Che Xiaofeng is a very sensible child, but he has been on the ship for a long time, following his father around, so his skin is getting darker and darker, his body is getting thinner, and he is obviously malnourished.
I asked Che Xiaofeng about his age. He was already 13 years old, which was the right age to go to junior high school.
I asked cautiously, "Would you like to live on the boat every day? Why not stay home and study?"
Che Xiaofeng lowered his head, feeling depressed, and smiled bitterly: "I don't have a home. For me, this ship is my home."
I was stunned, my heart ached, and I guessed a little bit.
"Besides your father, do you have no other family members?"
Che Xiaofeng nodded and explained to me, "My mother disliked my father for being poor, so she divorced him and didn't want me. She voluntarily gave up her custody of me."
Also a poor child.
I picked up some food for him out of pity, hoping that he would eat more.
Che Xiaofeng ate while saying, "My mother divided up our house and sold it. My father was always on the sea, sailing, and had no time to take care of me. So I dropped out of school to be with my father. Wherever my father was, I was there."
Che Xiaofeng has a simple personality. He answers whatever you ask him. He is a very simple child. I like him very much.
He and I got along very well, but he was always inexplicably afraid of Yan Meng.
Yan Mengbu came over to get a steamed bun, and Che Xiaofeng stood up awkwardly, standing there properly and looking very respectful.
I glared at Yan Meng and said, "Look at you, how scared have you made the child?"
Yan Meng looked aggrieved and walked out of the room silently.
I smiled and pulled Che Xiaofeng to sit down: "Don't be afraid of him, he has a good temper."
Although I said this, it can be seen that Che Xiaofeng is not willing to get close to Yan Meng.
There were only two of us in the room. Che Xiaofeng gradually became familiar with me and started talking more and more.
"Sister, do you know how to identify a storm? I've experienced storms at sea!"
Although Che Xiaofeng is young, he tells stories vividly, after all, these are his real experiences.
He told me a lot about the sea, from storms to what kind of fish there are.
He stood up and gestured to me as if to show off: "I caught a big fish. It was really big! It weighed almost as much as me!"
I was amused by him and temporarily forgot the annoyance of not being able to contact my family, and listened carefully to his description.
It was already dark outside, and Che Xiaofeng, who was telling a vivid story, suddenly stopped.
He took my arm and said, "Sister, I'll take you to see the moon over the sea! It's so big and so beautiful!"
Before I could recover from this sudden turn of events, Che Xiaofeng had already pulled me out of the room.
Yan Meng was leaning on a chair admiring the moonlight at this time. Che Xiaofeng didn't dare to approach him, so I sat on the deck with him casually.
The moon over the sea is bright and clear. Looking at the cool moonlight, I can't help but murmur: "The bright moon rises over the sea, and we share this moment across the world."
Che Xiaofeng had only been in junior high school for a few days, so naturally he had never learned this poem. He scratched his head and asked me, "Sister, what does this sentence mean?"
I smiled gently and patiently explained to him, "This is a poem. It means that no matter where we are, when we look up at the moon, the person we miss, even though we are far away, knows that we share the same moonlight, just like we are right beside each other."
Che Xiaofeng blinked and asked me in a daze, "Missing? Are you thinking about your family?"
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