Tower Keeper on the Cruise Ship in the Distance

This is Lao Mo, the tower guard. Lao Mo has been guarding the tower for thirty years. At seven o'clock every night, the lights cut through the river fog on time. The night the typhoon made landfall, the tower lights suddenly went out. He climbed up the slippery iron ladder in the rain and broke two ribs in the strong wind. When rescuers arrived, he was using his body to protect the last circuit board. "Is it worth it?" Someone asked on the hospital bed. Lao Mo looked out the window and saw the freighter slowly passing by the rebuilt lights: "When they see the light, they know where home is." The rain stopped, and a faint warm color oozed from the bandage on his chest.