Chapter 184: A Strange Stone
“Cat Leader!”
She didn’t go over either, just called the hardworking Cat Leader with a single shout.
The tabby cat grumbled and ran towards the big white goose.
Having already finished molting, the entirely white big white goose had developed some combat readiness, exuding a defiant, adolescent attitude.
They didn’t even put Cat Leader in their eyes anymore.
They stretched their necks and pecked towards Cat Leader.
Cat Leader dodged with agile footwork, jumped up, and swatted at the big white goose with a paw.
In just a few seconds, it had swung its cat claws more than a dozen times; only afterimages of its paws were visible to the naked eye.
The unseen cat paw technique lived up to its name.
Sometimes it would even hug the big white goose’s neck, its hind claws kicking rapidly, almost scratching the feathers off the goose’s neck bald.
Even five big white geese combined were no match for Cat Leader.
Finally, the remaining big white geese were severely taught a lesson by reality and shamefully left the field.
After dealing with the geese, Cat Leader’s green eyes stared at Yun Jiao.
It was one thing for a cat to catch mice at home, but now it also had to watch over geese. The village dogs didn’t even do this job, yet it had to. Was this reasonable?!
Yun Jiao chuckled and called Cat Leader over, offering to massage its paws and scratch its chin.
“Cat Leader, go back and I’ll have Grandma make you some delicious food and comb your fur.”
With Yun Jiao’s many promises, Cat Leader twitched its whiskers and finally seemed less resentful.
With so many of them, they quickly finished planting potatoes in this field.
As the sky darkened, Yun Jiao held Turtle Xiao Er, who was crawling around in the field, and led a long line of animals, humming a nursery rhyme and shaking her head as she walked home.
“Grandpa, we’re back!”
The familiar scent of cooked food wafted over. Yun Jiao rubbed her belly, eagerly washed her hands and face, and then sat at the dining table, her bright eyes fixed on the fragrant dishes, holding her chopsticks obediently while waiting for her family.
While eating, her little legs swung happily.
“Dad, are we going to sea tomorrow?”
Yun Jiao looked at her father with hopeful eyes, wanting to go out to sea to play.
Unexpectedly, Yun Linhai shook his head: “The weather hasn’t been very good these past few days, so we won’t go to sea for safety reasons.”
“Oh.”
Alright, a bit disappointed.
The bad weather during this period was real; that night, a typhoon also struck.
Her older brothers came to find her again, carrying bedding.
The temperature difference between outside and in the covers was significant, which was very conducive to sleep, and she slept soundly the entire night without dreams.
“Whoa, Jiao Jiao, look! It rained fish from the sky yesterday!”
Early in the morning, several fish appeared at their doorway.
They were dead, but the meat was still fresh and edible.
Grandpa Yun nimbly picked up the fish.
“The wind was quite strong yesterday, these fish must have been blown ashore.”
Yun Jiao rubbed her eyes and became completely awake.
“Then will there be lots of good things when we go tide pooling today?”
Obviously, everyone else in the family was thinking the same thing.
“Quick, quick, let’s go tide pooling.”
A small typhoon wouldn’t affect the lives of coastal residents, but it would bring many good things from the sea.
Even Yun Chenbei brought his tide pooling gear and headed towards the seaside.
Yun Jiao tucked Turtle Xiao Er into her embrace, brought two dogs and a cat, carried a sack and a bucket, and trotted behind the adults.
Their new house was well-situated, not too far from the sea, and they soon reached the beach.
“Wow!”
“So many crabs ran up, hahaha… there are just too many.”
“Hurry up and catch them, or they’ll all run away!”
On the shore, a visible number of sand crabs were preparing to head back to the sea.
Yun Jiao and the others quickly began catching sand crabs.
The sand crabs were small and cheap, but there were so many of them.
Moreover, these small sand crabs were delicious when deep-fried or stir-fried.
They could even be used to make sand crab sauce.
In addition to the countless sand crabs, there were also some deep-sea fish.
“Mom, look, I found a big beltfish.”
“Tiger grouper, a big tiger grouper, and it’s still alive.”
Yun Jiao was also observing her surroundings and soon noticed something different.
It looked like a stone, but Yun Jiao had picked up many stones by the sea and had never seen one like this.
It was a basketball-sized, white, blocky stone, irregularly shaped, and if you didn’t look closely, you’d mistake it for white wood.
She tapped it with her finger.
“What is this thing?”
This thing faintly emitted a scent, very strange, a fishy smell mixed with a faint fragrance.
She liked picking up strange and unusual things; she didn’t recognize it, but she had never seen it before. Curious, she picked it up to ask her father or brothers later.
After deciding, Yun Jiao hugged the stone and put it into the sack she had brought.
Just as she put it in, shouts and many footsteps were heard from not far away.
It was clear that the villagers had all come out for tide pooling.
Yun Jiao continued to tide pool diligently and discovered a puddle with many prawns, immediately calling her brother to help her collect them.
From time to time, Yun Jiao and the others could hear shouts of surprise from others.
It was no surprise that they had found something good.
“Holy crap, Yun Dafu actually found a Suhmei fish!”
Suhmei fish, that’s an expensive fish.
Immediately, everyone who heard the news rushed towards Yun Dafu.
Yun Jiao also joined the crowd to see; she hadn’t caught a Suhmei fish before.
“Hey! I was just about to go there, why didn’t I go earlier?”
Looking at the spot where Yun Dafu found the Suhmei fish, many people were slapping their thighs red.
Their eyes were red, thinking that if they had gone earlier, this Suhmei fish would have been theirs.
Even Yun Linhe looked regretful: “I almost walked past it.”
Yun Dafu was also happy, but perhaps having learned his lesson from being robbed before due to being too flashy, Yun Dafu only showed off a little and didn’t ostentatiously flaunt the Suhmei fish to everyone in a showy manner.
Fearing that the Suhmei fish would die completely and be difficult to sell, Yun Dafu grabbed the fish and quickly ran off to find a buyer.
Yun Jiao and the others continued to pick up sand crabs.
This batch of sand crabs was a rare find, and they might be gone after today, so they had to collect more.
With so many sand crabs, those who came out tide pooling first quickly ran back to call friends and relatives, and soon more and more people were on the beach.
When the time was almost up, those who were sore from picking began to prepare to go home.
At first, everyone was excited to encounter so many sand crabs, but after picking for a long time, only numbness and soreness remained.
The enormous sand crab population gradually decreased in front of so many people.
“Let’s go, we should head home now.”
Excluding what they sold, they kept a bucket for themselves to eat.
Sand crabs were three mao per jin; they collected two sacks, along with some other seafood.
Today’s tide pooling income was 139.8 yuan.
It wasn’t much, but everyone was satisfied.
It was good to have this income from tide pooling.
“I also found a conch.”
Yun Xiao Jiu happily hugged the conch, which was larger than his face.
After the incident where a conch yielded a Flame Pearl, they basically didn’t sell the conchs they found.
“Let’s take it back and test our Xiao Jiu’s luck.”
Yun Xiao Jiu shook his head: “Give it to Sister to open, Sister has good luck.”
Yun Jiao blinked her eyes and looked at the conch, seeming like there really was something inside.
