This pirate only wants to farm.

Chapter 138 Bella's Little Thoughts

This year, the late autumn in the Calm Sea has become even colder, and it seems that winter is coming earlier than usual.

However, thanks to the increasingly cold weather, the annoying rainy season seems to have finally ended. Although we haven't seen sunny days yet, at least it's no longer so cold and damp.

Lynch stretched and walked out of the captain's cabin, where he saw Elizabeth carrying a huge water jug, watering the farmland while Wangcai obediently carried a cloth bag and poured fertilizer into the farmland behind her.

Elizabeth and Wangcai heard Lynch open the door and greeted him in unison, "Good morning, Captain!"

"squeak."

Lin Qi smiled and nodded: "Good morning."

Since collecting a large amount of bone meal, Elizabeth has been able to take a break for a while, without having to worry about running out of bone meal fertilizer.

However, in her spare time, Elizabeth would still sneak out to the bottom of the ship to steal a few thigh bones and grind them into bone powder. This wasn't because she was afraid of running out of bone powder; it was simply that Elizabeth felt something was missing from her daily life, and she always felt itchy if she didn't grind some bones.

Lynch merely twitched his lips and then let it go. Partly because the bone powder would eventually run out, and more importantly, because Felix and Sean were still urging Elizabeth to continue her bone-crushing spree.

Lynch thought about it and figured it wouldn't matter if the skeletons were missing a few bones, since they could grow back anyway, so he let Elizabeth do it. Elizabeth knew what she was doing.

"How are the crops growing? Is it harvest time today?"

After stretching, Lin Qi felt refreshed and immediately went to Elizabeth and the others, looking at his small farmland.

Elizabeth nodded decisively: "They're mostly ripe, but the rice is ripening later than you estimated, Captain. It looks like it will probably take another two or three days to fully ripen."

Even without Elizabeth's reminder, Lynch could tell on his own that the rice was growing much slower.

Lin Qi scratched his head helplessly: "As expected of the farmland of the Netherworld, it's a bit too much to ask of people to grow rice in this cold weather."

"Although it's not particularly cold yet, the ripening time has been delayed by a full four or five days."

Seeing Lin Qi's insatiable greed, Bella floated out of the cabin, holding a crystal ball: "Although I was once the saintess of the Ocean Temple, it doesn't mean I don't understand what farming is all about."

"It's only a few days' delay. Don't you know how cold it is right now? In this kind of weather, the fact that crops can be grown is just amazing. Rice that can mature in just over 20 days—if word got out, I guarantee all the lords in the world would go crazy over it."

In fact, let alone rice that can mature in just over 20 days, even rice with a normal growth cycle, being able to grow in such cold weather would be enough to drive any farmer crazy.

Lin Qi clicked his tongue and glanced at Bella: "Of course I know that, but our situation on the Underworld is different. The winters in the Windless Sea are quite cold. If we waste all our time planting rice, I might as well use this whole field to grow breadfruit."

"Although breadfruit is also affected by the cold weather, it is not as severe as rice, although the yield will be reduced somewhat."

Lynch has been growing breadfruit for some time now, so he has some understanding of the crop's habits.

Bella remained half-dead; if she weren't holding the crystal ball, she might have been blown away by a gust of wind at any moment. "So, if we're not using it to grow rice, what do you plan to do with this whole field?"

Without the slightest hesitation, Lin Qi replied, "Of course, we'll continue to find some interesting crops and magical items to synthesize and see if we can create something new."

"Currently, we don't have to worry about food, but I want to grow some other things. I didn't feel anything before, but now I realize that we have far too little to use."

At best, the Hades has only solved the problem of food, not to mention the many pirates that will soon be under its command.

After Lin Qi finished speaking, he wanted to see Bella's reaction, but found that Bella had already floated into the cabin with the crystal ball at some point.

This left Lin Qi completely baffled: "What's wrong with this ghost?"

Elizabeth, who had just finished watering the plants, chuckled: "Bella's just a little shy right now. Even though she's joined our Underworld, Captain, you haven't fully accepted her yet, and she wants to find an opportunity to pledge her allegiance to you. But you know her personality; she's always so awkward."

During this time, Elizabeth spent a lot of time with Bella. Since Bella's soul was recovered, her consciousness was no longer as chaotic as before. In addition, Elizabeth was usually very easygoing, so the two of them, one human and one ghost, got along quite well.

Especially after Bella lost her half-skeletal appearance, the two became so close that they could talk about anything.

So Elizabeth knew exactly what Bella was thinking.

Even if Elizabeth didn't say anything, Lynch could sense that Bella had been really eager to help him lately. However, this sharp-tongued ghost was hesitant to ask for help, and since the ship didn't need a ghost to do much, Bella's current position was quite awkward.

Lynch also knew that Bella was a magician, but recently he had only seen her use the Water Purification spell.

Lynch had always thought of himself as a magician, after all, he possessed so many strange and wonderful spells. But after being reminded by Elizabeth and Bella one after another, he finally realized that he wasn't the legendary world-destroying magician he was supposed to be.

In any case, the few spells he possessed didn't seem like things that could be learned through normal means.

As for what kind of spellcasting profession he actually is, only God knows.

Fortunately, because Lynch was the captain of the Underworld and was a living dead, no one asked him how he learned these spells. Even the crazy Bella stopped asking after her initial surprise.

Lynch thought about Bella's recent dramatic behavior: "That makes sense. Ever since Sera dumped this guy on me, I don't think I've had a proper, open conversation with her yet."

Elizabeth blinked, "It's not just that we haven't had a proper chat, Captain, you haven't even publicly recruited her."

"Although pirate recruitment ceremonies have never been very elaborate, for anyone on any ship, swearing allegiance to the captain in the presence of all the crew members is a necessary step. Otherwise, no matter how long you stay on the ship, you will never be a member of the crew."

"This applies to both pirates and the navy."

Elizabeth was clearly more familiar with these strange rules of the sea. Lynch thought about it for a moment and realized that this seemed to be true. Both Elizabeth and the skeletons on the mast had undergone an allegiance ceremony and were quickly accepted by everyone.

On the contrary, since Bella boarded the ship, the only person she could truly open up to was Elizabeth.

Let alone Second Officer Felix and Sean, even the ordinary six skeleton sailors never took Bella seriously. They didn't even interact with each other, let alone greet each other at mealtimes.

Lin Qi clicked his tongue: "I see. Then after you're done with today, have Bella come see me. I'll recruit her as a member of our Netherworld in front of everyone."

Elizabeth jumped up happily: "Hooray! Our Hades finally has a new crew member!"

Seeing Elizabeth's silly grin, Lynch shook his head helplessly: "Weren't you quite afraid of undead creatures before? How come you're so close to a ghost now?"

Elizabeth grinned. "That was when I was afraid. I'm not afraid anymore."

Lin Qi's expression suddenly turned somewhat strange, and he twitched his lips: "Then you'd better remember what you just said."

Elizabeth paused. "Captain, what do you mean by that?"

Lin Qi gave a strange laugh: "It doesn't mean anything. You'll find out when the time comes."

"Alright, let's not think about those messy things now. Let's take advantage of the good weather today and harvest all the ripe crops first."

Elizabeth nodded happily, and then, as Lynch turned around, she secretly turned back, gave a thumbs-up to Bella, who was peeking out of the cabin, and then showed her white teeth.

Get it!

Bella gave Elizabeth a thumbs-up, and before Lynch could notice, she quickly slipped back into the cabin. Then, holding a crystal ball in one hand, she produced a huge scythe from somewhere with the other and floated out.

"Captain, is the pearl rice ripe? Leave it to me, I'm a pro at harvesting."

Of course, Lynch would never let anyone else interfere with the harvesting of crops. At most, he could get Elizabeth to help, which would be the limit for him.

Seeing the storage room once again crammed full, Lin Qi clapped his hands in satisfaction: "Sure enough, every time I see the storage room filled with grain, I feel inexplicably at ease."

Elizabeth, standing to the side with her arms crossed, nodded in deep agreement: "Indeed, with these supplies, I feel much more confident no matter where I go next."

But then Elizabeth sighed, "Unfortunately, old Tony will be arriving soon, and then we'll have to empty out a lot of our storage rooms."

Elizabeth used to have no worries about food and clothing, but since arriving at the Windless Sea and aboard the Hades, she has gradually discovered that food is more important than any gold or treasure in such a place.

Lin Qi scratched his temples, looking a bit annoyed, but he quickly composed himself and said, "In order for Old Tony to gather everyone quickly, this expenditure of food is an essential step. However, it won't be so simple for them to take supplies from me unconditionally."

"Let's talk about these things later. Anyway, after we hand over the island to old Tony this time, it will sink to the bottom of the sea. Then we can continue to plunder those ships and expand the farmland on the Hades first."

Lynch patted Elizabeth on the shoulder, and after Elizabeth finished taking inventory, the two left the cabin one after the other. However, before they could return to the upper deck, they saw Broom Star Fate carrying a wooden water pipe, which, under Wangcai's direction, was placed on the wall of the ship and held high.

"Is the First Mate Wangcai placed here?"

"Squeak!"

"Okay, then I'll lower it a little more."

"squeak."

Fate loosened his grip on the wooden pipe and, at Wangcai's command, pressed it against the wall. Suddenly, cracks appeared in the cabin wall, as if all the wooden planks had broken, jamming the entire wooden pipe.

Fate tentatively loosened her grip to make sure the wooden pipe wouldn't fall before moving to the other side. She made sure the pipe and the other piece of wood overlapped, carefully adjusted their positions, and then ran down, stepping onto a wooden table to reach the other end of the pipe. Using a wooden mallet covered with scraps of cloth, she slowly tapped the wooden pipe and the joint together.

Fate was unusually calm, even a little delighted. Although he knew he could never become a crew member of the Hades, it didn't prevent his experience on this ship from becoming the capital he would use to rule the Black Tuna in the future.

Although Fate, the jinx, was once just a carpenter, that doesn't mean he had poor taste.

He knew very well that as long as he could return to the Black Tuna alive this time, even without old Tony's help, he could easily regain the captain's position based on this experience.

Fate used to never want to tell his crew that he was just a carpenter. But now, Fate can proudly declare to everyone that he is a carpenter.

What's wrong with carpenters? What carpenter in the world could have worked on a ghost ship?

The thought of this made Fate feel excited and eager to finish all her work so she could find other carpentry jobs to do on this ghost ship.

Fate swore that from this day forward, he would be a loyal follower of the Hades!

As long as he could follow this ghost ship, Fate believed that his ambitions would no longer be just a dream.

Just as Fate was working enthusiastically, she suddenly heard footsteps behind her. When Fate turned around, she found the ghost captain standing curiously behind her.

"Is the water pipe already connected?"

Fate quickly put down the hammer and bowed respectfully to Lynch: "Great Captain, the wooden pipes you requested are almost all connected. Only this last pipe connecting to the lower deck remains, and then everything will be finished."

"As you requested, the kitchen and your room have already been connected to water pipes. Shall I show you around once I'm done with my work?"