Chapter 286: Feeding
Yun Chennan indeed looked thinner than before.
Wang Mei felt immense heartache and clamored to cook him a good meal.
“The sea urchins and crabs Jiaojiao brought back yesterday are still here, I’ll steam some eggs with sea urchin.”
Wang Mei also said, “Let’s cook those two large green crabs too.”
“Lin He, keep two of the lobsters, and sell the rest.”
Although their family could afford to eat well now, any money earned was still valuable; having a source of income every day made them feel more grounded.
With Yun Chennan’s return, the two housewives became busy.
It wasn’t long before a table full of delicious food was ready.
They even stewed the smoked cured pig leg they had prepared earlier.
Yun Chennan said with a smile, “I have such good treatment.”
Wang Mei replied, “This is all thanks to Jiaojiao; without her, where would our family get so many good things to eat?”
Those large shrimp were not easily obtainable, even if one went to the dock to buy them.
“By the way, I went to the post office when I returned. There’s a letter and a package for our family. It seems to be from Jiaojiao’s godfather, and there’s another package I don’t recognize, but it’s also addressed to our home.”
Yun Chennan took down the things tied to the back of the bicycle.
“Let’s eat, eat first.”
With so much delicious food on the dining table, everyone ate without lifting their heads.
Yun Jiao didn’t need to serve herself; when people saw there was a little food left in her bowl, the people around her had already refilled her small bowl.
Peeled shrimp, crabs, deboned fish meat, and the most delicious part of the pig leg…
Yun Jiao ate three full bowls of rice, and that wasn’t including the dishes.
This amount of food was definitely a lot for children of her age.
However, it was clear that the Yun family was accustomed to this.
With Jiaojiao’s strength, wasn’t it natural for her to eat more?
“Are you full?”
Yun Chennan took out a can.
“I bought this when I came back, want some fruit after the meal?”
Yun Jiao nodded vigorously and, without being polite, took it and easily twisted open the lid.
Of course, Yun Jiao didn’t eat alone; she shared some with her older brothers and the head of the family.
Finally, she hugged a large piece of yellow peach and sat on a small stool, eating it with relish.
Two dogs lay by her feet, and she had specifically chosen a spot near the fan.
The fan’s head turned left and right, and when it blew towards her, her hair flew wildly, causing her eyes to squint.
Yun Chennan said, “There’s also watermelon, I bought one too, do you want it?”
Seeing that Yun Jiao had finished the yellow peach and drunk all the syrup from the can, Yun Chennan asked.
“Yes!”
Yun Jiao answered without hesitation.
Yun Chennan, already full, put his rice bowl in the kitchen and came out with a knife to cut the watermelon.
He only cut half of it, and the other half was hung in the well.
“Jiaojiao, come here, this middle piece is the sweetest.”
Not only was it the sweetest, but the biased Yun Chennan also left a large piece for her.
He told the other younger brothers to fight for their own.
They didn’t complain either, because if it were them, they would definitely have left the biggest piece for Jiaojiao.
Yun Xiaowu saw that his third brother had fed his sister so many things as soon as he returned, and immediately felt a sense of crisis, feeling outdone.
He quickly went to get out the snacks he had hidden.
“Jiaojiao, Brother Wu has White Rabbit Milk Candy, eat quickly.”
Yun Xiaoqi said, “I also have candy, and half a biscuit.”
Yun Xiao Ba: “…………”
He had nothing left.
Yun Xiao Jiu said, “Jiaojiao, have my fruit leather.”
Yun Jiao ate this and then that, her mouth never stopping, and finally her little belly was round, and she let out a satisfied burp.
“I’m not eating anymore, I can’t eat any more.”
She stood up and walked around, pulling her third brother to the backyard.
“Third brother, let me show you something.”
Yun Chennan’s eyes widened when he saw the half Giant Clam Shell.
“This… where did you get it?!”
Yun Jiao slightly lifted her chin, “I picked it up.”
“Brother, you said we can’t catch live ones, but the one I picked up was dead.”
Yun Chennan knew this, of course. Judging from the moss on the Giant Clam Shell and the thick layer of mud, the thing had been dead for a long time.
“Can we keep this? It’s so big, we can make a nest out of it.”
Yun Jiao wanted a beautiful shell nest, filled with her favorite gemstones and pearls.
Yun Chennan said, “We have to ask.”
“Let’s go to the police station to ask Uncle Zhao about the situation, see if we can register it, so if someone finds out later, we’ll have a record from the police station to prove it. If not, this thing will have to be handed in.”
Yun Jiao nodded, with great initiative, she was about to take her brother and the Giant Clam Shell to the police station.
“Jiaojiao, where are you going? Your godmother sent news, our boat has been located.”
Hearing this, Yun Jiao immediately abandoned the Giant Clam Shell and ran to her father’s side.
“Really? Really? Let me see.”
Since starting to study medicine, combined with Yun Jiao’s eidetic memory talent, Yun Jiao recognized more and more characters, and reading letters was naturally not a problem for her.
It was indeed a letter sent from her godmother and godfather. It said that the boat they had ordered had been contacted with the shipyard. There was a semi-finished iron fishing boat there, and it was a relatively large one, about twenty meters long, but they could only get it next year if they wanted it.
That fishing boat was originally custom-made for someone else, but that person had some problems at home and returned the boat.
The fishing boat was new, and the materials used were also very good. The reputation of that shipyard was quite high.
He had bought a second-hand large cruise ship from abroad, and because some parts were damaged and needed renovation, the salvage of the sunken ship might also have to wait until next year.
Yun Jiao’s eyes sparkled, “Our family is going to have a boat.”
Yun Linhai and Yun Linhe were also happy, “Indeed, and it’s a new boat, so big, it can carry a lot of fish, and we can go to even farther places.”
The places reachable by a hand-rowed boat were limited, and relying on rowing was very physically demanding and tiring.
An iron boat could be equipped with a diesel engine, which was fast and also made people feel relaxed.
They had also inquired at the local shipyard before, but there were no second-hand iron boats, and the orders for new iron boats at this shipyard were booked until three years later.
After all, the production of an iron boat was quite troublesome.
In addition to the letter from her godmother and godfather, there was also a letter from Sun Yaoqin, which contained everyday matters, such as things she encountered at school.
Besides letters, they also sent a lot of food and clothing, such as pineapple cakes, chocolates, and cookies.
For clothing, they sent a beautiful small skirt for Yun Jiao, and a set of clothes for each of the children like Yun Xiaowu, showing great consideration.
Yun Jiao said that she also wanted to write a letter to Sister Sun.
“Mom, do we have anything we can send?”
The polite Little Yun Jiao expressed her desire to reciprocate.
Reciprocity strengthened relationships.
