In addition to consternation, a little worry passed through my heart, but then I calmed down. I thought about it and said, "What do you want to do, son?" The other end of the phone hesitated, and then said, "I'll try to take the last bus home and tell my mother I'll be fine." If I don't call you again, I will be on my way home. Bye, auntie. "Then dropped the phone. My nephew is a brave and individual child, and I have no doubt about his ability. I told my sister the news, but unexpectedly, my sister was not too worried. The way she educates her children to grow up is to let nature take its course, and never give old-fashioned preaching and heavy psychological pressure. While waiting for time, we are also competing with ourselves to let children show their self-ability in the natural environment. I didn't see the movement of the hour hand, but time was moving at a constant speed. To tell the truth, I'm not worried about his safety. What I am looking forward to is how he can get out of the current predicament. More profoundly, in a strange and popular environment, what kind of rhetoric will win people's trust and protect their own safety?
At half past six, the little boy hurried in, and everyone's hanging hearts fell to the ground. My sister looked at her son's face excitedly from left to right, and my nephew said shyly, "I'm fine, isn't that good?" In fact, we are all glad that he can not only come back alive, but more importantly, he can save himself and overcome difficulties in such a dead end. For a boy of 14 years old, this is really a surprise.
My nephew is an extroverted child, and he is in the second grade of junior high school this year. Not tall but thoughtful. He likes nature and travel. At the right time, he likes to travel with his classmates and have fun in a few limited natural scenery. For example, picking wild fruits, watching strange animals, fish in a stream in Doby, or looking for flawless leaves in the dream of autumn leaves. I like the feeling of standing on the top of the mountain. Dreaming that standing on the top of the mountain can block the flowing white clouds. He said that the scenery on the mountain is beautiful and the air outside the city is fresh. In fact, he hasn't learned to describe his inner yearning in concrete words, and he doesn't know that nature gives him spiritual and sensory pleasure. He only feels that the close contact with nature is so happy, endless and beyond words. I remember when he was in the fifth grade of primary school, he rode a stroller with two small classmates to play in the nearby mountains. In order to save energy and avoid detours, he tried to cross a moat that had been neglected for a long time. As a result, his feet got stuck in the deep mud and could not extricate themselves. There are some ghosts in the endless sewage that are inaccessible. First I wiped my tears, then I cried, and my companion ran home to find an adult. Our little classmates led us to meet our little nephew on the way. At that time, the black mud was hanging above the knee, and the little face was dirty and there were tears. Anyway, he has come out of the mud pit, and the shape of the bicycle is even more pitiful, as if he had experienced the same experience as a child, beyond recognition. Later, I asked him, did you regret it? He said, it won't happen again, no regrets. Comparatively speaking, this adventure is more challenging than what happened when I was a child. The child likes taking risks and finding a way out in a difficult situation. He regards this as happiness. While worrying, I can't help but envy this elf child. Such happiness is true happiness, and such full growth is true growth.
I asked him, "You are almost desperate, do you know?" He said, "No, as long as I am in the crowd, I have a way out. My mouth and eyes will let me find hope. "
"But what you did today worried us." "But your words calmed me and inspired me. If it weren't for this windy weather, I wouldn't be in trouble. " He shook off a few pebbles from his backpack and showed them off to us happily. Then he turned and brought a basin of water. He put the round and clear stone in the water and brushed it carefully, as if to wash away all the vicissitudes and misfortunes of this stone in the past and let it take root safely and happily in this new home. This child's inner delicacy, kindness and warmth make me worship. At dinner, he told us the whole story.
He said that he likes to see the surging river, soft beaches, beautiful shells or unusual stones. Yesterday, my sister bought him a new bike and rushed out the next day. But what he didn't expect was that it was smooth sailing when he got there. The car sped along the highway with the wind, and it felt very good. Blue sky, birds, white clouds, fallen leaves, and the joy of the old farmer when harvesting crops, the bicycle flew at will, and it took more than two hours to reach the Songhua River. His dream has come true. He is very happy. He played there for a long time, and when he was hungry, he thought of going home and blindsided him. It's terrible. He had to push his car to a small town near the highway for a short stop, but it was already dark, and he couldn't get home at midnight at this speed. He is afraid that he will call me in the evening if he has something urgent, but on the other hand, it is useless to call. He said that at that moment, he especially wanted to go home. After talking to me on the phone, he went to three shops facing the street in succession, only borrowed ten dollars, wrote an iou, and used the brand-new bicycle as collateral to gain their trust in themselves. I have no choice. No matter how pitiful, it finally succeeded. He said that only then did he realize how important it was to help people in need. I was so moved that I almost borrowed ten dollars and wanted to pay back twenty dollars. The big nephew smiled shyly when he finished. I patted my nephew on the shoulder and said, "You are really good. You can be fearless and calm in the face of difficulties. " "In the face of difficulties, nothing is more important than safety. Dignity, face and material things are insignificant. This is my experience on this trip. I am especially grateful to those who have helped me. If the weather is fine tomorrow, I have to pay back the money to get my bike! " Looking at the smiling face of the child in the sunshine, there is a faint sense of shame in my heart. I asked, "What do you think is true happiness?" Talking with a child about the great feeling of life is a bit far-fetched, but in front of a child who really knows and looks for happiness, we adults seem so humble and pitiful. The child said, "Happiness has nothing to do with anything but yourself. Realizing what you like is happiness. " I really don't dare to go deeper, for fear that children will see their almost barren soul soil. Perhaps this kind of mood is slowly moving away from themselves, but they are so eager inside. The content of happiness will be different at different ages, so we don't have the courage to find this kind of mood. Just like a part in a machine, the wear and tear step by step consumes the energy and heat of life, but it ignores itself when helping others.
At that time, my nephew is now a sophomore, and he is very busy and full every day. One day, I went to his house and visited his bedroom, as if I had entered an inner world that seemed small but gave birth to unwarranted awe. Green flowers and plants, lively and lovely goldfish, guitars, piccolo and flutes under the world map are all lying peacefully, and several antique things from nature are placed in several transparent containers. The small space is full of the whole interesting and childlike world. I admire this child with personality. More precisely, I am optimistic about his future, although his achievements are not outstanding. When he came back from school that day, he devoted himself to playing a song "City of the Sky" since the Enlightenment. Very decent, his face was filled with pleasant beauty, but I was intoxicated by his Miri, Malaysia and Malaysians. He told me that I must travel to Qixing Peak when spring is blooming. He said that he would climb to the top of the mountain, feel the unobstructed atmosphere and grandeur, and feel the breath adapted to the drizzle and breeze of flowers, birds, insects and fish. I was also excited on a whim and begged: "Take my aunt with you. I had this wish years ago. Do you have time? " At that time, I was asked speechless. Yes, do I have time? Who did I give my time to? What made me lose the courage to find happiness in my long life? My nephew looked me in the eye and said with a smile, "You adults are all busy making money, and you don't spend it when you make money. What's the point of making this money? " "Don't you just want to make your life better and happier?" "But my happiness has nothing to do with money or grades. I live a colorful life alone and have nothing to do with anything. " The child's words deeply touched me and made me sit up and take notice of this happy boy. A child's words can sober me up and make me re-examine myself. This is a failure of the quality of life. "Auntie, let's go together in the summer vacation, but this is an agreement," she said, holding out her little finger to prove it.
My nephew's academic performance is actually good, but he doesn't study at home. His remarks are: If you want to learn, as long as you spend enough time in school, you can learn crazy. If you don't concentrate and put your youth on it, you may not learn well. So, have fun. Your sister is a gentle mother in front of the children. She has always let her children's ideas drift without objection, and gradually developed a masculine character with ideas and independent work.
In the face of the upcoming senior three, my nephew didn't feel pressure. He said that it is necessary to study when it is time to study, but he also has the freedom to find happiness, and the right to enjoy learning and happiness is equal. Compared with children of the same age, my nephew is very thoughtful, which is absolutely inseparable from his happy growth in his spare time. Such a sunny boy made me think deeply about the purpose of education and the pursuit of life. If someone drags my child to a strange place to play, even if he really wants to go, he will think of the usual words and deeds of adults and refuse others. In contrast, my children are more conservative, just like flowers in a greenhouse. He always has geographical and temperature differences with the outside world. When he is integrated with nature, he still needs some psychological adjustment. This is the difference between different versions of education. And we, even children can understand the weakness of life, but also instill such weakness in children? Deception is out of date, and their thinking changes much faster than ours when they grow up. Do we add fuel to the fire, or do we educate our children in an old-fashioned and stupid way? I think I can learn something from my nephew, from my own behavior, and from the world, so that I can be happy between peace and change, just like my nephew. If we can do this, we dare not say that it is a great progress of mankind, at least we have found the direction of happiness.