The car drove into the city, and A Huai got out of the car nearby. After thanking Xu Siqi, he walked quickly along the road and quickly disappeared into the night.
Tao Qinghong watched for a while, and couldn't help but feel strange. A Huai, who had struggled to get into the car just now, seemed to be a different person now. How could his back injury be cured so quickly?
The car bypassed Jing'an Temple and soon arrived near Ping'an Inn.
Xu Siqi stopped the car, took two bottles of Coca-Cola from the side, opened them and handed one to Tao Qinghong.
Tao Qinghong said: "Brother Xu, you can drink. I'm not thirsty."
"How can I not be thirsty after waiting at the dock for more than two hours? Besides, if you don't drink the opened soda, it will be wasted. Take it." Xu Siqi thrust the soda into Tao Qinghong's hand.
There are few young people who don't like this new drink.
Tao Qinghong was indeed thirsty. She was just being polite. Seeing that the soda had been opened, she picked it up and took a sip.
Xu Siqi raised the soda and said with a smile: "Here, I'll take the soda instead of wine. I wish you good luck and a safe return to the Northeast. Cheers!"
"Thank you, Brother Xu." Tao Qinghong took a sip.
Xu Siqi smiled and said: "Drinking too little seems to be a lack of sincerity. Drink more."
Tao Qinghong also smiled and said: "Then I'll do it."
As she spoke, she took another big sip. There was less than half left in the bottle, and she couldn't drink it no matter what.
Xu Siqi glanced at his watch. It was already 11 o'clock at night and said, "Miss Tao, it's very late. Go back early and rest."
Tao Qinghong thought for a moment, took out a paper and pen from her bag, and said, "Brother Xu, where is your remittance address?"
"what?"
"When I get home, I will send you the money."
"No need to pay it back."
"How can that be done? As the saying goes, repaying debts is a matter of course."
"You really don't have to pay it back. I should also contribute to Xiaojun's death."
"But……"
"You have to get up early tomorrow, so go back quickly."
Under Xu Siqi's repeated urging, Tao Qinghong had no choice but to get out of the car.
She walked a dozen steps away, turned around and said, "Brother Xu, I will definitely pay you back that money."
Xu Siqi did not comment, just smiled and waved, watched Tao Qinghong enter the inn, then turned the car and sped away.
…………
the next day.
Liu Zhensheng was waiting at the dock early to pick up Tao Qinghong on board the ship.
Since he is the captain's brother-in-law, this is not the first time he has done this kind of extra money, but the "cargo" transported this time is a bit special.
However, for the sake of 30 silver dollars, he still accepted the business.
Who can struggle with money these days?
Liu Zhensheng was very happy and planned to buy the wild ginseng that he was reluctant to buy last time when he arrived in Northeast China.
That is a formed wild ginseng that is at least thirty years old. If you buy it in a drug store in Shanghai, the price will be at least double.
"Excuse me, are you Mr. Liu Zhensheng Liu of Shunhe?" A man in his thirties came over.
Liu Zhensheng looked at him, didn't recognize him, and said, "What's the matter?"
The man said: "Miss Tao asked me to come."
Liu Zhensheng Wen Yan was startled: "Where is she?"
"She contracted the cold last night and is ill. She won't be able to come."
"Can't come? Then, what to do with the goods she transported?"
"The boat arrives at Port Arthur, right?"
"That's right."
"After arriving in Lushun, a man named Zhou Haidong will come to pick up the goods. This is the other half of the shipping fee." The man looked around and stuffed an envelope into Liu Zhensheng.
The 15 silver dollars in the envelope were a lot, so Liu Zhensheng felt relieved. As long as the money was in place and there was someone to pick up the goods when they arrived, it would be better if Tao Qinghong didn't accompany him, but he would be less of a burden.
"Mr. Liu, please."
"It's okay, it's okay. Oh, what's the name of the guy who receives the goods?"
"Zhou Haidong."
"Zhou Haidong. Okay, I remember."
Liu Zhensheng put the money in his pocket and returned to the Shunhe happily.
At seven o'clock sharp.
Woo——
Accompanied by a long whistle, the cargo ship Shunhe slowly sailed away from Caishen Pier.
In a black car, watching the freighter set sail from a distance, Weng Guangming said to the men beside him: "Is that the Shunhe?"
"That should be it?" The man held a telescope, and the backlight was facing east, which dazzled his eyes somewhat.
Weng Guangming snatched the telescope with his hand and said: "I'll go to the City God's Temple to tell my fortune! It doesn't matter if you have long eyes, you can't see even if you have a telescope!"
He held up the telescope and looked for a while. The lens was facing the rising sun. He could only see a huge ship gradually moving away, and not a single word could be seen clearly on the bow.
"Parking against the light, you are such a fucking talent!" Weng Guangming threw the binoculars aside in anger.
The subordinate said sarcastically: "I'm sorry, captain, I ignored the backlight..."
Weng Guangming snorted coldly: "When you came out in the morning, you didn't ignore the meat buns selling at the door!"
At this moment, the man who had sent the message to Liu Zhensheng walked over quickly, opened the car door, got in, and said, "Captain, everything goes well."
"That ship is the Shunhe?" Weng Guangming asked.
"yes."
"Liu Zhensheng is not suspicious?"
"That guy only had money in his eyes. He didn't even ask. He didn't use any of the words he had made up in advance."
"That's good."
"Captain, for such a big cargo ship, there must be fire-extinguishing measures on board, such as water dragons and so on..."
Weng Guangming sneered and said: "No measures are useless. This time we used three flavors of real fire. As long as it burns, it will definitely not be extinguished!"
A few minutes later, the car left Shiliupu Pier.
…………
It's about nine o'clock in the morning.
Tao Qinghong carried a rattan box and hurriedly arrived at Caishen Wharf. She stood on the shore and looked around anxiously, but there was no sign of the Shunhe anywhere.
"How can we fix this? How can we fix this..." Tao Qinghong stamped her feet anxiously and almost cried on the spot.
A police car was parked not far away. In addition to a dozen patrol officers, Xu Siqi, who was in plainclothes, was also among them.
Seeing Xu Siqi, Tao Qinghong felt as if she was seeing a relative. She hurried over and shouted: "Brother Xu, Brother Xu!"
Xu Siqi turned around and said in surprise: "Miss Tao? Why haven't you left yet?"
"I overslept last night. It was already past eight o'clock when I opened my eyes. I missed the sailing time and they didn't wait for me. Brother Xu, what should I do?" Tao Qinghong's voice was filled with tears.
"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, let me think of a solution..."
Xu Siqi looked at the turbulent river water, pondered for a long time, and said: "Do you think this will work? Let's go to the hospital first, retrieve Xiaojun's death certificate, and send it to the Lushun Charity Organization by express mail, explain the whole story, and ask them to help pick him up at the pier.
After getting out of the coffin, normally the express mail takes half a day faster than the ship."
Tao Qinghong had long since run out of ideas and naturally agreed to such a suggestion.