A stunning mermaid dressed in the 1980s, the whole family lined up to pamper her endlessly.

Chapter 38 Abalone on the Island
Shen Yunlian poked her forehead in annoyance: "You, you always know your father and the others will fall for this trick."

Yun Jiao's lips curled up, and her voice was soft and sweet, almost like she was being coquettish: "Mother and Father, you are the best."

She didn't want to cry, but wasn't this the fastest and most effective way to get her father and the others to take her with them?

In this way, Yun Jiao successfully obtained the qualification to go to sea with her father and uncle by cheating.

But there was no shade on the boat, and the sun was strong, so everyone was afraid she would get sunburned.

When she was getting ready to go home, she was carrying a rolled-up sack and dragging it as she ran outside, with Shen Yunlian chasing after her with a straw hat in her hand.

"Jiaojiao, what are you going to do with so many sacks?"

Yun Jiao: "We're going to pack things up! We're sure we can find lots and lots of things to bring back."

She is very confident in herself.

Shen Yunlian held him down: "There's no need to bring so much. Quickly put on your straw hat and don't take it off. There's nothing to cover you at sea and the sun is very strong. Don't get sunburned."

Their daughter has such fair and soft skin, as smooth as a peeled egg. If she gets sunburned, the whole family will be so worried they won't be able to sleep.

Yun Jiao obediently stood still and let her mother put on the straw hat.

The straw hat was a bit too big, making her look even smaller.

From the adults' perspective, it looks like a straw hat with short legs walking, or a cute and chubby little mushroom.

Yun Linhe smiled and took the sack she was struggling to drag away.

"This is for your uncle to pick up."

Yun Jiao adjusted the straw hat on her head: "Okay."

Then the little one with short legs continued to busily run behind the adults.

After everything was ready, Yun Jiao sat on the wooden boat, waving her little hand to say goodbye to everyone.

Now, it's much easier for two people to row the boat than one person can; they can take turns.

There are few fish in the nearshore waters, so Yunlin Hai borrowed a hand-thrown net today, just in case. If they get lucky and encounter a school of fish, they'll be in real trouble if they don't have a net prepared.

Not long after setting sail, the sea turtle on the boat couldn't wait to go into the sea. It swam around the fishing boat and finally floated over the spot where Yun Jiao was sitting, as if to greet her.

"Go find something to eat yourself."

Yun Jiao lay on the fishing boat and talked to it.

The sea turtle quickly dived into the sea and disappeared.

Yunlinhe: "I don't know if it will ever come back."

This sea turtle looks very intelligent.

"Father, there's a small island over there."

There are many small islands nearby, but almost no one goes there.

Those with boats go out fishing, since going to the islands to gather seafood isn't very cost-effective. Even if there's something on the islands, it's mostly juvenile clams or snails. Those oysters, shells, and snails don't sell for much money; they don't have much meat and the shells are incredibly heavy. It's not as profitable as fishing.

Those without boats cannot go.

For example, at this time, Yunlinhai actually prefers to go further away to cast nets for fishing.

But seeing his daughter's bright, expectant eyes, he still steered the boat toward the island.

"Okay, let's go take a look. Maybe we'll get lucky and find something good."

The island wasn't far away, and they arrived quickly.

Yunlin Hai found a place to dock the boat.

The two adults disembarked first, and then carried Yun Jiao down as well.

Yun Jiao was wearing rubber boots. The island had many sharp rocks, and she wouldn't dare walk on them in ordinary shoes or barefoot, as she might accidentally get several cuts on her feet.

"Jiaojiao, walk slowly, Daddy is holding your hand."

Yun Jiao shook her head, carrying her small bucket: "Father, I can walk by myself."

The two adults could only follow behind her and keep an eye on her.

Although Yun Jiao has short legs and walks slowly, she walks steadily.

She used to put in a lot of effort to practice walking.

"Father!"

Upon reaching the rocky hill, Yun Jiao's excellent eyesight immediately spotted the densely packed creatures crawling on the rocks not far away.

"abalone."

Yes, those were abalone.

Yunlin Lake and Yunlin River were stunned at first glance.

"It really is abalone!"

They immediately carried Yun Jiao over, this time walking faster. Yun Jiao didn't struggle.

Upon arriving at their destination, the two adults were overjoyed.

"Such a large piece of abalone, and it's quite big too."

"Quickly dig, Jiaojiao, go over there, it's flatter over there."

Yun Jiao said "okay" in a soft voice and ran over on her short legs.

Then, with a few quick, laborious movements, they pried the abalone off the rocks.

The abalone here come in all sizes, some as big as her small fist, others as small as a wild egg.

Of course, there are even smaller ones, but there's no need to remove those; just leave them here and see if they can grow any bigger.

"This one has to be big."

Yun Jiao found an exceptionally large one, estimated to weigh half a pound.

The smiles on the faces of Yunlinhai and Yunlinhe, who were not far away, never faded; they were incredibly excited.

"It's a good thing we came to this island. I didn't expect there to be so many abalone here."

"Many of them are quite large."

They were having a great time digging for abalone, but of course they didn't forget to turn their heads and glance at Yun Jiao every now and then.

"Father, it's full."

Yun Jiao's bucket was small, and it was filled with abalone in just a short while.

"I'll go get the sack."

At this moment, he was very grateful for his daughter's foresight in bringing a lot of sacks onto the ship.

Jiaojiao is simply their lucky star.

While Yun Linhai went to get the sack, Yun Jiao continued searching for abalone.

She found two large abalone weighing about half a pound each, and a few others that, while not as big, weighed about three or four ounces each.

There were also a huge quantity of baby abalone.

Wearing a straw hat was inconvenient and somewhat obstructed her vision.

Yun Jiao simply took off her straw hat.

The sun was very strong, and Yunlinhe was covered in sweat. Yunjiao also sweated a little, and her little face was rosy.

"Jiaojiao, why did you take off your straw hat?"

Yun Linhai came over carrying a burlap sack and was worried that Yun Jiao's rosy cheeks had been sunburned.

Yun Jiao shook her head: "I won't wear it, it's uncomfortable."

"This sun."

"Not afraid."

She resolutely refused to wear it, leaving Yun Linhai with no choice but to compromise.

"If you feel uncomfortable, you must put on your straw hat."

"it is good."

"You're looking for two abalone that big?!"

"This must be a two-headed abalone."

Yunlin Hai often worked at the docks and knew some of the coded names for abalone.

The larger the abalone, the more valuable it is, and the price is calculated in units of several per kilogram.

Two abalone weighing one jin (500g) make a double-headed abalone, and three abalone weighing one jin make a three-headed abalone.

The abalone they found were mostly ten-head abalone, which weighed about one tael (approximately 50 grams).

Yun Jiao took out one of the double-headed abalones.

"Father, I want this."

Yunlinhai:…………

My daughter has a good eye for choosing; that one costs over ten yuan.

"Okay, it's yours."

Yunlin Hai was also very generous; if it weren't for his daughter, they wouldn't have come to this island. It's just an abalone, after all.

After stuffing the other abalone into sacks, Yunlinhai quickly joined the abalone-digging army.

The scorching sun did nothing to dampen their enthusiasm.

(End of this chapter)