So I settled down in this small village called Wang Village, and when the weather was good, I would go out to sea with Uncle Wang to fish.

His fishing boat is small and can only fish in shallow waters very close to the shore, and although he can't catch big fish, we will be happy whenever there is a catch.

I also saw marine life that I had never seen before, which was a joy to see.

When the seafood merchant came, I would help the villagers to take a raft to several bays to help them collect all kinds of seafood they farmed, including abalone, ivory mussels, clams, and other sea creatures that I can't name.

The seafood is kept in a square cage net, and each family will come to their farm according to the position of the buoy on the water, and we will lift the cage net, pick out the larger seafood and put it in the basket, and then put the cage net back into the sea.

The seafood merchant's car was parked on the seashore, and they sold the seafood they picked out to the seafood merchant at a price of how much per catty, and the merchant would pay them even if the merchant would pay them, and the transaction was simple and straightforward. According to Uncle Wang, they have been living this life for many years.

Gradually, I got acquainted with the local villagers, and they did not feel confused or puzzled by me as a stranger, but accepted me easily. Like Uncle Wang, they also warmly call me Ah Shengzai. Villagers often bring some seafood to my yard, which makes me a little embarrassed.

Usually, the men in the village are the same as Uncle Wang, when the wind and waves are not so strong, they take a rumbling boat to fish in the offshore water. They will save the smaller fish for their own consumption. The larger ones were brought up to the town and sold to people farther away from the sea.

As the Chinese New Year approached, there was also a heavy snowfall, and the village became quieter, with everyone closing their doors to keep warm in their homes, and only children who were not afraid of the cold were still playing outside in groups.

I also burned the kang vigorously, and then I sat on the kang; Quietly read the books I bought from the used book stalls in town.

Although it was just one person, no one spoke to me, and no one came to see me except for Uncle Wang's occasional visit. But I don't feel lonely and lonely, on the contrary, I have an indescribable enjoyment of this feeling of solitude, and I know that after all the things I have been through, my personality has completely changed.

I still think of Anne, of Wei Lai, of Dabin, and of those who have left a deep mark on my life. When I think of Anne and Wei, I still feel heartache and sadness. To this day, I no longer deliberately avoid thinking about them, because I know that I will never forget them for the rest of my life, and all I can do is to crush this pain into my life and heal it over time......

On Chinese New Year's Eve, Uncle Wang called me to his house early, and he invited me to celebrate the New Year with them, and I never refused Uncle Wang's kindness to me, because I knew that every word he said was sincere, and he was definitely not polite to me.

After getting along for a long time, Uncle Wang's daughter Xiaoyu also got acquainted with me, and when she saw me, she would no longer be shy and blush, but called me Brother Asheng with a smile.

I took the ladder to help Uncle Wang put the couplets on each door, Uncle Wang helped me hold the ladder, and Xiaoyu stood a little farther away and instructed me to paste the couplets to the right height.

The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner with the couplet Aunt Wang was also ready, and a table of sumptuous dishes, accompanied by dumplings with several kinds of fillings, made people have an appetite when they looked at it.

Xiaoyu also took out a bottle of red wine and poured a glass for each of us, but Uncle Wang tasted it and brought the wine glass to his daughter, and then took a bottle from the cabinet and drank the remaining two pots and said to his daughter happily: "I don't like your drink, you drink it!" ”

Xiao Yu glared at her father, trying to say something to him

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explained, but when she saw me looking at her with interest, she also gave up explaining that she knew that her father was talking too much, and smiled at me, and then revealed.

Although I am not good at drinking alcohol due to stomach reasons, I still drank two glasses, I have not drunk red wine in many years, and the taste is familiar and unfamiliar. As I took my first sip, I was reminded that on one of my birthdays, I had drunk the world's most expensive red wine with my best friends.

I have almost forgotten the smell, but the scene of that night is still in my mind.

I think that was probably the happiest time in my only life! Friends are around, love is coming, and life is full of expectations......

Every time I think of the situation that night, it seems that I am a world away, and time does not seem to have passed far, but those people at the beginning have already become recognizable, friends are no longer friends, love has long been confirmed to be just a dream, and life is only left to survive!

Even if the original few people wanted to get together, they couldn't, and Anne had left us forever......

I suddenly became sad, and the wine flowed into my stomach pouch and made me feel the urge to cry inexplicably.

Seeing that I was holding the wine glass with a strange expression, Xiaoyu called me out in confusion, which pulled my mind back from the illusion.

"Brother Asheng! Isn't it delicious? She asked me.

I smiled, shook my head and said, "It's delicious, it's delicious, I've just never drunk such a good wine, and I'm feeling the taste of wine!" "I casually lied.

Xiaoyu pouted and said in disbelief: "I don't believe it, Brother Ah Sheng is not a simple person at first glance, how can he not have drunk red wine, and this red wine is issued by the bank, I don't believe what a good wine it is!" ”

I smiled and shook my head noncommittally, but said in my heart: Not a simple person? Xiaoyu, you're really wrong!

The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner was very happy, a table of dishes was almost left by the four of us, I even ate two large bowls of dumplings, when Xiaoyu helped me serve the second bowl, all three of them had put down their chopsticks, and I was the only one still eating, which made me a little embarrassed.

After eating, I watched the Spring Festival Gala at Uncle Wang's house for a while, and then I got up to say goodbye and prepare to go back to my courtyard.

Uncle Wang obviously drank a little too much, and when he saw that I was leaving, he struggled to get up and wanted to send me off, but was stopped by Xiaoyu.

"Dad, you can't stand up when you drink, don't get up, I'll send Brother Ah Sheng back!" After saying that, he got up and put on his coat and picked up the flashlight.

I refused several times, but Xiaoyu insisted on sending it, and I couldn't argue with her, so I let her go.

Along the way, Xiaoyu walked behind me with a flashlight. We were both silent, and I had a vague feeling that Xiaoyu wanted to say something to me, because I heard her stop talking a few times.

"Xiaoyu, do you have anything to say?" I asked as I walked and didn't look back.

Xiaoyu seemed stunned for a moment, because I saw the light of the flashlight flicker.

"Brother Asheng, can you tell me your story?" Xiaoyu was behind me and asked timidly.

I laughed: "What story do I have!" When I came here, I had already told Uncle Wang about that little thing, and you must know it, but there is really nothing to talk about! I said.

"I've heard my dad say that, but I think Brother Ah Sheng, you must have some other stories that I don't know, can you tell me about them?" She asked again.

"Some things are destined to be sad when they are said, I don't want to say, Xiaoyu, can you not ask?" I hesitated for a long time, and finally sighed and refused to satisfy her curiosity!

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Although some scars will never heal, and it seems harmless to reveal them again, it is really difficult for me to test the truth of fate again in the festering wounds.

Xiao Yu sighed, fell silent and stopped talking.

When I arrived at the gate of the courtyard, I asked Xiaoyu to turn back. Xiaoyu turned around silently, and was just about to leave, when she suddenly turned around and called me: "Brother Asheng!" ”

I watched her big black eyes waiting for her next step, but she didn't seem to have anything to say, hesitated for two seconds, turned around again, and slowly left.

I don't know what the words she didn't say in her heart were, but I knew that she would one day say what was in her heart!

Soon after the Spring Festival, when all parts of the country were still immersed in the cold winter, the last cold wind blew to the sea and quietly returned, and spring seemed to start from this small village and gradually spread to the interior.

Soon after the snow melted, the wind from the sea no longer had the sharpness to penetrate the fabric of the clothes. It's still cool, but it's no longer biting. I saw a hint of green coming out of the grass at the corner of the courtyard, and I knew that spring had come again.

Realizing this, I got busy, and since the yard was big enough, I set up a vegetable patch in the corner of the yard so that I could grow some vegetables here when the temperature was right. Thinking that the vegetable field would become full of fruit in the near future, I couldn't help but feel the throbbing of my heart, and I couldn't wait to go to the town to buy some seeds of seasonal vegetables.

Xiaoyu would rush back from the county seat every weekend, and after she became acquainted with me, she would often appear in my yard. She was a diligent girl, and when I was working with a shovel and a shovel to clear the garden, she would take a hoe and help me break up large pieces of dirt. When I was repairing the courtyard wall, she stood in the courtyard and handed me bricks piece by piece.

At first, I didn't think of anything, I just regarded her as a little girl who had never been in the world, and out of curiosity about the unknown, she would run to me from time to time.

But gradually I noticed a subtle change in the way she looked at me, as if there was something like expectation.

I was nervous, but I quickly came up with an idea, so I took her for Wei Lai and made up a story for her.

Tell her that the reason why I am sad to be here is not only because my prison background prevents me from staying where I am, but also because the person I love so much has married and abandoned me because he married a beautiful woman......

Xiao Yu's eyes suddenly widened when she heard this, and she looked at me incredulously.

I looked at her expression and smiled helplessly and said, "Xiaoyu, this is the story you've always wanted to know, will you look down on me?" ”

Xiao Yu came back to her senses from her shocked expression for a long time, she nodded and shook her head in a panic, looked at me with sympathy, smiled awkwardly and said, "Hehe...... No! ”

"Will you help me keep it a secret?" I asked as if I was hurt.

She nodded again and said yes, her slightly embarrassed smile seemed to dry her face.

Ever since I told Xiaoyu this story, although she still appears in my courtyard from time to time, the look in her eyes no longer has the depth that makes my heart palpitate.

Although I'm not sure what Xiaoyu has in mind, I still sincerely admire that I can think of this method, which is probably the only way I can think of that can prevent the occurrence of things that scare her without hurting her.

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