Even leaning on a mistletoe
The winter sun shines slantingly at two-thirty in the afternoon
There is wind and trees, and the lingering clouds
So what, I’m not without you after all
Before taking a nap, I lay in bed and finally finished reading "Mistletoe" by Cai Zhiheng. I breathed a sigh of relief, as if I had just experienced a sweet romance that spanned countless time and space. Chew slowly, and your mind will be calm.
Turn off the lights, close your eyes, and sleep deeply.
When I woke up, I got up from the darkness, my hands were empty, my mind was confused, as if I had been drunk for a thousand years.
I just feel that I have nothing, no worries, no pursuits, no belongings, and no thoughts. Otherwise, why would I wake up and not know what to do or think, and be at a loss as to what to do?
There is a light yellow light outside the window, lazy, the same color as the old posters on the wall that have been soaked by rain, sun and rain. The dormitory is quiet, and the roommates are in bed or in front of the computer, quietly. The sound, this scene, is so mediocre that it is not worth mentioning in the long river of time.
Are you a mistletoe?
The word is pronounced "hu". Mistletoe is a plant that can be lush and evergreen all year round, but it relies on its host to continuously absorb nutrients to survive.
In Norse mythology, the God of Peace was shot to death by the God of Evil with an arrow made of mistletoe. When the God of Love found out, he was in agony. Finally, the gods managed to save him, and the God of Love was grateful. , promising to give a kiss to whoever stands under the mistletoe.
Thus, the symbolic meaning of mistletoe: love, peace and forgiveness are preserved forever. These three are the spiritual essence of Christmas. From this, a Christmas custom was born. People decorate the Christmas tree with mistletoe, and people standing under the mistletoe cannot refuse kisses from other people. Some Westerners often Hang mistletoe on the door beam. Not only can it represent luck, but it can also be used to wait and kiss anyone who passes through the door.
Look, how vivid and romantic it is.
The same is true for this novel named after Mistletoe, which has a Douban score of 8.1 and a favorable rating of 97%.
It reminds me of another novel, "Norwegian Wood" by Haruki Murakami. They are so similar, with the same understatement of writing and the same depth of emotion, and the ordinary gestures make people feel... What I feel is that it is also not suitable for noisy but quiet. It is also a man's hesitation and struggle for two girls.
The difference may be that "Mistletoe" is closer to me.
Those little interests in science and engineering, those playful tacit understandings, those college life in Taiwan that have a strong sense of life, those friends who are far away one by one, the sadness, those busyness, those struggles, those who don’t know. The sadness caused by it, and the actions and metaphors that make people laugh sweetly after reading it...
So, I like this book very much. It has 200,000 words. I read it in one day and made a book. An excerpt of fifteen thousand words.
I will never forget the game scenes where our protagonists Cai Chongren and Ming Jing met at social events.
They used the names of the characters in the book as cards for boys and girls to draw, and then they divided them into groups to play. Some people drew Ximen Qing, some drew Pan Jinlian, Cai Chongren drew Yang Guo, and Ming Jing drew After arriving at Xiao Longnu, she has been calling her "aunt" for several years, making people smile and feel very romantic.
They formed a circle and passed around a schoolbag. Everyone had to do an action on the schoolbag. Some people touched it, some kicked it, and Cai Chongren kissed it. As a result, everyone thought After taking turns, the organizer asked everyone to do what they just did to their schoolbags to the people around them.
Oh my God, it was so unexpected. When I was reading the book, I felt that the picture was all over the place. The people were cheering, the laughter was full of youthful atmosphere, but Cai Chongren only quietly moved closer to Mingjing and kissed her quickly. He touched the back of his hand without embarrassing the other person.
Throughout the book, each chapter begins with several paragraphs of romantic poetry, which are also interspersed throughout the text.
To put it simply, this story is nothing more than a story of love and choice that is neither bloody nor turbulent.
But those details, in the trivial daily life, often inadvertently give people a sense of surprise like appreciating art.
Read it carefully and then imagine the scene, and you will experience a different kind of excitement. This implicit beauty will never be appreciated if you just read it in a hurry.
For example, Cai Chongren participated in the drama club to play Romeo. Those lines appeared many times in daily life, and there was a wonderful aura in an instant. He and his brothers were hacking and killing clothes hangers in the dormitory while reciting the lines. Like a gladiator fighting for love;
Another example is Sun Ying’s speaking style, two words, two words, concise, cute, and vivid. Cai Chongren once imitated her speech when he asked Mingjing to watch a movie. , profound memory:
Obviously these sentences are not very gorgeous, but they always give people a real feeling.
Or use body language to communicate playfully:
When I was reading a book, I saw these body languages. I didn’t feel it at first, but then, on a whim, I made some gestures with my hands. I immediately felt that it was very interesting. When I imagined the picture again, I felt that there was a lot of interest in it.
I will definitely meet someone who can chat with me in the future, I thought while laughing.
Ever since the book "First Intimate Contact" that established Cai Zhiheng as the first person in online literature, the logic, humor and romance of science and engineering have always been one of his major features. The entire novel, The details are full of fun, and many of the scenes and dialogues give people a different kind of fun, like being in a cartoon.
Scenes like these:
At the same time, when telling the story, our protagonist is like mistletoe, gaining a lot from the people around him, courage, confidence, optimism, courtesy, The last hosts drifted away one by one, but as time passed, people grew up step by step.
We can get a lot of inspiration from it.
Mingjing brings sunshine and optimism to people. She comforted the protagonist who had no confidence in his writing and said:
Later, he never forgot these words:
See It's so sad to be here.
Because in the end, Mingjing and him still parted ways, drifting apart, and how could other people be the same? How heavy and how light is the friendship between people?
The scene of his separation from his brother Berson is very touching:
At every stage, there are always people coming and going around me, and sometimes I feel nostalgic, but these words make that This feeling is written so concretely that it makes people cry.
The logic and many ideas of this book can also awaken readers' unique wisdom:
I was very surprised after reading it. It's not like I haven't seen these statements in my life. Yesterday, when I was studying in Taiwan, I also saw political parties scolding each other on TV, but it was so satisfying to stand on the sidelines so clearly, jokingly and rationally comparing them to pigs.
The words and actions in this book are interesting, real, romantic, and beautiful. Descriptions like this are very moving, and the writing is concise, as if a beautiful scene is being played in slow motion: < /p>
If I really wanted to share with you all the sentences that I think are well written or that have touched me, I’m afraid there would be too much space. If you have the chance, read it yourself. No one can replace it. Read it yourself.
Each of us should be a mistletoe, trying to get nutrients from around us, and strive to become lush and lush.
Be it a book or a person.
I once thought that I was humorous and eloquent, and thought that I would soon meet girls like Mingjing and Fang Quan. But in fact, that may not be the case. My extracurricular reading, the logic of my words, The eloquence that comes from hobbies is still not used in real but trivial life.
I also want the little bits and pieces of joy in life like those in the book.
Times will get better, and I hope our stories can one day be vivid novels.