My years as a menswear boss

After talking with Dantès, Jiqiu boarded the boat with a relaxed mood.

This time she had the opportunity to use her spare time to observe the daily life of the sailors on the ship. Jiqiu took a charcoal pencil and drew a draft on the drawing paper, which showed the working figures of the sailors on the first deck.

The ship is named Conch because it looks like a conch with a bulging belly full of supplies.

The advantage of a private cruise ship is that Jiqiu can wander around at will, and the entire ship is her territory.

"Master, the master asked you to eat." Jacob held down the young man who was running around on the boat, and took out a small handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

"Okay." Jiqiu closed the picture folder in his hand, tucked it under his arm, and walked towards the restaurant.

"Today is Beef Wellington, which is your favorite." Dantès helped Jiqiu pull away the heavy chair.

Jiqiu moved her nose. As soon as she came in, she could smell the aroma of beef mixed with puff pastry. She has always hated all British dishes, except for steak Wellington, which is simply the last face of British dishes.

The chef will choose the top quality steak, spread it with black truffle sauce, stuff it with a piece of foie gras, wrap it with the prepared puff pastry, spread a layer of egg liquid on the puff pastry, and fry it with butter until each side is golden brown. Finally, put it in the oven and bake for 10 minutes, and bake the steak until it is medium-cooked.

This dish was more than ten years ago, after the British Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon in the Battle of Waterloo, his chef carefully prepared a dish for him. This dish surprised the British who had suffered from British dishes.

Gradually, it became popular all over Europe. Jiqiu thought it was more like an oriental meat pie, crisp and delicious.

A few years ago, she was still eating steak scraps, but now she doesn't eat non-top steaks.

After the meal, the maid brought up a bone china container containing lemon slices soaked in honey. She picked out a slice of lemon soaked in honey with a silver fork, put it in the brewed black tea, and put it in the cup with a teaspoon. After stirring for a while, serve it up for the boy to enjoy.

Jiqiu drank the warm lemon black tea in one sip, and finally suppressed the greasy taste of beef in his mouth. After eating and drinking enough, he became lazy.

She picked up the drawing board from her hand and continued to refine the sketches she drew in the morning, trying to describe everyone's expressions. This is the first time she has drawn dynamic figures. Before that, she was only painting landscapes. The only portrait was Tang. tys.

"Hiss—" Jiqiu frowned subconsciously. She always felt that the proportions of the characters in her brush were uncoordinated, and she obviously didn't have this problem when painting still lifes.

Jiqiu walked out of the room and continued to the uppermost deck to observe the actions of the sailors. She sharply noticed that there seemed to be an acquaintance among the sailors.

"Totti?" Jiqiu called out tentatively. She looked at the distressed sailor with gray marks on her face, which coincided with the fierce young man in her memory.

Totti looked at the handsome young man in front of him with every strand of hair neatly combed. He looked puzzled, "Dear sir, do you know me?"

The man felt a little apprehensive. Not long ago, the business of the Mermaid he belonged to closed down. The captain had to disband the entire ship and give everyone a meager consolation money so that they could find another way of life.

Totti, who has been a sailor on the Mermaid for as long as he can remember, was lost. He was an orphan and was adopted by a kind old bosun and brought to the ship. Unfortunately, the old bosun contracted fever when he was just an adult. died.

Totti, who became a free agent, was coaxed by the people on shore and lent all his savings to others for investment. In the end, the liar ran away with the money.

He had to go on to sign a ship as a sailor.The new boss is obviously a very generous person, and the environment he provides for the crew is many times better than what he had on the Mermaid. Totti cherishes this job very much. The young man in front of him has been introduced by other sailors as the new boss’s only son.In short, he was not someone that a lowly sailor like him could mess with.

"Don't you remember me?" Jiqiu blinked, and she stared at the man in front of her seriously.

Totti looked into those golden eyes, his eyes were full of shock, and he said tremblingly, "Simon?!"

Jiqiu nodded her head vigorously, "Yes, it's me!"

"How could you be here... No, how could you be the boss' son?"

Totti stammered, except for those eyes, he couldn't connect the fat boy with the dirty kitten, "I thought you died in that storm!"

"I was swept by the waves and floated to the shore, and was adopted by a passing Mr. Edward Rossi."

Jiqiu rubbed her nose. When she was sold on the ship, the bosun thought she would not live long, so he didn't sign the deed of sale. No one knew her surname.

So Dantès gave himself a pseudonym - Edward Roche.Jiqiu thought that they might be the first father and son in the world whose father and son have last names.

"You are so lucky!" Totti sighed, scratching his head, "I have been worried that you will not live to be an adult."

"By the way, why are you here?" Ji Qiu asked.

Totti had no choice but to talk about what happened on the Mermaid, "...In this way, we had to take the last sum of money and disembark to find another way of life. It's just that I was so unlucky that I was cheated out of my money, so I had to be a sailor."

"Although the salary on shore is very small, relatively speaking, it is much better than the uncertainty at sea. Why do you have to go back to the ship?"

Jiqiu asked puzzledly. In her opinion, sailors are a job that is only a little better than black slaves in this era. A black triangle trade can kill [-]% of the sailors on board, and they are still high-risk people, even if they live to old age. , also injured.

"...Because I want to redeem a girl who works as a maid in the house of Master Bellucci. I thought I could use the investment to make a fortune. After we became free, we could rent a piece of land and start a family. But Morino is a Liar, cheated me of all the money I saved on board."

Totti babbled about how he left the Mermaid. Although the life on board was tough, every day his brain was thinking about how to make life better, without so many twists and turns on land.

"I remember that there was a sailor on the boat who specialized in cooking. He was a man with red hair and green eyes. He was probably a little taller than you."

Jiqiu stretched out her hand and gestured. She didn't know the sailor's name, but she still remembered the kindness of feeding him, "Is he okay?"

"You mean Matthew? He is the only one with red hair on the whole ship." Totti thought for a while and gave the name, "He is an Irishman. Because his wife was favored by the local dignitaries, he had to take his wife with him. He left his homeland and came to Venice by boat. He was coaxed into the boat."

"However...his condition is not very good. In that storm, he was hit by the mast on the arm, and he was unconscious. The ship doctor saw off Matthew's right arm."

"Is there a ship's doctor on the Mermaid?" Ji Qiu was a little surprised. If there was a ship's doctor, why would the old sailor Arthur wait to die? "I have heard people say that the ship's doctor couldn't bear the job at sea and quit the job at the port of Marseilles. .”

"Paul took over the job of the previous ship's doctor."

"What job did he have before?"

"carpenter."

Jiqiu looked at him incredulously, "Are you kidding me?"

She had heard that carpenters and butchers would perform amputations instead of the ship's doctors. She thought it was a rumor on the great voyage, but she didn't expect it to be true.

"It's like this on many ships, sir." Totti sighed, and he looked up at the brand-new ship. "This is the first time I've heard that three Arab doctors will be hired on board."

"Arabic medical skills are far more developed than in Europe. Doctors should be a sacred profession, instead of opening in theaters, bringing bloody performances by cutting people's limbs, and satisfying those disgusting wishes."

Jiqiu frowned and said, she remembered the first time she heard not long ago that the doctor was performing an operation in the theater, and the tickets were still open. .

The amputation operation on the ship is also a project worth watching. A group of people closely surrounded the sick sailor and the ship doctor to watch this "performance". After all, it costs money to buy a ticket on the shore.

Totti opened his mouth, looking at the young man with a noble accent and his every move like a little noble, he didn't know how to reply.

Jiqiu looked at the vicissitudes of Totti, "How much money are you short of, I mean, to redeem that girl."

Totti hesitated for a moment, but still said, "Five hundred francs, I just found this job and haven't received my salary yet, so."

Only then did Jiqiu realize how much Ali's slave owner was looking forward to letting him go, "I will tell my father's subordinates, when you return to Marseilles with the cargo ship, take the money and go to that girl. Redemption."

"Why?" Totti couldn't believe that such a great thing had happened to him. He always felt that he was a child abandoned by God.

"It's just to repay your kindness at that time, that orange." Jiqiu took the picture folder and left without looking back.

Totti understood, his expression became very excited, and he shouted at Jiqiu's back, "Thank you so much, sir, I will repay you!"

Jiqiu didn't take this sentence to heart. She found Jacob and asked him to find someone to find out the whereabouts of sailor Matthew, and told Dantès the story between her and Matthew by the way.

"That's right, it's a tradition in our family to repay our benefactors." Dantès stroked Jiqiu's little head appreciatively, his eyes became soft, "I hope you can always maintain this innocence."

Jiqiu nodded obediently, reached out and took out a piece of milk candy from Dantès' pocket, broke it in half, kept half in his mouth, and handed the other half to the guardian, "Of course, I am a person who knows how to repay you .” Of course, she is also a person who must take revenge.

Dantès felt that his little boy was sweeter than that piece of milk candy.