Chapter 14: Razor Clam King
Yun Jiao held a conch shell larger than her own face and smiled.
She wouldn’t let it be sold not because she was greedy for food, but because she felt there was something inside the shell.
It should be a pearl, but she couldn’t be sure before opening it, as the feeling was very vague.
“Jiaojiao, how did you learn to swim? Swim and show your Fifth Brother.”
Yun Jiao handed him the treasured large conch shell and earnestly instructed, “Hold it tight, Brother, don’t lose it, treasure.”
Yun Xiaowu nodded, “Okay, okay, okay, I know it’s your treasure, Brother will definitely hold it tight.”
Only then was Yun Jiao satisfied, and she immediately performed how she swam for them.
Yun Chenxi and Yun Xiaowu watched her as she easily and freely swam in the water, like a little fish entering the water.
Yun Chenxi was dumbfounded, “I didn’t teach her to dive, did I?”
Yun Xiaowu’s eyes widened, “I thought I was fast enough learning to swim and dive, but compared to Jiaojiao, I’m simply a poor student!”
“Holy crap, why hasn’t she come up yet!”
A minute had already passed. If Yun Chenxi couldn’t see Yun Jiao still swimming, he would have really thought something had happened to her.
He plunged into the seawater and pulled her out.
“How do you feel? Don’t you feel uncomfortable holding your breath, not breathing?”
Yun Jiao’s face was rosy, she looked full of energy, and giggled while being held.
When asked, she tilted her little head slightly with a hint of confusion, “Do I need to breathe?”
Oh, right, humans can’t breathe underwater.
Yun Chenxi: …………
Are you even speaking human?
“Second Brother, I don’t feel uncomfortable.”
Yun Chenxi: “You… I’m even jealous.”
Yun Jiao kicked her lotus-root-like, white, chubby little legs, “I want to play more, Second Brother, let me go.”
“Go ahead, go ahead, if you feel uncomfortable holding your breath, remember to float to the surface to breathe.”
Yun Jiao obediently said okay.
Although he let Yun Jiao play by herself, Yun Chenxi’s gaze dared not move away, for fear that this little one would get carried away and go to the deep water area.
And at this time, Yun Jiao felt very comfortable, her vision was completely unaffected in the seawater.
See, she could even clearly see the clams emerging from the sand on the seabed.
With a grab of her little chubby hand, a chubby clam was caught in her hand.
There’s another one here, and another one over there…
These things are usually buried in the sand on the beach. Sand clams are not valuable, and people who go tide pooling generally dig them up to eat themselves.
In the sea, many of them were directly exposed.
The water here is shallow, and the bottom is somewhat murky, so you can’t see them without careful searching.
Tiny clams, the largest ones are not even as big as her chubby hand.
Soon, Yun Jiao picked and chose, and swam to the surface holding a pile of chubby clams.
“Brother, Brother, look!”
Second Brother Yun and Yun Xiaowu looked over at the same time, and then neither knew what expression to use to respond to her.
No, did she come to learn to swim or to stock up?
Are clams this easy to find? And they’re all so plump.
“Where did you find them?”
Yun Xiaowu looked on, eager to try.
“Over there.”
She pointed with her chubby little hand.
“Let’s go, take Brother with you.”
Yun Chenxi: “Don’t run too far.”
Yun Xiaowu: “Don’t worry, I’ll take good care of my little sister.”
Yun Chenxi glared at him, “You’re the one I worry about the most, keep a close eye on the distance.”
He also had to watch Yun Xiaojiu and the other younger brothers who were looking for things on the beach; his eyes simply couldn’t attend to everyone.
Yun Jiao and Yun Xiaowu dived together and soon found another patch of clams.
However, Yun Xiaowu couldn’t see clearly in the seawater.
The water here isn’t deep, and the sand in the seawater churns up as soon as it’s disturbed. The water becomes murky and he can’t open his eyes.
No one noticed that at this time, Yun Jiao’s eyes were as if covered by a transparent film, protecting them from harm while allowing her to see the situation in the sea more clearly.
Yun Xiaowu searched for a while, but only found a few clams. The water became increasingly murky due to his splashing, so he quickly surfaced.
Not long after, Yun Jiao also poked her head out of the water.
“Fifth Brother, look!”
Good heavens, she was holding another pile, about a dozen clams.
He, on the other hand, only found four or five after struggling for a long time.
The difference was too great.
“I can’t see clearly in there at all, how did you find them?”
He knew it, if it were that easy to find, others wouldn’t have thought of this method.
“That’s how I found them.”
“Let’s put these in the bucket first.”
Swimming to the beach, they tossed the clams into the bucket, the clanging sound filling them with great satisfaction.
“Let’s find more to take back and eat.”
Yun Xiaowu grabbed Yun Jiao’s hand, “Don’t go into the sea anymore, let’s just look on the beach.”
After soaking in seawater for so long, she might catch a cold.
Yun Chenxi: “Come here and change your clothes.”
Yun Jiao was still a three-year-old child, so changing clothes like this was fine.
He changed her into a slightly larger white t-shirt. He didn’t put on pants, to avoid them getting wet and needing to be changed again.
The t-shirt reached a little above her knees and could be worn as a small skirt.
“Here you go, little sister, let’s dig for razor clams together.”
Yun Xiaoliu handed her a small shovel.
The other Yun family boys were already digging randomly in the sand, and it was unclear if they were digging for food or just playing.
Yun Chenxi took a screwdriver and a small bucket and went to look for shells around the reefs, “I’ll pry some oyster meat. Xiaowu, keep an eye on your younger brothers and sister, don’t go into the sea.”
“Got it.”
Yun Jiao: “Second Brother, I want to go too.”
“No, those reefs are too slippery, covered in sharp shells. You could get injured if you’re not careful. Jiaojiao, be good and play digging sand with your brothers.”
Yun Jiao: She wasn’t playing; she was serious about wanting to help find things.
If she wasn’t allowed to go, she wouldn’t. She could still find a lot of things by digging in the sand.
Holding her small shovel, Yun Jiao started busy herself with a grunt.
She found a patch of sand and started digging where there were holes on the ground.
“This razor clam seems much bigger than the ones we usually eat.”
It looked so plump, so delicious.
Never mind, continue digging…
“Hee hee… another big razor clam.”
Yun Jiao’s little hands worked even more energetically.
After Yun Xiaowu dug for a while for sand clams, he glanced at the few younger brothers who were running around uncontrollably, and then at his sister who was digging obediently in the sand not far away, having barely moved.
As expected, his sister was more well-behaved!
He walked over, “Jiaojiao, you… holy crap!”
Yun Xiaowu stared at the razor clams in Yun Jiao’s bucket, dumbfounded.
“You, you… where did you dig these?”
They hadn’t dug here before, and even other villagers had come, but no one had ever dug up so many Razor Clam Kings at once!
That’s right, Yun Jiao was digging up Razor Clam Kings.
The razor clams here were mostly long bamboo razor clams, small and thin, not much thicker than chopsticks, and incredibly hard to dig.
But the Razor Clam Kings were much thicker and larger than the long bamboo razor clams; these were as thick as two fingers.
His sister’s luck was defying heaven!
