Chapter 18: The Cook at Sea
When you really sail to the deep blue, you can experience the magnificence of the ocean and the surging of your heart. In this endless ocean, hundreds of thousands of tons of giant ships are just a lonely boat, in front of the sea seems unusually small, only in this way can we appreciate the huge and mysterious sea, looking at the water and the sky where it is easy to fall into a reverie.
No matter how passionate your heart is, don't forget that you are just a cook, and there is still a mess of work waiting for you, I restrained my excitement and went back to the kitchen to continue working.
I was still immersed in the excitement of getting on the boat, and now it should be time for me to perform, and it's time for them to taste my real cooking.
Although I am not a star chef, nor is I a chef in a big hotel, but my cooking skills are absolutely first-class, I grew up in the back kitchen of my own restaurant, I can make braised pork at the age of eight, my father thought I would become a chef, but I was determined to become a seafarer, but the world is unpredictable, I didn't do anything, but became an individual boss. However, my interest in cooking and my dream of sailing have never been put down, and this is not sailing today, and my cooking skills have also increased over the years, and today is the time for me to show my skills, because I am a foodie.
Towards the beginning of the evening, Huo Liang told me that every time a newcomer comes on board, there will be a small welcome party, and every time he goes to sea, he will also celebrate, which means that the next voyage will be safe and smooth.
There are a total of sixteen crew members on the Sea Dragon, namely, the captain, political commissar, first mate, second officer, navigator, pilot, crew, cook, sailor, handyman, Huo Liang said that the more advanced the ship, the fewer the crew, the captain introduced me one by one, these people are all old men, and female crew members are really rare.
These crew members are very enthusiastic, and most of them have been working on the Sea Dragon for several years, take the captain and political commissar for ten years, during which they have seen many crew members go up and down, and have also experienced many ups and downs, and this is the last time the two of them go to sea, and then they will retire honorably.
This is the first time I have shown off my cooking skills, so I am good at more than a dozen dishes on the table, but in fact, these are all I have, and these crew members look at the dishes on the table with a look of surprise, depending on the feeling that they are a little incredible.
The driver, Zhao Gang, looked at me and said, "These dishes are really made by you, which is a hundred times better than what Lao Zhang made."
Xiao Chen said: "Lao Zhang spent almost the entire sailing time stewed, the only thing he could take was the bun, fortunately he dropped his leg during this purchase, otherwise this voyage would have been enough for us."
After saying that, everyone laughed.
At this time, people praised my cooking skills in a few words, and my heart was beautiful when I listened.
In the end, the captain ordered everyone to drink as much as they wanted, except for the people on duty in the evening, so we had a good drink on the sea to celebrate the new voyage, which was also the beginning of my adventure.
The Sea Dragon did not sail directly to Melbourne, Australia, as I imagined, but docked at many ports to load and unload goods, and it had been half a month before the Sea Dragon sailed into the waters of New Guinea.
On the seventeenth day at sea, we encountered a storm, this kind of storm can be said to be commonplace for the crew, but it is an unusual challenge for me as a newcomer, although the ship is not shaking badly, but it still almost vomits my internal organs, no wonder Huo Liang said when I got on the boat that after preparing the seasickness medicine, but there has been no sign of seasickness these days on the ship, and today is a lesson.
I drank the seasickness medicine, but before the medicine could take effect, I vomited again, so I tossed all night until my stomach was clean.
The next day was calm and calm, but I had collapsed, and I had no strength at all, Xiao Chen couldn't help laughing when he saw my embarrassed appearance, but seeing that I was very weak, Xiao Chen took the initiative to let me rest, today's meal was made by him, I was really uncomfortable and had to agree.
So I fell on the bed and didn't move to continue to rest, the kitchen work can only be done by Xiao Chen now, although everyone will definitely complain about Xiao Chen's craftsmanship but there is really no way, I am really top-heavy and have no strength at all.
Before I knew it, I opened my eyes, I don't know what time it was, I looked at my phone, it's five o'clock in the afternoon, it should be time to prepare dinner, I stretched and found that my body was much lighter, and I thought I should go to the kitchen to prepare dinner.
When I came out of the bedroom, I felt a little strange, and suddenly I felt very quiet, the sound of the ship's engine roaring was gone, and the boat seemed to stop.
Huo Liang said that the ship will not stop under normal conditions, is it a malfunction? I wondered what was going on, wondering if I was sleeping in a circle, I walked to the kitchen step by step, pushed open the door and saw that there was no one in the dining room, usually at this time there would be crew members here to rest and chat.
Along the dining room, I came to the kitchen and found that Xiao Chen was not there, and the kitchen looked messy and messy, as if it had been robbed, I thought to myself, how did Xiao Chen do it, and he worked hard all day to make the kitchen look like this.
Xiao Chen,,, are you there,
I called a few times and no one answered, and then I heard Xiao Chen's voice shouting in the dining room: "Brother Guan, I'll be here again."
I came out to take a look only to find that Xiao Chen and the two crew members were tied back to back, they came in before they were half-lying on the table in front of me and I didn't pay attention at all, they didn't see me all and didn't dare to speak, and then they whispered yes when they heard me call Xiao Chen.
When I saw this, I knew that something was wrong, so I quickly bent down and helped them untie the rope.
I nervously asked, "What's going on?"
Xiao Chen said in horror: "Pirates, we have been robbed by pirates
Xiao Chen looked at me and said, "Why are you okay?"
"I didn't know I woke up like this"
I think I must have slipped through the net while resting in my bedroom.
After I untied the ropes from the three of them, I said, "We have to do something."