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

Chapter 449 A Surprise Before My Birthday
These bones aren't so easy to piece together.

It is necessary to identify the bones in different places, to connect the scattered bones with something, and to support them.

Finally, even Old Mu came.

Ying Chengye was good at identifying bones, while Mu Lao and Yun Chenbei were responsible for connecting the bones together and building supports.

It's the same principle as building a house, something they're familiar with.

However, you can't use glue to connect bones; it's not very reliable. The bones are too big and heavy, and glue simply can't support them.

You'll need screws or something similar.

Unfortunately, many of the bones don't fit.

Yun Jiao could only continue to collect bones in the trench whenever she had time after school.

Both Yunlin Lake and Yunlin River were eager to help, saying they could bring back quite a few bones by boat.

So they went with Yun Jiao.

We didn't encounter that giant octopus today.

Four days ago, the giant octopus ambushed Yun Jiao when she brought the bones up.

Octopuses are intelligent because they have large brains, and they have more than one brain.

After secretly figuring out Yun Jiao's routine of going to the trench, it ambushed her on her way back.

They hold grudges quite a bit.

But clearly, as clever as it is, it underestimated Yun Jiao.

That time, Yun Jiao gave it a severe beating, breaking one of its wrists. Realizing it couldn't win, it quickly chose to run away.

At that time, Yun Jiao was carrying the bone, so she didn't chase after them.

I haven't seen that giant octopus for the past two days; I wonder if it moved.

Upon reaching the bottom of the trench again, Yun Jiao collected many skeletons and brought them to the surface.

Load everything that can be loaded onto the ship.

"So many, how many of these monsters are there at the bottom of the trench?"

"It doesn't seem to be the same. Does Jiaojiao have the heads of other big monsters?"

"Let me go look for it, I think I can find it."

Yun Jiao went to the bottom of the trench again and searched for a while before spotting a hideous head.

The skull bones in this skull are more complete, unlike the shark's mouth, where none of the skull bones are intact except for the area around the teeth.

However, half of the bone was embedded in the cliff face.

Yun Jiao pounded the cliff face with all her might, and the seawater instantly became murky. A rock was knocked down by her blow.

But my hand hurts a little.

Never mind, I'll bring my tools next time.

Thinking this way, Yun Jiao only brought some bones scattered at the bottom of the trench.

"Yes, but it's embedded in the cliff face. Next time I'll bring a hammer or pickaxe for breaking rocks."

"Father, you should sail away. I'll take the rest back with me."

"Okay, be careful."

Yun Jiao responded with a sound.

She swam faster than the boat, even with those heavy bones in her body.

Therefore, even though Yun Linhai and the others left first, it was Yun Jiao who arrived on the island last.

"So many bones."

Ying Chengye scratched his head: "There's definitely more than one skeleton here; we'll have to piece together several."

Yun Jiao shook the seawater still clinging to her hair.

"It's okay, just piece together as much as you can."

"Do you guys like it? You can bring a skeleton back with you when you go."

How could I not like it?

These sea monsters, which have lived for who knows how many years, are so enormous that you can imagine their sheer size just from their skeletal frames.

Men simply can't resist this.

Ying Chengye rubbed his hands together: "Then, Third Senior Brother won't stand on ceremony."

Old Mu laughed and said, "If there were smaller ones, I could take them back. This thing is too big; there's no room for it in my little yard."

"The old man has really broadened his horizons today. If it weren't for Jiaojiao, we would never have seen such a rare thing."

Dinosaur fossils on land are probably easier to find; you can find them by digging through the soil, even if some are buried deep.

But the ocean is too vast, and few people can go there. Nowadays, no one can go deep into the ocean floor unless there has been a huge geographical change, and the former ocean has become land, in which case it is possible to find marine fossils.

Forget about the underwater ones.

Only someone with Yun Jiao's extraordinary abilities could find these fossils from the seabed.

For the rest of the time, everyone was busy working on these fossils.

Of course, Yun Jiao doesn't spend all her time looking for fossils. She also goes to play with killer whales, blue whales, and dolphins, and cleans up marine debris.

If they encounter injured marine life, they will take it back for treatment if they can save it.

The skeleton on the cliff face of the trench was actually intact. Yun Jiao managed to retrieve it by herself over a period of half a month.

Several hammers and pickaxes were ruined.

But the result was encouraging.

When the skeleton was successfully supported on the island, everyone was amazed.

"beautiful!"

"Wow, it's huge! This thing could probably swallow several people in one gulp."

"Fortunately, there aren't any such terrifying things in the sea anymore."

"I don't know what kind of dinosaur fossil this is."

This is the first complete fossil skeleton pieced together on the island.

The others are either missing this part or that part.

There are still a few heads that haven't been found yet.

The Megalodon remains missing a few bones, but it's already close to perfect.

Everyone present who saw this thing loved it.

"Jiaojiao, isn't your birthday coming up soon?"

Yun Jiao nodded.

"Bring people to the island to celebrate your birthday then."

Something this big and beautiful should be appreciated by everyone. It's more fun to see them in awe!

Yun Jiao stroked her chin and thought about it, and it didn't seem like a bad idea.

Anyway, there are houses on the island, and we can cook. We can bring the whole family to the island for a visit.

"can!"

Her birthday is in a few days, and all her close friends and family will definitely come.

The remaining skeletons need to be found as soon as possible.

So for the next few days, Yun Jiao went to the trench to retrieve bones.

If she encounters a fossil embedded in a rock face, she will chip it out if she likes it.

But I got a pleasant surprise today.

A whole piece, bigger than her head, fell to the ground.

At first she thought it was a stone, but after the murky seawater cleared up, she realized that the shape of the thing was not quite right.

Yun Jiao circled the thing once, then stroked her chin and said, "This thing looks like a clam."

Although it looks like a large rock overall, its shape does resemble a clam.

She tried to hug it; it was so heavy.

Let's take it back and have a look.

So this time, in addition to the bones, Yun Jiao also brought a heavy stone.

Back on the island, everyone looked at what she was carrying with surprise.

"What is this?"

Yun Jiao: "It looks like a clam, but I'm not sure."

So everyone studied the big rock for a while, and after prying away some of the surrounding stones, the shape became even more like the rock.

"It really is a fossil of a sea clam."

Unlike other bones, this one no longer shows any shellfish texture on its surface; instead, it has hardened into a stone-like texture.

It was a big, round lump, bigger than an adult's head.

"You really bring us different surprises every day."

Such a vast sea holds many treasures that ordinary people simply cannot find.

That is, Yun Jiao.

After admiring the clam fossil for a while, everyone carefully put it aside and continued to look at the bones.

After several days of effort, along with the complete fossil skeleton that was chipped off the rock face, three more skeletons were pieced together from the remaining fragments.

The skeleton of the giant-toothed shark was also pieced together.

Regardless of whether it's its bone or not, it's definitely from the same species.

Several enormous skeletons were propped up and placed on the open ground in front of the villa, which was quite a sight.

Some scattered bones that couldn't be pieced together were placed in an empty room.

We'll piece it together later when we find it.

Yun Chenbei took out his camera and started snapping away at the fossils.

"Perfect!"

Grandpa Yun stroked his beard and said, "Good heavens, this thing is so big, how many fish must it have eaten in one meal back in the sea?"

Absolutely, the battles between them must be incredibly fierce.

After finding these skeletons, Yun Jiao stopped collecting bones from the seabed because her birthday was approaching.

She'll be nine years old tomorrow!
As always, every year on my birthday, no matter how busy everyone is, we will make time for each other.

Even the third brother is the same.

Surprisingly, my two older brothers who were serving in the military this year have also returned!

They had five days off this year, and they all agreed to save them for Yun Jiao's birthday.

They returned by train the day before Yun Jiao's birthday, still wearing their military uniforms.

Their military uniforms made them the center of attention on their way back.

But neither of them showed any change in expression, and they sat and walked with perfect posture.

This is unique to soldiers.

Back in the village, before they even got home, the two were surrounded.

The village aunties and grandmas at the entrance were stunned when they saw two young men in military uniforms, looking very smart and upright, walking towards them.

It wasn't until one of the older women slapped her thigh that this happened.

"Oh my...this is Chen Dong and Chen Xi! You, you're back!"

These words caused an uproar among the crowd.

Yun Chenxi smiled and called out to everyone he knew.

“We had a holiday this year, so we came back.”

"Quickly, go and inform Jiaojiao and Yun Linhai."

"The whole family went out to sea, and we don't know if they've come back yet."

Seeing the two young men, someone quickly asked.

Have you two found partners yet?

Yun Chendong was about to say no when Yun Chenxi tugged at him.

He said with a grin, "Yes, my brother and I both have girlfriends. My girlfriend is in the medical team, and my brother's girlfriend is a member of the performing arts troupe."

Upon hearing this, the light in everyone's eyes immediately went out.

Alas, what a pity. They wanted to introduce their own daughters and their relatives' daughters to these two brothers.

However, everyone was still very enthusiastic about the two brothers. Later, when other villagers heard the news, all the men came to see them.

Asking all sorts of questions.

Yun Chendong didn't like to answer, but Yun Chenxi was able to handle things with ease.

Finally, Yun Chenxi quickly took his older brother home.

As soon as Yunjiao's boat approached the shore, she heard shouts from the villagers.

"Yunlinhai, your eldest and second sons who were serving in the army are back!"

"What?!"

Everyone was shocked. What the hell is back?

After asking again and confirming that it meant their two sons had returned, the whole family was overjoyed.

"Hurry back, the eldest and second eldest are back."

So on the way home, everyone practically ran.

They hadn't been back for several years, and apart from occasional phone calls and letters, they hadn't seen each other at all. How could they not be excited?

(End of this chapter)