A night of merriment

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I'm pretty tired today considering the fact that I spent the night at the farm yesterday. My phone's charging port was having issues last night, so I had to go out in the morning to get it fixed.

If you read my previous article (A flurry of activities at the farm), you will recall that I was expecting some money from chippercash, and it all arrived last night, including the ones that failed before (Karen and Jennifer).

I used part of that money from chippercash to fix my phone today. I wasn't happy about it because I already planned to spoil myself with some of the money, and then use the rest to register for my course.

I think it's time I actually changed my phone, it has served its master well. I told my brother that I will use the money from readcash to purchase a new phone, no matter how long it takes. I'm gonna put in the work to make sure I earn enough to buy a good phone.

But enough of me bitching about my phone and chippercash, let's go straight to the main event 😉

Pre-launch to a fun night

If you haven't read the first part of this article, read it here.

After concluding plans for the night shift, we started going home to prepare. While going home, we started discussing the whole process, but we hit a roadblock

Me: so how are we gonna do the cooking?

Ruth: I will cook and bring it to the farm later na.

Gift: Do you have food coolers to accommodate the entire food?

Ruth: Nope, nobody has food coolers or flasks?

*The entire gang went silent

Gift: It's like we should just give up this thing, it's already looking like a lot of stress.

Me: one important question, how will Ruth even get the food items from me?

Gift: You will take it to her house.

Me: me? No way.

Collins: why not?

*considering Collins is usually the one that always goes to Ruth's house, he looks like the best candidate.

Me: you take it to her na

Collins: lol, you dey mad (you're mad)

Ruth: you guys should just look for coolers when you get home, kushy bring the food items for me, and be fast with it so I can be done early, preferably by 6pm.

Great 😩 now I have to walk for 10 minutes to her house after getting home.

We got to the back gate and the gang split into 2 groups. Ruth and Karen went one way (they live close to each other), then Collins, Gift, and I went the opposite direction.

I got home at about 5pm, looks like there's no time to even rest. First off I searched for coolers but I got only a small one and 2 food flasks. Gift also brought 2 more flasks. "How many should we take?", I asked. "Take everything", he replied.

I didn't have the time to argue, I just went to have my bath. While in the bathroom, Collins entered and asked if I have packed the foodstuffs. I replied with "not yet".

Then I heard him ruffling around in my cupboard like a hungry mouse, collecting the foodstuffs. "Are you taking the items to Ruth?". No reply

After he finished packing, he said "bring the coolers. I have already taken the foodstuffs". Thank God, now I can chill out and relax until 7pm.

I got out of the bathroom, put on my clothes, and jumped on my phone. After reading and interacting with a few articles on readcash, I went to wash the cooler and flasks and then packed my bag.

I left home around 7pm and while on the way, Collins have already started calling me on phone to be fast with the coolers. "They are already done with the cooking? That's fast", I thought to myself.

I arrived at Ruth's house, where I met Collins, Ruth, and her roommate chitchatting.

Ruth: What do you want to use all these coolers for?

Me: Eh, to pack the food, obviously.

Ruth (laughing): You guys think I want to feed the whole class or what? You forget we are just five.

Me: Don't blame me, blame Gift. It's his idea.

Ruth: That's even true, where's Gift?

Me: He left earlier for Karen's place.

Ruth: Alright, come and help me in the kitchen

*I entered her kitchen and saw a new gas cylinder.

Me: see your fat gas cylinder (I lowered my voice so her roommate wouldn't hear) it's fatter than the two persons it's feeding.

Ruth (laughing slightly): stupid boy.

Ruth: please bring the cooler let me put the rice. I already packed the stew into a container.

*I brought the cooler and she poured the rice in.

Me: what is this? Only Gift and I will finish this whole thing.

Ruth: Relax, the other one isn't ready yet. You know I don't have a big pot, so I had to use 2 pots to cook.

We both went back to her room and I sat close to the kitchen's door

Ruth: Listen very well to the cooking food so you can hear when it's ready.

Me (confused): Am I supposed to listen or smell? Coz the moment I start hearing it, then it's problem too late. Half the pot would have been burnt.

Ruth: Anyone you want to do. Just be alert

A while later, we both went back to the kitchen to check on the food because Ruth thinks she "heard" the food calling.

Ruth: Ok, now listen closely.

*I listened attentively and I could hear the usual crackling sound of rice that's almost dried of water.

Me: Yeah I hear it.

Ruth: you see I told you, come and learn kitchen skills from me.

Me: (laughing sarcastically): The water hasn't entirely dried.

*She pours the rice into another cooler, and we noticed the bottom still has some water.

Me: I told you so.

Ruth: I will put this back so it can get dried properly.

*She puts the pot back on the gas, with high heat.

Me: you're supposed to lower the heat so the water can get dried without the food burning. Do you see how I'm tutoring you now? When I started cooking, you were still in the womb.

Ruth: oh please (she laughs).

We finished cooking and packed the whole food into coolers and flask, then Ruth told Collins to call Karen to start coming out from her house. Karen wasn't picking so I volunteered to call Gift.

"Get your ass out, we are leaving now" I told him on the phone and then ended the call. We bid Ruth's roommate goodnight, and then we linked up with Karen and Gift a few meters from Ruth's house.

We arrived at the farm a few minutes past 8pm. We went into the farmhouse and took our normal positions. And then Ruth and Collins brought out books (what the hell???)

Collins opened the book, brought out his phone, and started watching money heist. "Is this guy well?" I thought to myself.

It looks like everyone is still settling down, so I quickly brought out my phone and started writing my article. It didn't take long for Ruth to start dishing out the food (now let's get this party started).

I don't usually eat much, I'm more of a "eat small amount of food several times" kind of guy. Karen is the monster of our group 😂 girl can eat, but funny enough she isn't fat.

We finished eating and then we watched a movie: furious 9. I gotta admit, that movie isn't that great and I don't know why the producers are prolonging the fast and furious franchise, it should have ended when Paul Walker died.

The only part I was excited about was when I saw Cardi B! Yay, one of my favorite female musicians. I wouldn't want to talk more about the movie so I wouldn't spoil it for those that haven't seen it.

We finished watching the movie and we played some music and also had a couple of drinks. After some minutes, Ruth and Collins went off to sleep, Karen and Gift paired up to watch another movie, while I continued writing my article.

After a while, I decided it's time to sleep. I slept off and woke up at about 4am. Gift was already up and it looks like he was busy with airdrops. If you read my previous article, you will recall that I told gift to always send me airdrop updates, turned out he did.

I opened my WhatsApp and saw the airdrop messages from Gift. I started working on them and it took about two hours to complete (you see why airdrops are stressful).

Then suddenly we heard a loud bang on the roof. Gift and I froze, Karen woke up and Ruth and Collins came out from where they were sleeping.

Karen: What was that.

Me. It sounded like something fell on the roof.

Collins: or it sounded like a gun.

Gift: No it's not a gun.

Me: Gift I hope you locked the door.

Gift: Yeah

Ruth (looking outside): I'm not seeing anything

Gift: Maybe it's a human in bird form that's returning from a coven meeting but she changed to human midair and fell on the roof.

Karen (visibly scared): not funny

*Collins walks close to the door to open it

Me: Gift follow him and lock the door behind him when he goes out

*Everyone laughed

Ruth: Let's just go out and check

We went out but couldn't find anything. We searched around the farm for what could have caused that sound but we didn't find anything. I just went back in and continued with the airdrops Gift sent.

That sums up the whole night merriment. I have to end it here because this article is getting ridiculously long. Yeah I know it's a bit boring, but it was one of the best night shifts ever. 😉

Thanks for reading 💗💗💗

September 11, 2021