Chapter 58: The Orca Has Arrived
After Yun Linhai and the others finished moving all the seafood, Yun Jiao had also caught about two catties of sea centipedes.
After the first catch, there wasn’t much left here.
It’s even harder to catch now.
“Jiaojiao, come quickly, it’s time to eat.”
Yun Chendong grilled a few shrimps and fish. The ingredients were limited, so the grilling wasn’t very good.
But Yun Jiao wasn’t picky and ate with great relish.
“Next time we come, let’s bring a pot and cook some fish and shrimp on the island.”
Yun Linhe said, “Let’s change islands and look around. There’s nothing much left to find here.”
While they were eating and chatting, the sea turtle came ashore.
It was carrying something in its mouth.
Yun Linhe exclaimed, “This sea turtle wasn’t raised in vain. Every time it comes up from the sea, it doesn’t come back empty-handed. What did it bring up this time?”
They walked over and were instantly wide-eyed.
“This, this… this is gold!”
That’s right, this time the sea turtle brought up a gold bar.
Yun Linhai and the others quickly took the gold bar.
“It’s a one-tael yellow croaker!”
The adults were so excited that their faces turned red.
“There are gold bars in this sea!”
If they found them, their family would become rich.
However, after the excitement, Yun Linhai and Yun Linhe calmed down and knew it was impossible.
These things must be at the bottom of the sea. Even if they were good swimmers and could dive, they couldn’t reach the seabed.
So they could only sigh in regret.
Yun Jiao tilted her head, “Father, is this very valuable?”
Yun Linhai and the others smiled, their eye wrinkles deepening, looking at the sea turtle with unparalleled kindness.
“This thing is money!”
The only currency Yun Jiao had encountered was the paper money of this era. She had no contact with humans in her previous life, so she naturally didn’t know that gold could be used as currency.
Yun Linhai and the others regretted for a moment that they couldn’t dive to the seabed to get the gold bars, but they were also easily satisfied.
Getting a gold bar now was like picking it up for free; they couldn’t be greedy.
“Good turtle!”
Yun Linhai and Yun Linhe both petted the sea turtle’s head.
“This is also a lucky turtle. From now on, everyone in our family will treat you better.”
Yun Chendong remained silent and also walked over to pet the sea turtle to get some good luck.
Yun Jiao thought, it seems everyone really likes that golden thing.
The few of them admired the gold bar in their hands for quite a while.
Yun Linhai said, “We absolutely cannot let this out. Jiaojiao, remember, you can’t tell anyone about this gold bar.”
“Not even my brothers?”
Yun Linhai nodded seriously, “The fewer people who know, the safer it is. If your brothers accidentally let it slip and outsiders find out we have gold bars, it could bring disaster.”
They have many family members, so perhaps thieves are not the main concern.
The real danger is that a greedy thief, even if it’s a risk, will come. If they happen to have any weapons, even with many men in the family, something could go wrong.
Yun Jiao nodded, “Okay, I won’t say anything.”
As the eldest brother, Yun Linhai put away the gold bar and no longer discussed the matter.
“Let’s go, we should leave now. We brought a cast net today, so we should at least try throwing it a few times.”
After getting on the boat, Yun Linhai and the others took turns rowing, casting the net by feel at sea.
This depended entirely on luck.
Fortunately, unlike when they first arrived, Yun Linhai had good luck this time.
The heavy feeling in his hands made his expression turn to surprise.
“Quick, come help pull the net!”
With all three of them working together, the fishing net was quickly pulled up.
“It’s Red Three Fish! So many Red Three Fish!”
“There must be a school of Red Three Fish below. Quickly, keep casting the net!”
The best luck in fishing is encountering a school of fish.
The three of them cooperated, nimbly placing this net of fish into the boat’s hold, and then quickly tidied up, preparing to cast the net again.
Yun Jiao lay on the edge of the boat, her dark blue pupils seeming to look through the seawater into deeper waters.
She pointed at a spot on the sea surface.
“Father, over there.”
Yun Linhai, who was about to cast the net, heard Yun Jiao’s words and instinctively cast the net in the direction she pointed.
Not long after, when they pulled the net, this catch was even heavier than the previous one.
This heavy feeling brought uncontrollable smiles to their faces.
“Quick, pull it up quickly!”
This net weighed over three hundred catties.
The purchase price of Red Three Fish wasn’t expensive, about four to five mao per catty.
But nothing beats a large quantity.
After casting this net, they prepared to cast again and looked at Yun Jiao.
“Jiaojiao, where should we cast this time?”
Yun Jiao looked at the sea surface and pointed to another spot.
Without any hesitation, the three of them cast their nets in that direction.
This time it was less, around two hundred catties.
Yun Jiao said, “They ran away~”
Fish schools are rare and can’t be found easily. They were already very satisfied to have caught these three nets.
The Red Three Fish in the fish hold looked very festive.
Red Three Fish have beautiful colors, generally a light pink with golden lines on their abdomen.
Of course, not all the fish caught were Red Three Fish; there were some other types of fish as well.
For example, at this moment, Yun Jiao was poking a black, very ugly-looking fish with a small stick.
“So ugly.”
It was so ugly that her beautiful little face scrunched up.
Yun Linhe laughed heartily, “It’s a toadfish. Although it looks ugly, its meat tastes quite good.”
There were quite a few toadfish mixed in the net, about dozens of catties.
There were also some other small fish and shrimp.
Yun Jiao stared at the sea surface, “Father, my fishing rod.”
If she had a fishing rod, she could fish now.
Not being able to play in the sea and not being able to fish would be too boring.
“Okay, we’ll make you a fishing rod when we get back today.”
Yun Jiao was finally satisfied.
“Yingyingying~”
A familiar cry came, and Yun Jiao looked ahead.
‘Humans, humans, I’m coming.’
‘Humans, come out and play, humans, come down and play…’
A triangular black dorsal fin exposed on the sea surface, and a black and white orca pod swam towards their small boat.
The sea turtle, upon seeing the orcas, was so scared that it scrambled into the boat’s hold.
Yun Linhai and the others were also startled by the approach of so many enormous orcas, their hearts beating wildly and uncontrollably.
“Orcas, they’re coming!”
It would be terrible if they collided.
If they encountered them, their boat would surely capsize.
“Don’t crash into us, please don’t come over.”
Their eight-meter-long small boat was no match for an adult orca.
The closer they got, the stronger the sense of pressure the orcas exerted.
The adult on the boat was so nervous his heart felt like it was about to jump out of his throat.
But what they feared came to pass. These orcas were looking for Yun Jiao, so how could they not come this way?
However, they were sensible and didn’t ram the boat. The larger orcas formed a circle around their boat.
The smaller ones came directly, propping up their upper bodies and peeking towards Yun Jiao.
‘Humans, let’s play together.’
They enthusiastically invited Yun Jiao.
Yun Jiao petted their slippery heads, and the excited discussions of the orcas echoed in her mind.
‘This human smells really good, a fragrant human, good-looking.’
‘So small, feels so comfortable to touch.’
‘Why does she keep that stupid turtle? Keep me, keep me!’
‘She’s too small to raise us, we’ll raise her!’
