Concentricity

A group of children who were just spinning tops quickly disappeared into each doorway, and soon they all ran out again, holding their adults in their hands, and surrounded the candied haws seller: "Candied haws, I want candied haws."

The seller of candied haws grinned while collecting money, and at the same time brought candied haws for everyone: "Here you go, candied haws, authentic Shanlihong, sour and sweet, delicious."

Yu Simian looked at the group of children looking forward to the adults' pity, and suddenly remembered something, pulled Mo Jinyan to stop: "Little Mo, wait for me." Then he walked towards the candied haws seller, and took out two coins , bought a bunch of candied haws, walked back with a smile on his face, and handed the candied haws to Mo Jinyan, "Here you are."

Mo Jinyan looked at him: "I'm not a child, why buy this for me?"

"Here. I just want to buy you a taste. Shanlihong, have you tried it?" Yu Simian looked at Mo Jinyan with a smile. He recalled the time when Xiao Mo drank medicine on the boat. Get him some candy, and now he can finally make up for it.

Mo Jinyan took it over: "What is Shanlihong?"

Yu Simian told him: "Shanlihong is a kind of fruit in the north. It tastes sour and sweet. You will know it after you taste it."

Before Mo Jinyan ate, he opened his mouth involuntarily, as if a stream of sour water came out of his mouth: "Brother Yu, is it really sour?"

"No, isn't there syrup outside?" Yu Simian smiled reassuringly.

Mo Jinyan glanced at him suspiciously, always feeling that the smile was a little narrow, so he mustered up his courage and licked the candied haws, it was very sweet.

Yu Simian smiled: "What? Still afraid to eat? Look at how happy those children are eating. How about I eat some too." After speaking, he took Mo Jinyan's hand and bit down on the Shanlihong on the top .

Mo Jinyan's face was even more red than Shan Lihong, because the fruit that Yu Simian bit off happened to be licked by himself.

Yu Simian turned around and raised his legs forward: "Well, this smell is really nostalgic."

Mo Jinyan blushed and took a peek at the crowd around him, but no one seemed to notice them, so he quickly ate a fruit, biting it, almost made his teeth sore, and wrinkled his whole face.

He caught up with Yu Simian: "Brother Yu, did you love to eat this when you were young? Your teeth are going to fall out."

Yu Simian laughed loudly: "My child, I like to eat everything, especially fun and fresh. We call this candied haws over there. When Chinese New Year is approaching, the streets are full of candied haws. There are ice scum hanging on the syrup. It’s cool, sweet and sour to bite, so interesting. When you see candied haws, you know it’s the Chinese New Year. This thing is really festive.”

Mo Jinyan caught up with Yu Simian, and handed him the bamboo stick in his hand: "Brother Yu, you can eat it if you like it, I don't like sour ones."

Yu Simian took it over: "You really don't want to eat?"

Brother Xu suddenly fell from the sky and landed on Mo Jinyan's arm.Yu Simian held up the candied haws and said to Brother Xu, "Brother Xu, do you want to eat it?"

Brother Xu glanced at it, and climbed onto Mo Jinyan's shoulder without interest.A child who bought candied haws had sharp eyes: "Wow, look, big bird, that person has a big bird."

Soon, a group of children who were buying candied haws all looked this way, and they saw Brother Xu at a glance. The little people were very curious, and they all gathered around one after another.

"What kind of bird is this bird?"

"It's so big."

"What does it eat? Do you eat candied haws?"

"Does it have a name?"

"It doesn't bite at the waist?"

"..."

Mo Jinyan asked so much that he didn't know how to answer.

Yu Simian made a rescue from the side: "This is a vulture. You can see that its claws and mouth are very sharp. It can peck people and catch people. It doesn't eat candied haws. Don't mess with it. If it gets annoyed, it will peck you." The braver kid started stabbing Brother Xu with a stick, Yu Simian suddenly got a little annoyed, the little kid couldn't keep his peace of mind, and looked at the mischievous kid with displeasure.

Seeing that something was wrong, Mo Jinyan quickly grabbed Brother Xu and threw him into the air: "Brother Xu, go home first."

Brother Xu flapped his wings, circled around, and flew away.

A group of children were extremely disappointed, and they all went to ask the child with the stick: "It's all you, I haven't seen it clearly yet, why did you poke it?"

"Yes, it's really annoying."

The child was quite courageous and had a good temper. He stuck his neck and said in a thick voice, "I'll stab it, what do you think?" He waved the stick to keep people away.

Mo Jinyan laughed when he saw it, this kid is still a paper tiger.However, among a group of neatly dressed children, this child's clothes were too tattered.

A child said with a smile: "Er Bao, let's go, my mother said he is a flower, he is dirty to death, and he has lice on his body, don't play with him."

For a while, all the children dispersed, and the only remaining child with the stick stood there with a dejected expression on his face, but he still spat at everyone without showing weakness: "Bah, you are the Hanako, you only have lice on your body. .”

Mo Jinyan and Yu Simian glanced at each other, feeling that this child is someone who is often isolated by others.Yu Simian handed the candied haws in his hand to Mo Jinyan, and Mo Jinyan walked over with the candied haws: "Here, let's eat this for you."

The child's big eyes were black and white, and his small face was clean. Although it was a little tattered, it wasn't dirty.He glanced at Mo Jinyan and refused to answer.

"Don't want it? It's not that I don't want to eat leftovers. That big brother and I don't like sour food, and my eagle doesn't eat candied haws, so I gave it to you." Mo Jinyan said kindly, "Is it you Don't you like sour food?"

The child stretched out his hand: "Thank you, I'll eat."

At this time, Yu Simian bought another bunch of candied haws and handed it to the child: "This is for you too. Why did you poke our carvings just now?"

The child refused to pick up Yu Simian's candied haws, lowered his head and whispered, "I just want to know if it can fly."

Yu Simian stuffed candied haws into his hand: "If you want to know anything in the future, just ask directly. Don't poke it with a stick, or you will hurt others."

The child held two bunches of candied haws and burst into tears: "I'm sorry, I know I was wrong."

"It's okay, go back. Don't be so fierce in the future, be nice to others, and they will play with you naturally." Mo Jinyan patted the child's head, turned and left.

The child quickly said: "I'm not Hanako, I don't have lice on my body, my grandmother often helps me bathe and do laundry."

Mo Jinyan turned his head and smiled at him: "I know."

Yu Simian chased after him: "What are you thinking, Xiao Mo?"

Mo Jinyan shook his head: "I remember when I was a child."

"You were often isolated by everyone when you were young?" Yu Simian asked.

Mo Jinyan nodded with emotion: "Yes, I have no mother since I was a child. Sometimes my father is too busy to wash my clothes, so he is always dirty. Those children in the village often bully me. I Of course I don’t let them bully me, I always fight against them, if others bully me, I will bully them back.”

Yu Simian smiled bitterly: "The child just now looks a lot like you when you were young, right?"

Mo Jinyan nodded: "A bit. Just as stubborn, so strong."

Yu Simian stretched out his hand, blocked it with his wide sleeve, and quickly squeezed Mo Jinyan's palm: "From now on, I will protect you, and no one can bully you."

Mo Jinyan turned his head and smiled at him: "Okay."

When going to sleep at night, Mo Jinyan said: "There are only three bedrooms, Brother Yu and Brother Chen each sleep in one, and Brother Chen and I sleep in one."

Yu Simian said calmly: "Xiao Mo, we haven't seen each other for so long, I have a lot to ask you, let's live in one room."

Mo Jinyan blushed, but fortunately the lights were dim, so he couldn't see anything, he made this arrangement to avoid the embarrassment of sleeping in the same bed with Yu Simian, he never thought that Yu Simian would ask to sleep with him.

Chen Liang quickly said: "I think this is okay. Xiao Mo, my son has been talking about you for a long time, so you can talk to him."

Mo Jinyan could only nod his head: "Okay. Brother Yu and I will sleep in the south wing."

Yu Simian doesn't care which room, as long as he can sleep with Mo Jinyan.

Mo Jinyan brought hot water into the room: "It's cold, Brother Yu has driven a lot today, let's soak your feet before going to sleep."

Yu Simian was looking at Mo Jinyan's model ship by the light by the table, he put down the model ship in his hand: "Is this model ship the same as before?"

Mo Jinyan put a wooden basin by the table and poured hot water into it: "Yes. These are the only ones left. The house was burnt down and everything was almost destroyed. These few survived. "

Yu Simian looked up at him: "Xiao Mo, I went home to check, and the house is gone. You are still alive, it is a blessing among misfortunes."

Mo Jinyan whispered, "The house is already full of grass. The water is ready, let's soak your feet."

"Let's have a bath together." Yu Simian took his hand and pressed him on the stool.

Mo Jinyan waved his hands: "You soak first, there is still water, I will carry it later."

Yu Simian didn't let go, wiped off his shoes and socks, and pressed them into the water. Then he got rid of his shoes and socks, and sat down opposite Mo Jinyan: "It's rare to boil water, so it's easy to soak together."

The four feet are placed in a small wooden basin, and the toes can only be stacked on top of each other.Yu Simian pinched Mo Jinyan's foot with his own, and rubbed the sole of his foot on his instep.

Mo Jinyan only felt an electric current spread from the soles of his feet to his scalp, and his heart beat involuntarily, and he quickly retracted his feet.

Yu Simian smiled and said, "Xiao Mo, are you ticklish?"

Mo Jinyan raised his toes, trying to avoid Yu Simian's touch, and said with a feverish face, "A little bit."

Yu Simian took the opportunity to scratch the soles of his feet with his toes, and Mo Jinyan almost jumped up: "Brother Yu, itches."

Yu Simian laughed out loud, under the dim light, his smile became soft and vivid, extremely bewitching and contagious.

Mo Jinyan's face completely burned up, he had never seen Yu Simian smile so heartily, the joy seemed to overflow from the deepest part of his heart, pervading his whole body, the atmosphere around him was infected with joy.Mo Jinyan just felt that his whole body was warmed up, as if he was in the warm sun, and there was no place that wasn't shrouded in warmth.

Yu Simian saw that Mo Jinyan lowered his eyelids, not daring to look at himself, his eyelashes cast shadows, and there seemed to be two red clouds on his face, he couldn't help itching, he bent his toes and hooked Mo Jinyan's toes.

Mo Jinyan raised his feet before Yu Simian's feet touched his own: "I'm done soaking, Brother Yu." He took the handkerchief and wiped the water on his feet indiscriminately.

A little disappointment appeared on Yu Simian's face, why did Xiao Mo no longer take the initiative to approach him like before, could it be because of that rejection?But when I saw him again later, I always acted very close. Could it be that this child is dull and can't detect his own intentions?