Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Emptying the Family

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Large furniture such as dining tables, chairs, wardrobes, sofas, beds, etc. were shipped on board first. Gu Mengran bought all of them from the same home furnishing store, negotiated a price and had them delivered to the ship, and also paid four boatmen to help install them.

Professional matters need to be handled by professionals. The ship shakes violently during sailing, so the furniture and appliances must be secured. In the event of a storm, Gu Mengran does not want to run around the house chasing the furniture.

My grandfather was old and it was not easy for him to travel around, so Gu Mengran asked him to stay on the ship to supervise the work. At the same time, he contacted his old colleagues and used his connections to find channels to purchase large quantities of fuel.

Gu Mengran drove his Lao To Le around and started a new round of purchasing.

Television, refrigerator, washing machine, dryer, water purifier, air purifier, dehumidifier, cold-proof and heat-resistant industrial-grade air conditioner...all the items that can be used and those that cannot be used will be purchased according to the standards for a new house.

Next comes kitchen appliances and gas.

The kitchenware is simple and can be found in one large brand store.

Buying gas in large quantities would easily attract attention, so Gu Mengran could only do it in the same way as buying fresh food, stocking up on gas and liquefied gas cylinders at large kitchenware stores, gas outlets in the market, and major gas stations.

He bought 100 cans of gas each and a small ton of coal, and Gu Mengran was very satisfied.

Ships use electricity most of the time during sailing. When the engine is running, the ship's auxiliary power unit and wind turbine generator can provide sufficient electricity. Gas fuel only plays an auxiliary role in case of emergency.

Thinking of this, Gu Mengran went to add a few more generators.

Three high-power diesel generators and three solar generators.

There is no shortage of electricity on the ship, but living on the ship for a long time after the disaster, drifting with the waves is the norm, so an independent generator is essential.

During the three years of rainy weather, solar energy was of no use at all, but what if? Gu Mengran still looked forward to seeing the sun. Anyway, the generator was not big and the solar panels did not take up much space, so it would not be a problem to buy more.

After finishing all these, the date he had agreed with Liang Zhao was almost here. Gu Mengran thought for a moment and spent another day buying some "shameful" things and putting them into the space in advance.

Such as wood, steel decks, cement steel bars, bricks, lime and other building materials.

Large amounts of diesel, gasoline, heavy oil and other fuels.

There was not much left of the three million, and the most expensive fuel was paid for by grandpa. In order to prevent emergencies after the disaster, Gu Mengran spent the remaining tens of thousands of yuan on some sleeping bags, tents, 24-hour escape bags and other outdoor survival supplies.

Ten days passed in a flash, the supplies were almost stockpiled, and all the furniture and appliances on the ship were installed. The Fengyi was officially transferred from the shipyard wharf to the Yuntian Port anchorage area.

And today, Liang Zhao is about to arrive.

At dawn, the breakfast shop near his home was occupied by a group of office workers in a hurry. Gu Mengran, carrying soy milk and fried dough sticks, finally squeezed out of the crowd, and his slippers were almost stepped on.

Two cups of soy milk, two deep-fried dough sticks, and a basket of vegetarian buns, a total of ten yuan. If the vegetarian buns were replaced with meat buns, Gu Mengran would not have enough money in his pocket to pay the bill.

Meng Gaoyang got up early. As soon as Gu Mengran walked in with breakfast, the old man stood at the door of the bedroom and waved to him, "Come on, put away the mat and quilt in my room, as well as the pillowcases and slippers. Put them all away."

Yesterday, the old man spent a whole day cleaning up the house. He moved all the usable furniture, appliances, pots and pans onto the boat, and sold the unusable ones as scraps. The old house where they had lived for decades was completely emptied. From today on, the Wind Wing will be their home.

After adapting to the space, the old man treated Gu Mengran as a mobile warehouse, ready to serve at any time, and he stuffed all sorts of miscellaneous items into his space.

Still hungry, Gu Mengran walked into the room and placed the breakfast wrapped in a plastic bag on the cold mat. "There is not a table in the whole house. Sit here for a while and clean up after breakfast."

Meng Gaoyang thought about it and it seemed to be the case, so he took a fried dough stick and sat on the edge of the bed to eat it.

The two men were big eaters, so one fried dough stick was just enough to fill their teeth. Meng Gaoyang smacked his lips after finishing the fried dough stick and wanted to have some more steamed buns, but when he turned around, there were no more steamed buns, only a few plastic bags lying alone on the cold mat.

Gu Mengran's cheeks were puffed up as he ate and drank. The old man glanced at him with a look full of resentment, "You are a starving ghost reincarnated. You finished the whole thing in two minutes."

"I'm hungry." Gu Mengran swallowed the food with soy milk.

The old man glared at him, "You're hungry, why don't you buy more? This is not enough for anyone."

This is what I've been waiting for!

Gu Mengran lowered his eyelids, took a sip of soy milk, and muttered softly: "It's not that I don't want to buy it, but... Hey! Grandpa, I'm out of money. The three million yuan I spent on stockpiling goods was all gone. I can't even take out ten yuan from me now. How about I make you some instant noodles?"

"If you don't have money, just say something. Why are you being so shy?" Meng Gaoyang laughed and took out a wallet from his trouser pocket on the spot.

Upon hearing this, Gu Mengran looked at his grandfather eagerly and rubbed his hands excitedly.

Grandpa had explained to Gu Mengran two days ago that after buying the supplies, he still had 700,000 or 800,000 yuan left. Gu Mengran thought that Grandpa would at least give him half of it, and had already reached out to take the bank card, but the next moment, a thin wad of cash fell into his palm.

It's a very thin stack, no more than ten sheets by visual estimation.

Gu Mengran curled his lips and stopped talking.

"Why, not enough?" Meng Gaoyang held up his wallet with both hands and handed it to Gu Mengran, "Take whatever is missing, this is all I have."

Five red bills and a stack of coins. Gu Mengran suddenly raised his head and asked, "Where's the money?"

The old man laughed, "You said you don't know what to buy for now, so you put it aside first, but this money will be useless in the future. I think our supermarket is still empty, so we went to buy a batch of shelves and put in a batch of goods.

There will be people checking us when we leave the port, we can't leave with an empty boat, right?"

Gu Mengran: “…It’s over.”

Grandpa was right. The money was useless after the disaster. But he didn't know what to buy two days ago, but he found out today. This one thousand yuan is not enough.

"Is there anything else you want to buy?" The old man saw through it and asked Gu Mengran.

Gu Mengran hung his head in despair, counting on his fingers and saying to his grandfather: "Life jackets, rafts, anchors, cables, boat repair tools... I almost lost all these boat supplies-"

"Are you stupid?" The old man interrupted Gu Mengran and laughed, "Your grandpa has been a boat driver for half his life, how could he not have this common sense? I asked someone to buy them when you were out a few days ago, and they are piled up on the boat."

"real?"

"Kid, can I fool you about something serious?"

"What about the diesel boats? How many did you buy?" Gu Mengran's brows slowly relaxed and he looked at his grandfather expectantly.

Diesel boats refer to diesel powered boats, which are 5-10 meters long.

Although the Wind Wing was safe, the order was chaotic after the disaster, and they needed a few economical and practical diesel boats so that they could abandon the ship and escape at any time if they encountered any unexpected accidents.

The old man had obviously forgotten about this. Meeting Gu Mengran's burning gaze, he turned away guiltily and coughed softly, "I forgot about this. Didn't you say you would bring someone with you? Well, you can borrow some money from him and buy a few more boats."

"Huh?" Gu Mengran almost spit out soy milk after taking a sip.

"Grandpa, I didn't mention the natural disaster to him. I told him to come to work on our ship. He hasn't boarded the ship yet. Can the boss lend him some money first? Is that appropriate?"

The old man frowned, "Isn't he your good friend? You even want to bring him along to deceive people. What's wrong with borrowing some money?"

Gu Mengran was choked and fell silent.

I told my grandfather that Liang Zhao was an important friend, and I also told Liang Zhao that my grandfather insisted on buying a boat. The retribution for deceiving both sides finally came.

No matter what, we have to buy a diesel boat. Grandpa is right. Money after a disaster is like waste paper. Liang Zhao's money is no exception. It is better to borrow the money shamelessly.

Just as Gu Mengran made up his mind, there was a knock on the door.

Gu Mengran sat up with a start, quickly put away the messy plastic bags on the bed, smoothed his clothes, then dropped the soy milk and went to open the door.

Just as he reached the bedroom door, he suddenly thought of something and turned back to warn his grandfather: "Grandpa, don't let it slip! You're the one who bought the boat and you're the one who opened the supermarket. Let's just fool him first and tell him the truth when the natural disaster comes."

The old man snorted coldly, "Okay, I'll take the blame."

Facts have proved that the worry is unnecessary.

Liang Zhao, a taciturn man, greeted the old man when he entered the room, and then stood there without saying a word. Meng Gaoyang took the initiative and chased Liang Zhao to ask him questions, as if he was checking his household registration.

"Where are you from?"

"How old are you?"

"Why do you want to sail?"

Before coming, Gu Mengran had already told his grandfather most of Liang Zhao's situation, but the old man was talkative and insisted on asking, under the pretext of chatting.

Liang Zhao was a bit cold, but he was still very polite towards his elders and bosses. Like a good student, he patiently accepted Meng Gaoyang's questioning.

Grandpa and Liang Zhao asked and answered each other, and Gu Mengran was on pins and needles, afraid that one of them would let the cat out of the bag.

Seeing that it was getting late, he quietly winked at his grandfather and turned to ask Liang Zhao: "Have you brought everything, Liang Zhao? Let's get on the boat first and sign the contract. We will live on the boat before leaving the port."

It is normal for crew members to live on board. Liang Zhao had no objection and nodded slightly.

Gu Mengran dragged the suitcase for Liang Zhao. Worried that his grandfather might have said something wrong, he quickly pulled Liang Zhao out.

The old man followed the two of them closely, and kept talking as he walked: "Xiao Liang is a local, so he was also in Yuntian before? Which route did he take?"

Liang Zhao had answered all the trivial questions quickly before, but he remained silent when asked a very simple question. His eyes slowly fell on Gu Mengran's shoulder.

After being silent for too long, the three of them walked out of the door one after another. Even Gu Mengran felt strange and turned back to look at him. At this time, Liang Zhao's throat moved up and down, and he gently uttered two words: "Yunjing."

Yunjing Line, Yuntian - Xinjing.

After leaving his hometown, Gu Mengran lived in Xinjing for five years.

Gu Mengran raised his eyebrows in surprise. Just as he was about to speak, the old man spoke first, "Wow, I was wondering how you two, one from Yuntian and the other from Xinjing, can be good friends when you are so far away from each other? It seems that you often go to Xinjing. You often go to play with him when you are docked, right?"

Finished! Gu Mengran's heart skipped a beat. He was just thinking about how to change the subject when Liang Zhao's eyebrows moved slightly and he glanced at him intentionally or unintentionally, "Good friend?"

It was unclear who he was asking. Meng Gaoyang was thinking about the fact that Gu Mengran still had to borrow money from others, so he tried to make peace with him and said, "That's right! Hun has been talking about you a lot these past two days, saying that you are his best friend in his life, a close buddy, and what else? A life-long friendship?"

The air seemed to freeze for a moment.

Liang Zhao's shoulders trembled slightly, and a low laugh escaped from the depths of his throat, "Is that so."

Gu Mengran: …………