"The Fairy Tale of the Years" begins with a glass staff member reflecting the dazzling sunlight, an orderly office, and an extremely ordinary-looking female employee - Taeko Okajima, after watching "The Fairy Tale of the Years". "I thought I was going abroad, but the 10-day vacation was to go back to my hometown in Yamagata Prefecture."..."Well, I like the countryside." The camera suddenly turned, and a group of fifth-grade girls were discussing summer vacation under the sun Where to go to play, Xiao Miaozi envies her classmates who can go to the countryside, and for her, she has been living in Tokyo since her mother's generation. Carrying her childhood wishes, Taeko, an adult, begins her country trip, along with her various childhood memories. The first thing that came to my mind was the summer vacation of the fifth grade to go to the hot sea (bathing) and eat pineapple for the first time. In these two short stories, the scene of the Taeko family sitting around the table recurs repeatedly: a dignified father, a gentle and virtuous mother, a grandmother enjoying her old age, and two excellent sisters who are much older than Taeko, which constitute the Taeko family The main context of the memory. During the period, Taeko's character also began to show: when discussing Atami, the two sisters were full of praise and yearning, but in the end they were reluctant to go, but Taeko went to Atami to try various bathhouses with beautiful names: Grimm's Fairy Tale Bathhouse , Mermaid, Lemon, Tricolor Lilac, Roman Bathhouse, judging from the admiration on her face, this experience should have left her with very good memories. The first time I ate pineapple, although I had been looking forward to it for a long time, the taste of pineapple did not suit their taste. The two sisters put it down after one bite, but Taeko insisted on finishing it, because it was she who "finally asked my father to buy it." of". At this point, we can vaguely perceive some special qualities of the protagonist Taeko: the practice of good things and the self-esteem and persistence of a child. These traits can easily remind us of our own childhood—they may seem like they’re not worth mentioning, but on closer inspection they may be what set us apart from everyone else
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