Chapter 1

Don't you say that?

Rare to paint

But I don't want to be so foolish that I've lost all my life, and I've been confused all my life, and it ended in a daze.

That's really sad

She said, she was clearly smiling, but she was more like crying

Xue Xia is a girl born in summer

The fishing village near the sea is less than a hundred households. I have to take the earliest bus to the town to go to school, which is about twenty minutes by car.

Xue Xia doesn't know who her father is, she was raised by her grandparents.

Grandpa caught fish for a lifetime, and his biggest asset was an old fishing boat that had been driving for more than 40 years. Grandma usually stayed at home and relied on handicrafts to supplement the household income.

When he was a child, the genius was lit. Grandpa had already gotten up and was about to go out to sea. With the bento made by his grandmother, Xue Xia would quickly get up after hearing the movement. While rubbing his eyes and running downstairs, he rushed to the other party before leaving. Be careful on the way

Then, my grandmother would hand her the white porridge in a beautiful bowl, sprinkle with chopped green onion, egg shreds and a few pieces of meat that were braised until it was hard.

Then, my grandmother would turn on the radio and start sewing and repairing while Xue Xia was having breakfast.

The day started like this

Day after day, until the year of Xue Xia Xiaowu

Grandpa and grandma said they were moving

Moving? Xue Xia blinked and where was she going to move?

In the town, we are going to move to the town

Grandma hugged Xue Xia and said to her: Our land is going to be expropriated, saying that it is going to be built as an ecological park. Alas... No matter what, Xiao Xia doesn't have to wake up at five o'clock in the future, so she can sleep well.

This is undoubtedly a great event for the children

However, Xue Xia did not show excitement or excitement because she could feel that her grandmother was sad

At that time, there was a sense of sorrow that could not be dissipated in the small brick and tile house of the Xue family.

Xue Xia vaguely knew the reason, but she didn't know how to comfort the two old men

She could only study harder, get back good grades, and try to make them happy, rather than just forcing a smile in front of herself

That's really uncomfortable

Xue Xia wants

The year Xue Xia graduated from elementary school, things finally settled

In less than two years, the fishing village with more than a hundred households had moved 70% to 80% of them, and the remaining dozens of households were unwilling to leave, but Xue Xia knew that it was just a matter of time.

After delivering all the furniture and luggage to the truck, my grandfather and grandmother took her to the beach for a walk.

It was the peak of summer when the summer heat was at its peak, and the sun was hanging high. Grandpa rode a tricycle and took them on the asphalt road. When he finally arrived at the port, Xue Xia was already sweating profusely.

But she didn't complain that she was tired, but just followed the two old men silently, passed the shallows, and came to the ship where my grandfather was ready to scrap. It was so worn that most of the paint had fallen off, and the parts had a thick layer of rust.

At that time, Xue Xia would remember the expression on her grandfather's face clearly for the rest of her life.

It's a kind of melancholy, it's also a kind of fate

Three people had lunch on the boat

It was a rice ball made by my grandmother, filled with meat floss and perilla leaves.

After eating, Xue Xia walked to the deck

She saw her grandfather leaning against her grandmother's shoulders as if she were superman. Two lines of tears were on her face covered with wrinkles and sunburns. Under the scorching sun, it was like a diamond hitting the sea.

Very bright and dazzling

I can't find anything again

When Xue Xia realized this, it was the first time she was afraid of parting.

Wanghai Town cannot see the sea

In summer, even if the windows are opened, you can't blow the sea breeze and taste the salty air

This made Xue Xia very uncomfortable

She had insomnia for most of the summer before getting used to it

Later, Xue Xia learned that her grandfather and grandmother actually had a house in the town.

But in that room, after his mother Xue Lin lost her whereabouts, the two of them did not take another step.

Regarding mother, grandpa and grandma never mentioned it. Xue Xia could only piece together a vague mother's face from the gossip of the neighbors and the gossip after dinner with her neighbors.

Beautiful, smart, very likable since childhood... These are positive

Unfilial, willful, unpredictable, hooking and tying... These are negative

Xue Xia sometimes wonders, as if her mother was a child and her mother grew up were two completely different people.

The parents pulled Xue Lin up with great difficulty, and never disliked her because she was a girl. The couple was even afraid that their daughter would be wronged and insisted on not having a child. In a small village with conservative folk customs and relatively conservative ideas, it was easy to attract gossip without a son's explanation.

However, Xue Xia's grandmother and grandfather took all this, and Xue Lin did not disappoint the two. Her grades have always been very good. Even in college, she received full scholarships.

At that time, except for a few stubborn relatives, most neighbors praised them for their blessings and raised their daughter so well, and good days were still coming.

Who would have thought that Xue Lin, who was sent to university by the scenery of the whole village, would one day run home with a big belly, locked in the house and refused to see anyone. After giving birth to the child, she ran away without saying a word, completely ignoring the old parents and daughter whom the family was waiting to be fed, and disappeared.