fisherman legend

Chapter 1 The Abandoned Fishing Village

I want to have a house facing the sea, with spring flowers blooming!

This is the scene of happiness depicted in a poem, and it is also the life pursued and yearned for by many urbanites today.

Standing in the yard overgrown with weeds, you can see the beauty of the sea and the sky.Once upon a time, the young Zhuang Haiyang hated seeing the scenery in front of him.But after going around for more than ten years, he came back here on his own initiative.

"The blue sky, the white clouds, the deep blue sea, the emerald green coconut trees, the golden beach and the rippling blue waves. The state of mind is different, and the mood of seeing the same scenery is also different. The place of peace of mind is my home, Nanshan Island, long time no see !"

Zhuang Haiyang sighed in his heart, never thought that he who couldn't wait to leave here back then would come back here with the same urgency.Just seeing the dilapidated old house behind him, Zhuang Haiyang felt somewhat uncomfortable.

This old house, which carries childhood memories, is still strong after being abandoned for more than ten years.The mottled stone walls are densely covered with green creepers.There are several stone houses like this beside it, which have a bit of the charm of the Wizard of Oz.

Looking at the rusty door lock and the moldy wooden door, Zhuang Haiyang said with a helpless and sad expression: "The door has to be replaced!"

The key from back then had been lost somewhere, so he smashed the lock with a hammer, pushed the creaking wooden door, and an unpleasant smell of damp and mildew came over his face.Zhuang Haiyang, who was covering his nose, could only stay at the door for a while.

When he was about to enter, Zhuang Haiyang thought for a while and said: "Clean up the house, it may take a day or two to ventilate before moving in. Fortunately, I brought the tent, let's set up a tent in the yard for two days! "

After speaking, he turned and went to the place where the living supplies were piled up. Zhuang Haiyang found a few strings of firecrackers from a waterproof bag.Light a cigarette, walk into my old house with firecrackers in hand, light a bunch of firecrackers and throw them into the living room of the old house.

The sound of crackling firecrackers made the old house and the island, which had been silent for a long time, seem to become lively.After the sound of firecrackers ended, Zhuang Haiyang felt that the smell was better than before when he smelled the gunpowder smoke filling the old house.

"Although I don't know if it's useful or not, I'd better ask for peace of mind! After so many years of being deserted, it's only natural to have some excitement. Anyway, this is also a happy housewarming, so setting off a few more strings of firecrackers is not too much!"

Before deciding to move back from the city to Nanshan Island, which has been abandoned for many years, Zhuang Haiyang also visited other neighbors who moved to the town.Although those old people also want to move back, they know that it is almost impossible.This Nanshan Island has been deserted for a long time, how can people live there?
Knowing that Zhuang Haiyang plans to return to the village for a while, the old people still carefully advised: "Haiyang, the old house without people has been evil for a long time. Before moving in, ventilate it first, put a few more strings of firecrackers to drive away evil spirits, and then go to the village. burn incense sticks in the Neptune Temple!"

What is evil spirit, Zhuang Haiyang asked himself and didn't understand.But he knew to some extent that the old house that had not been lived in for a long time lived in dampness, if it was not ventilated, disinfected and dried, and people moved in directly, it was really possible to get sick.

He opened the doors and windows of every room in the old house. If the doors and windows were really rotten and unusable, Zhuang Haiyang tore them down and threw them in the yard.After throwing a few strings of firecrackers, the whole old house was also shrouded in billowing smoke.

Seeing this scene, Zhuang Haiyang also smiled and said: "This scene, the house looks more immortal!"

Not rushing into the house to clean it, Zhuang Haiyang came to the place where the supplies were piled up again. Zhuang Haiyang picked out a lawn mower from inside and began to clean up the weeds that had grown in his yard.Zhuang Haiyang is still well prepared for moving back for a long-term stay this time.

The gears rotated, and the weeds splashed. Looking at the yard that had been cleaned of weeds, there were still many grass roots left.But Zhuang Haiyang believes that as long as people walk around and take care of the yard every day, it will be difficult for these weeds to revive.

After cleaning up the weeds in the yard, Zhuang Haiyang, carrying a lawn mower, also cleaned up the weeds near his old house.Pile these weeds together and expose them to the sun for two days, and then find time to burn them to plant ash.

These chores are really not that difficult for Zhuang Haiyang!
Zhuang Haiyang, who was sweating all over after spending the whole morning, also felt very happy.Seeing the grass and dust all over his body, Zhuang Haiyang found two pieces of clothes from the suitcase, and went to the reef valley behind the village to take a bath.

Compared with the high winds and turbulent waves here at night, the reefs are still calm during the day.Standing on a circular reef, Zhuang Haiyang also felt that this place was very friendly.When he was a child, he often sat on this reef and fished!
Zhuang Haiyang, who took off his sweat-soaked clothes and wore a pair of boxer shorts, said expectantly: "No one has come here to fish for so many years. I think there should be a lot of good fish in this reef cave!"

Having grown up by the sea, it goes without saying that Zhuang Haiyang is aquatic.In the small reef area in front of us, there are several puddles of different sizes.In the early years in this reef area, villagers often caught lobster and grouper.

Zhuang Haiyang jumped into the puddle without worrying about hitting the reef below.Even if you look around, there are many reefs out of the water growing in this reef area.But the water in the nearby pits is not shallow, especially those puddles of different sizes are deeper.

Zhuang Haiyang, who did not wear any diving equipment or goggles, jumped into the puddle and felt like a fish in water.After diving a few meters, Zhuang Haiyang opened his eyes and began to look at the puddle around him.

For ordinary people, most people need to wear goggles if they want to see the underwater situation clearly.But for Zhuang Haiyang, he didn't use it at all.Of course, he still wears goggles if other people are around, not wanting to come across as weird.

Zhuang Haiyang, who dived into the puddle, also smiled secretly: "When I was young, every time I couldn't catch any fish, I always wondered if there were any fish in the puddle. What is the world like?"

A puddle more than ten meters deep is no pressure for Zhuang Haiyang.In the eyes of others, he moved back to the island alone, which seemed a bit of a retreat from the world.Only Zhuang Haiyang knew the real reason why he moved back to Nanshan Island.

Although the loss of love left Zhuang Haiyang a lot of trauma, but for Zhuang Haiyang at this moment, it doesn't take '30 years', maybe only two to three years, he will let the woman who abandoned him like grass shoes know, give up He is her pity.

"Money may be very important! But there are some things that money may not be able to buy."

Zhuang Haiyang, who has returned to Nanshan Island, knows very well that it is not difficult for him to make money with the adventures he has obtained.With his current water skills, he is sure to earn enviable wealth as a fisherman who relies on the sea to eat the sea.

If it weren't for the fact that renting an island is too expensive, Zhuang Haiyang, who can't afford such a large amount of money at this stage, really wants to rent this island that carries his childhood memories.In that case, being an island owner should be a very honorable thing!
Thinking of the small goal he had set, Zhuang Haiyang smiled slightly and said, "Let's find something to settle for lunch first! Moving party, no matter what, we should eat something hearty. I hope this reef pit won't disappoint me too much!"

Knowing that leasing an island is a very cumbersome thing, Zhuang Haiyang, who returned this time, suddenly felt that even if he didn't rent it, I believe others would not be able to drive him away!Anyway, he is a native of Nanshan Island.

Now that the other villagers have moved away, and he is the only one living on the entire island, what is the difference between this and the owner of the island?

(End of this chapter)