Chapter 73 Chapter 73 Let’s Chat
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Antiviral particles, antipyretics, painkillers…
The enthusiastic villagers were very generous and filled a bag with all kinds of medicines, not only in large quantities but also in various types. They even gave them two large bottles of disinfectant and medical alcohol.
A big bag contained two small bags. After sorting out the medicines, Gu Mengran peeled off the layers of plastic bags and took out a lot of food from the bags.
Two boxes of compressed biscuits, a few bags of instant noodles, a small amount of rice...
The most numerous of them are dried fish with a faint fishy smell.
There were red-tailed carp as wide as two fingers, crucian carp and black carp as big as a palm, silver carp and carp as big as basins, and some fish that Gu Mengran had never seen before.
The fish were handled very cleanly, the big fish were gutted, and the small fish had their internal organs squeezed out. Probably because they were exposed to enough sunlight, the dried fish looked quite good, golden in color, crispy, and crumbs fell off when you held it in your hand, as if it had been fried in oil.
The faint fishy smell is mixed with the unique fragrant smell of dried fish. It smells a bit strange the first time, but after smelling it a few more times, hmm, it smells strangely fragrant.
It feels good to have a big brother looking after you. At least I am happy opening the blind box.
Gu Mengran was in a very good mood. He evenly divided the supplies and medicine into two parts and asked Zheng Yijie to send one to the new neighbor. However, he still kept a watchful eye and told the Xu siblings not to eat the dried fish for the time being.
Fengjin Lake is located upstream of a tributary and is relatively safe, but too many fish died in the river a few days ago. It is better to be safe than sorry. They have no shortage of food, so there is no need to take risks for a few dried fish.
After putting the supplies back into the space and carefully cleaning the cab, Gu Mengran walked into the aisle with brisk steps and slowly walked towards the kitchen.
After anchoring, no one was needed on duty and everyone was free.
Grandpa and Liang Zhao had already started cooking in the kitchen. Gu Mengran could smell the rich aroma of meat before he even arrived.
The food was spicy, fresh and fragrant, with a very strong flavor. Gu Mengran, who had wanted to go straight to the kitchen, hurriedly turned a corner and ran to the living room, closed the window and pulled the curtains before he felt a little relieved.
Having a new neighbor brings a little more trouble. Although the kitchen side is not next to Heng Rongsheng, the fenders are next to each other, and the two ships are less than one meter apart. No one knows whether the smell will drift through the living room.
The dinner was particularly sumptuous, with braised pork elbows, sweet and sour pork ribs, and home-cooked stir-fried meat. There was not a single vegetarian dish, all meat, and there was even a dish of pig's trotters with kidney beans stewed in the pot.
Gu Mengran looked around the kitchen, his eyes wide open.
While grandpa wasn't paying attention, he picked up a piece of pork ribs with his bare hands and put it into his mouth, puffing his cheeks and saying, "This is too rich. What day is today? Is it New Year's Day?"
Meng Gaoyang stirred the pot with a spoon and asked without turning his head, "What day is it? Oh, who said we were going to have a welcoming party for Liang Zhao?"
"That's right." Gu Mengran leaned over and spit the bones into the trash can. He glanced at Liang Zhao guiltily and said, "I forgot in my busy life that today is the day our little brother Liang will be released from quarantine. So, let's add another fish tonight."
Before Liang Zhao could say anything, the old man hurriedly said, "Whatever you think, this is enough for you, right?"
"Hey, Grandpa, give me another one. I want to eat it." Gu Mengran took two steps forward, grabbed Grandpa's arm and shook him, mumbling like a spoiled child, "It won't go bad if I put it in the space if I can't finish it."
"I'm tired of you, come on, take the fish—"
Halfway through his speech, the old man put down his spoon and turned his head sharply, looking at Gu Mengran with a hint of suspicion in his eyes, "Wait, I remember that when you were a child, a fish bone pierced your throat and you didn't like eating fish since then. Why did you suddenly change your personality?"
Gu Mengran subconsciously looked at Liang Zhao, but unexpectedly Liang Zhao was also looking at him.
Their eyes met, and Gu Mengran hastily looked away, laughed and said, "Well, I just opened that bag of supplies, and there were a lot of dried fish in it. It smelled so stinky that I suddenly wanted to eat it."
"Dried fish?" The old man's eyes lit up, and he decisively stretched out his hand to Gu Mengran: "Come here, give it to me. Steamed dried fish is perfect for drinking."
"Snap"
Gu Mengran patted his palm and said, "You are really hungry. You are not sure whether the water here is polluted or not, and you dare to eat anything."
After saying that, Gu Mengran took two steps to the side and reached his hand into the sink.
In less than a second, a flat, dead Wuchang fish appeared in the empty sink.
The old man squinted his eyes and glanced at it, with a look of disdain: "This thing, is it steamed?"
"Yeah." Gu Mengran nodded like a chick pecking at rice.
"Then you guys deal with it quickly, I——"
"Grandpa, you cook first. Zheng Yijie will come back to help you later. I'll take Liang Zhao away first. He's in urgent need."
Without giving the old man a chance to speak, Gu Mengran pulled Liang Zhao out of the kitchen quickly.
As soon as the people left, the lively kitchen suddenly became deserted. The old man sighed and muttered to himself: "Stinky boy, you only know how to be lazy."
In fact, it was not to be lazy. Gu Mengran took Liang Zhao away for some important business.
The Fengyi is moored for a long time, and the electric fence and high-pressure water cannons are not enough. If they want to be completely free and not have anyone on duty at night, they also need a human body sensing alarm.
It was parked in a deep water area of more than 600 meters, making it difficult for ordinary people to even get close to it. Even if someone came close by a speedboat as happened in the evening, the Fengyi had an absolute "height" advantage, making it impossible for someone to climb up with bare hands.
The only problem is Hengrongsheng. Hengrongsheng has a lot of cargo and a low waterline, so climbing up with bare hands may not be realistic, but with the help of tools and some time, it is probably possible to climb up.
Again, it’s always a good idea to make more preparations.
Each of them had a bag of alarms. Gu Mengran and Liang Zhao worked separately, one on the left and one on the right, installing the alarms on the outside of the doors and windows on the first and second floors along the deck, and finally connected the wires to the door handles and window frames.
The superstructure is also covered with a layer of waterproof tarpaulin, and the doors and windows have awnings, so there is no need to worry about the alarm being damaged by rain.
The function of the alarm is actually very simple. It is just to give a reminder. If someone touches the doors and windows connected to the wires from the outside, this thing will immediately squeak and emit a high-decibel whistle.
——High-end doorbell that rings when you touch it.
After a long and arduous journey, with their days and nights turned upside down, it was a rare opportunity for the four of them to have some free time, so they got together to have a hearty and unrushed dinner, which lasted until late at night.
The old man was craving for alcohol, and he coaxed Zheng Yijie and Liang Zhao into drinking. At first, he was quite restrained, drinking beer one sip at a time to enjoy himself. However, after a few glasses of wine, he gradually became drunk and could no longer tell east from west. He drank beer mixed with white wine and would not leave until he was drunk.
He was drunk. Three people drank the same amount, but only the old man was drunk.
He is really a novice but loves to play.
After much effort, he helped the old man back to the bedroom and settled him down. When Gu Mengran returned to the kitchen, Liang Zhao and Zheng Yiji had already cleared away the dishes and polished the stove to a bright shine.
Not bad, not bad, it really makes me feel at ease. Gu Mengran yawned lazily, turned around and walked back, but just as he lifted his legs and took a step, Liang Zhao suddenly called him from behind.
"Meng Ran."
Gu Mengran turned around and saw Liang Zhao and Zheng Yiji walking towards him side by side.
Thinking that the two men were looking for him for something important, Gu Mengran stood there waiting. But when he walked up to him, Zheng Yiji brushed past him, gave him a meaningful look, and then quickly walked back to his room along the corridor.
Gu Mengran: ...
Liang Zhao walked over with a faint smell of alcohol.
He drank a lot tonight, but he looked no different from usual, not drunk at all. However, his well-defined face was slightly red, especially his ears.
He stood aside without saying anything. Gu Mengran tilted his head to look at him and asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
Seemingly a little entangled, Liang Zhao met his gaze and quickly looked away, his lips opening and closing for a long time before he squeezed out a sentence: "Can we talk for a while?"
Seeing him hesitate and hesitant, it was obvious what he was talking about.
Gu Mengran raised his eyebrows, and the corners of his mouth rose uncontrollably, "Chatting here?"
"Go to the living room or to my room or your room? My room has just been disinfected today and it smells like disinfectant." Liang Zhao explained softly.
Gu Mengran: "Forget about the living room, let's go to my room."
As soon as the rain fell, the temperature dropped sharply. Now the temperature is maintained between 25-30℃, neither cold nor hot, a very comfortable temperature, and the room no longer needs air conditioning.
There was only one chair in the room. After entering, Gu Mengran rushed to occupy the chair, sat at the table, filled the electric kettle with water, and plugged it in to boil the water.
There was no other place to sit, so Liang Zhao looked around, hesitantly lifted the quilt, and sat upright on Gu Mengran's bed.
As if he had eyes on his back, as soon as Liang Zhao sat down, Gu Mengran immediately moved his chair and turned around, sitting face to face with him, raising his chin slightly, "Tell me, what do you want to talk about?"
As if he had already thought of what to say, Liang Zhao no longer avoided his gaze and met Gu Mengran's gaze frankly, "I want to confirm with you whether my dream and your dream are the same dream."
Since the confession that day, Gu Mengran deliberately stopped mentioning the matter, because he also wanted to know whether Liang Zhao cared about the "dream", whether he would forget about it in a blink of an eye, or whether he would take the initiative to verify it with him.
The result was the latter, and the initiative returned to Gu Mengran.
Without answering immediately, Gu Mengran smiled and asked softly, "So what if it's the same person? So what if it's not the same person? It's just a dream."
"No, it's not just a dream." Liang Zhao's eyes were firm and his tone was determined: "All the disasters in the dream have become reality, except us."
Gu Mengran shrugged, "Well, if you must confirm it, then I can tell you for sure, yes Liang Zhao, you dreamed of my dream. As for why it was my dream... because I dreamed of it first!"
As if it was an insignificant joke, Gu Mengran spoke in a light tone and with a relaxed expression, without any sign of abnormality.
One was calm and composed, but the other suddenly became nervous.
In less than three seconds, Liang Zhao's brows knitted tightly, his face turned pale, and he looked at Gu Mengran with extremely complicated eyes, his lips trembling slightly: "Does it hurt, does it hurt?"
Gu Mengran was stunned by the question which had no context. Just as he was about to ask back, he saw Liang Zhao's eyes slowly moving, staring at his legs without blinking.
Gu Mengran woke up as if from a dream. He waved his hands hurriedly and said with a dry smile: "Are you drunk? I said it was a dream. How can a dream hurt?"
"Is a dream that two people have together still a dream?" Liang Zhao lowered his eyes and looked at the pair of intact legs. A trace of confusion flashed in his eyes, and he muttered as if talking to himself.
Gu Mengran: "Of course! It's unscientific that the disaster in the dream becomes reality. What does it mean that two people have the same dream? You should regard it as a prophetic dream. Anyway, we are now eating and drinking well, which is completely different from the days in the dream when we had no food to eat."
no the same……
Liang Zhao chewed on these three words over and over again, his thoughts drifting uncontrollably.
Where did it all start to be different? It started with... Gu Mengran's phone call.
If Gu Mengran hadn't called him, maybe they would have met in a dream, but why did Gu Mengran make that call? Because he had a dream, in which he saved him.
The truth seemed to be getting closer and closer. Liang Zhao vaguely saw a ball of light and was about to reach out to touch it, but another hand was faster than him and patted him heavily on the shoulder.
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