Tonight, the wind is calm, lying on the deck quietly looking up at the starry sky.

Sixteen years.

It has been sixteen years since Anping came to this world.

Sixteen years has been long enough to make Anping forget mobile phones, computers, air conditioners, cars, airplanes, high-speed rail, and horizontal and vertical steel forests. Only the faces of his parents are memories that Anping will poke at heart every time in the middle of the night.

Fortunately, he died suddenly in the company after working overtime, and his parents must at least be able to get a lot of compensation to support their old age.

Failing to fulfill filial piety in the later years of his parents is the biggest guilt and regret in Anping's heart.

An Ping sighed, and the sad thoughts in his voice turned back and forth.

"Homesick?"

The sturdy captain who had tanned skin due to the wind and sun on the sea all year round seemed to hear An Ping's sigh, and suddenly squatted beside An Ping and asked.

"Hmm."

An Ping replied softly. Of course, he knew that the captain was talking about his new home after coming into this world.

Sixteen years ago, Anping was still an abandoned baby in the wilderness, and if he hadn't been picked up by Grandma Ruoxin, his newborn life would have disappeared again in less than a day.

For sixteen years, Ruoxin's grandmother has raised him as her own, and Anping has truly regarded this kind old man as his own relative. Therefore, An Ping, who came out of Qingce Village a year ago, did not choose to become a well-paid adventurer, but became a down-to-earth and hard-working sailor.

Anping didn't want to regret it happening again.

"I'll give you a vacation to go home after going ashore this time, you haven't been back to Qingce Village for half a year."

The captain's rough big hand pressed on Anping's head and rubbed it, giving him a fake. The captain is very optimistic about Anping, a young man who is hard-working, affectionate and righteous.

In the past year, every time Anping received the remuneration for going to sea, in addition to leaving a small part for himself to ensure his life, the rest was to buy some gifts for the elderly and children in the village, and then entrust all the money to bring back to Qingcezhuang.

The captain saw all these things, and for such a flesh-and-blood, hard-working and hard-working young man, he planned to train him as his deputy.

"Really?"

Hearing that the captain was willing to give him a holiday, Anping immediately sat up from the deck.

The fleet does not have a fixed travel time, and each time it ends a voyage, the long one is ten days and a half months off, and the short one is unloaded on the spot and the cargo is loaded on the spot. So even if they don't have a job, they sailors have to be on standby in Liyue City at all times, and you never know when the merchants will come to the fleet with their goods.

Every year, their holidays are fixed on the two months when storms are frequent at sea and it is not suitable to go to sea.

"Can I still lie to you? Hurry back to the cabin and rest, the fleet will probably arrive in Liyue Harbor after sunrise, but don't stay up late at night and get lost on the way home tomorrow. ”

The captain patted Anping on the back of the head and said with a smile.

"Obey the Captain!"

Anping, who thought that he would be able to go back to visit Grandma Ruoxin tomorrow, got up from the deck and slipped into the cabin.

At sunrise, Anping's fleet arrived at Liyue Harbor on time, as the captain had predicted, and after registering, began unloading the cargo brought back from Sumeru.

Anping worked extra hard when unloading the goods, and the sooner the unloading was completed, the sooner he could embark on the road back to his hometown.

But when Anping finally unloaded all the goods on the ship, the captain who went to register the ship's information brought him bad news.

"I'm sorry, Anping, your vacation may not be granted to you, the fleet has just received a batch of goods, and it will leave tonight. But I promise to give you a month's vacation when this voyage is over! ”

The captain came to Anping's side and said apologetically.

In fact, the fleet is not lacking such a sailor as Anping, but the captain who wants to train Anping as a deputy naturally hopes that Anping can sail more with the fleet and accumulate experience as soon as possible.

“…”

If he hadn't seen that the captain had cultivated him, Anping would even wonder if the captain had deliberately deceived himself into working hard.

"Well, I've long been used to this kind of unexpected situation anyway, where did the merchant hire it this time?"

An Ping cleaned up his lost emotions and asked casually.

If an ordinary sailor asks this kind of question, most of them will be asked by the captain, "Why do you just do your job?" "I sent it away, but since it was asked by An Ping, who he regarded as his future deputy, the captain told the truth:

"Northland Bank."

Northland Bank?

Anping, who has been in Liyue City for a year, is no stranger to this bank from Solstice, and even Anping, the bank's notorious debt collector, is not without contact.

After all, the profession of sailor, drifting at sea for a long time, many people choose to go to spend time as soon as they get off the ship, and there are not a few people who borrow money from the Northland Bank but are unable to repay it after they have no money.

Of course, Anping didn't owe money to the Northland Bank, but some of his colleagues were often beaten beyond recognition by debt collectors, and it was inevitable that Anping happened to be present on a few occasions... Because of the connections he had with the Millelith Army a few times, Anping was often given pinprick-like glances when shopping in Liyue Harbor.

But none of that matters.

Northland Bank, from Solstice.

Isn't this going straight to Solstice!?

You must know that the Sumeru route that has just ended is the farthest route that Anping has run since becoming a sailor, and he has been adrift at sea for three months.

In the farther winter, it may take half a year to sail back and forth, but the fleet will not need supplies on the way, and the weather will not always be suitable for sailing... All things considered, I'm afraid it will really take more than a year to wait until the next time I come back.

No wonder the captain so generously promised to give him a month's vacation after he returned, and Anping, who had only been away from Qingce Village for a year, was directly black-eyed.

"They have commissioned a shipment to Mondstadt this time, and it is estimated that they will be back in three or four days."

The fierce-eyed captain seemed to see what An Ping was thinking, and then explained.

"That's great."

An Ping breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

But if you think about it, most of the goods sent by the Northland Bank to Solstice will be trusted with their own fleet of Solstice. Even if you want to find Liyue's fleet, it has to be a famous fleet like Southern Cross.

Mondstadt's words, that's pretty close.

"Okay, I know what your kid thinks, this time the reward will be paid to you in advance, and you will be given half a day off, so you don't need to load the goods of the Northland Bank, so let's have a good rest."

The captain handed a heavy bag of Mora to Anping's hand. An Ping took it and checked it, a little surprised.

"Why are there so many?"

"I've even sent you this trip to Mondstadt, go and enjoy it! Don't be late before sunset! ”

If you change to other sailors, the captain will only tell them not to spend money indiscriminately, but the captain of this kid An Ping is eager to let him spend more money on himself.

Those two sets of burlap clothes have been worn for a year, and the captain can predict which one Anping will wear tomorrow.

is so sloppy at a young age, how should I find a daughter-in-law in the future.

Looking at Anping's washed clothes, the captain shook his head.

Perhaps it was the relationship between Anping's age and his son's, and the captain himself did not know when he became the old father of this sailor who had only joined the fleet for only a year.

"I'll just go around the city and buy some more things, I won't be late!"

An Ping picked up the money bag, turned around and entered the cabin, picked up a package and said goodbye to the captain.

This package is the local specialty ingredients promised to Xiangling before departure, although there is no time to go back to Qingce Village for the time being, but at least I can still give her the things I promised to bring to Xiangling.