Chapter 636: Fish Farming

"Ahhh~"

The hardworking Yubao returned home from the preschool class in the monastery, shouting what he learned today.

The little nun who went to school with him carried Yubao out of the preschool door and put him on the back of a calf.

After the little Yubao's feet and hands were on the back of the calf 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 been taking care of it since birth home.

The calf brother didn't walk for long before he took Yubao back to the door of the house.

Lana was still busy working in the monastery, and a large tank of clean water was dried at the door of the house.

The little Yubao jumped directly from the back of the calf and landed steadily on the floor.

Its body is like a seal, but it is not a seal. It looks like a combination of lizards and birds and beasts.

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

When drinking water, because he has the habit of loving cleanliness, Yubao lies on the wooden board next to the water tank to drink water.

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

The little calf brother was also thirsty, so he came over and put his cute and well-behaved head next to the water tank. While drinking water, he looked at his brother Yu who was washing his face next to him, and seemed a little worried that his brother would hit him.

After washing his face and hands, Yubao looked around curiously.

Lana hadn't come back yet. There were only cows lying down to rest and doze in the cowshed. The weather was still a little hot.

When Yubao 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.

Yubao looked at the girl in a skirt curiously. The girl was wearing a white dress, which gave people a wide and soft feeling in the summer breeze. Her waist-length black hair was also swaying slightly in the wind.

Yubao's eyes were on the hat on the beautiful girl's head. Compared with the girl's physical characteristics, Yubao was more concerned about the straw-woven yellow hat.

Seeing Yubao looking at her hat, Ruth took off the wide-brimmed sun hat that is very common in the fields.

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

Ruth took off the hat and put it on Yubao's head. Looking at the little Yubao whose head was covered, she smiled and said, "I give it to you."

Yubao, who received the gift, was very happy to grab the hat with both hands, trying to make himself wear this slightly large hat.

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

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

Farm girls have to work, and fishermen's girls also have to work, but the intensity and content of the work are somewhat different.

Ruth can enter the monastery to find Yubao, and her status has surpassed many ordinary fishermen's girls.

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

Usually, she would go to the sea to fish for some food for the prophet's family, help in the monastery and tavern, or help those rich women who were too busy to take care of children.

In Lawrence's place, the death of a father or mother was not considered tragic. Orphans like Lana and Ruth were protected by Lawrence and would not let them continue to fall.

The clever Ruth quickly made a straw hat for Yubao that fit Yubao's small round head.

Yubao was even happier, and kept adjusting his hat with both hands.

Ruth saw that the calf had drunk enough water, so she led the calf to the cowshed and closed the door, then took Yubao to work at the beach.

Summer is the busiest time for the sea women. When Ruth brought Yubao to the beach, the other sea women had already pushed baskets of seashells and crabs to the shore.

These sea women mainly work in areas where seaweed is cultivated, and they also regularly catch seafood in some places where there are more shrimps and crabs.

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

After landing, Yubao 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 the hat down to prevent it from being blown away by the wind.

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

The other female divers had been busy for a while. Ruth dived to the seabed farther away to find larger seafood.

After feeling that his hat would not be blown away, Yubao felt relieved to work in the sea.

Its body finally entered the sea, and a wave rolled over, and Yubao quickly disappeared from the beach.

Without the female divers on the shore seeing clearly, Yubao's body penetrated the stagnant sea water like a cannonball.

The flowing sea water was too slow for Yubao. The sea was like land where he could run and run at will.

Yubao swam past several female divers and came to his fishing ground to patrol.

The fish in the water were fat and big, swimming around in groups nearby. Even if Yubao saw them, he would not be afraid.

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

Little Yubao lay on the sea surface and slept soundly, and 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. There were six in total.

"Awoo~"

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

The six small yellow croakers behind him followed Yubao.

Yubao swam for five or six minutes, and the small fish behind him followed closely and did not run 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 starfish problem. The breeding technology of the fish farm is still very backward. Now basically the fish are left to survive on their own. The feed and help provided by him are relatively small.

Yubao showed a happy look.

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

Yubao nodded quickly, "Ah~Ah~"

"Then I'll leave it to you. I'll ask the kitchen to make fried fish for you tonight." Lawrence was relieved to leave the matter to Yubao.

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

"Harpoon..." Lawrence reminded Yubao that he forgot to take the small harpoon.

The small fish had sunk into the sea and disappeared. Seeing this, Lawrence sat by the boat and waited for the small fish to come back and get something after he remembered.

At this time, Ruth and the sea women also went down to collect ingredients, put fresh seaweed and fish, shrimp and oysters into the wooden basin, and lifted it to the boat and put it away.

Lawrence looked at Ruth, who looked like a mermaid, and asked, "Ruth, I heard from Ulla that you have saved money for five or six years."

Ruth swam to Lawrence, holding the ladder railing extending from the boat with both hands, and looked up at Lawrence who was sitting there with a shy expression.

"That's right, Your Majesty the Prophet." Ruth lowered her head, nervously and expectantly said, "Ulla said that if you want to become your nun, you must pay a lot of dowry. I have been mending clothes, taking care of children for female warriors, and collecting fish and shrimps floating on the seashore. I have saved three hundred copper coins."

Three hundred copper coins are not a dowry.

Whether it is a female noble from outside or some local noble girls, they need to pay a large dowry to enter the monastery to study and live, and dedicate their body and heart to Your Majesty Lawrence.

"I just need a maid here in Dumu Port. You will be responsible for the fishery in the future. Just come to the beach during the day to take a look. Mainly, you can help Yubao manage the fishery. You can sleep in my house at night. I will arrange a maid room for you."

"You can work for me while saving money to make up for your dowry."

After hearing this, Ruth looked up and said excitedly: "Yes! Thank you, kind prophet!"

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

At this time, Yubao emerged from the water, and there were six bright yellow fish around Yubao.

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

Yubao happily made a circle with his hands, and the nearby fish quickly ran into Yubao's arms.

Lawrence understood now, "It seems that you have accepted another little brother. Well, I will tell the nearby fishermen and sea women not to hurt your little brother."

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

Lawrence was thinking about what ecological niche Yubao, a sea creature, had. It was fine to domesticate fish, but why could ducks and cows be domesticated?

But at least he knew that the sea creatures had the technology to breed.

Lawrence didn't want to care about the Eastern Islands and the sea creatures. He just wanted to live a comfortable life.

Even if he had to figure out some things, it would be best to wait five years.

Lawrence decided to wait until Yubao was a little older and see what he decided.