Chapter 549 Black-Hearted Boss
The landscape of Bica Island is roughly the same as that of Angel Island, and the architectural style is also very similar. It also has the technology to process island clouds and uses island clouds as the main material for construction.
However, judging from the shops and pedestrians on Bika Central Street, this island should not be as prosperous as Angel Island - after all, Angel Island occupies half of Gaya Island.
Because explaining the mission to the flag monsters was delayed for a while, when Zhang Daye and Ye Yan arrived at the central street, Rui Mengmeng was already pushing a cart to transport fruits to Amber. There were several cars following behind, which were people sent by the fruit shop to help with the transportation.
Since Rui Mengmeng bought all the fruits in their stores at once and emptied the warehouse, these bosses smiled and gave her a preferential price and sent people to help with transportation.
Misaka's bargaining skills were of no use for the time being. She claimed that she was feeling depressed, but she kept staring at the goods in various shops as she walked down the street.
At this time, Shark Chili was following Altria and Tom to push a rented flatbed cart to buy goods.
Zhang Dayu also discussed with Ye Yan and decided to postpone setting up the stall for the time being. He also joined the shopping team and would wait before putting up a sign to buy at a high price.
Everyone bought up most of the fruits on the island in one day. The food warehouse of the Amber was full, and many of them had to be piled on the deck or even on the shore.
Zhang Da was also staring at the mountain of fruit on the shore in a daze: "Did I go too far?"
Shark Chili said: "You should be thankful that this island is not large, and it is not an island rich in fruit."
Zhang Da also imagined how difficult it would be to buy out all the fruit on an island rich in fruit, and nodded in agreement: "That's true... Ah, there's another truck over there."
This time it was the curious Misaka who was pushing the cart, Rui Mengmeng and Altria were watching on the side, and Tom was lying on the pile of fruits, holding two apricot-like fruits on a plate in his hands.
Rui Mengmeng said: "Boss, this is the last car today, the others are closed."
Some of them have closed their stalls because they have sold out their fruits, while others have closed their stalls and gone home after dark. If you want to buy something, you will have to wait until tomorrow.
Misaka sister parked the car, raised one arm to wipe the sweat off her face, and said softly:
"This time, Misaka used a trick to shave an extra 5% off the price of the fruit, and she delivered it herself. Beep~ Misaka inadvertently boasted about her own contribution and pretended not to want the praise."
This unintentional boasting was so seamless that Zhang Da also laughed and said, "Misaka is amazing."
"It's not a big deal. Beep~ Misaka hid her inner joy."
"We're back!"
On the other side, Perona, Vivi, Kalu, Wendy, Xia Lulu and Uncle Long rushed back, each carrying a large backpack.
Uncle Long was fine, but the little girls' backpacks were almost taller than them. Fortunately, they hadn't fallen behind in their exercise, otherwise they might not have been able to carry the backpacks back.
Zhang Da also nodded with satisfaction. My daughter has grown up. She is as strong as a mountain and as powerful as the world.
"Welcome back, and... get ready to work!"
Starting work means sorting the fruits. All fruits need to be carefully checked to make sure they do not have the spiral patterns or other obvious features unique to devil fruits. The most troublesome thing is that many of the fruits on Sky Island are strangely shaped, which seriously slows down the progress.
After sorting, sort the fruits into categories. Store the fruits that are easy to store first, and eat the fruits that are difficult to store as soon as possible.
So today's dinner became a fruit platter, fruit cake, fruit pie and various juices, with meat as a side dish.
After dinner, everyone had to follow Tom's instructions and make fresh fruits into easy-to-preserve preserves, jams, canned foods, etc.
During this period, Shark Chili was so anxious that he activated the super transformation form. The processing speed was so fast that one person could replace seven or eight people. It was a pity that the transformation time was limited.
After everyone worked hard, they finally cleared out all the fruits outside the warehouse.
"Ah, I'm so tired..." Uncle Long lay down on the deck, "I never thought that an archaeologist like me could get involved in the food processing industry."
Ye Yan said, "So this is considered overtime, so we should get overtime pay."
"You wish." Zhang Da also argued, "Our main business is actually running a tavern, and processing the ingredients is part of our job."
"So we run a pub!" Ye Yan acted as if he had suddenly realized something, then asked, "Excuse me, pub owner, how many deals have you made since you went out to sea?"
"You know there's no business, why don't you go find some work?" Zhang Da also turned into a black-hearted boss. "The bar's poor business must be because the employees don't work overtime!"
"Complain, I want to complain!"
After some laughter and joking, everyone took a rest.
The purchasing work was much easier the next day. After all, so many stores were cleared out, and they couldn't just create fruit out of thin air.
Occasionally, a few shops with their own orchards would be able to restock their stock, but it would quickly clear out. Before leaving, Rui Mengmeng left a message, saying that if there was any fruit left, please feel free to send it to the bay outside the town.
This way, there would be fewer people needed for purchasing. Only one Shark Chili would be put up for purchase, Rui Mengmeng and Misaka would go from street to street looking for small fruit stalls, and everyone else would go to the woods to pick wild fruits.
It was only after Zhang Da sneaked into the picking group that he learned how the little girls worked.
The main force in picking fruits is Vivi and Wendy. After finding the right fruit trees, one uses 'Lightweight Sand Storm' and the other uses 'Tianlong's Wave Wind'.
The ripe fruits on the tree will fall off the branches immediately when blown by a hurricane or tornado, while the unripe fruits will just sway slightly with the force controlled very precisely.
Then Xia Lulu and Perona will float in the air and catch fruits with a basket on their backs, as if they are playing a game. However, they have to catch as many fruits as possible while being careful not to get hit on the head.
Uncle Long and Kalu are responsible for picking up the fruits that fall to the ground. The ground here is covered with island clouds, so they will not break if they fall.
"Professional!" Zhang Da also gave a thumbs up. At the same time, he was thinking about how he could play like them, doing the work and exercising his abilities. Did he need to set off an electric tree?
While he was daydreaming, Tom had already taken action. He hugged a tree and shook it hard - God knows how he shook the tree when he had all four feet wrapped around the trunk and couldn't hold on.
In short, the result was that Tom was hit on the head by the fruits and fell down, and then as if in revenge, each fruit hit his head accurately, burying him completely when Tom was dizzy.
When Zhang Da dug out Tom, he also found his own position. He just had to help Tom. It was not his turn to do such a fun thing as picking fruits.
