The time to get together is always too short, two days passed in the blink of an eye.
Before they left this time, Zhou Yan prepared a lot of dried food from home, what kind of bacon and sausage, dried tofu and eggplant skin, and packed some of each, intended as a gift to Ji Yan in return.
Ye Yuanrong also picked up a jar of salted eggs for him, making sure that every one of them is oily.
Someone from the village asked if they could get some more fish and prawns from Baiyin Lake, but Zhou Yan and Lu Baichuan refused.
On the morning of their departure, Zhou Yan and Lu Baichuan declined Liu Yue's invitation to have breakfast with them, leaving the three of them alone for the last few moments before their departure.
As usual, Zhou Yan had brought some extra food that was in short supply at the Silver Lake base, which should be enough for them to get everything they wanted.
Their things were already put on the ship last night, so after dinner, they went to Lu Xing-an's house to get his things.
Before leaving, Lu Xing-an reluctantly walked around the house again, as if he wanted to memorize every detail, so Chen Chen followed behind him, not talking but just following him step by step.
When Lu Xinglian came back, apart from two bags of stuff and a pile of toys, he only had one bag of clothes and some prepared food that Liu Yue was going to give him. Because Zhou Yan had told them before that they would be eating with them for a few days on the ship, there was no need to prepare the ship's food.
With such a few things, Zhou Yan easily carried and went forward, and Lu Xinglian saw behind him that he had already helped himself to the luggage, and after thinking about it, he bent down and picked up Dawn with one hand to follow them.
Liu Yue saw the situation and even stopped him: "You let him walk by himself, don't pull the wound."
Lu Xinglian shook his head and said, "It's not a problem."
She said and jolted Morningside upwards.
Morn, who was usually extremely sensible, didn't speak at this time, but moved his body and hugged Lu Xinglian's neck, burying his face in his neck and rubbing against it.
Lu Xinglian, however, seemed to be rubbed by him to the point that his heart was melting.
The group walked to the dock in silence, Zhou Yan and put their things into the cabin and then came out to say goodbye to Ye Yuanrong and Lu Jianguo, because of the experience of the last time, the two old people were not so worried, just instructed them to pay attention to safety on the road, eat on time and other routine issues.
Chen Chen, however, was unwilling to let go even after being put down by Lu Xinglian, tugging on Lu Xinglian's corner of his coat, and asked with eyes wide open, "Daddy, when will you come back to see me next?"
Lu Xinglian was bursting with guilt at his question and thought, "When the sentence on that orange tree in front of the door is ripe, daddy will come back to see you."
The morning was full of promise, "Okay, then daddy can't lie to me oh."
After saying that, she stretched out her little finger, indicating that she wanted to pull a tick to confirm.
Naturally, Lu Xinglian reached out and pulled the tick with him, then hugged him again, stood up and saw Willow Moon beside him, so he hugged Willow Moon as well, then turned around and boarded the boat with a fierce heart, just in case he couldn't leave if he lingered any longer.
The morning walked a few steps, wanted to follow, but was held by Liu Yue, finally did not hold back, tears brushed to stay, mouth also cried out daddy, daddy's.
The other two were very happy to see you, but they had no choice but to hurry up and set sail.
After the boat had sailed for some distance, the people on the shore still hadn't left, and Lu Xinglian was also standing at the stern of the boat looking fixedly at the pier. Zhou Yan sighed silently.
Until the boat followed the river around the corner, no longer see the dock, so Lu Baichuan called Lu Xinglian, who was staring at the stern of the boat, to the cockpit, so that he could learn how to drive the boat, it's not easy to do something without thinking.
He had been driving so many boats in Silver Lake, and Zhou Yan just explained to him once which one was working, and he got started very quickly, but he was always a little distracted.
However, Zhou Yan and Lu Bachuan didn't care so much, and directly acted as shirkers, letting Lu Xinglian drive the boat in the cockpit, and the two of them went down to sort things out, anyway, this kind of boat, even if they bumped a little in the river, there wouldn't be too serious consequences.
Because Lu Xinglian had to avoid food, so the food Ye Yuanrong had prepared for them for a few days on the boat was mainly light, but he was afraid that Zhou Yan and Lu Baichuan were not used to eating it, so he brought them an extra bottle of tofu milk.
After lunch, Zhou Yan and Lu Baichuan let Lu Xinglian take a lunch break in the cabin while they went up to sail the ship. Lu Xing-an was already a bit energetic after his injury, so after driving the boat all morning with one hand, he was naturally a bit tired, so he didn't put it off, as he needed to rest more to help his body recover.
In the evening, the boat continued to stop at the deep pond where Zhou Yan and the others had spent the night last time, and the gang from C City no longer had to worry about encountering robbers since they had already been dealt with by Lu Xinglian and his men.
There was no hurry to rest after the meal, so the three of them chatted with each other, Lu Xingdian suddenly thought of something and asked, "I said before that after the snow melts in the north, we will start cleaning up zombies on a large scale, I wonder if you guys are interested in joining us." After a pause, he added, "Otherwise, with your skills, it feels like a waste."
When Lu Xinglian went back for a trip, Zhou Yan and Lu Bachuan didn't feel like they could hide their skills from him, not to mention that they were still teaching the martial arts in the morning. It's just that when he said it so generously, the two of them were more likely to accept it, but they wouldn't agree so easily, just saying, "Let's talk about it then, we won't be too far away from the village, or we won't feel comfortable with our parents in the village."
Lu Xingli nodded, "Okay, let me know when you guys have decided, and I'll arrange a team for you."
This ungodly fighting power of the two of them, if someone who wasn't one of their own and who could keep his mouth shut about things knew about it, it would definitely cause trouble, but Lu Xinglian was confident that he could handle this aspect of the problem, and the people he found to work with the two of them all had an idea in mind.
Zhou Yan and Lu Bachuan were also worried about this problem, rather than working with outsiders and having to hide their skills, why not the two of them act alone and deal with the zombies as usual, without worrying that their abilities would be exposed, thus causing trouble.
The three of them also arrived at Silver Lake in the evening, the few days Lu Xinglian had been resting, even though there were people to help him deal with some matters, the ones that he needed to personally go through were already piled up, so as soon as the boat docked, they started to go deal with their work, not caring if they were suffering from injuries or not.
Seeing that there was still some time before dark, Zhou Yan sorted out all the things he wanted to give to Ji Yan, intending to send them over to him, and conversely he had already been there once and could find the place.
Not to mention how surprised Ji Yan was to see him, even Ji Yan's mother had been wanting to keep Zhou Yan at home to finish his meal.
It was just that Zhou Yan remembered that Lu Bachuan was still waiting on the ship, so naturally it was impossible to eat, so Ji Yan's mom divided the ingredients for dinner into fish for Zhou Yan to bring back, and took a few handfuls of wild vegetables.
No matter what kind of fish it was, Zhou Yan never got tired of eating it, so he naturally took it.
There were no fresh vegetables in the ground this season, so everyone either ate the dried vegetables they had stored the previous year, or they went to the ground to look for wild vegetables to taste the freshness.
Ji Yan's mother, on the other hand, gave them fresh vegetables, and also all of them were rare for them to eat once in all these years, so naturally they liked them.
The next day Zhou Yan went to ask around to see if there was anything fresh to change in the base, only to find out that toothpaste shampoo is also available in the base, just because the price is not cheap, so not many people change, but Zhou Yan and Lu Bachuan or every kind of change, although they still have a lot of these things in their own space, can't use the exchange here, just past the village people are sure to use it, when the time comes to even out. They just are, and they make a little difference!
The main purpose of their visit was to send Lu Xinglian away, and the exchange was only incidental. The next day, after the two of them had exchanged all the food they had brought for what they needed, they planned to return.
Before they left, Lu Xinglian sent a few large barrels of diesel fuel, which the two of them naturally accepted happily.
When he was almost home, Zhou Yan brought out the motorboat he had previously counter-robbed and tied it to the stern with the intention of bringing it back with him, and Lu Bachuan asked at the sight of it, "Why are you thinking of taking it out?"
Zhou Yan: "Didn't you say you were going to start cleaning up the zombies? Before they come over here, let's take this boat to town from now on, it won't hold much, but it's much faster if it just carries us back and forth, it will save a lot of time."
It wasn't just to save time, the boat they were currently driving was like a trampoline compared to a motorboat, it was simply a no brainer which one they would choose.
Lu Baichuan responded without any doubt, "It's good that you like it!"
Zhou Yan thought, of course I like it! If I didn't like it, why did I take it back?