Chapter 212: Baby Manta Ray
Yun Jiao patiently explained it to him several times before the man understood and went to call for people.
Yun Jiao sat by the large manta ray and began to hum a song.
This manta ray should be an adult. Its two fins, which looked like wings, were spread out, and its length alone must have been about five or six meters.
It was too big.
I wonder how much such a large fish could sell for.
Suddenly, she felt that the manta ray’s belly was a bit off, as if something was moving inside.
Yun Jiao leaned closer to take a good look, and it was indeed moving!
Puzzled, she placed her hand on the manta ray’s belly and pressed gently.
With her movement, the small bulge inside slid down towards the manta ray’s lower belly.
But it hadn’t come out yet.
Yun Jiao tried for a long time, but the thing inside not only couldn’t get out, but its movements also gradually weakened.
She quickly retrieved the scissors from the bucket and carefully cut open the large manta ray’s belly.
As the cut on the manta ray’s belly widened, the thing inside, wrapped in blood and clear mucus, slid out.
It rolled off the manta ray’s body onto the beach. The baby manta ray, white with pink and a bit of transparency, was covered in sand.
Yun Jiao blinked her eyes.
It was a pregnant manta ray!
Such a large manta ray, but there was only this one offspring in its belly.
However, this baby manta ray was not small in size. When its little fins were spread, it was almost a meter long.
Oh my, this color is quite nice.
The baby manta ray flapped its fins a couple of times and was clearly close to dying. Yun Jiao snapped out of her daze, quickly jumped off the large manta ray, and then held the little one she had delivered herself into the sea.
After coming into contact with the seawater, the little one gradually became more energetic.
However, its swimming movements in the sea were very clumsy, and it even often sank to the seabed without swimming.
Yun Jiao circled the baby manta ray, teaching it to swim.
Yun Jiao showed great patience towards this little one she had delivered, mainly because it was cute, with a Q-version smiley face on its belly and a beautiful color.
While she was teaching it, Yun Jiao popped her head out of the sea and saw a person running towards the large manta ray’s corpse.
Yun Jiao: “He wants to steal my fish!”
She dashed straight towards the coast.
“Stop, that’s my fish!”
Hearing the voice, the person realized it was Yun Jiao and didn’t care.
“It’s Yun Jiao, alright. I found this big fish, so it’s mine.”
Yun Jiao’s cheeks puffed out in anger: “Nonsense, it’s mine!”
“I brought it up from the sea.”
“You, a tiny child, brought such a big manta ray up from the sea? You’re bragging. I didn’t see it. Anyway, this fish is mine now.”
Her eyes were filled with greed. Such a large fish could sell for a lot of money just by its weight.
She quickly shouted for her husband and mother-in-law to come over.
It just so happened that Yun Linhai and his group also arrived at this time.
Seeing the situation, they immediately started arguing with that family.
More and more people gathered around, all shocked by the enormous body of the manta ray.
“My goodness, this is too big. It’s much bigger than the manta ray Yun Linhai and the others caught before. When did it get here? I didn’t see it before.”
And at this time, the argument between Yun Linhai’s group and that family was still ongoing.
Both sides claimed they discovered the manta ray first.
“That’s ridiculous. Whatever is found in the sea belongs to whoever finds it. You say Yun Jiao pulled it up first, so she did? I say I saw it first.”
“Anyway, I don’t care. This fish belongs to our family, and none of you should think about taking it away!”
Wang Mei cursed angrily: “You’re talking nonsense! This manta ray was pulled from the sea by my Jiao Jiao. What does it have to do with you? You’re so old and you want to snatch something from a child, have you no shame?!”
“Who saw this manta ray being brought from the sea by your Yun Jiao? It’s not like you can just say it is what it is. Do you have any proof? I think this fish was clearly pushed ashore by the waves. Could Yun Jiao, such a small person, move such a large manta ray? What a joke!”
They knew that Yun Jiao’s strength was greater than that of ordinary children, but they only thought it was within the range of normal human strength.
Such a large manta ray, let alone one adult man, even two might not be able to drag it. Yun Jiao, with her tiny body, didn’t seem capable of dragging it no matter how they looked at it.
Yun Jiao raised her small hand: “I have proof.”
She pointed to the wound on the large manta ray’s belly: “I cut this wound open with scissors.”
“Little cub.”
She then pointed to the baby manta ray swimming in the sea not far away.
“I delivered it.”
The little one slightly lifted its chin: “Mine!”
Everyone followed the direction she pointed.
Everything was as she said. They then discovered that there was indeed another baby manta ray not far away.
“It’s a manta ray with offspring.”
“In that case, it really was Yun Jiao who found it first.”
Even so, that family was unwilling.
“When I arrived, there was no one here, so I found it.”
Isn’t it that when tide pooling, whatever fish you find is yours if you grab it? Why is this fish different?
Wang Mei rolled up her sleeves: “Fine, fine, fine… You’ve made up your minds to be shameless, haven’t you? Anyway, this fish belongs to our Jiao Jiao. If you want to take it, you’ll have to see if you have the ability.”
“The village chief is here.”
Just as they were about to fight, the village chief arrived.
Village Chief: “Oh, this fate of mine!”
Yun Linhai’s group and that family immediately pulled the village chief, each arguing their own case.
Village Chief: “How about this, Lin He’s wife’s family. You say Yun Jiao brought this big fish from the sea. If she can drag this fish, then it proves that the manta ray was indeed brought by her, and the fish will belong to her.”
“Don’t feel wronged either. If this fish was painstakingly brought from the sea by Yun Jiao, and then it would be snatched away just because you saw it, then she would be even more wronged.”
The family then nodded reluctantly, agreeing.
At the same time, they harbored a glimmer of hope. How could Yun Jiao, with her small body, possibly move such a large manta ray…
The subsequent scene of their faces being slapped left them wide-eyed with astonishment.
Because Yun Jiao had already walked up to the manta ray, grabbed its large wing-like fins, and began to drag it.
She was a small person, but her steps were exceptionally firm.
“Rustle…”
The large manta ray actually moved!
“It’s moving, it’s moving! My goodness, Yun Jiao’s strength is more than just a little bit. This manta ray must weigh over a thousand catties!”
“What did this little girl eat to have such strength? No wonder she could hold down an adult man before.”
“Innate divine strength, is this the legendary innate divine strength?! How can a little girl have such strength?”
Men and women, old and young present, all widened their eyes, their mouths could have fit an egg.
Many men were so envious their eyes turned red.
If they had this strength, how easy it would be for them to go out to sea to catch fish. Encountering those big fish, solving them with a single punch wouldn’t seem like a problem.
Why did this strength happen to be in a little girl, and such a tiny, beautiful little girl at that.
