Others try to survive on an island, I try to survive on a raft?

Chapter 150 The Differences Between Working People

Looking at Zhao Dezhu's easily satisfied face, Mu Qing swallowed back the words that were on the tip of her tongue.

She wanted to scold him for being short-sighted and think that this was why she could become a high-level executive in the original world, while Zhao Dezhu could only struggle at the bottom.

The most terrifying incurable disease is the mindset of the poor who lack long-term planning and only care about immediate comfort.

But she didn't say it.

Because she knew that discussing future strategies with a group of people who had just finished eating was like casting pearls before swine.

They don't understand, and they don't want to listen.

Just then, Zhao Dezhu reached out and patted Mu Qing's shoulder twice, saying politely, "Alright, Sister Mu, don't be so pessimistic. I know your concerns, but everyone is in high spirits right now, so don't dampen their spirits."

He turned and glanced at the group of people still celebrating, a hint of contempt in his eyes: "Those people are a bunch of idiots, they'll call you 'mother' if you give them a little milk. I'm different, I understand you. Your job is very important. Without you managing those detailed accounts, this mess would be even more chaotic."

"From now on, I'll be in charge of leading the team and keeping those idiots quiet. You, on the other hand, can focus on managing the warehouse and the accounts. If we work together, things will definitely go well."

"Please, Butler Maki."

After saying that, Zhao Dezhu laughed heartily, turned around and disappeared into the crowd to continue enjoying his moment of glory.

Mu Qing stood there, still feeling the sensation of Zhao Dezhu's pat on her shoulder.

She watched his retreating figure, a self-deprecating smile playing on her lips, then let out a soft sigh: "I will."

Since we can't change course, all we can do is try to repair this wrecked ship and pray that it sinks slowly.

Or, to put it another way, find a new ship.

As she watched the Ark sail away into the distance, some bold ideas began to form in her mind.

"A bumper harvest!"

The Ark remained anchored on the sea. After getting away from that island, Su Jin began to arrange for people to take a detailed account of the spoils.

The deck was almost completely filled with potatoes and sugarcane.

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These items were not put into the cabin, because putting them in would be a waste of time and effort to take them out later.

After all, these things need to be disposed of quickly, otherwise potatoes, for example, will sprout if left out, and then they won't be edible.

At this moment, Su Jin held a bare potato in his hand and examined it carefully.

It's called "Bald Potato" because it has no outer skin at all; what he's holding is a pale yellow, clean potato.

"Qiaoqiao, your ability is amazing! You can even peel potatoes. That saves so much trouble!"

He couldn't help but praise her, which made the young girl Shen Qiaoqiao very proud.

"That's right, there are even more outrageous ones, just watch!"

As she spoke, she picked up her prized forging hammer and gently tapped a pile of potatoes.

The next second, these potatoes with skins on instantly turned into bare potato flesh, and a small pile of potato skins appeared next to them.

"That's great! I thought I'd have to peel skin all day." Li Yuanyuan breathed a sigh of relief, as this saved her a lot of trouble.

Lin Xuan took a sugarcane and handed it to Shen Qiaoqiao: "Qiaoqiao, try to peel the sugarcane too."

"No problem!" A flash of white light appeared on Shen Qiaoqiao's hand, and the sugarcane peel disappeared instantly.

Su Jin nodded in satisfaction. He had thought there would be a lot of work to do today, but Shen Qiaoqiao had saved them a lot of tedious tasks.

Despite this, manpower is still insufficient, and he decided it was time to bring the three stranded crew members over.

The reason he didn't let Zhou Ping and the other two board the ship immediately was to give them a transition period, a period of freedom.

If he immediately let the three men board the ship, it would undoubtedly make them think that they had simply gone from working for a bandit to working for a pirate.

There's a problem called a psychological problem, and he didn't want to end up with three depressed, lazy crew members. He'd rather have three snobs from Mu Qing's crew.

However, after these few days of self-reliance, they should have emerged from the previous gloom and begun to embrace a new life.

"Let's go back first, unload everything, then pick up the people. In the next two days, try to process the food and then smelt all the iron ore into pig iron."

Before finding enough ironwood, it's time to enter the accumulation phase.

The Ark carved a white wave across the sea, first unloading the cargo of supplies back to the base on Forest Island, and then immediately heading towards the previously mentioned Kong Skull Island.

Two hours later, the familiar coastline came into view.

This time, however, the scene on the shore made Su Jin raise an eyebrow.

He originally thought the three of them would live in the gloomy stone castle ruins, since it was a ready-made shelter.

Unexpectedly, a decent-looking little wooden house was erected on a sunny slope a few hundred meters away from the ruins.

Although the cabin was small, it looked very sturdy, with a thick layer of dry thatch on the roof and a path paved with gravel in front of the door.

What surprised Su Jin even more was the empty space next to the wooden house.

There were neatly stacked piles of supplies there.

The most conspicuous thing is the huge steel and wood tree trunk, which has been cleaned of its branches and leaves and is now lying across the side of the wooden house.

Beside it were bundles of steel and wood branches that had been sorted and tied together, each bundle being roughly the same length and thickness, clearly indicating that care had been taken in their preparation.

Looking to the side, there was a simple enclosure surrounded by stones and wooden fences.

There was still some movement inside!

"Gurgle!"

Several pheasants were flapping around inside, and there were two small cubicles separated by wooden boards nearby. The faint bleating of lambs could be heard from there.

Even under the eaves of the wooden house, there were five or six huge bamboo baskets filled with white wild cotton, piled up like a small mountain.

This scene stunned not only Su Jin, but even Lin Xuan couldn't help but praise, "It seems they've been following Brother Su's instructions these past few days; they're quite nice people."

He's so damn honest!

Su Jin's task was to cut down trees, collect cotton, and look for steel and wood.

As it turned out, they not only found steel and wood, but they even cut down the tree and separated the branches.

The cotton was found and processed, and the livestock industry was also taken care of, leaving Su Jin with no complaints.

In contrast, Mu Qing's group of more than a dozen people hesitated to move even a few baskets of potatoes. When they received supplies, their first thought wasn't to work, but to exchange them for cigarettes and alcohol.

The difference is truly...

"This is what a top-tier worker looks like."

Su Jin looked at Zhou Xiaoxi, who was squatting by the chicken coop feeding the chickens, and couldn't help but sigh, "Some people's value is etched into their bones. You don't need to urge them; they just get moving on their own."

"Unlike some people, even if you whip them, they'll just spin around in front of you."

Judging from this, the three of them seem to be doing well these past few days.

They were even quite diligent in their work, failing to notice the Ark approaching.

So dedicated!

Su Jin brought the ship closer and shouted, "My dear crew members, your great captain has come to pick you up!"