Come on, butcher

Xiao Xi planted the succulents carefully. During the day when the outside temperature was too high, he put the succulents in his room. At night, when the weather was cool, he moved the succulents outside to ventilate.Being bumped into by Shen Liangpin once, Xiao Xi thought he would make fun of herself, but unexpectedly Shen Liangpin just patted him on the shoulder and said: "You finally have to find something to pass the time, you are becoming more and more like a sailor."

Xiao Xi was a little strange when he heard this, and couldn't help laughing: "What does it mean to be like a sailor? What should a sailor be like?"

Shen Liangpin said: "You just got on the boat, everything feels fresh, and when the freshness wears off, you will know how difficult life is. So everyone will have such a little habit, isn't it that you are heading in this direction now? Development?" After speaking, he winked his eyes.

Xiao Xi didn't make a sound after hearing this. In fact, he had initially felt the boring life of a seafarer. Although the ship only worked eight hours a day and had shifts on weekends, the place you could go no matter whether it was off duty or on shifts was 120 A ship with a length of 18 meters and a width of 5 meters can go back and forth in less than [-] minutes.Either you stay in a narrow cabin, or you go to the deck to enjoy the wind and fish, and you will see the same scenery for several hours, with the same blue sky and blue sea in your field of vision, without even a living thing. Occasionally, a bird will feel like it. I was overjoyed, but I had to suffer from the scorching sun.So for more time, he is still willing to stay in the room, read the suggestions Zheng Haifei wrote to himself, and look through the photo albums sent by everyone.

Xiao Xi didn't dare to think deeply, what else could he do after he had flipped through the photo albums and proposals so that he could memorize the order and punctuation?Hundreds of books in e-books may pass some time, but there is always a time to finish them; there is always a time to clear the game in the game console.Maybe there are TV series and movies stored in the computer and mobile phone by colleagues as entertainment, but these cannot become permanent entertainment.He could not receive any new information, and after landing, he was just like a person released after serving his sentence, bewildered by what is happening in the world.Where is the joy in life?

This is the real state that sailors need to face. All kinds of bizarre adventures in "One Piece" are too romantic for real sailors. What they face is just the same machine room maintenance, listening to deafening noise , Enduring the high temperature of more than 40 degrees, the sun, rain, wind and rain on the deck, many times I can't even eat fresh vegetables, and I don't know if the frozen meat taken out of the warehouse was frozen last year or last month.The most difficult thing is that when I miss my lover, I can only think about it over and over again in my mind, and I can't even make a phone call, let alone meet.

Xiao Xi's freshness as a sailor has not yet passed, and she is still full of enthusiasm and curiosity about the world, so she has not been overwhelmed by these.He noticed that other colleagues have some special hobbies. For example, some people love fishing and go fishing after work, which can almost supply the crew with fresh fish; Lifelike, it is said that he always said that he would go ashore to open a handicraft shop, but he didn't implement it for several years. I don't know why...

He also found that their big Guanlun is a bit like Mrs. Xianglin. If you have a meal or talk with him, he will tell you about his son over and over again. .It's been more than half a month since I got on the ship, and Xiao Xi is not in the same class as the first officer, but I still heard him say the same thing at least five times, and he was a bit miserable, but he didn't dare to interrupt the other party.He could only complain to Shen Liangpin in private, and Shen Liangpin showed a meaningful smile: "Just bear it, we have heard it five hundred times, the son of the boss is ten years old, and he hasn't been with him for half a year in total. .”

Xiao Xi said in surprise: "Isn't there a vacation every year?"

"Vacation? Of course you can take a vacation, but if you take a long vacation, it is tantamount to losing your job. How dare you take it with your family? Besides, the shipping industry is not doing well right now, so it's not easy to find a job."

Xiao Xi said, "Why don't you quit your job and go ashore to find a job?"

Shen Liangpin looked at Xiao Xi as if he was listening to the Arabian Nights: "Do you think you can go ashore? Don't talk about the management, even I dare not go ashore easily. If I go ashore, the three years of work experience It is equal to zero, and everything has to be started from scratch, which is worse than fresh graduates. I spent so much time on the research, and let the black intermediary earn me a large amount of intermediary fees. After a year of internship, I became a full-time employee. I just made back my capital , What capital do you think I need to go ashore? Let’s talk about the boss. He has worked on the ship for more than ten years and is completely out of touch with society. He knows nothing but running the ship. To support a family? So, boating is the hardest job in the world, and it’s all because I was fooled into getting on the boat when I was young. Benefactor, there is no limit to the sea of ​​suffering, and you should get out as soon as possible!”

Listening to Shen Liangpin's words, Xiao Xi lowered his eyes. In fact, he had heard people talk about these things at the beginning, but he always didn't care. so tough.Now that he himself has been on the boat for half a month, he understands that what those people said is not too much.

Shen Liangpin said again: "I'm not joking with you. We are like this. It's hard to find a wife. Which woman do you think is willing to stay at home alone and be a widow? Captain, you know? We've been divorced twice, both That—the daughter-in-law can't bear the loneliness. There is also the second officer, who is 35 this year, and the daughter-in-law hasn't been found yet, and every time I go home, my mouth is full of bubbling. It's really hard!"

Xiao Xi listened, and couldn't help but think of Zheng Haifei. He should be very clear about this situation, but he never asked himself not to be a seaman, but just silently supported him, so he can keep the vacancy?In the short term, he believes that their relationship is still strong and they will not cheat, but over time, what about three to five years, or ten or eight years?Can they still miss each other so affectionately and keep festivals for each other?Will feelings fade because of distance?

"Anyway, I'm definitely going to go ashore in two years. I'll earn some money first, otherwise I might not even be able to marry a wife. Xiao Xi, you should think about it while you're young, and don't regret it in the future." Shen Liangpin clapped shoulder, turned and walked away.

Xiao Xi lowered her head and couldn't help but sighed softly.

However, the monotony of life is not the first thing that seafarers need to worry about. This time they went to Europe, they chose the Suez-Mediterranean route, which meant that their ships had to pass through the feared Gulf of Aden, which is the most frequent place for Somali piracy the sea area.Once encountering pirates, it means that there will be fear of life.

As for why I chose this route instead of going around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa to Europe, it is because that route takes a lot of time, and customers choose their small-tonnage freighters in order to save time, so this is a real wealth insurance. I asked for it.

As soon as they approached the Gulf of Aden, the crew tensed up. The captain asked the engineers to check the machinery strictly in case there was a mechanical failure and anchored in the Gulf of Aden.

The captain also strictly required everyone to carry out a fire drill and an anti-piracy drill. Xiao Xi was also nervous because of everyone's nervousness, and couldn't help saying: "It's going to be okay, I haven't heard of Somali pirates in the past two years." The incident of hijacking a ship."

"It's better not to, don't you want to have it?" The chief engineer said to Xiao Xi in a rough voice.

Xiao Xi had no choice but to shrink her neck quietly and stopped talking. After the exercise was over, Shen Liangpin comforted Xiao Xi: "The chief engineer has such a hot temper, so don't worry about him. He is also worried about our safety."

"No, it's okay." The colleagues on the ship are not short-tempered, and Xiao Xi is used to it. Zheng Haifei also mentioned some more dangerous things in the experience he gave him. The two had conflicts because they refused to give in. The last one Throwing the other stunned directly into the sea, he told Xiao Xi to be more patient, and don't plant the seeds of disaster just for a while.

Shen Liangpin said: "Pirate activities have not been so frequent in the past two years, which is of course the best for us sailors, but we still can't relax our vigilance for this kind of thing. Can't go wrong."

Xiao Xi's nerves also tensed up, but the pirates didn't come, but it ushered in the unusually rare heavy rainfall in this sea area in this season, and accompanied by strong wind, their ship was blown like a leaf on the sea.