The date on the pocket watch is August 10th, and it has been a week since the voyage began.

The wind and waves were blowing on the sea, and sometimes seagulls passed low, and even the clouds thickened and obscured the daylight. Experienced crew members knew at a glance that a storm was coming.

They immediately put away their full sails, and told all the passengers to hide in their cabins and not to come out, as if a monster was really attacking.

Yang Qingnan was also driven into his cabin, he turned his back to the door, faced the window, and began a long wait. The window is a circular sealed window, through which you can see the whole drowsy world.

The storm is coming, neither in a hurry nor slowly, and anyone can hear it when it gently taps against the window, and everyone can feel it when it shakes the hull. Water droplets kept dripping on this small piece of glass, blurring the scene, and Yang Qingnan stared out the window without blinking, as if he was in the middle of this gentle storm.

It is true that it is a child named Mischief who sneaks up to scare the people at sea, and then disappears without a trace after getting tired of it. Then the rain cleared, and it was another picture of great prospects.

Some passengers rushed to the deck, gulping in the freshly washed air, while a small number remained in the lifeless cabins.

When the sailors are idle, they are really idle, they will lean on the railing and drink and laugh, they will also drink a few sips of wine before work, and in addition, it is not okay to be in a daze when playing cards and chess. This shows that the sailors really like to drink, and the more they drink, the more energetic they become, the more energetic they become, but the passengers never know where they are hiding.

But Yang Qingnan knows, maybe it can be said that where there is wine, there is him.

The lowest level of the ship was the cargo compartment, where in addition to a locked fence door had a large rot-resistant door, and the door was marked with a notice that "no unauthorized entry was allowed". This cargo warehouse is closed in all directions, and even a mouse will not want to sneak in, and it is not easy to enter.

Yang Qingnan has come to step on the spot in the middle of the night many times, clinging to the crack of the door to smell the wine, because he is also hungry because he has not drunk for a few days. The stinky sailors were even more addicted to alcohol.

Either way, he had to find a way to get some wine to drink and not be discovered. However, if he couldn't open those two doors, he couldn't think of any other way to get in, and after thinking about it, he had to find someone to help him.

Wait, what about the keys? The key is definitely in the captain's room, and of course, the captain's room is now locked as well.

Yang Qingnan had no clue, and even ran a little down.

At this moment, there was a sudden babbling sound on the floor overhead, and he hurriedly hid in the idle utility room, because there was no oil lamp, the bottom floor was extremely dark.

Then, the secret compartment on the top was opened, and the two night owl crew members stepped down the stairs, and Yang Qingnan overheard their conversation.

"That dirty beard said that he should drink in moderation, he can only drink fifty catties a day, but there is so much wine, he can't drink it all hard." One of them said.

"Don't say it, the money to buy wine is all paid by us, what qualifications does he have to say about us?"

"Yes, yes, it's up to us to say how much you want to drink." They passed by the utility room, not noticing anyone inside, "It just so happens that I haven't put the key to the warehouse back yet." ”

"Then you have to put it back when you're done, or it'll make people suspicious."

Yang Qingnan sat on the bucket and held his breath, and soon he heard the sound of the key opening the lock. The two crept in, flipping the light bulb, and a dim yellow light poured out of the door.

He finally couldn't help but turn around and look inside, only to see that there were many special metal barrels placed in the warehouse, large and small, all of which were fixed with slender steel bars to prevent slipping. The two thieves-like men were opening one of the barrels and filling it with a spoon into the prepared kettle.

It didn't seem like they were in a hurry to drink it right away, but were going to take it back to their room and enjoy it slowly. However, Yang Qingnan, who saw this scene, had already drooled, and the mellow aroma of wine was stimulating his taste buds, but reason told him not to be impulsive.

His eyes gurgled and he felt a small piece of iron on the ground with his left hand. Then, throwing the small piece of iron over, he imitated the voice and tone of the captain's dirty beard and said, "Hey! You two, what are you doing sneaking around? ”

Yang Qingnan tried his best to imitate it best, but this was not his strong point after all, and a little error was inevitable.

"Who? Who's there? Unfortunately, the little tin sheet only slid to the edge of the barrel and stopped, and his voice was not only recognized, but also recognized, "What? I've offended you by drinking, good boy, why don't you go back to sleep obediently? ”

"Ha, brother, they're all their own people, in fact, you know that I like to drink too." In this case, Yang Qingnan had no choice but to go over and get close.

"Well, for the sake of how much work you've done for us, I'll reward you with a few catties of wine."

The black-faced sailor brought another full spoonful, motioning for him to bring something to pack, and Yang Qingnan took out an empty bottle from below, which was used to hold lemonade before, and he was reluctant to throw it away.

When the bottle was full, Yang Qingnan, who was anxious, hurriedly drank most of the bottle and asked the other party to fill it. What a delicious wine, he thought to himself, this trip was not in vain.

"What's in a hurry? I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. Another white sailor persuaded him, "You are still young, drink less in the future, and don't learn from us." ”

"Well, okay, okay." Although he said so, he was actually looking forward to the next time.

The sailors drove the reluctant Yang Qingnan out of the warehouse, and then hurriedly locked the door and went back to sleep.

Except for this time, Yang Qingnan no longer dared to rashly approach the cargo hold on the ground floor, not because he was afraid of goofs, after all, those wines belonged to others, and he always felt that it was not good to do so.

And he also seriously thought, are these delicious and tempting wines really bought by the crew? If the barrel is filled with the same wine, the price to pay is too great.

The main reason is that Yang Qingnan overheard the captain's lecture the next day: "Ho, during today's routine inspection, I found out that there is a barrel of wine in the cargo hold that is seriously consumed, and someone must have drunk it secretly, if I find out who did it, I will definitely break his neck and throw it into the sea to feed the fish!" ”

These impassioned words hit him directly in the heart, like a pair of invisible righteous hands choking the throat of fate, although the captain of the "great mercy and great compassion" did not name him, Yang Qingnan felt that he must be talking about himself.

It turned out that there was only one barrel of wine stored in the huge cargo hold, and the rest were cheap liquor or rice wine. Every morning, the crew is loaded with special barware (which is oval-shaped and has three compartments) and transported to the captain's quarters.

Although the taste of baijiu rice wine is also very good, more often than not, the glasses held by the crew are filled with burgundy liquid. Moreover, it was revealed that this was the place where the captain drank the most alcohol.

Until the last barrel of wine was drunk, Yang Qingnan didn't figure out who was right and who was wrong.