Not far from the back of the building, there is a square with a round fish pond inside.
From time to time, there are dragonflies on the surface of the water, and fish swim around under the water, and ripples appear from time to time, all over the pool.
When I first went for a walk in the square, I didn't patronize it very much. Later, there were more and more fish, which attracted me.
The fish was silent and just nodded at me. I know they like me. Sometimes after a few days, I will be vaguely worried.
Fish have the habit of chasing big fish. Just like an airplane flying in a pattern in the sky, if you drop flowers all the way, there will be thousands of pearls and jade in the water.
Sometimes when I put a finger in the water, a lot of fish will grab it together. I thought: if this is a hanging hook, there is no strength at all. Didn't all those stupid fish take the bait?
Sometimes they will show their mouths out of the water one by one, and occasionally they will be frightened, so they all bury themselves in the water and are scattered in a pool of surprises. My recklessness frightened them, and the big fish led them, either like arrows, or like chasing dreams, or like fire, stirring the fish pond up and down.
In the afternoon, they also sleep and stay in the same place lazily. The water bubbles coming out of the mouth will open one by one, and a string of seven-color flowers will be born, and the fish pond will have the value of gold.
That afternoon, I also saw a story: a white cat ran out of nowhere. It jumped to the wide edge of the pond and wanted to eat the fish in the water. After seeing it right, he stretched out his fist and punched it in the water. The fish swam happily, constantly tempting it, and the big white cat ran a marathon by the pool.
When guests come to my home, I always want to show them this fish, as if it belonged to my family.
It's always foggy recently, and a piece of fog hangs over the fish pond, just like taking a bath, which has a mysterious feeling. One day, I saw two female painters painting there, holding a fish with satisfaction after painting, or maybe going to some art exhibition. Fish don't know.
People often come to clean and clean fish ponds, pump away old water and import some fresh water. Clear water can show my cheeks. Looking at it, it seems that there is a washbasin under it, which is rickety. Shake, shake, mom's face appears. Ah, I look so much like my mother. No wonder everyone who has seen her says so. Slender eyes, ugly nose, no perm, no makeup ... My mother likes fish, too. Her name is a kind of fish.
In fact, many years ago, there were no fish in the fish pond. When the square was first built, a circular pool was built in it, which was always empty and full of sunshine every day. That circular pool brings infinite imagination to people, and people often go there to take pictures.
The hometown of fish used to be a river, and the order of the river was out of order, so people moved them here. They jumped to win a new life. It's really pleasant. It's really gratifying.
The longer it grows, the fatter the fish becomes, and the fish pond becomes a canyon.
What is this job for?
Come quietly every night, always so quiet, devouring everything on the earth, leaving nothing behind.
People at work are uneasy about this dark peace. They create light. Lighting candles, turning on electric lights, rustling of writing, humming of machine tools, one after another, one place, two places, I wonder how many people are immersed in their work. It's so dark, let alone during the day.
In the morning, the smoke goes straight into the sky, and the hum of the car engine can't help but be lonely, and the hurried steps are endless. Everyone is busy with work, completely forgetting themselves, forgetting that they are in the street, forgetting the well-dressed pedestrians and famous cars passing by.
In this era of accelerated pace of life, people gather in more places, and at the same time, people seem to become a lot more indifferent. Without quadrangles, people don't know each other. The one downstairs doesn't know the one upstairs. They are neighbors. They don't even know if they live in a man or a woman. I have never been in the habit of borrowing things from my neighbors. Even if I knock at the door, my neighbor will break out in a cold sweat.
People are working and making money, but they are all trying to make their lives better.
On the way to work, so many people should be excited, but people can't hide their inner loneliness. China has made remarkable progress in family planning, and the number of newborns is no longer increasing sharply.
Qq's daily online volume shows a lot of content, not to mention those entertaining gamers. Just look at the boring chat content on qq, such as carbon dioxide exhaled by people, and the heavy snow in 2008, which suddenly came out, flooded the earth, flooded the crowd and flooded everyone's heart.
Sometimes a stranger in qq will suddenly jump out and ask what to do, and reply that making friends is boring. Do you have a job? The answer is yes. Never mention the piles of posts on the web page again, for fear that the posts will become solid, and I don't know how much power a processor will be needed to process them quickly.
The workers in the factory always repeat their unchanging actions in front of the machine. Without sundays and holidays, the more people work, the more empty and lonely they appear. With the acceleration of social rhythm, there will be more and more lonely people.
This is already a very serious problem. People should know more clearly what life is and how we should live it. Money is not everything, but we can't do anything without it. None of us know this truth, but when did we really think we were rich?
We made money, and we lived a happy life again? Have you got rid of the depression of spirit, walked out of the wasteland of mind and spent the winter in leisure? Because people are not only material, but also spiritual. Only with a beautiful life and a beautiful spirit can we feel happiness and the beauty of the world.
People are emotional animals, all need greetings and care, and all need rich spiritual and cultural life to replace the quarrels caused by boring rambles and low-level wrangling topics. Not to tear down high-rise buildings and reorganize quadrangles, but to enhance mutual understanding, care for each other, help each other and continuously enhance friendship.
Constantly learn scientific and cultural knowledge, constantly improve their own quality level, enrich their spare time life, and pay equal attention to material and spiritual. Only in this way can we spend every day healthily and happily.
(Original author: drinking life)
A group of promises in the author's wisteria.
Two kinds of freedom
As the new book will be published soon, the editor asked me to read my article carefully. Therefore, I have been absorbed in reading the manuscript these two days. There is a story about Alexander the Great and Diogenes. After reading it, I felt a lot and had an epiphany.
Alexander the Great was the king of ancient Macedonia. He studied under the famous ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle at the age of 13, and became king at the age of 20. He was honored as the "Great Emperor" by later generations, because he conquered the vast land during his twelve years as king, making Macedonia the largest country in ancient times, extending from the Ganges River in India to Italy in the west. Alexander never lost a battle in his life and became one of the three great military commanders in the world.
Diogenes was an ancient Greek philosopher and a representative figure of cynicism. He tried to subvert all traditional values and didn't mind being called "dog". He even shouted "live like a dog". People call his philosophy "cynicism".
It is said that Diogenes lived in a barrel, and all his possessions included the barrel, a cloak, a stick and a bread bag. He lay barefoot on the bare ground, with a stubble beard and half naked, looking like a beggar or a madman.
Early in the morning, he opened his eyes against the rising sun, scratched and started his business like a dog on the side of the road. He wiped his face by the public fountain, asked passers-by for a piece of bread and some olives, then squatted on the ground and chewed it, and picked up some springs and sent them into his stomach. People think he is crazy.
He is not a madman, but a philosopher, who expounds his theory through the creation of drama, poetry and prose. He thinks that most people in the world are half dead, and most people are only half human. At noon, in broad daylight, he crossed the road with a lantern, and he shone on everyone he met. They asked him why, and Diogenes replied, "I want to see if I can find someone."
Under the guidance of the tutor, 18-year-old Alexander visited Diogenes with an open mind. The young king was sought after everywhere in the street, but not in Diogenes. He came to Diogenes, looked at the poor broken barrel, lonely rags and the rough and messy image lying on the ground, and asked kindly, "Diogenes, can I help you?"
"Yes," said Diogenes. "Stand aside, you're blocking the sun."
The entourage was shocked. I didn't expect such a beggar to be so disrespectful. Onlookers burst into laughter. Alexander was silent for a while, and finally said quietly to the people around him, "If I am not Alexander, I must be Diogenes."
After reading this, I suddenly feel how wise this sentence of Alexander the Great is, which contains a profound pursuit of life. As the supreme commander of Macedonia, he has the freedom to manage the country and dominate others. This kind of freedom is not for everyone. Since ancient times, countless people have enjoyed this freedom. This freedom is based on absolute authority. Diogenes, who advocates solitude, enjoys another kind of freedom, that is, freedom from being dominated by others.
Love in the quilt
Love in the quilt
I don't seem to feel his maternal love since I married him. I once suspected that his mother didn't know what love was.
I heard that his mother came to his house as a child bride when she was a teenager. She has no education, but fortunately she can have children: six children in eight years, one woman and six men, which is remarkable enough. Moreover, in that era of lack of clothes and food, it was really not easy to train two college students. Interestingly, these two college students are called "Da Lu" and "Xiao Lu" respectively. Among them, Road is my home. Why such a funny name? It is said that both of them were born on their mother's way home from farm work.
After marriage, the day after I gave birth to my daughter, his mother came. The first sentence when we met was: "I gave birth to another daughter." I wonder: didn't I have children for the first time in my first marriage? How do you say "I have a daughter again"? Afterwards, he explained that his elder sister and elder brother were both daughters, and it was good for us to go to work in the city and have a son. Oh, how ridiculous. My mother gave birth to three sisters, and my father often boasted with outsiders that having a daughter is a blessing, a shelf and a caring cotton-padded jacket. I've been a little unhappy ever since. I only go home with him on holidays. As for taking money and things, I don't ask if I take more or less. I feel like I don't know the world at all. Anyway, my parents brought up the children, and I am too lazy to deal with the so-called mother-in-law relationship. Occasionally, when my mother asks about his mother, I will ask him temporarily. It's just that when my mother praised him for his filial piety, I was a little frustrated, and sometimes I laughed at my mother's influence, not because he showed her a few times more.
Life is so dull.
One day, I found six elder sisters' missed calls. You won't call me continuously unless there is something urgent or important. I'll call back right away. Sister said that she met his mother on the road. His mother came to my house with a new quilt on crutches, saying that she picked cotton herself and had it made. My sister also said that she called him, but he didn't answer, and because she had to rush to work, she called me several times in a hurry, hoping that I could take time to go home early.
A few years ago, my mother offered to help me carry a quilt from Hunan, but I refused because of the long distance. Last year, I heard that his mother also planted some cotton, but I never thought that his mother would prepare it for us. Because, when I went to his house the year I got married, I found his mother covered with an old quilt, but it was clean. Otherwise, I dare not sleep in the fucking bed.
I put down the phone and hurried home.
I haven't seen you for months, and his mother looks even haggard. Her gray hair danced with the wind, and her cloudy eyes could not bear to let me see more. I quickly approached his mother, learned his tone for the first time, and kindly called her "Mom, you are here." Then, took the quilt in her hand.
At that moment, I felt my tears coming out.
My family lives by the sea.
"My family lives on the shore ..." This is a song that I happily flew out when I was walking leisurely by the Bahe River. Living in Weibei Plateau with ravines for a long time, I am used to seeing ravines and ridges, but I have never deeply felt the sight of rivers. Once I appreciate the spiritual life by the water, I will sing from my heart.
300 meters green forest belt, beautiful flower garden; Wide, flat and clean riverside landscape road, with weeping willows fluttering like beautiful women's long hair on both sides; Various patterns are carved on granite stone steps, granite platforms and marble railings, and the little stone lion crouches at the top of the stone pillar; Walking down more than a dozen steps, you can reach the bank of Bahe River, and you can enjoy the calm water surface with a width of 300 meters and waterfowl and wild ducks flying freely in various colors and shapes.
As one of the eight scenic spots in Chang 'an, "Liu Ba Scenery" has been known to many people. Most of the allusions of "breaking the willow to bid farewell" also happened here. "Xi An Zhi" said: "On both sides of Baqiao Bridge, five miles of dikes were built and ten thousand willows were planted. Tourists jostle each other and hit the hub directly. This is the grandeur of Chang 'an. "Whenever the spring is full, the spring breeze blows, the catkins are flying all over the sky and foggy, which has become a major landscape of Chang' an Baqiao. In the Tang Dynasty, Baqiao had a post station, which was then called Zishui Post, also known as Bating. In ancient times, people used to greet guests here and say goodbye. Bahe, Baqiao, Baliu, Bating and ecstasy pavilions have been "dumped" by countless people throughout the ages. Where will you go? Such a sad and poetic person is vividly displayed in this place. I stood on the spacious river bank, enjoying the beautiful scenery and greedily breathing the fresh air. Imagine the beautiful scenery on the bank of the Guba River, the amorous feelings of men and women, and the sad scene that the poet is far away from the guests.
I run here in the morning and walk here in the afternoon. I arrived at Chang 'an Wharf, which is 0/300m north, and Qinba Bridge, which is 0/500m south. Stroll, watch, taste, imagine, feel and think about life by the water.
There are many anglers by the water, every ten meters. They sat quietly on the fish box or Mazar, silently watching the fish floating on the water, motionless, that calm, that calm, that persistent, really self-restraint, is in the cultivation of mind. An old man with white hair and beard was riding a three-wheeled electric car with an old lady sitting in the back seat, which should be his wife. The old man chose a place to stop by the river, lit a cigarette after getting off, and smoked leisurely; The wife was busy with both hands and feet-moving down the fish basket, putting Mazar and fishing rod away, setting up the sunshade and opening the bait box. After the arrangement is made, straighten up and wait for the old man to sit down and fish. The old man came over after smoking, sat on the Mazar, strung bait, checked everything his wife had prepared, smiled knowingly, threw out the fishing rod and began to fish. My wife also sat quietly beside me, waiting for the surprise on the water. I feel happy when I look at it: so tacit, so harmonious, isn't it like an officer and his orderly? The quiet Bahe wind stopped blowing, birds stopped singing, pedestrians stopped wandering, and couples stopped playing. They all silently watched the engrossed anglers pass by, and no one wanted to break the tranquility and harmony by the water.
The Chang 'an Wharf in the far north is much more lively. Colorful flags are flying, people are crowded, and sometimes cruise ships and speedboats leave Hong Kong with laughter and screams of motor sounds. Some people accompany their children to play bumper cars on the water, colliding with each other, talking and laughing; Someone drove a motorboat on the water, plowing out white ditch marks on the calm water; There are also many young men and women who form teams, put on life jackets, sit in slender dragon boats, beat drums, shout horns and paddle to simulate the dragon boat race in Qu Zi's hometown. The most exciting thing is seaplane. A sharp engine noise scratched a distance on the water, and then it quickly took off and rose, hovering in the air, overlooking the scenery and beauty of the World Expo. It is said that Xi Jiaotong University and the Fourth Military Medical University hold motorboat races here every year. The 20 12 competition has been confirmed to be held in September. Of course, I have to have a look. How can the big game at home be delayed?
In the morning, there are often a group of lesbians doing morning exercises in the form of dancing on the wide water stall in the south. They danced with the rhythm of the music played by the tape recorder, and their posture was beautiful. They really know where to choose-there are quaint marble fences around the stands, and the venue is spacious and flat, just like a flood stage; There is an island in the middle of the river, rich in water plants and lush trees; The green trees are dotted with many white waterfowl, just like dove trees endowed with peace and poetry. It is really beautiful. Waterbirds seem to enjoy music and dance quietly and motionless on the shore. At the moment, the tape recorder is playing Wulan Tuoya's "Zhuo Ma" song, and the lesbians are lined up in two rows, stretching their limbs and dancing Tibetan dances with rhythm. Melodious singing and beautiful dancing attracted the attention of many morning exercisers.
"Thirty years in Hedong, forty years in Hexi." Inadvertently fell in love with the beautiful scenery by the water, so I bought a house at random on the bank of Bahe River. After many twists and turns, I can finally stay here and live here. Maybe I will settle here for a long time after retirement. An essayist once said: Life has to go through different places and different lives. The more places you live, the wider your home, the broader your horizons and the richer your life experience. In the past, I experienced life in the gully of Weibei Plateau for a long time, and life silhouettes such as chopping wood, digging medicine, herding sheep and beating dates appeared from time to time. Now that I have been exposed to water, new words such as fishing, swimming, boating and dragon boat racing have begun to be incorporated into my life dictionary. The world is becoming more and more beautiful, which requires people to live seriously, experience seriously and enjoy slowly. If you abandon the beautiful scenery around you and forget to experience and appreciate the beautiful life around you because of the pursuit of immediate utility, it is too worthless!
The author's anthology in Hezhou
So is life.
Life has been in a hurry for decades, and we all have to experience birth, illness, ups and downs, joys and sorrows, and so on. Perhaps only after these can we be regarded as a complete life.
But from growing up to adulthood to middle age and then to old age, young people think of a bright future, a beautiful pursuit, and even a beautiful life. Of course, these are only some of our ideals. No one can be happy with everything. Life is like a chess game. If we make one wrong move, we will be completely out. Now when we are young, we are pursuing dreams, careers and love, and we have lost our way and even can't get out. Sometimes we pursue a career and fall in love inadvertently. What is more important? When we pursue the love of successful career, we inadvertently leave the most important body behind. It is conceivable that what we are pursuing now, what we have gained and what we have lost?
The so-called "gain" and "loss" means getting one thing and losing another. Sometimes, when we indulge in gains and losses, contradictory us appear, and the time of entanglement has arrived again. Selfish people are greedy and want everything, but their sense of existence is extremely low. Of course, it may also be caused by its own aftertaste and incompetence. Nine times out of ten, is that right?
We are single and young, powerless and powerless, but we are still struggling, but we have to face many problems. It is said that the major event in life is marriage, and the major event in men is career. With the growth of age, when it is the age of trial marriage, all the problems come. The family forces relatives and friends to talk, but they have to face a marriage without any foundation, but the pressure is really great. Marriage is not a child's play. Of course, these are the things we must experience first. This question has entangled many people's hearts. In fact, it is a very simple sentence. Let nature take its course first, in no order. We can't stay, we can't wait, and time waits for no one.
Some people have tried and struggled, but others have stood still. When we were young, we used our bodies to fight for money. When we are old, we don't know that we have to make great efforts to protect and nurture our bodies. Is it the so-called rotating truth? Therefore, while we are struggling, we must not try our best. It doesn't matter when we succeed. It is important that we stick to it. Of course, no matter what, we can't do without direction and distance.
Gradually, I watched many people wandering around during the Spring Festival because of their marriage. In today's society, "marriage" and "career" really hurt many people's brains. Everyone is looking forward to a beautiful family, a stable career or a job, but anxious hearts often can't cover up their inner thoughts and expectations. Maybe sometimes it's really not yourself, it's family and relatives. Of course, they also want to be a good family first. At least it's different, but you can't hurry and don't come. Sometimes it's self-defeating Having said that, I always feel uneasy and tangled, always thinking about how to do things well. Worried hearts, tangled thoughts, and troubles are all different. Such a complicated heart makes us lose sleep and have headaches all day. Actually, we don't have to think about complexity. Think about it briefly. Take blind date as an example. We can work hard and strive for it, but we can't force it. The rest can only go with the flow. It doesn't matter what the result is. The important thing is peace of mind. Sometimes what we can't change can only be accepted silently, because we can't contradict ourselves.
The recent idea and the influence of some accidents around it really seem to explode. Irritable heart, the edge of collapse, anxious heart, blocking themselves all day, thinking about what they are living for. What is the meaning of living? What is the purpose of living? What is the most important thing to live? What is the happiest thing in life? All browsing friends leave their own opinions.
Snowflakes are floating lightly.
The snow is still falling, swirling and fluttering. This heavy snow is full of flowers, dazzling in the sky we are looking up at.
I feel that the whole world is clean, clear, warm and silvery.
I think she must be from Branches of Spring, Pillow of Qiu Meng and Lost Love Song. She must take the warmth of catkins, the romance of flowers, the yearning of dandelions, Leng Yan's appearance and fiery heart to reach the gate of Mae in the dead of winter.
At this moment, in order to watch this grand flowering performance, the insects and birds sang the last song, the river stopped running and the mountains held their breath. Only the smoke from the kitchen rises in the distance of the city, while the rural villages are constantly celebrating this flower?
I walked in the snow with heavy steps. The sound of stepping through the snow knocked on the snow dream I had buried for many years.
Is the woman named Snowflake who has been married for a long time walking in the snow like me, thinking about the path where we held hands, the snowman with his name written on it, and the scene of fighting with snowballs? Do you still remember, after I swallowed pieces of snowflakes, you whispered to me and told me your vows?
Snow dreams are traceless. Snowflake, snowflake, I know you won't have the sigh of fallen leaves and the tears of rain. Because, as long as we keep the passion in our hearts, we can have the softness and happiness like a butterfly and a beautiful life like a bird.
Snowflakes are floating lightly. I really feel these flying poems, penetrating my heart with ethereal images.
Snowflakes are flying, conveying a noble, pure, water-like affection.
These hexagonal flowers make desolation and desolation retreat, and decay and dirt disappear. She is the messenger of a long talk between the sky and the earth. After that, she merged into the earth and gently lifted the green door with her fingers, so that the four seasons could alternate. ...
Snow falls on me. I am like a tree on the roadside, dreaming that spring will come slowly and white flowers will bloom bit by bit.