Mountain and Forest Kingdom

"Yeah yeah~"

The hard-working Yubao came home from the monastery's preschool class, shouting what he had learned today.

The little nun who went to school with her carried the fish baby out of the door of the preschool and placed it on the back of a calf.

After Xiao Yubao laid his feet and hands on the cow's back one after another, he swayed forward happily, "Wow~"

The eight-month-old calf quickly stood up and walked out, taking the fish brother who had cared for it since birth back home.

Brother Maverick didn't leave for long before he returned to the door of his house with Yubao.

Lana was still busy working in the monastery, drying a large tank of clean water in front of her home.

Xiao Yubao jumped directly over the cow's back and landed firmly on the floor.

Its body looks like a seal, but not a seal. It looks like a combination of a lizard and a bird.

Yubao can stand on the ground by himself, but he is used to being held by others and doesn't like standing by himself.

When drinking water, because he has a clean habit, Yubao lies on the wooden board next to the water tank and drinks water standing up.

The habit of loving cleanliness was cultivated by Yu Bao by watching others, and had nothing to do with Lana's teachings.

The calf brother was also thirsty. He came closer and put the cute and well-behaved cow head next to the water tank. While drinking water, he looked at the fish brother who was washing his face next to him. He looked a little worried about his brother hitting him.

After Yubao washed his face and hands, he looked around curiously.

Lana hasn't come back yet. There are only cows lying down and taking a nap in the cowshed. The weather is still a bit hot.

When Yu Bao was bored, a girl walked in.

"Yubao, it's time to patrol the fishery." Ruth, a girl from a fisherman's family, walked into the yard.

Yu Bao looked at the girl in the skirt curiously. The girl was wearing a white long dress, which gave people a wide and gentle feeling when blown by the summer breeze. Her waist-length black hair was also swaying slightly in the wind. .

Yu Bao's eyes were on the hat on the pretty girl's head. Compared to the girl's physical features, Yu Bao cared more about the straw yellow hat.

When Ruth saw Yu Bao looking at her hat, she took off this wide-brimmed sun hat that was very common in the fields.

"This is a straw hat that the prophet taught us to make. We can wear it with sun protection in the summer, but I made this myself."

Ruth took off the hat and put it on Yubao's head. She looked at the little Yubao whose head was covered, and said with a smile: "Give it to you."

Yubao, who received the gift, was very happy to grab the hat with both hands and tried hard to wear the rather big hat.

"I'll help you change it, just make it a little tighter."

Ruth took back her hat from Yu Bao's hand, squatted down and began to modify it with her nimble hands and teeth.

Girls from farm families have to work, and girls from fishermen families also have to work, but the intensity and content of the work are somewhat different.

Ruth can enter the monastery to find fish treasures, and her status is already higher than that of many ordinary fishermen girls.

Her father was one of the first immigrants to the Water City. He fell to his death at work and was arranged by Lawrence to take care of him here in Dumu Port.

Usually he would go to the sea to salvage some food for the prophet's family, and he would also help in monasteries and taverns, or take care of the children of women who were rich but too busy.

Here in Lawrence, it is not a tragedy to have a dead father or mother. Orphans like Lana and Ruth have Lawrence to protect them and will not let them continue to fall.

The ingenious Ruth quickly knitted a straw hat for Yubao that suited Yubao's little round head.

Yubao became even happier and kept adjusting his hat with his hands.

When Ruth saw that the calf was full of water, she took the calf to the cowshed and closed the door, and then went to work at the beach with Yubao in her arms.

Summer is the busiest time for the haenyeo women. When Ruth came to the beach with the fish treasure, the other haenyeo women had already pushed baskets of seashells and crabs to the shore.

These divers mainly operate in areas where seaweed is cultivated, and they also regularly fish for seafood in places where there are many shrimps and crabs.

Ruth put the fish treasure in the sea water that was a little hot and a little cold.

After Yubao landed, he quickly stepped on the water and ran to a big rock. He put his precious hat on the rock and found a few shells to hold it down to prevent it from being blown away by the wind.

Ruth also took off her long skirt and placed it in the tub where everyone put their clothes. Then she wrapped her hair with a strip of cloth and then slowly entered the cold sea water holding a tub.

The rest of the divers have been busy for a while, and Ruth dives towards the seabed further away, looking for bigger seafood.

After Yu Bao felt that his hat would not be scratched off, he went to work in the sea with confidence.

Its body finally entered the sea water, a wave rolled over, and the fish treasure quickly disappeared from the seaside.

Without the maidens on the shore seeing clearly, Yu Bao's body penetrated the stagnant seawater like a cannonball.

The flowing sea water is too slow for Yu Bao, and the sea can run and speed at will just like land.

Yu Bao swam past several haenyeo and came to his own fishing ground to start patrolling.

The fish in the water are fat and big, swimming around in groups, and they are not afraid even when they see the treasure.

Yu Bao looked at these big fat fish of 70 to 80 centimeters, floating happily on the sea and basking in the sun.

Xiao Yubao lay on the sea and fell asleep soundly, his body would not sink at all.

After more than half an hour, a small yellow fish jumped out of the sea water and landed on Yubao's face.

Yubao, who was sleeping, sat up quickly and looked around curiously.

Soon, another flat yellow croaker jumped out of the sea water and landed on Yubao's belly.

Yubao stood in the sea water and grabbed the floating small yellow croaker with one hand.

This is a small fish with a flat body standing upright, like an upright shell.

There were several small yellow croakers in total. Yubao lowered his head and counted them, a total of six.

"Awoo~"

The small fish shouted at the yellow croaker and quickly dived down.

The six small yellow croakers behind him followed Yubao.

Yubao swam for five or six minutes, and the small fish behind him followed closely during this period, without running away.

The small fish came to the place where seaweed was planted, floating in the sea water three or four meters below, and pointed to the seaweed forests that were more than ten meters high.

The six small fish shook their tails and entered the gaps in the seaweed group under the command of Yubao, only showing their heads to look at Yubao.

Yubao nodded with satisfaction, "Ah~"

After happily blowing a series of bubbles, Yubao went out to get off work by himself.

After Yubao got off work, the little fish began to settle down in the seaweed, looking for a place to sleep and fix their bodies.

The next day when Yubao came to visit these little fish, he found that the little fish had found a suitable place to build a nest by themselves, and began to look for food near the seaweed forest.

Yubao floated in the sea water and watched these little fish. When the little fish found Yubao coming, they swam out and began to show Yubao the way.

Yubao followed, and under the guidance of the little fish, he came to a pile of sand and gravel on the seabed.

There were white sand and gravel everywhere here, and Yubao rarely came to this place.

The little fish began to swim around in one place, and Yubao didn't quite understand the specific reason, but the power of blood made Yubao and the little fish communicate very smoothly.

These little fish seem to have a good relationship with the sea clan, and they naturally belong to the rule of the sea clan.

Yubao has his own fishing ground, and the little fish settled here after coming, and began to do things for Yubao.

Although Yubao himself didn't know about this, it didn't affect his instinct and habit to do something.

Yubao floated gently above the sand and took out the harpoon and poked it into the sand.

There was nothing dangerous in the sand. Yubao turned it over and looked for it, and found something that the small fish felt they had to deal with.

It was a soft thing that looked like a starfish.

Yubao stabbed the starfish hard with the harpoon, and then handed it to the nearby small fish.

The small fish didn't eat this thing, and soon swam towards the seaweed forest in groups.

"Woo..." Yubao felt very strange, and after a while he still couldn't figure out what was going on.

Yubao swam to the shore, threw the harpoon with the starfish on the beach, and then swam to the shore to look for the prophet.

The prophet Lawrence often came to work with the sea women, usually during the day.

He didn't come every day. He didn't come yesterday, the day before yesterday, and several days before.

Yubao first knew that Lawrence was busy here today, so he looked for him.

After searching for a while, Yubao found the prophet in the sea.

At this time, Lawrence was swimming in the sea, and there were more than a dozen sea women working together, and two elf young women who knew water witchcraft.

Yubao quickly picked up the harpoon and starfish that had just been thrown on the ground to find Lawrence, and made a sound in advance.

"Awoo~"

Lawrence, who was working with the sea women, heard Yubao's call, so he let go of Ruth's body and stepped on the underwater ladder of the cruise ship to get on the boat.

The maids handed Lawrence a bath towel, and after Lawrence tied a bathrobe slightly, he saw Yubao holding a harpoon.

"Yubao, what's the matter?"

"Awoo~" Yubao stood near the underwater ladder and handed the starfish on the harpoon to Lawrence.

Lawrence sat on the board, reached out to take it and took a look.

"Oh, this is a grouper starfish. It eats crabs, shells and small fish, especially fish eggs in stones and sand, which are harmful to us."

Lawrence asked fishermen to compile a marine atlas many years ago, including re-establishing unified names for various fish and animals, and recording the meat toxicity, size and shape of various marine organisms to create a marine encyclopedia.

Lawrence, who often goes to the seaside, is familiar with most of the marine organisms in the area, and has also made special regulations on edible marine plants and fish animals.

After seeing Yubao's confused look, Lawrence smiled.

"It seems that you don't understand. Most of what Bull teaches you is not interesting to you. But it's not Bull's fault. Bull knows very little about the ocean and lacks knowledge in this area." "You should learn some marine knowledge. This is what you are good at. I happen to know a few people who know a lot about marine life. Or you can ask Lana to read it to you. We have books that record marine life knowledge here." Yubao understood Lawrence's words, nodded quickly, and raised his head happily: "Howl~" Lawrence showed a surprised look. Yubao's pronunciation has been changing all the time. It seems that even if it can't speak human language, it should have a language that matches its bloodline. "These starfish are very troublesome to the fishing grounds. Their natural enemies are seagulls, but seagulls can't go into the water to catch them."

Lawrence continued to talk about the problem of starfish. The breeding technology of the fish farm is still very backward. Now the fish are basically allowed to survive on their own, and they provide relatively little feed and help.

Yubao looked happy.

Lawrence asked curiously: "Are you willing to clean up these starfish?"

Yu Bao nodded quickly, "Aw~Aw~"

"Then I'll leave it to you. I'll ask the kitchen to cook fried fish for you tonight." Laurence left the matter to Yu Bao with confidence.

When Yubao heard that there was fried fish to eat, he happily dived into the water and disappeared.

"Harpoon..." Lawrence reminded Yu Bao that he forgot to take away the small harpoon.

Xiaoyubao had sunk into the sea and disappeared. Lawrence saw this and sat on the side of the boat, waiting for Xiaoyubao to remember and come back to get his things.

At this time, Ruth and the divers also went down to collect ingredients, put fresh sea vegetables, fish, shrimp, and oysters into wooden basins, and then put them on the boat.

Lawrence looked at Ruth, who was as tall as a mermaid, and asked, "Ruth, I heard Ulla said you have been saving money for five or six years."

Ruth swam in front of Lawrence, holding onto the ladder railing extending from the boat with both hands, raising her head and showing a shy expression to Lawrence who was sitting there.

"That's right, Your Majesty the Prophet." Ruth lowered her head and said nervously and expectantly: "Ula said that if I want to become your nun, I have to pay a very large dowry. I have been repairing clothes and taking care of female warriors. "My child, I have collected three hundred copper coins by collecting fish and shrimps floating on the beach."

Three hundred copper coins cannot be called a dowry.

Whether they are female nobles from outside or girls from some local nobles, they need to pay a large dowry to enter the monastery to study and live, and dedicate their bodies and hearts to His Majesty Lawrence.

"I happen to be short of a maid here in Dumu Port. You will be responsible for the fishery from now on. Just come to the beach during the day and have a look. You will mainly assist Yubao in managing the fishery. You can sleep in my house at night and I will give it to you. Arrange a maid’s room.”

"You can work for me and save money to make up for your dowry."

After hearing this, Ruth raised her head and said excitedly: "Yes! Thank you, merciful prophet!"

"Well, let's go work first, and come back to the city with me later." Lawrence accepted this beautiful and eye-catching human maid.

At this time, Yubao popped his head out of the water, and there were six bright yellow fish beside him.

"What kind of fish is this?" Lawrence had never seen this kind of fish before, and it didn't look like a local fish.

Yu Bao's hands formed a circle happily, and the nearby small fish quickly ran into Yu Bao's arms.

Lawrence understood now, "It seems that you have taken in your little brother again. Well, I will tell the nearby fishermen and haenyeo not to hurt your little brother."

"Ouch~" Yubao showed off successfully and felt very comfortable.

Lawrence thought about what ecological niche a marine creature like Yubao had. Forget about domesticating fish, why could ducks and cows be domesticated?

But at least I know that the Sea Clan has the technology to breed.

Regarding the Eastern Islands and the Sea Tribe, Lawrence didn't want to get involved. Now he just wanted to live his own comfortable life.

Even if something needs to be clarified, it would be best to wait five years.

Lawrence decided to wait until the fish gets bigger and then let it make its own decision.