The woman explained: “It’s useless for the children to go up there. They don’t want it.”
Ruan Ning looked down at the little girl and then at the woman’s backpack, which contained at most 30 catties of compressed biscuits.
It was impossible to have more.
“Then what about your daughter?” Ruan Ning asked.
The woman said, “I’ll send her on the boat. Her father is over there. She’ll have to hand over another 20 catties when she gets off the boat.”
Ruan Ning didn’t know what to say.
The woman rustled and took out ten compressed biscuits from her backpack: “Sister, these two catties of compressed biscuits are my last food. Can you help me take care of my daughter on the boat so she won’t run around?”
“Just keep an eye on her and don’t let her fall into the sea by herself.”
Ruan Ning looked at Zhou Sulan.
Zhou Sulan said, “Forget about the compressed biscuits. I will help you take a look, but I can’t be held responsible if anything goes wrong.”
The woman laughed immediately: “No need to be responsible. Who can be responsible for whom now?”
Zhou Sulan asked again: “How long has your husband been in Xihai City?”
“He went to the island a long time ago. At that time, he only needed five catties of compressed biscuits. Unfortunately, my family only has five catties left. Now these are all brought back by him one by one through others.”
The woman said: “He works as a porter at the Fuhai Base.”
Ruan Ning’s eyes lit up: “Fuhai Base, is it the largest force on the island now?”
The woman looked surprised: “Do you also know this?”
Ruan Ning smiled and said, “If I want to live on an island, of course, I have to ask around first. I heard that the Fuhai Base was formerly a fishing company. The boss has a boat and is now prosperous. Your husband has a high salary in Fuhai Base, right?”
“That’s it.”
The woman sighed, “Now people outside can’t survive, but they can barely survive there.”
“I heard that those bases are in a mess. Now many people have no water to drink. But the Young Master of Fuhai Base was holding a pool party a few days ago.”
“They used fresh water and filled three swimming pools.”
“My husband said that the waiter at the time wanted to jump in and drink their bath water. So much fresh water was wasted by them.”
Ruan Ning didn’t say anything.
At this time, they heard the sound of a ship.
When it got closer, Ruan Ning discovered that the ship was actually quite large, with two floors high.
The woman said happily: “Here it comes. This is the ship from Fuhai Base.”
All the people waiting stood up, put their belongings on their backs, and looked forward to it eagerly.
After the ship arrived, people were not immediately boarded. Instead, transactions were conducted first, mainly exchanging seafood for other supplies.
Half an hour later, a man came down from the boat with a lamp in his hand.
“If you want to get on the boat, hurry up. We’ll leave soon.”
The crowd lined up quickly.
Because there were only fifteen people in total, it was soon Ruan Ning and the others’ turn.
The man said, “The boat ticket is 30 catties for men and 20 catties for women. Not a piece less.”
Ruan Ning took out the compressed biscuits from her backpack.
The man picked it up, looked at it, and said to Ruan Ning, “Where are you from?”
Ruan Ning answered a place casually.
“That’s not right.”
The man said, “I’ve received so many people, and I’ve never seen your batch before. You must be from somewhere farther away.”
Ruan Ning didn’t expect that this person would actually check the batch of the product, so she could only say, “I also traded from someone else. I don’t know what batch is.”
The man didn’t care and waved his hand to let them pass.
After getting on board, Ruan Ning discovered that this was just a simple fishing boat. They were arranged on the second floor, while the crew and porters were on the first floor.
The more advanced rooms were on the first floor, and they actually had electric fans.
It seemed that Xihai City had recovered to a higher degree as it had not experienced extreme cold.
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