Chapter Ninety-Three: A Pound of Goods (I)
The express delivery industry will never lag behind, even in the era of space immigration, it is still the most important logistics.
The Swift is a spaceship designed to deliver couriers. At a fixed point every day, it will be loaded with courier and fuel, lie on a launch vehicle, and roar into the air and fly into space. After separating from the propulsion rocket, it will start its own engine and fly towards the moon, the first stop of this delivery.
Four hours later, Feiyan will arrive on the moon, and in between, Feiyan's staff will check the list of couriers again and pick out the couriers on the moon first, so that they can be shipped directly down when they arrive on the moon.
Hey, Brother Shui, come and see, this courier is so strange.
What's wrong?
This water brother is a pilot, who is in charge of piloting the Feiyan, and when he heard the courier sorter call him, he let go of the steering wheel and flew towards the sorter.
You see, the information on this says it's a cake, but this box is too small, even if it's a cake, it's smaller than a ping pong ball.
It's a little strange, it's the first time I've seen such a small cake, it's okay, you don't care what's inside, it's not your thing.
Oh.
What they don't know is that this box contains no cake at all, but an N Zong Qi, which can not only track the ship called Feiyan, but also Qie TG spacecraft for conversation.
After more than ten minutes, the sorter sorted out the express, not much, just more than 30 pieces, no large pieces, all small pieces, the largest one is still a keyboard and mouse set. These more than 30 parcels together do not have 200 kilograms.
The next hour or two is time to rest, and the rest of the journey is mainly based on the Feiyan's automatic cruise, which does not need to manually control the direction. After they were free, a few people started chatting.
Eh, have you heard, a few days ago there was a series of rear-end collisions involving multiple cars on a certain highway, resulting in more than 100 deaths and more than 50 injuries, which is too tragic.
I've heard about it, and it's been reported on TV for the past few days.
Brother Shui was reading a book, and when he heard the captain talk about it, he looked back at the captain and found that the captain took out a tablet and was reading.
What was the cause of the accident?
The sorters also flew over, ready to chat together.
The transportation bureau did not say whether it was someone speeding or drunk driving.
I'm going, so ruthless?
Who said no, it's too easy to get a driver's license now, a lot of people are fishing in troubled waters, you can get a driver's license with just a few tests, and the water in it is too much.
Well, I see, quality education should be put in the first place, and many people forget other things in order to cope with the exam.
Speaking of which, Captain, your driver's license is about to expire, right?
Brother Shui put down the book and looked at the captain.
Well, five days to go.
Five days? Oh my god, why don't you hurry up and do your homework? I've heard that there are a lot more written exams than they did a few years ago. Don't even fail the written test, it's a shame for you, who has more than 20 years of driving experience!
After speaking, Brother Shui smiled.
No, I'm not going to get a driver's license anymore, and when the deadline expires, I'll retire and go home to retire.
Cow, the captain just knows how to live, by the way, I heard that your son just became a captain recently?
Well, if that kid can't be any longer, I'll kill him.
I really thought that Father Yan was there.
Brother Shui, who had been black all the time, continued to read, and the sorter on the other side was a little embarrassed, so he couldn't interject, after all, he had only been here for a few days, and he was not familiar with the captain and Brother Shui, so he didn't know what topic to talk about.
By the way, have you taken the driver's license test?
Brother Shui suddenly looked back at the sorter.
I don't know if I want to take the test yet, but I don't need it now, because I don't have the money to buy a car, and I don't have the qualifications to drive a spaceship.
Then you should understand the process of taking the driver's license test in advance, and it is not a bad thing to prepare for some test content.
You're right, Brother Shui, from tomorrow, I will start reading and studying and taking the driver's license test!
As he spoke, the sorter became excited, raising his fist and waving it.
Smiling slightly, Brother Shui continued to read.
Time passed quickly, and soon the moon was seen in the front window of the ship. When you get closer, you can see that there are several settlements on the moon, shining brightly. From the outward of the settlement, an airtight passage leads to a landing pad with several brackets. The Swift landed on one of the stands.
Before landing, the Feiyan notified the express station in the settlement, asking them to send someone in advance.
Yikes!
When the ship opens the hatch, it emits the sound of gas release.
You're coming, here, it's a courier.
Brother Shui handed over the couriers piled together.
Just a few?
How is it possible, there is more to come!
Oh, that's good.
After the two sides handed over the express package, they signed each other, and Brother Shui drove the Feiyan away.
Docked with a space station in lunar orbit, the Swift refueled, refueled, and set off again, this time to Mars, far away. Even at the fastest speed, it will take more than 20 days, and if it weren't for a few more important couriers here, he wouldn't be willing to send couriers to Mars. But the freight is not cheap, which is also the reason why Brother Shui decided to ship this trip, unlike sending it to the moon with free shipping.
Well, the next 23 days are difficult, everyone should be mentally prepared.
What are you prepared for?
The sorter looked up at the captain.
Brother Shui and the captain looked at each other, and at the same time looked at the sorter.
Let me tell you this, our ship doesn't have enough food and water for twenty days.
This...... So what to do?
It was the first time that the sorters had been on a spaceship for such a long time, and they had never considered that there would be a shortage of food and water on the ship.
It's simple, save on eating, save on drinking.
The captain looked at the sorter with a smile.
Alas, it's okay, I'm so skinny, I can't eat much.
After that, the three of them began to prepare the things they needed for the next few days, one of which was the distribution of food and water. The food on the spaceship is not ready-made, but is supplied by a food machine, which requires protein, fat, starch and other trace elements to make food, and you only need to click on the icon to wait for the food to be made. And water is different from food, it is ready-made, only the first circulating water can be drunk, the second filter can not be drunk, the content of toxins has exceeded the standard.
After some discussion, the trio reduced the number of meals per person per day to two, and at the same time each person could only drink one liter of water per day.
This kind of decision is a bit cruel for the sorters who are still growing up, but usually the sorters sometimes eat a meal, so it has little impact. It's Brother Shui, usually Brother Shui is easy to get hungry, and he will be uncomfortable if he doesn't eat three meals a day, but now he can only endure hunger, so he comforts himself with the fact that the heavens will descend to the people of Si and must first suffer their minds.
Looking at the water in the cup, Brother Shui kept sighing.
Don't sigh, it's useless to sigh, you better save some drink, it's gone after drinking this cup.
Alas, alas, the water is gone, by the way, you don't drink that cup, right?
Hey, no, mine can't give you a drink.
Seeing that Brother Shui stretched out his black paws to grab the cup, the captain quickly moved his cup to the side.
For more than ten days after that, the three of them were safe and sound, slowly suffering.
A larger ship quietly followed, keeping a day's distance.
To be continued......