In 1980, the poorest family in Yajouwan, the Lu family, pulled a three-and-a-half-year-old girl from the sea and named her Xiaohailuo.
The villagers all waited to see the joke unfold. The Lu family's three bachelor brothers were so poor they could barely scrape by, and a useless girl they'd picked up would surely starve to death.
But the moment the little darling came through their door, the three brothers, who had been down on their luck, suddenly found fortune smiling on them!
The eldest took her tide-pooling. While everyone else could only find little clams, the toddler pointed her tiny hand, and half-pound green crabs crawled into their bucket in a line.
The second took her net fishing. While everyone else came back empty-handed day after day, the little darling sneezed, and their net came up full of premium yellow croaker.
The third took her to the rocky shore. The little girl fell over, and somehow struck a priceless chunk of ambergris!
It turned out Xiaohailuo wasn't an ordinary child at all. She was the Dragon King's most beloved little daughter, sent down to repay the person who had once saved him.
Just as the Lu family built a mansion, bought a large fishing boat, and became the richest family on the island, the greedy relatives who had once looked down on them came back, red-eyed and intent on stealing the little girl.
The three brothers grabbed their fishing spears and shielded their sister. “Anyone who lays a finger on my sister is dead!”
But that very day, a mysterious high-ranking official from the capital arrived on the island by helicopter. Seeing the keepsake in Xiaohailuo's hands, he dropped to his knees in the sand...
