"It's not about taking up land; they're going to build an oceanarium." Zhao Yiyi smiled. "I had Ding Yangze bring you the news since he was passing by. Didn't you see him?"
"An oceanarium?" Zhang Zhilei was stunned. "What are they building an oceanarium for?"
"Song He said he wants to study some cephalopods—octopuses, squid, and the like—and have us prepare in advance. We're supposed to learn how to raise cephalopods so we can start raising them directly when the time comes," Zhao Yiyi explained.
"Raise Octopus Bro?" Zhang Zhilei asked in confusion.
"Maybe it's also for studying brains. I heard Octopus Bro is very intelligent, so I'm guessing Song He has another major project." Zhao Yiyi's deduction was well-founded. "Aren't we raising gorillas and monkeys to make Brain Spring?"
Seeing the adults chatting, the two Red-haired Gorillas across from them realized that the card game had temporarily ended. Each pulled a small zippered cloth pouch from beneath his butt.
These were their wallets. Each wallet had its owner's name written crookedly on it. The gorillas had written the names themselves with pens to prevent certain crafty members of their kind from stealing them.
Durian and Mango each grabbed the coins lying beside their legs, rattled them into their wallets, shook them twice, and zipped them up.
The Red-haired Gorillas nearby were converging on the tricycle, and Durian and Mango carried their wallets over as well.
"How much?" Durian asked.
"One yuan per pound," Ning Mo said as he took an electronic scale out of the cart bed.
Several Red-haired Gorillas immediately jumped onto the tricycle and rummaged through the pile of watermelons. They still couldn't tell whether a watermelon was tasty by tapping it and listening to the sound, but when it came to fruit, Red-haired Gorillas had their