307: Chapter 27 – I want to go to the mainland_1 307: Chapter 27 – I want to go to the mainland_1 Being a good person isn’t that easy.
This student, Gong Hanqing, is short and has inherited his grandfather’s petite stature.
He looks even smaller than the average 13-14-year-old middle school student, let alone when compared to outliers like Yan Fei.
The two of them combined might not even match up to Old Cheng!
Though Old Cheng is a cripple, he has no other issues.
He’s eating well at the cattle farm, his mood is good, and his health seems better than before.
Using his crutch, he gardens with a new vigor.
He can grow anything, and he’s filled the garden with roses.
Fortunately, when Gong Hanqing and his grandfather left, this student didn’t care that he and Yan Fei were peers, soon to be classmates, and reassured him that he would definitely work hard in the future.
He claimed to know how to operate a walk-behind tractor, saying he had used one to plow the fields last year.
When he moves to the cattle farm, he will bring it along.
A walk-behind tractor is better than nothing for the cattle farm!
Gong Hanqing still needs to rent out his land, so he can’t move to the cattle farm just yet.
After discussing the situation with Yan Fei and teacher Guan Yue, he soon left.
Back at the cattle farm, Yan Fei had planned to dine with this headteacher and curry favor, but she was too shy.
Despite the late hour and lack of people on the road, Yan Fei meticulously escorted her to the town on his bicycle.
Even though I don’t care much about studying and often skip more classes than I attend, barely knowing any of my classmates by the end of the term, my behavior towards my teacher is absolutely sincere!
At least I’ve shown her my enthusiasm for learning!
Put another way: Even though I like to skip school and hardly know any of my classmates, I still believe that I can continue school, and even believe I can go to university through cheating—because I, am shameless enough!
Indeed, he had already made a strong impression on this teacher, and it wasn’t negative.
If nothing else, his loud shout outside the Gong Family’s front gate must have won him some points.
Think about it.
A young, fresh, and eager teacher like Guan Yue might have been discouraged before even stepping through the door.
It’s no small feat that she pressed on despite not being heard.
If Yan hadn’t accompanied her, she wouldn’t have known anyone and as a young woman, would not have been taken seriously.
Nobody would have listened to her, and even if she had managed to conclude matters, she would have been beside herself with frustration.
After seeing off the teacher, Yan Fei didn’t even bother with dinner.
He’d have a big feast when he got hungry at midnight!
Squatting on Vegetable Garden Island, eating a tomato in one hand and a cucumber in the other, he gazed at his small vegetable garden, considering what crops would be suitable to grow if he built a greenhouse.
Why was he looking at his own vegetable garden?
Because the vegetables there are all flourishing.
He couldn’t even eat all that was growing and many seeds could be collected.
With these seeds, he would no longer need others.
Firstly, watermelon is a no-go.
The watermelons on the island are now the third generation, just too big.
None of the watermelons grown around Sancha River Town were this large.
If he were to grow them, it would be too ostentatious.
Right now, he can’t even finish eating the watermelons he’s growing and he doesn’t plan on selling them.
In reality, growing watermelon is simply a hobby of his—he’s curious to see if by continuously growing watermelon on the island, they will keep getting bigger and to what extent.
After thinking for a while, he chuckled and stopped mulling over it.
He started a big pot of meat stew and got busy.
Isn’t there plenty of information about farming in the vast library of the Agricultural University in the provincial city?
I’m just overthinking!
The teacher’s day holiday is coming up.
I can go to the Provincial city, visit my wife, maybe skip school for a few days, and then I’ll know everything!
What a simple solution!
While being busily involved in his chores, he felt like he had forgotten something crucial, but he just couldn’t recall what it was.
It wasn’t until the meat was cooked and he was about to pick some cucumbers for a side dish that he suddenly started laughing in realization.
I’m such a fool, really!
I knew vegetables from the island couldn’t be sold, but I forgot that if I grow greenhouse vegetables, I’d have a perfect excuse for those veggies!
If I set up an acre of greenhouse, plant half an acre of cucumbers and half an acre of green peppers, who’s going to keep track of how many vegetables I am selling?
Who’s got the time to calculate how many pounds of vegetables I’ve sold?
Unless I say it, who would know how much money I’ve made?
Most importantly, cucumbers and peppers aren’t like watermelons and tomatoes.
Who buys watermelons that aren’t ripe?
Can tomatoes be called tomatoes if they aren’t red?
Once I figure out which vegetables are suitable for greenhouse farming, I’ll grow a large patch on the island and sell them together with the greenhouse ones.
There’s no way greenhouse vegetables can’t make money, unless…there’s really no “unless”!
Thinking this way, his spirit was refreshed!
The trees in the middle of Vegetable Garden Island had been cleared by him, leaving quite a lot of empty land that he hadn’t bothered to plant on.
Now, it could all be used.
He sighed that the place was too small after planting everything.
It’s a pity that there’s no such suitable place on the other islands, and he’s too lazy to stake out new territory.
If only there were a larger world!
For instance, this world is so big, outside the island and the boundless sea, isn’t there any land?
The very thought of vast, limitless land ready for cultivation, where I can grow or raise whatever I want, excites me!
Imagine owning large expanses of orchards and vegetable fields.
Whatever fruit or vegetable I wish to eat, I’ll grow it.
Even if I don’t want to eat it, I’ll grow it for fun.
Once it bears fruit, I can waste it if I want to!
I’m going to dig another pond, plant lotus vegetables and raise fish in the pond.
On the banks, I’ll raise ducks, chickens and geese, feed dogs, pigs and cows.
Whatever I want to do, I’ll do.
With a chicken in my left hand, a duck in my right, and carrying something on my back…
Just thinking about it, it feels so exhilarating!
If that’s the case, why am I still standing here under the bright moon, daydreaming?
With a sudden “Cila” sound, a large Pterosaur appeared in the middle of the vegetable field.
The Pterosaur flapped its wings, looking down at the clothes shattered on the ground with disdain, cursing in its heart, I’ve destroyed another piece of clothing!
It’s really strange.
Those monsters on TV transform in and out without ever considering their clothing!
With a sigh, it unfurled its wings and quickly ascended into the sky.
It flew higher and higher, remembered something in mid-air, and then flew straight in one direction.
The direction that other Pterosaurs usually fly in, that’s the one.
So, even if there’s no land ahead, there is sure to be an island.
Every time he prepared to explore a new island, it would take him a long time.
But this time, he was so excited he just couldn’t wait.
As he grew more familiar with the dinosaur world, he felt less fear and hesitation towards this seemingly innate world.
All the creatures on the islands, he could boldly say, were nothing but his meals!
If he wanted, even the Sarcosuchus that initially scared him to cold sweat, he could peel it and stew it in a pot at any time.
The only difference was his mood, his appetite, what he wanted to eat and what he didn’t!
Thinking about it, it feels like turning the tables, singing chants of liberation!
Under the bright moon, the wings of the lone Pterosaur flying appeared just like the wings of a devil.
It silently glided across the night sky, tirelessly flying at full speed.
Every now and then, other nocturnal Pterosaurs would fly past him in the air.
But they and Yan Fei were like two parallel rivers, they swiftly passed each other without interfering.
I fly!
I fly!
I fly non-stop!
This vast, boundless land, here I, Yan Fei, come!
Despite the monotonous and boring flight over the ocean, Yan Fei’s heart was always bursting with excitement!
The moon was playing peekaboo in the clouds, he was flying; the sky was getting darker, he was still flying; dawn was breaking, yet he still continued to fly.
As a streak of crimson light appeared in the eastern sky, his heart suddenly started pounding.
That long, endless shadow, resembling a giant dragon, isn’t that the coastline?
I fly, I fly, I strive to fly!
Heading directly towards the coastline, he flew on.
Getting closer, he could already see the sea cliffs and the dense forest, and a large river, in the morning light, it looked like a silver python slithering deep into the land.
Right before him was a towering cliff, but at this moment the cliff appeared no more than a small mound to him.
On the small mound, there were countless tiny black spots.
Only after getting closer did he realize, those black spots were also Pterosaurs.
And these Pterosaurs were nearly the same size as he was now.
When he began to boldly charge towards them, the Pterosaurs on the cliff issued a series of warning cries and unfolded their wings, ready to confront the intruder at any moment.
But it’s a pity, Yan Fei is no longer the rookie he once was.
Even if he had to face more Pterosaurs of his size, he fearlessly charged onwards.
It’s not that he didn’t care, he was excited.
Originally, he only wanted to explore more land on the mainland.
But when he saw the boundless land, that feeling, that shock, that excitement, that thrill, truly…
it was so thrilling, he urgently needed something to vent his excitement.
Since these Pterosaurs showed up, he might as well play with them!
Land!
Oh, land!
I have finally arrived on the mainland.
The magnificent mountains and rivers are not just a phrase!
A few Pterosaurs rose into the sky and charged towards him.
From high above, Yan Fei also flew towards them fearlessly.
A great battle was on the verge of breaking out.