The 13th week of pen practice in 2018 Theme: Spring Outing
For two weekends in a row, we all went to the lake. For the first time, a family of three struggled to pedal on the water. The younger brother didn't have to put in any effort. He just wanted to add to the chaos and flipped the direction valve randomly, causing his parents to work hard for a long time but to no avail. A private speedboat passed by, and the man asked us enthusiastically if we spoke English. He told us that we were going with the wind now. When we return, the wind would make it difficult to return to the dock on time. He suggested that we just float nearby and not go too far. After thanking the elder brother, we headed towards the small house in the distance. The younger brother insisted on checking it out. The sparkling water reflects the soft sunlight. It's not hot, it just feels lazy, making people want to stop and lie down. My brother won't let you take a breather. He crawls forward and backward to fiddle with the oar. We are deeply afraid that he will drop the oar in the water, so we look at him distractedly and tell him to be careful again and again. My legs were really tired from pedaling, so I stopped for a while to enjoy the scenery. Looking forward from a distance, the smoke and waves are motionless and the shadows are sinking; if you look sideways, you can see that the boat is passing through the water without leaving a trace. The water in the lake is not clear, and you can't even see what's underneath.
When we later went ashore and wandered on the embankment, we saw a very large black bird flying from a distance, leaping over our heads and heading towards the nearby bushes. It clearly had something in its mouth. A small fish, which shows that there are fish to catch in this lake, but I don’t know if the fishing rods stuck on the shore have the bird’s agility and good luck. Anyway, I have always been an unlucky person. Thinking about my kind brother's suggestion just now, I thought that I should turn back as soon as possible. Don't go too far and I won't be able to go back. Renting a boat for one hour and traveling with the wind for less than half an hour means that the remaining half of the time is used to return at full speed. We should be able to arrive on time, right? Practice has proved that we held our breath and pedaled hard, and we did not delay except for a few glances at the ducks. In the end, we were unable to do anything, and finally we could not bear to arrive at the right time. Rafting on spring water is not easy, and you have to choose the right boat!
A few days later, the baby’s father invited his colleagues to bring the baby and delicious food. A large group of people went to the lake for barbecues, spring outings and picnics to practice for the juniors who were about to return to China. The temperature was suitable that day and the sun was bright. Unfortunately, the wind was not gentle and blew smoke from the kitchen. The staff at the car and boat rental office pointed to the lake in the distance and said that the current wind speed has reached 25 miles per hour, and all boat rental operations will be suspended today. My brother, who was originally eager to give up the pedal boat and switch to rowing a small boat, was disappointed. He didn't know at that moment that what he lost was what he gained. He didn't get on the boat, but he drove a go-kart with his father and played with bumper cars by himself. Which is faster? Who's gonna win eh? I found that little boys are mostly active, like things that move faster, and always want to win. Compared with standing aside and watching two dogs chasing a Frisbee with relish, and then going out in person to follow the older children on bicycles across various obstacles and bridges, they will not take the initiative to appreciate the magnolia branches in full bloom and the branches of the trees sprouting new buds, and they will be more impatient to listen to your suggestions. Click, look, the clouds in the sky are rolling, listen, the birds are singing.
When my younger brother saw a group of ducks, his instinctive reaction was to see who was swimming fast, who's the line leader? At most, a few lyrics came to mind, "Under the bridge in front of the door, a group of ducks swam by..." ". If you really let him count, if you don't keep them all, you will lose one or two strong men who have got into trouble. A group of little ducks swam past, and he had to ask the big duck, "Where are mom and dad?" I don't know if the big ducks are parents, and who is the dad and who is the mom, but I did see them accompanying each other in twos and twos. They come in pairs, some just float slowly in the water and respect each other like guests, while some are stretching their necks and flapping their wings fiercely on the shore. Um...should I explain to my brother that they are courting? You're in love, you're in love, let your hormones go wild! "Spring River Plumbing Duck Prophet", I didn't expect such a situation. Where can I learn this from the textbook?
Although children’s focus and degree of attention to “scenery” are often not as good as adults’ expectations and are not “satisfactory” to adults. They obviously just like to run around and play around, but what can you do? I am very keenly aware that I may actually be more "out of place". You are bringing your baby for a spring outing. If you didn’t have a baby, you probably wouldn’t come at all; if you weren’t allergic to pollen, you probably wouldn’t experience spring at all. For dads, spring is full of tears and snot! We have been educated too deeply. We will often become too sick, our senses will be dulled, and our childish innocence will be stained. The only way out is to hang out with children and see the world through their eyes. If you are lucky, you will have a sensitive and passionate little girl. What she sees and feels may be much more nuanced than those brats.
When I searched for spring, I found pear blossoms that beat the snow; when I searched for spring, I found the melodious cries of orioles. My mother was deeply pleased and glad that the trip was not in vain. Even if you are unlucky like me and have an energetic demon king, you still have the joy of spring that belongs to him - let him move like an animal waking up after hibernation. Boating, bicycling, water play, hiking, tree planting, kite flying, there are many fun activities that suit the occasion. "Movement" is crucial to male growth. Having a seemingly "hyperactive" boy is not necessarily a bad thing.
I personally also have some literary hobbies, showing paintings and reading poems to my children. At this stage, I don’t teach him anything specifically, and I don’t explain much. I just let him get in touch with it, cultivate his sense of language and beauty, and prevent him from feeling a spiritual “sense of lack”. Whether he can become an "interesting person" in the future has a lot to do with whether he has extensively dabbled in and read leisure books since he was a child. I don't want to train him to be a high-scoring academic who is ruined by opening his mouth and makes people reluctant to say anything. I showed him Botticelli's "Spring", Van Gogh's "Peach Blossom in Bloom", and Monet's "Spring Light"...Impressionist paintings are the works that touch my heart the most. My younger brother may prefer abstract art. Pollock? Who knows. In China's own traditional Chinese paintings, there are countless landscape and pastoral paintings depicting spring scenery, and there are also many "Spring Outings" of various generations with storytelling and dynamic beauty. They often have grand structures or use many allusions, which we will leave for future appreciation. What I chose for him was a series of small paintings about "Spring and Dolls" by Feng Zikai, an old naughty boy. They were simple, vivid, lively and expressive. He could understand them immediately and asked me what was written next to them, so I Then he happily read poems to him - "Children and grandchildren are still working for farming and weaving, and they are also learning to grow melons by the mulberry tree." Early in the morning, I am busy flying kites in the east wind"...
Wei Yingwu, a Tang Dynasty man, wrote a poem to invite friends: "Sweeping the snow to open a quiet path, I am still looking at my old friends in the twelfth lunar month, which is more worthy of the early spring. Dongcheng Mo, when is the waterfront? I'm not waiting for new embroidery clothes. "You see, in early spring, the snow has been removed in front of my house and the road has been opened. I was sitting alone with nothing to do, so I thought of you and hoped you could come. There was still some wine left in the twelfth lunar month, and the plum blossoms were in full bloom. Would you like to take a walk along Dongcheng Path or Qushui River? I heard that you have a lot of leisure time recently. Come and enjoy the spring with me. Don't say that the new clothes for spring are not ready yet, don't wait for it, go out for a spring outing with me now.
In ancient times, literati were fond of "elegant gatherings". Zeng Dian's ambition of "spring outing" has been mentioned before, and the more famous anecdote that has been passed down through the ages is the "Lanting Pavilion to cultivate the misfortune" . "Cultivation of evil spirits" is an ancient folk custom of washing away uncleanness. On the first day of the third month of the lunar calendar, people wash themselves in water to purify away bad luck. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Wang Xizhi, the great calligrapher, invited wealthy people from all walks of life to gather at the Orchid Pavilion in Shanyin City, Kuaiji County on the third day of March. They feasted, admired flowers, drank wine, and composed poems. Wang Xizhi collected the poems of various people and wrote the "Preface to the Lanting Collection". His calligraphy is vigorous and unrestrained, and he deserves to be called "the best running script in the world". The authentic work of Wang Xizhi has long been lost. Zhang Dai said that it was buried with Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty in Zhaoling. Guo Moruo doubted that digging Qianlong's tomb might reveal his true appearance. This is too difficult to verify. Leave it to experts and time to answer. We don't need to worry about it.
What really needs to be concerned about is not the "authenticity" of the "authentic work", but the kind of heroic ambition of "cultivation in the Orchid Pavilion" and "making friends with literature", the kind of Li Taibai who "must do everything he can to be successful in life" The unrestrained and unrestrained "happy" and "come back after all the money is gone", and even the peerless independence of Ji Kang and Ruan Ji who "wantonly pretend to be crazy" and "talk away from the world". All these humanistic feelings and groups of people are difficult to trace in today's world. Find. It’s a pity that I brought my brother into this era of extreme cultural mediocrity. I wanted to work hard to remedy the situation, so I did the things above and wrote these words today, “But I’m afraid that time changes over time, and mountains and rivers also rise and fall; times change. The pen and ink are only filled with emotion." ?