I had a long dream in which a man and a woman wrote a story about a deep relationship.

At the end of the story, on a sunrise morning, by the blue lake, the man was gently held in the arms of the woman and swallowed his last breath. Behind them was a house that had burned to the ground. A woman hugs a man all night, and the beauty of love lies in knowing that their home is broken, and they can also hug together to keep warm until dawn.

When I watched in my dream, I couldn't help but wonder if I could just go on like this, regardless of the past, without seeking the future, just living in the present, closing my eyes and hugging each other and never letting go.

Because when he opened his eyes, he saw the clouds in the sky overhead, ethereal and untouchable, and when they were blown by the wind, they dispersed.

When I woke up from the dream, I only felt cold all over my body, and subconsciously drilled into the quilt, but the quilt was not hot at all. I don't know what the smell is between my nose, I feel a little fishy, and the surroundings are cold and unfamiliar environments, I lifted the quilt and walked out of the door, and a woman came in the cold wind.

"Hey, are you awake?"

I didn't respond, my eyes were stunned, I looked around, and looked back at the room I had just walked out of, and was surprised to find that I was actually on a sea ship, no wonder I smelled fishy before.

"Why am I here?" The muttering in my heart said it casually.

The woman, who wore a gray cloth turban on her head and a navy blue cloth coat, heard my question and said, "You were rescued by the captain from a small fishing boat, and you have been drowsy, and you can swallow the soup and water, and you seem to be dizzy and awake, and today I finally see you wake up." ”

I was a little confused, and the woman didn't have any impression of the little fishing boat in her head, but she was so surprised when she saw the vast sea just now, that she didn't feel like she was supposed to be at sea.

The point is that I can't remember why I got on a fishing boat, and I looked down at what I was wearing, a light blue silk skirt on a white background, with orchids printed on it, and this dress didn't look like I was here to fish.

"What's your name, girl? Where is home? We are a merchant ship, and if you want to go home, I am afraid that we will have to wait until we return to the ship before we can drop you off by the way. When the woman saw that I was silent and did not come to inquire about me, she stopped me from questioning.

Just now, I just felt that something was wrong, and when I was asked, I was stunned to flip through the search in my head, but I couldn't remember my name at all and didn't remember where my home was. "I ...... Forgot. It was a long time before he muttered.

The woman was stunned for a moment, and then reacted and persuaded: "It doesn't matter, it may be that you have been drowsy for too long and don't remember it for a while, since that's the case, then I'll call you first......" She looked me up and down, "Xiaolan, this orchid skirt on your body looks very good, it's just that it's windy and cold at sea, I'm afraid that your clothes won't be warm, I'll give you a set of thick clothes to change into later." ”

I nodded my head, this woman was very pleasant, and indeed my hands and feet were frozen from standing in this cabin for a while. As the woman walked in the direction of the bow of the boat, the people who found the boat along the way would stop and call out when they saw her: "Aunt Qin." I listened to the pronunciation at the time, and I thought it was the surname "Qin", but I later learned that it was the "qin" who played the piano, because the aunt played a good piano, which is a later story.

Judging by the attitude of the crew, it seemed that the Jean aunt was of a very high position, and she led me to another cabin, and took out a dark blue coat of thick linen from a large wooden box. She said: "Don't look at the rough material, but it can block the wind, and it is more convenient to do things." "I was silently listening to take the clothes, and suddenly I was stunned, when I was doing something?

Thinking that the doubts on her face were seen by Aunt Qin, she paused and said: "Since you are going to stay on our ship during this time, you must have to pay labor, so I will arrange work for you after you recover, I hope you can understand." ”

I thought about it for a moment and nodded, thinking it made sense. There is no such thing as a free lunch, and no matter what the reason for coming to this ship, people are not obligated to support me. So I asked, "What do I need to do?" ”

"Do you know how to cook?"

With some hesitation, he replied, "Yes...... Yes. ”

"The cook on the ship is sick, and there is a shortage of cooks for the time being, why don't you try to cook a meal, if you can, let you do this job first, what do you think?"

Aunt Qin is very good at speaking, obviously she is arranging me to work, but she uses an inquiring tone, which makes people listen very comfortably, and she is more able to accept the arrangement she gives. After I nodded, she made up her mind, and that day she understood that I had just woken up and deliberately let me rest again, and led me to familiarize myself with all the places on the ship, and introduced some crew members to me.

At night, when the sea breeze picked up, I changed into a linen coat and still couldn't bear the chill, and shrunk in the quilt in the cabin. The bed didn't warm up until late in the night, but I slept too.

I was still awakened by the sound of knocking on the door in my sleep, and I squinted my eyes and asked who it was, and a stereotypical voice came from outside the door: "Aunt Qin asked me to call you up to make breakfast." I had to lift the quilt and get up, tell the man outside to wait a moment, rinse quickly, and then open the door.

Outside the door was an expressionless middle-aged man, about fifty years old, I remember that when Aunt Qin introduced him yesterday, he said that his name was Uncle Ding. When I called, he simply ignored it and turned away, shrugged his shoulders and followed.

When he came to the stove room, he shouted into the cabin, "Aunt Qin, someone is here." And he walked away.

I walked into the cabin and saw that Aunt Qin and some women were already there, and when she saw me entering, Aunt Qin immediately greeted: "Xiaolan is about to prepare breakfast, there are many people on the ship, and they will come to eat at half of the hour." ”

I didn't talk nonsense, rolled up my sleeves and walked to the stove, but I couldn't help but sigh after seeing the almost one-pot of ingredients, this is going to burn a big pot of dishes. At first, I didn't think cooking was a difficult task, but when I really got started, I found that it was a physically demanding job, and the big pot of dishes required strong arm strength.

Fortunately, I don't need to wash vegetables and choose vegetables, there are a few mothers-in-law arranged by Aunt Qin to do it, and I only need to be responsible for stir-frying and cooking rice.

Breakfast is relatively simple, just stir-fry one vegetable and cook a bowl of noodles for each person, but for lunch, you must have three dishes plus a soup, and then a large pot of rice, and you need to divide it equally. By the time this one was done, I could barely move my hands, and it was difficult to lift them. When Aunt Qin came to me, she couldn't help but smile when she saw that I was struggling to lift my chopsticks: "Don't you feel uncomfortable?" ”

I replied calmly, "A little. In my heart, I hope to change jobs, and I will definitely not be able to fry vegetables in this state at night, but Aunt Qin said: "Don't worry, there will always be some discomfort at the beginning, and I will get used to it slowly." ”

The corners of my mouth twitched, and I was helpless.

My hands hung sore all afternoon, and in the evening I felt my muscles stiffen, but I still had to pick up a spoon and make dinner. Aunt Qin came over to take a look and said that dinner could be simpler, as long as there was meat and soup.

I secretly breathed a sigh of relief, so that I only need to stir-fry one dish, and I don't have to stir too much to make soup, just pay attention to the heat. After a long day, my limbs were so tired that I heard a knock on the door as soon as I sat down in the cabin, and then Aunt Qin's inquiry came in: "Xiaolan, can I come in?" ”

Hurriedly responded: "Yes." ”

After pushing the door in, Aunt Qin said, "You did a good job today, and the crew said that the food you made was very delicious." In the future, the work of this cook will be handed over to you, do it well, and you will be paid every month. ”

Aunt Qin left after explaining this, leaving me alone in the cabin with a bitter smile. It seems that there is no way to get rid of the fate of being a cook for a while, so I can only rub my arms and fall asleep early, and I have to get up early tomorrow morning.

Maybe it's really like Aunt Qin said to get used to it, just like a person who has not exercised for a long time goes running, his legs will inevitably be so sore that he can't walk on the first day, but after persisting for a week, he doesn't feel that running is difficult. It's the same with stir-frying, the first three days I was tired like a dog every day, climbed into bed and fell asleep, but I gradually adapted to this kind of high-intensity physical work, and by the end of the week, I was already familiar with three or four dishes, and my arms felt strong when I waved.

In contrast, the cook's job is actually okay, at least there is a free time in the morning and afternoon, and Aunt Qin will not see me idle to arrange other work. Unlike those mothers-in-law who wash vegetables and choose vegetables, they have to wash the clothes of the whole ship, and all kinds of hard work have to be done.

On this day, I sat on the deck and bounced the sea breeze, I don't know if my strength has recovered or I have adapted to the climate at sea, and I feel that the sea breeze is not so cold. Looking at the horizon, there is always a feeling of emptiness in my heart.

That day, Aunt Qin said that I was in a drowsy for too long, so I could forget the past, but after more than a week, my mind was still blank and I couldn't remember anything. But I remember my name, my name is Zhang Yue.

But I don't know why every day when I go back to the cabin, I can't help but find the orchid dress, looking at the orchids on it, I always have a very familiar feeling, as if ...... The word Lan means a lot in my life.

In the evening, suddenly there were many dark clouds coming down, and the wind was blowing harder, and I saw the crew running on deck, and Aunt Jean directing the sails. Pulled one of them to ask what was going on, and the man said the storm was coming. I didn't realize the weight of these words at the time, and it wasn't until the night when the wind blew that I realized that a storm was a disaster for ships at sea. The course of this storm is beyond words, except that our merchant ships were almost swallowed up in the sea, and if it were not for the rescue of a large steamer, I am afraid that the whole ship would have been destroyed.

Everyone moved to the big steamer and watched as the merchant ship slowly sank.