Chapter 152:
The orcas arrived later.
As soon as the orcas came, the whale shark fled.
But Yun Jiao and her older brothers had even more fun playing with the orcas.
Because there were many orcas, each older brother could ride one and race fish in the sea.
Orcas usually eat shellfish, so they naturally eat oysters too.
However, these things are troublesome to eat; one has to break the shell, and the meat is scarce, with shell fragments left in the mouth.
Now that they were being fed pure meat oysters, the orcas were overjoyed.
“Wuwu~~”
Because of this, the orcas were even better to Yun Jiao and her group.
They easily agreed to discuss with them about taking people to play at sea.
“Wuhu!!!”
This time it wasn’t Yun Jiao shouting, but Yun Xiaowu and the others.
They clung to the orcas’ dorsal fins, shouting with joy.
“Hahaha…”
“So amazing, so great, you’re a powerful big orca!”
“Ahhh, sister, can we find orcas to play with in the sea in the future?”
“Achoo achoo…” This was from opening their mouths too wide and getting a lot of seawater in.
Yun Jiao was happy watching her older brothers’ happiness.
The orcas also got excited listening to the humans’ cries; they quite liked the sounds humans made.
Of course, the voice of the little person called Yun Jiao was the most pleasant.
They played so much that they lost track of time.
The adults, however, still had oysters on their minds and went back to the island.
With the orcas around, they weren’t too worried about the safety of the children at home.
Yun Jiao’s only regret was that her older brothers couldn’t breathe underwater, so she couldn’t take them diving to the seabed together.
She herself couldn’t go either, because if she went to the seabed, the orcas would surely follow, and her older brothers wouldn’t be able to.
So she could only play with the orcas in this sea area.
This continued until it was time to go home in the afternoon.
After feeding them more oysters, Grandpa Yun and the others also petted the big orcas’ heads.
“Let’s go, it’s getting late, we should go home.”
Everyone had a very happy time that day.
Three boats, accompanied by orcas, headed towards Bailong Village under the setting sun.
The orcas only left when they were near the dock.
As soon as they got back on the boat, Yun Xiaowu and the others immediately chattered about wanting to go out to sea again next time.
Yun Linhai: “What are you thinking about? We can’t go play every day; we’d have to drink the northwest wind.”
“Besides, you’ll be going to school soon.”
Yun Xiaowu and the others immediately deflated.
The three wooden boats arrived at the dock, and they keenly noticed that the people around seemed to be watching them.
Someone they knew came forward and asked, “Old Mu, how was the harvest today?”
Grandpa Yun: “Nothing much, we just brought back some oysters.”
Several large net bags of oysters.
Looking at the oysters on the boat, the people around them all gave them sympathetic glances.
“Didn’t catch any fish?”
Grandpa Yun: “Ah, no…”
They hadn’t gone fishing today.
Who knew that as soon as he finished speaking, the surrounding people looked at them with even more pity.
“No way.”
Yun Dafu, who came over munching on sunflower seeds, felt no sympathy at all and was instead gloating.
“So, your whole family went out fishing today, but only harvested these cheap oysters?”
“Didn’t they say your family’s sea transport is quite good? It seems to be just like this, not as good as others.”
From their conversation, Yun Linhai and the others finally understood what was going on.
Because of the money being stolen yesterday, and the fact that their whole family went out today, the villagers assumed they were unwilling and that the whole family had gone out to fish to earn money.
But they didn’t expect that the whole family going out today, with three boats, would yield less than their usual catch from going out to sea.
Oysters aren’t worth much money.
Yun Linhai’s family: ………
They sure could imagine things.
“It’s not all oysters.”
Besides, they didn’t plan to sell the oysters.
Yun Wang walked over: “Third Uncle, don’t worry. The harvest from going out to sea is inherently unstable. If you didn’t get much this time, you can go again next time.”
“Awang, do you guys buy coconut crabs?”
They had three coconut crabs, but they planned to keep the largest one for themselves to eat and sell the rest.
“Coconut crabs?! You found coconut crabs?”
Yun Linhe nodded and went into the boat to bring out the two coconut crabs.
“Look, isn’t this one big? How much is this per jin now?”
Awang’s eyes lit up looking at the two coconut crabs; he hadn’t seen them in a long time.
“I haven’t seen these in a long time either, so it’s hard to estimate the price, but I guess Dayun Restaurant might buy them.”
That meant going to Dayun Restaurant again?
Yun Linhai and the others exchanged glances.
“How about we go? We can carry them in sacks so they’re not visible. And didn’t you say we still need to buy basketballs for the orcas?”
They weren’t in the mood to buy basketballs yesterday.
“Okay, let’s go again then.”
This time, they would be more careful.
“Oh, right, there’s some other cargo here, see how much you can give me for it.”
These were found by Yun Jiao and the others while tide pooling on the island; there were fish, shrimp, crabs, and the like, quite a variety.
Although not as much as the catch from fishing, there were some rare items among them.
For instance, three sea cucumbers, a Starfish Grouper, and a small bucket of prawns.
Awang looked at the harvest; although not much, it was better than nothing.
Those two coconut crabs were probably worth quite a bit.
The seafood added up to over eighty yuan.
But this amount of money was nothing compared to the money from selling that tuna yesterday.
“You really aren’t selling these oysters?”
He couldn’t help but mutter to himself; if he remembered correctly, they had also brought back a batch of oysters before and didn’t sell them, and today there were so many, and they still weren’t selling?
Did they plan to eat oysters from now on?
“Not selling. We’ll dry these oysters ourselves and take some back for our two daughters-in-law’s families.”
Hearing this, Awang said nothing more.
Among the onlookers, some women showed envious expressions.
Although Old Mu’s family had many members, they were also known for their harmony.
The young wives who married into the village envied Shen Yunlian and Wang Mei for having good mothers-in-law and fathers-in-law, loving husbands, and so many sons.
The mothers-in-law in the village also envied Granny Yun for having two good daughters-in-law, having many sons, and for both daughters-in-law’s families being good, sending grain every year.
Little did they know that this kind of relationship also needed to be cultivated.
If any party was petty, stingy, or always trying to get a bargain, such results would not be achieved.
After carrying the oysters home, Yun Chennan went to return the boat, Yun Linhai and Yun Linhe went to town to sell the coconut crabs, and Granny Yun and the others prepared to cook.
Not all the seafood was sold; some snails and a jin of shrimp were kept.
The crabs were not kept; one giant coconut crab was enough.
In the evening, around dinner time, Yun Linhe and Yun Linhai returned.
They also brought two basketballs.
The children’s eyes lit up when they saw the basketballs. Although they were for the orcas, they could play with them before the orcas did!
