After soothing the flock of geese, Lu Ao went home. Song Zhou was busy with work and did not come over that night.
That evening, Lin Man Zhang posted information on several fishing boats in the group chat, and everyone picked a large fishing boat fifteen meters long.
Lin Qi Yan saw it in the group chat and popped up to say that he wanted to go too. He would share the costs with everyone when the time came.
No one objected.
This trip out to sea became a six-person expedition: Lu Ao, Lin Qi Yan, Lin Man Zhang, and their four-man fishing group.
Everyone discussed the specific route for the voyage in the group chat for a while, then settled on the time and what they needed to bring.
There were no problems on Lu Ao's end.
The vegetables and melons in his fields were basically fully grown. When the time came, he could simply open the irrigation channels and flood the fields for five or six days. It would be fine to tend to them after he returned home.
He could ask Song Zhou to keep a slight eye on the geese.
There was nothing else left to do.
After going over everything in his mind, Lu Ao soon fell asleep.
The next day, after finishing his fishing, he carried a bucket of chopped fish and vegetables to feed the geese.
When he arrived, the flock was resting in the middle stretch of the river.
At the sight of him, the geese honked and rushed over again.
Lu Ao poured the goose feed onto the ground, but the flock was not particularly eager.
Lu Ao was somewhat puzzled.
He casually grabbed a goose and gently squeezed its crop.
The goose gave a honk and struggled in his hands.