Chapter 138:
After Yun Jiao got on the boat, she also pulled the little turtle up.
Father Yun and the others pulled the larger one up.
“Another sea turtle, and such a big lobster.”
The lobster was a pleasing size, so Yun Linhai quickly had it put in the boat’s cabin, hoping it wouldn’t die, as they were counting on selling it for a good price.
“This turtle…”
Yun Chendong squatted in front of the little turtle and touched its shell.
“It looks like a hawksbill.”
“What what?”
Yun Linhe heard “hawksbill” and immediately ran over, then picked up the little sea turtle and looked at it repeatedly.
“It really seems to be a hawksbill!”
Yun Jiao tilted her head, hawksbill, is there something wrong with that?
“Oh my, a hawksbill’s shell is very valuable, like those precious jewels. I heard your Grandpa say that many noble people liked them in the past and paid a high price to hunt hawksbill sea turtles, which is why these sea turtles are so rare now. We haven’t seen a hawksbill sea turtle around here for a long time.”
Yun Jiao touched the little sea turtle.
“I’m not selling it.”
Yun Linhe squeezed her chubby little face: “Your Uncle hasn’t said anything about selling it either. It’s too small to sell, and we don’t do such wicked things.”
“But I had only heard about it before, and now that I have the good fortune to see one, the shell of a hawksbill sea turtle is indeed more beautiful than that of ordinary sea turtles.”
Comparing the two sea turtles they had now, the hawksbill sea turtle was a complete winner.
The two sea turtles were placed aside, and Yun Jiao took some small fish to feed them.
“The net catches aren’t that great here anymore, let’s go check out the island.”
It was the same island where they had pried oysters before.
Yun Linhe and the others set up the longlines. Even if they didn’t catch any rare fish species today, they had to at least dig up some oysters to take back.
Yun Jiao still wanted to go into the sea.
“Father, Turtle Turtle and I are going to the sea to look.”
She looked pleadingly at the three people on the boat.
With that look, it was really hard not to agree to her every request.
Yun Linhe almost agreed without thinking.
Just as Yun Linhai was about to refuse sternly, Yun Jiao suddenly cheered.
“Father, it’s that whale shark.”
Following the direction Yun Jiao pointed, they indeed saw the same whale shark that Yun Jiao had caught before.
The enormous whale shark seemed to have also discovered them and slowly swam over.
Even though they had seen it once before, Yun Linhai and the others were still shocked to see it again.
Not to mention Yun Chendong, who was seeing this whale shark for the first time.
Snapping back to reality, Yun Linhai found that Yun Jiao was already perched on the edge of the boat, half her body extending out, preparing to jump into the sea.
“Jiaojiao!”
Plop…
“Father, I fell into the sea again. You don’t need to worry about me, I’m fine.”
The sound of falling into the water, accompanied by Yun Jiao’s clumsy acting.
Yun Linhai and the others were so amused they almost laughed.
“You…”
The little sea turtle was bumping against the edge of the boat.
It also wanted to go down, let it go down quickly.
Clearly, it wanted to follow Yun Jiao.
Seeing this, Yun Chendong held the little sea turtle and threw it into the sea.
The little fellow immediately swam happily around Yun Jiao.
The whale shark swam over and dived under their boat.
With its immense size, it was like a giant creature passing under the boat.
If this whale shark had any ill intentions towards them, a slight nudge would capsize their small wooden boat.
The three people on the boat watched nervously.
Fortunately, the whale shark smoothly passed under the boat and came to Yun Jiao’s side, showing no intention of capsizing their boat.
“We meet again.”
Yun Jiao touched the whale shark’s large head.
‘Want, eat…’
“You still want oysters? There are none right now, wait a while.”
Yun Jiao called out to the people on the boat: “Father, Uncle, Older Brother, when you’re prying oysters on the island, open some more to feed it.”
After thinking for a moment, she added.
“Orcas might also come later, so prepare more.”
“Understood, just be careful yourself.”
Yun Jiao knew from this that her father had allowed her to be in the sea.
Hehe, if not for the orcas, there are the whale sharks. As expected of me, I have quite a few fish affinities in the sea.
Yun Jiao thought secretly, maybe I should develop more? That way, Father and the others will be more at ease when they go out to sea in the future.
“Father, throw the net bag to me.”
Not long after she finished speaking, a net bag was thrown down from the boat.
“And Turtle Turtle.”
Turtle Turtle served as a laborer, helping to pull the net bag.
Turtle Turtle: I don’t want to work!
But it was still mercilessly thrown into the sea by Father Yun and the others.
Yun Jiao giggled and tied the net bag to it.
The giant sea turtle looked resigned to its fate.
“Turtle Turtle, thank you for your hard work.”
“Let’s go, we’re going down.”
After patting the whale shark and the little sea turtle, Yun Jiao led the way towards the seabed.
Three marine creatures followed behind her.
The three people on the boat watched Yun Jiao, the whale shark, and the others disappear completely before coming back to their senses.
Yun Chendong: “Jiaojiao, she must really be a fairy maiden of the sea.”
Otherwise, what normal child could command so many marine creatures?
Yun Linhai: “Just watch what Jiaojiao does, and don’t talk about it.”
Yun Chendong nodded, indicating that he understood.
They sailed the boat to the small island, heading straight for the oyster beds with a clear objective.
On the other side, Yun Jiao followed the seabed downwards and soon discovered a school of fish she had never seen before.
They were quite large, and their overall appearance was somewhat similar to carp.
Yun Jiao had the whale shark and the two sea turtles wait to the side, while she quietly approached.
When she was not too far from the fish, she quickly rushed over and grabbed one.
The moment it was caught, it was still struggling violently. Without thinking, Yun Jiao punched it twice.
It became obedient then and was thrown into the net.
Although she hadn’t been tide pooling with Father and the others for too long, Yun Jiao could vaguely sense which fish were edible and which were not.
The one she just caught was definitely edible.
After catching the fish, Yun Jiao continued to dive deeper and then discovered a striking red in a reef area.
It was a Red Grouper.
And not just one.
Red Groupers of various sizes gathered together. Yun Jiao targeted the largest one.
The price of this fish was not cheap; it could be considered a rare seafood.
She swam over.
These fish on the seabed were probably not accustomed to being fished or having anyone dive this deep, so they were somewhat unwary of Yun Jiao.
After all, among their natural predators, they had never seen anyone like Yun Jiao.
So Yun Jiao slowly approached, and the school of foolish Red Groupers didn’t know to escape.
With a final dash, she caught the largest Red Grouper.
Although she was no longer a merfolk and had become small, she retained her hunting experience from her previous life in the deep sea, making it easy to catch fish like this even without tools.
After another two solid punches, the struggling Red Grouper quieted down.
She had only been down here for a short while and had already caught two fish.
Not bad, not bad.
Yun Jiao nodded in satisfaction and continued to search for prey.
She found spiny lobsters, but she didn’t bother with the very small ones.
Only those of a significant size caught her eye.
After searching for several spiny lobsters, she finally found one that met her standards. Just as Yun Jiao was putting the spiny lobster into the net bag, she spotted a fish hidden under a reef.
A Grouper.
This fish was purchased at a high price and was also good-looking.
She had caught one before, but it wasn’t as big as this one.
I was busy today, so I wrote this chapter late. There will be another chapter later.
