Chapter 90 What we have to do

The boat is so small that we can’t all have our own rooms. Most of us have to share rooms with two or three other people, and Singh and Johnny have to sleep in hammocks.

Singh has lived on the water for many years, so he is fine with this arrangement. Hui Gen is a kind person, and he is a bit embarrassed. He said to Johnny, “Johnny, why don’t you sleep in my bed? I’ll sleep in the hammock.”

Faced with the kindness of Huen, Johnny’s eyes revealed a hint of emotion, saying, “You don’t know me. I’m a person who likes to do things to the extreme. Since I’m living on the water, I want to fully experience the life of a sailor. I deliberately arranged it this way.”

At this point, Singh had already driven the boat away from the shore and was slowly approaching the middle of the Ganges. In other words, we had officially set sail.

I was a little excited. In fact, if it weren’t for the incident where I was shot by a river, we would have been sailing on the rivers and lakes of China by now. The money we have earned over the years has allowed us to buy our own boat, but unfortunately I haven’t seen what it looks like yet… Life is really strange. We never thought that our first life on the water would be in India.

Seeing my emotion, Johnny, who was standing next to me, handed me a small bottle of whiskey and said, “How can sailing life be without alcohol?”

I thanked him and took the whiskey he handed me. I unscrewed the cap and took a sip, but found that the whiskey was surprisingly pure, slightly sour on the tongue, then spicy and bursting in the mouth, with a hint of oak, hot and flowing into the stomach, but with a sweet aftertaste of wheat…

This was the first time I had a positive impression of foreign liquor, and I couldn’t help but take a look at the bottle. It was Macallan 12 years old.

“A Scottish brand. I’ve always thought that the whiskey produced here tastes the most authentic. It’s not expensive, but it’s right for our life on the water, don’t you think?” Johnny winked at me.

I smiled and looked up. The water was wide and the current was gentle. The sunlight shone on the rippling water, like golden fish swimming. The plains on both sides looked somewhat desolate, with the wind blowing the grass and the air full of the scent of nature. With the taste of whiskey in my mouth, I suddenly agreed with some of Johnny’s ideas. Since we were already taking risks, why not make the best of it and turn everything into enjoyment and travel.

At this time, Johnny had already turned around and fetched a small stool, which he fixed to the edge of the deck. Without saying a word, he opened the boom, and it looked like he was going fishing.

There was no air conditioning on the boat, and Xiao Chengqian, who was a bit hot, took off his shirt to reveal his relatively strong upper body and walked over to Johnny to complain, “Johnny, you have a lot of money, why don’t you get a cruise ship, even a small cruise ship? This boat is simply…”

Johnny was concentrating on making the bait at the time, and when he heard Xiao Chengqian’s question, he suddenly smiled kindly and waved at Xiao Chengqian, saying, “Do you want to know why? This involves a secret. Come over here and I’ll tell you.”

Xiao Chengqian hurried over as soon as he heard there was a secret. He put his ear close to Johnny’s mouth. Johnny looked at Xiao Chengqian with a strange smile and suddenly pushed him into the water. Then he yelled at him in the water, “Don’t insult my Penglai! Do you know that it is the right one? Do you think every section of the Ganges is so calm and wide? Many dangerous places are only suitable for the modified Penglai! You idiot who only knows how to enjoy yourself, soak in the water for a while.”

“Why me again?” Xiao Chengqian only then floated up from the water, his face full of innocence and helplessness. No matter how much Xiao Daishao had a temper, he dared not vent it on Uncle Johnny, and could only endure a belly full of depression.

Chengzhen laughed behind me, and Wal-Mart hid behind Chengzhen and laughed with a bright face.

I squinted, smiled, and took another sip of the whiskey in my hand. I thought to myself, the whiskey is good, and so is this day. It will shine in my memory, the happiness of adventure, the tranquility of the years…

Before we knew it, our life on the water had been going on for a week. The Penglai, as I had grown accustomed to calling our boat, had already sailed past the relatively desolate stretches of the river at the beginning, passing through many places, including lively small towns, simple villages, and of course, equally desolate places.

In fact, our speed was not that fast, as Singh said during our idle chatter. It was as if our ship had been specially modified, with a top speed of 28 knots (56 km/h), which was simply killing all the other cargo ships of this type.

But for some reason, Johnny kept asking Singh to slow down the boat, keeping our speed at an average of 6-7 knots. This made the young man often have the illusion that he wasn’t driving a mechanical boat, but rather rowing it, yes, with an oar.

Singh made us laugh when he talked about this, but in fact I also thought about it. In the blink of an eye, a week of life on the water had passed. Although this life filled me with novelty and joy, I actually couldn’t figure out what Johnny was doing. Sailing at such a slow speed, fishing every day, and seeing towns and even villages, it made people feel that we were just on a water trip on the Ganges.

So, after lunch that day, when I couldn’t sleep after taking a nap, I finally couldn’t hold back any longer and decided to get up and go find Johnny.

Johnny was sitting on a small stool on the deck fishing, as usual. After early spring, the afternoon sun in this area is so hot and blinding, but Johnny is not tired of it.

I walked over and handed Johnny a glass with ice cubes from the refrigerator. Johnny smiled at me and took it. I poured a glass of amber whiskey into the glass for Johnny.

Johnny took a sip of the glass and sighed with satisfaction: “The whiskey is very good, but I still prefer Wuliangye. In fact, I prefer Laojiao wine, but I can’t get real vintage Laojiao wine. For example, there is a famous Laojiao wine in China, which is said to be 400 years old.

“Actually, it was available. In the year before last, in 1999, there was an auction of some of the wine from the old cellar, but you didn’t know about it.” I was distracted by the conversation, but I was thinking about how to ask Johnny the question.

“Really? That’s a shame.” Johnny drank half a glass of whiskey in one gulp, then said suddenly, “I still have some Wuliangye, but the hot weather isn’t suitable for drinking it. I think it will make my internal organs burn, but would it be strange to drink white wine with ice? Is there such a drinking method in your country?”

“If you like, you can drink it that way, but I think it will destroy the fiery and explosive momentum of the liquor itself. Do you understand? The momentum of the liquor! But damn it… Mr. Johnny, I’m not actually here to talk about liquor.” I couldn’t help it anymore.

“So what do you want to talk about?” Johnny raised his eyebrows, looking puzzled.

“Actually, I’m really curious to know what we’re doing here. It’s been a week, and I feel like I’m doing nothing.” I said seriously.

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“What do you mean? Actually, Mr. Johnny, my comprehension is limited, I hope you can explain it in more detail.” My expression didn’t look like I was joking at all, and I casually pulled up my pants and sat down next to Johnny. The splash of water hit my feet, and the slight chill made my mood a little calmer.

“The meaning is simple. Unusual things always leave traces and actually have an impact on the surrounding environment. When Li and I sealed that existence, Li told me that we couldn’t completely seal its breath. Its breath is full of tyranny and will affect things in the water. You know? You should actually know what is most abundant in the water.” Johnny didn’t hide it, but instead drank the whiskey in his hand and told me in one breath what he wanted to do. Of course, he didn’t forget to reach out and ask me to pour him another glass.

“The most abundant thing in the water is naturally fish. Are you trying to catch fish and then?” I thought this method was really…

But it also happened to fill up Johnny’s plate. It turns out that Johnny started fishing early in the morning. Is this the reason why he fishes? But is this reliable?