Text / Luo Xiaoke
When you were kidnapped by your busy 9 to 5 work, did you ever yearn for poetry and distance?
When you are burdened with heavy mortgage pressure every day, do you also yearn for the beauty of Xanadu?
When you feel extremely tired and depressed, are you also crying out for your soul to leave?
Greece. Sunlight. seagulls. sandy beach.
In the past, I have imagined this scene countless times in my dreams: there is a small house by the sea, facing the sea, spring flowers are blooming, and I want to be a real literary youth.
The abject but elegant Mrs. Dreyer really did it, with a bunch of bear children, away from the high prices and fast pace of London, to the island of Corfu far away from the hustle and bustle.
It's more of an escape from real life than a self-imposed adventure. Because life will not always be a Buddhist existence: half sunshine, generally dark.
The longest companionship is a family together
When I first arrived in Corfu, I was so amazed by everything around me that I couldn't take my eyes away. The scenes in the play all show its unique style and charm.
Everything here is so new and peaceful. The gentle sea breeze gently touched the milky white house, and the warm sunlight poured freely in every corner, filled with poetry everywhere.
The only fly in the ointment is that there is no electricity on the island. The Dreyer family is busy settling and tidying up all the tediousness of the moment, and everyone works together to renovate the old house.
Every day, my mother cooks delicate dishes with heart, tries to integrate into a new environment, makes friends with the residents of the island, and raises the children free-range.
The eldest son began to write at his desk, motivated to become a writer; the second son always likes to cause some troubles and let his mother clean up the mess.
The daughter is full of infinite fantasies about love and longs to marry the person she likes; the younger son is so obsessed with insects on the island that the courtyard at home has become his private laboratory.
The stitches of time seem to have suddenly slowed down, and a new way of life has just begun. Every frame and every frame reveals the breath of life, and even the most common chai, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and tea can sprout new buds of happiness.
Perhaps the reason I'm so obsessed with this show is that it always shows a desirable scene all the time. After removing the heavy mask, the most real and vivid life.
It is said that companionship is the longest confession of affection, and it is also the footnote of perfect family affection. Even if bumps and noises cannot be avoided, as long as the hearts of the family are closely connected, the toughest days will be sweet.
Life is not only about living in front of you, but also poetry and distance
Many people on Zhihu can't understand why such a mini-British drama gets nearly nine points of evaluation? It's nothing more than a story about the life of a family.
There is one answer that feels particularly wonderful: it is not about whether the picture is delicate and delicate, nor whether the plot is ups and downs, but it awakens countless audiences' yearning for a small and lucky way of life.
People who are busy in the metropolis are generally impetuous, kidnapped and restrained by material things, and it is a great blessing to occasionally let their souls go empty.
The Dreyer family interprets what it means to live a truly exquisite and beautiful life from the perspective of warmth. Not living in an expensive big house, not breathing smoggy air, or chasing fame and fortune.
Instead, it precipitates that extremely tired soul, re-brightens the aesthetic eyes, enjoys every moment of the moment, and appreciates every surprise of nature.
Because life is really not only about the present, but also poetry and the distance.
Perhaps, not all Buddhist youths or middle-aged people can comprehend such a state. After all, now that the mourning culture is popular, a warm and flowing life is a good medicine to cure decadence.
Perhaps, everyone has such a small island in their hearts, it is full of birds and flowers, and it is always full of sunshine. We can get out of ourselves here occasionally, we can give our souls a break, and we can go back to the basics and live a slow life.
At the end of the final story, the Dreyer family returned to the United Kingdom because of the outbreak of World War II, and everything in Corfu became a beautiful scenery that was permanently sealed in life.
After all, people always have to return to real life, and the bland nature is what it really looks like.
Maybe it's you, maybe it's me, no matter if you're stuck in a mess or wandering the world, whenever you feel very lost in life, come to the Corfu island in your mind.
After all, here is everything I want.
Poetry, the sea, and the distance.
Author: Luo Xiaoke, a commoner mother who married to Taiwan, writes everything about Taiwan, and is obsessed with film reviews of European and American dramas. Don't forget the original intention, Fang De is always.
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