Don't know yet? Your life is my life, your death is my death

Rachelle 2022-03-24 09:02:21


(1)

"Why are you crying?"
he asked, in the sun.
The music sounded, swirling with the afternoon sun.
The afternoon sun was so beautiful that it drew the two of them into golden silhouettes, and everything between heaven and earth was golden.
"Matilde sat on a chair, crossed her legs, looked at him, and in the beautiful garden in the sunshine of Hexi, Matilda looked at him, looked at him, looked at him..." the
voiceover goes here , the story ends.
For such an ending, searching for so long, so long, looking for a ray of hope, a belief, a marriage contract.
As a result, Mathiere ushered in such a day, she said that the most beautiful time of that day, the sunshine exists for her - really, the sunshine of the whole film exists for her, in the movie "The Long Engagement", forever They are all golden yellow tones, which make the picture beautiful, and also adjust it away, so that everything is farther and farther away from reality.

So we are moved. Only with sighs, cheers and rejoices for Mathiere's persistence.
Then, we look back around. We don't even have to look around, as long as the lights in the theater are turned on, and the Mathil image has not disappeared, we will already frown and start talking about people's old people, the world is declining, and morals are ruined. Because we believe that there is no such love in reality.
What if?
If anything - when a soldier on a motorcycle ran to Mathiere's house and confirmed that her fiancé was indeed dead on the battlefield, Mathiere slapped him hard: I hate you because you broke my hope.
Yes, if anything, we would actually choose to play the role of that motorcycle soldier more naturally.
At that time, you will never blame yourself for being cruel, destroying a classical, eternal, beautiful and touching love, you will think that what you are doing is very correct, why? ——Because people want to survive in this world, they must first learn to face reality!
So, when we meet someone like Mathiere around us, love tells us to do this:

First, we will slowly open the curtains to let the midday sun in, then peel an apple, Hand it to Mathil who was silent in that dark corner.
Then we will tell Mathiere how naive and unrealistic your thoughts and actions are. Look at the sunshine, the years are passing by, and there is no chance to stay, why do you waste your youth for it? The dead are long gone, and the living is the truth...
Of course, you don't have to learn my tone. I believe that all kind-hearted people will use sincere and touching words to move Mathiere , let her face reality.
Where can there be such a silly girl, just for a promise to "come back and get married after the war" and wait foolishly, believing that the young boy will appear at the entrance of the village when the smoke clears?

In the current society we live in, a promise is as unreliable as a real estate agent's introduction to the house he sells. What's more, the young man is going to the battlefield.
What if he didn't die in battle?
Maybe, he came back and started smoking, swearing like a veteran, and even laughing to describe his past affair. Pulling over the lame Mathil again, she said to her comrades-in-arms: Look, my wife!
Even though he came back with a good image, he was still handsome and innocent, with a lovely smile, and he fell in love with Mathiere and got married. But he is a soldier, and he came back with military exploits, and the girls who came here are gone—so, after half a year of marriage, suddenly, Mathil found that he, he, he was actually on QQ (oh, this It seems outdated, it should be said to be MSN [Happy Farm, hehe]) video with a female netizen, and then turned back to face Mathil's inquiry indifferently - I don't need to say, he has changed his mind.
We don't even have to imagine, just look at the examples around us, which are really too many.
Well, these are very common. The problem is that the love story of the beautiful princess and the prince living happily together in exchange for Mathil's waiting for so long, so long, has been shattered like this?
Well, it's better not to wait in the first place.

Well-intentioned, we have such confidence and persuade Mathiere.
Yes, this is real love.
You must first calculate the opportunity cost and figure out the gain and loss, and then you can decide whether to love it or not.
Xue Baochai's marriage to Jia Baoyu is profitable, and Lin Daiyu's marriage to Jia Baoyu can only drag each other down, so they don't need love; since Zhu Yingtai can't wait for Liang Shanbo, a high-quality stock, marrying Ma Wencai is also good, and the prospects are bright. Knowing the book and being reasonable, the husband sings and the wife follows, complementing each other. Why bother to go to the road of death for both of them? In the first place, youth is wasted in vain. Apart from the two years of school days, there is still a lot of happiness in human relations and career that have not been enjoyed, and a reputation for being unfaithful and unfilial...
This kind of thing The so-called classical concept of love can only be criticized, and can only be placed in movies and novels.
What's more, our "Reader" often publishes such articles - under the setting sun, two old people who have experienced vicissitudes of life support each other and walk slowly, leaving a long figure, which moved the writer. yourself and then impress others.
This article tells us that when we are old, we still have the opportunity to have love, because love is not necessarily just for one person, for a lifetime, the key is to support each other when we are old.

With that, isn't that enough?


(2)

"Why are you crying?"
he asked, in the sun.
Mathiere sat on the chair, crossed her legs, looked at him, in the beautiful garden under the sunshine of Hexi, Mathiere looked at him, looked at him, looked at him...
Mathiere is so quiet When looking at him, did she worry about the future? Did she feel lucky for her persistence in the first place?
No, of course not. With just a little hesitation, the story isn't beautiful, is it?
Unfortunately, as human beings, we hesitate about everything, think rationally, or ask ourselves: Is it worth it?
The stories of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai have been transformed into many possibilities by modern people, but they were all cast in the sky to find high-quality stocks.
Because the classic desperate love story is so unbelievable and so exhausting - we have to face the boss's meanness, the burden of work, the hopelessness of a raise, the luxury of vacation, buy a car and buy a house to enjoy life to keep up with The embarrassment of the trend - where is the mood to spend that kind of time and energy to give up everything for love?
Therefore, Lin Daiyu, who knows that she is hopeless, should choose to leave wisely, marry a good person, and ignore the crazy Baoyu who has a safe future. When the dust settles, we are still friends. We see each other from a distance in Ocean Park or the newly opened Disneyland, wave to each other, and introduce that this is my order, that is my husband, this is my baby, That's my babe...then the sun sets and everyone rejoices.
This is the truly perfect ending.
Korean dramas are desperately trying to make love poignant and beautiful, that is, they have seen through all this, but there will be no such thing in reality, so everyone will close the film and television, and will attract them to watch these strange things.

August and frost on the train in 2000.
August said, tell me a story.
Shuangtian said:
A scholar who was rushing for an exam rested in an ancient temple. In the middle of the night, he was suddenly summoned into the palace. It turned out that he had once rescued a good man in this kingdom. At the king's summoning banquet, the scholar responded fluently and suavely, which made the princess green eyes, but annoyed the prospective concubine. At the banquet, the princess was always attentive and timid, and always let her female companions rumors. Who knows, the scholar and her female companions met like old friends and fell in love at first sight.
So the quasi-consort Mali communicated with foreign countries and summoned the red flag and yellow flag states to invade. Because of her grief, the princess deliberately sent the scholar and female companion out to die. As a result, although the scholar used the strategy of burning the battlefield to defeat the enemy, he was separated from the army. Under the unfamiliar life, I found a female companion who came from the trail. The scholar was overjoyed, and then shocked again: You, a weak woman, should not face this disaster with me.
The female partner raised her head: don't you know? Your life is my life, and your death is my death.
The scholar burst into tears, how can the benefits of fame and fame in life be comparable to these words?
Live and die together, and return home after suffering. The princess finally told them that the kingdom was nothing but an ant's nest. The scholar once rescued the princess who went out, so he planned to ask him to come down and thank him. But unexpectedly so many things happened.
The princess pointed to a deep ancient well and said that the scholar's body is still sleeping under the locust tree, but he must jump down the ancient well and go back, because if the body does not return to the body after dawn, the body will no longer exist, then he is in Gu Huai Ant Kingdom will not live long; but if he goes back, he must be separated from his female companion, because female companion cannot appear in reality.

Shuangtian asked:
This is a dilemma, either life or separation, or death. In August, which one do you think scholars should choose?
As if the already asleep August did not lift her head, she asked Shuangtian: What about you, what would you choose?
Shuangtian laughed: History has already told you - the scholar returned to reality and found out that it was just a dream of Nanke, so he went to the road to take the test, and finally the first prize and the first...
Not finished, August's tears flowed down: So, nothing happened in that dream, Luo?
Shuangtian was busy wiping away her tears: it's not just a story...
August shook his head, letting the tears stay, chanting:
Don't you know? Your life is my life, and your death is my death.

After many years.
Shuangtian read the text of August, recalled Wuyi Mountain and the shoulder man on the mountain road, recalled the train on the way home, and the dialogue of the train.
Netizens said: I haven't read such "warm" text for many years. It's just, "Your life is my life, your death is my death", but these two sentences make people's hearts are completely pulled...

Shuangtian's eyes are blurred.
That day, August asked: What is your choice? In the face of life and death, do you still have a trace of hesitation?

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A Very Long Engagement quotes

  • Mathilde: [after climbing out of her wheelchair] Miracles don't just happen in Lourdes, you know.

  • Ange Bassignano: [writes] "Revenge is pointless. Try to be happy and don't ruin your life for me."