I asked my mother, "Do you miss your life in the farmhouse when you were a child?" Mother said rationally, "I don't miss it." She may be right not to be nostalgic. Just like cooking, it is not easy to have firewood. When my mother was a child, it was difficult for agriculture to harvest Chengdu in one year, not to mention firewood burning after harvest.
At that time, regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter, I got up in the middle of the night every day. There is no watch at home, and the only thing that can tell the time is that the rooster crows, but at that time the rooster didn't crow. Get up and touch the black road and climb away from Beishan, a village more than ten miles away. Just walking and climbing mountains is a great physical exertion.
When going up the mountain, in my mother's words, "the mountain is also convex." Walking that far, you can pick up a bundle of firewood every time. So I get up early and tired day after day.
Mom said that her biggest dream at that time was to look forward to when I would stop climbing Beishan. I think my mother's memories of collecting firewood alone as a child are better than her happy life in the countryside in the future.
Perhaps, I haven't really experienced the hardships and hardships of rural life, and the spiritual struggle day after day. Therefore, my rural life is full of poetic imagination. Of course, the quality of life in rural areas has improved a lot, and the hard work has been much less.
What I imagine is that cooking in the yard, without turning on the range hood, the smell of fireworks and oil smoke will run up and then blend in with the surrounding air. There is no need to spend some time cleaning up the oil.
What I imagine is that the yard is planted with seasonal fruits and vegetables, and the yard is dotted with flowers and plants. Every day after work, one of my main leisure activities is sowing, digging and watering ... every day, on sunny days, I sit next to them and enjoy the sunshine and air together. Wow, I am drunk. I am really intoxicated when I imagine it.
Just, wake up. I live in the city now, and everything is convenient. My body is liberated from work, but the space in my heart is getting smaller and smaller, and it is more and more difficult to understand nature and comfort.
When you eat, you can pick up food and chew it without mental involvement. Then take your brain away and listen to the important things today.
After eating a meal, I didn't eat it well. I complained that the meal was terrible and asked for more seasoning next time. Or simply eat takeout and eat some fast food.
Eating doesn't require brain work, but it still needs its participation. The body and brain are a whole, and they are closely connected with cells. Eating a meal is not a sprint, not a charge. What we want is to eat and eat naturally with all our heart. Eat its natural flavor, absorb its nutrition and replenish healthy energy to the body.
The outside world, too fast, too fast to accelerate, as if eating is a waste of time. There are always tens of thousands of people in WeChat group and circle of friends every day, and all kinds of needs change, so we should seize it quickly ... If you dare to stop, it seems that life is too horrible.
The epidemic stopped our busy pace of travel, but it didn't stop our desire. When I was a child, the topic of the first class in science class was "Love Nature". Now, I think this is very interesting.
Everyone, running and stopping, seems really different. But the heart is in our own body after all. Besides yoga and bathing every day, you should calm down and get along comfortably with your heart. Maybe it needs your care, too Like going on vacation. ...
I can only hear about my mother's hard work as a child, but I can't understand it. Her life is much easier now than before, and her heart is very satisfied, so she feels good now. And I hope I can be satisfied with the present. When I tell my children about my childhood life, I am not looking for a way out for my heart that has been working hard and pinning its hopes on tomorrow.
When I was reading A Brief History of Mankind that day, there was a passage to the effect that capitalists would invest a large part of their income, or continue to expand production, but rarely use it for consumption. The products or services produced have to have a market, so a new ethical concept-consumerism is introduced, and with the help of public psychology, "indulgence is good for you, and frugality is like self-restraint."
Looking at the health pot on the table at home, I couldn't help laughing. Obviously, there is a kettle, a rice cooker and an extra pot dedicated to health. Watching the news, what did so-and-so coffee invest in? Rich people have money to invest, but we have paid a little and spent it quickly.
Breaking up is much more difficult than enjoying consumerism, but it is true to calm down and think about it. That is to give up the desire for money, pleasure and fame. Remember what Ma Yun said to the effect that he would get 20,000 yuan a month? People who earn money live the most comfortable life. Simply put, it's easy to understand. Rich material life, spiritual separation, life is not beautiful.
This year, I plan to add the following contents to my book: Buy 0 new clothes. Fortunately, so far this year, my new additions have not exceeded the standard.