Concentricity

The first thing Mo Jinyan did after he went to the field was to ask to go back to the village to have a look.Zhuang Xu couldn't bear to tell him that his village was in ruins, and all the survivors were evacuated and moved away.But Mo Jinyan insisted on going, the village that gave birth to him for more than ten years became a sea of ​​flames overnight, but he didn't have time to take a last look at it.The most important thing is that there are still many important things and precious memories there. If you don't go back and take a look, how can you rest assured.

Zhuang Xu had no choice but to ask for leave, and found a carriage to accompany him back to the village.

Mo Jinyan got off the car under the banyan tree at the entrance of the village. The old banyan tree was still lush and lush, and the big iron-black bell was still hanging there, silent and solemn.He touched the clock wall and walked in along the entrance of the village. There was devastation as far as the eye could see. Six or seven out of ten houses in the village were burned. Because of the heavy rain that followed, some houses that were on fire were not completely burned. The remaining charred ruins and charred wooden tiles.

Mo Jinyan's eyes were filled with tears. In the deathly quiet village, there was not a single familiar figure to be seen. Those once lively and kind folks have now become innocent souls with nowhere to go. Maybe they are all wandering in the village at this moment. Here, looking for relatives and the way home, but no relatives to find, homeless.

Mo Jinyan bit his lip, and clenched his fists so tightly that he didn't feel any pain when his nails dug into his flesh.Tears rolled down involuntarily, blurring his vision countless times.

Zhuang Xu followed closely behind, silently accompanying him without making a sound.His face is also solemn. He has been in the army for many years and has confronted Japanese pirates several times, but he has never seen such a tragic scene.The pirates have always only robbed towns and some wealthy villages, but this time they chose the fishing village of Jiangkou, not to mention looting everything, and almost destroying the entire village, which is beyond their previous cognition.

Mo Jinyan went to Dr. Nie's house first, even though he already knew that the old man had gone and that Nie Yun was missing, he still wanted to take a look.He was standing at the place where the old man died that day. Lime and grass ash had been sprinkled on the ground, but there were faint traces of dirt and blackness, which were the old man's blood.

Zhuang Xu said behind him: "All the villagers are buried in the back mountain. We can ask the village chief to see where Nie Shiweng's grave is."

Mo Jinyan stood for a while, and then said: "Let's go later." He raised his head and looked at Zhuang Xu, "By the way, Brother Xu, where is the broken knife that was pulled from my body that day?"

Zhuang Xu was stunned for a moment: "That was left in the county government as a murder weapon."

Mo Jinyan said, "Can I come back?"

Zhuang Xu somewhat understood Mo Jinyan's thoughts, but he shook his head: "It's better not to, it's already broken, and it's not auspicious."

Mo Jinyan stubbornly said: "Brother Xu, please help me get it back. One day, I will return it to its owner."

Zhuang Xu stared at Mo Jinyan's calm face for a long time, and finally nodded.

Mo Jinyan turned around, opened the door and entered Nie's house. In less than two months, the house became lifeless due to lack of popularity. A kind of medicinal material was scattered all over the ground, moldy, and there was a heavy moldy smell.

Mo Jinyan walked around the room and picked up two medical books from the dusty desk. One was "Thousand Gold Prescriptions" that Dr. Nie had read for many years, and the other was written and summarized by Dr. Nie himself. collection.He gently brushed the dust off the book and put it away.I don't know much about medical skills, but I feel that this is Dr. Nie's most important medical book and his achievements. If I don't keep it for him, I feel sorry for the old man.

I went to Nie Yun's room to look around again, and took out an unfinished indigo purse from the needlework basket on the table. There was a pair of red-crowned cranes to be embroidered on the purse. The red top is embroidered, and the embroidery is lifelike, which shows that the intention is abnormal.Mo Jinyan knew that this purse was most likely embroidered for Yu Simian.Thinking of Yu Simian and Nie Yun, Mo Jinyan's nose turned sour, and tears fell like broken pearls. He picked up the dusty purse, flicked the dust away, and put the purse into his arms.

After leaving Nie's house, Mo Jinyan returned to the door of his own house and stared blankly for a while, trying to find some familiar shadows.However, the east side of the house was completely burned down, and the front part of the roof on the west side also collapsed. Probably Japanese pirates broke into his house, seeing that there was nothing to take, they lit a fire in anger.Where is this still his home?Mo Jinyan strongly controlled his emotions, and finally walked in.

Zhuang Xu said loudly: "Xiaoyan, don't go in, it's very dangerous, the house will collapse anytime."

Mo Jinyan ignored him and continued to walk in. He carefully pushed open the burnt door. The door fell apart and fell on the ground.

Zhuang Xu had quick eyes and quick hands, and quickly pulled him away: "I said it was dangerous, didn't you hear?"

Mo Jinyan had tears in his eyes: "I want to go in and have a look, maybe there is something left."

Zhuang Xu said angrily, "What is more important than your life?"

Mo Jinyan closed his eyes, two big tears rolled out of his eye sockets and rolled down his cheeks, he opened them: "Brother Xu, you won't understand. It's fine now, let me in Let's see."

Zhuang Xu looked at Mo Jinyan, knowing that no one could replace the sadness in his heart at this moment, so he let go, and walked quickly to Mo Jinyan to open the way for him.

Mo Jinyan wiped his tears with his sleeve: "Brother Xu, thank you, I'll just go in by myself."

Zhuang Xu didn't make a sound, just moved some things that seemed insecure in front of him and pushed them down to clear a space for Mo Jinyan.

Mo Jinyan walked to the West Room. The room was in a mess, with ashes and rubble everywhere. The carved wooden bed had been burned, and some corners of the bedside cabinet had been burned.Mo Jinyan looked at the cabinet, took two quick steps, and wanted to go there, but Zhuang Xu stopped him: "Don't go, it's dangerous."

Mo Jinyan said a little excitedly: "The cabinet hasn't been burned yet, I'm going to get something."

Zhuang Xu gave him a weird look, wondering if there would be anything else, the pirates came, and as long as they were valuable things, they would all be removed.But he didn't say it, just said: "What is it? I'll get it for you."

Mo Jinyan ignored it, carefully dodged the mess, walked to the cabinet, opened the cabinets, and was immediately disappointed.The cabinet was made of ironwood, a wood that is quite resistant to fire, so that in the fire it burnt away almost everything else in the house, and only the corners.

Mo Jinyan thought that the ship models inside would be fine if the cabinet hadn’t been burned, but he forgot that Japanese pirates would definitely flip over the cabinet, and most of the ship models in the cabinet had been destroyed, leaving only four or five intact, Mo Holding the fragments of that model, Jinyan couldn't help crying out loud.

These are all the painstaking efforts of his father and grandfather. Besides, he does not know where he can find such a complete range of ship models. There are many ships that are no longer visible. If he wants to build them in the future, he may not have a basis for them. .

If I had known earlier, I would have sent two more boats to Big Brother Yu, and let him take them with me, at least I could have avoided this catastrophe.Mo Jinyan cried for a while, wiped away his tears, took off his coat, and prepared to spread it on the ground.

Zhuang Xu held him back: "What are you doing? What are you doing with your clothes off? Carefully catch a cold."

Mo Jinyan sobbed and said, "I'm going to put all these away."

Zhuang Xu put away his clothes and put them on him: "Put them on well. Use my clothes. You are still sick and weak. Don't freeze." He said and took off his outer clothes.

Mo Jinyan looked at him, and said gratefully, "Thank you Brother Xu." Then he carefully put away all the ship models and debris, and put them into the clothes in Zhuang Xu's hands.

Zhuang Xu asked: "What are these?" He was obviously a little surprised. Zhuang Xu lived by the river and sea since he was a child, and he was also a sailor, but he had never seen such a delicate and complicated ship.

Mo Jinyan said in a low voice, "My grandfather and my father left me the model boats." It was a blessing among misfortunes. Of the five remaining intact model boats, two were left by my grandfather and two were made by my father. , and one he made himself.

Zhuang Xu suddenly realized: "Your ancestors were shipbuilders?"

Mo Jinyan nodded and silently finished packing up.He looked at the cabinet again, and his eyes fell on the bottom drawer, which was very inconspicuous, narrow, only two inches wide, almost negligible.This is probably why it was able to escape the catastrophe.

There was a small brass lock hanging in the hidden corner of the drawer. As long as he could remember, the lock had been hanging there, and the key had been thrown away for a long time. When his father was still there, he had never opened it. Nor did he tell him what was inside.Mo Jinyan was also very curious at first, but after a long time, he put it aside, should he open it now and take a look?

He thought for a while, picked up a stone, smashed the copper lock in twos and twos, and pulled it hard a few times. The drawer that had been dusty for many years was finally pulled open. It was empty inside, only a long and narrow wooden box.

Mo Jinyan held the box in his hand, and it was heavy. The texture of the box was the same as that of the cabinet, and it was also made of iron wood.Extremely hard, fire-resistant and water-resistant, this wood is commonly used for incense tables and brazier stands.It is a good wood in the eyes of shipbuilders. Because it is hard and heavy, it is often used to make anchors for large ships, which can sink steadily to the bottom of the water and stabilize the ship.Mo Jinyan's father had a special preference for various shipbuilding materials. He collected a lot of iron wood and made a set of furniture. He didn't expect that it would come in handy one day.

Mo Jinyan carefully opened the wooden box. Inside was a stack of yellowed rice paper. He took it out and unfolded it for a look, then immediately closed it and put it back in the wooden box.

Zhuang Xu stood behind him: "What is it?"

Mo Jinyan was filled with sorrow and joy, he wiped his face, and smiled at Zhuang Xu for the first time today: "It's something my father left for me."

Zhuang Xu didn't ask further, he only saw some paper, thinking it might be banknotes or calligraphy and painting. "go?"

"Yeah." Mo Jinyan nodded, it was right to come back today, and he has gained a lot, "Ask the village chief to find out where Nie Shiweng's grave is, and I'll burn a piece of paper."

"Okay." Zhuang Xu walked ahead with a bunch of ship models and fragments in his arms. He didn't understand why Mo Jinyan didn't even want to throw away these fragments, maybe he was reluctant.