"Lafite-chan...you have a long way to go...
ps: Well...I don’t know what to say but I just want to make a ps.
Chapter 54: Making a Fortune
"It seems like there's a power outage again..." Helena noticed that the air conditioner in the command room had stopped working, and reported to Su Xin who was sitting next to her, "This seems to be the third time in a month."
"Hmm? That's the third time?" Su Xin thought for a moment, "Was there a power outage during the time we were away?"
"Yes... once the circuit breaker tripped, and another time the fuse blew..." Helena recalled carefully, "Cleveland solved the first two times, which was amazing."
"Dad Ke... sounds very reliable."
"Well, she is indeed very reliable, but she seems to be not used to the name 'Dad Ke'. Is that okay?"
"Hmm." Su Xin raised her head. "Then I'll ask next time?"
Helena smiled helplessly, thinking, "If you ask her, of course she'll say yes."
But Helena didn't plan to continue talking. After all, it was quite interesting to see Cleveland looking a little troubled.
Helena looked at the time. It was four o'clock in the afternoon. It was time to prepare dinner. So she stood up and asked Su Xin, "Su Su, I have to go make dinner, but there is a power outage, so I'm going to go to Cleveland to find a solution.
Want to go together?"
Su Xin thought about it and silently shook her head to indicate that she would not go. She was very afraid of the cold. The temperature outside was low and the wind was strong. She was still greedy for the pleasant temperature in the command room which had not yet dropped, so she chose to stay here.
Helena didn't force it. After spending so much time together, she knew her commander very well and knew what Su Xin was thinking. So she just nodded and said, "I'll go first, okay? Don't read when it gets dark."
It’s bad for your eyes.”
"Yes, I remember that."
Helena was in a good mood. Her child had always been obedient and sensible. As a mother, she was of course very pleased and her mood had never been bad.
"Hmm? A mother?"
"Ah... Helena you're here."
Even though Miss Knight changed into long sleeves, she still did not give up her white shawl. She was standing on a small stool in front of the distribution box. She turned around and greeted Helena when she heard her footsteps.
"Are you already repairing it?" Helena hooked her long hair that was blown forward by the wind behind her ears, revealing her fair neck, and her femininity was inadvertently revealed.
Cleveland was distracted for some reason, but when Helena's question drew his attention back, he didn't care. "Yeah, but I just got here."
"Is that so? Did the circuit breaker trip again?"
"Hmm..." Cleveland turned around and looked at the switchboard carefully, "It seems the fuse is blown again.
"Do you want a new one?"
"But I only bought one last time, and I didn't expect it to break so quickly."
"Isn't there any at Mingmiao?" Helena was a little curious. The last time she went to Cleveland, she took a taxi to buy it.
"She said she only had food, drink and entertainment supplies. She did have a lot of equipment, but it wasn't selling well. She didn't buy any fuses or anything like that because she felt they wouldn't be able to use them." Cleveland paused. "It was said that her reputation had a problem.
Problem? I don’t really know. ”
Helena knew that when she was out on commissions in the past, she would meet other scattered wandering ship girls. They heard that there was a shop owned by the young boss Ming Miao in the Helena port area, and they would occasionally come to patronize it once or twice.
Most of the items bought by wandering ship girls are equipment boxes, and they are bought one or two at a time. Because Mingmao does not clearly mark the price of each piece of equipment, they are just put in boxes like a blind box, and what you get depends on your luck.
Originally, wandering ship girls came to buy equipment mostly to improve their strength, mainly because purple equipment was too expensive. Generally speaking, wandering ship girls did not have much savings, so they could only buy boxes and try their luck.
Occasionally, you’ll get purple equipment from a purple box, and that’s profit. Even if you can’t use it, you can still sell it. But only a few of them make a profit, and most of the time you get some dispensable equipment.
One day, when Ming Miao was making money happily, Su Xin came to buy something and called out "swindler". The key point was that Ming Miao responded. The ship girl who bought the box subconsciously felt that something was wrong. When Su Xin left, she
She followed quietly for two steps after the door opened. After leaving Ming Miao's sight in the store, she caught up with Su Xin in a few steps and asked her questions.
"Hello, may I ask what you just called Mr. Ming, a profiteer..."
Su Xin was walking and reading the book she had just bought. She spoke without thinking when she heard the words.
"She washes boxes and sells them."
The wandering ship girl paused, with a look of "WTF" on her face. Before Su Xin could react, she ran back to the store to argue. She scraped the surface of the box with a little force, and it was true!
That night Ming Miao went to Su Xin to complain, saying that she had lost a lot of money because Su Xin had ruined her reputation.
"Good guy, the bad guy is the first to complain." Su Xin looked at Ming Miao silently without saying a word.
After staring at each other for a while, Ming Miao gradually lost her confidence. Just when she was about to go back in silence, she saw Su Xin lifting her skirt towards her.
Before she could cover her face, she saw the red, translucent, fist-sized diamond that held infinite attraction to her.
"Oh...what a big diamond, so hard, so translucent...hiss—" Ming Miao's hand that was holding her cheek moved down silently and wiped away the non-existent saliva.
"Well... I'll make up for it, but you should stop swiping boxes from now on, right?"
“Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm okay okay okay.” Ming Miao rushed forward, hugged Diamond and ran away. Only after she got out of the door did she hear a voice, “Thank you, boss.”
After that, Ming Miao kept his promise and didn't swipe the boxes again. The purple boxes were sold as purple boxes, and the blue boxes were sold as blue boxes. But the drop rate... depends on luck.
However, her reputation became not so good, as if the name of a dishonest businessman had spread. It was estimated that no one would come to her to buy boxes for a while. It was a pity. However, the red diamonds made up for a lot of the losses, even exceeding the loss value.
"It's not a loss at all hahahahahahaha." Ming Miao smiles every day with his hands tucked into his sleeves. The diamond is never let go of his little hand. He is happy all day long, like a cat that has stolen some fish.
Shaking her head, Helena pulled herself out of her memories and asked Cleveland, who was patiently looking at her and waiting for her reply, a little embarrassedly: "So I can't recover today?
"Well...ok, I'll go out and buy it now." Cleveland was about to leave, but was stopped by Helena.
"Ah... never mind." Helena felt that it was not good to bother Cleveland. "It's okay for one day. I'll just bring it back tomorrow when I go out shopping."
Cleveland thought about it and had no objection. It was cold and everyone went to bed early, so it shouldn't have any impact, so he agreed.
"But... the food in the refrigerator may not be fresh." Helena frowned and thought for a moment, "There is gas, how about having noodles tonight?"
Cleveland had no objection and was about to respond when he heard a voice suddenly coming from the side.
"Let's eat barbecue!"
The two were startled and looked over to find that it was the green-haired profiteer Ming Miao who suddenly appeared.
"Boss Ming...why are you here?" Cleveland asked, stroking his chest.
"The power is out..." Ming Miao answered as a matter of course, and smiled widely again, "And I smell... the smell of business opportunities, meow~"
"...What business opportunities?"
"Hey hey hey... Miss Helena, didn't you say that the food would be stale if there was a power outage?" Seeing Helena nod, Ming Miao continued, "Then we can have a barbecue. This way we won't waste food and we can enjoy the meal.
There’s also a bonfire, meow!”
After hearing this plan, Helena unexpectedly thought it was...not bad. She turned around and looked at Cleveland. They had no objection, so they reached a consensus.
"Okay, barbecue parties are good, but what's the business opportunity? Mingmiao, do you also sell vegetables and meat?"
"Hmm~hum~hum~" Ming Miao put his hands in his pockets, and his cat ears kept shaking. "I have smokeless carbon, alcohol, lighters, barbecue grills, and even simple walls for windbreaks, meow~"
Helena laughed, called Su Xin to ask for her opinion, put down her phone and said to Ming Miao, "Then Cleveland and I will go prepare the ingredients. Please ask Boss Ming to notify them to meet at the beach."
"Oh great~ I'm making a fortune~" The little profiteer jumped towards the ship girl dormitory.
ps: I have been waiting for the posts these days and have seen that everyone is encouraging me to continue writing, and there are also book friends who are comforting me to keep my own pace. Thank you very much for your support. I will continue to squeeze the toothpaste. You are all good people. Woohoo (inexplicable
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Chapter 55: Barbecue
Around five o'clock in the afternoon, Su Xin, wearing an extra cotton coat, came to the beach with her head tucked in. Rafi, Helena and the others had already arrived, gathering at the edge of the beach, leaning against the mountain wall.
The cold wind here is relatively small, the heat loss of the charcoal fire is not large, and there will be no ashes being blown up to contaminate the food.
To ensure that everything is foolproof, Helena also bought a nearly human-high windbreak wall specially sponsored by Ming Miao. It is a thin folding wall with a bracket. The legs are inserted into the beach, making the wall much more stable.
Under the gaze of everyone, Su Xin walked to the dinner point. There was indeed no wind. Although the temperature was still very low, it was much better than when there was wind.
The preparations for the dinner are not finished yet. Helena said that she has only washed the ingredients and has not started anything else.
You need to light a fire, slice or cut the food, marinate the meat, and string the processed ingredients onto long iron skewers. In fact, you can put it directly on the grill, but Ming Miao said that this kind of barbecue is not very convenient.
There is a soul (actually they want to sell the skewers), and finally everyone is ready to make skewers.
Su Xin volunteered and chose the job of making a fire. She was too cold, and the ship girls also wanted their commander to be closer to the warm charcoal fire, so they let her make the fire.
Helena, Phoenix and Cleveland are responsible for cutting and pickling vegetables, Portland, Lafite and Ming Miao are responsible for skewering, and Long Island is responsible for being the spirit behind Su Xin, who is actually responsible for Su Xin's safety to prevent her from getting burned.
As for Hood...to be honest, there is not much for her to do. Mainly because it is not quite appropriate to ask her to prepare the sauce. After all, the Royal Navy's ship girls are not very reassuring when it comes to cooking.
At first, when Hood heard that she had nothing to do, she felt a little disappointed, but Helena was very understanding and asked her to help take charge of the after-meal snacks, so the disappointed Ms. Hood soon perked up.
Su Xin looked at the charcoal in the grill and looked around but didn't find any instructions, so she had to do it herself. She picked up the lighter, took out four or five pieces of paper, lit the paper, threw a piece of charcoal into the fire, and shook the flame.
The flame burned out, but the charcoal was still black and didn't look like it was ignited.
Su Xin, who had never made a fire before, thought about it and realized that the temperature was probably not high enough, so she trotted over to Ming Miao and bought a bottle of alcohol.
Changdao followed Su Xin like a ghost, without saying a word. The sky in December darkened quickly. The moment Su Xin turned around, she was startled by her and almost dropped the alcohol in her hand.
"Sister Chang...Sister Changdao..." Su Xin broke out in a cold sweat, "I'm scared to death..."
"Hey hey hey...I told you I'm a ghost~"
"Yeah, ghost, ghost." Su Xin nodded in response, "Miss Ghost, come here quickly, we need to light a fire."
"Come on, come on."
Su Xin was fiddling with the charcoal fire over there, and the food group over here was not making much progress either.
Helena is quite versatile and cuts the ingredients neatly and evenly, but her sister Phoenix's situation is not so good.
The potato slices on the left are twice as thick as the ones on the right, and the meat slices... or meat strips? They look like fingers. Although Cleveland knows a little bit about everything, in fact, she is only qualified. Helena asked her to help with the chicken wings.
Leg and other meat spreads
Helena took a break from her busy schedule to look at the two people's preparations, wondering if she should reverse the tasks that each of them was responsible for.
Portland was skewering vegetables. She was sitting cross-legged with her rag doll Indy Sauce sitting in her arms. She was skewering the vegetables at a moderate pace, just the right pace.
Rafi's situation is not so optimistic. She is not very focused and always gets her fingers pierced by the sharp tip of the iron skewer. Although the ship girl has a good physique, the pain is real. It is still very painful after a few hits. The main thing is that it is very annoying.
Mentality.
You asked her why she couldn't concentrate? Wasn't it because of the girl in a cotton coat fiddling with charcoal fire a few steps away with her back to Lafite? Damn woman, she only attracted Lafite's attention.
Ming Miao was eating skewers honestly at first, but after seeing Lafei frowning several times, he discovered a business opportunity.
"Lafite-chan, Lafite-chan."
Rafi turned his gaze back and looked at her expressionlessly.
"Does it hurt when your finger is pricked, meow?"
Rafi thought about it and nodded.
"Then... do you want me to give you gloves? They're very cheap, meow! Rubber gloves, only ten supplies, meow~"
Lafite looked at the bright yellow rubber gloves that Mingmiao took out from his sleeve and shook his head with a cold face. They were too ugly.
Ming Miao put the gloves aside and continued to sell them while stringing them together. Lafei continued to move his hands while shaking his head. As his attention was drawn back, he did not prick his fingers again.
Hood sat at the table provided by Ming Miao, and boiled water with a windproof alcohol lamp in an elegant posture.
The kettle was very small, only the capacity of a teapot, so it boiled very quickly. Unfortunately, the meal was not ready yet, let alone tea. Hood had to use the hot water to clean the tea set.
Su Xin's fire still didn't light up, so she poured alcohol on the charcoal. She was very happy when the flame was lit, and Changdao also made a "Wow~" sound. Unfortunately, the fire went out soon, and the black charcoal was still black charcoal.
Su Xin failed twice, but she was not discouraged and started looking for solutions online.
"Well... use some charcoal strips to pile them into a 'well' shape, then put the fire in the middle and cover it."
Su Xin stared at the charcoal for a while, then began to grind the charcoal into strips. After grinding seven or eight pieces, she realized that there were a group of ship girls standing behind her.
Helena asked, "Susu? What are you doing?"
"Hmm... grind into strips for fire."
Upon hearing this, Ming Miao took out a gas tank flamethrower and sprayed the charcoal in the barbecue grill in front of Su Xin's dull eyes. Soon the charcoal was burning red.
Helena took a handkerchief soaked in hot water and wiped Su Xin's hands while holding back her laughter. She changed several handkerchiefs before she wiped Su Xin's hands back to their tender white color.
Afterwards, Su Xin felt a little depressed, thinking that she was not able to help. Although it was not obvious on her face, everyone could feel it more or less after being together for such a long time.
