"I walked this line five times with my master, and I walked four times by myself, for the first eight hundred nautical miles, I didn't use any tools, and I wouldn't be wrong.

Of course, you have to use it for a few hundred nautical miles behind, and I can't find it if you don't need it, but the general direction is not a big problem, Mr. Shen, you can rest assured. ”

"Hey, Mr. Shen, do you know how to cook, I forgot to tell you, like we do this kind of business, everyone has to help each other.

I brought some dry food, but we can't eat dry food all at once, we have to eat more rice, and if you can cook, we can have a better life.

If you can't do it, I'll just dock the boat, cook and eat before leaving. You can rest assured that you will not be paid for food and accommodation on a ship like ours. ”

The boat walked on the water for a while, and Ah Cheng suddenly said to Shen Lang.

Shen Lang was not worried about eating, but he found that Ah Cheng's ship was too slow, the time had passed noon, and he had walked for nearly ten hours, but he felt that the distance was no more than thirty nautical miles, and according to this calculation, he didn't know when he would reach his destination.

He was a little worried in his heart, but it was not easy to show it, and after listening to Ah Cheng's words, he still smiled and said:

"Don't you say that I forgot that it's time to eat, I will cook the meal, but I can't make it well, the taste is not good, I learn to make it, and you will eat it." ”

"In our business, why do you have to pay attention to what taste, as long as it is cooked, you can eat it without diarrhea, you can see what can be cooked in the cabin, just use it. If you work hard today, you will do it first, and I will do it in the future, just keep it simple. ”

Ah Cheng said to Shen Lang, where are the raw materials for cooking, let Shen Lang cook. Judging from the half-day relationship, this boatman Ah Cheng is also easy-going and can communicate.

If you meet a boatman with a bad personality and a hot temper, then in the absence of a third party, this day is unimaginable. Shen Lang stood up beside him and said:

"Okay, I'll give it a try. I'm learning how to cook lunch today. ”

Under Ah Cheng's guidance, Shen Lang finally found the cooking materials and utensils, and after a while, Shen Lang brought a bowl of steaming noodles to Ah Cheng's hand, and then fished a bowl in the pot himself.

At this time, the sea was also calm, and the two of them talked about marginal topics while eating noodles.

In less than five minutes, the two finished eating the noodles, and Shen Lang took the initiative to wave the bowl in the sea water a few times, and then used the boiling water to cook the noodles to eliminate the poison, and then washed it again and put it back in its original place.

After the meal, the two chatted for a while, and Shen Lang then asked tentatively:

"Master Ah Cheng, how long will it take to reach this speed?"

"It's still early, if the weather is like this every day, it will be about twenty days, and if the weather is bad, then it is not sure. ”

Ah Cheng shook the oar thoughtfully, and after a minute, Ah Cheng asked:

"Are you worried that you won't be able to get there for a long time? Or do you think I'm too slow?

It's time to see if God gives face, but don't worry, you want to go back early, I'm also a family person.

I also want to go back early, Lao Wu and I are both honest people, and we won't pit you, you can rest assured.

Without a little water kung fu and experience, Lao Wu would not look for me. If it had been at this pace, it would have been a bit slow, but now it can only be a little slower. ”

Ah Cheng paused, and then said, "That's because you don't understand." ”

Shen Lang didn't understand, Ah Cheng said that he didn't understand what he meant.

He raised his head and looked at Ah Cheng with an inquiring gaze without speaking.

Ah Cheng seemed to see through Shen Lang's thoughts, grinned, and smiled at the tooth that lacked a front tooth:

"As soon as I went out, the speed couldn't be fast, and if the speed was fast, it would attract the attention of the relevant departments, and it would be troublesome to check it out.

We want to go out to sea to fish as usual, and I will give you our hat, and this is also for this purpose, if anyone asks, you will say that it is my relative, and I go out to sea to fish, you can remember. It's going to be faster. ”

Shen Lang still believed in his words in the first half, and was skeptical of his words in the second half.

Halfway through, Ah Cheng taught Shen Lang rowing, he said that if both of them can row, it would be easier for everyone to have a helper, and Shen Lang would slow down when rowing.

He can cook, he also gets a certain amount of rest, and he can speed things up when he comes to operate. Shen Lang thought it was good, and he could solve the problem if he encountered a special situation.

So in the afternoon, Shen Lang went to try it and got praise from Ah Cheng, saying that he had the potential to be a sailor, and Ah Cheng also said that he was not joking.

Both of them laughed. Ah Cheng only demonstrated it once, Shen Lang ***, don't say it, he really looks good, and he really looks like a sailor in the evening.

Dinner was made by Ah Cheng. After the two had dinner, Ah Cheng said:

"Aren't you going to speed up? Look at how I speed up. Okay, you're back in place. ”

I saw Ah Cheng open the cabin, there was a small gasoline engine inside, as soon as he fiddled, the gasoline engine began to roar, and the boat immediately ran forward like a horse full of forage.

Now it's at least twice as fast as before. A rare smile appeared on Shen Lang's face. From day to night, the most common sightings are seabirds, the occasional fishing boat, and nothing else. In the middle of the night, Ah Cheng said:

"Turning right more than 30 nautical miles ahead, there was a small fishing port, and we anchored the boat in the harbor and rested for three hours before setting off. ”

In the dark of the night. The boundless sea, Shen Lang naturally had to listen to his arrangement.

Every time he walked more than 100 nautical miles, Ah Cheng had to find a place to rest, so he walked for five days in a row, and everything was safe and smooth.

On this day, after resting from a small fishing port, Ah Cheng said:

"I only have a vague impression of the road ahead, and now the compass you said comes in handy.

Without him, I am also blind, and I will count on him for the rest of the road, and I can have no food to eat, but I can't live without him. ”

With that, he took out a compass wrapped in oiled paper, the size of a watch, from the cabin and placed it in front of his seat.

This little compass actually shines at night. And he walked in peace for seven days.

After lunch at noon that day, Shen Lang said:

"Master Cheng, how long do you think it will take? We haven't been ashore for half a month, so I feel isolated from the world when I find a place to rest for two more days. ”

"At this rate, it should be five or six days. Don't panic, don't talk nonsense, we people who go to sea have taboos about some words, you must not talk nonsense, nonsense is easy to alarm the sea god, she will leave you to play for a few days before leaving.

Now that we have passed Monmu Island, the journey has already passed halfway, and under normal circumstances, we can reach Xiyue Island tomorrow afternoon, and as soon as Xiyue Island passes, it will be easy. ”

Shen Lang listened to Ah Cheng's words, and his spirit was lifted.

After walking for a while, the weather became more and more sultry, and the usual common seabirds were gone, and occasionally a few petrels chirped at low altitude, flapping their wings on the water, always hovering low but not flying far.

It was so hot everywhere that the side of the ship did not dare to touch it with his hands, the hot and humid air was like a big steamer, whether he wore a hat or not, and he was the same with or without clothes, and people were as if they had just come out of the water, they were soaking wet, and their clothes could be wrung out of the water.

Ah Cheng kept cursing this ghost weather, why did it get so hot so early this year.

Not long after, the dark clouds above his head were slowly accumulating, and Ah Cheng suddenly shouted:

"That's not right!"