Chapter 70: A String Of Little Brothers
Yun Jiao glanced at her mother, who was choosing chicks, and ran to look at the ducklings and goslings.
After walking around inside, she discovered a string of tails following behind her.
The ducklings and goslings followed behind her in an orderly queue.
Fun!
Yun Jiao’s eyes lit up, and she led them to a further place.
“Quack, quack, quack…”
“Chirp, chirp, chirp…”
Shen Yunlian and Grandmother Shen looked up and immediately burst into laughter.
Shen Jiankang also laughed, “These goslings and ducklings were hatched using a technique I learned from outside, without the need for brooding hens or ducks, so they tend to follow people. However, I’ve never seen such a long string following before. It seems the young girl is very popular.”
Shen Yunlian said humbly, “No, no,” but in reality, pride was overflowing in her eyes.
Yun Jiao led the long string of ducklings and goslings to Shen Yunlian and the others.
“Mom, buy some ducklings and goslings too.”
Shen Yunlian: “If we buy so many, who will raise them?”
Yun Jiao quickly said, “I’ll raise them, Jiao Jiao will raise them.”
“Then you must remember your words and not give up halfway.”
Yun Jiao nodded seriously.
Tiny ducklings and goslings, fluffy and cute.
Shen Yunlian finally bought ten chicks, five ducklings, and five goslings.
Yun Jiao chose them herself.
When they left after choosing, they didn’t use cages to carry them. Yun Jiao’s short legs walked in front, and they followed behind.
All ten chicks kept up.
Shen Yunlian and Grandmother Shen watched from behind.
Grandmother Shen was very surprised, “Are they that well-behaved?”
Even though these little ones had a habit of following people, they hadn’t fallen behind at all during the entire journey.
Yun Jiao was leading the way like a professional when suddenly, two dogs appeared to her right front.
At their barking, the ducklings and goslings were frightened.
Yun Jiao stopped and commanded in a childish voice, “Everyone come to me, don’t run around.”
Her voice seemed to carry some kind of signal, and the little ones who were running around swarmed to her feet and crouched down, as if seeking refuge.
Yun Jiao was very satisfied.
Then she glared at the big yellow dogs barking over there.
“Scram!”
The soft, white glutinous rice ball got fierce, and the two dogs tucked their tails and ran away.
Grandmother Shen was astonished.
Shen Yunlian, however, was used to it, “The dogs in our village either fear her a lot or like her a lot.”
Animals’ instincts are sharper than humans’. In her previous life, Yun Jiao was a merfolk and had many battles in the seabed.
Even though she is still very small now, the fierceness of a merfolk, and the prestige and killing intent accumulated from battles in her previous life, are enough to deal with ordinary animals if she releases even a little bit.
After driving away the dogs, Yun Jiao continued to lead the fluffy balls back to Grandmother Shen’s home.
Yun Xiaowu and the other brothers, with their swollen faces, were still not settling down.
Seeing the little furballs following Yun Jiao in a line, waddling along, they immediately became interested and wanted to try too.
But the result was that no matter if they were chicks, ducklings, or goslings, none of them paid any attention to them.
Even if they grabbed one or two and forced them behind them, these little guys would still cry and run back to Yun Jiao.
Yun Xiaowu and the others were dejected, “Why?”
They were all people, so why were these little things treating them differently?
Yun Jiao held her head high, “Because they recognize me as their boss.”
After she chased away those two big yellow dogs, these guys clearly became more dependent on her.
“Jiao Jiao, come eat watermelon.”
The sun was very hot at noon, so they didn’t go to the fields, afraid of heatstroke.
Everyone sat under the big pear tree, and Grandmother Shen slowly fanned the children with a palm-leaf fan.
Yun Jiao sat on a small stool, ate a bite of watermelon, and spat the seeds to her feet.
A group of furballs immediately swarmed over and began to peck at them.
The remaining watermelon rinds were broken into pieces and placed by her feet, and they were quickly eaten.
It was practically a trash cleaner.
Perfect, not a bit of the watermelon was wasted.
The sound of cicadas chirping began, and Yun Jiao yawned.
“Jiao Jiao, come here to Grandpa.”
Grandfather Shen beckoned Yun Jiao.
He was sitting in the only lounge chair in the house, which he liked to use.
It was very comfortable to lie under the tree and rest in the hot weather.
Yun Jiao responded, she was really sleepy and still walked over and climbed onto the lounge chair.
In a short while, she fell asleep.
The furballs also snuggled up under the lounge chair, forming a ball and resting together.
Although Grandfather Shen and the others were not going to the fields to work now, there were still many things to do at home, so they were not idle.
After eating the watermelon, Grandmother Shen and Aunt Shen and the other women sat together with a large basin containing the dirty clothes of everyone in the house.
Aunt Shen washed while scolding.
“These clothes are torn like this! I have to sew clothes for you all tonight!”
Shen Xiuyuan shrunk his neck and dared not speak.
“Get over here and wash it yourself!”
Shen Yunlian also glared at her sons, “You too, come and wash your own clothes!”
She washed Yun Jiao’s and Yun Jiujiu’s clothes clean.
Yun Jiujiu was young and didn’t go to raid the beehive. He only provided clever assistance during the fight.
Although he was a bit dirty, his clothes weren’t torn. The only injury he had was stepping on a stone and falling because he wasn’t looking where he was going, scraping his elbow a little.
Now that he had nothing to do, he also climbed onto the lounge chair and gradually fell asleep next to his sister.
Grandfather Shen asked his son and son-in-law to fetch reed mats from the main room to weave cooling mats.
Grandfather Shen was a skilled craftsman, and the cooling mats he wove were neat and good-looking.
Everyone had their own tasks, chatting while working.
After washing clothes for a while, Grandmother Shen carried a stool to sit by the lounge chair and fanned the two children with the palm-leaf fan to drive away mosquitoes.
The afternoon sun shone through the dappled leaves onto Yun Jiao and Yun Jiujiu. The two children’s faces looked even more beautiful, with long, curled eyelashes and good-looking faces.
Among the Yun family boys, Yun Jiujiu was the best-looking.
He inherited all the advantages of both his parents.
Although Yun Linhai’s personality leaned towards being honest, and his skin was dark, he was still good-looking. His features were strong, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his height exceeded 1.8 meters, which was very tall for this area.
Shen Yunlian was the most beautiful girl in the ten miles and eight villages when she was young.
The reason they got together was that both of them were a bit visually oriented.
Before meeting each other, they had seen several people but were not satisfied. Finally, an aunt from Shen Family Village who married into a neighboring village of Bailong Village introduced them. The first glance they took at each other’s faces satisfied them.
This marriage, which began with looks, thus started.
The Yun family children were all good-looking, mostly resembling the Yun family members.
Only Yun Jiujiu perfectly inherited all the advantages of both parents.
Not only was he the best-looking among his brothers, but his skin was also the fairest.
Of course, compared to Yun Jiao, there was still a slight color difference.
At this moment, these two good-looking little babies sleeping together, quiet and well-behaved, made people’s hearts soften.
