Chapter 127 Planning

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Migration is not traveling, and you can’t just leave at any time.

The situation in the deep sea is unknown. In addition to sufficient fuel and rich sailing experience, they also need enough food.

Now this sea area is moderately deep and shallow, with abundant fish and shrimps, which is very suitable for replenishing supplies. So after discussion, the three parties unanimously decided to stay in this sea area for a while, store up a certain amount of food, and then set out after half a month.

Perhaps because they felt that everyone was having a hard time, the two representatives of the Giant and the three representatives of the Ever Leap did not stay for lunch. Although life was easy, Gu Mengran could not show it and could only see them off with regret.

In the past few days, he and Yongyue have helped and supported each other, and it can be considered an equal cooperative relationship, but the Giant... is a one-sided poverty alleviation. The favors owed to others are increasing, and there is no way to repay them, which really makes Gu Mengran distressed.

Hey! We have to hurry up and plant the vegetables.

The guests left and there was nothing new for lunch. We just heated up last night's leftovers and served them on the table. They were still delicious.

He didn't have time to eat breakfast in the morning and drank a lot of water. Gu Mengran was so hungry that his stomach was almost bursting. He didn't say anything else. He just picked up the bowl and started eating.

His hurried eating speed gradually became suspicious to others. They thought that he had something urgent to do after dinner, so they all quickened their eating speeds and ate voraciously.

The restaurant, which was full of chatter and laughter, suddenly became quiet. No one at the table spoke anymore. Everyone ate faster than the other. The only sounds were the clinking of chopsticks against plates and the faint sound of chewing.

The old man noticed something was wrong and raised his head. His hand that was picking up the food paused slightly. He looked around in confusion and asked with a frown, "Are you guys... in a hurry?"

"Should? I don't know either." Zheng Yijie took time out of his busy schedule to respond, and then continued to show off his fandom.

I don't know why they are so in sync?

I became even more confused and turned to look at Xu Xingran.

After successfully receiving the signal, Xu Xingran swallowed the food and wiped his mouth with a tissue. "I, I'm not sure, but Meng Ran must have his reasons for eating so fast."

"Puff."

Gu Mengran, who was concentrating on showing off his meal, laughed out loud and almost got choked by the rice grains in his mouth.

After patting his chest and swallowing the food, Gu Mengran raised his head and looked at everyone with helplessness and amusement, "No, what are you doing? I ate fast purely because I didn't have breakfast and I'm very hungry, not because I'm in a hurry!"

"ah?"

Zheng Yijie ate too fast and choked. He pounded his chest twice to recover. He looked at Gu Mengran with a face full of resentment, "Why didn't you say so earlier? You almost choked me to death."

Gu Mengran rolled his eyes. "Can't you see I'm busy eating? How can I pay attention to you?"

After a long wait, the meal was a complete mess. The tension and depression in the air gradually dissipated, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Some picked up their dishes, some drank water, some had more rice, and they all slowed down their eating speed.

Just when everyone thought they could finally have lunch in peace, Gu Mengran raised his head again with a "By the way", and said to everyone, "The leisurely days are over. Let me tell you about my plans for the afternoon and the days ahead."

After he finished speaking, Xu Xinghe, who had stood up to serve the rice, sat back down. Xu Yuan, who had been picking up the food, put down his chopsticks, sat upright and obediently, pretending to listen attentively.

Gu Mengran was almost full, but in order to make others feel less restrained, he decisively picked up his chopsticks and picked up a piece of fat and lean braised pork, chewed it and swallowed it before speaking slowly: "Just listen with your ears, eat when it's time, and we'll talk while we eat."

Seeing everyone pick up their chopsticks again, Gu Mengran picked up another piece of pork ribs and put it in the bowl. While chewing, he said, "Liang Zhao and I cleaned out the foam boxes in the living room on the first floor yesterday. Food is in short supply now, so we need to grow some vegetables as soon as possible."

"Not only for our own consumption, but we also owe the Giant too much. We will also have to rely on the Giant when we go to the Pacific Ocean. After much thought, it seems that the only way to repay them partly is to use fresh vegetables."

Xu Xingran was quick-witted and immediately understood what Gu Mengran meant. He nodded and agreed, "Indeed, we can't just let go of the debt of favor. If we borrow, we must repay. It won't be difficult to borrow again."

"But sister, brother Gu," Xu Xinghe suddenly interrupted, expressing his doubts, "The Wind Wing is so small, and there is only so much soil for growing vegetables. There are hundreds of people on the Giant, and the vegetables we grow are barely enough to fill their stomachs."

Xu Xingran waved his hands, "At the beginning, the amount is not important, what is important is to show that we have it. We not only need to grow vegetables, but also save seeds. When the situation is stable in the future, sending seeds over can repay more favors."

"Sister Xu is right. No matter what, the vegetables must be planted early."

After eating a piece of spareribs, Gu Mengran was completely full. He put down his chopsticks and smiled at Xu Xingran, "I'll leave this matter to you, Sister Xu. I'll give you the seeds and tools later. You can take grandpa and Xu Yuan with you and start planting in the afternoon."

"Me? Me?" Xu Xingran widened his eyes and waved his hands repeatedly, "No, let Master Meng arrange it. Xu Yuan and I will be in charge of the work."

Meng Gaoyang frowned, "No, I'm old now, don't worry about anything with me, you young people should take care of it."

"Sister Xu, you see, it can only be you." Gu Mengran spread his hands.

Xu Xingran nodded and agreed: "Okay."

"Why are you only talking about the three of them? Then where are we going to do it?" Zheng Yijie obviously wanted to stay and grow vegetables together, so he asked hurriedly.

Gu Mengran glared at him. "You are old now, are you forgetful? Didn't I tell you at that time to stay here for half a month, catch fish, shrimp, and stock up on food!"

Zheng Yijie scratched his head and said, "Oh, yes."

As if he suddenly remembered something, Zheng Yijie looked at Gu Mengran eagerly and asked, "Do we have fishing gear? Yesterday you said that the Giant used a trawl net and dragged up dozens of tons of fish at one time. Do we have that kind of net?"

Gu Mengran teased him, "You also want to get rich with a net? Forget it. I don't have a trawl ready. Besides, that thing requires a boat. Even if there is one, our Fengyi can't use it."

"So what tools do we have?"

"Eat, and then come find us in the warehouse."

While he was speaking, Liang Zhao had already put down his chopsticks. Seeing this, Gu Mengran patted him on the shoulder. The two of them moved their chairs away in tacit understanding, stood up, and walked towards the warehouse one after the other.

Zheng Yijie and Xu Xinghe looked at each other and quickly started eating.

Knowing clearly that the Blue Planet would eventually become a vast ocean, Gu Mengran spent a large amount of money to stock up on a lot of fishing gear, including sea fishing rods, scoop nets, crab cages... the largest of which was a hand-cast net.

They are not professional fishermen, and they do not have professional fishing boats. They are not able to use large fishing gear such as gillnets and trawl nets. There is a high possibility that they will not be able to retrieve them after putting them down, thus losing both the wife and the army.

It is not realistic to get rich with just one net. For these novices, it is more practical to cast a net and work steadily.

After entering the warehouse and locking the door, Gu Mengran took out two oversized storage boxes from the space. He put the boxes on the ground, and immediately a green fishing net appeared in his hand, and he threw everything into the boxes one by one.

He was in charge of throwing away the things, while Liang Zhao was in charge of organizing and counting them. In the end, the two storage boxes were filled with: five casting nets, twenty crab cages, ten scoop nets, and ten sea fishing rods.

One box was kept for home use, and the other box was given to the Ever Leap.

Fishing is banned in the Huangjiang River, so the Yongyue, a riverboat, cannot possibly have any fishing gear. Although Shijin Village is close to the lake and some villagers have fishing nets, there are so many people on the boat and so many mouths to feed, so they must stockpile more supplies.

We are all old acquaintances, so try to help as much as you can.

There are still a lot of supplies in the space. As long as they eat and grow at the same time, the Wind Wing will never be short of food. But they have to change their taste. This half month is a rare opportunity. Gu Mengran doesn't intend to just pretend. They also want to get as much fish as possible.

In less than ten minutes, Zheng Yijie and Xu Xinghe hurried over. In order to satisfy their curiosity, Gu Mengran specially left two boxes of fishing gear for them and also arranged a delivery task for them.

He and Liang Zhao sneaked into the empty warehouse next door and started to modify the diesel boat.

Casting a net to catch fish is the same as setting up a crab cage, you need to move to another place after each shot.

The Fengyi consumes too much fuel, so it is more convenient to use a diesel boat instead of driving it back and forth.

There was rain and snow on the sea. The open diesel boat could withstand it, but the people couldn't, so it had to be modified before setting off, at least to have a place to shelter from the wind and rain.

The cabin is used to store fishing nets and fish, and people have to stand inside to cast the nets, so the roof cannot be sealed. So Gu Mengran and Liang Zhao discussed and decided to add a small awning on the top of the cockpit, so that it would be cool when working, but not cold when resting.

With the experience of the last modification, the operation this time was much simpler. The endurance plate was replaced with a thin stainless steel plate, which was directly cut to the appropriate size and welded to the hull with electric welding.

It took exactly two hours to complete the construction of two diesel boats that can both provide shelter from wind and rain and cast nets to catch fish.

The door was almost knocked down. Zheng Yijie and Xu Xinghe, who had just returned from running errands, were waiting at the door. Gu Mengran threw the cutting machine and welding machine into the corner, put the unused large steel plate back into the space, and then went to open the door.

As soon as the door opened, the two people who were squatting at the door jumped up on the spot. They seemed very curious about what they were doing inside with the door closed, and hurriedly pushed the door open and squeezed into the warehouse.

Xu Xinghe's eyes lit up when he saw the modified diesel boat. He exclaimed in surprise: "Wow, is this the boat we're going to use to go fishing? The awning you just added? That's great. We don't have to get wet in the rain."

Without waiting for Gu Mengran to answer, Xu Xinghe raised his hand and shook his head, looking at Gu Mengran in confusion, "Brother Gu, if you were modifying the boat just now, why did you lock the door and not let us in?"

"Welding steel plates produces smoke and smell, and I don't want it to fill the whole house." Gu Mengran lied in all seriousness without blushing or getting nervous.

Xu Xinghe nodded: "Oh, Brother Zheng said that you two secretly-"

"Ahem!" Zheng Yijie covered his chest and coughed dryly, forcibly interrupting Xu Xinghe's words, and then waved his hand and said, "It's getting late. If you want to go fishing today, you have to hurry up."

"Zheng Yijie." Gu Mengran was not misled by him. He raised his eyebrows and met Zheng Yijie's gaze, threatening him lightly: "I advise you not to plot against us behind our backs. Be careful or I will use your little tricks——"

"It's wrong, it's wrong! Brother, Brother Gu, I know I'm wrong!" Zheng Yijie panicked visibly, grabbing Gu Mengran's arm and begging for mercy. Then he glanced at Xu Xinghe and tried to change the subject: "It's really late, let's go, my dear brother."

Xu Xinghe, who knew nothing about it, said: "Business is more important. Are we going now, Brother Gu?"

"Of course we should go! Let's go, lift the diesel boat out and go get the crab cages!"