return to sea

I went back to Cang Yang again and watched him working by the sea.

I am thinner, and the lines on my body are more beautiful, just like a tree that grows and has a different charm.

Swallowing saliva, moistened the dry throat.

"Yu Hai!" He waved at me, "There are grilled fish!"

I just ran down, and they set up a simple barbecue grill on the shore. I love grilled fish, deep-sea fish, with its own salty taste, and it sizzled out of oil under the fire.

"Your favorite." Handing me the fattest one, Cang Yang smiled at me, and picked up a bottle of beer beside him, "Do you want to drink?"

I took the bottle he drank, and the more pungent taste than soda exploded in my mind, with a hint of bitterness, "I'm so...comfortable!" At least it suppressed my dry mouth for nearly a morning .

"Right!"

I wiped my shiny mouth, "Cang Yang, what dream do you have... I mean, career."

Cang Yang put his arms around his side, and his two long legs hung on the embankment. He thought for a long time, "I want to be a teacher. After all, I have never studied, so I still want to be a literate person."

"Teacher...?"

"Correct."

I glanced at the hand beside me, and quietly put it on the back of my hand. Seeing that he didn't avoid it, I clenched it a lot, "Then I will become a teacher."

"Really?"

"Ah."

The clouds in the sky blocked the sunlight, covering Cang Yang's face in the haze, and finally the light broke through the clouds, and I saw Cang Yang's expression clearly, bathed in the warm sun, with a faint smile that couldn't be melted in his eyes The joy, the viscous helplessness.

"very nice…"

Looking at this expression, my heart was tightened for no reason, and I felt a dull pain, "I think... I can..."

"say what?"

"Yu Hai loves Cang Yang."

"I love you too."

"Do you know what love means?"

Cang Yang smiled brightly, "It's different from loving this sea, I think it's a little different, for example, if I dream of you, it should be because I miss you; if I want to hold you, it should also be because I miss you; if I want to see you, I think it means loving you .”

His hand clasped backwards, pressing my hand under his palm, beating slightly but rhythmically, penetrating through the calluses on the skin, driving my heart rhythm to be at the same level as his.

"Your heart is beating so fast."

"you caught me."

The climate in October is a bit cool on the coast. Cangyang took me to see a small bungalow, "This is my new home, I bought an electric fan in case you are hot." It was cleaned up, I just lay on the bed, and Cang Yang stripped off his clothes, "Do you still remember what activities are held in our village at this time of year?"

"Youshen!" I was very excited. My favorite thing in the past was watching Youshen. Both of our parents put down their work and went to watch Youshen together. They specialize in hunting water ghosts."

"Could it be that I am a god descending to earth?"

We frolicked in the house and didn't fall asleep until the early hours of the morning.

The next day, we went to the temple early, "Yu Hai! Hurry up, if you are late, there will be more pilgrims!" No matter what Cang Yang said, he wanted to go to the temple, his black hair jumping up and down in the air.

He donated incense money to the temple, and knelt straight in front of the god statue, muttering in his mouth. He spoke in dialect. After I listened carefully, what he said was to bless my health, my studies, and so on.

"Don't you tell me about yourself?"

Cang Yang grinned, "I'm waiting for you to speak for me!"

I don't know why, but I felt uneasy in my heart, and suddenly thought of Cang Yang's father's death at sea... With a pious heart, I begged the gods to keep him safe at sea.

When I got up, Cang Yang was holding a lottery in his hand, and he withdrew his hand when he saw me coming, "What are you doing?" He wanted to get the lottery suspiciously, "What did you draw?"

"Go up, sign up."