Zhong Tiyun's eyes suddenly turned red. She opened her mouth, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Zhipeng, we still have some supplies at home. We can lend you some... It's really too dangerous at sea right now. A fishing boat is not a mothership, so it may not be able to protect you..."
A smile appeared on Zhipeng's thin and pale face. He knew that his aunt's family was all good.
However, how can they let my aunt raise four adults and a half-grown child in their family?
No one can bear such a heavy burden!
He shook his head and refused, but gave another reason: "Aunt, I know you care about us. But your family has limited supplies, and you have stockpiled them at great risk. We really don't have the face to accept them.
Secondly, our family still has some fuel, medicine, daily necessities and other supplies on the mother ship, but we don’t want to use those things unless it is absolutely necessary. It is our last resort.
Thirdly, and this is also the most critical point, we lost a lot of ships before, and the current fishing boats are considered to be a reorganized fishing fleet.
Fortunately, my cousin Tao and I have been on the mothership for so many years, so we still have some foundation. During this reorganization, we can both join the new fishing team.
However, if we miss this reorganization, even if we want to go fishing in the future, there will be no such large fishing boats for us to use.
So after much deliberation, we have to go out to sea this time!"
When Zhong Tiyun heard this, her throat choked and she was speechless for a moment.
For so many years, Zhipeng and his friends have been making a living by fishing at sea. If their future livelihood is cut off because of a moment of fear, even she herself would have to think carefully about it.
Xue Tao stood aside and added in a low voice: "Aunt, we went there this time to stock up on some supplies for the family. After all, life has to go on."
Zhou Jianghai patted Zhipeng on the shoulder and said in a heavy voice, "Zhipeng, Xuetao, be careful and come back safely."
Zhipeng nodded: "Uncle, don't worry, we will be careful."
Chunchun stood behind Xue Tao. Although she was young, her eyes revealed a firmness that was inconsistent with her age.
Zhou Shuwan walked over, gently touched his head, and said softly: "Chunchun, you must listen to the adults when you go out to sea, and don't run around."
Chunchun nodded, her voice firm: "Aunt Wanwan, I will."
Zhou Shuwan smiled, but felt a little sad in her heart.
Before leaving, Zhong Tiyun took out five frozen fish from the large storage tank, and brought a few pounds of purple taro from the corner and stuffed them into Zhipeng's arms.
Zhipeng subconsciously wanted to refuse.
Zhong Tiyun's eyes were red, she choked with sobs, her voice so low that it was almost inaudible: "You have been sensible since you were young. I don't have much to help you with. I can only make sure you have one or two full meals. If you don't even accept this, won't it make me feel even worse!"
Xue Tao, Xue Dong and Yu Xuan watched from the side with complicated expressions.
Zhipeng felt his aunt's concern and finally sighed softly. He took the fish and taro and said, "Okay, thank you, aunt."
Zhong Tiyun then revealed a relieved smile. She repeated the three words "Okay, okay, okay!", her voice filled with indescribable complex emotions.
She watched Zhipeng and the others disappear into the night, until their figures were completely swallowed by the darkness, then she slowly withdrew her gaze.
Each of them gave almost everything they had to survive.
The next morning, a thin mist covered this weathered land.
Everyone gathered at the coast to see the fishing fleet off.
Amidst the lively atmosphere, there was also a hint of solemnity, because everyone knew that the risks faced in this voyage were far greater than in the past.
At this moment, a sharp cry broke the silence: "Over there! Look over there!"
People looked in the direction of the sound and saw some huge black objects appearing in the offshore waters ahead, being pushed towards the shore by the waves.
Those objects were enormous.
It looked a bit scary in the dark.
Fortunately, the survivors at this time have already experienced countless things and will not do things like shouting.
He calmly picked up the flashlight and shone it over there, and found that it was a dozen or so extremely well-sealed containers, which had been washed clean by the sea water but were intact.
Soon, Captain Chen and Deputy Captain Shang arrived at the scene.
The two of them looked solemn and exchanged meaningful glances with each other.
They are all insiders of the "Spark" project and have participated in similar container salvage operations.
Now the "Fire" appears here inexplicably, could it be because...
Captain Chen immediately ordered the navy to move the container.
Everyone worked together and used pulleys and other tools to move seventeen or eighteen huge containers to the shore.
After careful inspection, people found that thirteen boxes were filled with fuel, and the remaining four boxes were filled with precious supplies such as medicines, coal, cotton, sugar, and compressed biscuits.
These supplies are exactly what the island urgently needs.
Suddenly, cheers broke out in the crowd, and joy was on everyone's face.
The destruction of the oil fields was undoubtedly a devastating blow to the island, but the emergence of these containers now offers a glimmer of hope for the island's future.
Fuel is easy to deal with. Just have the mother ship come over and carefully store it in the fuel tank.
Such a large amount of fuel reserves is enough to keep the ship at sea for several more months.
However, these unexpected surprises temporarily put the original plan of the fishing boat going out to sea on hold.
Captain Chen and Deputy Captain Shang were not carried away by this sudden good luck, but became more cautious.
They immediately ordered the dispatch of a reconnaissance ship to conduct a thorough search of the waters surrounding the island.
Not long after, good news came from the reconnaissance ship: two more containers were found behind the island!
When they opened the container this time, they were surprised to find that it was filled with fertile black soil! High-yield black soil!
This is an even more precious treasure on Hope Island where every inch of land is valuable!
People burst into cheers again, and the island was filled with the joy of surviving the disaster and longing for the future.
People on the island were talking about it and speculating about the source of these supplies.
Most people believe that it was a natural disaster that washed out the supplies hidden somewhere; others speculated that it might be supplies from a shipwreck that were washed ashore by the waves.
After discussion, Captain Chen and Deputy Captain Shang felt that there might really be "fire" around the island.
But the container is so big and so heavy, it must have sunk to the bottom of the sea.
But how did such a huge and heavy container get drifted to the surface of the sea by the waves, and even land on the small island where they live?
This is a mystery.
They had only one working submarine, and decided to send it on an underwater expedition.
Even though it was the "spark" left behind, now almost no one alive had a chance to survive, so naturally they had to use it to survive first.
The rest can only be discussed later.
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