Chapter 24: Stocking up on Seafood
"I thought you were just busy buying food, I didn’t know you could get information from just buying fried octopus." Mocked Chu Hao.
"What do you know, these sellers like to talk but no one gives them the time of day. So, once someone is willing to listen or even asks something, they can’t wait to spill everything they know."
"Not only did I find out about the water reservoir, but also where we can buy boats and other gear."
"Alright then, let’s rest. We will go to fetch water tonight and then check out the boats tomorrow."
"I have to sleep for a few hours. Wake me up at six, we’ll go to the food street to eat supper and buy more to put in space. Tomorrow morning we should go buy fresh seafood first before going to buy the boats. The seafood is the freshest in the morning when fishermen are coming back from the deep sea."
"Fine, I’ll listen to you."
The two rested until 6.00 pm when they visited the food street. This time, they drove their Humvee and bought a lot of food from different stalls. They just pretended to put it in the car then after moving to the next stall, the quantity in the car would lessen as Chu Miao put it in the space warehouse.
They did this until midnight before driving to the reservoir where they connected a water pumping machine and Chu Miao took out water tanks from the space. By 4.00 am, they had already filled ten water tanks, and after storing them in the space, they drove back to the hotel.
In the morning, they left the hotel at 6.00 am and went to the docks to intercept the incoming fishing boats. They had rented a small warehouse near the docks the previous day and had all the seafood they bought delivered there.