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Chapter 15 The Clam Digger

Hearing Yun Xiaowu's excited shouts, the other brothers of the Yun family also ran over.

Then they all stared wide-eyed.

Although they were young, they all lived by the sea and knew a thing or two about what was valuable and what wasn't.

Small razor clams are only two or three cents a pound, and they are very hard to dig up, so you need a lot of them to make a pound. But the king razor clam is at least a dollar a pound.

Their sister dug up about three kilograms of it all by herself.

"This thing is hard to dig up, how did you manage to dig it up?"

This thing burrows deep and moves quite fast at the slightest disturbance; you really need strength, patience, and experience to dig it out.

Yun Jiao didn't say anything, but gave them a demonstration on the spot.

First, find a hole in the razor clam to let out air, then quickly dig down with a small shovel.

I saw her dig quite deep with one shovel, and she easily lifted up the sand. The little chubby girl was quite quick, and most importantly, she seemed to know where to dig.

In no time at all, a giant razor clam was dug out.

Brothers:…………

Yun Xiaowu refused to believe it: "Is it really that easy? I'll give it a try too."

He found a small hole next to Yun Jiao and started digging haphazardly.

The sixth, seventh, and eighth children also found their own air holes and started digging.

They just didn't know how to tell which way to go, and the king clam escaped after digging for only a few minutes!
The group was extremely annoyed.

“We found it!”

On the contrary, Yun Xiaojiu, who was playing in the sand, suddenly dug up a king clam.

And while they were digging, Yun Jiao dug up another one.

My older brothers:…………

No, you're making those older brothers look useless.

Yun Jiao didn't know how to teach her brothers, since she had no experience digging for razor clams and relied entirely on her intuition and strength.

That's right. Don't let Yun Jiao's soft and cuddly appearance fool you; she's actually much stronger than the average child.

She's not that much bigger than that; at three years old, she's only slightly stronger than her ten-year-old brother.

She was usually quite well-behaved and didn't show it, so her family had no idea how strong she was.

By the time Yun Chenxi returned with a bowl of oyster meat, they had already dug up half a bucket of king clams.

Although Yun Xiaowu and the others were a bit slow in digging, they eventually caught several razor clams after a while as they got into a competitive fight with the king razor clam.

Looking at the small bucket of razor clams, weighing about six pounds, and then at the meager amount of oyster meat in his own bowl, Yun Chenxi felt utterly disgusted.

"There are king razor clams here?!"

"King razor clams? Where can I find king razor clams?"

An auntie who was out gathering seafood nearby had very sharp ears. As soon as she heard about the razor clams, she ran over like a gust of wind.

The Yun family has many children, and they are quite mischievous and prone to causing trouble. When they gather here, other villagers who come to the beach avoid them, since the beach is so big anyway.

Who knew this place would turn out to be such a treasure trove?

The auntie's eyes widened when she saw the giant razor clams in their bucket.

"My goodness, this really is the King of Clams, and we dug up so many!"

That auntie was incredibly envious.

"You dug them up from this spot? There are king clams here!"

As she spoke, she found a spot not too far from the Yun siblings and began digging.

Yun Jiao and her brother could only watch helplessly. After all, the beach didn't belong to the Yun family, and they hadn't been forced to leave them behind to take over their territory. They were just following along and digging nearby, and there was nothing anyone could do about it. Yun Chenxi patted his mouth: "Why did I have to say that!"

Yun Chenxi quickly rolled up his sleeves and joined in.

The aunt over there was obviously more experienced, and she quickly dug up a giant razor clam. She immediately called her family over excitedly.

Presumably, her excitement was so obvious that other beachcombers soon followed.

"A king razor clam? There are king razor clams in this area!"

"Goodness, I've been here so many times before and never found the King of Razor Clams."

Everyone chattered away, but it didn't delay their work at all. They each found a spot in the sand that was neither too close nor too far and started digging.

Once there are too many people, this beach won't be ready to be dug up for long.

Yun Jiao's stomach was growling; she was hungry.

She looked at her brother with longing eyes.

Young girls who are also exceptionally beautiful have a natural advantage. Yun Jiao just stared at people with longing eyes. She looked so pitiful, like a soft, white dumpling, that it made people feel endless affection for her.

"Are you hungry? Let's go home."

Yun Xiaoliu had long since abandoned his little shovel and was sitting down to rest, looking almost as if he were asleep.

I don't know where he gets so much sleepiness every day.

"Aren't you going to dig anymore?"

Yun Xiaowu was covered in sweat; the ten-year-old dark-skinned boy seemed to have inexhaustible strength.

Yun Chenxi called to his younger brothers, "Let's stop digging. We've dug enough here."

It's a pity this land was discovered, otherwise we could have used it as a secret base to dig again next time.

There must be at least eight pounds in their bucket.

Yun Chenxi led his younger siblings home, and along the way, Yun Jiao held the coconut snail in her arms, her eyes curving into pretty little crescents.

The sun was blazing, and everyone was sweating profusely, but Yun Jiao didn't sweat much; her skin was so white it seemed to reflect light.

Despite being in the sun for so long, her skin didn't look red at all.

Standing next to her dark-skinned brothers, the contrast was stark; she looked like a soft, white dumpling mixed into a lump of coal.

Grandma Yun, who was sitting at her doorstep picking vegetables, smiled so much that wrinkles appeared on her face when she saw her grandchildren return.

"Hey, Chenxi and the others are back. At first glance, your Jiaojiao is so fair-skinned, and she looks like a little fairy sitting under a Bodhisattva. You know, they all grew up by the sea, how come she is so much fairer than other children? She is really adorable."

"What's she holding in her arms? It's a huge snail."

Several elderly women, around the same age as Grandma Yun, sat on small stools at the doorway, weaving fishing nets. They gathered together to chat and work at the same time.

"Grandma."

Yun Jiao carried the coconut snail and ran over.

"Grandma, this is the big snail I picked up."

Yun's smile widened: "Good, good, good, our Jiaojiao is really capable."

Little Yun Jiao nestled in Grandma Yun's arms, her dark, bright eyes watching as she obediently called out to the other elderly people one by one.

As people get older, what they like most are well-behaved, pretty, and sweet-talking children.

Yun Jiao happened to have all of them.

Several elderly people reached into their pockets and each slipped something into her pocket.

Although they were all worthless items, such as a piece of candy that had been sitting for who knows how long, a small green date, or a few dried fish.

Yun Jiao didn't mind at all, and after accepting them, she obediently thanked them one by one.

(End of this chapter)