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

Chapter 39 Sea Centipede

As for why Yun Jiao took that abalone, the reason is simple: that abalone was the one she liked the most.

It looks just as good as the coconut snail I found back then.

Yun Jiao suspected there were pearls inside, but she wasn't sure; she could only wait until she got back and opened it to find out.

It took about three hours to dig out all the larger abalone in this area.

Those that are too small will be left to continue growing here.

They also dug up a whole sack of abalone.

"Get rich!"

The two adults were so happy they couldn't stop smiling.

"Do you want to continue shopping?"

Yun Linhe wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Digging for abalone is tiring; these creatures cling tightly to the rocks, and some are in rather dangerous locations.

In their efforts to dig for abalone in those areas, Yunlinhai and Yunlinhe both fell several times, so they didn't dare let Yunjiao go.

They all had some wounds on their bodies, all caused by sharp rocks.

But compared to the gains, these are nothing at all.

"Father, you're hurt."

"It's nothing, just minor injuries. The bleeding will stop soon."

"Let's put the sacks of abalone into this puddle first, and then we'll go and look around the other parts of the island."

If Yunlinhai and Yunlinhe were not interested in island exploration before, they are now very interested.

After putting the bag containing the abalone away, they continued walking.

Yun Jiao was also carrying her small bucket, which contained the large abalone.

They walked carefully, but their eyes darted around shrewdly.

"There's a ditch over there, let's go take a look."

After Yunlinhe finished speaking, he ran over first.

"Brother, there are fish here!"

That puddle was quite large, and there was more than one fish in it.

The two walked over quickly.

"It's a yellowtail amberjack, and it's huge!"

The yellowtail trapped in the puddle looked almost a meter long.

Waves kept crashing into the puddles on the reef. Once the tide rises a bit more, that amberjack might be able to struggle and jump back into the sea.

But now this unlucky big fish has run into them.

How could the Yunlin brothers let that amberjack escape?

"Jiaojiao, wait here and don't wander off."

After saying that, the two of them jumped into the puddle and grabbed the nearly one-meter-long amberjack.

The yellowtail was still alive and quite energetic. It took the two brothers a lot of effort to get it ashore.

There are two more fish inside.

Is it a grouper?

One of them is red, and the color looks beautiful.

"No."

Yunlin River grabbed the red fish and threw it up.

"They are red melon seed spots."

Although both red melon seed spots and red lentigines are red, their prices are different; red melon seed spots are much cheaper.

But they are already very satisfied with what they have gained so far, and they have no regrets even if it's not the Eastern Star Grouper.

The other one is the common black sea bream.

Both of them were soaked, but they didn't care. They happily carried the big fish back home.

"Jiaojiao, come along. Let's take this fish back to the boat first."

Don't die of thirst.

Yun Jiao tossed the red croaker into her small bucket, then followed them slowly with small steps.

It took quite a while to reach the place where the boat was moored, and the amberjack was already looking rather listless.

The Yunlin brothers quickly threw it into the cabin.

"This fish is quite heavy."

"Jiaojiao, put that red melon fish in too."

They sat on the boat for a short rest: "Let's bring the abalone back and head back, it's getting late."

I was mainly hungry.

Yun Linhai patted Yun Jiao's little belly: "Jiao Jiao, are you hungry?"

Yun Jiao took two eggs out of her small crossbody bag. They were hard-boiled eggs.

Grandma gave it to her before she left.

"Father, Uncle, eat."

"Oh, there are eggs too."

Yun Linhe didn't mince words: "Does Jiaojiao have one herself?"

Yun Jiao nodded and took out another one.

There are also three glutinous rice cakes inside.

"Father."

Yun Linhai was overjoyed: "But Jiaojiao has prepared everything perfectly, so why don't we light a fire here and roast some glutinous rice cakes?"

Yun Linhe nodded: "That's fine, we can continue searching after we've filled our stomachs."

He didn't really want to leave anyway, and now he felt there must be a lot of great treasures on this island.

So the two of them gathered some dry branches on the island and started a fire.

While they were roasting glutinous rice cakes over a fire, Yun Jiao ran a little further away.

It was already a sweltering day, and being near a fire made it even more uncomfortable.

But Yun Jiao didn't run far. Instead, she ate her eggs while poking around on the small beach with a small shovel.

She wasn't trying to dig anything up; she was just killing time.

Huh? what is that?
Yun Jiao saw a long, soft, worm-like thing wriggling, trying to run into the sea.

She walked over and grabbed him.

So long.

He looks kind of disgusting.

There are so many feet.

This looks like a sea centipede.

Yes, you can eat it.

After reaching this conclusion, Yun Jiao threw the sea centipede into the small bucket and continued her search.

And then Yun Jiao actually discovered quite a few.

She probably stumbled upon the lair of a sea centipede.

Many sea centipedes poked their heads out of the hole and crawled around in the diving pit looking for food.

Yun Jiao walked over and grabbed one with her soft, chubby little hand.

Then grab the sea centipede by the head and pull it upwards.

"It's so long."

Her little face was all wrinkled. She grabbed the sea centipede and took a few steps back before finally pulling it out. It was longer than her.

Some of the nearby sea centipedes scurried back into their burrows; these creatures are very timid and will run away at the slightest disturbance.

But there are others.

Yun Jiao originally wanted to call him "Father".

But they found that only their father was roasting glutinous rice cakes there, and their uncle had left and they didn't know where he had gone.

Forget it, I'll just catch it myself.

We can't call Dad over, otherwise there will be no one to bake glutinous rice cakes.

Yun Jiao moved with lightness, catching the sea centipedes that had poked their heads out of their holes with ease.

She was quiet and well-behaved. Yun Linhai would occasionally look up and see her with her back to him, obediently playing something. She didn't make a fuss or cause any trouble. He just thought that his daughter was easier to take care of.

If it were his own sons, they would probably be off running around having fun by now.

Yunlin River went and carried back the abalone they had caught.

"Where's Jiaojiao?"

"They're still over there, they haven't run away."

Yun Linhe glanced at her and said, "She's so cute, but she's been baking in the sun. Why isn't she wearing a straw hat?"

"She doesn't like it; she dislikes it because it covers her eyes."

"Are the glutinous rice cakes ready yet? I'll throw this abalone into the boat and go find her."

"All right."

When they went to look for Yun Jiao, they happened to see the little guy stand up, seemingly holding something in his hand, and take a few steps back.

When that thing was pulled out, it was a long strip, and its color was somewhat like flesh.

Yun Linhe's eyes widened.

"What is Jiaojiao grabbing?"

Yun Linhai rubbed his eyes: "I didn't see wrong, did I?"

(End of this chapter)