A few days ago, students from Harbin Engineering University released a video of a white-haired grandma sending her grandson off to college.
At the school gate, the grandma I couldn't help but burst into tears. I wiped away my tears with a tissue in both hands, and told my grandson with sobs: Listen to the teacher at school and study hard...
When I saw this video, I couldn't help but think about it. When I saw my grandma’s voice and smile, I thought of the scene when she gave me a gift when I left home to study. She kept holding her hand and kept saying, "Call home if you have anything, but don't starve yourself." Through the reflector, I saw her getting smaller and smaller. Was she like the grandma in this video, bursting into tears when I turned around?
Are you more excited or sad about traveling far away?
When you think of leaving home, are you more looking forward to leaving home, or are you reluctant to leave?
"Camellia Stationery Shop" tells the story of the granddaughter and grandma.
In order to raise Bobo up, grandma told Bobo a big lie, saying that the stationery store she opened was an old ghostwriting shop passed down by ancestors for generations, and Bobo was the future ghostwriting heir. She asked Bobo to study hard and develop good words and deeds.
Grandma raised Bobo with her own unique education method, and her harsh method made Bobo think about escaping several times. After experiencing all kinds of things in life, Bobo truly became an excellent pen writer and inherited the Amamiya family's ghostwriting business.
It was then that Bobo suddenly realized. She said in a letter to her grandmother: "You care about me all the time."
The care of the elders is not passionate, but just a source of love. From the heart, it nourishes us quietly like the breeze and drizzle. The care of the elders is deep and delicate, and it has always been with us, but it is so subtle and long-lasting that it takes you a long, long way to discover: Ah, it turns out that I have always had this feeling.
1. Young and ignorant, always thinking about breaking away from the shackles as soon as possible and pursuing freedom
Fearless young people always feel that the world is so big and we should fly like free-flying birds in the sky. The further away the better, never miss home.
The young Bobo accused his grandmother: "Don't force your life on me."
Grandma also played the role of mother in Bobo's growth. , as young as Bobo holding chopsticks, as old as Bobo learning calligraphy, she has to personally strictly discipline him.
However, all of this is suffering in Bobo's eyes. In addition to studying, she had no time to play and made no good friends. Bobo believed that her grandmother had forcibly taken away her own youth and her happy time.
When her grandma was nagging her, Bobo lost his temper and cursed her, deliberately dressing up as a bad girl that her grandma didn't like.
Were you the same as Bobo when you were a teenager? I often yell and lose my temper with my elders over trivial matters. I always feel that my elders are very nagging and I cannot listen to their words at all. Sometimes, like Bobo, he dresses up in a weird way and thinks he is pursuing fashion.
You always want to get rid of the shackles of your elders and pursue what you think is a wonderful and free field, regardless of the expectations and sadness of your elders.
2. You can fly far because you have love in your heart
Yu Hua once said: The best time to decide your destiny is childhood.
Education and training in childhood is particularly critical, just like a young sapling needs to go through wind and rain before it can grow into a towering tree and remain standing in the storm in the future.
After his grandmother passed away, Bobo inherited the Shancha Stationery Store and became the 11th generation ghostwriter of the Amamiya family.
Whether it is writing a condolence letter for a deceased pet, or helping someone write a divorce announcement, a loan rejection letter, and other various ghostwriting requests, Bobo will carefully select writing tools to bring reality. Emotional communication, repeated consideration and careful consideration between the lines.
Bobo will also provide different drinks for each customer. Every time she meets a customer, she will habitually think about what her grandma would do.
Bobo lamented, “I always thought that I grew up alone, but this is absolutely not the case.”
After experiencing all these big and small events, Bobo sighed. Bo gradually understood her grandmother's persistent and sincere expectations for her, and slowly began to understand her sincere words. She gradually discovered that the studies that she originally thought were boring were also full of fun. Every time she wrote a stroke, she could always think of her grandmother's careful teachings. She inherited the ghostwriter she once thought was the most useless, and ghostwriting for people in need became an important part of her life. Indispensable part.
In fact, the home that you think is like a cage that binds you is the cradle of your dreams. Those you think don’t care or understand, it’s just that they are not good at words. Instead of love and praise, they express their love in a harsh and rigid way. They use their sincerity and unique way to protect you as you grow up.
This deep love is like a trickle, flowing slowly in our lives, gathering into a river bit by bit, pushing us forward.
3. Only when you have love in your heart will you be freer
Some people and some things can only be understood if you have personally experienced them and slowly come to understand them.
This delicate love is like a cup of tea. Only by tasting it carefully can you taste its charm.
From the Baron’s memories, Bobo learned that her grandmother had struggled to find someone to breastfeed her as a baby. Her heart became softer and warmer. In her dream, Bobo’s grandmother smiled, and she Call her by her nickname gently.
When Bobo saw her grandmother mentioning her troubles and regrets about her granddaughter in a letter to a friend, she suddenly understood how deep her grandmother's love for her was.
Grandma has passed away, but there is a feeling that will not be interrupted by time or place.
Bobo wrote a letter to her grandmother. In the letter, she boldly confided her true feelings to her grandmother. For the first time, she affectionately called her grandma. Bobo told her grandmother that she decided to officially inherit the family ghostwriter, and found wider freedom in the life she wrote down one stroke at a time.
There is a kind of love that is too important and hidden too deep, and may be ignored by you. It will take you a long, long time to realize that the love you long for is actually always by your side. I had to go through many, many things before I suddenly realized that freedom is no longer in the sky, but in my heart.
With love in your heart, the world will be more spacious and brighter.
Just like Bobo, when she understood her grandmother's feelings for her, she also reconciled with her stubborn self, began to calm down and learn to live, learn to get along with others, and it was different when she met her lover. life.
4. Summary
"Camellia Stationery Shop" is a heart-warming work by Ogawa Ito. When you first see it, it is unremarkable. After reading it carefully, it will make your heart feel peaceful. , feeling warm. The protagonist Bobo in the story seems to be one of us ordinary people, telling the story of us ordinary people.
Bobo's emotions are delicate and soft. When watching the story between her and her grandmother, it seems that after experiencing all the things in the world, we have returned to our childhood and the grandmother who grew up with us. Be with me and re-enjoy that time that you will never go back to again.
Love never disappears, it is always quietly beside you, waiting for you to see it.