Chapter 22: Follow the Sails
Looking at the boss standing on the bow of the boat, Xiao An saw that the boss was nodding at him, and seeing this, Xiao Yi didn't push back again. Xiao An, who was being supported, lowered his head, didn't dare to support his arms too hard, and gritted his teeth to walk as fast as he could. Of course, Bai Ling'er can also perceive it, in fact, it doesn't matter if he doesn't help it or not, this kid doesn't want to let himself help him at all, and he doesn't know how to use it if someone helps him.
Seeing that Xiao An had been silent, Bai Ling'er, who felt bored, broke the silence and said, "Hey, why do you have to be a porter?
"Hmm...", the face didn't dare to turn around, and Xiao An replied in a low voice.
"You're really an elm head, and you don't even know that you're a blood magician. Ignoring Xiao An's feelings, Bai Ling'er said mercilessly: "You don't know the way, forget it, but I told you, you still don't listen, you have to be such a low-level porter, and now you have been smashed, it's really ......" Maybe realizing that she was talking too much, Bai Ling'er closed her mouth, and the words "deserve it" didn't spit out, and then waved her hand and said: "Alas, forget it, I can't take care of your own affairs, let's go quickly." ”
Walking on the wooden bridge, Boss Huo was already waiting on the boat, his eyes full of eagerness.
"Brother Xiao'an, are you okay?" Seeing Bai Ling'er walking up with Xiao'an, Boss Huo stepped forward and greeted.
"I don't have anything to do, Xie Lu Xie boss cares. Xiao Kishi endured the pain and bent slightly to show respect.
"Ling'er, help Xiao'an to rest in the cabin. Boss Huo explained.
"Let's go. Bai Ling'er said to Xiao An.
Walking into the cabin, Bai Ling'er helped Xiao'an sit down at a table, and then Boss Huo, who walked in, waved his hand to Bai Ling'er, signaling her to go out first.
Talking to a boy who didn't know each other actually wanted to avoid himself, he had never let himself avoid talking about business with other bosses before, Bai Ling'er left the cabin unhappily.
"Brother Xiao'an, are there any injuries on your body?" Boss Huo sat down next to him and asked with pretended concern.
Xiao touched the back of his head that was hit, except for some pain, there seemed to be no other abnormality, and the back was only muscle pain, not hurting the muscles and bones.
"Don't worry, boss, it's no big deal..."Xiao'an activity moved his shoulder blades.
"Alas......" Boss Huo sighed, shook his head and said: "Seeing that you are young, I knew that Lu Dao should not let you carry those boxes..." ”
"Don't blame them the bosses, they are also unintentional. Xiao An, who didn't know anything about the inside story, was still blinded by the hypocrite in front of him.
"Good, good, good, it's rare for Xiao An to be so reasonable at a young age..."Boss Huo pretended to appreciate it reverently, in order to get closer to each other, and then politely introduced himself, "My surname is Huo, you call me Uncle Huo." ”
"This...", an "uncle" obviously narrowed the distance between each other a hundred times, and Xiao An couldn't accept Boss Huo's sudden courtesy for a while, and his face was embarrassed.
"Ha Luha, there's nothing to be embarrassed about, in terms of age, I'm your elder. Boss Huo laughed heartily, and then changed the topic: "By the way, Xiao'an, seeing that you are so determined to be a porter, are you in a hurry to use the money?"
"Hmm...," Kogan nodded.
"That's ......" said that he frowned worriedly, but the thoughtful Boss Huo had already calculated the next step in his heart: since he just needed money, it was a simple matter, as long as he talked to him next, would he be willing to follow him to run the boat, and with heavy profits, I believe that this kid can be deceived without using force at all.
"Xiao An, how much money do you need?" asked Boss Huo.
"I need three taels of silver, can Uncle Huo help me?" Seeing that Boss Huo cared so much about himself, Xiao An was no longer an outsider.
"Three taels of silver...... Boss Huo knocked his forehead, as if he was thinking about something, and then pretended to think about the result, and said: "By the way, Xiao'an, are you willing to follow Uncle Huo to run the boat?
"Running the boat?" Xiao An couldn't believe what he had heard, not how tempting the five taels of silver were, and the running boat that Boss Huo said, if he followed Boss Huo to run the boat, it meant that he didn't have to worry about not being able to earn the boat fare, but could directly follow the cargo ship and leave here.
"Yes, what's the matter?, isn't Xiao An willing?" In fact, Boss Huo had already seen the excitement on Xiao An's face, but he didn't know that what Xiao An was thinking about was not the five taels of silver.
"Of course I do, Uncle Xie Lu, Uncle Xie Huo, Uncle Xie Lu, Uncle Xie Huo......" As if he had met a life-saving benefactor, Xiao An thanked him repeatedly. Seeing that Boss Huo was so sincere to him, Xiao An was embarrassed to hide anything, and said: "Uncle Huo, in fact, I want three taels of silver just to leave here by boat, as long as Uncle Huo can take me out of here, Xiao An is willing not to follow Uncle Huo for a few more trips for a tael of silver." ”
"Oh? It turns out that Xiao'an just wants to leave here? Why didn't you say it earlier, I still let you go to the anti-cargo box, and now I don't need to mention anything about running a few more times, just follow the uncle and leave." Hearing Xiao An say this, Boss Huo's heart blossomed even more, and he thought about using the trick to deceive him, but he didn't expect everything to go more smoothly than he imagined.
When the goods on the dock were moved, the various bosses settled the wages of the workers, and a few rough sailors walked down the wooden bridge, pulled out the anchor that was tightly hooked to the shore, returned to the bow deck, shook the rope, and hung the heavy anchor on the edge of the ship. The sea breeze was blowing strongly, and several huge sails slowly rose along the mast as the pulley rolled. As the sailors adjusted the angle of the sails, the cargo ship slowly left the shore and headed for the center of the sea.
This cargo ship is divided into five layers from bottom to top, the bottom layer of the ship is the warehouse, this layer of the warehouse is spacious at a glance, but perhaps for the sake of saving space, it is too low in height, people need to bow slightly in it to walk, this layer of warehouse is mainly used for the storage and temporary maintenance of aquatic products. On top of this layer of aquatic goods warehouse, the deck is also a warehouse, but this layer of storage is mainly used for the storage of other dry goods, which is different from aquatic products. This level of cargo is also the largest warehouse of the entire cargo ship, almost all the goods except for aquatic products will be stacked here, large and small boxes are crowded, of course, this warehouse occupies most of the space of the cargo ship. Above this cargo compartment is a leisure cabin with a relatively high concentration of personnel. The lounge cabin is connected to the bow of the boat, and it is a leisure cabin that is only two feet high when you walk about ten steps from the bow deck down a small ladder that is no more than two feet high. The lounge is divided into three areas, mainly two recreation areas and one free activity area, the two recreation areas are mainly wine shops and casinos, and the small shore is located at this time, which is separated from the free activity area of the two.
In the center of the lounge there is a revolving gangway that goes up the gangway, the upper floor is only two-thirds the size of the lounge cabin, which is used for the ship's personnel, but this floor is clearly divided into two quarters, one is the high-class dining area, which is naturally mainly used by the wealthy bosses, and the other is the ordinary dining area, which is used by people who are not as wealthy as sailors.
On the first floor above the dining cabin is the resting place, which is mainly used for personnel to sleep. Like the dining room, it is divided into two sections, one for the wealthy to live in the deluxe rooms, and the other for the common people. Deluxe rooms are naturally much more upscale, and they are a single room per person. The ordinary room is not so lucky, but a large and unified collective room, in which a lot of wooden beds are built, these wooden beds are also divided into bunk beds, and the distance between the beds is not large, so it seems a little tight. And Bai Ling'er, who followed Boss Huo to run the boat, lived in such an ordinary room. It's not that Bai Ling'er can't afford to live in a luxury room, she just doesn't want to show her flaws when she lives in a collective room.
The rest pod is already the highest level, and above this, there is only a small observation deck.