Chapter 316:
Yun Linhai and the others kept mumbling that it would be a pity to eat it.
Yun Jiao then looked at them with pitiful, pleading eyes.
“But I really want to eat it.”
She even gently shook Shen Yunlian’s sleeve, resembling a cute, pampered, snow-white kitten acting cute.
Who could resist that.
“Eat it, it’s just a fish. We spent so long fishing, why can’t we eat it.”
Yun Linhe said heroically, completely forgetting that he was also one of those who felt heartbroken earlier.
The children were simply happy. Who wouldn’t be happy if they could eat delicious food?
However, they didn’t know how to cook fish, so they would need to find a chef who knew how to prepare tuna.
Yun Jiao: “I’ll go find one. I’ll ask Master if he knows anyone.”
Shen Yunlian: “Then be sure to invite your Master, Senior Brother, and Senior Sister too.”
Yun Jiao nodded: “Got it.”
Yun Linhai: “I’ll take Jiao Jiao.”
They were also people of action; they left as soon as they decided. The motorcycle soon reached the county.
“Master~”
Her voice arrived before she did.
Yun Jiao’s cheerful voice made the few people inside the medical hall look towards her.
“Jiao Jiao is here, come quickly and eat roast chicken.”
After greeting Yun Jiao, they also greeted Yun Linhai.
Yun Jiao unceremoniously picked up a chicken leg and started eating it.
“Senior Sister, does Master know any chefs? I caught a tuna and want to make something delicious.”
“What?! Tuna, and you’re going to eat it just like that? Aren’t you selling it?”
In his impression, fishermen would not eat such good fish themselves but would sell them for money.
Yun Jiao proudly lifted her chin: “My Third Brother is the top scorer in the College Entrance Examination. He’s going to Qingbei University, so we have to celebrate.”
Hearing her words, Qin Xin and Song Chengyou nodded: “That’s indeed something to celebrate.”
Ordinary schools might not warrant a celebration, but Qingbei definitely does.
“Not bad, what kind of tuna did you catch?”
“Yellowfin tuna.”
Her little face was greasy around her mouth from eating. Qin Xin wiped her mouth for her.
“You don’t need to ask Master about this. I know someone who is skilled at cooking seafood and has good culinary skills. When are you planning to have it?”
Yun Jiao: “Tomorrow.”
“I still need to get some more seafood today.”
“Alright, then we’ll go first thing tomorrow morning.”
After discussing with her Senior Sister, Yun Jiao and her Daddy went to invite others they knew.
Her music and dance teacher, Old Gu, and Uncle Wang’s family…
After making the rounds, they all said they would attend tomorrow. Yun Jiao then returned home with her Daddy.
Since it was decided that guests would be entertained tomorrow, the adults at home would have to get busy.
Yun Linhai went to inform the Village Chief.
To his surprise, upon hearing this, the Village Chief immediately pulled them aside.
“You don’t need to buy any vegetables. I’ll tell the villagers, and each household can bring out some of the vegetables they’ve grown.”
“For such a good thing, remember to go to the Mazu Temple to worship tomorrow, Jiao Jiao, you too.”
Yun Linhai nodded: “We were thinking the same thing. Such a big event happened yesterday, we should definitely go to the Mazu Temple to worship.”
He added after speaking: “We’ll go today, to the one in our village.”
Their village also had a village temple, but it wasn’t large. For bigger festivals, they usually went to the largest Mazu Temple in town.
The village also had an ancestral hall, but due to lack of funds for repairs, it was a bit dilapidated.
While Yun Linhai and Yun Linhe were busy, Yun Jiao had already gone out to sea.
For tomorrow’s feast, tuna couldn’t be the only good dish.
Carrying two large net bags, Yun Jiao began today’s ‘seabed foraging.’
She was already very familiar with this sea area, so she first went to the island where she had previously pried abalone.
Below the island, on the reefs deep on the seabed, many abalone were clinging.
This time, Yun Jiao was looking for smaller ones.
Not only were there abalone on the reefs, but also many sizable snails, all of which she pried off.
She spent about two hours using a screwdriver to pry off abalone and various snails.
The deeper she went, the larger the abalone became.
Yun Jiao circled the reefs, deciding not to take those abalone for now and to come back for them next time.
Carrying a net bag full of abalone and snails, she found it a bit inconvenient to swim.
It was okay; she would find some help.
About ten minutes later, just as Yun Jiao discovered a nest of lobsters and was figuring out how to catch them, two turtles swam over.
Yun Jiao greeted them and handed them the jellyfish she had caught earlier.
“Eat up, eat up, and then help me with some work.”
The hawksbill sea turtles were livelier. They happily swam around Yun Jiao twice, and one even rubbed its turtle head against Yun Jiao’s palm.
It was like a dog.
“So good, let me see if you have any barnacles on you.”
Indeed, there were two. She easily pried them off.
She then affectionately stroked the turtle shell: “Your turtle shell is quite valuable. It wouldn’t look good if it were damaged by barnacles.”
The patterns on the hawksbill turtle shell were truly dazzlingly intricate.
After eating the jellyfish, the two sea turtles dutifully helped her drag the net bags.
With her ‘baggage’ gone, Yun Jiao was much faster. With a whoosh, she went to the lobster nest and grabbed a large lobster by its antenna, pulling it.
Lobsters are fast when they escape, and they are also quite strong.
But no matter how strong, they couldn’t match Yun Jiao’s strength.
A lobster as long as her forearm was now hers.
After stuffing this lobster into the net bag, she continued to catch more.
Other lobsters, sensing danger, retreated into the crevices of the reefs.
Yun Jiao could reach some of them, but not others.
But it didn’t matter; she would catch what she could, and if necessary, she would look elsewhere.
“This one is too small.”
Yun Jiao caught a small one and directly released it.
“I’ll catch you again when you’ve grown bigger.”
Fortunately, the lobster didn’t have the intelligence to spit at her.
After catching lobsters, she continued to other areas.
Actually, Yun Jiao wanted to go to more distant places, like the sea area where the orca had brought her black pearls.
But just going there would take a long time, probably at least half a month back and forth.
So, she decided against it.
“A school of yellow croakers!”
Suddenly, Yun Jiao’s eyes lit up. A large school of yellow croakers was gathered together, about a kilometer away from her.
She had to go scoop some up!
Although there’s only a one-character difference between “large yellow croaker” and “yellow croaker,” their prices vary greatly.
However, these fish are still more expensive than ordinary small mixed fish.
They cost about two yuan per jin.
The largest of these wild yellow croakers would not exceed one jin.
These fish are particularly delicious whether grilled, deep-fried, or made into dried fish.
Yun Jiao regretted not bringing a fishing net; with such a large school of yellow croakers, she could only catch a small portion.
She was fast. Carrying a net bag with finer mesh, she rushed forward, opening the net bag and charging through the middle of the fish school.
In an instant, the net bag was half full.
Her eyes sparkled. One more go.
Startled, the fish school scattered even faster, but they still couldn’t escape Yun Jiao’s clutches. She scooped them up again, chasing the school of yellow croakers several times with glee.
The net bags Yun Jiao carried were quite large, capable of holding about a hundred jin of yellow croakers.
