The world kisses me with pain, I accept it

Tressie 2022-11-30 18:56:44

Every time I feel sorry for myself, I think of "Fugui" who has gone through the hardships and vicissitudes of the world, and in the end there is only an old picture of him and an old scalper living with each other. This kind of tenacious vitality is moving. In comparison, we, who are living in a peaceful age, have more so-called pain than moaning.

It's human nature to be greedy, what you have now is never enough, and you want more. When you have a lot, you are sensitive and fragile, afraid of losing, and can't bear the setbacks in life. The writer Yu Hua once said: As a word, "alive" is full of power in our Chinese language. Its power does not come from shouting or attacking, but to endure, to endure the responsibilities that life gives us, to go Endure the happiness and misery, boredom and mediocrity that reality gives us.

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  • Little Bun: [playing with chickens] When will they grow up?

    Xu Jiazhen: Very soon.

    Little Bun: And then?

    Xu Fugui: And then... the chickens will turn into geese... and the geese will turn into sheep... and the sheep will turn into oxen.

    Little Bun: And after the oxen?

    Xu Fugui: After oxen...

    Xu Jiazhen: After oxen, Little Bun will grow up.

    Little Bun: I want to ride on an ox's back.

    Xu Jiazhen: You will ride on an ox's back.

    Xu Fugui: Little Bun won't ride on an ox... he'll ride trains and planes... and life will get better and better.

  • Xu Fugui: What did you name our son?

    Xu Jiazhen: "Don't Gamble".