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    “Isn’t there a sentence that says so?”

    “It’s rare to be confused.”

    “But I don’t want to be so stupid that I risk my own life. I will be confused and confused all my life and it will end like this.”

    “That’s so sad.”

    She said, clearly smiling, but more like crying.

    Xue Xia is a girl born in summer.

    There are less than a hundred households in the fishing village near the sea. To go to school, you have to take the earliest bus to the town, which takes about 20 minutes.

    Xue Xia doesn’t know who her father is. She was raised by her grandma and grandpa.

    My grandfather has been fishing for most of his life, and his biggest asset is an old fishing boat that has been in operation for more than 30 years. My grandmother usually stays at home and supplements the family income by doing handicrafts.

    When I was a child, the genius was bright, and my grandfather had already packed the lunch box made by my grandmother and was preparing to go to sea. Xue Xia would get up quickly after hearing the noise, rub her eyes and run downstairs, saying “be careful on the road” to the other person before he left.

    Then, grandma would put the porridge in a beautiful bowl and hand it to her, sprinkle with chopped green onions, shredded eggs and a few pieces of braised pork until hard.

    Then grandma would turn on the radio and start sewing while Xue Xia had breakfast.

    This is how the day started.

    Day after day, until Xue Xia was in the fifth grade of elementary school.

    Grandpa and grandma said they were moving.

    “Moving?” Xue Xia blinked.”Where to move?”

    “The town, we are moving to the town.” Grandma hugged Xue Xia and explained to her: “Our land is going to be expropriated, and we are planning to build an ecological park. Alas… No matter what, we Xia Bao don’t have to get up at five o’clock in the future. We can sleep well.”

    This is undoubtedly a great joy for children.

    However, Xue Xia did not show any excitement because she could feel that her grandma was sad.

    At that time, the Xue family’s small brick house was filled with a lingering sadness.

    The child, who vaguely understood the reason, didn’t know how to comfort the two elderly people.

    She could only study harder, get good grades, and try to make them happy instead of forcing a smile in front of herself.

    That was so uncomfortable.

    Xue Xia thought.

    When Xue Xia graduated from elementary school, the dispute over the demolition payment came to an end and the matter was finally settled.

    In less than two years, 70% to 80% of the residents have left, leaving only a few dozen households unwilling to leave. However, Xue Xia knows that everything is just a matter of time.

    After loading all the furniture and luggage into the truck, grandma and grandpa took her for a walk to the beach.

    It was the height of the summer heat, with cloudless skies and the sun high in the sky. Grandpa took them on a tricycle along the asphalt road. After finally reaching the port, Xue Xia was already sweating profusely.

    But she didn’t complain that she was tired, she just followed the two old men silently, passed by the shoal, and came to the boat that was about to be scrapped. It was so old that most of the paint was peeled off, and the parts also had a thick layer of rust.

    Xue Xia remembers the expression on her grandfather’s face clearly at that time throughout her life.

    It is a kind of melancholy, but also a kind of resignation.

    The three of them had lunch on the boat.

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

    After eating, Xue Xia walked to the deck.

    She saw her grandfather, who was as strong as a superman, leaning on her grandmother’s shoulder. There were two lines of tears on his face covered with wrinkles and sunburns, which looked like diamonds struck on the sea under the hot summer sun.

    It’s so bright and so dazzling.

    There is something once lost that can never be found again.

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

    You can’t see the sea from Wanghai Town.

    In summer, even if you open the windows, you can’t get the sea breeze and taste the salty air.

    Xue Xia was not used to this. She had insomnia for most of the summer vacation and finally got used to it.

    Later she found out that their family actually had a house in the town.

    It’s just that after their mother Xue Lin lost her whereabouts in that house, the two elders never set foot in it again.

    Regarding his mother, his grandpa never mentioned it. Xue Xia could only piece together a vague image of her mother from the gossips of the neighbors and the gossips of the neighbors after dinner.

    Beautiful, smart, lovable from childhood to adulthood…these are the positives.

    Unfilial, willful, indiscreet, flirting… these are negative.

    Xue Xia sometimes feels confused, as if her mother when she was a child and her mother when she grew up are two completely different people.

    Her parents worked hard to raise Xue Lin and never disliked her because she was a girl. The couple were even afraid that their daughter would be wronged and insisted on not having another child.In a small village with conservative folk customs and relatively conservative ideas, it is easy for people to gossip without a son to carry on the family line.

    However, Xue Xia’s grandma and grandfather were able to bear all this, and Xue Lin did not disappoint them either. Her grades were always very good, and she even received a full scholarship from university.

    At that time, except for a few tough-talking relatives, most of the neighbors praised them for being lucky to have raised their daughters so well, and that good times were yet to come.

    Who would have thought that Xue Lin, who was sent to college by the whole village, would suddenly run home with a pregnant belly one day, lock herself in the house and refuse to see anyone, wait for the child to be born, and then run away without saying a word, completely ignoring the elderly parents at home and the daughter who was waiting for feeding, and disappeared.

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