When fireworks started to be set off on the shore that night, the 10,000-ton cargo ship anchored in the port was also ready to set off.
Thick containers are piled on the ship. Shoes and clothes, plastic and rubber products, that's about it, they're all very common things.
On the front deck, a few old crew members who were relatively idle gathered together, leaning against the side of the ship to watch the fireworks, smoke and chat.
The itinerary for setting sail during the Chinese New Year is a bit depressing, but since they are eating this bowl of rice, their income is not low no matter what, and they have long accepted and got used to it.
In short, as long as the month of pregnancy of the daughter-in-law at home is consistent, there is nothing particularly difficult.
"Creak", suddenly some heavy footsteps came from the darkness.
Four stevedores, each standing at a corner, appeared carrying a rectangular wooden box and walked past the crew.
The wooden box is not small, and can probably hold two adults, but compared to the container, it is still pitifully small.
The crew members turned their heads and looked at each other, said hello and asked, "Are you still moving things up at this time?"
"Bulk cargo, temporary consignment." The stevedore replied.
"Oh, what's inside? Why does it look like a big coffin?"
"I don't know. I didn't ask."
The conversation ended as the stevedores gradually moved away.
The crew member who just asked casually did not know that he had just walked on the threshold of life and death. Of course, the stevedores carrying the boxes didn't know either. What they were carrying could actually be regarded as a Transformer.
The kind that can sink a 10,000-ton ship easily when it gets angry.
"Bang!" "Bang!" Fireworks exploded in the night sky one after another, and the gorgeous firelight reflected on the dark sea in the middle of the night.
"Hey, tell me, have you ever heard of that when you went home this time?" A young crew member started a new topic while smoking.
"What?" the old crew member asked, holding his cigarette to his ear without lighting it.
"Alien spaceships, snow mountain monsters and so on."
"Oh, um, I've heard it before. It's spread everywhere. I guess I've heard it all. But you see, we are still living in the same sea, so our days are still the same. The New Year is also the same. .”
The old crew member said and looked up at the fireworks in the sky in the distance. Anyway, it’s still the same New Year’s Eve.
Everyone on the side said yes.
"Well, I know this. Regardless of whether you are an alien or not, as long as you are not at war with us, it is still important to make money to live. I just want to ask you whether you believe it or not?"
When the crew member said this, he lowered his voice: "Anyway, I believe it. I saw that thing last time I was on the sea with the ship. It was an alien spacecraft. It really flew past the sky..."
"Speaking of which, I've seen it before. It looks like a shuttle, right?!" Another person continued.
"Yes, yes, that thing is dark, I've seen it too."
"Yeah, I just can't see clearly, it's so fast."
The third and fourth people on the spot responded excitedly.
The view on the sea is wide and the life is boring. Counting the number of days in the group according to the number of days they have been running boats, nearly half of them have witnessed the large pointed fusiform spacecraft with their own eyes. But none of them knew whether it was the legendary alien inside.
It's like they don't know where those "shuttles" went.
While they were discussing together, another group of seven people walked past them. Everyone has their heads slightly lowered, wearing gray and black windbreakers or jackets and hoods, and they just walk silently.
In addition to the bags on their backs, everyone also carried a wooden box in their hands. It was a wooden box rather than a suitcase.
The boxes vary in size and length, and the longest one is probably more than two meters, almost three meters.
"Who is that?" After the people passed by, the crew member turned around and asked in a low voice.
"Maybe with the cargo owner of the ship." The old crew member said hesitantly, and at the same time reached out and pulled the young crew member's head back. "Don't look around and ask around. Since people can get through, they won't do our business."
To be honest, the attire and temperament of this group of people seemed unusual. The old crew members themselves were also curious. However, after drifting on the sea for many years, if you don't know much else, you have learned to be silent when you should be silent.
"This trip is not short. If they take the initiative to talk to them next time, we will respond to them well. If they are unwilling to contact, remember, no one can try to get in touch! Do you understand?!"
The old crew member gave another serious warning.
"I know, I know."
Amidst the sound of fireworks, the freighter left the port.
Next, it will pass through the Soya Strait, then cross the Sea of Okhotsk, enter the North Pacific, and go all the way to the other side of the ocean. It will take more than twenty or thirty days to complete an extremely ordinary voyage.
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The lower cabin is a room specially reserved for this trip.
Tie Jia sat up from the "coffin" and turned his head, "Why didn't you carry me?"
"The loading and unloading masters were so quick that we didn't take advantage of them," Wen Jifei said with a smile.
"Okay." Xi Mei was a little depressed. In fact, she didn't occupy the full box. If those people were stronger, there would be no need for four people. Four people are too much, and a big coffin is even more.
The sound of fireworks faded away, and the sound of waves came in.
"So now we are at sea." Xi Mei thought about it and said: "This is my first time to go to sea on a boat... I really want to go on the deck and have a look, Qingzi."
"Oh, okay, wait a little later, I'll find someone to help clear an area for us." Han Qingyu stood up and pulled the brim of his hood to cover the scar on his face. There were people on the boat to help them arrange everything.
He had never seen the sea like this, nor had Wu Shi, Wen Ji, and He Tangtang. Zhe Qiuhong said she wanted to see it too. Even Zhu Jiaming, who said he was seasick, said he wanted to see it.
However, they did not go up first. Instead, they stayed in the cabin and stayed at sea with Xi Mei until after four o'clock in the morning.
"Master, aren't you going?" When he stood up, Wen Jifei went to call Mr. Jiang Longchi.
The old man lay on the bed and opened his eyes, looked at the group of people at the door, recalled and confirmed, shook his head, "I won't go, I'm tired of seeing them."
"Huh? Tired of seeing it?! Don't you probably forget it? Then you look at it once and say, wow, the sea, and again, you say wow, the sea..." He Tangtang expressed doubts.
So, as expected, it’s more arrogant to not have been super chopped! Han Qingyu, Wen Jifei and Wu Shi looked at each other and trembled.
Surprisingly, Jiang Longchi burst out laughing and scolded, "Get out! You've never been beaten by a super-powerful person during the Chinese New Year, right?"
He Tangtang rolled away.
"Master, you won't throw it away, will you?" Han Qingyu asked standing at the cabin door.
Jiang Longchi turned to look at him, and suddenly seemed to remember clearly, "I told you this is the sea, the sea..."
"I know about the sea, but your strength is probably not much different from swimming in the sea to a torpedo."
"……roll!"
Imagining his torpedo-like figure, the old man laughed angrily again.
Han Qingyu turned around and rolled away.
But he hadn't taken a few steps yet.
Jiang Longchi suddenly shouted from behind: "Come back."
"What's wrong?" Han Qingyu turned around and asked back.
The old man sat up from the bed, opened the duffel bag at hand, looked for it, and muttered to himself: "Fortunately, I touched it with my hand. I didn't forget this."
He took out a handful of things from the bag with both hands.
Wrapped in red paper, red envelope.
But it's not money inside. It looks square and square, and it should be a blue crystal source energy block.
"One for each person, good luck." The old man said.
"Thank you, Master." "Blessed as the East Sea." "Longevity as long as Nanshan Mountain." "Invincible in the world." "Teach Chen how to write the Chinese character Bu Hung Fu!"
Han Qingyu took it, Wen Jifei took it, Xi Mei took it... Even He Tangtang, who had just left, came back to get it.
This year, they finally have red envelopes from their elders to receive.
The old man seemed very happy after receiving the red envelope. He lay down and fell asleep, saying:
"Go and see the sea. The sun will come out in a while. It will be beautiful."
