Chapter 172:
Swordfish weighed eighty-nine jin, calculated at a price of one yuan per jin, it came to 89 yuan.
Sardines weighed 1673 jin, with a purchase price of one jiao per jin, it came to 167.3 yuan.
Sea snakes were five yuan each, 35 yuan was collected for them. There were also about 27 jin of large yellow croakers. The current price for large yellow croakers is 5 yuan per jin, so these large yellow croakers sold for 135 yuan. Additionally, other shrimp, crabs, and similar items sold for another 48 yuan.
This trip out to sea yielded 474.3 yuan!
After handling everything, Yun Jiao, along with the food she had selected and prepared, returned home with Grandpa Yun and Grandma Yun.
At this time, Yun Linhai and the others were sitting at home eating.
They were all eating with their mouths full, their hands hanging by their sides.
Yun Xiaowu and the others had gone tide pooling and hadn’t returned yet.
Seeing that his wife had returned, Yun Linhe quickly said, “Wife, quickly use the medicinal wine to rub my arm. My arm is still shaking.”
Wang Mei replied, “Understood.”
Grandpa Yun went to get the medicinal wine. The four people whose arms were exhausted sat in the courtyard, rubbing their arms with the medicinal wine and massaging them.
The two adults grimaced, their expressions slightly twisted from the pain, but they endured it without screaming.
The two children, Shen Kuan and Shen Xiuyuan, couldn’t endure it. Grandpa Yun’s technique was skilled and his strength was great. Shen Kuan initially endured it, but later couldn’t help but let out piercing screams.
Shen Xiuyuan was being massaged by Yun Chenbei. His strength from woodworking was also considerable. He screamed from the very beginning.
Grandpa Yun said, “Bear with it. If we don’t rub it open, you won’t be able to sleep tonight, and tomorrow will hurt even more.”
Shen Xiuyuan cried out as he wept, “It hurts, it hurts so much!”
Yun Jiao, taking a moment, emerged from the kitchen and, along with the puppy, looked towards the people in the courtyard with her clear, big eyes.
“Jiaojiao, is your arm okay? Do you need it rubbed?”
Yun Jiao quickly shook her head, “It’s fine, no need.”
Then, as if afraid of being caught, she ran back to the kitchen, where Grandma Yun was preparing the sauce for raw marinated seafood.
Grandma Yun looked at the jellyfish with a troubled expression.
“Jiaojiao, can we not eat this?”
The tentacles made her scalp tingle.
When Yun Jiao reached out to push them aside, Grandma Yun immediately slapped her hand away.
“I’m fine, Grandma.”
Yun Jiao raised her intact, fair and tender little chubby hands to show Grandma Yun.
“Why are you so strange?”
Muttering to herself, Grandma Yun poured the prepared raw marinade sauce over it and stirred it evenly with chopsticks, then set it aside.
However, as Shen Yunlian had thought, this would make Yun Jiao safer in the sea, which was quite good.
“We need to put it up high so that your brothers don’t get curious and try to grab it when they come back.”
Yun Jiao nodded in agreement.
When Grandma Yun began to cook, the screams from outside finally stopped.
Shen Yunlian and Wang Mei also washed their hands and returned to help prepare dinner.
It was almost time for dinner, so Yun Jiao took the two dogs and one cat to find her brothers.
She brought her small bag and held a bottle of boiled sweet wine, drinking as she walked.
It was made from the sweet wine that was left over from yesterday.
Grandma Yun had also added some sugar, making it sweet and not cloying, which was very fragrant.
The aunties and grandmas she met along the way were exceptionally enthusiastic. Yun Jiao and the two little chubby dogs were soon surrounded.
Cat Leader nimbly dodged the crowd, careful not to get its tail stepped on.
“Jiaojiao, can you really talk to those orcas?”
“You really saved the orca? Next time something like this happens, bring your uncle along.”
“Jiaojiao, we’re all from the same village. Next time you encounter orcas hunting, can you discuss it with the orcas and let my uncle’s boat go in for two or three nets?”
As they spoke, these people kept stuffing things into Yun Jiao’s hands.
Candy, peanuts, sunflower seeds, and fried dough twists and biscuits.
Yun Jiao: ???
The two little fat dogs that had been surrounding Yun Jiao were pushed out, yelping.
“Sister, Jiaojiao…”
Fortunately, Yun Jiao wasn’t trapped for too long. Yun Xiaowu and the other children from the village, wet all over, came strolling back and happened to pass by.
As soon as they saw their sister surrounded by the aunties and grandmas, they all rushed forward.
“Make way, everyone, make way. That’s my sister.”
“Why are you all surrounding my sister?”
A few minutes later…
Yun Jiao was finally rescued.
Yun Xiaowu scooped her up and ran off.
Yun Xiaoliu and Yun Xiaoqi carried the two little chubby dogs.
“Jiaojiao, don’t forget what we talked about.”
Yun Xiaowu, having run a distance away, finally relaxed. He turned and stared at his sister’s dazed and innocent expression.
“What were they talking about that they surrounded you like that?”
They were a bit too enthusiastic.
Yun Jiao, hugging her fifth brother’s neck, said slowly, “They want me to help them establish a relationship with the orcas.”
In summary, that’s how it was. No problem.
Yun Xiaowu asked, “What?”
Being held, Yun Jiao found a more comfortable position leaning against her brother and simply recounted the day’s events: the orcas encircling prey, and how they followed along to get some fish.
After listening, Yun Xiaowu only regretted his young age.
If he were older, even if his father disagreed with him going out to sea, he would find a way to raise money to buy a wooden boat.
He would take Jiaojiao out to sea himself.
Every time Jiaojiao went out to sea, it was exciting and fun, but only being able to hear about it and not personally experience it felt too unbearable.
“Jiaojiao, just wait. When I grow up, I’ll save money and buy a boat myself. Then you’ll come with me, not with Father!”
Yun Jiao nodded, “Okay.”
We’ll see when you stop studying and can save money to buy a boat.
The group of children returned home, and the house immediately became lively.
The things they collected while tide pooling were not sold; they were kept at home to eat.
There were also two sea urchins, which would be steamed with eggs for Yun Jiao’s favorite dish the next morning.
During dinner, food was served separately for the two dogs and one cat, placed to the side.
The two dogs ate without lifting their heads, eating whatever was in their bowls, not picky at all.
After dinner, they cleared the table and began to tally the day’s earnings.
Grandpa Yun directly took out the money.
“The money you earned from going out to sea fishing today is all here, 474.3 yuan.”
This amount of money, when calculated, was still less than what Yun Jiao herself made selling rare seafood from the seabed. However, for Yun Linhai and Yun Linhe, it felt exceptionally grounding.
Because it was earned through their own hard work.
Before, they felt like they were relying on their daughter. While the money was plentiful, they felt uneasy and embarrassed.
Shen Kuan and Shen Xiuyuan’s eyes widened.
Shen Xiuyuan exclaimed, “We earned so much money in just one day? Going out to sea is so profitable!”
Shen Yunlian pinched his arm and asked, “Does it hurt?”
“Ouch… it hurts, it hurts, it hurts.”
Shen Yunlian smiled, “It’s supposed to hurt. This more than four hundred yuan today was obtained by exhausting all of your arms and strength. In your current state, you won’t be able to go out to sea for the next few days.”
“Besides, the sea is dangerous. The orcas you encountered today were well-behaved. If you had run into a big fish that was ill-tempered and ate people, you would have been unlucky.”
