Chapter 214: Taking The Baby Manta Ray To Find Its Guardian Fish
“Drink the ginger soup first.”
Yun Jiao wanted to escape, but couldn’t.
Just smelling the spicy scent of the ginger soup made her little eyebrows furrow.
As the bowl got closer, the beautiful features of her face scrunched up, her neck stiff and her expression resistant.
Her appearance made people laugh.
Granny Yun’s eyes crinkled more as she smiled and gently persuaded, “There’s rock sugar in this ginger soup, it’s not that bad, try some?”
Yun Jiao took a tentative sip, half believing her.
Then she stuck out her tongue.
It was awful!
It was a bit sweet, but mostly spicy.
“Good medicine tastes bitter, and this isn’t even medicine yet. Ginger soup dispels cold. You dare go swimming in the sea in this weather. If you get sick, you’ll need shots and medicine, and the kind of Chinese medicine Grandma used to give you.”
The kind of Chinese medicine that made Yun Jiao cringe just by smelling it.
In the end, the pampered little fish, coaxed by everyone, unwillingly drank the ginger soup.
After dawdling through drinking it, Yun Jiao tugged her father towards the seaside.
“Dad, where’s that giant manta ray? Did they take it away?”
Yun Linhai nodded, “That manta ray was too big, many of us couldn’t even lift it. In the end, the village chief’s tractor had to take it away.”
However, just getting the manta ray onto the tractor took a lot of effort from over ten people.
“Manta rays are similar to devil rays, their price shouldn’t be too different.”
Devil rays sold for six or seven mao per jin.
Manta rays were about the same, but this manta ray was so big, even at six mao per jin, it would sell for quite a lot of money.
“Oh right, where’s my bucket?”
She still had a big treasure in her bucket.
“I brought it home for you, why?”
Yun Jiao said, “It has a gift from the orca inside, brought from a very far place.”
They arrived at the seaside. There were still quite a few people there, all spectating the manta ray.
Seeing Yun Jiao approach, they all called out.
“Yun Jiao, quickly take a look at that manta ray, why is it so stupid, it keeps trying to come ashore.”
“Your fourth brother has thrown it into the sea several times, but after a while it just comes back to the shore.”
Yun Jiao thought: What else could it be, it’s looking for her.
Yun Linhai went to row the boat, and Yun Jiao was itching to go into the sea.
But as soon as she lifted a foot, she was picked up by Shui Lingling, who was pinching her armpits.
Yun Xiaowu held her up, “Jiaojiao, do you want to be spanked?”
Yun Jiao thought: I haven’t even gone down yet!
On the other side, the baby manta ray saw Yun Jiao and kept flapping, wanting to come ashore, and Yun Jiao also wanted to go into the sea.
After a lot of effort, Yun Linhai’s boat arrived, and Yun Jiao eagerly climbed aboard.
Following behind her were her several older brothers, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth.
They grinned, shamelessly.
“Dad, we’re not going out to sea, so it’s okay for us to follow, right?”
“Exactly! We also want to get familiar with the orca and the baby manta ray.”
Yun Chenbei also silently climbed onto the boat and raised the camera in his hand.
“I’ll take photos.”
Yun Linhai sighed, could he really drive these few off?
Once in the sea, Yun Jiao lay on the edge of the boat and called out to the baby manta ray, waving.
The baby manta ray immediately flapped its wing-like fins and swam over.
It struggled to support its body, and with a pitiful look, wanted Yun Jiao to pet it.
“Come on, I’ll find your guardian, no, your fish!”
Yun Linhai rowed the boat towards the sea area where the orca often frequented.
He rowed very slowly because the baby manta ray also swam very slowly.
Most importantly, the little fellow was both tired and hungry.
It only knew to chase Yun Jiao now and wasn’t eating at all.
Yun Jiao looked at her father expectantly.
“Dad, just let me go down, the baby manta ray is so hungry.”
“If I get sick, I promise to be good and not go into the sea when it’s cold.”
“Dad ~~~”
Yun Jiao fully utilized her advantage and acted cute.
She feigned grievance and pitifulness.
The old father finally compromised.
Yun Jiao’s eyes lit up, she took off her outer layer and jumped into the sea.
“Be careful, are you cold?”
Yun Jiao replied, “Not cold.”
Like a fish, she performed a move in front of them, darting out of the sea and then back down, extremely agile.
“Dad, I’m really not cold, and I’m very comfortable, don’t worry.”
“I’m taking the baby manta ray with me.”
The baby manta ray was nuzzling against her at this moment.
So clingy.
It’s still a baby less than a day old, so it’s normal for it to be clingy.
After saying goodbye to the people on the boat, Yun Jiao took the baby manta ray and headed deeper into the sea.
Although manta rays can grow very large, they actually feed on plankton and small fish.
There are many types of manta rays, and the baby manta ray belongs to the Mobula birostris species.
It is the largest species of manta ray.
It has two cephalic lobes at the front that look like clasped hands, and its fins flap like wings when it swims.
They can even leap out of the water and glide for a distance.
Their mouths are very large, with flat mouths that occupy almost the entire head area.
At this moment, this baby manta ray was opening its large mouth, learning to hunt.
It ate some small plankton in the ocean.
Yun Jiao occasionally caught some very small fish and threw them into its mouth.
The baby manta ray ate with great delight.
After it ate its fill and was tired, it was completely unreserved and lay directly on Yun Jiao’s back.
Yun Jiao thought: …This is a reversal of fortunes, usually the fish carried her!
“Considering you’re still a baby, I won’t argue with you.”
Yun Jiao held the baby manta ray’s small wings and grumbled, educating it, “But you have to grow up quickly, and the bigger the better.”
Then it would become her exclusive ‘fish car’.
She wouldn’t raise it for nothing.
Yun Jiao thought since she was here, she should at least catch something to take back.
She discovered a very large bread crab lying in the sand on the seabed.
The pair of large, red, thick claws made Yun Jiao salivate.
Yun Jiao swam behind the large bread crab and was about to catch it when the mischievous nature of a child began to show.
This is not referring to Yun Jiao, but to a certain baby manta ray.
Whether human or other creature, most animals are very boisterous when they are young.
The baby manta ray was faster than Yun Jiao. Seemingly sensing her interest in the bread crab, it pounced directly, stirring up a cloud of murky sand.
The bread crab raised its large claws and tried to clamp down on it.
Yun Jiao, with quick hands, grabbed the baby manta ray, which thought it was playing, and gave it a slap, controlling her strength.
“Behave!”
After scolding the baby manta ray, she swiftly darted in the direction the bread crab had escaped.
Soon, she had pinned down the bread crab with its red armor and menacing claws.
She didn’t bring anything to tie up crabs, so Yun Jiao could only swim back holding the bread crab’s two large claws.
The baby manta ray followed closely behind her.
On the way, they encountered Gui Yi, who was diligently carrying a large net bag of sea urchins.
Yun Jiao swam over, “Gui Yi, you’re amazing! I’ll give you sea urchins to eat when we get to the boat.”
The giant sea turtle glanced at her calmly.
The baby manta ray seemed very curious about Gui Yi, swimming around it up and down.
Arriving at the sea surface, Yun Jiao held up the bread crab for the people on the boat to see.
“Dad, look, I found a really big bread crab.”
