Prose: There is hope beyond despair.

It was an early spring afternoon, and my cousin, Uncle Kang Rong, called from Shatou Village in Nansan Island. Uncle Kang Rong said, I haven't seen you for many years. I hope I can take time to go back to the countryside of Nansan Island to meet my relatives, talk about family ties and nostalgia!

Upon receiving this call, a warm heat flow suddenly welled up in my heart. Oh, I really can't believe that people in my hometown, homesickness, are always so homesick and affectionate! Yes, I haven't been back to Lighthouse Shatou Village for a long time. I said on the phone now, yes, I will go back eventually, to my grandmother's hometown! It also reminds me of my great-uncle.

My uncle is my cousin Kang Rong's father-my grandmother's brother, which is my mother's uncle. He has worked hard all his life, is kind and kind, and is a strong and brave sea guy in Nansan Island! Although I didn't have much contact with my uncle in the past, and even my impression of him was vague, I still remember his experience of being in distress at sea.

My uncle is from Shatou Village, Nansan Island. Shatou Village is a small coastal village, located at the southernmost tip of Nansan Island. These villages are distributed in blocks along the coast. Because of the frequent sandstorms in the past, the village was at the head of sandstorms, hence its name.

At that time, the economy of Nansan Island was very backward, and the villagers were always hungry. Although it can't be said that there is no next meal, it is common to eat shredded potatoes or rice and potatoes to satisfy hunger. I remember that in the countryside of Nansan Island, I used to eat shredded potatoes or sweet potatoes at my grandmother's house. At first, I was not used to it, even a little queasy, but in the face of this difficult day, I had to submit to humiliation. However, I have never shown any fear of difficulties in front of my grandmother. I always silently remind myself that my grandparents can eat at this age, why can't I? So, I get used to it when I think about it, and sometimes I even think it's a kind of training for life. Over time, I got used to eating shredded sweet potatoes, especially sweet potato rice, which is more delicious and often makes me memorable. I once secretly told my grandmother about this feeling. Grandma praised me and said that you can taste the fragrance when you eat rice and potatoes now, and you can do great things in the future! Because if a person wants to achieve great things, he must first work hard. I always feel a little mysterious when I hear grandma say this. How can this person who eats sweet potatoes and rice be related to doing great things? But anyway, I believe what my grandmother said. Because in my mind, grandma is so sincere and true except for gentle charity. Grandma, she would never lie to me.

What makes me most happy is that my grandmother told me the story of my uncle going to the sea to plow for a long time, letting me know that there is such an uncle in Shatou Village. My uncle is in Shatou village, because the village is near the sea, so he makes a living by farming the sea, supplemented by agriculture. At that time, my uncle bought a small fishing boat and mainly went fishing in the offshore fishing ground near Naozhou Island. Every day, he is always wandering in the wind and rain, wandering in the sea, fishing in hard and real years. Although it is very hard and the years are very tired, he never fears and will not back down. My uncle knows the wind and waves like the back of his hand because he goes fishing all the year round. He can see the weather, climate change and flowing water, so he has never encountered a real disaster in his fishing career for decades. Even if he knows, he can always turn things around.

For a fisherman who has been farming at sea all the year round, the biggest disaster is that he encounters a typhoon at sea, is sunk by the wind and waves, drifts into the sea himself, and struggles to survive in the wind and waves. However, no one wants to think of this terrible scene!

Once, my grandmother told me about my uncle's distress experience. It was a Mid-Autumn Festival, and my uncle sailed to the mouth of the Yellow River to go fishing. It was near dusk and there was a storm at sea. The sky over there was dark, and a large dark cloud gradually came from the west. Soon, the sky suddenly began to rain cats and dogs. Suddenly, the sea is stormy, the rain and waves are mixed together, and the sea is foggy, making people suddenly confused between the southeast and the northwest. Only then did my uncle realize the seriousness of the situation. If we follow this weather, we will definitely encounter a typhoon and sail against the current. The wind and waves at sea are too strong, and fishing boats will certainly not be able to return to Hong Kong on time to take shelter from the wind. In this dangerous situation, it is useless to panic. At this difficult juncture, my uncle was calm and calm, holding the course firmly with both hands, and driving the fishing boat along the stormy tide to keep the balance of the hull as much as possible. In his view, only in this way can we ensure that fishing boats are not overturned by the wind and waves, and it is possible to safely enter Hong Kong to save people. With such a strong will, uncle still firmly grasped the course of the fishing boat in the storm. Although sometimes even the cabin is thrown into the sea by the waves, the fishing boat, under the control of his uncle, bravely walks through the undulating sea like a clever child, letting the waves blow away aimlessly. ...

In this way, three hours passed, the waves on the sea gradually became smaller, and the heavy rain in the sky stopped. Only sparse raindrops hit the sea, and the sky changed from the original dark clouds to the present, and finally the faithful wife came. At this time, my uncle was exhausted, and his fishing boat finally docked safely at Xuwen's Wailuo fishing port. He finally returned safely to his hometown and relatives.

This is the first time that my grandmother painted a story of my uncle's distress at sea, but it is precisely because of this casual story that I admire my uncle. In my heart, I think my uncle is a great hero! I thought at that time, one day, if I could get together with my uncle, I must ask him to tell me more about his strange experience of farming and going to sea, so that I can really see it.

Later, such an opportunity finally came across, and it was inadvertently. It was an early spring afternoon, and my grandmother came to see me in the city from the countryside of Nansan Island. From her conversation with Yuquan's father, I learned that my long-admired great-uncle will go from the countryside to the city for treatment in a few days and will stay in our house for a while. Isn't this a rare opportunity for me?

Sure enough, within three days, my uncle dragged his tired and weak body to our house. It was Yuquan's father who met my uncle at Nansan Wharf. After my uncle entered the room, I was very clever and said to my uncle, "Hello, uncle! Welcome to our home. Your body is weak and you need more conditioning. "

My uncle is very happy to see me. He reached out his big rough palm and touched my head. He smiled and said to me, "Are you a shrimp?" ? I often hear your grandmother praise you! It seems that you really understand. "

When my uncle spoke, I looked at him carefully. Great uncle is of medium height. His weather-beaten face has bronzed skin. The eyes from deep-set eyes make people feel firm and powerful. His Hong Zhong-like voice exudes a unique charm of men, which can penetrate your heart and reverberate in your heart for a long time.

My uncle can't beat me He finally told me about a thrilling scene in which he narrowly escaped the typhoon when he capsized in the sea at dinner one night.

One summer, the weather around Guangzhou Bay was changeable and the age was ugly. This summer alone, there were six or seven strong typhoons, which were very strong and mixed with rain, which was extremely rare in previous years. My uncle set sail in this uncertain weather. This time, he will drive a fishing boat to the fishing ground near Naozhou Island to catch yellow croaker. For three days, my uncle caught yellow croaker in the sea near here. Wan Li is clear and the sea is calm. But by this afternoon, the sky began to change greatly. At first, it was getting dark, and large dark clouds gradually gathered into thick clouds, pressing from the sky to the sea, imitating the connection between the sky and the sea; Then, the lightning flashed in the sky, and a dull thunder went away with the lightning light at the junction of the sky and the sea. After a while, it rained cats and dogs. For a time, the wind and waves rolled and the waves were rough, and the originally undulating sea surface suddenly turned into huge peaks and valleys. My uncle, this small fishing boat, is like a remnant leaf floating on this crazy sea, and it is very dangerous to be swayed by the wind and waves. In the face of this bad weather, my uncle is calm and calm. He firmly grasped the direction of the paddle and tried to keep the balance of the fishing boat. However, no matter how hard my uncle tried, it was of no help in the face of this storm. At this time, the cabin has begun to fill with water, and the wind and waves are still pouring seawater into it. Due to too much water in the cabin, the hull has tilted to the left and is about to sink. When my uncle saw that this was the end of the story, he sighed helplessly. It seems that today's luck has run out! But now he immediately realized strongly that no matter how things changed, he could not leave the fishing boat. If he leaves, there is no hope of survival. At the moment when the fishing boat capsized, my uncle returned to the cabin like lightning, clutching the two grips at the cabin mouth with both hands and leaning firmly against the edge of the cabin. The capsized fishing boat floated in the sea with the wind and waves, and so did my uncle. When the wind and waves lifted the fishing boat, he took the opportunity to breathe out and then take a deep breath of air, so he persisted and kept spinning, never giving up his desire to survive. ...

The wind stopped, the rain stopped, and the turbulent sea finally calmed down. My uncle's fishing boat, overturned by the wind and waves, also drifted to the sea near Wenchang County, Hainan Island. Seeing a sunken ship floating on the sea, Wenchang's kind fishermen organized a dozen people to rush to the side of the sunken ship, and Qi Xin joined forces to turn it over. At this time, they never imagined that there was someone in this hut, and it was a big living person! When my uncle saw someone turn the fishing boat over, he realized that he was on the verge of death! I can finally see the light of day again At this time, my uncle was exhausted and limping, but he was finally saved! ……

Many years later, I still clearly remember my uncle's life-and-death struggle, and I also learned a spiritual strength of survival and struggle from it. Yes, in a person's life, no one can accurately predict and grasp the disaster that should or should not be encountered, but once you encounter a disaster or face a disaster, if you show weakness of will and lose confidence and courage to overcome it, then you are dead! If you are calm and brave in the face of disasters and full of confidence in the future, you will naturally have a solid response, seize the opportunity and turn defeat into victory! I think the belief that supported my uncle to survive at that time was probably despair. Where there is hope, there is hope!