Chapter 5

Chapter 5

Dong Zai rubbed his eyes and sat up, "Baba..." Zai Zai was hungry and wanted to eat some meat.

Just as Jia Li swam out of the window, he happened to hear Dong Zai uttering a word in a clear voice. He swung his fish tail and swam into the small house. He said in surprise: "Zai Zai can talk!"

Although it was just a short single tone, Jia Li felt that there was no sound better than Zaizai in the world.

The mermaid's voice is originally beautiful and melodious. The beautiful singing is the standard for courtship and it is also a hunting weapon. When the mermaid encounters dangerous prey, it is better at using its singing to confuse the opponent and then take the opportunity to kill it.

With a good voice, Jiali no longer worries about Dong Zai not being able to find a mate.

"Baby..."

"Yeah, Zai Zai is the best."

Dong Zai wanted to say something anxiously, but he couldn't fully express what he meant.He was so aggrieved that he touched his belly and flattened his mouth.Daddy, Zai Zai is hungry.

Lei Zhe went out to hunt, leaving Jiali and Dong Zai alone in the hut, but Jia Li's brain circuit didn't match Dong Zai's for a long time.

Dong Zai had tears in his eyes and was about to get up and look for Lei Zhe's father when Fiya's excited voice came from a distance, "Jiali, I've met a big guy, come here quickly!"

"Wait for me, I'll be there right away." Jiali jumped up and rushed outside the hut. After a while, he came back in a hurry and picked up the bed, "Zai Zai, I'll catch the big guy. Come back soon. You're here by yourself."Play at home.”

Dong Zai, Dong Zai is very aggrieved.

But Jiali's father swam out of sight in the blink of an eye, so Dong Zai had no choice but to get up, swing his little tail fin and swim out of the room, and saw the huge fish hanging at the door.

Dong Zai's eyes turned green from hunger. He hugged the fish, opened his mouth and bit it, right on the backbone.

Dong Zai's eyes welled up with tears, and he whined, but Zai Zai couldn't bite.

Suddenly a shadow was cast above his head, "Little guy, are you at home?"

Dong Zai’s eyes are slightly bright, he is a cool little brother.

Han Zhan opened his hand and saw the little mermaid let go of the big-headed fish, swam to the palm of his hand, and folded its tail obediently.The small and soft tail makes people feel affectionate. Han Zhan stretched out his finger and tapped Dong Zai's tail, "Where are Uncle Lei Zhe and the others?"

Dong Zai shook his head in confusion, Dad was not at home.

Zaizai is hungry.

Han Zhan barely understood Dong Zai's meaning from his pitiful little eyes. He glanced sideways at the big-headed fish hanging at the door and asked Dong Zai, "Are you hungry?"

The winter cub nodded like it was pecking at rice, and patted its shriveled belly with its little hands.

Han Zhan swam upstream and took down the big-headed fish hanging at the door.

The big-headed fish seemed to know that its end was coming. It straightened up and showed its attitude of preferring death to surrender.

Han Zhan popped out his sharp nails and ruthlessly cut off the head of the big-headed fish. He cut off a piece of fish meat and handed it to Dong Zai, "Eat!"

The winter cub feels aggrieved, but the winter cub cannot bite.

"Huh?" Han Zhan was confused, thinking that Dong Zai didn't like it, "What kind of fish do you want to eat?"

Dong Zai rolled his eyes, found his shell bowl, pointed at it, and Dong Zai struggled to spit out one word, "I want..." The meat was mushy.

There was also a spoon and a stick for pounding meat on the shell bowl. Han Zhan understood it instantly.

The little mermaid in Uncle Lei Zhe's house was indeed delicate, Han Zhan sighed.

Han Zhan picked up the winter cub and placed it on the coral reef. He picked up the shell bowl with one hand and pounded the winter cub into a paste.The big-headed fish has only one backbone in the middle and has few spines and tender meat. Half of the fish can make a bowl of mushy meat.

After pounding the meat paste, Han Zhan took a spoonful of the meat paste with a slightly jerky movement and brought it to Dong Zai's lips, "Eat!"

Dong Zai held the spoon in his little hands, howled, and opened his mouth to reveal his small teeth like rice grains.

Han Zhan thought to himself that with such small teeth, no wonder they couldn't even chew fish.

Han Zhan's tongue touched the sharp canine teeth, and he could kill a silvertail fish in one bite.

When the winter cub eats the meat paste, the sides of its cheeks bulge, and it chews its baby teeth slowly. It takes a long time to eat a spoonful of the meat paste.

After Dong Zai swallowed it, Han Zhan immediately served another spoonful of meat paste without any impatience.

As soon as Dong Zai finished half a bowl of meat paste, Lei Zhe came back. He was carrying a big fish like a Big Mac and threw it on the coral reef.

He wasn't too surprised to see Han Zhan there. He bent down and looked at Dong Zai, "Zai Zai is awake? Where is your father Jiali?"

Dongzai frowned, "Baba..." Dad is out!

"Can you talk?" Lei Zhe smiled. He held up the little mermaid, weighed it, and then compared the height of the little mermaid. "It's heavier, but it's also taller."

Dong Zai heard that this was a compliment to him, and he raised his little face proudly, Dong Zai was the best.

"Have you ever eaten mushy meat?" Lei Zhe was asking Han Zhan.

Han Zhan made a sullen face and nodded seriously, "I ate half a bowl." After a pause, Han Zhan said again, "It's amazing."

Lei Zhe held up the little mermaid and placed it on his head, "Daddy will take you out to play."

Dong Zai's face was excited. He grabbed Lei Zhe's father's hair and said two words in succession, "Go play, play!".

Before Lei Zhe turned around, he said, "You come too."

Han Zhan was stunned for a moment, but Lei Zhe had already swam far away, so he quickly chased after Lei Zhe.

Han Zhan was still a minor mermaid, and his physical strength and explosive power were not comparable to those of an adult mermaid. Lei Zhe deliberately slowed down to allow Han Zhan to catch up with him.

This time Lei Zhe went to the place where he usually hunts. There were many prey and they were also dangerous.I met a lot of mermaids on the road, some of them had a good relationship with Lei Zhe and swam over to say hello from afar.

The mermaid has waist-length silver hair and sparkling peach blossom eyes. The patterns at the corners of her eyes are exactly the same as Jia Li. She is a hermaphrodite mermaid. "I heard that your little mermaid broke out of its shell?"

Dong Zai knew that the other party was talking about him, so he couldn't wait to raise his little paw, "Zi..."

"Yo?" The silver-haired mermaid caught a glimpse of the little Zai Zai above Lei Zhe's head and smiled. She couldn't help teasing him, "What a little Zai Zai."

Dong Zai puffed up his face, put his hands on his hips, and let out a hard "hum".

The silver-haired mermaid thought Lei Zhe was looking for Jia Li, so she said, "I just saw your Jia Li, Fiya and the others catching multi-clawed fish."

"I see."

The silver-haired mermaid added: "We are going to the Great Trench to catch some big guys. Do you want to come with us?"

Lei Zhe pondered for a moment, "When?"

"In a few days." The silver-haired mermaid sighed, "Those dragon tribe guys are so good at eating, they will almost eat up all the prey in the nearby sea."

"Let me see if I have time."

Seeing that Lei Zhe did not refuse immediately, the silver-haired mermaid knew that there was hope to convince Lei Zhe. Lei Zhe was powerful and with him around, they could catch more prey."Okay, I'll wait for your good news."

After the silver-haired mermaid left, Lei Zhe took the winter cub around a corner and went to another hunting spot.

It is not suitable to teach Han Zhan how to catch large prey. It happens that there are no big fish here. Lei Zhe picked a few slightly docile fish and taught Han Zhan how to catch them quickly. The key point is to distinguish whether the meat is edible and whether it tastes good..

After every sentence, Lei Zhe would always stop and ask the little mermaid above his head, "Do you understand, Zai Zai?"

Dongzai said softly, "Yeah", and Zaizai understood.

Lei Zhe smiled and said, "How about Zaizai coming down and catching small fish with your brother?"

Dong Zai’s little face wrinkled up in confusion, but the fish was so big that Zai Zai couldn’t catch it.

Lei Zhe originally wanted to tease the winter cub, but he didn't expect the winter cub to actually swim down from his head.

The winter cub bared its teeth and roared at its prey with a strong sense of self, "Roar——"

Lei Zhe laughed. He touched the little mermaid's head and said, "Zai Zai, where did you get these weird calls? We mermaids don't call like that?"

Dong Zai tilted his head, didn't he?Zaizai remembers that ferocious beasts call like this. Is Zaizai's memory wrong?

Lei Zhe opened his mouth and chanted softly, and the deep voice accompanied by the beautiful melody swirled out of his throat, breaking through the sky and shocking the hearts of the people.

Dong Zai was fascinated by it, wow~Dad’s singing sounds so good.

Han Zhan lowered his eyes and looked at the little mermaid. In the future, he will definitely become a powerful mermaid like Uncle Lei Zhe.

Lei Zhe was just demonstrating the mermaid's singing to the winter cubs. There was no attack in the sound waves. Courtship songs could only be sung to partners. Hunting songs had the ability to confuse people's hearts and were also not suitable for singing to underage fish.

"Going back." Lei Zhe waved to Dong Zai.

Dong Zai slipped away, lay on Han Zhan's shoulders, hugged Han Zhan's chin with a smile, "Brother~"

Han Zhan felt like there was a thousand kilogram weight hanging on his shoulders, which made him feel uncomfortable all over. His body was tense and he held Dong Zai with one hand to prevent him from falling like last time.

Lei Zhe looked at this scene as if he had seen it before. He smiled and shook his head, probably thinking too much.

When the few people returned to the hut, they heard Jia Li humming happily in the house. The tune was cheerful and bright, which seemed to contain the power to infect people's hearts, making the listeners feel happy. This is the charm of the mermaid's singing.

Han Zhan picked up the little mermaid and gave it back to Lei Zhe.

Dong Zai was a little reluctant, holding Han Zhan's fingers and rubbing them, "Brother..."

"Lei Zhe, you're back... Huh?" Jia Li came out of the house and her eyes fell on Zai Zai in Han Zhan's hand. Jia Li finally found out that Dong Zai had not been at home for a long time. He went over to poke Dong Zai's little one.Face, "Where did Zai Zai go?"

Dong Zai smiled, Daddy and I went out to play!

Han Zhan spread his hands and let go of the little mermaid. When the winter cub swam next to his father, Han Zhan said with a serious face, "Uncle Lei Zhe, Uncle Jia Li, I'm going back first."

Lei Zhe asked Han Zhan to take back the fish he caught. They were not short of food. Even if the dead fish were soaked in sea water, the meat would still rot after a long time.

Han Zhan stared at the few dead fish on the ground expressionlessly. He was actually very hungry. The few shrimps he caught yesterday couldn't fill his stomach at all. When he just caught the fish, his stomach kept screaming, urging him to eat.Meat, at that moment Han Zhan almost couldn't help but bite it.

Han Zhan raised his eyes and met Lei Zhe's calm eyes. With one look, he understood everything without the need for words.

"Thank you, Uncle Lei Zhe." Han Zhan grabbed a few dead fish, swung his black fish tail and swam away.

Dong Zai bit his finger, his brother left again, can I see him again tomorrow?

Dong Zai looked at Lei Zhe with questioning eyes.

Lei Zhe learned the advanced little mermaid language without any teacher, "Brother will come over tomorrow."

"Yeah!" The little mermaid's eyes were bright, brighter than the night pearls in the dark.

"Lei Zhe, I just went to catch the big guy and give it to you to eat!" Jia Li dragged a tentacle and threw it to Lei Zhe.The wrist alone is dozens of meters long, so it's clear that the "big guy" Jiali calls is no lie.

Jiali didn't like the meat of multi-clawed fish and always found it smelly. When Fia wanted to give him half of the prey, Jiali reluctantly only got one tentacle.

However, there have been fewer and fewer fish in this sea area recently. I heard from other mermaids that it was a few foreign dragons that ate up all the nearby fish, causing them to eat large-clawed fish.

Dong Zai jumped down from Lei Zhe's shoulder. He swam around the tentacles of the multi-clawed fish a few times and seemed to remember something. "Yeah -" Zai Zai had eaten it before. It was a delicious fish. He seemed to remember it.Called squid.

"Want to eat Zaizai?" Jiali picked up Dongzai and tried to reason with Dongzai, "But you can't bite it, and it doesn't taste good."

Dong Zai took Jiali's finger and said, Dad, let's go find a fire and grill the big squid.

Jiali started talking to Dongya Chicken and Duck again, "The squid is really not delicious. How about we eat the mushy meat?"

Dong Zai gave up talking to Jiali and sighed like a little old man, No, dad, Zai Zai is full.

Lei Zhe took the little mermaid from Jiali, lowered his head and asked him, "Zai Zai, do you want to play on the shore?"

"Hmm!" Dong Zai gave Lei Zhe's father a confirming look.He hurriedly jumped up from the palm of Lei Zhe's father's hand, swam to the top of Lei Zhe's father's head, grabbed his father's hair, and pulled it up hard, as if urging him to hurry up.

Also remember to bring the giant squid.

Zaizai wants to eat grilled squid!

Lei Zhe picked up the multi-clawed fish tentacle and explained to Jiali, "Zai Zai wants to go ashore."

Jia Li later understood what Zai Zai meant. Jia Li was helpless, "Zai Zai, you should learn to speak early. Dad can't even understand what you are saying."

Dongzai grabbed Lei Zhe's father's hair and said "oh" in aggrieved tone.Jiali's father always couldn't understand what he said, which made Zaizai very distressed, but Zaizai still liked Jiali's father the most.

Jiali picked up the fish Lei Zhe had caught before, and the family of three swam ashore.

Lei Zhe took the winter cub and swam to the coast in the opposite direction to the coral reef where the human fish was hatched. There was a small island there with lush vegetation, and each tree was almost dozens of meters high.

The seawater rolls up waves and gently hits the shore. The white and soft sandy beach seems to be glowing with silver under the sunlight.

Dong Zai was so happy that he jumped off Lei Zhe's father's head as soon as he let go.Lei Zhe didn't have time to reach out to catch him, and saw Dong Zai's fish tail in the deep blue sea turning into short legs, sinking into the soft sand with a snap.

Looking at this scene, Lei Zhe and Jia Li seemed too calm. Mermaids can switch their tails and legs when they are born, as if they are born with talent and do not need to be specially taught by their parents.

Zai Zai is naturally delicate and does everything later than other little mermaids. Lei Zhe and Jia Li are not worried that Dong Zai will not be able to learn to transform his legs.

Dong Zai pointed at the squid tentacle on Lei Zhe's father's hand and made a soft little sound, "Eat!"

Jia Li took out Dong Zai's shell bowl and "cut it into pieces and gave it to him."

"No!" Dong Zai shook his head, recalling the grilled squid he had eaten, and he took a sip of saliva, yes, it wanted fire.

The winter cub opened its two short legs and ran quickly.

"Zai Zai, where are you going?" Jia Li, with quick eyes and quick hands, caught the running Dong Zai, "Don't you want to eat multi-clawed fish? Why don't you want it?"

"Fire!" Dong Zai pointed at the towering trees on the island. Where there are trees, there is fire.

"I'll take him over and have a look." Lei Zhe picked up the little mermaid and walked into the woods. Zai Zai is a well-behaved little mermaid who rarely expresses his wishes so strongly, which means there is something Zai Zai wants in the woods..

The closer he got to the woods, the more Dongcub felt something was wrong.Now Dong Zai was sitting on the arm of Lei Zhe's father. He felt more intuitively how huge the plants in front of him were, and the lush trees seemed to tower into the sky.

Red mushrooms sprouted from the ground, and giant umbrellas opened to cover the sky. Dong Zai's cognition was shocked, and he even doubted his own memory.

The mushrooms in his memory were small and cute, and tasted delicious. Compared with the giant mushrooms in front of him, they were completely different.

Seeing Dong Zai standing still, Lei Zhe stopped and called softly: "Zai Zai?"

Dong Zai came back to his senses, slid down from Lei Zhe's father's arm in a depressed manner, and stepped on a dead leaf with his white and tender feet.

The leaves of the tree were big enough for the winter cub to run, but the winter cub shrank its feet.

The dead branches on the ground were thicker than Lei Zhe's father's waist, and there was no way to make fire through them.Dong Zai’s face was downcast and he was extremely frustrated.

He climbed onto Lei Zhe's father's shoulders and motioned for his father to go back.

Before leaving, Dong Zai took a few glances into the woods. The vegetation was so dense that he could barely see what was going on inside.

On the beach, Jiali has cleared a clean area and is ready to enjoy lunch.

Jiali grabbed half of the fish and tore off a large piece of meat. He chewed the meat and slurred: "Is it fun over there?"

Dongzai pursed his lips and said nothing.

Lei Zhe sat down next to Jia Li and ate the whole multi-clawed fish tentacle without expression. After eating, he said to Jia Li: "Don't catch multi-clawed fish next time."

Jiali laughed so hard that she couldn't straighten up.

As the sun sets, the orange-red sunlight shines on the beach, making it blush.

The half-day beach tour ended here. Lei Zhe picked up the little mermaid and held Jia Li with one hand, and the family of three swam home slowly.