This is a story that started with Dorayaki. What is the soul of Dorayaki? It's probably red bean paste. Red bean paste is the essence of this story, and it is also a metaphor.
To make a delicious red bean paste, start preparing it before dawn. The carefully selected red beans are soaked overnight, steamed twice, and then let the slow water flow to take away the astringency of the red beans. There must be a long wait before boiling. You have to cook it as soon as you pour it in. It's too disrespectful to the red beans. To wait for them to absorb enough water, give them patience and time. In addition to waiting during the cooking process, you have to wait and see carefully, stir slowly, and occasionally say "Come on" to them. It's really troublesome. Many people, even if they raise children, probably don't have such patience, let alone the red beans that grow from the ground. The hospitality that life deserves is really rare and precious.
The red bean paste that was treated with great hospitality was really recognized by people. They praised, they lined up, they smiled. Later, summer came, the weather turned cold, and they all disappeared again. There was a long close-up shot of Mrs. Tokugawa's hands in the sun, and she rubbed her hands restlessly. It was a pair of hands that had become unsightly due to leprosy. They became crooked and looked like the hands of a beckoning cat when greeted them, unable to straighten them. There are spots on the surface of the hands. When Mrs. Dejiang used her hands to make dorayaki for everyone, she was really worried about her, but everything went well, and everyone happily took the food from her hand. What they fear is not those hands, but the strange and terrifying word "leprosy". In the lens, we did not see the rumors and harm, only the clear weather, the world looks so clean, people are not malicious, but the Dorayaki shop has become very deserted. The manager smoked a cigarette and said, let's stop here today. Mrs. Dejiang put on a good hat, changed into a good coat, and said with a smile, then I will leave. Then she returned to the living community of the leper who had been quarantined a long time ago, and did not return to the store, even though she had recovered. She is seventy-six years old, and she is not an innocent old lady who has never been hurt.
She didn't have a phone call, and sent a letter to the store manager. The letter stated that although she lives with the mentality of living one day and one day less, she is sometimes crushed by the forces of this world, so she has to use wisdom from time to time. To live. Every time she cooks red bean paste, she listens so close to them. She believes that all beings in this world are capable of talking and will tell about the rainy and sunny days they have experienced, and the wind they have encountered. Where Mrs. Dejiang lives, the entrance is like a secret forest, covered with tall trees, and there is only a narrow road to enter. The girl who made an appointment with Mrs. Dejiang and Moon went there with the manager. It is said that people with leprosy will rot and bend their whole body, their noses will fall, and even their faces will disappear. But they walked in and saw the survivors who were still alive, and saw the old people talking and laughing in the sun. The little girl looked at them and smiled, the store manager still looked sad. The manager is a sweet tooth, but works in a dorayaki shop. When Mrs. Tokujiang asked the manager for the first time why she did not like sweets but wanted to do dorayaki, the manager changed the subject. Later, on sunny days with no guests, he told Mrs. De Jiang that he owed a debt to the shopkeeper, which might have to be repaid for a lifetime, so he worked here. Mrs. Dejiang said that there are always various difficulties in life.
At the end of the story, Mrs. De Jiang left because of pneumonia. When she was taken to this city by her brother, her brother told her that she might be suffering from leprosy. If it was confirmed, he could only leave her here alone. The night before, her mother cooked her delicious red bean rice. At that time, she was about the same age as the little girl, did not go to school again, and then lived in this place for almost 60 years. She left a tape for the store manager and the little girl. The tape mentioned that because she saw the shop manager, she looked like she was trapped in a cage and was not free, so she went to the shop in a ghostly manner. She also mentioned her child who was born with no luck. If he were born, he would be the age of the store manager. "We were born to see and listen to the world with our own eyes. So, even if we haven't become anything, we have the meaning of living." Halfway through the story, that person wants to go to high school but has no money. The little girl in the cram school went to the bookstore to find information about leprosy. Many images of leprosy patients were recorded in that book. On the last page of the book, there is a sentence: "We also want to live in a bright world." We are all blooming flowers in this world. It should bloom seriously, accept rain, sun, and breeze seriously, and decline seriously. Be gracious to the life that has come.
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