Chapter 1 A Deserted Fishing Village

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I want to have a house, facing the sea, and the spring flowers are blooming!

This is a happy scene depicted in a poem, and it is also the life that many urbanites pursue and yearn for.

Standing in the overgrown yard, you can see the beautiful scenery of the sea and sky. Once upon a time, the young Zhuang Haiyang hated to see these landscapes in front of him. But after going around for more than ten years, he took the initiative to return here.

"Clear blue sky, white clouds, deep blue sea, emerald green coconut palms, golden sand and rippling blue waves. The mood is different, and the mood of looking at the same scenery is also different. The place of peace of mind is my home, Nanshan Island, long time no see!"

Zhuang Haiyang, who sighed in his heart, never thought that he couldn't wait to leave here back then, and would return here with the same urgency. It's just that when he saw the abandoned old house behind him, Zhuang Haiyang felt a little uncomfortable.

This old house, which carries the memories of childhood, is still strong after more than ten years of abandonment. The mottled stone walls are densely covered with green creepers. There are several stone houses like this, and there are a few next to them, which have a bit of the charm of the Wizard of Oz.

Looking at the rusty door lock and the moldy wooden door, Zhuang Haiyang said helplessly and sadly: "The door is also going to be replaced!"

The key of the year, I don't know where to throw it away, I directly smashed the lock with a hammer, pushed the creaking wooden door, and a bad smell of damp mildew came to my face. Zhuang Haiyang, who covered his nose, could only stay at the door for a while.

When he was about to enter the door, Zhuang Haiyang thought for a while and said, "Clean up the house, it is estimated that it will take a day or two to ventilate before you can move in." Fortunately, I brought the tent, and I will set up a tent in the yard for two days!"

After speaking, he turned around and came to the place where the daily necessities were stacked, and Zhuang Haiyang found a few strings of firecrackers from a waterproof bag. Light a cigarette, carry firecrackers into your old house, light a string of firecrackers and throw them into the living room of the old house.

The sound of crackling firecrackers sounded, making the old houses and islands that had been silent for a long time seem to become lively. When the sound of firecrackers ended, smelling the smoke of gunpowder that filled the old house, Zhuang Haiyang felt that it smelled better than before.

"Although I don't know if it's useful, I'd better ask for peace of mind! Anyway, I'm also a housewarmer, so it's not too much to set off a few more strings of firecrackers!"

Before deciding to move back to Nanshan Island, which had been abandoned for many years, Zhuang Haiyang also visited other neighbors who had relocated to the town. The old men wanted to move back, but they knew it was almost impossible. This Nanshan Island has been deserted for a long time, how to live in it?

Knowing that Zhuang Haiyang planned to go back to the village to live for a while, the old people still carefully advised: "Ocean, the old house that has not been inhabited for a long time has an evil spirit, ventilate it before moving in, put a few more strings of firecrackers to drive away evil spirits, and then go to the Neptune Temple at the head of the village to burn pillar incense!"

What is the evil spirit, Zhuang Haiyang asked himself if he couldn't figure it out. But he knows more or less that the old house that has not been inhabited for a long time is damp, and if it is not ventilated, disinfected and dried, people can move in directly, and it is really possible to get sick.

The doors and windows of each room of the old house were opened, and the doors and windows that were really rotten and could not be used were directly demolished by Zhuang Haiyang and thrown into the yard. After throwing a few strings of firecrackers, the whole old house was also shrouded in billowing smoke.

Seeing this scene, Zhuang Haiyang also smiled and said: "In this scene, the house looks more fairy!"

Without rushing into the house to clean, he came to the place where the materials were piled up again, Zhuang Haiyang picked out a lawn mower from it and began to clean up the weeds that covered his yard. This time he moved back to live for a long time, and Zhuang Haiyang was still very well prepared.

The gears are spinning, the weeds are splashing, and looking at the yard that has been cleaned of weeds, there are still a lot of grass roots left. But Zhuang Haiyang believes that as long as the yard is taken care of every day, it will be difficult for these weeds to recur.

Cleaning up the weeds in the yard, Zhuang Haiyang, who was carrying a lawn mower, also cleaned up the weeds near his old house. The weeds are piled together and exposed to the sun for two days, and then they are burned to ashes.

These chores are really not too difficult for Zhuang Haiyang!

Zhuang Haiyang, who spent a whole morning and sweated all over, also felt very happy. Seeing the grass and dust on his body, he found two clothes from the suitcase, and Zhuang Haiyang came to the reef recess behind the village to take a bath.

Compared with the high wind and waves here at night, the reef recess still looks calm during the day. Standing on a circular reef, Zhuang Haiyang also felt that this place was very kind. When he was a child, he used to sit on this reef and fish!

Zhuang Haiyang, who took off his sweat-soaked clothes and wore a pair of boxers, said with a little expectation: "No one has come here to fish for so many years, so there should be a lot of good goods in this reef!"

Growing up by the sea, Zhuang Haiyang is watery. In front of you, this small reef area is dotted with several puddles of various sizes. In the early years of this reef area, the villagers often caught lobsters and groupers.

Zhuang Haiyang jumped into the puddle and did not worry about hitting the reef below. Even if you look at it, there are a lot of outcrops growing in this reef area. But the water in the pits next to it is not shallow, especially those of different sizes are deeper.

Zhuang Haiyang, who did not wear any snorkeling equipment and swimming goggles, jumped into the puddle and felt like a fish in water. After diving for a few meters, Zhuang Haiyang opened his eyes and began to look at the puddles around him.

If you want to see the situation under the water, most of them need to wear goggles. But for Zhuang Haiyang, he didn't need it at all. Of course, if someone else is present, he still wears goggles, not wanting people to think that he is different.

Zhuang Haiyang, who dived into the puddle, also smiled in his heart: "When I was a child, every time I couldn't catch a fish, I was always curious about whether there were any fish in the pit. This time, it can be regarded as a dream fulfilled when I was a child, and I can finally see what the world is like under the puddle. ”

The puddle more than ten meters deep has no pressure on Zhuang Haiyang at all. To others, moving back to the island alone seemed a bit of a retreat. Only Zhuang Haiyang himself knows the real reason why he moved back to Nanshan Island.

Although the loss of love has left a lot of trauma on Zhuang Haiyang, for Zhuang Haiyang at this moment, it doesn't take 'thirty years', maybe only two to three years, he will let the woman who abandoned him like grass shoes know that giving up on him is her regret.

"Money may be important! But there are some things that money may not be able to buy. ”

Zhuang Haiyang, who returned to Nanshan Island, knew very well that with the adventures he had gotten, it was not difficult for him to make money. With the water nature he has now, he believes that he will also earn enviable wealth as a fisherman who eats the sea by the sea.

If it weren't for the fact that renting an island is too expensive, Zhuang Haiyang, who can't afford such a large amount of money at this stage, really wants to rent this island that carries his childhood memories. In that case, it should be a face-saving thing to be an island owner!

Thinking of this small goal, Zhuang Haiyang smiled slightly: "Let's find something to solve the lunch first! Moving banquet, no matter what, you have to eat a little richer, I hope this reef pit, don't let me down too much!"

Knowing that renting an island is a very cumbersome matter, Zhuang Haiyang, who has returned this time, suddenly feels that even if he doesn't rent it, he believes that others will not be able to drive him away!

Now that the other villagers have moved away, and he is the only one living on the entire island, what difference does this have with the owner?

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