happy event

Chapter 252 pass by
Mr. Liu waved his hand boldly, "It's fate that we met. I can't thank you for anything." After that, he thought for a while and said, "You are a strange woman who is inquiring in the port. Maybe she is on guard. He refuses to tell the truth. Tomorrow, I will ask the shopkeeper at home to find someone to inquire about it personally, and maybe I will hear some useful news."

"Really, thank you very much, third brother. Please ask the shopkeeper, has there been a fleet of Dong's commercial company recently? situation."

"it is good."

Mr. Liu was a man of his word, and when the staff in the shop came to unload the goods the next day, he ordered the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper was also neat, and sent back the news within half a day.

It turns out that the port of the Philippine Island has not been visited by the Dong family's fleet in the past two months. There have been rumors from other ships that the Dong family's fleet had already gone to sea together, but they were recruited back after a short distance. .

At that time, many ships were afraid that they would encounter pirates without the Dong family's red horse boat guards, and they were really worried for a while.

Therefore, there are many people who know the news, and the shopkeeper has a wide range of people, and they will know it after a little inquiring.

Although Dong Rong was disappointed with this result, it was expected.The family knew that their husband and wife were killed together and their whereabouts were unknown. In order to facilitate the care of the property, they would definitely try their best to retreat.The ocean-going fleet accounts for the majority of the family's industry, but it is the most important thing, so it is reasonable to deal with it like this.The only one who suffers is her, but this is no wonder at home, everyone is probably looking for her in Daqi territory now, and no one thought that she would travel across the ocean to the Philippine Island.

Mr. Liu was really happy that Dong Rong went back with the boat as usual, so he went for a walk under the pretext of going ashore to inspect the shops, but instead threw all the logistics supplies and goods purchases on the way home to Dong Rong and Liu Guanshi.

Dong Rong was in charge of the fleet at home before, and she is very clear about which products sell well in Daqi and which products have high profits.Now I was upset again, and just wanted to find something to occupy my mind, so I let go of my scruples and helped Liu Guanshi so busy that I couldn't see the sun at both ends.But such hard work is also fruitful. It originally took half a month to deal with trivial matters, but it was rectified within ten days.I even found a lot of ingredients that are durable and not perishable, and prepared meals for the road.

Mr. Liu has fallen in love with a "talented girl" in the brothel these few days, and it's just that he is so lucky. He was a little surprised when he suddenly heard that he could return to the voyage.Finally, he threw a few ingots of silver to the "talented woman" who had been married for a few days, and returned to the boat.

Dong Rong ignored his joking complaints, hesitated for a long time, and wrote a superstitious letter in secret language and sent it to the director's firm.No matter how the shopkeeper explained that the shop had changed owners long ago, she still insisted on keeping the letter and a piece of silver.

Guanshi Liu is a capable person. In the past few days, he has set up several merchant ships to lift anchor and head back together, hoping to have someone to take care of him in case of trouble on the way.

In the early morning of this day, before the mist cleared in the harbor, the five merchant ships set off firecrackers and set sail after paying homage to the Sea God.

The winter monsoon is the most willing to work hard, but it took the fleet to run more than 1000 nautical miles in three to five days.However, it is also the most vicious villain, changing its face when it says it will.But in one night, there was a huge wave on the sea, hitting the merchant ship up and down, and even Dong Rong, who had never been seasick, vomited non-stop.

The boatmen were all experienced, and after a brief panic, they stabilized their minds, and under the command of the old helmsman, they successfully resisted the past.But after the weather cleared up, everyone realized that there was a merchant ship missing behind them. Needless to say, it must have been lost in the storm.

The four ships gathered in one place, and after carefully checking the charts, it was determined that the fleet had deviated from the original route.So after searching the vicinity for half a day, but failed to find the companion ship, he reluctantly picked up his fear and set sail again.When the fleet finally returned to the correct route, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

In order to reward everyone for their concerted efforts to overcome the storm and survive, Mr. Liu ordered to add food to lunch, and everyone cheered for fun, diluting the panic atmosphere that permeated everywhere in the past two days for a while.Dong Rong often heard the boatmen complain in private that Chef Liu's food was as unpalatable as pig food, so she took the initiative to accept the celebration banquet on the pretext that the big kitchen had too much work and was too busy.

Everyone saw all kinds of delicious food served in the small kitchen every day, and occasionally they met face to face, and they salivated for the delicious aroma.Now I finally have the opportunity to taste Dong Rong's craftsmanship, how can I not be happy.So they all cheered, and it was three points more lively than before.

In the cabin, Mr. Liu heard Steward Liu explain the original taste, and he frowned and complained like a child, "It's not that there is no cook in the big kitchen, why bother making her suffer so much."

Liu Guanshi didn't know that his master was protecting his shortcomings, he smiled and was about to persuade him, but Dong Rong came up from downstairs.She held a tray in her hand with a bowl of chilled mung bean soup on it.On the way here, there was no saltpetre on board, but luckily Dong Rong met him at a shop in the Philippine Islands and bought a lot of them, so he didn’t have to go crazy thinking about ice products on the way home.

When Mr. Liu saw the mung bean soup was cold, his eyes lit up with joy, he threw down the chess piece, took the bowl, and drank it clean in a few gulps.Finally, he let out a long and refreshing breath, and said with a smile, "Such a bowl of mung bean soup will not be exchanged for Hu Xianjiu."

Dong Rong laughed, put away the bowl and asked, "How did you hear that you blamed me for feeding everyone? This storm is really dangerous. If the boatmen didn't work hard, we might all feed the fish. I'll make a few Haocai is also to thank everyone for saving their lives, you, the boss, not only don’t thank me, but you plan to stop me?”

Mr. Liu gave an embarrassed smile, turned his head and asked Guanshi Liu in confusion, "Really, I didn't seem to say that just now, it must be a misunderstanding!"

Guanshi Liu wanted to roll his eyes, but he said, "Of course the third master didn't say it. I said it. I feel sorry for Mrs. Cao because she is too tired, so I plan to stop her."

Dong Rong smiled and saluted and thanked, "The manager is still kind-hearted. I will cook another good dish for lunch to thank you. How about it?"

"Of course it will be fine." Liu Guanshi didn't seem to see the master's instantly collapsed face, so he responded with a smile.

"You two, this is working together to squeeze me out. Do you still want to pay your monthly salary?" Mr. Liu protested, which made both Dong Rong and Guanshi Liu laugh.

Because there are more than [-] people on and off the ship, there are not enough pots and stoves in the small kitchen.Dong Rong took the two cooks to the big kitchen. With the previous "poisoning incident" as a foundation, now that Cook Liu saw Dong Rong, he wanted to take a detour, and now he slipped away with an excuse of bad stomach.

Dong Rong didn't care, and took two cooks and two handymen in the big kitchen to sort the fish and shrimp from the stern.I was lucky today, I actually caught two sea emperor fish weighing more than [-] jins, and the fish meat was removed neatly, leaving only the fish bones.Throw everything into the pot, add green onion and ginger to remove the fishy smell, and then simmer until the soup turns milky white before adding vermicelli, shredded cabbage and potato chips.The process is similar to pork bone soup stew, but the soup made from fresh fish bones is more delicious and tender than pork bone soup, which is like heaven and earth.

The squid shreds that have been blanched in water are white and raw, and they are fried with red pepper shreds and shallots. Before serving, add two spoons of garlic sauce. Just smelling the taste is refreshing and refreshing.

Then put a large pot of shredded potatoes, cut the sweet potatoes from the Philippine island into pieces, fry them and hang them in syrup. They look golden and crystal clear, and they taste even sweeter and crisper.

Everyone was busy and stretched their necks looking forward to it, but they didn't expect that lunch would be ready soon.As soon as the bell hanging on the bow rang, everyone hurriedly put down their work and gathered on the deck.The handymen and cooks smiled and brought up big baskets of pancakes and buckets of fish bone soup, as well as big pots of shredded potatoes and fried squid in sauce.Everyone got a share, some people liked to find a place in the shade to eat and drink slowly, and some people simply sat down on the deck and started to eat.

Needless to say, the fish soup was popular with all, and the sweet potato soup became the favorite of all the women.Of course, Mr. Liu was eating and drinking while sitting in the front cabin, while complaining about Dong Rong's secrets. It was also the first time he had eaten fish soup and sweet potato paste.

Guanshi Liu pretended not to hear, thinking that Dong Rong must have left a good portion for him in the kitchen.

On the Liu's merchant ship, everyone had a very satisfying meal for this lunch, and there were endless laughter.Dong Rong also ate and drank slowly while chatting with the two cooks, completely unaware that on the day they deviated from the course, three red horse boats happened to cross each other.On the big ship that sailed first, all her relatives were on board.

Dong Ping stood at the bow with his hands on the side of the boat, looking at the sea in front of him, wondering what was going on in his mind. Occasionally, his teeth touched a circle of fire bubbles on his lips, causing him to frown severely in pain.

Mr. Cao came out of the front cabin, sighed when he saw him like this, stepped forward to persuade, "Brother Ping, the matter has come to this, don't worry too much. Sister Rong and Zhuzi are both blessed and destined Man, nothing will happen. You can’t eat well or sleep well because you worry about it every day. If you break down from anxiety, wouldn’t there be no one to help you?”

How could Dong Ping not know this truth? He is almost 30 years old now. Not only has he been an official, but he has traveled all over the world in recent years. He is not bad in his knowledge and skills.But once the matter involved his sister's family, he was completely out of control.In his heart, he treats his eldest sister like a mother, and every night when he closes his eyes, he will have nightmares.Either she dreamed that her sister was being hunted down, or her body was bitten by fish and shrimp while floating in the sea.

He woke up with a start, as painful as if his heart had been taken out and thrown into the frying pan.It is said that men don't flick their tears lightly, but they haven't reached the point of sadness.He didn't know how many tears he shed secretly, and then wiped them away fiercely, and stepped up to settle down for the elderly at home. After that, he traveled all over the world to find his sister.If my sister is fine, then everything is easy to talk about.But his sister was really killed, and he spent the rest of his life aiming at revenge.

(End of this chapter)