Luke was an interesting man, and he liked to take a broken radio and search for signals under the old wires in the village, and sometimes he could actually find it, and he would be happy all day. He's a shy guy who doesn't show even if he's happy, but he smiles sweetly. He occasionally talked about life in the city, school, the Internet, and games, and he liked to play games the most, but his sister didn't like them, so he stopped playing. I asked him, don't you often feel lonely here? He looked up at the turquoise sky and did not answer.

Looking into his eyes, I suddenly felt that everyone would be lonely. Maybe everyone is lonely, but the loneliness switches back and forth, and the shades are different. It's like I will be lonely on the blue sea, but if I want to return to the sea after staying on land for a long time, maybe people will never be satisfied.

But he chose the least lonely life.

Every morning we would go to the southernmost mountain of the island to admire the small wild chrysanthemums that spread all over the mountains. The island has unpredictable temperatures, and only wild chrysanthemums and pines can adapt to this harsh environment, and we will climb to the top of the mountain through the wet rocks and a few warm beams of light, watching the blue sky and snow-white clouds.

There is a large field of wild chrysanthemums.

I sat in the middle, with Luke to my left and Cher to my right. They almost never asked me about the sea, or what kind of people I met anywhere else, and their interest was to sit and look at the sky, and take a few breaths of air as if they would never get enough.

So I like them, I don't know if it's because of the influence of the old captain, I rarely tell anyone about what I've experienced. Maybe in my mind, the protagonists of those stories were old captains, and I was just a small sidekick, so I didn't have a chance to deal with the problems, and those experiences were not so thrilling for me.

We sat until noon, and then we went back to their house for dinner, and the old captain was not with us, but there were others who wanted to hear the story who were willing to entertain him. Cher sat beside me, dumbfounded, and put a piece of meat in a bowl for me. I turned to look at Luke, and he smiled at me, and I could see that his eyes were saying that Cher doesn't take food easily, and you kid are blessed. I like Cher, there's no doubt about that, but the fact that sailors can't talk about love seems to have become my principle at some point. In the places I passed before, there were not a few girls who were excited, but I never said that. I once told the old captain about bringing a girl on board, but the old captain said that we can't have girls on board. I haven't mentioned it since, so in my eyes they are destined to be passers-by, and in their eyes I am not.

I took a mouthful of vegetables and put them in my mouth, fresh vegetables are much more precious to sailors than meat. Uncle Lu Jin also went to other homes to help me get a lot of fresh vegetables, and there were more vegetarian dishes than meat on the dinner table. Of course, Cher knows this, and the meat is just her etiquette. I turned my head to look at her quietly, holding the dishes and chopsticks and eating silently, staring blankly at the indifferent place, I knew that she had something on her mind, I hope it wasn't me.

The afternoon sun is the most precious thing in the village, and everyone will come out to enjoy its baptism at this time. It seems that only this moment is really warm in the village, I like this time, because the sun at this time can take away everyone's sorrows, I like this warm atmosphere, and the sense of security will hold me tightly. Luke and Cher certainly don't miss out on this wonderful time, and it's when I see them laughing the most. Sometimes they would run to me with a smile and run to either side of me, and one of them would grab one of my arms and run to the river, stepping through the soft moss, stepping on the warm sun, through the soft wind, running to the river and dragging me into the river.

I don't know why they like it, but I like it too, and when I'm out of the fun, I'll dive into the water and grab Luke's calves and pull him down, and then he'll laugh and sit on his back on the water, and Cher will run after him, splashing us with her white hands, and saying, "Okay, dare to bully my brother." "The sunlight shattered into golden bright spots, embedded in transparent water droplets, and hit each of us.

In the evening, we would have some barbecue around the campfire, and Uncle Lu Jin was an interesting man, and he always liked to talk about things that he thought were interesting, and he would laugh so hard that his beard trembled and his beer belly trembled. We laughed with him, and although we knew that the joke was not funny, no one wanted to spoil the warm atmosphere, and the laughter came from the heart. I found out that Luke was a smart and sensible guy in my father's eyes, and Cher was a considerate and gentle little padded jacket. To be honest, I envy this relationship, as if it were a friend, except that there is an old urchin among them. Whenever this happens, Uncle Lu Jin will entertain us with the best wine, but every jar of wine is the best wine in his eyes, and it has been buried in the ground for many years. I don't know if it's a psychological effect, drinking his wine is indeed better than other wines, and the wine is not spicy in the stomach, but warm.

After three rounds of drinking, I would take out the guitar and play it indiscriminately, singing as I played. I learned part of my songs from the locals, and part of it from my little tape recorder. The tape recorder was given to me by a kind uncle, and he gave me a lot of tapes, which should be very popular songs, and I love to listen to them, and I don't know how many times I listened to the tapes over and over, and the songs were also sung. Whenever I shouted loudly, Luke would always join me, and he sang very well, professionally. Although I didn't study music, I always felt that Luke did, and seemed to know all the songs I sang, and he just gently listened to them. Whether I was roaring or singing, he would follow, and the two of us would keep staring at the moon and singing for a long, long time. It's been so long that Uncle Lu Jin has drunk so much that he dances, and it's been so long that Xue'er falls asleep on my shoulder. It would be nice if I could go on like this forever, I think so every now and then, but the old captain can't live without me, he is really old, and he has to wear reading glasses with a broken foot to read the map, and he doesn't have the strength to fish. Although he never admitted it, I knew he needed me.

Thinking about it from another angle, maybe only short-term happiness is the most beautiful, because short-term we will enjoy ourselves and do our best to show our best side, so that the moment becomes eternal. I turned my head sideways to see Cher asleep, her face was red, and there was a slight snoring from time to time, the temperature at night became very fast, a gust of wind blew, and we shivered all over, Luke and I would not sing anymore, I carried Cher, he helped my father, and went into the house to sleep. They lived in two separate rooms, one with Luke, and he would always sit there quietly and look out the window. It seems that there has never been any madness, and I have never seen him drink too much, once I asked Luke who he learned to sing, only to know that he learned this, and it was his dream to form a band, but there are many musical instruments in the city, I asked him with a smile. He thought for a moment and said, music is pure, but people are not.