forest kingdom

Chapter 636 Fish farming
"Yeah yeah~"

The hard-working Yubao came home from the monastery's preschool class, shouting what he had learned today.

The little nun who went to school with her carried the fish baby out of the door of the preschool and placed it on the back of a calf.

After Xiao Yubao laid his feet and hands on the cow's back one after another, he swayed forward happily, "Wow~"

The eight-month-old calf quickly stood up and walked out, taking the fish brother who had cared for it since birth back home.

Brother Maverick didn't leave for long before he returned to the door of his house with Yubao.

Lana was still busy working in the monastery and had set up a large vat of clean water to dry in front of her house.

Xiao Yubao jumped directly over the cow's back and landed firmly on the floor.

Its body looks like a seal, but not a seal. It looks like a combination of a lizard and a bird.

Yubao can stand on the ground by himself, but he is used to being held by others and doesn't like standing by himself.

"This is a straw hat that the prophet taught us to make. We can wear it with sun protection in the summer, but I made this myself."

Here in Lawrence, it is not a tragedy to have a dead father or mother. Orphans like Lana and Ruth have Lawrence to protect them and will not let them continue to fall.

The flowing sea water is too slow for Yubao, and the sea can run and speed at will just like land.

The ingenious Ruth quickly knitted a straw hat for Yubao that suited Yubao's little round head.

When drinking water, because he has a clean habit, Yubao lies on the wooden board next to the water tank and drinks water standing up.

Usually he would go to the sea to salvage some food for the prophet's family, and he would also help in monasteries and taverns, or take care of the children of women who were rich but too busy.

The habit of loving cleanliness was cultivated by Yu Bao by watching others, and had nothing to do with Lana's teachings.

Yu Bao stood in the sea water and caught the floating little yellow croaker with one hand.

After Yu Bao felt that his hat would not be scratched off, he went to work in the sea with confidence.

Yu Bao, who was sleeping, quickly sat up and looked around curiously.

Ruth also took off her long skirt and placed it in the tub where everyone put their clothes. Then she wrapped her hair with a strip of cloth and then slowly entered the cold sea water holding a tub.

Summer is the busiest time for the haenyeo women. When Ruth came to the beach with the fish treasure, the other haenyeo women had already pushed baskets of seashells and crabs to the shore.

When Ruth saw Yu Bao looking at her hat, she took off this wide-brimmed sun hat that was very common in the fields.

Its body finally entered the sea water, a wave rolled over, and the fish treasure quickly disappeared from the seaside.

Without the maidens on the shore seeing clearly, Yu Bao's body penetrated the stagnant seawater like a cannonball.

These divers mainly operate in areas where seaweed is cultivated, and they also regularly fish for seafood in places where there are many shrimps and crabs.

Xiao Yubao lay on the sea and fell asleep soundly, his body would not sink at all.

Ruth can enter the monastery to find fish treasures, and her status is already higher than that of many ordinary fishermen girls.

Yubao became even happier and kept adjusting his hat with his hands.

After Yubao washed his face and hands, he looked around curiously.

Soon another flat yellow croaker jumped out of the sea and jumped onto Yu Bao's belly.

When Ruth saw that the calf was full of water, she took the calf to the cowshed and closed the door, and then went to work at the beach with Yubao in her arms.

After Yubao landed, he quickly stepped on the water and ran to a big rock. He put his precious hat on the rock and found a few shells to hold it down to prevent it from being blown away by the wind.

Ruth took off the hat and put it on Yubao's head. She looked at the little Yubao whose head was covered, and said with a smile: "Give it to you."

Girls from farm families have to work, and girls from fishermen families also have to work, but the intensity and content of the work are somewhat different.

After more than half an hour, a small yellow fish jumped out of the sea and jumped onto Yu Bao's face.

The rest of the divers have been busy for a while, and Ruth dives towards the seabed farther away, looking for bigger seafood.

"Yubao, it's time to patrol the fishery." Ruth, a girl from a fisherman's family, walked into the yard.

Yubao, who received the gift, was very happy to grab the hat with both hands and tried hard to wear this rather big hat.

The calf brother was also thirsty. He came closer and put the cute and well-behaved cow head next to the water tank. While drinking water, he looked at the fish brother who was washing his face next to him. He looked a little worried about his brother hitting him.

Yu Bao's eyes were on the hat on the pretty girl's head. Compared to the girl's physical features, Yu Bao cared more about the straw yellow hat.

Yu Bao looked at the girl in the skirt curiously. The girl was wearing a white long dress, which gave people a wide and gentle feeling when blown by the summer breeze. Her waist-length black hair was also swaying slightly in the wind. .

Yubao swam past several haenyeo and came to his own fishing ground to start patrolling.

"I'll help you change it, just make it a little tighter."

When Yu Bao was bored, a girl walked in.

Ruth put the fish treasure in the sea water that was a little hot and a little cold.

Her father was one of the first immigrants to the Water City. He fell to his death at work and was arranged by Lawrence to take care of him here in Dumu Port.

Yu Bao looked at these big fat fish of 70 to 80 centimeters, floating happily on the sea surface and basking in the sun.

The fish in the water are fat and big, swimming around in groups, and they are not afraid even when they see the treasure.

Ruth took back her hat from Yu Bao's hand, squatted down and began to modify it with her nimble hands and teeth.

Lana hasn't come back yet. There are only cows lying down and taking a nap in the cowshed. The weather is still a bit hot.

This is a small fish with a flat body, like an upright shell.

There were several small yellow croakers in total. Yu Bao lowered his head and counted, there were six in total.

"Ow~"

Xiao Yubao shouted to the yellow croaker and quickly dived down.

Six small yellow croakers followed Yu Bao behind him.

Yubao swam for five or six minutes, during which the small fish behind him followed closely and did not run away elsewhere.

Xiao Yubao came to the place where seaweed was planted, floating in the seawater three or four meters below, pointing with one hand at the seaweed forest that was more than ten meters high.

The six small fish swung their tails and entered the gaps in the seaweed under the command of Yu Bao. Only their heads were exposed and looked at Yu Bao.

Yu Bao nodded with satisfaction, "Aw~"

After happily blowing a series of bubbles, Yu Bao went out to get off work by himself.

After Yubao got off work, the little fish began to make their home in the seaweed, looking for a place to sleep and fix their bodies.

When Yubao came to visit these small fishes the next day, he found that the small fishes had found a suitable place to build their nests and began to look for food near the kelp forest.

Yu Bao was floating in the sea water and looked at these small fish. When the small fish found Yu Bao coming, they swam out and started to guide Yu Bao.

Yubao followed, and under the guidance of the little fish, he came to a pile of sand and gravel on the seabed. There are white sand and stones everywhere here, and fish treasures rarely come to this place.

The little fish started to swim around in one place. Yu Bao didn't know the specific reason, but the power of blood made the communication between Yu Bao and the little fish go very smoothly.

These little fish seem to have a good relationship with the Sea Clan, and they naturally belong to the Sea Clan's rule.

Yubao has his own fishing ground. The little fishes settled here after they came over and started doing things for Yubao.

Although Yubao himself doesn't know this, it doesn't affect him from doing things according to his instincts and habits.

Yu Bao floated gently above the sand and gravel, took out his harpoon and stabbed it into the sand.

There was nothing dangerous in the sand. Yu Bao opened it and looked around, and found something that the little fish felt they had to deal with.

It's a soft thing like a starfish.

Yu Bao pierced the starfish's body with a harpoon, and then handed it to the nearby small fish.

The small fish didn't want to eat this thing, and soon swam towards the kelp forest in groups.

"Ugh..." Yu Bao felt very strange. After being stunned for a while, he still couldn't figure out what was going on.

Yubao swam to the shore, threw the harpoon with the starfish on the beach, and then swam to the shore to look for the prophet.

Prophet Lawrence would often come and work with the haenyeo, usually during the day.

I don’t come here every day. I didn’t come here yesterday, the day before yesterday, and for several days before.

Yubao first knew that Lawrence was busy here today, so he looked for him.

After searching, Yubao found the prophet in the sea.

At this time, Lawrence was swimming in the sea, accompanied by more than a dozen divers working together, as well as two young elf women who knew water-based witchcraft.

Yubao quickly picked up the harpoon and starfish he had just thrown on the ground to find Lawrence, and made a sound in advance.

"Ow~"

Lawrence, who was working with the haenyeo, heard Yu Bao's call, so he let go of Ruth's body and climbed onto the boat's underwater ladder.

The maids handed Lawrence a bath towel. After Lawrence tied the bathrobe a little, he saw Yu Bao coming over with a harpoon.

"Yubao, what's going on?"

"Ouch~" Yu Bao stood near the underwater ladder and handed Lawrence the starfish on the harpoon.

Lawrence sat on the board of the boat, reached out and took it for a look.

"Oh, this is a grouper starfish. It eats crab shells and small fish, especially fish eggs in rocks and sand. It is considered harmful to us."

Lawrence had asked fishermen to draw up a marine illustrated encyclopedia many years ago, including re-formulating unified names for various fish and animals, and recording the flesh toxicity, size and shape of various marine creatures to create a marine encyclopedia.

Lawrence, who often goes into the water at the beach, is familiar with most of the marine life in the area, and has made special regulations on edible marine plants and fish animals.

After seeing Yu Bao's confused look, Lawrence smiled.

"It seems that you don't understand. Most of what Bull teaches you are things that you are not interested in. But this is not to blame. Bull knows very little about the ocean and lacks knowledge in this area."

"You should learn some marine knowledge. This kind of thing is what you are good at. I happen to know a few people who know a lot about marine life. Or you can ask Lana to read it to you. We have a special record of marine life here. book of knowledge.”

Yubao understood Lawrence's words, nodded quickly, and raised his head happily: "Howl~"

Lawrence looked surprised. Yubao's pronunciation kept changing. It seemed that even if it couldn't speak human language, it should have a language that matched its bloodline.

"These starfish are very troublesome for fishing grounds. Their natural enemy is seagulls, but seagulls cannot go into the water to catch them."

Lawrence continued to talk about the problem of starfish. The breeding technology of the fish farm is still very backward. Now the fish are basically allowed to survive on their own, and they provide relatively little feed and help.

Yubao looked happy.

Lawrence asked curiously: "Are you willing to clean up these starfish?"

Yu Bao nodded quickly, "Aw~Aw~"

"Then just leave it to you. I'll ask the kitchen to cook fried fish for you tonight." Lawrence left the matter to Yu Bao with confidence.

When Yubao heard that there was fried fish to eat, he happily dived into the water and disappeared.

"Harpoon..." Lawrence reminded Yu Bao that he forgot to take away the small harpoon.

Xiaoyubao had sunk into the sea and disappeared. Lawrence saw this and sat on the side of the boat, waiting for Xiaoyubao to remember and come back to get his things.

At this time, Ruth and the divers also went down to collect ingredients, put fresh sea vegetables, fish, shrimp, and oysters into wooden basins, and then lifted them to the boat to put them away.

Lawrence looked at Ruth, who was as tall as a mermaid, and asked, "Ruth, I heard Ulla said you have been saving money for five or six years."

Ruth swam up to Lawrence, holding onto the ladder railing extending from the boat with both hands, raising her head and showing a shy expression to Lawrence who was sitting there.

"That's right, Your Majesty the Prophet." Ruth lowered her head and said nervously and expectantly: "Ula said that if I want to become your nun, I have to pay a very large dowry. I have been repairing clothes and taking care of female warriors. "My child, I have collected three hundred copper coins by collecting fish and shrimps floating on the beach."

Three hundred copper coins cannot be called a dowry.

Whether they are female nobles from outside or girls from some local nobles, they need to pay a large dowry to enter the monastery to study and live, and dedicate their bodies and hearts to His Majesty Lawrence.

"I happen to be short of a maid here in Dumu Port. You will be responsible for the fishery from now on. Just come to the beach during the day and have a look. You will mainly help Yubao manage the fishery. You can sleep in my house at night and I will give it to you. Arrange a maid’s room.”

"You can work for me and save money to make up for your dowry."

After hearing this, Ruth raised her head and said excitedly: "Yes! Thank you, merciful prophet!"

"Well, let's go work first, and come back to the city with me later." Lawrence accepted this beautiful and eye-catching human maid.

At this time, Yubao popped his head out of the water, and there were six bright yellow fish beside him.

"What kind of fish is this?" Lawrence had never seen this kind of fish before, and it didn't look like a local fish.

Yu Bao's happy hands formed a circle, and the nearby small fish quickly ran into Yu Bao's arms.

Lawrence understood now, "It seems that you have taken in your little brother again. Well, I will tell the nearby fishermen and haenyeo not to hurt your little brother."

"Ouch~" Yubao showed off successfully and felt very comfortable.

Lawrence thought about what ecological niche a marine creature like Yubao had. Forget about domesticating fish, why could ducks and cows be domesticated?

But at least I know that the Sea Tribe has the technology to breed.

Regarding the Eastern Islands and the Sea Tribe, Lawrence didn't want to get involved. Now he just wanted to live his own comfortable life.

Even if something needs to be clarified, it would be best to wait five years.

Lawrence decided to wait until the fish gets bigger and then let it make its own decision.

(End of this chapter)