A rare calm

That day the Breakers were docked at a large port, where they were going to pick up supplies, and from tomorrow they were going north, across the "sea of the world," without landing on land for several months.

Therefore, with the exception of a few men guarding the ship, the rest of the crew were all busy with the captain's purchase of goods until dark, and the next day was a time for free movement and purchase of personal goods.

Yi Xiaochuan bought two clothes, cloth socks, cloth shoes and other personal necessities at noon the next day, and it was OK in the afternoon, and the heart thought that after tomorrow, it would be March to see the land, it would be better to take advantage of the time to travel to the shore.

On the shore, the port people come and go very busy, are moving and unloading materials, and then go inside, is a bustling street, on a whim, bought some sugar gourd, popcorn and other snacks, here is also because of the bustling port, so it is not very big, and then go up not far is the original scenery of green mountains and green water.

He xing caused, oblique and south, soon to the seaside, along the beach to continue south, along the way there are a lot of strange conches, turtles, picked up many.

Still walk not far south, the beach receded, there are all kinds of jagged rocks, towering, not lofty, climbing up, see the waves on the distant coastline slowly beating the giant rock, issued a clap roar.

At this time it is evening, the afterglow sprinkled on the layers of overlapping, changing sea, emitting a bit of golden light, the sunset dyed golden lace clouds, like a huge monster, suspended in the sea.

Suddenly heard a distant rock behind the abnormal sound, slightly strange, climbing the concave and convex of the rock down, and walked through a lot of strange rocks, found a puddle behind a huge rock, a red-bodied man in the cleaning hands.

Yi Xiaochuan first saw this person and felt that his body was far darker than the average person, others were exposed to the scorching sun more, but it was bronze or blackish, this person's body color was like coke, let people see after the unforgettable.

As he cleaned, he let out a heavy sigh, as if filled with thoughts, but did not notice that someone had arrived behind him.

Yi Xiaochuan listened to his heart-filled sigh, not touched the heartstrings, once upon a time, he was so helpless, the vast world is large, but no place to stand on their own; Although the vast sea of people, but no one to listen to their own heart, a person alone in the seaside cleaning tired, suffering from pain of the body, with the lonely boning north wind, with homeless cats and dogs.

At this moment, hearing such a sigh, in such a lonely and difficult environment, he could not help but feel a sense of sympathy for this person, and asked gently:

"Why is a person here?"

The man was taken aback, turned around, and saw a young man in a blue robe, with a mild face and no hostility, and half of his guard gone, and said:

"It's nothing, there is nowhere to go and nothing to do, just wash himself." Unintentionally tuck your hands behind your back.

As soon as the man turned around, Yi Xiaochuan looked at his face and realized that it was disgusting.

What he noticed was his confused teeth, filled with black and yellow tartar between the teeth, with the unmistakable fact that they had not been cleaned since they were born, his chest grew a thick, dark chest hair, which looked like a evil ghost, and he had both large hands and big feet. Most people would be frightened by his description.

But Yi Xiaochuan does not mean, these days he has seen the ruthless role can be more to go, the knowledge has been extraordinary, and how can judge a person's good and evil only by appearance.

During the conversation, I learned that the man's name was Tang De, more than fifty years old, and as expected, he was not a local person, and said that Yi Xiaochuan also came with the ship, and stayed overnight tonight, and understood that he would go to the ocean and go north to deliver food to the Western Empire.

The man immediately on the way, his ship capsized in a sea, drifting in the sea for several days by driftwood, through hardships and hardships, lucky to come to this piece of land, then lived here, although want to cross the sea, return home, but here in a year there are very few ships to the north, always can not do so, two people meet today also count as destined.

Yi Xiaochuan listened to his words vaguely with their intention to board the ship north, very embarrassed, if the ship is their own, promised to come down, but they are also the ship's workers, not the master, how can people promise, had to say:

"I can only introduce you to the captain, then you go to say, this matter depends on the captain's idea, others are not good to interfere."

Tang De full answer, it was dark, two people simply headed home, before leaving Yi Xiaochuan inadvertently looked at Tang de behind the pool, found that the water color is slightly red, a little strange, but did not think much, then went.

If Yi Xiaochuan could come here earlier, he could see Tang De washing his hands, washing his hands stained with blood.

When passing the bustling street market, Tang De bought a comb at a roadside stall. Yi Xiaochuan saw his bald head, I do not know what use to buy this comb, and thought: "Maybe it is to buy a lover."

Back to the ship, Yi Xiaochuan will truthfully tell the captain, in fact, live on the ship for a period of time has come, everyone is very harmonious atmosphere, and all on the ship are kind and kind, it is difficult for Captain Du to find such a ship, which first has a great relationship with his own character, probably smell congenial!

In this world such a good person is rare, Yi Xiaochuan thought of the encounter when the first day into the city, for today's situation is really grateful, as he expected, the captain generously accepted Tang De.

Early the next day, the fourth of June, when the sun was still below sea level and there was only a red glow in the east, the Breakers left the harbor and set out for the north.

For several days nothing had happened, the sea was rippling, only a gentle breeze was felt, and the last rare storm had passed.

After this period of time, Guo Yan's condition greatly improved, but at this time the ship's personnel are quite sufficient, there is no shortage of labor, everyone agreed that Guo Yan can work completely.

Guo Yan does not work for a long time, his heart is uneasy, several times want to do something, but they are determined not to, had to give up, that Guo Xiaoyan all day wait on the side, got a lot of praise from the people.

Yi Xiaochuan first saw Guo Xiaoyan, although not tall, but the face is dark, quite see the wind and frost, only to be older than his age, but the speech and behavior is also young, very shy, see people always show a kind smile, familiar with each other after asking only to know, he is only 16 years old this year, eat 17 years old, until November, three years younger than Yi Xiaochuan, just because of the livelihood of the sea for many years, Wind and sun all day, the face quite mature state, but called Yi Xiaochuan guess wrong.

On the ship, he and Yi Xiaochuan are the same age, two people can play to a place, often see the sunrise together, work together, it seems inseparable, that day was introduced to Yi Xiaochuan Tang De, but only with Yi Xiaochuan go very close, often come to the room to chat with him, but ignore more people.

Yi Xiaochuan only way is personality, also not when the thing, but live in the same room Wang total feel this person is a little strange, Yi Xiaochuan asked and said why, it also did not.