"Lao Bai, it's not even six o'clock yet, is it too early?" Lei Lanting leaned back on the back seat of the taxi and complained while rubbing his eyes and looking out the window warily.
There was a fresh fruity scent lingering in the summer air, dandelions clustered in the meadows, crocuses shone before his eyes, and valerian squeezed out of every crack. The chirping of unknown animals occasionally breaks the silence. The sun has not yet risen, and the flower mist on the grass seems to have dispersed. Through the gaps in the mist, he can vaguely see the blurry embankment not far away and the mirror-like sea surface further away.
"Get out of the car quickly." When he said this, the old white man had already moved to the back of the taxi, stretched out his hand to open the trunk, and carried a large plastic bag from the inside out. "How can we catch the sea if we don't get there early?"
Dong Qiangqiang walked up to him, took the bag from his hand, turned around and carried it to the curb next to him.
Another taxi pulled up steadily behind them.
Hearing the sound of brakes, Lei Lanting sighed, shook his head and got out of the taxi. He looked around sleepily at the surrounding environment and asked, "Where did you just say this was?"
"You didn't hear a word I just said for a long time?" After Lao Bai paid the taxi fare, the taxi disappeared into the mist. He glanced back at Lei Lanting and said sarcastically, "No wonder, you are the only one who can sleep well." fragrant."
"Can you blame me? You were put on the bus before three o'clock." Lei Lanting pointed resentfully at Tong Lele, He Yuanjin and Wang Shunan who got out of a taxi behind, "They were on the train just now. Who hasn't slept? It's not like I'm sleepy, everyone is sleepy."
"If you want to watch the sunrise and eat seafood, you can't be afraid of trouble." Lao Bai pointed at something that looked like a publicity board not far away and ordered, "Okay, stop complaining, take your bag, and hurry to the publicity board over there. Let’s see what time the low tide is.”
"I just want to eat seafood and don't want to see the sunrise." Lei Lanting didn't sleep well and was angry. He relentlessly caught Lao Bai's slip of the tongue, "And the tide is called high tide and low tide during the day. The sun hasn't risen yet, so it should be It's night, so it should be called 'Xi'."
"Haha, don't forget, the left side of 'tide' is water, and the right side is sunset. Only the gushing water at dusk can be called 'tide'. Now that the morning sun is around the corner and cannot be compared with the dusk, how can it be called 'tide'?" Lao Baishu said, "I know you haven't read much and it's not your fault that you're uneducated, but it's not good to show off if you're uneducated."
"You..." Lei Lanting's brain was actually still in sleep mode. He was suddenly snatched away by Lao Bai. He wanted to refute but didn't know where to start. He was speechless for a moment.
Before he could say anything else, Lao Bai had already walked away in the direction of the bulletin board.
Lei Lanting reluctantly bent down to pick up the bag, followed the team at the end with a sigh of relief.
A dirt road winds down from where everyone got off the bus and leads directly to the embankment.
As everyone got closer and closer, the outline of the embankment became clearer. It is built from various rough, square blocks of granite and stretches for several kilometers along the long coastline.
"Wilhelmshaven is part of Lower Saxony and is located on the west side of the Emerald Bay, a natural port on the North Sea. It is a town with a long history. As early as 1383, rampant pirates built a castle called Sbersburg here as a It was a stronghold for plundering merchant ships at sea and was later demolished by the Hanseatic League in 1433. King William I of Prussia bought this land from other plutocrats in 1853 and spent a lot of money to build a powerful military port for the Prussian Navy. In 1869 It was named after its current name and is still in use today. It became Germany's first military port during World War II and was also one of the most important military ports at that time. Therefore, it became the first target of Allied air strikes. Its navy The facility was completely demolished after 1945 and developed into a naval museum. Modern Wilhelmshaven is famous for Germany's only south-facing beach and is both the main starting point for the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Wadden Sea National Park and the German A favorite health resort in the summer.”
Tong Lele was still reading the text introduction on the bulletin board, while Dong Qiangqiang and others' attention had fallen on a stone building not far from the bulletin board.
The entire stone sculpture covers an area of about nine to ten square meters and looks like an open book. The left and right pages of the stone book are each reinforced with a huge bronze piece. The high and low tides from August to October are engraved on the bronze piece. The time interval is for reference only.
"It says here that the tide usually ebbs between 6 and 6:30 this season." Dong Qiangqiang looked at his watch and said, "It's almost time."
"Let's all rest for a while, and we'll start after the tide recedes." Lao Bai distributed the gloves, pliers, and rubber shoes in the bag to everyone in turn, while Dong Qiangqiang handed bread, sausages, and milk to everyone.
There was still some time before the tide went out, and Dong Qiangqiang strolled towards a fishing boat docked on the beach.
The dark golden beach stretches for several kilometers, with no end in sight on both sides. The sand is fine-grained and soft under bare feet without pricking your feet at all. Waves of sea water came up and receded regularly, and Dong Qiangqiang felt bitingly cold.
In the distance, small boats in twos and threes left the port and rushed towards the depths of the sea.
The sapphire blue sea was calm and drowsy, but also seemed to be calling him silently. The ocean watchtower is like a giant golden warrior, standing silently on the cliff in the distance like a guard, staring at the sea for hundreds of years. Seagulls flew silently over his head, landed on the flat beach, and lowered their heads to peck at food in the sand.
The silver moon hung high above the sky, and the empty night sky was silent. Only a few stars were still shining their last light before dawn.
Looking at the familiar scene and listening to the waves in his ears, Dong Qiangqiang was moved by the scene. He couldn't help but think of the things on the Stockholm island again, and he felt a little dazed for a moment.
He lowered his head in disbelief and looked at the sea water under his feet in trance for a while, then raised his head again and cast his gaze towards the sky.
There seems to be no answer for studies, work, and the future.
"Venus is also called the morning star or the evening star. It is visible before sunrise or after sunset." A voice drifted over.
Dong Qiangqiang recognized Lao Bai's voice, turned around and asked, "What did you say?"
"I said the star you are looking at is Venus." Lao Bai threw a stone hard against the sea breeze. The stone drew a perfect arc and fell into the sea. "That is the brightest star before dawn."
"..."
"I have something to ask you." Lao Bai said seriously while looking at the sea.
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