Although there is a signal on the island, phone use is not allowed during work hours, so once Hua Yan got seasick and boarded the ship, she turned off her phone.
In the hazy task world, despite having had the experience of being a ’Yu Niang’ stranded on a sea island, it had been many centuries, and she forgot many specific details. Before coming, she not only read novels related to the the but also watched so popular videos made by fishern, yet she overlooked her tendency to get seasick.
After taking a car from the airport to the port, she hadn’t even spent five hours on the ship but already felt like collapsing. Not only did she vomit profusely, but her ntal state also plumted to the bottom. Even though the crew arranged a luxury room for her, she couldn’t sleep because of her vertigo.
It wasn’t until they were nearing the small island that she was reluctantly awakened by the staff to change into comfortable sportswear, wash her face, and put on a hat. When the cara aid at her, her face was still pale. Luckily, owing to her professional ethics, she didn’t complain despite the hardship, because this was an essential process for the year.
Transferring from the big ship to a smaller one and then to the small island, Hua Yan realized she was the first to arrive when the cara was set up. The transportation waiting for her was an electric tricycle provided by the crew.
Stepping foot on the ground, looking at the distant mountains, the budding green environnt, and the scenery surrounded by the sea, feeling the slightly chilly sea breeze, she excitedly put her luggage on the tricycle and turned to ask the staff.
"When will the sisters arrive?"
"The ferry you took was the last one today. They’ve arrived at the port and will take the earliest one tomorrow morning, so from tonight to tomorrow, you need to prepare the ingredients and cook by yourself. If possible, prepare a al to welco them tomorrow noon."
"No problem," Hua Yan agreed cheerfully and sat expectantly on the electric tricycle, turning the key.
"You guys lead the way. It’ll be dark in about an hour, and I need to get a preview of what our place looks like."
Thus, a drone led the way for Hua Yan. At first, she dared not ride too fast, as she always felt the tricycle might veer into a ditch. She was scared, so she drove slowly, not even paying attention to her surroundings. Whenever she t honest-looking villagers, she greeted them warmly. Though she didn’t quite understand their local dialect, she knew smiling was the right thing to do.
Because of the strong sea winds on the island, every household built their hos behind wind-blocking walls. The ho of the three sisters was situated at the foot of the mountain in a ’mansion.’ It’s called a ’mansion’ because their yard is super large, about the size of two basketball courts. One could see it from the elevated mountain road.
After following the cent-paved mountain path for a long ti, they finally stopped at the gate of the three sisters’ ho.
The wind-blocking walls were built with piles of mountain stones, with boulders of all sizes mixed together, looking solid.
Unlike the impoverished fishing village she had imagined, this family had a grand red gate. When the gate opened, there was a yard growing a variety of vegetables and fruits, including a vegetable greenhouse over ten ters long. Then she saw the red brick house of the three sisters. It was a single-story house, with the living room in the middle of the main house, flanked by bedrooms. There were one wing room on each side. The right one housed the kitchen and bathroom, and the left contained two guest rooms. In the corner were a woodshed and a utility room.
In the corner of the front yard were a chicken coop, cattle and sheep pen, and a pigsty, although currently only chickens were being fed; there were no pigs, cows, or sheep.
Between the vegetable plot and the house, there was a hand pump and a temporary stove for cooking on an Earth Pot. The so-called kitchen is actually a modern one, though it’s coal-fired.
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After taking a tour, Hua Yan looked at the crew with a grin, "Not bad, pretty good. I noticed there’s even a solar water heater."
"Even though the village has power equipnt, the electricity is unstable, and there is running water, but there’s frequent outages. Hence, there is a primitive hand pump in the courtyard. Whether you cook with coal balls or on the Earth Pot, as long as you’re self-sufficient, it’s all good. However, the owner has already planted vegetables in advance, so you’ll have to bear so labor costs. They can’t be taken freely; you’ll have to exchange labor for them."
Hua Yan grinned, was this the main point?
Sure enough, "There is an acre of land in front of the door left specifically for you to plant. Once the sisters arrive, you can discuss with them what to plant there. Once that piece is cultivated, you’ll be free to eat the yard’s vegetables and fruits!"
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