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

Chapter 97 Photos
Finally, a family photo with everyone smiling brightly was taken.

This is also their first family photo. The background is their old house, which, although small and dilapidated, has sheltered so many members of their family from the wind and rain for many years.

Before they even started developing the photos, Yun Xiaowu and the others were already looking forward to it, constantly asking when the photos would be ready.

Wang Yi: "It will take a few more days. I'll bring it to you once it's washed."

Yun Xiaowu stood on tiptoe and patted his shoulder: "Good brother, I'll remember you!"

Wang Yi: "...Thank you."

It was getting late, and Wang Yi wanted to get the photos developed as soon as possible, so he rode his bicycle away, saying goodbye to them.

After taking the photos, the family changed into their old clothes and went back to their own lives.

After dinner, the family gathered together to chat, and today's topic was sending Yun Xiaowu and the others to school.

Grandpa Yun has already completed all the formalities.

Yun Jiao sat on a small stool: "Then when will I go to school?"

"You'll be around five or six years old. Your brothers will take you there when the time comes."

There are no kindergartens here; everyone starts directly from preschool.

The children we accept are all capable of independence; we generally don't accept children who are three or four years old.

There are practically no three-year-olds as smart as Yun Jiao.

“Our Jiaojiao will be fine to go to school when she’s three, but there’s no rush. She can go when she’s a little older.”

Yun Jiao nodded vigorously.

She had read her third and fourth brothers' books, and just looking at the densely packed knowledge on them made her dizzy.

I don't want to go to school, thank you.

Yun Xiaowu and the others were quite eager to go to school.

I'm tired of the village, so this is a good opportunity to meet new friends.

From that day on, Shen Yunlian and Wang Mei would pick up their needles and thread every night and sew crossbody schoolbags for the boys.

A few days later, Wang Yi arrived.

He brought the developed photos and a ticket to buy a fan.

He still came by bicycle, but this time he didn't arrive too early. Along the way, many village children followed him on his bicycle to Yun Jiao's house.

As soon as Wang Yi parked the car, a daring child reached out his little black hand to touch it.

Wang Yi: "You can touch it, but don't use too much force and knock it over. If the car is damaged, I'll have to ask your parents for compensation."

Since the bicycle was going to be driven on the road anyway, he didn't mind the dirty hands of the little black kids.

Compared to this, he couldn't help but glance at Yun Jiao, who was sitting at the door eating a cucumber, with snow-white skin and a clean appearance.

The contrast with the little black children in the village is really too obvious.

She's so striking that just standing in a crowd makes people want to take a second look.

"Uncle, what are you doing?"

Wang Yi walked in casually.

Yun Linhai and the others came back from outside carrying a large basket of corn on their backs. The sun was strong, and they were sweating profusely from the heat.

"Harvesting corn."

After Yunjiao finished eating a cucumber, she carried a small stool back to the yard and sat with her grandmother to peel the corn husks off.

The corn cobs were left to dry in the sun.

The chicks, ducklings, and goslings were circling around the corn pile, looking for insects to eat.

Almost every ear of corn had worms on it, plump corn worms. Yun Jiao wasn't afraid at all; she just picked them out with her hands and put them on the ground.

"Suckling... Come here, there's food here."

The little furball that was nearby ran incredibly fast, and in a flash it rushed to her feet, pecking at her before she could even stand up straight.

Several of them huddled together, each squeezing into the other's spot.

Wang Yi went over for a look, but was so frightened by the writhing worm that his scalp tingled and he quickly walked away.

"I brought photos, Yun Jiao, do you want to see them?"

"photo!"

Before Yun Jiao could react, Yun Xiaowu and the others who were watching the bicycles at the gate rushed in.

"Where is it? Show it to me quickly."

Yun Jiao and Grandma Yun also gathered around.

Wang Yi quickly took out a dozen photos.

There were at least a dozen of them.

The one at the very top is a family photo of the Yun family.

"It's even in color!"

Everyone was stunned; their eyes lit up as they looked at the photo. Wang Yi boasted, "The film I bought is special. I even went to the city to have it developed into color. Isn't it beautiful?"

nice!!!

Yun Xiaowu: "Why am I so dark-skinned?"

"Let me see, oh my, our Jiaojiao is the prettiest and most beautiful here!"

Yun Jiao glanced at it and was also amazed by such technology from humans.

She's beautiful, she's definitely the most beautiful, so beautiful that she seems to be on a completely different level from the others.

"Grandma is pretty too."

Grandma Yun's smile made the wrinkles on her face even more noticeable.

"What's so great about it? I'm getting old."

Yun Xiaojiu pointed to herself: "Xiaojiu is pretty too, Xiaojiu is the second prettiest."

"Alright, alright, you're second."

The family members cherished that family photo immensely.

Yun Jiao and Yun Xiaowu couldn't wait to look at the other photos.

One of the scenes features the sea as a backdrop, with Yun Jiao carrying a string of fluffy yellow balls of fur as she goes to the beach; the colors in the scene are extremely pleasing to the eye.

There are also sea turtles.

Yun Xiaowu and the others were just playing around.

Most of the photos are from when we went out to sea.

Yun Jiao and Wang Yi were fishing, Yun Lin Hai and Yun Lin He were fishing, and there were also those killer whales.

Yun Jiao was playing on the orca. Her smile was bright and sunny in the sea, and her big eyes were full of simple joy. She was as beautiful as an ocean sprite that had been captured by chance.

There were pictures of Yun Jiao swimming in the sea, orcas playing with wooden balls, and two pictures of Wang Yi himself.

He picked out several of the photos he thought were the most handsome and printed them out.

Yun Xiaowu and the others watched with great envy.

"I've ridden orcas before, bro, why didn't you bring your camera sooner!"

He's so handsome, he wants him too.

"Let's take it again when we have another chance."

The village children were even more envious and shocked than Yun Xiaowu and the others.

"Orca, Yun Jiao is riding an orca."

"Wow...I want to take a picture too."

"Yun Xiaowu, you guys are here too, it's so good to watch."

"I'm in this photo too!"

"Where are you? Let me see if I'm there."

Those photos were taken while beachcombing; other people were also unintentionally captured in the pictures.

Even just being a background prop is enough to make them happy.

At that time, no one in the countryside would bother to take photos. Some people with a little money would, but they would go to a photo studio and take black and white photos.

Their family is currently the only one with such vibrant, colorful photos taken against a natural backdrop—in their familiar hometown.

Wang Yi was quite pleased with himself; this was exactly the kind of show-off effect he wanted.

Take the photos to school when school starts; it'll be even more effective for showing off.

"Oh, right, Uncle, this is for you."

He handed Yun Linhai a ticket.

Shen Yunlian leaned over for a look, then her eyes widened in surprise.

"This...this is a ticket for an electric fan!"

"Huh? What kind of ticket? Let me see."

Grandma Yun and Grandpa Yun both came over.

I was so excited when I saw it was a ticket for an electric fan.

Yunlin Hai and Yunlin He were also excited: "Great, great, thank you, Xiao Yi, thank you so much."

How much is this ticket?

Wang Yi: "My mother said that these tickets are for you, since they're useless to us anyway."

"Where can I send it?"

Everyone disagreed, and Grandma Yun even went directly into the house to get the money.

Even close brothers should keep clear accounts. If you keep sending us gifts, our relationship will grow distant. We should send what we need to send and settle accounts clearly.

(End of this chapter)