Chapter 169: Weaving A Story
There were quite a few schools of sardines that escaped from between the orca pod, and the fishermen had a good harvest by getting closer and casting their nets.
The orca pod was already full, and they were still surrounding them for Yun Jiao and the others.
They merely glanced lazily at the fishermen who were approaching and casting their nets to fish on the periphery, paying them little mind.
This made the fishermen bolder and bolder, and they moved even closer. Fishermen from the same village recognized Yun Linhai and the others.
They were shocked, but not entirely surprised.
After all, even those in the village who hadn’t seen it with their own eyes had heard about how Yun Jiao’s family boat was pushed home by the orcas when they were fishing for bluefin tuna before.
It seemed the orca pod had a very good relationship with their family.
To be precise, it was a very good relationship with Yun Jiao.
More than once, people had seen Yun Jiao riding on an orca’s back, playing in the sea surrounded by the orca pod.
“Yun Linhai, it really is you.”
When the fisherman who recognized Yun Linhai and the others said this, he felt a pang of envy in his heart.
Especially when he saw how their boat’s hold was almost overflowing with sardines, he felt even more envious.
Yun Linhai didn’t have time to see who was calling him. He just responded vaguely, his face flushed, veins bulging on his forehead, as he continued to pull the fishing net in his hands.
It was evident that he was using all his strength.
This was already the fifth net he had pulled, and his hands were becoming sore, swollen, and trembling.
Yun Linhe and Shen Kuan were no better off.
Everyone’s face was flushed from exertion.
“Quick, put some more effort into it, pull this net up.”
Yun Jiao also exerted a lot of strength today, helping her father pull up this net of fish. She was a little tired too.
Their boat had sunk lower due to holding nearly two thousand jin of fish.
The fish in the boat’s hold were already full, and a lot had overflowed.
“I can’t do it anymore, I can’t pull the net.”
“Be careful, I see a sea snake inside.”
“Brother, my net is already broken.”
Yun Linhe and the others collapsed on the ground. Due to exhaustion, not only their hands were trembling, but their bodies were also shaking slightly.
Especially Shen Kuan and Shen Xiuyuan, although their arms were used to carrying hoes and doing manual labor, they were truly not this tired.
This was purely using the strength in their arms, and now they could barely feel their arms.
“Woof woof…”
Two puppies were pitifully squeezed into a corner.
When Yun Jiao was tying the drag net before, they also ran over and used their small teeth to drag the net back, but the puppies with their little snouts didn’t have much strength, and one almost fell into the sea.
Fortunately, Yun Jiao scooped them up and told them to stay in the corner obediently.
Their intentions were good; they wanted to help.
But they had no idea about their current physical condition and only ended up causing trouble.
Perhaps when they grew bigger, they could truly help.
The cat leader had already eaten several sardines. After eating its fill, it was licking its paws nearby.
It was extremely satisfied with this trip to sea with Yun Jiao.
So many fish, so many prey.
How long would it take to finish eating all of this?
This was a super, super large hunting ground.
They no longer planned to cast their nets. Seeing that they had stopped hunting, the orcas dispersed, and the remaining sardines fled in a swarm.
Some lucky fishing boats happened to be in the direction the sardine school was fleeing, and they excitedly cast their nets with all their might.
The orcas circled their boat, calling to Yun Jiao.
‘Human, come play quickly.’
‘Human, do you still have any round things?’
‘Human, have you eaten enough, come play quickly.’
‘Ah, dammit, @*&%#, which bastard bit my tail.’
‘It’s you, #%#*&, you bumped into me during the hunt, stop right there **#@’
Yun Jiao lay on the deck, staring blankly at the sky.
Firstly, thank you all for your help, and secondly, you are really noisy.
You even curse each other so dirtily.
Two puppies came over and licked Yun Jiao’s face enthusiastically.
Yun Jiao pushed them away in dislike.
Although she also didn’t have much strength left, she was much better off than the others.
She rested for a while, ate something, and regained some strength.
She stood up, walked past her father and uncle, and took the basketballs prepared for the orca pod.
Two of them.
Then she threw them into the water.
“You guys play. Play for a while and then come back, and then take us home.”
Yun Jiao leaned over the side of the boat and spoke slowly to the orcas.
It was estimated that her father and uncle didn’t have the strength to row the boat home.
Fortunately, she had wide fish connections; these large fish could help push the boat.
“Remember to come back.”
Watching the orcas excitedly chase the basketballs, making whimpering sounds, Yun Jiao instructed again.
Otherwise, who knows when this ball would disappear again.
She’d better keep it safe and bring it for them to play with when they go out to sea.
When they weren’t going out to sea, her older brothers could play with them too.
One ball, two uses, perfect.
Shen Kuan and Shen Xiuyuan really wanted to see the orcas, but they had no strength and couldn’t get up QAQ.
“Holy crap, a sea snake!”
Yun Linhai suddenly cursed. It turned out a sea snake that had been scooped up along with the sardines had popped out and was heading towards him.
He quickly retracted his leg.
Just as Yun Jiao was about to go and grab the sea snake, a nimble figure darted out and swatted the sea snake away with a single claw.
Then it pounced ferociously and bit the sea snake’s neck.
Crack…
The sea snake’s neck was bitten off, but the experienced cat leader didn’t let go.
It was doing the right thing.
The sea snake’s neck was broken, but it didn’t die immediately. Both its head and body were still struggling.
Yun Linhe couldn’t help but laugh: “Good cat!”
“Linhai, when are you guys heading back?”
The fishing boats from the same village not far away hadn’t left yet. They also caught quite a few sardines thanks to the orcas encircling the sardines. Although not as exaggerated as Yun Linhai’s catch, they definitely had three to four hundred jin.
The orcas went to play with the balls and moved a distance away. Only then did those fishing boats from the same village dare to approach.
Looking at the overflowing sardines on Yun Linhai’s boat, the word envy was unnecessary to say; it was clearly written on their faces.
“You guys have too much! It must be a thousand jin or so?”
“How dare you fish inside the orca’s territory? Aren’t you afraid they’ll ram your boat?”
They were curious and wanted to learn the secret.
Yun Linhai maintained his usual honest smile: “We’ve interacted with this group of orcas regularly, and they haven’t rammed our boat.”
“Then how did you build a relationship with this group of orcas? Is there any secret?”
They were envious, truly envious. They wanted to have such a relationship, and they wanted such a fish affinity!
Yun Linhai wanted to scratch his head, but he couldn’t lift his hands.
He sighed inwardly and could only maintain his honest smile: “I don’t know. We just got familiar with each other.”
Yun Linhe said: “Aiyo, isn’t this fate? We encountered them a few times before, rescued an injured orca, and fed them a few times. Perhaps that’s why they remembered us and don’t have any hostility towards us.”
He weaved the story without blushing.
“Our Jiao Jiao is good at swimming. When she was playing in the sea before, the orcas encountered her. Probably because Jiao Jiao rescued a baby orca that was stranded on the beach before, they remembered her. When the orcas were injured, they would seek help from Jiao Jiao when they saw her.
They led us to rescue the orca that was entangled by a fishing net, and this group of orcas were grateful, so they remembered us.”
