clown clown fish

When the first bolt of lightning pierced the night sky, Shen Dong opened his eyes, the wind outside the window was a bit heart-piercing, and then he heard the thunder, which made his eardrums hurt a little, and the raindrops were like peas It seemed to be smashed down.

Shen Dong's bed was by the window. Although the window was closed, the rain still jumped in from the deformed window and splashed water on his face. He didn't bother to wipe it off. He touched the pillow and found it. found his watch, or rather, his dial.

The strap of the watch has long since disappeared, and the pointer also walks a few steps when he is in a good mood, and stops for a couple of laps when he is in a bad mood. When he forgets to wind it, Shen Dong can only rely on the sun to make do with it.

So although the pointer is pointing at [-]:[-] in the middle of the night, it is only a rough idea.

Two days ago, he received a notice from the typhoon, saying that it would arrive during the day tomorrow, but unexpectedly it would arrive at midnight. Shen Dong jumped out of bed, and took the walkie-talkie on the table while getting dressed: "Uncle Chen?"

The intercom buzzed, but no one answered.

"Grandpa Chen?" Shen Dong yelled again, but there was still no sound, he pinned the walkie-talkie to his waist helplessly, took the raincoat from behind the door and put it on, "You didn't wake up?"

This time the typhoon seemed to be very vigorous, and as soon as there was any movement, the rain fell like a waterfall. Before Shen Dong opened the door to see what was going on outside, he was slapped by the rain, and immediately felt the water I poured it into the raincoat along my neck, and my upper body was instantly soaked.

It took him a long time to turn around and close the broken wooden door of his room with several big cracks, and let the upturned iron sheet on the door scratch a hole in his leg.He was a little annoyed, and in the first half of the year, he said he would send someone to fix it, but in the second half of the year, there was no movement. If the typhoon came again, the mission would probably be completed.

Shen Dong pulled up his raincoat, grabbed his collar, and rushed into the rainstorm with his head down. After walking two steps, he was blown by the wind and almost knelt on the rocky ground.

It's still summer, even if it's an island, it's not cool, but it's windy and rainy at the moment, before Shen Dong walks to the rock where the boat is parked, he feels that he has begun to interpret clearly from the inside out. The meaning of cold heart.

This is a small isolated island far away from the coastline. Except for Shen Dong and the half-old man Uncle Chen, no one else lives there. The boat to the land only comes once a month to deliver fresh water to the island, so no tourists will be bored. It takes less than an hour to go to this place to go to the island by walking a hundred steps after a meal.

It is only because there are many hidden reefs here and there are routes, so a small lighthouse was set up on the island to guide the boats that can only be seen once every one or two weeks.

Shen Dong has been on the island for almost seven years, the lighthouse maintenance personnel, that is to say, the lighthouse keepers.

He can't remember how many times he went back and forth between the dormitory and the lighthouse when the typhoon passed by in the seven years, and of course he can't remember how many times he was caught by the reef when he slipped down from the reef to the boat below Out of clothes.

"Fuck!" Shen Dong pulled the raincoat off the protrusion of the reef, and rowed the boat towards the lighthouse.

Except that the equipment in the lighthouse is just enough to meet people, the door of other houses is not counted on the island. It is this boat that makes people cry the most. From the island to the lighthouse, a skilled boatman like Shen Dong, It won't take about 5 minutes. The seawater infiltrating the boat can wipe away the ankle. Shen Dong plans to send some materials to repair it by himself when the big boat comes over this month. The lighthouse has to rely on swimming.

Shen Dong tied the boat to the stone beside the lighthouse, jumped ashore, braved the wind and rain like a blow to the ears, took out the key, opened the iron gate under the lighthouse and jumped in.

"Uncle Chen! Where are you!" Shen Dong yelled, covered in water, took off his raincoat and threw it under the window, took a towel and wiped himself carelessly, and began to feel a little worried.

There was no one in the duty room.

Uncle Chen has stayed in the lighthouse for more than 20 years. This lighthouse is just like his son, no, just like his home. It is almost impossible for him not to be in the tower when a typhoon passes through the border.

Shen Dong hesitated for a moment, then ran down the stairs to the basement of the lighthouse.

The basement is an equipment room, and there is a bedroom next to it. It has no windows and is airtight, but he and Uncle Chen usually sleep for a while when they are tired when they are on duty.

The door of the basement was open, Shen Dong heard a coughing sound inside, opened the door and saw Uncle Chen, wrapped in a military overcoat, lying on the bed coughing, his face flushed.

"Chen...Uncle Chen," Shen Dong frowned, went over and pressed his forehead, and immediately became a little anxious, "You, you... have a fever... why don't you, don't...don't call me .”

"It's okay." Uncle Chen coughed for a while and then waved his hands. "I just went up to take a look. The equipment is normal. Just keep an eye on it."

"You have to... take, take medicine." Shen Dong took out the medicine box from a broken cabinet next to it.

Life on the island is inconvenient, and I don’t care about seeing a doctor. I usually find some regular medicine for myself. If I encounter a serious illness, I have to contact a boat to pick me up. But in this kind of weather, it’s time to die No, the boat can't get through.

"Oh," Uncle Chen sat up slowly on the bed and sighed, "I just heard you screaming from above, and I didn't stutter."

"Not yet... haven't you... got used to it?" Shen Dong smiled, handed Uncle Chen the fever-reducing medicine he found in the medicine box, and turned around to pour a cup of hot water.

"I've been used to it for a long time, but sometimes I don't understand it when I think about it." Uncle Chen wrapped his military overcoat tightly.

Shen Dong didn't say anything more, he was not willing to discuss this matter with others, so Uncle Chen said that he wouldn't mind, the two of them had stayed on the island for so many years, and they knew each other very well, so he would be too lazy to talk to each other if they wanted to change someone .

Don't say that Uncle Chen can't figure it out, he can't figure it out himself either. He can speak smoothly on the phone, walkie-talkie, radio, as long as there is no big living person standing in front of him, but even if he can see someone, It doesn't matter where this person is, you can stay 50 meters away from him, and immediately stutter, I don't know how this problem came about.

So Shen Dong is willing to stay on the island because there is no one on the island.

Uncle Chen fell asleep not long after taking the medicine, and Shen Dong stayed in the basement for a while before going up to the top of the tower.

This lighthouse has been around for some years. According to Uncle Chen, it has a history of 200 years.

Compared with many modern lighthouses, this tower is very old and individual.Although Uncle Chen has always hoped that it will be dumped and replaced by a new one, which can be regarded as improving the working environment, but the quality of the tower is indeed good. The body of the tower has been eroded by the wind and waves at sea for a long time, and it looks black, but it is always majestic. This rocky island stands.

When Shen Dong was free, he liked to stay on the top of the tower, where the dark blue sea water could be seen as far as the eye could see. After a long time, he would feel like he was floating on the sea.Of course, if you don’t want to look at the water, just look at the island. Although the tower is not high, you can almost see half of the island, with sparse plants and some seabirds resting.

But standing here when the typhoon is passing by is a bit silly, I can't see anything, and it's still cold.Shen Dong shrunk his neck, the wind at the top of the tower was especially strong, his raincoat bulged like a ball, the raindrops caught in the wind hurt his face, and the waves rolled up to half the height of the tower were deafening.

He looked at the reef shore at a [-]-degree direction from the tower. With such waves, the corals will probably break a lot...

He returned to the duty room tremblingly, changed into a set of dry clothes and sat down after reporting the situation of the lighthouse. The radio station was very quiet. In this weather, it is a happy thing that the radio station is silent, which means that no one Call for help in distress.

Shen Dong sat in the room, listening to the sea wind that seemed to blow down the lighthouse outside, his heart was very quiet. In his memory, he should not be a quiet person, but whenever this happened, he would feel that his Very hypocritically quiet down.

Uncle Chen is a bit old, but his physical fitness is not bad. After the typhoon raged for two days and two nights and subsided, his high fever also subsided. When he came up to replace Shen Dong to rest, he looked in good spirits.

"Go and have a rest." Uncle Chen patted him on the shoulder with his teacup in his hand. "Will you go ashore when the big ship comes tomorrow?"

"No." Shen Dong seldom goes ashore. In theory, he and Uncle Chen take turns to go ashore, but he usually just asks the people from the big boat to help him bring over the things he needs. Uncle Chen's home is in a small village on the shore. Every time Shen Dong would let him go home.

"Then do you have anything to bring?" Uncle Chen sat down beside him, staring at the radio with him in a daze.

"No."

"Go to sleep, don't stand here in a daze."

Shen Dong walked out of the lighthouse, the island looked fresh and pleasant under the morning sun.

After the typhoon passed, the island had returned to calm. He took a few deep breaths, and the air no longer had the peculiar smell of the typhoon. It was filled with the smell of seaweed mixed with the smell he was used to, which was more elegant. The saying is the fresh breath of the sea.

He was a little sleepy, but instead of going back to the house to sleep, he walked directly to the shore of the reef to see the corals.

Shen Dong felt that strictly speaking he was an unattractive person, and he had never done such things as planting flowers and grass, but he started to plant corals from the first year on the island.

Probably because of boredom.

But after planting it, I found out that it was even more boring.

It took several months for corals to notice a little change. Every time Shen Dong went into the sea to check, he felt like a fool.

He sighed, took off all his clothes and threw them aside, not even his underwear. He liked the feeling of being naked in the sea.

After taking off his clothes, he didn't rush into the water, and sat on his clothes and closed his eyes.

Inhale, exhale, inhale again, exhale again, think of nothing in your mind, try to keep yourself blank.

This is a diving method taught to him by an old fisherman, so that he can stay underwater longer without the aid of equipment. Because of boredom, Shen Dong practiced seriously for several years.

After adjusting for a few minutes, he jumped into the sea.

After slowly diving down for a few meters, he saw the piece of coral. Fortunately, the biggest clumps were broken a little, and everything else was fine.

He collected all the broken ones, and these can be replanted in petri dishes.

After the inspection, he was almost suffocated, so he slowly surfaced against the sunlight shining through the clear sea water. After taking a deep breath, he swam to the nearest reef.

Just as he was about to go up with his hands on the reef, a bright color flashed into his sight, and he stopped.

There is a stone nest on the reef, in which lies quietly... a fish.

The orange and white stripes are particularly conspicuous.

A clownfish?

Shen Dong looked around, the sea water here is not polluted, and he can see all kinds of fish schools, this kind of clownfish is called Gongzi clownfish, it is very common here, but it was the first time he saw it lying on the reef .

Stranded?

Didn't have time to swim when the tide was low?

Shen Dong poked the clownfish with his finger, is it dead?

After being poked by him, the clownfish hooked its tail upwards.

"It's not dead?" Shen Dong quickly picked it up by its tail and threw it into the sea water next to it.

The staple food of Shen Dong and Uncle Chen is fish, but clownfish... is really worthless.

The most important thing is that Uncle Chen is a good sea fisherman, he goes fishing when he has nothing to do, and every time he goes home, his wife will let him bring a lot of fish back to the island. want to cry.

In fact, Uncle Chen built a chicken coop on the island and raised chickens, next to Shen Dong’s dormitory, but Shen Dong hardly saw him feed the chickens, the chicks just fend for themselves on the island like pheasants, It's so slow to grow, and it only weighs a catty after a year of raising it, so I can't bear it at all.

After being thrown back into the sea, the clownfish didn't move much. It floated in the water for a few seconds before jumping up as if it suddenly came to its senses. Then it swung its tail and swam desperately into the deep water.

"Be careful next time, and be careful to dry it for you!" Shen Dong shouted.

After the clownfish disappeared, he froze for a while before climbing onto the reef.

Why did he feel that the fish jumped a bit?

Can clownfish jump?

carp?

Shen Dong thought about it in a mess all the way, from the clown fish to the pirate ship, he arranged for the one-eyed pirate captain to lead the pirates and the resisting merchant fleet to a fight in his mind.

He was already very sleepy back in his room, but he still fixed the broken clumps of coral with Petri dishes, then took off his clothes, walked out of the room naked, and went around the back of the house with a towel.

There is a simple water tower behind the house, where all the fresh water used for life on the island is here, and it is not convenient to transport water to the island, so we must save water.

Shen Dong looked at the water meter, although it said that the big ship would send fresh water to the island tomorrow, but based on these years of experience, he still didn't intend to let go of the water. In the past, there was a case where the big ship was delayed for almost ten days.

Shen Dong turned on the faucet, stood below and quickly flushed the sea water on his body.

The building of this toilet and shower room was built by Shen Dong and Uncle Chen after he arrived on the island. Before that, Shen Dong could only turn around and face the wall of his own room to take a bath. The answer is, you can't find a place to squat on such a big island.

It’s okay to go to the toilet. Although there are endless sea water on all sides, bathing naked in front of the sea still makes people feel uncomfortable. A circle makes people feel safe.

After taking a shower, Shen Dong only wiped his hair. The wind on the island was so strong that the water on his body was almost blown away by walking back to the house naked.

After returning to the room, Shen Dong fell asleep until the next day, and when he woke up, the sun was already high.

He took a look at the dial, estimated that it was around ten o'clock in the morning, and the big ship arrived at noon, so he planned to go there first to fix the coral.

As soon as he walked along the path to the shore, Shen Dong froze in place before taking off his clothes, and only after a long time did he say: "Damn it."

In the stone nest on the same reef as yesterday, there was a clownfish lying quietly.

Shen Dong felt that either his eyes were dazzled or his time and space were distorted and he returned to yesterday. He stared at the clownfish for a long time before jumping onto that rock.

After hesitating for a moment, he poked the fish again with his finger.

Just like yesterday, after being poked twice, the clownfish that had been lying still raised its tail.

Shen Dong gritted his teeth and didn't say the same sentence as yesterday, he didn't die.

"Where are you basking in the sun?" Shen Dong frowned and pinched the clownfish's tail to look at it in front of his eyes. The clownfish's gills opened and closed gently without struggling.

Shen Dong felt that he might have stayed on the island for too long, and he became a little bored. He carefully observed the orange pattern of the clownfish, and there was a white streak on the back, which might have been injured, so he wrote it down. After its appearance, Shen Dong threw it back into the sea.

After the clownfish got into the water, it swung its tail desperately and swam downward, the appearance was exactly the same as yesterday. Shen Dong was stunned for a long time before he slowly took off his clothes and went into the water.

At noon the big boat came and filled the fresh water, Uncle Chen followed the boat and left Shen Dong alone on the island.

In fact, whether there is one person or two people on this island, Shen Dong's feeling is not obvious, and he and Uncle Chen usually don't meet each other except when they change shifts.

When he had nothing to do and was free, Shen Dong either sat on the reef and looked at the sea in a daze, or wandered around the island, counting how many chickens there were.

This kind of life is boring to death when the weather is calm, and the nerves are tense when the typhoon passes by. It is estimated that few other young people can bear it. The key is that the money is still low, so Uncle Chen has been unable to find anyone even when he is old. Take his place.

If he is dissatisfied with wandering around the island, Shen Dong can stay in the duty room for a whole day, except for going to the toilet and sleeping, he can spend the rest of the time in a daze.

The past two days have been calm, Shen Dong got up in the morning and checked the equipment, dragged the boat ashore and prepared to repair it by himself.

When he was walking back to the house to get tools and materials, he stopped halfway and looked at the path leading to the coral. He stood there for two or three minutes before he gritted his teeth and turned around and walked along the path.

He knew he was a bit bored, but he really wanted to see, would that clown fish appear on the reef again?

The sea breeze made people quite comfortable, and Shen Dong stretched his arms a few times.

When he reached the shore of the reef, he stopped, hesitated and slowly leaned forward, and then let out a loud roar: "Fuck!"

What the hell!