Chapter 94: Untitled
The manta ray was too big, so it took several of them to get it onto the boat.
“Wow!!!”
Wang Yi kept exclaiming “wow” while taking photos.
The manta ray’s body was slightly flattened, presenting an overall diamond shape, with two pectoral fins that looked like wings.
Laid out completely on the deck, it almost covered the entire width of the deck.
Yun Linhai checked the fish gills and said, “It’s fresh, must have died not long ago.”
Immediately, the two people on the boat were overjoyed, grinning from ear to ear.
“Shall we head back now? Otherwise, this manta ray won’t stay fresh if we keep it for too long.”
They had already caught so many golden pomfrets, and now such a large manta ray, the harvest from this trip out to sea was already very optimistic.
Golden pomfret wasn’t expensive, only three or four mao per jin, and they had caught about four hundred jin.
Such a large manta ray would be at least seven or eight mao per jin, which was also a considerable price.
Yun Linhai and the others discussed preparing to head back, while Yun Jiao lay on the edge of the boat feeding fish to orcas.
These fish were the small mixed fish caught by her father and the others.
The orcas were already full, so what Yun Jiao was feeding them now was like snacks to them.
“Father, I’m going to play with the orcas.”
Yun Linhai and Yun Linhe were very calm.
“Go ahead, just don’t go too far.”
Ever since they knew Yun Jiao could breathe underwater, as long as they didn’t encounter big waves like tsunamis, there wouldn’t be too much danger.
Especially with so many orcas escorting them, there was no need to worry about dangers in the sea, like sharks.
Wang Yi hadn’t even had time to react before he saw Yun Jiao dive straight into the sea.
Wang Yi: ???!!!
Wait, no… she fell… fell into the sea…
Just as he was about to call out to someone, he saw Yun Jiao grab a dorsal fin of an orca and emerge from the sea, riding it.
Wang Yi:!!!!!!
Huh?
He was dumbfounded, watching with his mouth open as Yun Jiao rode the orca in a circle around the boat, speechless for a long time.
This, this…
“She, she…”
Yun Linhe smiled and said, “These orcas have a good relationship with our Jiao Jiao, Little Yi, you don’t need to worry.”
Wang Yi almost knelt down, “I’m not worried, but uncle… can you ask the orca to take me along too?”
This was too exciting!
Riding an orca, this was simply her dream mount.
If he rode an orca to take some photos, he would be the envy of the entire class when he took them to school.
“Uncle! Let me ride the orca too, I’ll just take a few photos!”
Wang Yi showed no airs of being a young master of an official family, directly hugging Yun Linhai’s thigh while lying on the ground.
Yun Linhai was startled by him.
“You can’t ask me about this, you have to ask Jiao Jiao.”
Wang Yi immediately lay on the boat and shouted, “Yun Jiao, Junior Sister Jiaojiao…”
His voice was incredibly fawning.
Yun Jiao rode the orca and swam to him.
Wang Yi’s eyes lit up, “Junior Sister Jiaojiao, can you ask the orca to take me along too? If you agree, I’ll buy you things, whatever you want!”
Yun Jiao tilted her head and thought for a moment, “Do you have an electric fan?”
She had seen an electric fan at Wang Yi’s house before, and it was very comfortable in the summer when it blew air.
“Yes, yes, yes!”
“Jiao Jiao!”
Yun Linhai reprimanded, “How can you accept such a precious thing from others?”
Yun Jiao pouted and huffed twice, “Father, don’t wrongly accuse me!”
“We’ll buy it ourselves.”
Many electrical appliances were in short supply now, and there were places selling them in their county town, but they were basically snatched up as soon as they appeared.
Some were even pre-ordered.
They thought that even if they had the money to buy them, it would depend on luck.
Yun Linhe’s mind raced and he understood what Yun Jiao meant, his eyes lighting up.
Considering their family’s current economic situation, buying an electric fan was not a problem.
Although their family also wanted to save money to buy a boat.
And by “boat” they meant not a wooden boat, but an iron fishing boat with a diesel engine.
These iron fishing boats had only recently been introduced in their coastal area over the past couple of years.
They were expensive, and not many people could afford them so far.
The iron fishing boats in their harbor currently numbered no more than a dozen in total.
The boats were very useful; not to mention anything else, they could go to farther places than wooden boats on every trip, and the resources in the sea were still abundant, with farther sea areas often representing richer harvests.
But the price of these boats was indeed very high; even a second-hand diesel iron fishing boat cost two to three thousand, let alone a new one, which would cost at least five to six thousand.
Second-hand ones were also cost-effective, but the problem was where to find so many second-hand iron boats for sale.
In the past, their family wouldn’t have even dared to dream of an iron fishing boat, as not long ago they were so poor they didn’t even have their own small wooden boat.
But now, not only had their family built a new house, but they also had their own wooden fishing boat.
And now they had quite a harvest every time they went out to sea.
However, buying a boat was not urgent, they could take their time.
“Little Yi, we don’t want you to buy an electric fan for us either. If you have resources, please keep an eye out for us, we’ll buy it ourselves. Also, help us look out for a ticket for the electric fan, we’ll pay for that too.”
Yun Linhai also reacted and quickly nodded, “Yes, we’ll buy it ourselves, you absolutely can’t pay for it.”
“That’s easy,” Wang Yi patted his chest and guaranteed, “Don’t worry, uncle, I’ll definitely keep an eye out for you. I have a friend whose family member works at a department store, and it’s possible to get an electric fan reserved internally.”
“I’ll have him reserve one for you then. As for the ticket for the electric fan, our family has one. We already have an electric fan, so that ticket is useless. I’ll mention it to my father later and have him sell it to you.”
“That’s great, that’s great, hehehe…”
With the matter satisfactorily resolved, Yun Jiao went to discuss with the orcas.
Then an adult-sized orca came.
Wang Yi was scared and excited, but excitement prevailed.
Boys wouldn’t shy away from taking risks.
He handed his camera to Yun Linhai.
“Uncle, please remember to take photos of me, and make sure I look handsome.”
“No problem, you can count on me.”
“By the way, can you swim?”
Wang Yi quickly replied, “Yes, I can do that!”
He jumped into the water and cautiously approached the orca.
Even a slight movement from the orca would cause Wang Yi to exclaim in alarm.
But the orca had a very good temper, of course, only when facing humans.
In the eyes of an orca, humans were a kind of cute pet, with pleasant voices and being small.
Orcas never eat humans; they are a very friendly large marine creature towards people.
Wang Yi carefully climbed onto the back of the large orca, so excited he wished he could let out a loud howl.
As soon as he grabbed the orca’s dorsal fin, the orca underneath began to swim.
“Awooo… This is so exciting, so awesome!”
The large orca flicked its tail, thinking that this person was not as good as that fair and soft, smaller human, and at least her voice was not as pleasant.
