gray love

Sunset is not young.

The sea breeze is blowing, and the waves are churning.I brought the finished fish to the small canopy built outside the house. A light bulb was connected to the canopy and was swayed by the sea breeze. The wind is not too strong tonight, but it is still possible to deal with the lingering heat. Imminent.

Xiao sat on the bench under the canopy, looked at me, and I put the dishes and chopsticks in order and smiled at her and said, "Recently, I learned how to cook fish with my grandma in the village. Try it."

I handed the chopsticks to her, and she watched me tenderly take the chopsticks, picked up a piece and stuffed it into her mouth.I looked at her nervously, she froze for a moment, and I said in a panic, "What's wrong? Is it stuck? Or... unpalatable?"

She suddenly smiled brightly and said, "It's delicious."

I took a deep breath and sat opposite her: "I thought, I thought it was unpalatable."

"No, it's delicious." There were beautiful ripples in her eyes like the sea. I looked at her obsessively, and my smile still didn't fade away.

"What are you doing in a daze? Eat quickly." She picked up a piece of meat from the belly of the fish and put it in my bowl.

"Yeah." I nodded, "By the way, when the tide is low, you can still touch a lot of seafood such as razor clams, shrimp clams, clams, etc. Now it's dark and you can't touch them."

I looked at the dark sea and said, "Tomorrow, when the tide goes out, I'll touch it again. I remember you like seafood."

She was silent, lowered her head to eat, I looked at her and smiled.She raised her head suddenly and responded to me with her eyes.

"What's wrong?" I stretched my smile and looked at her.

"Your smile... like this island, makes me feel at ease." At that moment, I finally saw the tenderness in her eyes, and I was a little flustered, but my smile remained unchanged.

"This island will give people hope, and I am fed by this hope." I said, looking in the direction of the village, "If I die, I hope to be buried here."

She followed my gaze, her face was peaceful and beautiful.

That night, neither of us mentioned our feelings. I think she will heal herself from her injuries. Naturally, my love for her is expressed to her by the gusts of sea breeze and the sky full of milky way.

I spread the mat on the floor and took a blanket and pillow.

Xiao walked over and said, "Why don't you sleep on the bed?"

"Of course the bed belongs to you, I just need to sleep on the floor." I said as I arranged the pillows.

"What should I do if I catch a cold? Sleep on the bed." She came over and picked up my blanket.

I stood up and stopped her, and said, "Let's sleep separately, I don't want...to remind you of unhappy things."

"Besides..." I showed a bright smile, "I'm very angry, and I was defeated by sleeping on the floor."

Xiao didn't obstruct me and let me take the blanket away.

"By the way," I turned to look at her, "Tomorrow, I'll call you, you must get up, don't stay in bed."

"it is good."

The moonlight sneaked in through the window, I looked at the stars outside the window, listened to the play of the waves, smelled the fragrance in the house, and thanked God for giving us another sunny tomorrow.

I smiled, I couldn't hear Xiao's breathing, the breeze swept by the window sill, I turned my head to look at her worriedly, the cold moonlight danced between her eyelashes, she didn't sleep, but I couldn't see her expression clearly , I turned my head to look at the roof and said, "Teacher, are you cold? Do you want to close the window?"

"It's not cold, what about you?" Her voice was soft and sweet, and I suddenly had a sense of familiarity through time. That time was spinning and wandering in my mind and finally settled on an impetuous night, the person I met on the bridge sound.

I smiled, maybe it was God's will.

"I'm not cold." I said, "Good night."

"Good night."

"Teacher, wake up." I patted Xiao on the shoulder, and her lovely eyelashes fluttered and slowly opened.

She smiled softly when she saw me clearly.

"Teacher," I echoed her smile, "Look, the sunrise."

She sat up in surprise, and looked at the window from the morning light that filled the room.

From that window she saw the ocean, and the rising sun.

Between the water and the sky, there is a red glow that drives away the darkness. I said, "That is the fiery kiss between the sea and the sky."

She turned to look at me, and I looked at her, smiling slightly. Her amber pupils were dyed orange by the gushing sun, warming me.

"When I saw this house, I looked at the sun. I thought that if I opened a window in this direction of this house, I would be woken up by the sunrise every day, and then I would witness this magnificent kiss of the sea and the sky." I said, looking at the warm colors filling the sky.

"It's so beautiful." She sighed sincerely.

I turned my head to look at her side face that was dyed red, and called softly: "Xiao..."

She looked at me with a bottomless tenderness in her eyes.

"I hope that you can be reborn from Nirvana like this sunrise."

She twitched her eyes and stretched the corners of her mouth moved.I looked at her and slowly covered the back of her hand with my palm.

She didn't hide, I took her hand and walked out of the house.

The sea breeze is rippling in the ears, and the shallow sky is calling for the awakening of the sea, kissing its face emotionally.

The beach is also dyed orange, along with the soles of our feet.The waves beat gently on the reef, like fingers hitting the keys, charming and delicate.

We sat side by side on an abrupt rock, watching the sunrise and smelling the sea breeze.

"Are you afraid of the sea?" I said, looking into the distance.

"Sometimes I'm afraid, sometimes I'm not, but now I shouldn't be afraid." She smiled and looked up at the sky. At this time, the sunrise was over, and what came back was boundless light.

"Really?" I smiled slyly, she looked at me suspiciously, and I pointed to the rocks under my feet, "Look, we are already surrounded by the sea."

She looked at her feet in surprise, and sure enough, more than half of the reef had been swallowed by sea water.

"How come?" She suddenly reacted and sighed, "Oh, the tide is high."

"If it's not deep, we can go back, but the possibility of us going back is very small." I deliberately looked embarrassed.

"But...I...can't swim." Xiao said in a panic.

"Aren't you afraid of the sea? I'll take you back." I stood up and put my arms around her waist, "But you have to hold on to me."

"I understand now, brat," she broke away angrily, "so you came out so early in the morning to eat my tofu?"

"No, no," I quickly shouted, "That's fine, I won't eat your tofu, you stay here, I'm leaving."

As I said that, I jumped into the sea, not to mention it was not shallow, I took a deep breath and plunged into the water and disappeared. I heard Xiao's anxious cry in the sea.

"Stinky boy! How dare you leave me here, and wait until I get ashore to see how I deal with you!"

It's this time, and Teacher Yu is still lecturing me, so I continue to lurk, waiting for her to go crazy.

Finally she had to admit defeat, I surfaced, looked at her with a smile, and shouted: "Teacher Yu, let me teach you how to swim."

Xiao looked angrily at the rising sea level, and said, "If you want to swim, you can swim by yourself, I won't swim."

"Okay, I'm going to swim, I wish you good luck." I turned around and swam to the distance, the sea water slapped my face, "Hey! Huihao! Come back!" Xiao called me anxiously , I turned around with a smirk and said, "How is it? Are you swimming or not?"

She stared at me and nodded, I swam over and stretched out my hand, she took my hand, I pulled her into the water as hard as I could, she beat me angrily, I said with a smile: "If you hit me again, I will Let go of it."

She finally became honest for a while, I supported her vigorously, and kicked off to swim to the deep sea.

"Don't swim...swim so far." Xiao said in horror, flapping her teeth and claws in the water.I looked at her clumsy look and smiled and said: "I didn't expect that the famous Teacher Yu would also have times when she was at a loss."

"Nonsense, I'm afraid." She finally expressed the feelings in her heart, I hugged her tightly, panting and whispered in her ear: "With me here, don't be afraid."

She looked up at me, the water droplets on her eyelashes bouncing mischievously.The atmosphere suddenly became very ambiguous, our bodies were almost stuck together, and the distance in front of our eyes was only about ten centimeters. She also noticed it, stopped yelling, and looked at me in amazement. The two of us fell into the sea, and I quickly adjusted my balance and turned to swim towards the coast.

Swimming to the shore, I let go of my hand and walked ahead. I was a little flustered, my eyes were erratic, I tried my best to suppress my impulse 2 minutes ago, and quickened my pace.

We went back and changed our clothes, had breakfast, and walked towards the village. When we got to the door of the house, I suddenly turned around and asked Xiao, "Can you get a haircut?"

"Ah? I... am I okay?" She said in a daze.

"There is no barber shop on this island. Children's hair is cut by their grandparents, but you also know that the elderly have bad eyesight, so their hair is often long and short or bald. I wanted to cut them. Yes, I bought all the tools, but when I found out that my skills were not good enough, I gave up.”

"Leave it to me." She smiled. "When I was in college, I even asked a barber to learn how to cut bangs. I did a lot of homework."

After finishing speaking, she blushed suddenly, and I said with a smirk, "Hey, Teacher Yu is so smug."

As we walked, we felt that Xiao was in a much better mood, and she was very happy along the way.

A group of children were playing under the big tree at the head of the village. When they saw us, they rushed towards us happily.

"Teacher Hui Hao! Teacher Yu!" They jumped up and down excitedly.

I made a "shh" gesture, and they obediently stopped playing.

"Have you practiced the national anthem?" I said pretending to be serious.

"Practice, practice." They rushed to say.

"Okay," stand according to the positions I arranged for you yesterday.

They plopped and stood in a row under the big tree, and I walked up to them in style.

"Today, your teacher Yu is coming to check how our national anthem is singing. You have to sing well. Let her score after singing, okay?"

"it is good--"

I turned my head and winked at Xiao, who stood beside me in disbelief.

"Get ready, sing—"

"Arise—those who will not be slaves, take our flesh—"

I beat the beat like narcissism, and they sang hard. Although they were a little uneven and had a strong local accent, their serious faces and hard-working expressions made us both gratified and sad.

At the end of the song, Xiao praised them, and they danced happily after receiving the praise.

Hearing that Teacher Yu was going to cut their hair, they lined up consciously, with the younger ones at the front. Xiao put on a cloth for them, and cut them carefully. Not to mention, her skills are not bad. The child became much more energetic in an instant, but what made us laugh and cry was that Erya, who is usually introverted, brought her big yellow dog over after she finished cutting it. She insisted on cutting it for him. I wanted to refuse at first, but Xiao suddenly He pulled my clothes and whispered, "Don't kill their imagination and innocence."

Then she walked up to Erya and squatted down with a kind eyebrow, and said, "Is this your good friend?"

Erya blinked her eyes and said, "Yes, when Mom and Dad left, they told Erya and Erhuang to be good friends, and they would bring us delicious food when they came back."

Xiao's eye circles were slightly red, and she continued to say with a smile: "Then... how long have your parents been gone?"

Erya thought for a while, lowered her head and said, "I don't know, I only know that I could still hold Erhuang when they left, but now I can't hold Erhuang anymore, Erhuang has grown up, Erya can't hold Erhuang anymore, Erya Will Huang be angry with me?"

"No, no, Erhuang loves you very much too," Xiao held back tears, stood up and said, "Erya, let Erhuang come over, and I'll give him a haircut."

"Okay," Erya happily called Erhuang to the stool, and we wrapped the apron around Erhuang's neck. Erhuang was very obedient and didn't resist for a while.

Xiao cut it lightly, and Erya happily clapped her little hands beside her. After a while, several old people from the village also came with stools.I said hello, and the village chief came over and said, "Cut it for the baby, and cut it for us too?"

We nodded and said yes, of course, the naughty little egg squatted on the big tree and said: "Village chief, your beard can sweep the floor, let's cut it too."

"Little bastard, no matter how big or small, come down for me, and see if I don't get you with a stick (wooden ruler)!" The village chief pointed at him angrily.

Everyone laughed, and Xiaodan climbed down from the tree and ran away, making everyone laugh so hard that they couldn't close their mouths.

Later, Xiao cut the hair of almost all the old people and children in the village and worked hard all day.In the evening, I peeled the clams, prawns, crabs and other seafood that I had cooked for her, and told her not to let her do it herself. At first she was embarrassed to refuse, but later I agreed to let me do it for her.

"Are you considered a left-behind child?" She said suddenly, I stopped what I was doing, thought about it, and continued peeling.

"I'm not a child," I said.

"Then you are the left-behind youth?" She rested her chin and looked at the sea.

"I am the happiest left-behind youth." I laughed at myself, put the clam meat in her mouth, she ate it naturally, and said while eating, "If possible, I would like to teach here."

I looked at her, under the dim and flickering light, her eyes were beautiful and quiet.

"But... You finally taught in Shanghai, where others envy you. You have worked so hard to this day, do you have the heart to give up?" I looked at her.

She was quiet for a while, her eyes full of exhaustion: "I have a hunch that I will set foot on this hot land again and be a hard-working gardener on this island."

Speaking of this, she stretched the corners of her mouth and looked at the star dormant in the sea.

"Then let me accompany you." I looked at her side face and breathed softly.

She didn't speak, just thinking about her own thoughts.

The next day, I was woken up by her. She was sitting next to me, and the sunrise was shining on her peaceful face. I stood up in surprise and said, "Teacher, why do you get up so early?"

"Happy birthday." She smiled brightly.

I slapped my head and smiled helplessly: "Today is my birthday, I forgot."

She looked at me dotingly, and suddenly whispered softly in my ear, "Thank you."

I was stunned, turned my head to look at her, and asked her why she thanked me with my eyes.

"Thank you for always silently protecting me, thank you for letting me out of that heart-wrenching night," she stretched out her hand, her fingers ran across my temples, and there were traces of crystal rolling in her eyes, "thank you for being When I hurt you over and over again, I still choose to wait."

"But," her eyes were full again, she put down her fingers, and she said, "Today, you are an adult, have you thought about it? Do you want to continue to be like this...to be with you?"

I smiled lightly and said, "What do you think? I, Hui Hao, have only this one shortcoming. I will always wait for the one I love, until the sea is dry and rocks are rotten, until death."

"Then what if... I'm still... still hurting you endlessly?" Her eyes were filled with tears, shining brightly under the circumstances.

"Even if I'm a mediocre person, I won't be with you indefinitely."