In the summer of 1982, Taeko, 27, took 10 days off from the company to travel to the countryside in Yamagata Prefecture, her brother-in-law's hometown, because she thought Tokyo was "messy." Taeko was born, grew up, and worked in Tokyo. Ever since she was a child, she envied other classmates who could go to the countryside in the summer. On the eve of departure, Taeko recalled the boring and unfortunate one-day trip to the hot spring in the fifth grade of elementary school during the summer vacation. That was the beginning of her rural complex. During the 10-day vacation, accompanied by farmer Minxiong, he picked safflower, learned to cultivate organic rice, weaved utensils with grass, and admired the beauty of the countryside. At the same time, he kept recalling what happened in the fifth grade of elementary school.
It was the first time to eat a rare pineapple. Even if it was not as delicious as she imagined, she ate it one by one; her composition was praised by the teacher, but her mother said that adults like children who are not picky eaters; she was praised by a neighbor named Hirota who was very good The baseball player likes it, a beautiful evening on the way from school, he asked, compared to rainy days, sunny days, and cloudy days, what do you like most? I was angry with my sister, and was beaten by my father for the first and only time. I cried in the quilt all night, thinking that I had picked it up. After taking the physiology and hygiene class, she was embarrassed by the girl's secret, and even if she was sick, she would not play sports. Asking for leave from class; playing the role of the village boy Jia in the drama. Because of his excellent improvisation, he was invited by the students of Japan University to participate in the drama, but he regretted because his father did not agree...
What will one's childhood experience give? How deep is his mark as an adult? In Taeko's childhood, her mother was gentle but not very talkative, her sisters were often sarcastic, and her father was always behind a newspaper. Taeko's childhood was normal and imperfect. All the sweetness, pride, confusion, embarrassment, guilt, regret, etc. brought to her by the small events she has experienced are hidden in a certain corner of her body. When she grew up, Taeko was kind, disciplined, and ordinary, but she still didn't learn to be tactful. A lot of confusion has not been resolved, just used to accept and forbear. However, people can't live with themselves forever. The subconscious told her that she needed a turning point, so she had this trip.
Taeko asked Minxiong if he was good at fraction division. She said that people who learned fraction division well have a good life. For example, her friend Li Hui, who married and had children successfully, is already a mother of two children. And she was terrible at math as a child, cutting apples with a knife, and couldn't figure out the answer to dividing two-thirds of an apple by a quarter. Minxiong said abruptly: Just like us farmers, we have to be very persistent in doing many things. More and more people will only imitate others, follow the fashion of the city, and finally lose themselves... Taeko feels He has a bad mind and is rigid, but Minxiong saw Taeko's persistence. Instead of simply accepting the rule of multiplying the numerator and denominator, he wanted to really understand it.
When Minxiong's grandmother asked Taeko if she would like to stay as the farmer's daughter-in-law, Taeko seemed to be woken up by cold water. She never thought about this problem, and she never thought that she could adapt to the living habits here. She was ashamed of the attitude she might have been trying to imitate by bluntly saying how much she liked the countryside without understanding the hardships of those who work in agriculture.
At this time, a little boy named Abe suddenly jumped out of his memory. Abe is a poor and dirty child in his family, and many of his classmates despise him. Taeko didn't do anything to dislike him because of his kindness, but Abe said to her when he transferred, "I don't want to shake hands with you." Taeko felt very guilty. She thought that Abe must know that she also thought he was dirty. Toshio comforted her, Abe actually liked Taeko, and boys of that age used this way to express their love.
The holidays are over and Taeko boarded the train back to Tokyo. 10 days of living in the village, memories, and getting along with Minxiong, made her mind open and suddenly cheerful. Her childhood self and her classmates happily surrounded her, urging her to make a choice to follow her heart.
The picture and the music are really beautiful. I like both very much. Countryside scenery, dawn, sunset, sunny, cloudy, rainy, forests, fields, rivers, farmhouses, can read light, temperature, smell, mood, and the sincerity of "Mr. Crow, please go...". Although it is a bland movie, the mood has been ups and downs. Seeing Abe, who was wearing ill-fitting clothes, walking down the street holding hands by his despondent father, he couldn't help shedding tears. There are truly geniuses in this world.
After lying in bed, try to recall little events from my elementary school days.
Incident 1: When I was in the second grade of elementary school, for some unknown reason, two girls and I were peeing under the remote stairs, and was discovered by the students on duty at the school. We were escorted to the teacher's office. Hua and I were so frightened that we kept admitting our mistakes and crying. The other girl, Jun, did not say a word. The teacher said that we had a good attitude of admitting our mistakes, but he severely criticized Jun. I can still recall your demeanor to this day, just pursed lips and said nothing, very resolute.
Event 2: During the summer vacation of the fifth grade of elementary school, Li and I went to a university to learn Chinese painting. After we bought ink, brushes and paints, we went to sit in the park for a while, and a handsome high school boy approached us. I actually saw him on the university campus the next day. It turned out that he was studying painting in the classroom next door to us. Later, he sent Li a painting book, a calligraphy book to me, and also wrote letters to us, talking about painting and ideals. At that time, no other students would receive letters or even parcels, which quickly attracted the attention of the head teacher and other girls. The card sent to me by my cousin in college was torn down by a bunch of jealous girls, including Li. Later, when I transferred schools, I heard that Li ran to the boy's grandmother's house after a fight with her mother. After that, I became estranged from Rei.
Hehe, those two things jumped into memory all at once. For a time, a timid, shy, and well-behaved me appeared in front of my eyes. Now, I am a passive person, afraid of change, so the road in front of me is getting narrower and narrower, and my life is a bit "messy". Are the various psychological discomforts now prompting a turning point in my life? Maybe I also need a journey to explore my heart like this, from my original self to find my true self.
Taeko stood in the rice field and said, "Organic agriculture is really not very beautiful when it is implemented!" It is easy to create an ideal, but it will be very hard to stick to it. Then there is no perfection in life that does not require sacrifice.
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