I miss the sea in my hometown

Just now, I suddenly saw a graphic diary about my hometown, "Tidal Flats Full of Golden Sands—Xiapu, Fujian".

Suddenly, memories of my hometown and the sea flooded like a tide.

Because I am at the beach, I don’t have much or deep impression of the sea. Who would care about something that can be seen almost every day?

It wasn’t until the summer of 1997, when I took my boyfriend (now husband) back to my hometown for the first time, and felt my husband’s joy and cheers all the way, that I realized that the sea is really so charming; it turns out that the sea is really so charming; The sea can really make people crazy.

I remember when we set off from Fuzhou and after a bumpy journey of 5 or 6 hours, as soon as we entered Ningde, my husband cheered endlessly: "Hai, I saw the sea! Qing, that's really it. "The sea?" "But why is there no water in the sea? Is the tide low?" For my husband who has never seen the sea before, he will certainly be full of curiosity and novelty about everything in front of him. , but he was too ignorant and naive - he actually regarded the vast expanse of tidal flats in front of him as the ocean where he thought about day and night.

In the face of my husband’s yelling, the people in the car were asking us with their eyes: "Is there any need to make such a fuss? Where is the endless tidal flat on the seaside? What a country bumpkin! I don’t know what the sea is!”

I was extremely embarrassed, but my excited husband seemed to have no time to care about other people’s feelings. He still asked regardless: “Qing, is that the sea?” Is this large area a field or a sea?"

I couldn't stop him from asking, so I lowered my voice and told him, "Stop shouting, people will laugh at you." What we just saw are tidal flats. They are neither seas nor fields. They are tidal flats used for cultivating seafood. Did you know? We can’t see the sea yet, because the inland seas are used for farming, and the outer seas are used for farming. It will take a while to see it."

At this time, my husband repeated blankly like a repeater: "Oh, tidal flat, tidal flat, that is tidal flat."

I know. He still had no idea of ??the tidal flats in his mind, but he had stopped shouting excitedly.

I can't imagine my husband's surprise and excitement, but I know that for someone who has never seen the sea, she is indeed too tempting.

Otherwise, a reserved and inarticulate person like my husband would not be so rude and yelling like this.

However, the sea made him forget everything; the sea made him ignore everything.

As the distance progressed, we finally saw the real sea with water and sky connected. However, my husband was calm enough by this time, but sitting next to him, I could still clearly feel the His heartbeat was intense and excited because he kept staring greedily out of the window, and he didn't look back until the car passed by for a long time.

When I went home and told my good friend Hua'er about this matter as a joke, she immediately invited us warmly: "Aqing, bring your boyfriend to us Let's play at home. That way, I can take you to see the real sea and pick up shells." Before I could say anything, my husband couldn't wait to say, "It would be great to go to the beach. Let’s go, let’s go. Can we swim at the beach?”

I burst into tears: “What international joke are you making? Do you want to swim in the sea for the first time?” , You want to swim? Come on, if something happens, I can’t be responsible.”

I couldn’t resist my husband’s strong request. A few days later, I really took him to Hua’er’s house. It was also my first time to go to Hua'er's house.

During the few days at her house, my husband really saw the sea and truly felt its beauty and charm.

After lunch at her house, my husband started clamoring to go to the beach. We told him: "The sun is very strong now. If you go to the beach, your skin will peel off. No matter what, you have to wait for the sun." We can go to the beach only after we go down from the mountain.”

Finally, before the sun went down, we couldn’t stand my husband’s persuasion and we set off—Hua’er, her brother, sister, and husband. There was also me, and a group of us set off in a mighty manner.

When we walked for a long time and arrived at the beach, the sun was about to set. The pink and yellow, warm afterglow spread evenly on the undulating sea. The sea in front of us really looked like a picture. The huge moving oil painting is indescribably beautiful and indescribably soul-stirring...

And my husband, who was in such close contact with the sea for the first time, was so excited that he forgot about himself: "Sea, I'll come. Come on!" Then he plunged into the sea, almost scaring Hua'er and the others to death.

They all screamed: "Aqing, what happened to your boyfriend?"

"Sister Qing, can that guy swim?"

I laughed He said, "It's okay, he can swim, but we have to keep an eye on him. After all, it's his first time coming to the beach." A few minutes later, we immediately called him to come ashore, safety first. But my husband was very reluctant. In the end, he couldn't stand the persuasion of several of us, so he reluctantly came ashore.

Perhaps due to my husband’s influence, a few of us also splashed and played in the shallow water.

When we had enough fun in the water, we walked and picked up shells on the golden, soft beach where every step left a footprint.

When you are lucky, you can see a few small crabs and other small animals escaping hastily. This coke broke my husband, and he quickly caught one small animal after another without paying attention to them. Can you eat it?

As long as it is a small animal, he will reach out to catch it, even if it is a small insect crawling up from the sea, he will not let it go.

Looking at the happy, innocent, cute and careless husband in front of her, Hua'er and her sisters kept giggling aside: "Aqing, your boyfriend is so funny."

"Sister Qing, he is so cute."

The warm yellow sunset, the golden beach, my husband's cheers, and our laughter, they all blend together perfectly. Being together has always been fixed in the depths of my memory, deeply imprinted on the seaside called Xiahu...