Su Yuduan gave Ye Duhong a cup of tea, the tea was full of fragrance, and said to Ye Duhong: "The island owner and I have both told stories, it's time for you to tell stories." ”

Ye Duhong looked like he wanted to talk about it for a long time, picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea and said: "You all talk about things when you were young, I will learn from you to talk about your experience when you were a child, what kind of experience I want to talk about, it is the good time of childhood that I will remember in my life, the season I am talking about is summer, the day in summer is very hot, and at night, the yard will be cooler, and I will go to the yard to enjoy the coolness." There used to be a plane tree in our yard, but my father cut it down, so I didn't take the shade under the tree, but under the sky. At night, I would sleep on a yellow bamboo mat, which was so big that I could roll on it, and when I rolled on it, I would get great pleasure. When my mother was laying out this bamboo mat, she first had to sweep out a place in the yard that she thought was clean with a broom, so why did she sweep it? My mother said that there was soil and ants on the ground. Mom swept out the clean area and spread the bamboo mats in the yard. The bamboo mat was also wiped clean by my mother with a rag, and I lay on the bamboo mat. I had a pillow at home, and it was really high for me as a young man, and I was lying on my back on a folded soft towel, and guess what I saw? What I saw was a vast starry sky, so many stars, so brilliant stars, so high and far night sky, so deep starry sky, such a charming space, such a reverie area, there was a wind at that time, the wind was not hot, nor cold, it was a warm wind, and this wind was like a soft hand caressing me, caressing my body, and caressing my soul. I looked at the stars with my eyes wide open, I didn't know why there were so many stars in the sky, I didn't know what was on top of them, and when I looked at the stars, I felt like the stars were looking at me, and the stars almost hugged me. I gradually wanted to go to the place where the stars were so numerous, but where could my body get to that place, I wanted to go to the moon, I wanted to go to the stars, I was a fool's dream, I was whimsical, but I just liked to think like this, and when I was in reverie, my soul wandered in the starry sky. ”

Ye Duhong drank the tea in the cup and continued: "You don't know how much I love the starry sky, but now, do you know, I can't see the stars, I look up at night, all I see is the dark sky, where there is any brilliant starry sky. Also, I don't have the curiosity of my childhood, my heart is like a dry and wrinkled rag, I have no interest in many, many things that should be interesting, where is my innocence? I miss my childhood. ”

Su Yu took a sip of tea and listened carefully to Ye Duhong's speech.

Ye Duhong's story is not over, "I lay on the bamboo mat, and I used my eyes to count the stars in the sky, there are many stars, but I believe that I can count them, I thought, count some today, count some tomorrow, I keep counting, no matter how many stars, I can count them all." Not only did I lie on the bamboo mat and count the stars, I also sat on the stones in the field and looked at the starry sky in the distance, and I found that the starry sky was better than the starry sky I looked up at, but the only drawback was that I was not comfortable lying down while sitting on the starry sky, and I could rest well while lying down until I was very sleepy and wanted to sleep. Once, when I was lying on a comfortable bamboo mat looking at the starry sky in the sky, I suddenly saw a star move from where it was to another position, and then it arced down in the sky. I cried out that the star had fallen, and I told my grandmother that I was going to find the star, and I was sure that I would find it. Then, I saw that more stars were falling from the sky, many, many stars, intertwined into a brilliant picture, they passed and fell, and my heart became very romantic with the fall of the stars, ah, it was a meteor shower, I saw a meteor shower, but it wasn't until many years later when I grew up that I realized that what I saw in my childhood was a meteor shower. ”

After listening to Ye Duhong's narration, the owner of the island asked Ye Duhong: "You miss your childhood when you counted stars, right?"

"Ah," Ye Duhong took a deep breath, "when I was a soldier, in the barracks of the Red Army, I also saw the vast starry sky, when our army was encamped in the wilderness, at night, I couldn't sleep, so I came out to pee, I didn't urinate, but used peeing as an excuse to walk around, I came to a stone, the stone stood in the clearing, this stone seemed to be prepared for me, it was very smooth, it was very suitable for sitting on it and looking at the starry sky. I sat on top of the rock, next to some grass, and I could smell the scent of the earth and the grass, and there was a wind, and the wind was blowing from far, far away, and swirling around me, and I really felt the smell of the wilderness, and ah, this is the wilderness, the beautiful wilderness. I was in such a comfortable state of mind, looking up at the starry sky, the splendor of the starry sky shocked me, my heart was sweet, I remembered the scene of my childhood and the stars looking at each other, when I thought of the stars, I had this idea and tried to think about it, my soul was really between the stars, I really went to the starry sky. In the barracks, in this wilderness, I know that I can't reach the starry sky, and I don't have the innocence of my childhood, so I can still feel all kinds of beauty when I look at the starry sky and think about my childhood. ”

"What were you thinking at that time?" asked Su Yu.

"I'm thinking about you. Ye Duhong said very calmly, "I left the underground dwelling, from that wilderness to the wilderness where the military camp is located, we are in two wildernesses, but we can look up at the same moon, I think, when I look at the moon, you must also be looking at the moon, when I am thinking, you must also be thinking." You don't know, I'm a weak person by nature, but I've been very strong for a long time, and there are many people in this world who are like dragons and tigers, and I'm in the world, and I'm afraid of being hurt, so I pretend to be strong, as if it's not easy to be hurt. But I was still hurt, and it seemed inevitable. It seems like a good life, but in fact, there are many unsatisfactory ones. I omit the unsatisfactory things, and what I say is all beautiful things, so they are all warm, and what I say can also warm people's hearts. ”

After Ye Duhong finished telling the story, he poured himself tea and savored the tea, and he was also savoring his memory.

It was warm inside, but it was a little cold outside, and the cool soaked sea water was beating on the side of the ship, and the ship was still moving forward automatically, still in a heroic posture.

Su Yu brought over two plates of banana slices, and the three of them stopped talking while eating the banana slices, and the banana slices were delicious.

It wasn't very bright in the room, because it was already dark outside, and they didn't turn on the lights, just sat quietly. Ye Duhong reached out and opened the window on the first floor inside, and the translucent window became a transparent window. Through the window, you can see the vast starry sky.