C646 Be at Ease
He saw that Xiaoqing and the four men didn't know martial arts and thought they were just servants and little girls of ordinary families. There must be no conflict in the Pure Land on the ship, so he followed them to prepare for a new life. Who would have thought that when he saw Master Hee, Du Qi felt that this ship was not peaceful at all. He really wanted to turn around and leave immediately, but this would definitely cause Little Qing to be unable to get off the ship. He could only force himself to stay and savor the lives of these ordinary people. Thus, he hurriedly bowed and said, "Kid, Du Qi greets Master Hee!"
The smile on Master Hee's face became wider, and he seemed very happy as he said, "Good, good. Du Qi, right? We will be a family from now on. Don't be overly courteous, and don't be polite. If you need anything, just tell me! Strengthen your roots. Lead Du Qi to change his clothes, and then bring him to work!"
As soon as Master Hee finished speaking, a young man in his twenties walked out of the door behind him. He bowed to Master Hee and said to Du Qi," Let's go! "
Little Qing quickly said, "You go to work first. I will come to see you after I return to Miss!"
Du Qi could not say anything else, so he could only apologize to Master Hee. He followed behind the young man called Zhuang Zhuang and walked straight forward. Master Hee ignored him and only said to Little Qing, "Miss Little Qing, are you worried that I can take care of her? Why do you have to run and run so often that others see you and say that we are not?"
Little Qing still smiled happily and said, "Little Qing only knows how to act according to Eldest Miss's instructions. How can she care about what others say? If Master Hee says so, it can't be that he hates me, right? "
Master Hee hurriedly smiled and said, "No, no, no. Miss Little Qing is smart and capable, and she is also beautiful. It's too late for me to like you. Why would I hate you? I said this because I was worried that others would misunderstand and harm Eldest Miss and Miss Little Qing's reputation. Since Little Qing doesn't care, what are we afraid of?"
Little Qing chuckled and said, "Don't say such nauseating words. Little Qing doesn't like to hear them! Alright, I have to hurry back. Otherwise, Eldest Miss will blame me and I won't be able to bear the consequences!"
Master Hee hurriedly said, "Miss Little Qing, take care! Welcome often!"
Du Qi heard Little Qing's footsteps gradually fade away, and Master Hee returned to the cabin behind him. He closed the cabin door and snorted coldly, "What Eldest Miss? She was a pure whore, and she had gotten a gigolo out of nowhere. And she still has the nerve to ask someone to send her here to flaunt her power?"
Du Qi followed him through the kitchen door and did not enter. He walked around and went to the lower floor. However, he still heard someone advise him, "Brother, please be quiet. If someone hears what you said, it will be terrible!"
Master Hee instead raised his voice and said, "What are you afraid of? If you provoke me, I will make this boat change its surname tonight!"
Another person quickly stopped him and said, "Now is not the time. Brother, you must not be reckless. Otherwise, all your efforts will be in vain. Not to mention all the hard work we have put in, we will definitely not have a good ending!"
Perhaps he really had scruples, even though Master Hee roared angrily. But in the end, he did not talk about this matter anymore. Although Du Qi felt that there was something wrong with Master Hee, he also thought that it was just them plotting against each other in the mortal world. Who knew that he would want to scheme against the ship of the master? He did not even need to think to know that there would definitely be casualties at that time. Du Qi really did not know if he should intervene in this matter. He could only sigh in his heart. Why were there conflicts everywhere? It was the same in the Jianghu, even on this ship. Sigh!
Just as he was sighing to himself, Zhuang Gen had already led him to the innermost cabin of the basement. He said lightly, "This is the warehouse. On the left is food, and on the right is an artifact. There are items inside. " After saying that, Zhuang Gen casually took out a set of clothes and threw it to Du Qi. He still said faintly, "Take it, this is yours. Quickly go back to the cabin and change!"
Du Qi did not know which cabin to go back to to and change his clothes, but Zhuang Gen said again, "The people in the seventh cabin are all kitchen workers, and there is also a bed. You can stay there. Please stay there. From now on... When you work, you stay in the kitchen. When you rest, you can only stay in the seventh cabin. You are not allowed to run around on your own! "
Du Qi estimated that this man was just someone who was in charge of safekeeping a warehouse. He might have Master Hee backing him up. That was why he did not care about anything else, so he did not want to talk to him. He just promised to leave the warehouse and find the seventh cabin next to the stairs. When he opened the door, he saw that there was no one inside. There were two rows of bed racks along the walls of the cabin. There were three rows in each row, and there were four floors in each row. A total of 24 beds filled the small cabin. The corridor in the middle was very narrow, just enough for one person to pass through.
The space in the cabin was not high to begin with. Du Qi stood inside and almost touched the ceiling of the cabin. It was further divided into four levels, each level just enough to fit one person inside. Perhaps it was to buy more space, the lowest floor of the bed was directly laid on the floor.
Du Qi saw that there was only a rotten straw mattress on the beds, and almost all of them were piled up with items such as clothing. There were already people there, but the straw mats on the bottom left side of the bed were half-rolled up. Du Qi walked over and pulled open the straw mats, and changed into the clothes he had just gotten. The size was just right, so he rolled up the clothes he had changed into and piled them on the bed like the others. He put the paper bag with the book into his pocket and let Jiaojiao hide it in his left sleeve. He turned around. He got out of the cabin. Zhuang Zhuang was leaning against the door and waiting. When he saw Du Qi coming out, "Is there anything valuable?"
Du Qi was stunned when he heard that. He quickly said, "No!"
Zhuang Zhuang looked at Du Qi from head to toe for a while, but still spoke in an emotionless tone, "If there is anything valuable, leave it to me in the warehouse. I will return it to you when you leave. If we lose it, we will not be able to talk. Since you don't have it... Forget it, let's get to work! "
Du Qi didn't know how many people were on the ship. Only the kitchen service required 24 people? But when he came to the kitchen, the bewilderment in his heart grew even greater! He saw that the kitchen was very spacious. There were actually 27 large and small kitchen stoves. At this time, there were already quite a number of people busy. However, most of them were chefs wearing pure white hats, and there were only five or six kitchen workers shuttling back and forth between them.
When they saw Zhuang Zhuang enter, everyone hurriedly stopped what they were doing and respectfully greeted him. After Zhuang Yuan walked over, he started working again, but Zhuang Yuan ignored everyone's greetings. He only cared about leading Du Qi inside. He handed Du Qi to an old cook who was in his sixties and said, "Master Wang, Master Hee ordered my nephew to find you a helper. If you have any heavy work to do, let him do it. I have other arrangements, Little Zhu." After saying that, he left without waiting for Master Wang's reply.
Master Wang was putting the washed apples, grapes, pears, citrus fruits into the plate when he heard Du Qi. He raised his old eyes, which were a little dizzy, and sized Du Qi up from head to toe. He said indifferently, "Newcomers?"