"Done scolding?" Lao Xing slowly squatted up and said, "Those guys, please come in, if you think I'm good here, how about I change it with you?" ”

"You are a cadre," Lao Pi said: "Originally, cadres should produce and live with the masses, at most, you carry forward the spirit, comrades, let's go and visit the mansion of the big cadre!" ”

This Lao Xing did not stop him, let these educated youths rush in, and when he entered the house, he found that it was only half a catty and eight taels, and in addition to the fact that Lao Xing's room had a large box more than them, there was a portrait of the leader hanging on the wall. The black pot was steaming, and Lao Pi stirred it twice with the wooden spoon and put it under his nose and sniffed it, and there was a strong smell of the sea, which he couldn't eat.

"A few of you haven't made a fire to cook yet, if you don't dislike it, just get a few bites here," Lao Xing came in at this time, looking at the young people whose arrogance had dissipated half, he slowly put down the dishes and chopsticks, and then took the wooden spoon of the old skin and scooped a bowl of soup in front of them one by one, and then suddenly sank his face and said: "Look, in order to take care of you city children, the rice on the entire island has been collected and given to you, that is when they are sick, they are willing to take out the food for porridge, and they are still here to pick and choose for Lao Tzu, Do you think Lao Tzu is willing to accept you? Which family isn't eating this rotten fish soup with seaweed? If you still have opinions, you can wander around the island, as long as the conditions of any house are better than yours, you can come to me at any time to change for you! ”

In the end, they are still young and vigorous, and when they go out, this group of guys really wanders around, maybe this village is too remote, but it is really as Lao Xing said, almost every household is surrounded by four walls, and they mostly maintain a peaceful attitude towards these outsiders, which somewhat makes these young people who are young but have seen the warmth and coldness of life have a trace of comfort.

That night, they settled down, and the tiles on their heads really gave everyone a place to rest, and everyone slept comfortably that night.

The second day is the assignment, which is not the peak season for going to sea, and the first task is to repair the fishing nets, which is a basic skill that everyone needs to master. For girls, it doesn't seem to be so difficult to do the same work as embroidery, but for men, picking up needlework is simply going to kill them, and after a morning of study, most of the girls have mastered the basic essentials, and Lao Xing also announced some discipline among the eight people.

There are some areas of the island that are not allowed, such as the southwestern tip of the island, which is the side of the highest peak. For newcomers, what Lao Xing says is naturally what it is, and they will not refute it, and some other regulations are such as not being able to go to the beach after dark, not making loud noises at night, and the increase and deduction of tasks and work points that everyone has to complete.

Xuanwu Island's mission at the time was fishing and kelp farming, and these precious seafood were destined for the big cities in the interior. In that era when food stamps were needed to buy rice, seafood and other goods were not something ordinary people could afford, and their production tasks were written on the walls, combined with some slogans at the time, Lao Xing would take chalk and scribble on the frame every morning.

The first three days were basically spent in a familiar environment, and on the fourth day, it was time for the specific task, and the matter of going to sea was naturally what the old men were going to do, and their first task was to fish for squid.

The South China Sea is teeming with tentacles, dropping bait hooks on the bumpy sea, waiting and harvesting, sounds like a very simple thing, but on the first day the sea is taught the true power of the sea.

At this time, they understood why Lao Xing unceremoniously let the men choose to stand on the deck at the beginning, where did they really have a discussion on the sea? This is your job, it is the sacred task entrusted to you by the organization and the people, what magnificent poems come here only the smell of fish and the cold sea, not to mention the tanned and painful skin at the end of the first day, and the soaked and swollen limbs, but the camera in the brain that keeps shaking back and forth can teach people to live and die.

Newcomers like them can only do the hardest work on the deck, that is, sailors, if the larger ships are more exquisite, up there are three and two officers, erection assistants and wheel assistants, the fishing boats of the advanced point are all radios, such ships are only one in the entire Xuanwu Island, that is used when running the ocean. The leadership is the captain, the first mate, the chief engineer and the chief engineer, and each promotion needs to be assessed at various levels, and there is no need to think about it without a few years of experience. But at that time, the conditions were still poor after all, and wooden hulled ships like theirs were not so particular.

At the end of the week, from the excitement and curiosity at first to the tiredness and machinery, the men came in white and clean, and now they all looked like Africans. Here, there are no Sundays, and the rest day depends on the weather, and when there is a strong wind and waves that are not suitable for going to sea, they squat in the stone house, and in order to pass the time, they also play chess made of pebbles, and occasionally have a campfire barbecue at night, at least there will be no shortage of fish and shrimp.

This kind of life is always so repetitive, and it has been a month since I came to Xuanwu Island unconsciously, and the first turn of events appeared.

That day was when Lao Xing was responsible for transporting seafood to hand over the task, and Xuanwu Island ushered in a long-lost rest. It takes at least two days for Lao Xing to go back and forth, and in these two days, they have no one to take care of, and they all sleep until they wake up naturally in the morning, which is a luxury that has been realized in dreams.

When they came to this island, they naturally wanted to wander around, and they had not been anywhere other than the pier and the stone path home. So the young people invited them to take a good stroll, and after eating, the four men and four women began to appreciate the beauty of this place for the first time. From any direction on the island, the island is surrounded by an endless deep blue sea, with the whirring sea breeze and seabirds leaping from the bottom of the cliffs as their best companions. The island is overgrown with a number of low shrubs, which are necessary for their fires.

"Climb the mountain!" Lao Pi proposed: "Climb to the highest point of this island, spread your wings, and I will shout loudly to my relatives in the distance!" ”

"I agree!" The poet was the first to agree: "Conquest begins at your feet!" ”

Wang Ling naturally won't be disappointed, everyone is a fun-loving age, and after a month, except for the man named Zheng Jiuwu, who has remained silent, the rest of the people are already very familiar with each other.

The four men are: Wang Ling, they call him the fourth brother, and some people call him the undead; Old leather, cobbler; Li Mubai, poet; That Zheng Jiuwu was privately nicknamed the plague god by the poet, and he didn't speak all day long anyway.

The four girls are Li Xin, Gu Haili, and two named Ye Chun and Yan Yan, the four of them are centered on Li Xin, and in addition to repairing fishing nets, they are also responsible for the feeding of poultry and livestock on this island, and there is a small collective farm on the island, which is now also one of their tasks.

If you are in the mainland, this season should also be the time when the ice and snow gradually melt and the grass sprouts, but unfortunately it is hot all year round. Walking and walking, the topic seems to be a little sad and homesick. Family? Maybe it's really like Lao Pi said, and he can only climb high and look into the distance.

When passing by the white building, Wang Ling took another look, the collapsed cross, no matter how you look at it, it was a little discordant, and suddenly he glanced at the black window under the cross, which seemed to be a pair of eyes staring at him, and a tingling sensation in his scalp immediately came up, so he also stared at those "eyes".

"Fourth brother, what are you doing?" Lao Pi saw that he was stunned and pulled him, Wang Ling came back to his senses, retracted his gaze and regained his expression and said, "It's okay, I feel that it's a pity that the room is empty." ”

"That's it!" The poet also said: "The stone house we live in is comparable to the scum hole where Sister Jiang squatted back then, and at night the sea breeze is poured into it, if it rains, it is estimated that it will leak into it, why does such a good three-story house have to be wasted, why don't we make a request to Lao Xing in total and move here?" ”

"There are strange people living in such a big room," Gu Haili said timidly: "I heard my grandmother say that some empty houses will be occupied by some dirty things after a long time, and I guess there must be a reason why they can't live there." ”

"Lang Lang Qiankun," the poet pointed to the big sun and said: "Hai Li, it's not me who said you, just at what you just said, your grandmother is not wronged if she is beaten into the black five categories, Chairman Mao taught us feudal superstition, we must emancipate our minds, break all superstitions, and be our own masters......"

"You!" Gu Haili was so angry that her face turned red, in order to alleviate the embarrassing atmosphere, Li Xin said: "Maybe it is in disrepair, this seaside is not as good as ours, the water is salty, the air is salty, the house is afraid that it will be destroyed long ago and cannot be inhabited, and there is a lack of materials on this island, and it is a dangerous house." ”

Everyone felt that it made sense when they heard this, and the poet probably knew that he had gone too far, and apologized to Gu Haili, and the team continued to go up. Near the top of the hillside, there is a small pavilion, there is a person standing in the pavilion, far away, Wang Ling waved his hand to greet him, they all know this person, the name is Da Zhuang, the person is as his name, a big man of one meter and eight days, a body of tendon meat.

The pavilion was manned 24 hours a day, every 12 hours, and the original dozen or so fishermen on the island took turns to send people on duty, whether it was windy or rainy. I've been busy for a while ago, and they haven't paid much attention to it, these people have all read books, and guess it probably plays a role as a lighthouse or something.