Words of the soul: We should not be stubborn about the suffering of each person, because while helping others solve their difficulties, we are also helping ourselves solve their difficulties.
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1 A sleeping
Every day, there are bustling mornings, and every day they are crowded with buses. Every day, they have sleepy eyes or unanimous eyes, like an empty shell.
On the bus, you have to take a long, long road to reach your place, the place where you are making money to support your family. Speaking of this place, she is always full of numbness and indifference.
She looks like a person who has suffered and cannot be energetic about everything. On the bus, she slept all the way while sitting, got off the bus in a daze when she got to the place, and then entered the factory, but she was still dozing off.
All the colors of this world are black and white in her eyes, black and white, black and white, black and white, without vitality, only her past and lost dreams.
Look, she fell asleep after work again, and the leader patted her on the shoulder without making any sound. Then she woke up without apologies, or she had no energy to express her apology, how decadent she was now.
She doesn’t remember whether she had breakfast this morning, washed her face, and brushed her teeth? If it weren't for survival, she could consider not having to go to work, but she still bit her teeth.
No one knows when she will wake up? No one knows why she became like this? No one wants to see this. I just knew that she had been away from home for a month and was like this when she came back.
Therefore, the leaders were divided into two factions, one wanted to drive her away, and the other tried their best to protect her. She was also afraid of being driven away while working reluctantly, hoping that she would die peacefully and silently.
But God seemed to torture her like this. She lived a safe life without strong winds and waves, and not even a small car accident. She hated this, and was afraid that she would really come that day.
Let’s live like this. This is a soulless body walking, from home to factory, and from factory to home. I hope time can wipe away all her pain.
2 Looking for hope
Today is a day of rest. As usual, she will sleep at home. But for some reason today, she woke up and went to the street. The bustling crowd seemed to be no longer so black and white, but was hazy, and she always felt that she was not seeing it in detail.
There seemed to be a voice asking her to look for something this day, but she didn't know what she was looking for? What exactly are you looking for? She thought hard, wandering and wandering on the street. She walked from morning to afternoon, and didn't eat at noon and didn't feel hungry. She felt that this search was really important and important to her.
She stood at the door of a restaurant, watching the people swallowing, talking and laughing, she shook her head and left.
She saw several women bargaining for clothes in the clothing store, trying on clothes, she shook her head and left.
She saw the children dancing in the dance room, cheerful and enthusiastic, and she shook her head and left.
She was looking for it like this. Food, beautiful clothes, and cheerful entertainment were not what she was looking for. What was she looking for? She didn't know, she really didn't know. If she could know, she wouldn't have lethargy , wouldn't have lost, and wouldn't have been living.
She stood at the corner of the street, watching the traffic lights alternate, and people hurried over, batch after batch.
When another batch arrived, she seemed to see a girl, yes, she saw a little girl, a little girl of eleven or twelve years old.
The little girl was very thin. She was holding a black plastic bag in her hand. She couldn't see clearly what was inside? She suddenly wanted to figure it out, so she followed behind by a silence.
3 The wish of an old man from another place
The little girl walked to a simple house covered with rain cloth and shouted crisply, "Grandpa Zhao, I brought what you want."
Grandpa Zhao coughed, and then heard a rustling sound. The old man got off the bed with a crutch, "Come on, pick it into my little flower pot."
"Grandpa, that's your bowl." The little girl asked in confusion.
The old man coughed twice, "This is the home I gave it. With it, I can stop eating." The old man seemed to have a light in his eyes, but suddenly it dimmed again.
"Grandpa, it's okay, I'll secretly take a bowl for you tomorrow. I'll tell them I accidentally broke it." The little girl said firmly. She seemed to have never been afraid of anything, but she was beaten up in fear. She couldn't even go to school, and the mother and daughter looked like outsiders in that family.
"Child, it's hard for you, it's grandpa who has implicated you." The old man sighed.
The little girl put the seven lotus flowers in the black plastic bag, the aquatic lotus. She carefully put the bowls of lotus in the plastic bag into the bowl, and then poured the water in the plastic bag into it.
This bowl is a bit big. Grandpa Zhao doesn’t even have a real bowl. A big jar is just like a bowl, but raising a bowl of lotus is just right.
The seven bowls of lotus bloomed brightly. The little girl didn't understand why her grandfather wanted these seven bowls of lotus. This was her only friend. She didn't ask in detail, just thinking that what grandfather said he wanted was to satisfy him, after all, he wouldn't live long.
This grandfather is really pitiful. He came here alone from another place. He has never seen his lover or his children. It is said that his son died of illness many years ago, and his wife and her newborn granddaughter also left quietly.
She looked quietly for a while and then walked back, thinking it was meaningless? I don’t know why I was possessed, so I had to take the courage to follow me and see it.
She suddenly felt interesting. She explored why the old man wanted these seven lotus flowers?
So, every time she was off duty, she would come here secretly, watching and listening from afar, she felt that she was a thief and doing something disgraceful. She hesitated whether she wanted to leave and never come again.
, she decided to find out what she could do with interest.
The old man seemed to have extremely keen perception and coughed gently, "Come out, thank you. Thank you, the dying person, and someone will come to see me."
She walked over with the courage to ask the old man, why do she like this lotus? But I thought it might be privacy, so I didn't ask.
She was carrying the sweets her mother asked her to buy today, so she handed them to the old man.
The old man did not refuse. He felt that she was not energetic and seemed to have suffered some blows? He didn't ask her, not wanting to touch her pain, but he wanted to do something. Before he died, he wanted to entrust something to her, just for her to see him and also brought him some food, which shows that she was still a loving person. Maybe this love can also take her out of the predicament.
That's it. She often came to see him, and her mother thought she had changed. Thank God, she finally thought about it and was willing to go out for a walk. But I didn't know she was here.
4 I accidentally discovered
That day, the old man was still asleep. She stood there without any trouble, so she looked at the seven lotus flowers and wanted to reach out and touch it, but she couldn't help it.
"Who told you to move it?" A scolding came, and the old man sat up from the bed and roared at her. The bed board with the palm slapping sounded.
She didn't know why the old man was so angry, but this flower was fake. How could it be fake? It was clearly brought by the little girl, or wrapped in water, and the water that raised these seven fake lotus is also real.
The old man sighed, without saying anything, and she left without saying anything.She remembered why the old man's eyes shone brightly when he saw Wan Lian for the first time, and then suddenly became darker. Did the old man know that it was fake at that time?
The little girl hasn't come for a long time, and she seems to have just remembered that she hasn't seen the little girl these days. Maybe the little girl came here not on the same day as her, and she thought so.
5 Raise the real bowl lotus of hope
When she returned home, she thought about the seven fake flowers, and she decided to change it to seven real bowl lotus. She bought hydroponic seeds. In the transparent glass jar, she worked diligently to change water and feed it. On the seventeenth day, the leaves were covered with the glass jar.
She chose a few plants specifically. Then she waited anxiously for the blossoms. She seemed to have become angry, hope and sustenance in these days. She also likes to dress herself up and is no longer so sleepy when she goes to work. She feels that she has found what she is looking for.
When she finally brought the seven bowls of lotus to the old man, the old man had already left. He did not see these seven real bowls of lotus.
The little girl is also there, and there are two local men and a woman. They are all dressed up in a simple manner, and they don’t seem to have much insight. The two men watched her arrival, their eyes full of coldness. Only the woman and the little girl were crying.
She doesn't know what happened? Why do the elderly go so quickly? She regretted not visiting the elderly often.
The little girl walked up to her and touched the seven real lotus in her hand. The little girl suddenly cried very sadly, "So there is really such a lotus? Sister, why didn't we meet earlier? If I met earlier, I could buy the real lotus. With the real lotus, Grandpa Zhao would not die. He touched the seven lotus, and he died."
He touched the fake ones and died, which deeply hurt her heart. Is it true that she would not touch her, and the old man would not touch her, so he would not die? Is this a question mark?
No one knows, but she silently endured this mistake in her heart.
Hey, no matter what, if she brought the Wanlian here earlier, wouldn’t the old man not die? He died because he lost hope, right?
6 The answer to the puzzle
What is she looking for? She seemed to feel the world dimming again.
The old man left a letter and finally handed it to her. It was a letter that was not opened. It was a letter that the little girl quietly stuffed to her when the adults were not paying attention. She had been waiting here for her with the old man's urn in her arms for seven days.
When she secretly read the letter with guilt or sadness, she suddenly felt that there was a major responsibility in her life, and she felt that she had to cheer up.
The old man told her in the letter that the little girl was named Zhenzhen. He hopes that when Zhenzhen grows up, she can take Zhenzhen to plant the real bowl of lotus in his hometown, next to his grave.
It turns out that the old man has been looking for these seven fake bowl lotus. The old man has been looking for eleven years. In the night sky in her heart, she seemed to see her mission. This letter was a letter of trust and hope, and also a hope for her boyfriend who disappeared on the rainy night. Yes, in order to save her, her boyfriend accidentally fell into the mountain torrent and disappeared with the mud and water. Everyone searched for this for three days and three nights, and shook their heads and said that there is little hope of survival, and there is little hope of survival. But her boyfriend may still be alive, or he may still be alive, after all, he has not seen the body, right? After all, she has been searching for nearly a month and has not found the body, right? Maybe, she should live well with hope, right?
May everyone survive and walk through the hardships of life.
07
Sima Qian 's "Reporting Ren'an Shu " says
"In ancient times, those who were rich and noble were famous and were invincible, and only those who were very handsome and extraordinary were called it. King Wen was imprisoned and performed the "Book of Changes"; Zhongni was miserable and wrote the "Spring and Autumn Annals"; Qu Yuan was exiled, and he wrote the "Li Sao"; Zuo Qiu was blind and had "Han 3 Mandarin "; Sun Tzu was crippled and compiled the "Art of War"; Bu Wei moved to Shu, and was rumored to "Han 3 Lu Lan "; Han Fei 4 imprisoned Qin, "Speaking Difficulties" and "Solute Anger"; 300 poems, the most important thing is that the sages are doing. This person is determined to be depressed and cannot understand the way, so he tells the past and thinks about the future. It’s like Zuoqiu has no eyes and his grandson has broken his feet, so he will never be able to use it. He retreats to discuss calligraphy strategies to relieve his anger and thinks of empty words to see it. "
means that sages like Confucius , Wen Wang, Qu Yuan and other great sages have experienced great suffering, but they are not intimidated by suffering, but have worked hard to achieve their lives. So for each of us, no matter what kind of suffering we experience, we must be full of hope, turn suffering into motivation, and get out of the predicament.
Whether it is the sorrow of this old man, the little girl, or the protagonist, they are different levels of our reality, but difficulties connected by fate. How to resolve it may require the firmness and joint efforts of each of us, just like the old man entrusted his granddaughter to the protagonist in the end. This is not only trust and dependence, but also saving and hope, and expectations for everyone!
