Nanwan Wharf, which is a small wharf in Haiying Town, a small town on the southeast coast of China.

In addition to the occasional medium-sized freighter coming and going, there are some fishing boats on the wharf, and the fishing industry in Haiying Town is developed, and many of the townspeople are fishermen.

However, people's fishing boats are generally medium-sized fishing boats, such as Ma Zhe, a small fishing boat with a single operation has become less and less, the development of industrialization has brought about a cluster effect, and the fishing of large and medium-sized fishing boats is far more than Ma Zhe's small fishing boats in terms of efficiency and profit.

In fact, with Ma Zhe's excellent fishing experience and skills, in fact, there are many fishing boats that throw olive branches, but Ma Zhe is reluctant to return to his own number, so he has always lived a half-dead and solo career.

As the sun sets, seeing the arrival of dusk, from time to time fishing boats return to the pier in twos and threes, and the fishermen laugh loudly about today's harvest.

On the wharf, in the midst of a group of fishermen who were full of fish, there was a beautiful girl in a white dress, standing straight there, looking at the sea in the distance, like a quiet Wangfu stone.

The sea breeze blew the girl's white skirt and hair on her forehead, revealing a delicate face, which matched her demure temperament, which was incompatible with a group of fishermen covered in mud and sweating.

And the surrounding fishermen also spontaneously stayed away from the girl, as if they were afraid of ruining this peaceful and beautiful picture.

Not far away, several younger teenagers were shyly and secretly looking at the girl, hesitating again and again, but no one had the courage to come forward to talk, as if they were all suffering from social autism

"Oh my God, look! It's the Return! Something is wrong! ”

A long pitch-black naturalized fisherman next to him spoke with his authentic northeast accent, as if suffering from social, and a shout interrupted everyone's mood of appreciating the picture.

Everyone couldn't help but look at him angrily, and sighed secretly one by one, they couldn't look at the beauty in the open, so they had to go home and hold the mobile phone to look at (ー_ー)!! it, and then look in the direction that the man was pointing.

The dilapidated little fishing boat, with a puff of black smoke coming from behind its buttocks, had lowered its sails at a speed comparable to turtle speed, and there was a figure on the boat that kept scooping out the water, obviously leaking.

And this is the return of Ma Zhe, after more than two hours of continuous rescue voyages, before running out of fuel, finally approached the South Bay Pier.

A medium-sized fishing boat came by, and when it got close to the Return, there was a playful laugh from above: "Oh, look, this isn't our horse 'captain', tsk!" Is this meeting a pirate, or a big fish, ahhaha! ”

Ma Zhe looked up and saw a sailor with a black scarf on his head and a swarthy face looking at his Return and laughing loudly.

"Bald, don't say cool things, hurry up and help!" Ma Zhe gave him a blank look and shouted.

This guy's name is Liu Daniu, two years older than Ma Zhe, because he had a strange disease since he was a child, so he got juvenile baldness when he was only a teenager, nicknamed Bald, of course, this nickname was given by Ma Zhe when he was a child.

However, although the two have been rivals since childhood, as the saying goes, if you don't fight, you don't know each other, the two have been fighting like this for more than ten years, and they can also be regarded as dead friends, and the relationship between the two has also been tested for more than ten years, and it is extremely strong! In today's words: this person can handle it!

Don't look at this guy who seems to be laughing at Ma Zhe, but as soon as Ma Zhe's words fell, the bald man threw down a cable, obviously ready to come over to help, Ma Zhe took the cable and began to tie it to the bow of the boat.

"Jump!" "Oops!" The bald man was still probing his brain to see Nie Yun's joke, and a violent shudder fell from the sky. Then a big, rough voice came from behind him.

"You stinky boy, don't go down and help!" Then, the face of an uncle with a big beard was revealed, and he shouted at Ma Zhe with a pipe in his mouth: "Brother Xiang, people are fine!" Because Ma Zhe's nickname is Xiangxiang, which is taken from the meaning of auspicious wishes, and Ma Zhe's popularity is also good, over time, everyone calls Ma Zhe "Brother Xiang".

"Uncle Liu, it's okay, the skin is not broken!" Ma Zhe said with a grin.

This is Liu Daniu's father, who grew up watching Ma Zhe grow up, and Ma Zhe's father is a brother who takes care of Ma Zhe very much, and Ma Zhe relies on Uncle Liu to live when he can't eat.

The bald man reluctantly jumped out of Ma Zhe's boat to help scoop the water out, but he still worked hard.

With the help of the Liu family's father and son, it still took more than ten minutes to dock the return, which was close to sinking.

As soon as he got ashore, Uncle Liu ran onto the boat to look at the Return, and then frowned and asked, "Brother Xiang, what's going on?" Why did you break such a big hole, and what's the matter with your clothes? ”

Ma Zhe's vest is transparent from front to back, which is equivalent to a rag strip, but it doesn't look like an injured person, which makes people a little strange.

"Hey, I don't know if it's a plane or a UFO in the sky, it's okay to litter, it's still a drop, it's not thin, and people are fine, no, this pit is smashed! My clothes were accidentally torn while repairing the ship. ”

Ma Zhe didn't know how to explain that he was hit by a meteor and then he was fine, so he just found a reason casually.

"Haha! You're so unlucky, you can get hit by something falling from the sky when you get out of the boat, did you pee into the sea? It's too back!

Ha ha...... Ouch! As soon as the bald man finished speaking, he was hit with a lot of melon seeds, and he didn't dare to squeak.

After teaching his son a lesson, Uncle Liu turned around the big hole twice, and then frowned: "It just so happens that the position of the keel has been pierced, so it's troublesome!" ”

Ma Zhe said nervously: "Is it troublesome?" How much does it cost to repair? ”

Since my father left, this return number is his lifeline, and when he heard Uncle Liu's words, his heart suddenly rose.

Uncle Liu shook his head: "It's not about money, the keel is broken, even if it is repaired, the structure and stability of the ship will be damaged, and it will still leak if it is repaired."

Unless...... The keel is replaced, but this is equivalent to dismantling the main body of the entire ship, and the cost is higher than building a new one.

In other words, the return number, I'm afraid it's going to be scrapped! ”

As soon as Ma Zhe heard this, his brain boomed, and only the words "to be scrapped" were left in his ears.

He lowered his head and didn't speak, but his eyes were a little red, looking at the big hole in the return, and the bits and pieces of more than ten years came to his mind.

The Return was his survival, his home, his brother, and his spiritual sustenance for his late father, and it is now ...... Scrapped?!

Seeing this, the bald man also fell silent, looked at Ma Zhe, and wanted to step forward to say something, but was stopped by Uncle Liu.

"Brother Xiang'er, it's okay to scrap it, I told you a long time ago, the Return is already overage, it is very dangerous to go to sea like this, even if there is no today, he will not be able to endure it for two years!

Give up the Return and come on my ship!

You told me before you left, let me take good care of you, it's your stubborn temper to take the return number, now it's okay, pack up and leave with me! I'll be your home from now on! ”

Uncle Liu took a sharp puff of cigarette, spit out the circles in his eyes and looked at Ma Zhedao.

Ma Zhe didn't speak, just looked at the Return No. blankly, and after a long time, he said in a hoarse voice: "Thank you, Uncle Liu, I want to accompany the No. 1 again tonight." ”

Uncle Liu nodded and walked out, the bald man moved his mouth, and finally he could only sigh and pat Ma Zhe's shoulder and walk out.

Ma Zhe sat slowly on the edge of the boat, his mind was a little confused for a while, and all kinds of thoughts came flooding back, including his father's and the return......

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