Returning to the table a moment later, Mosilaire sat down across from Bender, who was looking down at his arms on the table, like a child who had made a mistake and was quietly waiting for his parents to deal with it.

So she grabbed her glass and rubbed her fingers against the smooth, neat walls, as if thinking about something.

If Mr. Banderier in front of Mosilele is indeed Mr. Bander, in Little Red Riding Hood's mouth, then this unattractive gentleman has really done something admirable.

Miss Mosilaire propped her head in her other hand so that she could concentrate on her thoughts—her brow furrowed and furrowed.

Bender, who sat across from her, quietly watched the tangled look on the kind young lady's face, and his own heart was beating up and down for her lovely frown.

It wasn't that he had fallen in love with the kind young lady in front of him—oh, he didn't mean that the gentle and lovely Miss Mosilaire wasn't attractive, but he already had children and a wife—and he was now only concerned with whether he could join this mysterious, but very kind, place.

If—if there was a peaceful smile on her little face at the end, Bender would have thought it was a joke.

Mosilaire's right index finger rubbing the wall of the cup can clearly feel the mild, comfortable heat of the boiling water, which is no longer hot, but still slightly warm, through the ceramic.

And it was this soft warmth that came through her fingers to make the final decision for her—this stubborn lady who had not been converted by the selfish and mean "friends" she had been in contact with, had always been willing to lend a helping hand to those who were in trouble.

Clearly, Mosilaire possessed a simple and kind heart that no gentleman or lady of her class would have—the brightest and most touching thing about this independent, brave young lady—and perhaps the most important reason why Bender finally decided to join the marginal colony.

"Ahem......" Mosilaire coughed lightly twice, trying to catch Bender's attention and allow him to look up at himself.

And what Bender saw was a peaceful, gentle smile on her face.

"Is it okay to call you Mr. Bander, then?" Mosilaire, who received an affirmative response, continued, "What professional skills or expertise do you have? ”

"Skills?" Bender, who was overjoyed, stabilized his excitement and thought about it seriously, "I know some carpentry and welding work, although I am not a master, but I can also say that I am skilled." - When I was still taking over the job, I had a number of regular customers, and they all complimented me on my skills. ”

"Really?" Mosilaire's watery eyes almost lit up, and she looked even happier and more excited than Bender—if it weren't for the presence of Mr. Bender, she might well have jumped out of her chair with joy.

Thankfully, there is finally hope for a repair of the colony's water system!

Of course, Mosilaire had to ask her two companions for their opinions first—oh, almost forgetting the cutest little colonists in our colony, Peanut, then it should be three—and Old Knife and Winnie agreed, and were happy to see the fringe colonies grow bigger and prosper, and even Peanut, who had always been lazy, meowed in agreement.

The team's leader, Mr. Ludon, or now the wolf killer, Ludon - that's the new nickname the big guy gave him, and he seems to like it himself.

When Mosilele told Mr. Luden, who was already sitting on a Humvee, about Bender's request to join the fringe colony, he did not hesitate to promise it—in fact, he wished that a few fewer people would share the prize money from the errand—and so did the others.

I just don't know if he will beat his chest for the huge prize he missed when he finds out that this familiar Mr. Bandelier is the most wanted criminal in Gathering Area Three.

Except for Little Red Riding Hood and the unlucky ones who had spoken so much to Bende, almost no one noticed that they were missing such a companion.

The convoy of gathering places carrying valuable hydroponic manufacturing blueprints, blueprints, and sufficient hydroponic fluids disappeared from Mosile's sight for a long time before she left the roof and began to carefully count and inspect the goods that had been delivered.

In addition to the remaining more than forty catties of grain that had been checked last night, there were also a few pieces of precision parts that Mosilaire had repeatedly emphasized in his newsletter that he wanted to give priority to the manufacturing of the gathering place.

These parts will play a key role in the next round of repair and rehabilitation.

There were also seeds for the high-yielding crops that the colonies needed most,—— small burlap bags containing seeds for potatoes, corn, rice, cotton, and soybeans.

It's too late to plant corn, cotton, and soybeans now, because according to Winnie and Lao Dao, this area will usher in a long winter in three and a half months, and the intact soil cultivation boxes in the base have been planted with various plants, and the large use of hydroponic tanks will sharply increase the pressure on the power grid, so Mosilaire thought about it and finally decided to re-clean some of the indoor planting greenhouses in the main body in recent days to prevent all the crops from freezing to death when winter comes—as for the sweet potatoes in the planting area outside the base, They have been growing for more than a week and should be able to accumulate a lot of sugar and starch in time for the very cold spell.

In two weeks' time, the next crop of green vegetables will be harvested again, and it seems that the demand for vegetable supplies in the colony, at least for now, will be fully satisfied.

The fast-growing rice that will grow in the high-grade cultivation liquid will need to fill the one-and-a-half-long food gap between the colonists and the first batch of clay cultivation boxes until the sweet potatoes are ripe after eating the current grain storage.

- Fast-growing rice is a kind of genetically modified rice that was bred by artificial intervention hundreds of years ago with a very short growth cycle but a significant decrease in yield, which was designed by the Ministry of Science to meet the short-term food needs of the colonists, and was spread to many star fields with the colonial boom set off after the unification of the empire.

After calculating, Mosilaire plans to use the ten columns of advanced hydroponics that have been repaired to grow this fast-growing rice, if the advanced hydroponic liquid is used again, the base is expected to harvest about 200 catties of rice in a month, and there will be about 170 catties of edible rice after leaving the seeds and hulling, which is barely enough for everyone to eat for more than a month.

But these advanced hydroponic tanks consume a lot of electricity when they work, and if they can't meet the huge demand for electricity, the plants in the hydroponic tanks will die quickly, leaving a muddy and disgusting biological sludge in the hydroponic nutrient solution.

With a power of about 200 watts for one row of advanced hydroponic tanks and 2,000 watts for ten columns, Mosilere decided to carry out a second round of restoration work on the power generation facilities in the base.

She plans to repair two more solar generators and two more wind turbines, and if nothing else, the site will have four working solar generators and two wind turbines – wind turbines that can't generate as much power as solar generators in this mild season, but the forward-thinking Mossilaire decided to do so in light of the snowstorms and cold winters that would soon come.

In the cold and snowy winter, the direct rays of the sun will be greatly refracted and attenuated by clouds and snowflakes, and the normal operation of the base power grid will probably only rely on wind turbines.

In addition to the fast-growing rice cultivation program, Moschelaire plans to grow more potatoes and soybeans in the indoor greenhouses that will be cleared out – potatoes are a great food to satisfy hunger and give you a good feeling of satiety when eaten, and soybeans, which are rich in plant protein, in addition to oil extraction, and perhaps used to make processed foods such as soy milk and tofu - which are also used by Moschelaire, a chef who makes good use of all kinds of ingredients, to enrich her and her friends' dietary menus and satisfy their cravings.

There is also some cotton to be planted, and these soft, comfortable padding will make a huge difference in the coming cold winter months – especially if you are still short of the necessary bedding and cotton clothes for autumn and winter.

After Bender officially joined the fringe colony, Mosilaire reintroduced him to Old Knife, Winnie, and the cat Peanut, and then assigned him a room, and after thinking about it, Bender chose a large room he liked, near the middle of the hallway - of course, he still had to clean up the messy clutter and garbage inside, after all, Bender was not as badly injured as the old knife before him.

After a brief adaptation and a half-day rest, Bender agreed to Mosilele's request and began building wooden beds for the colonists—until then, Mosilel, Winnie, and Knife had to sleep on the unorthodox mats as usual. - Although the mattress stitched by Mosilaire is ugly, it is surprisingly comfortable and smooth to the touch, and sometimes even reminds the old knife leaning on it of the warmth and peace he would experience when he leaned on his wife, Martha.

Although Mr. Lao Dao divorced Ms. Martha a few years ago.

Because of his stubborn belief that his life should be devoted to the science he loved, he gradually snubbed his wife for a few years after his marriage—but if he could be given a chance, he would have begged for Madame Martha's forgiveness and had a grand wedding for her, so that the love of his life, who had been silently with him for more than ten years, could return to him—oh, Mr. Knife seemed to have forgotten that he had a son.

Bender spent a long time picking and choosing through the warehouses where the timber was stacked, and he managed to find some suitable ones for furniture and bed stools from the piles of wood of varying quality. Unfortunately, this little bit of wood doesn't seem to be enough to make four beds.

It seems that Miss Mosilaire is also not good at things—especially since many of the woods she had collected before were of inferior quality, and they were barely enough to make a fire—and even if they were carefully processed, they could only be used to make simple pieces of furniture.

And don't expect the quality – it might be reliable to make some stools or coat racks, but if you force a bed out of these very tough woods, you're likely to have to roll to the ground along with the broken slats in your dreams.

So after consulting with Mosilaire, Old Knife, and Winnie, they decided to make three wooden beds first.

Winnie still wanted to sleep with Mosilaire as usual,—— of course Mosilaire knew that such a pampering would be detrimental to Winnie's independent growth, but there was no choice for the time being, unless someone still wanted to sleep on the simple mat of the barn - even if it was really comfortable to lie on, it would not be too bad for a regular, soon-to-be-strong colony.

As for the restoration of the water and sewerage systems in the colony, Mossilaire considered that it would be a huge project, especially since there was only one colonist in the colony who could weld the process, and finally decided to temporarily slow down the work requirements in this area, and let Bender give priority to the manufacture of all kinds of necessary and simple furniture and the preparation of the pipes to be used in the repair of the water supply and sewerage systems.

Some important processing equipment, Mosilaire, will be repaired in the next few days with special parts sent from the Gathering, and if all goes well, the colony will soon have the ability to crudely machine steel and make improvised weapons and equipment - of course, the blueprints of various weapons and equipment that the old knife can provide through analysis and literature are also the most important.