, when I heard that Yun Linhai’s family had taken in a baby girl, I thought that if they couldn’t find her parents and didn’t want her because they had so many children, I would have adopted her.”
“Only three years old, and she has already brought such a great harvest to the family. What will she do in the future? If only our family had found her.”
These were purely hindsight comments.
Before, they used to laugh at Yun Linhai’s family, thinking they were fools for raising someone else’s child, and a girl who was destined to marry out.
Now, they wished they were those fools QAQ.
The village chief was also envious, but he was more philosophical.
Fate, such a thing, was indeed mysterious.
“What are you planning to do with this fish? Can Awang handle it?”
The fish was too big. The village chief went to check and confirmed it was still fresh. There were some wounds on its body, looking like it had been bitten by a large fish in the sea.
Awang was also circling the manta ray with shining eyes: “Brother Lin Hai, one person can’t possibly eat such a big fish. I can help you contact some bosses and see if they can buy this manta ray together. How it’s distributed will be up to them.”
“Okay, I’ll trouble you then.”
After Yun Linhai and the others made arrangements with Awang, they turned around and found Yun Jiao missing.
“Where’s Jiao Jiao?”
“Yun Jiao!!!”
This clearly angry voice came from Shen Yunlian.
It turned out that while the adults weren’t paying attention, Yun Jiao had gone back into the sea.
It was because that little manta ray was causing trouble.
The little one had seen Yun Jiao since it was born, and it was Yun Jiao who had taken it into the sea and watched it learn to swim.
It considered Yun Jiao family, like a mother.
Just now, it had been desperately trying to reach the shore to find Yun Jiao, and was washed ashore by the waves.
If it could cry, this little one would have been wailing loudly.
How could it be abandoned alone in the sea!
Yun Jiao could only take it back into the sea.
The little manta ray was currently circling her, nudging her, not wanting her to go back.
Hearing her mother’s call, Yun Jiao’s little face looked distressed.
She was definitely going to be punished, but the problem was, what to do with this clingy little manta ray?
After much thought, Yun Jiao came up with a good idea.
Hand it over to the orcas.
As for the fact that the orca was the killer of the little manta ray’s mother, well, the little manta ray didn’t know that anyway.
So after carefully coaxing the little manta ray, Yun Jiao came ashore.
Who knew, at less than four years old, she was already experiencing the troubles of raising a child.
However, Yun Jiao didn’t mind raising this manta ray.
Although merfolk are solitary creatures, they are intelligent and have some habits similar to humans.
They like to live alone, but they don’t like to be too lonely.
So, besides hunting, they often develop a special personality trait.
That is, raising pets.
The pets here, of course, are marine creatures.
In her previous life, Yun Jiao had a sea turtle as big as a small island, a black-striped tiger shark that looked very similar to the orcas in this world but was tens of times larger than the orcas,
as well as a Megalodon, which was much larger than a great white shark and had many huge teeth, and an abyssal sea monster.
The abyssal sea monster was essentially a super, super enlarged version of an octopus.
Raising pets, like a little brother, she was very skilled at this.
While she was lost in thought about how to hand the little manta ray over to the orcas to raise, she was suddenly grabbed, and the next second, her buttocks received several spankings.
Yun Jiao: !!!
Although she was mentally prepared, and the spanking didn’t hurt, being spanked on the butt was still very embarrassing!
“Don’t hit, don’t hit…”
Yun Sui, seeing Yun Jiao being spanked, rushed over anxiously and hugged Shen Yunlian’s arm.
Yun Xiao Wu and the others also held Yun Jiao, shielding her behind them. Her older brothers protected her tightly.
Yun Xiao Wu spoke like a little adult: “Just talk nicely, why are you hitting Jiao Jiao!”
Yun Xiao Liu nodded: “Exactly, Mother, you’re going too far.”
Yun Xiao Qi stuck out his neck: “Aunt, Jiao Jiao is still young, don’t hit her. If you want to hit someone, hit me.”
Yun Xiao Ba said nothing, only steadfastly protecting Yun Jiao.
Yun Xiao Jiu’s eyes were teary: “Mother, Sister is in pain.”
Shen Yunlian: ……..
What, making her look like some monstrous villain.
She really couldn’t help but roll her eyes.
Yun Jiao touched her little butt, her pretty little face flushed red.
“Mother, can you not spank my butt next time?”
A beautiful little fairy also had her pride.
Shen Yunlian said crossly: “You still want a next time!”
Yun Jiao felt guilty. She didn’t know if others would have a next time, but she certainly would.
“Why are you still standing there? Go change your clothes. Don’t you think the seawater is cold? You’ll catch a cold, and then see how uncomfortable you’ll be.”
Saying that, she pushed aside her sons and nephews, picked up Yun Jiao, and walked towards home.
After changing her clothes as quickly as possible, Yun Jiao immediately wanted to run out.
The little manta ray was still out there.
Granny Yun came out with a bowl of ginger soup.
“Why are you running? Come and drink this bowl of ginger soup.”
Yun Jiao ran even faster.
But she didn’t get far before she was brought back by Yun Linhai, looking dejected.
“You won’t even drink ginger soup, do you want to drink medicine?”
Yun Jiao flailed her limbs and cried out: “I won’t catch a cold, I’m very healthy.”
Medicine, no way. Was that stuff for people to eat?!
“I need to go find the little manta ray and arrange a home for it, otherwise it will die.”
A little brother raised since childhood would definitely be useful in the future.
