14-year-old Xiaowa's family went bankrupt and his parents divorced. Xiaowa had to transfer to a cheap but bad school.
Harsh principals, bullying classmates, unremarkable grades.
Ireland is so deserted all year round, the blue sky is always covered with a layer of gray, the clear air, and the fallen leaves all over the ground. The street is deserted. The brother told Xiaowa that those who stayed in Dublin ended up becoming unemployed alcoholics.
The TV says that more and more people are emigrating to London because there is hope there.
There are always times when I'm a little worried, and I don't know what I'm worried about, but I just don't know what to do.
Xiaowa thought, he has to do something, he has to do something serious.
Then write a song.
Then love someone.
A pretty girl is standing on the steps by the side of the road, smoking an unlit cigarette.
Xiaowa came over and said, do you want fire?
The girl said, no, I'm about to quit anyway.
Xiaowa said, well, I have no fire anyway.
Xiaowa said, our band is going to shoot a MV, do you want to appear in the video?
Xiaowa doesn't have a band at all.
02
was always eager to do something cool when I was young.
But many people are bluffing and force their blood.
Some people shouted "travel that says go, love that doesn't care for one's life". As if he really did it.
Some people actually do.
Skip classes, skip jobs, pretend you can, and pretend a trip will actually make you better.
Put a circle of candles and make a powerful confession, leaving behind an unwashable candle liquid and a girl with an embarrassed face.
I don't like recalling my own youth. I was often ignorant and vain at that time. The performance is lively, but also lonely. The performance is maverick, but also vulnerable and sentimental. I'm so insincere, I just wish there were a few more viewers.
Youth has never been harder or more lonely. It's just that when I'm ignorant and hypocritical, I always want to escape hard work and fear loneliness.
So, I like those honest and serious youth.
Later, Xiaowa really formed a band, wrote songs day and night, and found girls to shoot videos.
The sky in Ireland was still so gloomy, and Xiaowa's grades were still so bad. My parents are divorced, and the family's big house is going to be sold to pay off the debt. The 15-year-old Xiaowa can't say anything, can't do anything.
Xiaowa loves someone seriously, whether there is a response or not. Seriously write a song, whether anyone listens to it or not.
In those times in life when "I really don't know what to do", I try my best to do one thing seriously.
No matter how trivial or futile it may be. All are lifesavers.
15-year-old Xiaowa and a 16-year-old girl stole the family boat and escaped from Dublin to their dream city. It was raining on the sea and they happily waved to a large ship opposite.
The movie is over.
Maybe the wind and rain ahead, the road resistance and long. Maybe a long way off, lost in the direction. But it doesn't matter anymore, this is not a story about the beginning or the demise of a dream. That is the next life.
03
I have a friend Ah Qun, who chased a southern girl for three years in college, once a year.
Each time begins with a reluctant restart and ends with a reluctant abandonment.
On the day of graduation, Ah Qun sent the girl to the train station, which was crowded with people.
When the train started, Aqun shouted "I love you" through the window.
What the girl said, Ah Qun couldn't hear. The two were crying face to face through the car window.
The girl said on the phone, if you are willing to come to Taizhou after graduation, I will promise you. A Qun said, I will.
After the train left, Ah Qun took a taxi to the airport, bought the earliest ticket, and chased the train that the girl from the south took, thinking of giving the girl a surprise.
The girl intern in a company in Taizhou. Ah Qun lives in a small hotel in Taizhou. On the first day after work, the girl came to see Ah Qun and said a few words.
The next day, the girl said in a text message that there are guests at home, you should rest in the hotel.
No news since the third day.
Ah Qun sits in the hotel every day, watching the high-voltage lines and sparrows on the high-voltage lines outside the window.
Look at the road downstairs, pedestrians and cars on the road.
On the fifth day, Ah Qun sent a text message saying, I'm going home, let's meet again.
The girl said, sorry, I have to work overtime today. Also, I got back with my ex boyfriend. Be safe on your way.
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Later, I asked Ah Qun, how do you feel when you think about the train chase that year?
Ah Qun said, I was surprised at my dedication and patience at that time. Ah Qun also said that it is better to be simple and more powerful.
After so many years, the southern girl who was loved and paid for has probably long forgotten the story of chasing the train. And for Ah Qun, the longer the time, the more mellow.
So loving is more meaningful than being loved.
Love is not consumption, love is labor and creation. If we give a little love, the world will have a little more love.
Write a song for love, make a breakfast for love, and brag about love. It is our contribution to this warm world. Whether we are happy or sad because of it, that is our gift to the world and ourselves.
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