dry man, dry soul

In this mysterious and unpredictable world, you can't touch people casually, otherwise you may be stabbed.

Chi Jiang would be quite sensible to let go of the doctor, in case the doctor cut him up with a single knife.

But the young doctor flipped his fingers, and the scalpel in his hand retracted into his sleeve.He said concisely to Chi Jiang: "I'm interested."

Chi Jiang didn't react for a while: "Huh?"

The young doctor stared at Chi Jiang with deep black eyes, and said calmly: "Biological research. Research requires three things. First, local biology; second, research equipment; third, money. I can provide technical support, and you can give me What to offer?"

Chi Jiang: "..." This doctor obviously looks like a student, how could he enter the negotiation in an instant?

The doctor stopped talking, waiting for Chi Jiang to come to the negotiating table.

Thinking about the seafood porridge this morning, Chi Jiang took out the small gold bar he just got from his pocket and put it in front of the doctor: "Money." Then he sincerely invited, "At noon today, Mr. Kang Huali, the owner of the Jenny, would like to invite us Eat rare sea fish together. Do you want the doctor to come together?"

The doctor stared at the small gold bar in front of him.

One hundred grams, only five figures.For research, this amount of money is only enough to buy some test tube medicines, not even a corner of the machine.Large-scale equipment can cost millions, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions.To be honest, the deluxe room he stayed in this time was worth more than five figures.

The room fee was not paid by him, and the small gold bars in front of him were real gold and silver.It should be the gold bar given by the rich brick red dice woman yesterday.So the lady from yesterday was really rich.

The doctor naturally took the gold bar and put it in the pocket of his white coat, his tone was more attentive than before: "What fish?"

Chi will show a friendly smile: "I don't know."

Doctor: "...that lady also ate it yesterday?"

Chi Jiang nodded slightly.

The doctor thought for a while: "Your project, she provides research funding?"

Chi will continue to smile.Qiao Jiu just hired Chi Jiang and Shen Yu, and it has nothing to do with providing funds for biological research.But as an excellent chef, one must be able to attract customers and maintain money relationships.Chi Jiang nodded very definitely: "Yes."

The doctor originally had his own plan, but now he directly cancels the plan: "I will eat with you at noon today."

A chef and a doctor each have their own purpose at the moment.The two of them felt no guilt about Qiao Jiu's money.

The two were talking here, trying to coax out of Qiao Jiu's little gold bar.A staff member in uniform walked through the not-so-wide aisle.

As he walked, he recognized the passing tenants and looked at the room numbers beside him.After spotting the white-haired General Chi not far away, he immediately stopped turning his head, but walked up to greet him with a smile: "Is this Mr. Chi Jiang? Mr. Kang Huali asked me to come to you. I heard that you want to do it yourself kitchen, so there is space for you in the back kitchen of a restaurant.”

The staff member walked to Chi Jiang's side in twos and threes, and looked at the young man in a white coat next to Chi Jiang: "Is this one together?"

Chi Jiang didn't expect that Kang Huali would send someone to come to him.He asked the staff: "Yesterday we made an appointment with Mr. Kang Huali for two people. Can we add two more people today?"

The staff is only responsible for calling people, and has no way to make a decision for Mr. Kang Huali: "You have to ask Mr. Kang Huali yourself. Shall I guide you two?"

Chi Jiang looked sideways at the doctor, who nodded.

Chi Jiang went back to his room to get his backpack, and then followed the staff and the doctor to the destination.On the way, General Chi took out his mobile phone and sent a message to his two companions while the ship had not set sail and had a signal.He looked sideways at the doctor: "General Chi, can you change your contact information?"

The doctor glanced at Chi Jiang's cell phone, and took out his cell phone from his white coat pocket: "Gu Xijia." He reported his name, and exchanged contact information with Chi Jiang on the spot.

The staff in front looked back at the two of them, and then turned back quickly.She was curious about the two explorers.A white-haired chef, looking at a young age but not knowing why he was invited by Mr. Kang Huali to cook lunch, his eyes were lively, and his eyes were always faintly curious when looking around.The other brunette looked younger.It seems to be like a doctor and a bit like a researcher, looking at a world of its own, a little silent and withdrawn.

Explorers are indeed strange people.Asked if he could have dinner together, it seems that names and contact information are only exchanged now.Is this familiar or not familiar?

The staff was full of questions, but they didn't ask them.Laws and regulations are difficult to control these unpredictable explorers, so that it is possible for them to do anything.

It's too dangerous, so it's better not to take care of it.

Chi Jiang didn't know who had more problems in his mind than the staff and him.He found that he didn't speak, even if Gu Xijia was beside him, he didn't speak at all.The two let the staff take them to the back kitchen of a restaurant.

Kang Huali was not there at the moment, only the other chefs in the restaurant were busy preparing the cruise lunch.

A little chef in a chef's hat hurried over with a chef's hat and a brown apron.His skin is black and yellow, and his physique looks very healthy. His face has freckles from the sun all year round and a layer of redness caused by panic. Seeing that the two he brought did not look like chefs, he was even more flustered: "Who, who? Is the chef?"

The staff pointed to Chi Jiang: "White-haired Chi Jiang, Mr. Chi. It's easy to recognize. Mr. Kang Huali told me just now that he was a young chef with white hair and ethnic ornaments."

The little chef hurriedly smiled at Chi Jiang honestly, and handed over the chef hat and apron in his hand: "Hello." After handing them over, he looked at Gu Xijia again without saying a word, "I'll help you get another chef hat Bar."

The little chef was very enthusiastic and didn't wait for a reply at all. After saying this, he hurried to get the chef's hat again.

Chi Jiang explained to the doctor beside him: "He probably thought you were going to help me. The best way for a chef to prevent hair from falling into the food is to wear a hat. Otherwise, you have to shave your head."

This sentence is very common sense and did not cause any reaction from Gu Xijia.He silently glanced at General Chi, waiting for the little chef to bring him a chef's hat.

The little chef quickly handed over the chef's hat to Gu Xijia, and kept talking enthusiastically: "You guys seem to be about the same age as me. I am twenty this year." The little chef is very good at greeting people and is very familiar with the staff. Looking at the staff member just now, he said, "Leave it to me. I have a lot of things to do on board today. Go fast."

The staff member was helpless: "Yes. I'll go first."

After he finished speaking, he left, leaving the enthusiastic little chef to Chi Jiang and Gu Xijia: "How old are you? I didn't expect the boss to invite such a young person to eat together. It's a very expensive rare sea fish."

Chi Jiang calculated his age: "23."

Gu Xijia didn't say her age, but just followed the two of them.

The little chef didn't care about Gu Xijia's introverted state of being completely off topic.He couldn't hide what was on his mind, and led the two of them to the food storage in the back kitchen. He kept talking to the two of them along the way: "Sure enough, my age is about the same as mine. Mr. Kang Huali is a very famous gentleman. Although he has been rarely I’m in charge of the ship’s affairs, but the benefits and benefits I’ve given have always been very good. Don’t increase the rent of our restaurant much, so that the boss can pay higher wages to the employees.”

"By the way, the sea fish was just delivered to the boat today. It must be eaten as soon as possible, otherwise it will rot and deteriorate soon. Mariculture can last for a while, and freezing can also delay deterioration for a while, but it can be delayed for a few hours. If it exceeds the time, then take it When it comes out, it will turn into a puddle of foul-smelling water. Generally, it should be placed separately, otherwise it will cause other food in the refrigerator to go bad together. It is a bit late to eat at noon. The best time is to salvage it in the early morning and eat it early in the morning .”

After talking so much, he brought the two of them to a huge tank where the seafood was raised in the back kitchen.

At the bottom of the water tank, several creatures that the pool general had never seen were lying there languidly.They should be said to be octopus, but they are not any kind of octopus Chi Jiang has ever seen.They have eight tentacles, and densely packed soft suckers can be seen on the edges of the tentacles.The tentacles are very similar to ordinary octopuses, and there is a membrane like a duck's paw between each tentacle.When they extended all eight hands, it was like a graceful woman wearing a long skirt, playing with her elegant and beautiful skirt.

They were different from the octopuses Chi Jiang had seen, each with a pair of wings.There is a kind of octopus that has fins, as if it has wings, and flutters like an elephant's ears. It is called Dumbo octopus.The octopus in front of him didn't have fin-like wings like that, but bat-like wings.

The bat's wings have bones, and the wing in front of it is covered with a thin layer of fish scales. Judging from the current drooping shape, it is difficult to see whether there are bones.I don't know if it was Chi Jiang's illusion, but he could feel the fish scales glowing.

The black bean-like eyes of the octopus are somewhat similar to fish eyes, but they have no focusing ability, only a dead light.

The little chef said at the side: "We call this sea fish a devil octopus. Don't its wings look like little devils? They fly very fast. Some biologists went down to explore before and wanted to know more about this fish. Living environment and predation habits, etc. It turns out that they sometimes appear in seas hundreds of meters deep, sometimes in thousands of meters. The time of appearance is also intermittent. There will be a frenzy in about five years, and the rest of the time Most of the time, it is very rare. It was difficult to catch, but now it is not a frenzy period, and it is even more difficult to catch.”

He went down with a pole and stirred the water.I saw the sluggish octopus suddenly burst into vitality in an instant, lifting all its tentacles, with the wildness of a graceful woman upskirt.

At this moment, you will find that there is a ray of light under these wild tentacles.It seems that this kind of light is a weapon used to intimidate the enemy and enhance one's own momentum.

Chi will be watching from a chef's perspective: "The meat looks plump. Is it poisonous?"

The little chef is very sure that He Chi said: "Not poisonous. These devil octopuses are used to the pressure below [-] meters, so they are not very energetic now. Once they leave the sea water, they will soon have a tendency to kill themselves. Dealing with it is the big problem You have to quickly clean the scales of the fish before cooking them in the pot, otherwise the taste will deteriorate.”

He glanced at Chi Jiang, held back but still didn't hold back: "Mr. Kang Huali doesn't know why he invited you to eat this. It is called the devil octopus because there is another rumor. It is the person who eats this octopus, He will be cursed by the octopus and has a tendency to kill himself, so people insist on calling him the devil octopus."

The author says:

Chi Jiang's secret to making friends: talk to yourself.