After last night, the two naturally began sharing a room.
Their breakthrough in their relationship couldn't escape the notice of the experienced Xie Baolian. She was secretly delighted and was already plotting how to urge them to quickly produce a chubby grandson.
Look, she had even stewed a nourishing soup for them today.
Alas!
Although it was the season of everything reviving and spring returning to the earth, one couldn't be too unrestrained. If this continued, it would lead to lumbar muscle strain.
"I... I can't drink anymore!"
Murong Yanran pouted and begged for mercy. Li Haochen naturally wouldn't ignore it, so he had to finish the stewed soup himself.
Looking at Murong Yanran, who was covering her mouth and giggling, Li Haochen glanced at his waist and whispered, "You forced me to drink the soup, but we'll see who suffers tonight."
"Okay, whoever loses is a dog, hee hee!"
"Uh... you talk too much!"
Li Haochen's mouth twitched. How could he argue with a woman about this? In this world, there are only overworked oxen and no overworked fields!
That night, after Xie Baolian had gone to rest, the two slept in separate rooms, daring not to mess around anymore. If they continued to toss and turn, the bull plowing the field might not be effective in the future.
The next morning, Li Haochen received a call from the shipyard. The two fishing boats were ready for delivery. This news made him very happy; now he could finally focus on his space endeavors with peace of mind.
Li Haochen immediately called Dai Changrun with the news, believing that his two younger brothers would move their families over tomorrow.
In a great mood, Li Haochen hummed a song all the way to the shipyard.
Upon arrival, the large dog at the entrance perked up its ears at the sound and scurried over. Seeing that it was this ominous figure, it trembled, quickly covered its ears, closed its eyes, and pretended to be asleep.
Walking in, Li Yongxin was already waiting. As soon as he saw Li Haochen, his copper-coin eyes gleamed.
"Brother Li, Happy New Year, wish you prosperity!"
"Happy New Year!"
After the pleasantries, the two entered the warehouse. Li Haochen was very familiar with the place and didn't need Li Yongxin to lead him.
After walking for about two minutes, the two brand-new fishing boats came into Li Haochen's sight. They were the same as the previous one. After circling around, the exterior was fine.
"Brother Li, you can relax. We conducted multiple tests before shipping them. I dare to guarantee the quality."
Li Haochen smiled slightly, put on shoe covers, and went up to inspect the equipment. In less than ten minutes, Li Haochen moved to another boat, and similarly, he got off after about ten minutes.
"Manager Li, I am very satisfied with your boats. When can the twelve boats be delivered?"
"It should be after the Qingming Festival. The production workshop has not started yet. The workers will return to work after the Lantern Festival. I will arrange for your batch to start first, rest assured!"
"Then I'll trouble you!"
Leaving the shipyard, Li Haochen went to the administrative building to complete the necessary procedures, of course, through the back door.
He called Li Yongxin to spray the characters on the boats and then rode his bike to Dai Changrun's dormitory. Along the way, he bought some fruit and a pack of classic Red Double Happiness cigarettes.
When he arrived, only Dai Zirui was at home. It turned out that Dai Changrun and his wife had gone to the dock to pay respects. After dropping off the gifts and some red envelopes for starting work, he inquired about the time his two uncles would arrive, then went down and entered the warehouse in front.
At this time, Ah Xian and the others were not there; they were either delivering goods or going to explore new business partners.
Tomorrow, Li Rendong will arrive with a full load, so Li Haochen naturally had to prepare coconut seedlings. It's worth mentioning that the third production line has been put into use, and the equipment for toothpicks, bamboo skewers, and cutting boards has also begun to operate. After a few more days, when the goods are complete, they can be sent to the Binhai Plaza supermarket for shelving.
Entering the space, he walked towards the seedling area. The coconut seedlings that had been nurtured before were already lush and verdant, many of them reaching Li Haochen's chest.
The seedlings were good, but they had already grown roots. Fortunately, the root system was not very developed, otherwise, this batch of seedlings would have to be abandoned.
Li Haochen worked diligently for two to three hours, and three to four thousand coconut seedlings were neatly arranged in the warehouse. Seeing that they had not returned yet, Li Haochen locked the door and rode back to the village. Unloading and loading were sufficient with them.
Arriving at Butterfly Bay, a simple steel frame shed had been added. He had asked Huang Haibo to weld it the day before, so fishing gear such as fish traps and keepers could be stored inside, and it would be more convenient to enter and exit the space.
Although it was already early spring, the temperature was colder than winter. Li Haochen reached into the seawater to test it, feeling a stinging sensation. He quickly abandoned the idea of letting Xiao Shui put bait in the net pens.
Even without bait, fish, shrimp, and crabs must be running into the bay every day, it was just a matter of quantity. It shouldn't be too bad.
Li Haochen threw a few traps into the sea, and the rest was up to time. It was still a long way from collecting the traps, and this time should not be wasted.
The more than ten days he spent returning home for the New Year had made him lazy, and he couldn't continue like this; he had to get moving.
Entering the space, he had sent out the coconut seedlings yesterday, so these thousands of seedling pits needed to be refilled.
Li Haochen was very proficient in nurturing seedlings, and it took him less than two hours to complete the task of around three thousand.
There was still a lot of time, so he continued to hang mussel seedlings on the bamboo poles. The mussel production in the space now could not keep up with the consumption speed, so he had to speed up the process. Gu Xiaonian had mentioned to him that a French restaurant recently wanted to order their products, and these mussels were very suitable for their needs. According to their usage, they would need hundreds of pounds a day.
The cultivation of net pens could be slowed down; installing one or two per day would mean completing several hundred by the May fishing moratorium. As long as there were fish, they would have food in hand and would not panic in the face of events.
It is worth mentioning that the Li family and the Hong family have been unusually quiet lately, which seemed a bit unusual. Li Haochen did not believe that these two cohorts would be so law-abiding.
Li Haochen's guess was not wrong. These two were now gathered together, discussing how to deal with Murong's hotel.
"Manager Li, our resort will be operational in a few months. It's not good to have such an eyesore next door."
"Does President Hong have any secret strategies?"
"Ahem, what strategies? We'll take it one step at a time. Anyway, our capital chain is large, and at most, we'll engage in a price war to crush them."
Li Yandai inwardly scorned, "If you don't have any strategies, why are you talking? Price war? Who can't think of that?"
"It's the only way. We'll fight a price war then. Their scale absolutely cannot sustain a month, and we can pick up a bargain then."
"Yes, I've had my eye on this piece of land for a long time. Developing real estate here will definitely yield several times the profit..."