Seeing the words is like seeing the face. Have you arrived at Xiaoheishan Island? Has the journey been smooth?
Everything is fine here, I am fine, and the kids are fine too.
If nothing else, by the time you receive this letter, we will have already boarded the passenger ship.
In a few days, we can meet.
The children miss you very much and clamor for daddy, daddy all day long.
I don't know if the children can bear the roughness of the sea.
I'm a little worried, but I believe the children can bear it because they are your children.
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By the way, I heard from the aunt next door that the transportation on Xiaoheishan Island is very inconvenient and supplies are not abundant. There is only one boat trip a week.
If there is a storm, sometimes there will be no boats for half a month.
I was afraid that the children would not be able to adapt, so I made a decision privately. I wrote a letter to my elder brother and asked them to send milk powder to the children on a regular basis.
I'm sorry, I made this decision without consulting you.
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Okay, let’s stop writing here. I miss you very much and look forward to being reunited with you.’
In an old and dilapidated house on Xiaoheishan Island, Li Jie read An Xin's letter in the dim light of the morning.
The two of them set out from the island city together. Originally, they were supposed to land on the island together, but the pressure from above was very tight, so 'Ouyang Yi' could only take a small fishing boat carrying cargo to Xiaoheishan Island.
'Ouyang Yi' knows how bumpy the sea can be, especially on a small fishing boat. He and An Xin are adults, so there is no harm in enduring it.
But An Ran and An Nuo can't do that. They are just two or three-year-old children. Take them with them on a small fishing boat. If something happens along the way and they are at sea, the sky and the earth will be in trouble.
Therefore, the couple discussed it and decided to go to the island separately. 'Ouyang Yi' took a small fishing boat, while An Xin and her children took a passenger boat to the island.
Although the passenger ship is not a large-tonnage cruise ship, it is still better than a small fishing boat more than ten meters long.
After reading this long letter, Li Jie couldn't help but reveal a warm smile.
An Xin is still the same as before. She is not upset because she is classified as a rightist, and she has not lost hope in life.
Between the lines, she is still the same, not changed at all.
The thing she mentioned most in her letters was her children. After the birth of An Ran and An Nuo, although their family was not as good as before, their life was still above average.
Even in the days when supplies were scarce, the sisters never stopped having milk or lacked toys.
Suddenly coming from a prosperous city to an island where life is difficult, An Xin's worries are not unreasonable.
Life on the island is indeed very difficult. Even the door of the house he lives in now is broken. Two of the four windows are broken, one is about to break, and only one window is good.
Except for a bed, two small stools, and a pot, there was no other furniture in the room.
There is no table for eating, only one bowl, and only one pair of chopsticks.
The four walls of a house are no longer enough to describe the current situation.
In the future, four people will live in this house, two adults and two children. As we all know, the fresh water on Xiaoheishan Island is very tight.
There is no well water or river water here. Apart from the fresh water delivered from outside, we can only survive by collecting water when it rains.
But there was no water tank in this house, so the village party secretary only provided him with a small wooden bucket.
The capacity of the wooden barrel is simply not enough for a family of four.
Li Jie lowered his head and glanced at the date at the end of the envelope and calculated it silently in his mind. It was just like what An Xin said in his letter.
If nothing happens, she and her child will be on the island in three or four days.
For the sake of his wife and daughter, he also had to repair the house, at least make it feel like a home.
The area of Xiaoheishan Island is only 7 square kilometers. This is the total area. Most of it is uninhabitable mountainous land, and the habitable area is less than 2 square kilometers.
There are more than a hundred households on the island, with a total population of less than a thousand. They all live in the southwest corner of the island, near where the dock is located.
Although the environment is a little worse, it is not without its advantages. The folk customs here are very simple, and you don't need to lock the door when you sleep at night.
After all, this is an isolated island, and even if someone steals something, they can't take it out and cash it in.
There is no place for thieves to survive here.
Hey!
Hey!
At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps on the path outside, and then a man wearing a gray tunic suit appeared in Li Jie's sight.
This man was the village party secretary who appeared at the pier that day. His surname was Jiao, and people on the island called him Secretary Jiao.
"Secretary Jiao, good morning."
Seeing Secretary Jiao coming to the door, Li Jie stood up from the stool and said hello in a neither humble nor overbearing manner.
He didn't show too much enthusiasm, nor was he too fearful, even though he was just an old rightist now.
But he wasn't fooling around in the past few days.
He has been on the island for nearly a week. To the residents of Xiaoheishan Island, a stranger like him is as rare as a giant panda.
Life on the island is very difficult. Only people from the island go out, and very few people from outside the island come in.
Li Jie's arrival caused a commotion on the island. If there was a hot search list on the island, he would definitely be the undisputed number one in recent days.
When he was working these days, there were always people passing by him from time to time. Most of these people had one thing in common. There was unconcealable curiosity in their eyes.
Not long after the movement started, the gust of wind had not yet reached Xiaoheishan Island.
Therefore, people on the island do not particularly understand the meaning of "Lao You".
They didn't care about Li Jie's identity, they were just curious about how such a gentle, gentle man could come to Xiaoheishan Island.
I don’t know who mentioned it first two days ago. It is said that this person has attended college and is a graduate of a prestigious university.
Graduated from Shuimu University!
Although most of the residents on the island have not read many books, they have still heard of the name of Shuimu University.
Chinese people don’t know Shuimu and Jingshi University, just like Westerners don’t know Jerusalem.
"Ouyang Yi, you have been here with us for a few days. How do you feel about the island?"
Zhishu Jiao was very restrained when he spoke. He suppressed the displeasure in his heart and tried his best to make his words less harsh.
When he came to visit today, he came with a purpose.
When you ask for help from others, you can never act like you are facing a class enemy.
In fact, he had a lot of dissatisfaction in his heart, and he didn't know which bastard secretly looked at 'Ouyang Yi's' file.
This bastard not only saw it, but also spread it everywhere, saying that Ouyang Yi graduated from Shuimu University.