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Sit still and think about the past. Life on the ship is full of ups and downs, from stern Australians to funny Indians, and then moved by Taiwan Province Province in China. I have always thought that as long as you put your heart into discovering life on board, there will always be a few things that you will never forget. I thought the purpose of running a ship was to travel around the world for free. Now it seems that I have achieved my goal. How time flies! In the blink of an eye, we have returned to Taiwan Province Province, China.

If the port is busy, ships will berth and wait for berths, and then queue up for landing. It is better to catch the good than to catch the good. That night, our ship directly anchored in Taiwan Province Province. Although I have never been to this part of China before, it is relatively new to me. The docks in Taiwan Province Province give people a particularly cordial feeling, because slogans are printed in Chinese, both on the loading and unloading equipment and on the walls of the port. Even the harbor seems to be inhabited, because I clearly see rows of small houses in the harbor with kitchen chimneys on the top. At that time, it was time to cook dinner, and the smoke from the kitchen was curled up, especially smoky. I had a quick dinner on the boat, stood on the deck and took a deep breath. I suddenly felt relaxed and happy, with a kind of intimacy of returning to my hometown in the countryside! I don't know if you have any experience of living in the countryside, because I am a rural person. When I was a child, after school at night, every household was cooking with a fire, and the whole village was filled with the smell of fireworks, which was particularly comfortable. In Taiwan Province Province, I once again found the feeling of childhood.

The night after the ship landed, we started unloading. Moreover, I need to stand on duty at the gangway, and the second mate is wandering at the gangway as usual. Here, I want to give you a popular science lesson. After the ship docked in Hong Kong, our gangway is the most lively place, because it is the first window for the ship to communicate with the outside world, and people will be on duty 24 hours a day, so many people will stop at the gangway when they are bored. The second officer came up to me, and I smiled and asked him, "What's the matter? Second brother, what did you see again? Why don't we sell the boat this time? " The second mate cooperated with me and said, "I just came to tell you that the buyer has been contacted in the room just now, and the bid is 300 million, and we will split it equally!" " Because we all knew we were joking, we burst out laughing. I seriously asked the second mate, "Let's go to the ground together tomorrow. My mobile phone screen is broken, and I want to go to the ground to fix it. " The second mate also answered me seriously: "Forget it, he has been here many times, and he is not allowed to go to the ground every time. If the mobile phone is broken, you can tell the third mate that there should be a supplier on board tomorrow, just sending us ingredients. See if you can get the supplier to bring you a mobile phone. " I suddenly lost my mood and thought, "forget it, I don't necessarily like the mobile phone they brought, so stick to it!" " Buy it on the next voyage! "

I stayed on duty at the gangway, which was really boring, so I picked up my mobile phone and called my family to report my safety. After the phone was connected, my mother told me, "Your grandfather has been complaining that you haven't called him." In fact, every time I dock in Hong Kong, I call my grandfather at the first time, but he is old, and I dare not tell him the real situation that there is no signal in our industry, for fear that he will be worried. So I hung up my mother's phone in a hurry and called my grandfather. My grandfather is as lovely as ever. Every time I answer the phone, I always say "hello" loudly, and I will subconsciously raise the voice on the other end of the phone. Because of this incident, the boatswain thought I was quarreling several times, and always taught me to say, "It's not easy to land in Hong Kong once. Don't make trouble with my family, have something to say!"! It makes me laugh and cry. When I told my grandfather that he was in Taiwan Province province now, my grandfather's words made me feel uncomfortable. Grandpa said, "Actually, I have another great-grandfather, my brother. He came to Taiwan Province Province that year, and then I haven't contacted him. Grandpa also gave me his nickname and gave me a serious description of his appearance. Let me pay attention to it. If I meet him, he must go home and see. " At that time, I thought, great grandpa, but in order not to hurt grandpa's mood, I resolutely agreed.

The next day, as usual, I came to the gangway to check the workers who came and went to work on our ship. Maybe I am outgoing, or I may sail in the deep sea for a long time without communication. When I am on duty at the stairs, there is always a lot to talk about. I warmly welcome everyone who comes to work on our ship. When I see someone, I always say, "Uncle, you have worked hard. Pay attention to safety at work. If you need water, I'll help you get boiled water! One of them is an uncle, estimated to be in his fifties, about the same age as my father. He also brought a lunch box on the boat. When I saw him registering his name at the entrance of the stairs, I found that he had the same surname as me, both surnamed Chen, and I suddenly felt that I had met my relatives. I casually said, "Uncle, we are both surnamed Chen, a family. When eating, I will help you take the lunch box to the boat and heat it in the microwave oven. " Since we haven't started unloading yet, the two of us started a family conversation at the gangway.

Later, he asked me, "Do you know the family tree of our Chen family? Who is your generation? " I immediately became interested, because when I was in my hometown, my grandfather was the oldest old man in our Chen family. My family tree has been kept by my grandfather, who often tells me these things. I blurted out: "I am a word generation, and our family tree is not chaotic, which lasted for more than 100 years." I didn't expect this strange uncle to be the same generation as me, so I quickly smiled and said, "We. In this way, in a strange port, two people who have only met once feel like relatives talking. After chatting for a while, we all ended the conversation and went back to work. At the end of work at noon, I went to this uncle to help him heat up the food in the lunch box and gave him a bottle of coke left in my room. At lunch, we started chatting again in the first mate's office. Then he told me his story.

Uncle said: "My father has passed away. I always wanted to contact my relatives in my hometown before my death, but many places were inconvenient. I didn't realize my wish until the last moment of my life." I quickly asked, "Did he tell you where his hometown is? Are there any relatives at home? " My uncle replied, "My hometown should be in Huaiyang, Henan. My father went out to be a soldier after he got married. There is also a married wife at home. The wife who has just been married for three months doesn't know if she is pregnant, and there are two brothers and one sister. " I suddenly lost in thought. Isn't this similar to my great grandfather's situation? What is certain is that he is definitely not my great-grandfather, because my great-grandfather is not married and his hometown is not in Huaiyang. But no matter what, it's fate. Later, my uncle asked me about my family tree. He said: "The genealogy here is only known to the elderly. Now that the old man has passed away, my son doesn't know what generation. " Fortunately, when I was a child, my grandfather forced me to carry it. I was particularly excited to tell him the word "brother". Later, I wrote down the generation ranking in my childhood and gave it to him. This uncle is really homesick, and I can feel how excited he was. Keep saying thank you.

Many people may be curious: "Why don't you ask Grandpa's specific generational ranking? What should I do if I make a mistake in dictation? " ? In fact, I want to call my grandfather many times, but I'm afraid he will think I found my grandfather! After all, he is so old. Besides, for this uncle in Taiwan Province Province, what he cares about is not his family tree, but his feelings of missing his hometown and relatives. After that, I will always meet this uncle when I am on duty on the gangway every day. My uncle will come up with a box lunch every day. What moved me was that the lunch box was no longer filled with his lunch, but with a special rice ball made by his wife. He brought it for me to taste, and I was really comfortable in it.

On the last day after landing in Hong Kong, I invited him to sit in my room on the boat. When he saw the decoration of my room, he smiled and said I would stay! I'm going to give him two homing pigeons. After all, I ate too much. I am embarrassed to ask the chef for millet to feed them every day. I didn't expect him to tell me that he could sell it, so he took it away and deliberately skipped work and ran out of the port to help me sell it. He sold it for 50 dollars and sent it back to me. I refused decisively, but he finally slipped it to me secretly. (To be continued)