The Ocean's Little Tyrant: A Mermaid Baby Conquers the 80s

Of course, it wasn’t as if Yun Jiao could get the money just by asking.

After all, with that much money, they needed to know what she planned to do with it.

"To help my uncle make money, and then he’ll give me a cut."

Yun Jiao wasn’t stupid. She wasn’t just giving the money away for free, of course.

Of course, it wasn’t that she was particularly confident in Wang Hongfei’s ability to turn a profit.

’The money is just sitting around doing nothing,’ she thought. ’It can’t grow on its own. I might as well give it to my uncle to start a business. When he makes a profit, he can give me a share.’

’Of course, if he loses the money, I’ll just have to chalk it up to my own poor judgment. But if he just takes it and doesn’t pay me back, I’ll march right over to his house and demand it back!’

After Yun Jiao’s simple explanation, Granny Yun understood. The youngest son of her in-laws’ family wanted to go into business.

Granny Yun pulled her close and whispered, "Aren’t you afraid your uncle will lose the money? You might never get it back."

Yun Jiao replied, "It’s okay! Jiaojiao will just earn more. I just won’t give him any money next time."

’Hmph. One loss is enough.’

Granny Yun smiled and patted her head. "For someone so young, you’re certainly braver than all your brothers."

"How much do you want?"

Yun Jiao thought for a moment. "Just six hundred, I guess. If I take out six hundred, I’ll still have a thousand left."

Granny Yun nodded and went to count out six hundred for Yun Jiao. "This money is yours," she said. "As long as you’re not just wasting it, you can do what you like. Just make sure you’ve thought it through. Don’t come crying to me if you lose it all."

"I won’t!"

Clutching the six hundred yuan, Yun Jiao skipped over to find Wang Hongfei and magnificently handed him the money.

"Uncle, here’s the money," she said. "But if you make a profit, you have to give me a share, okay? Otherwise, no deal."

Wang Hongfei stared, dumbfounded, at the money shoved in his face. He rubbed his eyes hard, unable to believe what he was seeing.

’Are my eyes playing tricks on me?!’

’This three-year-old toddler is actually rich! Six... Six hundred!’

She was richer than he was! The thousand-odd yuan he had on him was scraped together by borrowing from three different friends.

Wang Hongfei instantly shed tears of envy.

’Wait... is this right? A three-year-old kid is richer than a twenty-year-old grown man like me.’

"So, Uncle, do you want it or not? If you don’t, I’m taking it back."

"Yes, yes, yes, of course!"

He took the money with a slightly fawning smile and promised, "Don’t you worry, Jiaojiao. Your uncle absolutely won’t let you lose a single cent!"

He did a quick calculation. With the six hundred from Jiaojiao, he now had a total of 1,800 yuan. He figured he could shamelessly ask someone else for a bit more to round it up to an even two thousand.

And so, his eyes landed on Yun Chenbei.

"Hey, nephew, you got any money on you?" he asked, his tone a little too casual.

Yun Chenbei: ...

As it happened, he actually did have a little.

In the end, Yun Chenbei also produced two hundred yuan.

He didn’t actually have the full two hundred—only a hundred and sixty-something—but Yun Jiao insisted on topping it up for him.

Wang Hongfei felt like crying as he watched.

’Why don’t I have a rich little sister who supports her brother unconditionally?’

"Oh, Jiaojiao, why can’t you be my little sister?"

Yun Chenbei immediately became wary.

Wang Hongfei pretended not to notice, throwing his arms around both of them. "Don’t you two worry! When I make it big, Jiaojiao gets a thirty percent cut, and you, nephew, get ten percent!"

Yun Chenbei pushed him away and gave a noncommittal nod. He was already lost in thought, his mind preoccupied with the knowledge and techniques his master had taught him.

Wang Hongfei hadn’t expected such a huge, pleasant surprise on this trip. Jiaojiao was truly his little goddess of wealth!

The Wang family raised three pigs, five sheep, and a variety of poultry like chickens, ducks, and geese. So, after the meal, Mrs. Wang and Wang Hongfei had to head back.

As he left, he gave Yun Jiao a conspiratorial wink.

Yun Jiao thought, ’Huh? What was that look supposed to mean?’

Once the guests had departed, the Yun family and Grandma Shen’s family, who were staying over, got busy tidying the house and cleaning up.

By the time they were done with the flurry of activity, evening had fallen.

"You must stay the night!" Granny Yun and Grandpa Yun eagerly pressed the Shen Family. "It’s already dark, and the roads aren’t safe."

Yun Jiao nodded. "Grandpa, Grandma, you should stay! We can go out on the boat tomorrow for fun!"

Amid the Yun family’s warm hospitality, the Shen family finally agreed to stay for the night.

They had plenty of rooms now, so squeezing everyone in for the night wasn’t a problem.

Going out on the boat, however, was out of the question. Early the next morning, well before dawn, Grandpa Shen and Grandma Shen were already up and preparing to leave.

It couldn’t be helped. They had chickens and ducks at home, and they couldn’t help but worry if they didn’t get back early.

"Why don’t you let your two sons stay and play for a few days?"

They couldn’t persuade the adults to stay, but surely they could leave the children behind.

The busy farming season had passed. While there were still chores to do in the fields and at home, things weren’t nearly as hectic.

In the end, Shen Kuan and Shen Xiuyuan were left behind.

The two boys were thrilled, especially Shen Xiuyuan, who actually jumped for joy.

After seeing Grandma Shen and her husband off, Yun Jiao and the other kids got busy.

Time to go to the sea! We’re going to the sea today!

’Oh, the ocean! I’ve missed it so much.’

Shen Kuan and Shen Xiuyuan had never been out on the ocean before, and they were buzzing with excitement.

"Do you two know how to swim?" Yun Linhe asked, clapping them on the shoulders.

"I do," Shen Xiuyuan replied, "but I’ve never tried swimming in the ocean."

"Hahaha! No problem. If it comes to that, we’ll keep an eye on you two."

"I wanna go too—" Yun Xiaowu started.

He didn’t even get to finish before Shen Yunlian grabbed him by the ear.

"Go where? Have you finished your homework? Your classmate told me you had to stand in the corner as punishment because you didn’t finish it last time!"

Yun Xiaowu yelped, "Who?! Who told you?!"

’Which little bastard ratted me out!’

"Never you mind who told me," Shen Yunlian said. "Go do your homework. And the rest of you, go do your homework too."

The yard immediately erupted in a cacophony of wails.

"I don’t wanna go to school anymore! School’s no fun at all!"

’Making a lot of friends is great, but class is so boring. The words on the blackboard and the teacher’s voice are like a lullaby, making it impossible not to get drowsy.’

’And all that homework! Why do they have to assign so much homework after school’s already over?!’

Amid the resentful howls of Yun Xiaowu and the other boys, Yun Linhai scooped up Yun Jiao and made a hasty escape.

He’d heard his son calling for his dad.

’Don’t call for me. Dad can’t save you.’

"The tur—Turtle Xiao Er is still at home!" Yun Jiao said.

Having flipped itself out of its basin and now lying on its back with its legs in the air, Turtle Xiao Er thought: ’Finally, they remember me!’

As they took off, the two chubby little puppies and Cat Boss all trotted along behind them.

When they reached the docks, Yun Linhai and the others belatedly found themselves in a standoff with the two puppies and the cat.

Yun Linhe slapped his forehead. "Seriously? How did they end up following us all the way here?"

"Daddy, can you take them back?" Yun Jiao asked.

Yun Linhai shook his head. "Nope. If your Fifth Brother sees me, he’ll never let me hear the end of it."

Yun Jiao then looked to her second uncle.

"I’m not going back either," Yun Linhe said.

Yun Jiao scooped up the two chubby puppies. "Then let’s just take them with us, I guess."

"Huh? What’ll we do if they fall into the ocean?"

Cat Boss simply leaped onto the boat itself, settling down on the bow to gaze out at the sea.

’After a period of training, he, the indomitable Cat Boss, had finally overcome his aversion to water and learned to swim!’

’Even if it was the doggy paddle he’d learned from the dogs.’

As the boat set off, Yun Linhai sighed.

’Our little wooden boat is carrying far too much.’

’Going out to sea today... the crew on this boat is just too complicated.’

’Who goes out to sea with two little puppies and a cat?!’

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