What are the two speakers going to do?

M: If professor Brown was willing to give us three days extension to finish the paper, maybe he should give us a few more days.
W: Jack, you shouldn’t make too many requests. It’s time for us to work hard to finish the paper.

M: These tomatoes are large! You must have watered them a lot.
W: Yes, I did. They ought to be ripe enough to pick by next Friday when we have our picnic.