Three days after Huo Bai left, a ship arrived to deliver supplies to the island.
At that time, Shiyue and Liang Yueming had just returned from delivering meals to the experts and were having dinner at home with their mother-in-law and Jiajia.
Their mother-in-law, Fu Yunfang, is getting better and better. Although she still doesn't like to talk, she has clearly started to recognize people.
She would keep an eye on Jiajia, and if she couldn't see her for a while, she would come out to look for her, and even ask someone for help.
One time, she actually ran up to Shiyue, grabbed her arm, and asked, "Shiyue, where's Jiajia?"
Although she was looking for Jiajia, Shiyue was still very happy that her mother-in-law could call her by her name.
Now, every morning after the men in the family have gone to work, Shiyue and her husband bring their mother-in-law and Jiajia to their yard.
On the one hand, the yard here is big, so there is a larger range of activities.
Furthermore, the constant flow of people here allows Fu Yunfang to see more people and hear more conversations, which both sisters-in-law believe is beneficial for the elderly woman's recovery.
It was indeed quite effective.
Fu Yunfang can now help them pick vegetables.
Every time I give her a basket of vegetables, she picks them so carefully that not even a single blade of grass is left.
As they were eating, Xiao Fei from next door ran over excitedly and said to them, "Aunt Shiyue, Aunt Yueming, the camp has asked all the family members at home to go to the dock to help carry supplies! Aunt Cui has already gone and asked me to come and call you."
Upon hearing the order from the camp, Shiyue and Liang Yueming immediately stood up.
Liang Yueming asked, "Why did the supply ship arrive today? Shouldn't it have taken a few more days?"
Xiao Fei shook his head: "I don't know, there's a lot of stuff delivered today!"
He said as he ran outside, "You guys go ahead, I'm going to call my mom and ask the people from the clinic to come too!"
I heard that even the doctors and nurses at the clinic were going to help carry supplies, so the two sisters-in-law were even faster.
They knew that the camp simply couldn't spare any more manpower.
Upon hearing that they were going to the dock, Jiajia excitedly yelled and insisted on going to watch the excitement, but Liang Yueming held her down, saying, "You haven't finished your meal yet! Stay and eat with Grandma!"
After saying that, he glared at her forcefully.
Jiajia's mouth is so big it could hold an oil bottle, but she'll be six years old soon and is already a sensible child.
So, even though he was unwilling, he obediently sat down.
As if she understood, Fu Yunfang picked up the enamel bowl, scooped out a shrimp ball, and put it into her granddaughter's bowl.
Leaving behind an old man and a child, the two of them carried the largest bamboo basket in their home and hurried to the dock.
When the two arrived, the dock was already bustling with activity.
Shiyue had never noticed before that there were so many people on the island besides the soldiers!
After conducting research, the higher command issued an order to dig two more large caves on Whale Island to be used as warehouses. As a result, the engineering battalion, which had originally agreed to leave after completing the project, stayed behind to continue construction.
Not only them, but in order to finish the project as soon as possible, even the soldiers of the Sixth Iron Battalion have now been divided into two groups.
One group is responsible for security on the island, while the other group works with other units to expedite the project.
So although there are quite a few soldiers on the island, in reality, there aren't many who can be temporarily mobilized when something happens.
It's like, at this moment, the only people actually wearing military uniforms at the dock are a few cooks; the rest are family members who have been called in and a dozen or so younger assistants from the expert group.
He Liping, the eldest son of the He family, was among them.
Upon seeing her husband, Liang Yueming immediately pulled Shiyue along to greet him, asking, "Why did the supply ship come today? What's going on? Why are they sending so much stuff today?"
He Liping wiped the sweat from his brow and explained to the two of them, "We have new people coming to the island today."
He pointed to an open space not far away: "The people who came this time are all here to do auxiliary work, there are more than twenty of them. They are probably here to deliver supplies while they are seeing them off."
He Liping shifted the basket on his back a little higher, then walked forward, saying, "You guys hurry up and get going too, we're really short-handed today. I just heard from the people on the ship that there might be a storm in a few days, and they're worried the supply ship won't be able to get into port, so this time we're only delivering a month's worth. It'll take a while to unload!"
"A month's worth?" Liang Yueming blurted out, "Oh my god, that'll take a while to move."
She didn't even bother talking to the man anymore, and pulled Shiyue away.
Shiyue was also shocked when she heard this.
The supply ship usually comes once every two weeks, bringing rice, flour, cooking oil, and other necessities for the island.
They will also bring back anything that the people on the island asked them to bring.
It would take them a long time to move half a month's worth of supplies. If it were a whole month's worth, they'd probably break their backs from all that moving.
But that wasn't what Shiyue was most worried about; she was worried about the two errand orders she had placed earlier.
She had the things delivered to Huo Bai.
But Huo Bai is probably still on a mission and hasn't returned yet!
If the supply ship doesn't reach the island for a month, what will happen to her shop?
I may think about it, but I can't shirk my responsibilities.
The two people boarded the boat with the flow of people.
By this time, the crew had already moved the supplies closer to the suspension ladder. Upon seeing them, one of the crew members picked up a small bag of grain and put it into Shiyue's basket.
Shiyue weighed it in her hand and said, "Let's put in another bag."
The crew member laughed and said, "Sister-in-law, one bag is enough. We still have to climb the mountain."
"It's okay, you can put another bag in."
Seeing that Shiyue insisted, the crew member had no choice but to put another bag in for her.
Seeing that her younger brother and sister-in-law had put in two bags of grain, Liang Yueming gritted her teeth and asked the crew to put in an extra bag for her as well.
Shiyue saw this but didn't say anything, she just picked up another small bag of soybeans in her hand.
Once outside the crowd, Shiyue silently took a bag of grain from Liang Yueming's basket and put the soybeans she was carrying into it: "Let's switch."
"Change what? You're made of iron, don't you know how tiring it is?" Liang Yueming said impatiently.
"I'm used to climbing mountains. When we cut a hundred or so pounds of firewood, I would carry it up a mountain."
As Shiyue spoke, she stuffed the grain bag into her basket and strode forward.
She couldn't say that she had already put the two bags of grain below into her spatial storage, and that what she was carrying was actually not as heavy as what Liang Yueming was carrying at the moment.
But every extra bag I can carry is a good thing; I want to finish this quickly so I don't miss cooking dinner.
Just as Shiyue, carrying her basket, was about to reach the gentle slope ahead, someone chased after her from behind.
He hesitated before calling out, "Shiyue?"
I didn't pay attention at the beginning of the tenth month and kept walking forward.
The man grew anxious and asked loudly, "Hey lady in front, are you called Shiyue? Shiyue from the Forward Brigade?"
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