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

Chapter 213 Belonging
Yun Jiao is fair-skinned and soft, like a glutinous rice ball.

But the way his small body dragged such a large and heavy manta ray was so contrasting that it made one question reality.

Yun Jiao walked a short distance and then stopped. She was more agile in the sea. Even she would find it difficult to drag such a large manta ray on land, but in the sea she could use the buoyancy of the water to bring the fish ashore.

Yun Jiao stared with her big eyes at the family who wanted to steal her fish.

She pursed her lips and didn't speak, but the meaning she wanted to express was vivid and clear on her pretty little face.

'That should prove it enough.'

The village chief stared wide-eyed for a long time before he could recover.

"Ahem... Alright, this fish now fully proves that Yun Jiao picked it up first."

Seeing that the family was still unwilling to give up and wanted to say something, the village chief silenced them with a single sentence.

"Otherwise, you can find someone to move this fish, and I won't say anything."

Sure enough, as soon as the village chief said that, the men in their family actually stepped forward and tried it.

As it turns out, this manta ray wasn't just heavy in appearance, it was actually quite heavy!

In the end, they could only leave disappointed.

Yun Linhai grinned, showing his big teeth as he hugged Yun Jiao and walked towards the manta ray.

Hey Hey……

Such a big fish, it belongs to their family.

His daughter is really great, really amazing.

The other villagers were genuinely envious and jealous of Yun Linhai's family.

Now no one said they had taken in a burden anymore. This was no burden at all; this was clearly a lucky star, the pillar of the family!
Putting everything else aside, just when they go out to sea to fish, Yun Jiao's strength can help the family a lot.

"Your family is really lucky. You've raised Jiaojiao with great care."

"Why wasn't Jiaojiao someone we found? We only have one child. If we had found her, we would definitely have treated her well."

"I was a bit unlucky. Actually, when I heard that Yun Linhai's family had taken in a baby girl, I thought that since they had so many children to raise and couldn't find any relatives, I would adopt her."

"She's only three years old, and she's already brought such a great harvest to the family. What will she be like in the future? I wish my family had found her back then."

These are all hindsight opinions.
They used to laugh at Yun Linhai's family, thinking they were being taken advantage of and raising someone else's child, a girl who was destined to marry out of the family.

Now, they want to be the sucker QAQ
The village chief was envious, but he took it in stride.

Fate is a mysterious thing.

"What are you planning to do with these fish? Can Awang take them?"

The fish was huge. The village chief went to check and confirmed it was still fresh. It had some wounds on its body, and it looked like it had been bitten by a large fish in the sea.

Ah Wang's eyes lit up as he looked at the manta ray: "Brother Lin Hai, one person definitely can't eat such a big fish. I can help you contact a few bosses and see if they can buy this manta ray together. How they divide it up is up to them."

"Okay, then I'll leave it to you."

After Yun Linhai and the others finished their discussion with Awang, they turned around and found that Yun Jiao was gone.

"Where's Jiaojiao?"

"Yun Jiao!!!"

The voice, clearly filled with anger, came from Shen Yunlian.

It turned out that, while the adults weren't paying attention, Yun Jiao had run off to the sea again.

It was that little manta ray that was causing trouble.

The little guy saw Yun Jiao after he was born, and it was Yun Jiao who took him to the sea and taught him to swim.

It treats Yun Jiao as a family member, like a mother.

Just now, it was trying to find Yun Jiao and kept thrashing about on the shore, but it was washed ashore by the waves.

If he could cry, this little guy would definitely be wailing.

How could you just throw a fish into the sea!

Yun Jiao had no choice but to put it back into the sea.

The little manta ray is currently circling around her, trying to get close to her, and doesn't want her to go back.

Hearing her mother's voice, Yun Jiao's face fell.

I'm definitely going to get a beating, but what should I do with this clingy little manta ray?
After thinking it over, Yun Jiao came up with a good idea.

Give it to the orca. As for whether the orca is the baby manta ray's mother-killer or something, the baby manta ray has no idea.

After carefully coaxing the little manta ray, Yun Jiao finally went ashore.

Who understands? She's only four years old and she's already experiencing the struggles of raising a child.

However, Yun Jiao is not opposed to keeping such a manta ray.

Although merfolk are solitary creatures, they are intelligent and share some habits with humans.

I enjoy living alone, but I don't like being too lonely.

Therefore, in addition to hunting, they often develop a special personality trait.

That is, keeping a pet.

The pets here are, of course, marine life.

In her past life, Yun Jiao had raised a sea turtle the size of a small island, which looked very similar to an orca, but was dozens of times larger than the orcas of this world—a black-striped tiger shark.

There are also megalodon sharks, much larger than great white sharks, with countless and large teeth, and deep-sea monsters.

The abyssal sea monster is actually a super, super-sized version of an octopus.

It's just raising a pet (her younger brother), she's very skilled at that.

While she was lost in thought about how to hand the baby manta ray over to the orcas to raise, she was suddenly grabbed and hit several times on the buttocks the next second.

Yun Jiao: !!!
Even though I was mentally prepared, and it didn't hurt much, it was still very embarrassing to get spanked!

"No, no..."

When Yun Sui saw Yun Jiao being beaten, she rushed over anxiously and hugged Shen Yunlian's arm.

Yun Xiaowu and the others also hugged Yun Jiao and shielded her behind them, with the brothers protecting her tightly.

Yun Xiaowu spoke like a little adult: "Speak properly, why are you hitting Jiaojiao!"

Yun Xiaoliu nodded: "That's right, Mother, you've gone too far."

Yun Xiaoqi retorted, "Auntie, Jiaojiao is still young, please don't hit her. Hit me instead."

Yun Xiaoba remained silent, only desperately protecting Yun Jiao.

Yun Xiaojiu's eyes were brimming with tears: "Mother, my sister hurts."

Shen Yunlian: …………

What's wrong with her? You're making her sound like some heinous villain.

She couldn't help but roll her eyes.

Yun Jiao touched her little bottom, her pretty little face flushed red.

"Mom, can you not spank me next time?"

Even pretty young women have their own concerns.

Shen Yunlian said irritably, "You want a next time?"

Yun Jiao felt guilty. She didn't know if others would do it again, but she certainly would.

"What are you still standing there for? Go change your clothes. Aren't you worried about the cold seawater? You'll feel terrible if you catch a cold."

As she spoke, she pushed her son and nephew aside, picked up Yun Jiao, and carried her home.

After changing her clothes as quickly as possible, Yun Jiao took off running outside.

The little manta ray is still over there.

Grandma Yun brought out a bowl of ginger soup.

"Why are you running away? Come and drink this bowl of ginger soup."

Yun Jiao ran even faster.

But they hadn't run far before Yun Linhai dragged them back, looking embarrassed.

"You won't even drink ginger soup? Do you want to take medicine?"

Yun Jiao flailed her limbs and shouted, "I won't catch a cold, I'm perfectly healthy!"

I won't take medicine. Is that stuff even fit for human consumption?!
"I need to find the little manta ray and find it a home, otherwise it will die."

A younger brother raised from a cub will definitely be easy to manage in the future.

(End of this chapter)