Just as Zhang Ming was enjoying his seafood hot pot, Little White suddenly crawled over. "Awoo!"
(The pelican said she had found a coral reef.)
"Really? Take me there!"
The pelican proudly declared that they were partners, not master and servant. He couldn't order her around!
"Fine, fine. Here's a fish. Please, Madam Pelican, would you show me the way?" Zhang Ming picked up a dried fish from the cabin and tossed it gently.
The pelican caught it in her beak and swallowed it. Only then did she flap her wings contentedly and take to the air to guide him.
About half an hour later, they reached the coral reef.
The reef wasn't large, covering roughly a hundred square meters.
Its highest point rose only about a meter above sea level. When the tide came in at night, the reef would be submerged.
Still, it was enough for repairing the boat.
Once Zhang Ming had planted his feet on the reef, he gave a "Heave!" and lifted the bottom of the wooden boat with both hands. He ducked underneath, slowly found the sailboat's center of gravity, then pushed upward with his back, hoisting the entire boat onto it by sheer force.
Then, swaying from side to side, he slowly walked up onto the reef.
The pelican standing on the reef was stunned and couldn't help letting out several squawks.
She knew Zhang Ming was much stronger than her, but she had never imagined he could carry this entire wooden boat all by himself... Just how heavy was that boat?
Little White climbed onto her head and offered some reassurance. "Awoo! (I told you, the boat's owner is really strong.)"
The pelican's gaze sharpened as she glanced at the tuft of golden feathers on her neck. "Squawk, squawk, squawk! (In all