Duckweed on Sand Pimples

In the troubled times of Shanxi, beside the black water of Fenhe River, the graves on the sand are buried with the father and brother of the second master, as well as his rootless memory. From living in a temple to being homeless on the battlefield, he stared at the Japanese soldiers' bayonets with "eyes like new wounds", gritting his teeth and refusing to accept his fate. His father who smoked foreign cigarettes, his brother who was a bandit, and his deceased old monk all intertwined with the flames of war and the countryside to form the bloodstains in his heart. The Shanxi dialect is as rough as sand, telling the story of the struggles of the grassroots; the wheat seedlings with lumps of sand are green and black, reflecting Duckweed's wandering soul searching for roots. This article takes the turbulent times of the Anti-Japanese War as the background, integrates Chinese local culture and human resilience, and pays tribute to the national memory.