Chapter 75

After finishing lunch and cleaning up the leftover food, Zhang Fan and his wife and Fei Er and his wife — four people — again brought the unsold items back to their stall at the gathering.

Zhang Fan saw that the mermaids Ou Ya and Ban Ban, along with their partners, had already arrived. After exchanging greetings, Zhang Fan and his wife and Fei Er and his wife returned to their own stall and began laying out the items one by one.

Since there wasn't much left to sell in the afternoon, Ba Ke Er and Mo De decided that the two of them would simply stay and mind the stall, letting Fei Er and Zhang Fan go out to stroll the fair or go rest for a while. After all, their dear wives had worked hard alongside them all morning, and had even cooked rice for so long at noon — just thinking about it made their hearts ache!

Zhang Fan and Fei Er saw that their own beastmen were being so considerate, so they couldn't refuse. It was a perfect chance to go find the two mermaids next door and play. Zhang Fan just thinking about it made him excited! Mermaids! Mermaids! These are living, breathing mermaids! He had never seen a living mermaid before in his life! When he saw them in the morning, he couldn't help wanting to chat with them more, but everyone was busy doing business and had no time to talk. Now it's fine — he also just noticed that the merchandise at the mermaids' stall was running low.

"Fei Er, since they're letting us go out for a stroll, let's go stroll around?"

"Great! Great! Fan Fan, shall we go find Ou Ya and Ban Ban and go together? How about that? Haha, just thinking about it gets me excited! This is still the first time I've seen a mermaid!"

"Mm-hmm! I'm also seeing a mermaid for the first time! Come on, let's go ask them if they want to go with us."

"Right! Right! Right! Let's ask them first!" After saying that, the two quickened their pace toward the Mermaid Tribe's stall. Upon arriving, they happened to see Ban Ban and Ou Ya playing together.

Only then did Fei Er and Zhang Fan get a clear look at Ou Ya's and Ban Ban's tails. Ou Ya's tail was pure jade-green, glossy green as if it emitted a faint light. Each scale resembled a piece of top-quality jade. Gorgeous and dazzling.

And Ban Ban's tail truly lived up to her name: the entire pure-white tail was covered in red spots. Moreover, each spot was roughly the same size; even more remarkably, the distance between any two spots was the same, and each spot's shape resembled a different vivid rose flower, as if deliberately arranged, making it very beautiful.

Both Zhang Fan and Fei Er couldn't help admiring Ou Ya's and Ban Ban's tails.

This made Ou Ya and Ban Ban feel a bit embarrassed. After all, they were hearing praise from non-merfolk for the first time. Since a mermaid's tail differs from human legs, a fish tail isn't suited for walking on land, so they don't often walk on land.

Ou Ya and Ban Ban both envied Zhang Fan and Fei Er for having two legs.

"Having legs is great! You can walk freely on land. Unlike us, we can only swim in water, and walking on land is very inconvenient! Moreover, a fish tail needs to be soaked in seawater every so often; otherwise it becomes very dry, and severe dehydration can cause the scales to fall off."

"However, our legs are completely useless in water too — legs aren't suited for swimming, and we can't swim as fast as you merfolk." Fei Er said.

Zhang Fan heard Fei Er's remark, his face darkening. What do you mean our legs are completely useless in water? Human legs can swim fast too, can't they? Zhang Fan thought about it, then decided to let it go — for now, he'd better not contradict Fei Er.

After exchanging some complaints, Zhang Fan and Fei Er also stated their purpose to the mermaids.

"Ou Ya, Ban Ban, Fei Er and I are preparing to stroll the fair — would you two like to join us?"

Upon hearing about strolling the fair, Ou Ya and Ban Ban's eyes lit up!

"How wonderful! We've long wanted to go to the fair; we heard there are many things there that you don't find in the ocean! But we only arrived at the Tiger Tribe yesterday evening, and this morning we started setting up our stall to sell things. Wu and Gu didn't have time to take us out to play, and since we're unfamiliar with the place, we didn't feel comfortable going out — having you two bring us along is really great!"

"Then let's hurry! Those stalls will be closing up soon."

After saying that, Zhang Fan and Fei Er walked to either side of Ou Ya and Ban Ban, greeted their partners Wu and Gu, and then led the two mermaids toward the crowded part of the fair.

Not long after, the two of them and the two mermaids arrived in front of the Bear Tribe's honey stall. Ou Ya and Ban Ban were still seeing honey for the first time and found it very remarkable.

"Fei Er, what is this? Why is it all yellow? It looks sweet too. It smells nice. I just don't know if it's edible." Ban Ban turned her head to ask Fei Er, who was walking beside her, and couldn't resist sticking out her tongue to lick her lips.

"Haha, Ban Ban, this is honey! It's made from pollen that bees collect and ferment, and it's indeed edible, with a sweet taste. It's delicious!"

Upon hearing Fei Er say the honey was sweet and delicious, Ou Ya and Ban Ban could hardly walk any further. They stopped at a honey stall, asked the Bear Tribe for the price, and each pulled out money to buy several bamboo tubes of fine honey.

After paying, the two mermaids couldn't help but dip their fingers into the honey, scoop a bit out, and taste it, discovering that the honey was even better than they had imagined! They couldn't stop eating, and the two mermaids continued munching on things as they wandered the fair. Whenever they saw something they hadn't seen before, they would buy it. Upon encountering a food stall, they couldn't stop — they just kept buying, buying, buying!

Zhang Fan watched the two mermaids, who couldn't stop when they encountered something tasty or fun, and couldn't help twitching the corner of his mouth. After getting used to it, he realized that merfolk were actually even more prone to buying, buying, buying and eating, eating, eating than women on Earth!

Zhang Fan and Fei Er strolled the whole afternoon without buying anything themselves; just watching Ou Ya and Ban Ban buy things and then helping them carry their purchases was more than enough. Who had the energy to go shopping?

When the two mermaids finally stopped because they couldn't carry any more purchases, Zhang Fan and Fei Er had no choice but to help them carry their full loads back to the Mermaid Tribe's stall. After seeing Ou Ya and Ban Ban off, Zhang Fan and Fei Er finally let out a breath. Who would have thought that Ou Ya and Ban Ban would say behind them: "Zhang Fan, Fei Er, do you have time tomorrow? Why don't we go to the fair together tomorrow?"

Zhang Fan and Fei Er were startled. They quickly said: "We won't be going to the fair tomorrow; we have other things to do tomorrow!"

Having said that, they hurriedly turned and ran back to their own stall without looking back. The remaining Ou Ya and Ban Ban, the two mermaids, were completely bewildered.