Chapter 9: Andy's Seafaring Life (1)
The black spinnaker was pulled to the top of the mast by the strong sailors, and the thick cables were tied to various parts of the ship, giving it a chaotic beauty with regularity.
Several sailors pulled the heavy iron anchor up from the bottom of the sea, ran to the front and began to press the ship.
Zach looked at the direction of the wind, turned the rudder, the mast was adjusted, the sea breeze stirred the canvas, and with an irresistible force, the Goddess of Despair began to leave Port Tulouis and slowly move forward.
The Goddess of Despair had slurry outlets on both sides, but it was clear that there was no need for sailors to paddle at this point, so most of the men stood on the deck to increase the weight of the bow in order to make it faster.
Andy also stood at the bow of the boat, blowing the sea breeze, listening to the sound in his ears, his heart was relaxed and calm.
"Hey, it's really you!"
A familiar voice came from his ears, and Andy turned his head to see that it was John and Des.
John and Des were both gunners, and there were thirty guns on the Goddess of Despair, which was not a lot, but it was definitely a lot, and if the shells were accurate, a round of thirty shells could sink a smaller brig directly into the abyss of the sea.
When Andy boarded the boat yesterday, John and Des were snoring in the cabin with a rum sticker, and because they were on board, Zach made a point of allowing them to have a good rum drink.
"John, Dees, I didn't see you yesterday and thought you went to the bar. ”
Andy said with a smile when he saw the two of them.
"Hey, the gold coins are all lost, how can there be money to go out, yesterday we drank too much in the cabin, I didn't see the new brother on the ship, last night I heard that there was a little guy from the East, I didn't expect it to be you!"
John looked at Andy and scratched his head.
"I don't know how you little guy got up, but Captain Zach agreed. ”
Des laughed, he liked Andy a lot, but he always felt that Andy was too thin, maybe it wasn't a good thing on the Goddess of Despair, after all, their enemies were also vicious.
"My abilities are special, don't worry, Captain Zach won't let me be in danger, my name is Andy, don't call me a little guy. ”
Andy turned his head and looked at the endless sea, the hull of the goddess of despair stirred up a white wave, and the mist rose on his face under the sea breeze, which was unusually refreshing.
Because it had just set sail, everyone was still in a relatively casual state, and the gunners did not need to stay under the dim cabin, they all ran up, enjoying the sun and sea breeze.
"Andy, are you going to sea for the first time?"
Andy's gaze was familiar to John and Des, and it was the same when they first went to sea, without a trace of fear, full of novelty and yearning.
"It's not my first time on a boat, but it's my first time on the sea!"
Andy said with a smile, the last time he was on a ship, he was looted here by pirates, and he has been locked in a cage at the bottom of the cabin, how can he enjoy such enjoyment?
"You think the view is beautiful?"
Des asked.
"Yes, the boundless blue sea, the waves and the waves, the seagulls and the white clouds, everything is very beautiful. ”
Andy's face was satisfied, that's how he felt.
"Then you can enjoy the present, it won't be long before you will find it so boring, unchanged, we have been watching this scenery for twenty years, and we are tired of it. ”
"What about rum, why can't you get tired of it?"
Andy asked rhetorically.
"Huh?"
Des frowned, glanced at John, and muttered to the side, tugging at his pigtails.
"I've been drinking rum for twenty years, so why can't I drink enough?"
John was speechless for a while, looked at Des who was lost in thought, and gave Andy a thumbs up, "You can watch here, I'm going to wipe my baby." ”
"Baby?"
Andy only knows that the goddess of despair is their treasure, what else?
"Hey, I'm a good gunner, and the cannon is my bride, I'm going to wipe her milky body now, are you interested?"
John laughed, looking like a lewd uncle.
"No, I'm not interested in it. ”
"That's a pity, it seems that you don't appreciate what it's like to blow an enemy to pieces with a cannonball. ”
John said with regret, a fiery look flashing in his eyes.
John went back to the cabin to clean his guns, and Des sat on the deck wondering why he couldn't get tired of drinking rum, and soon laughed.
"No matter what you do, Lao Tzu just likes to drink! ”
Des said hello to Andy and ran out of the cabin.
Andy stood at the bow of the ship, watching the pirates on the deck laughing and cursing at each other.
There was a sound of bagpipes, and Andy knew that it was Sailor Andler, and the bagpipes played by this melancholy-looking guy were really good, and even attracted a group of seagulls to fly around the top of the mast.
Andy walked over, leaned against a railing, and looked at Andler.
The bagpipes stop.
"What's the matter?"
Andler put away his bagpipes and fiddled with his mustache.
"I didn't brush my teeth this morning. ”
Andy said lightly, he wanted to find fresh water to brush his teeth in the morning, but was refused.
"Fresh water is a scarce treasure on board, and no one knows when we'll dock again, so there's no way to waste it. ”
Indeed, Andler said, the pirates were very unhygienic, and many of them didn't bathe for months if they didn't dock.
As for brushing your teeth, hehe, the guy who doesn't wash his face will brush his teeth?
So a lot of pirates are like Zack, with a mouthful of jet-black teeth.
"I've observed, on this ship, you and that black Buck have the whitest teeth, and... White is not like words. ”
Andy paused and said, he wondered why, he didn't want to see Anna again, grinning and showing black teeth, it was scary to think about.
"Yes, I observed very carefully, I'm an artist, how can I match my temperament without a good mouthful of teeth?"
Andler never considered himself a pirate, he was an artist.
He mainly studied the art of killing and plundering.
"Can you tell me how you did that?"
Andy asked.
"I'm sorry, Andy, I can't tell anyone, it's an oath! ”
Andler said, he stood up, looked into the distance with a melancholy gaze, took out a orange out of nowhere, and peeled it slowly.
"It's good for you. ”
Andler raised the orange in his hand, which was the fruit of the Orient, and was grown in very small quantities here, and he did not know where he got it.
"Maybe it was stolen from the captain. ”
Andy thought maliciously and shook his head, he was not short of fruit, and Zach had someone bring him a fruit bowl this morning.
He prefers green apples, which have a sweet and sour taste, which will make him more comfortable.