Chapter 61 Back to the Topic
"What did Lexington call you about?"
Bismarck asked when Su Xia left the room to answer the phone in the corridor and returned to the room. The black cat Oscar curled up in her arms, squinting his eyes and enjoying the caressing comfortably .
Su Xia gave a brief explanation.
I picked a house in the morning and went to the furniture warehouse to pick out furniture in the afternoon. While waiting for Leipzig to find someone to deliver the furniture to my house, I went to the activity room to play with some little girls, and then agreed to help Xiao Zhai clean up the computer. The reason Lexington called me was that the furniture had been delivered to my house.
Su Xia noticed the time on her phone. It was already late. But when she looked out the window, the sky was still bright. The sunlight had not yet turned into the orange-red color of the evening. In short, she had forgotten the time while playing games, and it was already far past the agreed time.
In the chat software, Lexington, Saratoga, and Leipzig all sent messages, saying that the furniture had been delivered to their homes. In addition to them, there were of course many other people's messages. Among them, King Kong had the most, and South Dakota was not far behind.
Apparently, because he was busy taking Bismarck to try various games, the sounds of games and talking were mixed together and made so much noise that he didn't notice it at all.
Su Xia knew how many things he had to do next, at least in the next two days. First, he had to clean up the house, prepare the furniture, and buy some daily necessities. He also had to go out and buy some clothes. Even if he had an admiral's uniform, he couldn't wear it all the time. He had to have casual clothes.
"Otherwise, let's leave it like this for now." Su Xia hesitated, "You guys play, I have something else to do so I'll leave first."
"Go ahead." Bismarck put down the black cat Oscar. Since she had something to do, she certainly wouldn't keep anyone.
Su Xia glanced at Bei Zhai and Xiao Zhai. The two were having fun, and there was no conflict between them. They were clearly good sisters. He hesitated whether to inform them that he was leaving, but since he had already informed Bismarck, she would naturally pass it on.
"After thinking about it, I'll send the admiral out."
When Su Xia walked out of the room and stood by the shoe cabinet to change her shoes, she changed her slippers into sneakers. Su Xia was always concerned about whether the pair of socks she had worn for a week were super smelly. Fortunately, there were no holes in them. She was very careful every time she changed her shoes. Bismarck suddenly caught up with her.
"No need to send me off, I know the way." Su Xia said politely as a matter of course. In fact, it was true. He had always had a good memory for directions. Even though the garrison was quite winding, he would roughly know the way after following Xiao Zhai around. In any case, he would have no problem returning to the square along the way.
"Those two guys were having a good time, and nothing happened to me," Bismarck said.
"Then it's up to you." Su Xia didn't continue to refuse, but thought for a moment and asked, "We both left, did you tell them?"
"Yes."
With that, they left together and went down the stairs.
Bismarck never spoke. Su Xia thought that it was not a good idea to keep silent like this. He said, "Bismarck, you usually cook for yourself, or go out to eat." From Lexington, he learned that the cafeteria was controlled by London and everyone had to cook for themselves or go to the restaurant. Bismarck was not good at cooking, and Beizhai was even less likely to be counted on.
"We always go out to eat," Bismarck explained. "We have our own cafeteria in the German department."
It seems that the harbor area has suffered from London for a long time. Su Xia said: "My, they actually arranged for London to manage the cafeteria."
Bismarck did not comment, and certainly could not agree, nor did she object. She knew that the British could complain about the bad food in the cafeteria, but London was the British after all, and if the Germans interfered in the cafeteria's management, the nature of the matter would be different, and they would definitely protect them without any discrimination.
Bismarck paused and said, "It must be inconvenient for the Admiral to cook alone, so how about eating in our cafeteria? Prince Eugen and Blücher are good cooks, and Scharnhorst learned good cooking skills from Yixian."
"Okay, I'll definitely go if I have the chance." Su Xia agreed readily.
Let's talk a little bit about the German cafeteria. Who are the chefs? Is it a rotation system? How is it operated and managed? Su Xia said, "I heard from Lexington that you Germans are responsible for the management and operation of the water, electricity, etc. in the garrison?"
The information Su Xia has learned so far.
The garrison was on a small island and not adjacent to any town, so many facilities supporting daily life had to be specially built.
With so many people in the garrison, a lot of garbage is generated every day, so a garbage disposal and sewage treatment center is essential.
Water and electricity are all transported . Electric wires can be seen on the sea surface, and water pipes are buried on the seabed. Electricity is high voltage for transmission, and must be stepped down to 220 volts at a substation. Water also needs a tap water treatment center and then distributed to various places. The garrison also has seawater desalination equipment, which is usually not used, but is used in case of emergency.
"In people 's minds, Germans tend to be more rigorous, even to the point of being old-fashioned. For this reason, German ship girls must be the most rigorous. As natural engineers, we should do that job." Bismarck explained.
"So how do you feel about your work?" Su Xia asked.
"No problem, it's a piece of cake." Bismarck said, "The equipment in the garrison is very good and advanced. It only needs daily inspections and routine maintenance every once in a while..." As she spoke, the rest of the talk turned into a work report.
"That's good." Su Xia said with a smile. He thought of an interesting joke.
"Admiral, what are you laughing at?" Bismarck asked.
"Nothing." Su Xia smiled, thought for a moment and said, "I just remembered the joke about the oil paper bag."
"The joke about the oil paper bag?" If Bei Zhai often hung out on the Internet, he would definitely know it, but Bismarck didn't understand.
Su Xia roughly explained what the joke was about. German oil paper bags, sewers, Japanese licking toilets, water pipes as gun barrels, the craftsmanship of making atomic bombs in three months, and so on. I believed them when I was a child, but now I find it funny when I think about it. What is the point of making up these things?
Bismarck was accustomed to not showing his emotions. He said nothing, walked neither fast nor slow, and each step was equal in distance.
Walking out of the residential building and all the way out of the German residential area to the square, Su Xia said, "That's it."
"Okay, then I'm leaving ." Bismarck turned around and left without saying anything else.
After watching Bismarck leave, Su Xia took out her phone and opened the chat software, preparing to reply to everyone. But forget about messages like King Kong, South Dakota, and others. She decided to pretend that she didn't see them, or reply with an emoticon like Saratoga said, otherwise it would be endless .
CV-16: "Admiral, are you there?"
CV-16: "I have an important discovery to share with you."
Su Xia suddenly discovered an unexpected conversation, a conversation from CV-16.
Su Xia typed silently, preparing to ask CV-16 what was going on. With this girl's cold personality, she would never make a joke, so there must be something going on. Just as he was about to reply, he saw a flaxen-haired woman standing in front of the notice board in the square not far from the izakaya, and immediately put down his phone and walked over.
"Admiral?" Su Xia thought about it and walked over quietly, suddenly appearing behind the other party, wondering if he could scare the other party. However, CV-16 was very sharp and discovered him early.
Su Xia remained calm and greeted, "I just came out of Bismarck and saw you... Do you have any important discoveries to tell me?"
CV-16 pushed up his glasses and crossed his arms, looking like a great detective.
"I have been investigating the proposal for the past two days."
"I already know the answer."
