Epilogue (Qingdao nostalgia is also known as "Only the fragrance is like the old time")

postscript

A year ago, I suddenly had the impulse to grab a pen and talk about the old things. Talking and talking gives birth to infinite fun, and after the fun, the pen feels overwhelmed, although many teachers do not hesitate to carry and reward.

Usually, I don't dare to write at night, and most of them are "stealing half a day's leisure", as Mr. Said, the time sponge is crowded. The writing process is surprisingly happy, which was unexpected before, like an actor entering the role, unable to dial himself, like a mesmerized. Lala miscellaneous writing is nearly 200,000 words, even I myself are incredible, suddenly have the feeling of climbing back.

When it was time to conclude the book, I did not feel afraid, but the reason of "ignorance and fearlessness" produced great courage, so I was much relieved. Frankly, I wrote it in a state of unconsciousness, without pressure and urgency, as I pleased, and as natural as I wanted. Forty-eight years old is a golden age for a writer, which is the age of the birth of the emperor's great works and the fame of fame, and his works certainly have depth and insight in both thought and form. Li Bai, Su Dongpo, Cao Xueqin, Lu Xun and other masters were all like this, and some even left sadly at this age. However, I am not, the learning is very shallow and stupid, and the toddler seems to be just getting started, and the gorgeous decoration skills that he has previously practiced seem to be useless. It is far from the realm of miscellaneous studies, literary brilliance, and freedom of collection.

Originally published earlier, several helpers actively asked for manuscripts, and months passed; Not only that, the complete electronic version of the manuscript, who wanted to inadvertently send a person by mistake, that person actually ghostly sent God to "format" erased, had to delay for many days, fortunately did not encounter the tragedy of Chen Duxiu's manuscript in his later years was destroyed. Sure, how old am I?! And what is my clumsy writing?!

When it is about to be published, some people cannot fail to mention it, such as brothers who are deeply brothers; Such as the tireless Liu Haijun, Song Wenjing, Xie Yicheng, Wang Peidong, Liu Tao, Han Jiachuan and other teachers and friends; Such as the binding designer Duan Peiyuan; Of course, there are more emissaries of love, Jin Cuihua and Hu Nianbang... I would like to sincerely thank them, without their full help, it would be difficult to combine the clumsy text into a book.

At the end of the collection, the articles published in the early nineties such as "Little Nanny", "A Friend's Cat", "Mundane Affairs" and other articles were also selected, and a few sentences were added, and I felt that I had a sense of historical vicissitudes, which made people sigh; In addition, the inclusion of the article "Regret" by the eldest brother in the same nostalgic style into the collection is also very shadowy; Again, I chose a few travel essays.

With the passage of time, re-examining or experiencing or hearing old things, there is no taste of impacting the soul, and it is also a kind of cultivation and combing of life unintentionally.

"The deceased is like a sif, who does not give up day and night." A sigh from Confucius more than 2,000 years ago made me feel empathy and shake my ears at this time; Looking back at the people and things described, let me say with emotion: I thought that living in the world, the pursuit of happiness is human instinct, and happiness comes from reducing desire and living simply.

Quiet is much better than impetuous; I think more and more so now, and I always realize that I am a small person.

"Teach us how to count our days, so that we may have a wise heart."

2008.11.27 in Qingdao Huiyuan