Chapter 126: Eating A Lot Gives Strength
Fu Mingyu thought of his home.
Yes, his luck was indeed very bad.
If his luck were good, how could he have been so unlucky as to encounter such a scumbag father, and a wicked stepmother and stepbrother?
If his luck were good, he wouldn’t have been kidnapped when he went out to school, and brought to such a distant place, and been precisely chosen among so many children to be a hostage to threaten the navy.
If it weren’t for Yun Jiao, perhaps he would have really died.
Thinking of this, Fu Mingyu glanced at Yun Jiao.
Perhaps, he also had times when his luck was good.
After opening half a bucket of oysters, Yun Jiao herself found twelve pearls.
Most of them were irregularly shaped and small, with only three being relatively round and lustrous, all milky white, and exceeding 8mm.
Except for these three that could fetch a decent price, the others were likely out of luck.
Yun Linhai found five pearls, only one of which was over 8mm. Yun Linhe found three pearls, and one of them was of better quality, just a bit small.
They had probably opened over fifty oysters to get this much meat and pearls; the proportion of oysters with pearls was quite good.
I don’t know how many years the oysters on this island have been growing.
As for Fu Mingyu… forget it.
Opening oysters is hard work, and Fu Mingyu, with his small build and little strength, could only open a few before he couldn’t anymore, and he didn’t find a single pearl. He just gave up.
His mindset was good though, he didn’t complain or get angry, but instead took out his camera and took pictures everywhere.
“Done.”
Yun Jiao clapped her hands, looking with satisfaction at the oyster meat. This should be enough for the orca to taste.
Feeding the orca is impossible; it’s so big, to feed it, they’d have to spend the entire day opening oysters just for it.
But Yun Jiao wasn’t going to be a fool.
She called the orca over.
The orca circled their boat slowly twice, and Yun Jiao grabbed the bucket and tossed it towards the sea surface a bit further away.
The orca swam over and, beneath the oysters, opened its mouth and sucked them in.
Its large mouth sucked everything around it into its mouth.
Their boat wasn’t too far away, and they were all affected by the violent shaking for a few moments, also being pulled a distance towards it.
Watching the orca eat at such close range was quite exciting.
‘Delicious, I like it~’
Orcas are naturally predators of small fish and shrimp. The oyster meat had no bones and was delicious. It was the first time it had eaten something like this, and it immediately expressed its emotions to Yun Jiao.
Yun Jiao was satisfied; it was good that it liked it.
“I’ll come play with you again next time.”
It was getting late, and after saying goodbye to the orca, they had to hurry back to the island to pry open oysters.
This time, Yun Jiao didn’t think about fishing and just got to work with her shovel.
She was strong and fast at prying open oysters.
At first, Fu Mingyu thought that although Yun Jiao was strong, as a boy, he couldn’t be too far behind, so he rolled up his sleeves and tried his best.
But later, he had a blank expression, his eyes numb.
What was the point of comparing? He really deserved to die for having no self-awareness of his own abilities!
So tired, arms so sore, can’t lift them anymore.
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Fu Mingyu’s expression was very vivid.
“Hahaha… Little Fu, you can’t do this, you’re too weak.”
Fu Mingyu pursed his lips.
Although he was still a child, he felt wronged.
Yun Linhai said with a smile, “Go back and eat more to grow your body. You’re too thin. Look at my Jiaojiao, she eats two big bowls for a meal, and she’s still small. When she gets older, she’ll eat even more.”
Yun Jiao puffed out her chest proudly, that’s right, she ate a lot!
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Fu Mingyu mumbled, “The more I eat, the stronger I get?”
Okay, he remembered.
They transported oysters three times in a row, and since it was getting late, they should head back.
Today’s harvest was also very good.
On the way back, the orca, which hadn’t been seen all day, finally arrived.
At that moment, Yun Jiao was sitting barefoot at the stern of the boat, singing.
It was the first time Fu Mingyu had heard such singing. There were no lyrics, but it was so beautiful it shocked him and made his scalp tingle.
Yun Jiao’s voice was already pleasant, but when she sang, it became even more beautiful.
It was simply a feast for the ears!
“Wuwuwu~~~”
In the sunset, a response came from the orca in the distance.
Yun Jiao’s singing and the orca’s cries intertwined, creating a duet.
The young girl sitting at the stern of the boat saw the orca swimming towards them, a smile appearing on her delicate and beautiful face.
That smile was pure and clean, so beautiful it was mesmerizing.
Fu Mingyu found that he really liked watching Yun Jiao smile.
Because of her smile, he also felt that emotion called happiness.
“Dad, I’m going to play with the orca.”
“Go ahead, go ahead, don’t go to the seabed, we’re going home.”
Yun Jiao’s clear voice replied, “Understood.”
After saying that, she jumped directly into the sea.
In the clear, azure seawater, the little girl who entered the water swam freely.
“Fu Mingyu, do you want to play with the orca?”
Fu Mingyu shook his head, “I’ll come find you once I learn how to swim.”
“Okay, not only do you need to learn to swim, but also to dive. Then, the orca and I will take you to see the seabed. The seabed is super beautiful, with all sorts of colorful fish, shrimp, large crabs, and coral…”
When the orca arrived, she stopped talking to Fu Mingyu.
“Let’s go~”
Riding the orca, Yun Jiao sped through the sea, fearless and ready to fight anyone who dared to provoke her.
But this fearlessness wasn’t annoying; instead, it was vibrant.
Fu Mingyu remained silent, only taking pictures.
This trip used up all the film in his camera.
As they neared the coast, Yun Jiao fed the orcas some oysters, not much, just one or two pieces of oyster meat per orca.
“Goodbye, I’ll come play with you again next time.”
Upon reaching the boat, Yun Linhai skillfully wrapped her in a towel.
“We’re almost at the dock, Jiaojiao, you and Xiao Fu go back first.”
Yun Jiao drank some water and nodded, “The oysters aren’t for sale.”
She emphasized.
“Alright, alright… not for sale.”
The oysters contained pearls, and these pearls were much more valuable than the oysters themselves.
The boat docked at the pier, and Yun Jiao and Fu Mingyu left, while their boat was quickly surrounded.
Awang walked up with a grin, and others were also curious about what good goods they had today.
Yun Linhai and Yun Linhe first carried out the fish.
The sight of those large fish made people’s eyes turn red with envy.
Awang beamed, he knew it, his cousin’s family had the best sea transport!
Today’s fish catch wasn’t large, and compared to what Yun Jiao had scooped from the seabed before, it wasn’t too rare.
Finally, there was a boat full of oysters.
“Did you discover an oyster cluster?”
Yun Linhai and Yun Linhe chuckled evasively.
“Brother, your oysters…”
Yun Linhe quickly said, “The oysters are not for sale.”
“Our family will keep them for ourselves to eat.”
“There are so many, can your family eat them all?”
Yun Linhe replied, “We have a large family, and if we can’t eat them all, we’ll dry them into oyster jerky. Adding them when cooking something also improves the flavor.”
Awang nodded, oysters weren’t particularly rare items, and people often found them when tide pooling around here, just not in such quantities.
Uh… and not this big and plump either.
This was past the oystering season for their plumpest state, yet looking at these oysters, they were comparable to those from the plump season.
