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Speaking of cross-talk, I believe most people will think of Guo Degang, and Shimada Yochi is the Guo Degang of the Japanese cross-talk industry.
However, what makes this actor, who is known as a Japanese comedy titan and cross-talk genius, really popular in Asia is his autobiographical novel "Saga's Super Grandma".
Published in 2001, Saga's Super Grandma sold more than 7 million copies in Japan and was at the top of the bestseller list for three consecutive years. In 2006, the traditional version was published in Taiwan and became the top of the charts in the first week of its listing. What is even more amazing is that readers have taken the initiative to raise 100 million yen in order to make this novel available on the screen.
The book that caused such a big reaction only tells the story of the poor years when Shimada Yochi was a child with his grandmother in Saga. Perhaps what makes this ordinary deeply touching is exactly what the book explains: laughing at poverty and treating life with joy.
Although the author's life began with poverty, he grew up to become a Japanese comedy genius and had a life that everyone envied. The poverty of childhood not only did not limit his vision and pattern, but gave Shimada Yochi the capital of counterattack - the spirit of abundance.
Poverty is not terrible, but fear is poverty of heart. How to create inner prosperity in poverty? The book gives us the best interpretation.
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Optimism stems from a unique view of poverty
The young Tokunaga (Yoshichi Shimada's original name) was sent to Saga's grandmother's house because his mother had no time to take care of him. Despite his initial reluctance, he eventually spent eight years at his grandmother's house.
Speaking of the days in Saga, it can almost be summed up by the word "poverty", how poor is Grandma's family?
Lonely and lonely broken huts, eating dishes all rely on garbage wafting from the river, hungry people can only eat at school, sports that cost money cannot be learned... These are all true portrayals of Tokuno's childhood, but because of his grandmother's unique insights, poverty has become not sad at all.
Grandma went to work as a cleaner every day before dawn, and although she worked hard, she could not survive. Deyong comforted his grandmother and said that he would be fine if he had money later. Grandma replied that there are two kinds of poverty, poor and depressed and poor and cheerful, and we are poor and cheerful. And unlike going from rich to poor, be confident because we have been poor for generations.
Has Grandma really been so poor all along? The answer is no. Grandma's mother's family was noble, and she had been the nursing mother of the lord of Saga Castle for generations. Later, she married Grandpa Tokunaga, who ran a bicycle shop, and bicycles were a luxury product at that time, and those who could afford to open a shop were also rich and noble.
Grandma said this because she knew that the status quo of poverty could not be changed in the short term, and she did not want her children to live in dissatisfaction with life. So she told the child that our lives have always been poor, but poverty is not a reason to be sad, we should always be cheerful.
Because there is no money, Grandma's table only has sweet ginger and dried plums all year round, and the improvement of food depends on the "garbage" floating in the river. Turnips with branches on the tail, deformed cucumbers, etc., these vegetables and fruits that were discarded due to poor quality, became delicacies in Grandma's skillful hands.
Deyong happily enjoys the tomatoes floating in the river, feeling the coolness of the juice after the river is washed, just like his grandmother can always find food from the garbage in the eyes of others, Deyong understands that he can find beauty in the bad, and he will see hope in adversity.
Once, Deyong wanted to learn sports, and her grandmother, who could not afford to pay tuition, naturally did not agree, but she did not deprive Deyong of the right to study, but recommended a sport that did not cost money - running.
The young Tokunaga didn't think much of it, only knowing that running was as worth learning as fencing and judo, and it didn't cost money. He ran a run on the main road every day, and finally really ran the results, won the long-distance running championship for six years of primary school, and won his own glory.
In the face of poverty, most people choose to believe that nothing can be done without money, and the way of thinking taught to Deyong by her grandmother is: how to achieve without money.
Grandma did not limit Tokunaga's growth because of poverty, but cultivated his willpower and sense of responsibility.
It has been said that optimists can see a hope in a disaster, and pessimists see a disaster in a hope.
Deyong and his grandmother's life is a disaster everywhere because of poverty, but his grandmother's unique insights have made Deyong see hope everywhere, so that he has learned to face life with an optimistic attitude at all times.
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Love and beauty make people's lives full of expectation and confidence
Tokuno's favorite person is his mother. Although the woman who supported the family alone because of the early death of her husband tried her best, in the end, because of reality, she had to entrust Deyong to his grandmother who was thousands of miles away.
In the eight years, because of her busy work, my mother had very few days to spend with Tokunaga. So much so that later, when her mother appeared at the sports meeting, even Deyong's class teacher was moved to tears and said, "Deyong, your mother has finally come." ”
Although her mother spent very little time with Deyong, she would always express her love unreservedly in the time she spent together. Mother's tavern was poorly run and financially strapped. But every summer when they get together, they always take him to see the expensive professional baseball game.
Deyong treasured the small ticket stub and showed off every time he was told. What he carefully preserves is the joy of getting together, and what everyone says is the love of his mother.
In the child's world, what seems to be most important is not whether the material conditions are good or not, but the mother's love and attention to him.
Mother's love made the poor man feel extremely rich, even in words. Tokunaga's essay, which was not good in culture class, won the prize, and the title was "My Mother".
On the days of separation, Deyong often received letters from his mother, and there were two letters each time, one to Deyong and one to his grandmother.
The letter to Deyong was full of thoughts and beauty, but the letter to his grandmother always hid the heartache that Deyong did not know: "Mother, I'm sorry that I can't make up five thousand yuan for living expenses this month, and I will give two thousand for the time being..."
The mother never showed financial constraints to Tokunaga and never brought the heaviness of life to her children. Tokunaga never knew that to maintain this poverty, his mother had done her best.
What her mother shows Tokunaga is always a good side.
One year, my mother visited My grandmother's house, and the family played and sang under the cherry blossom trees. Tokunaga listened to his mother's beautiful singing, enjoyed the admiration of the onlookers for his mother, and was very proud in his heart.
The appearance of the mother is always with praise and beauty. Tokunaga will always be overjoyed by the appreciation of outsiders because of "Your mother is really good-looking, and her singing is so good..."
In Deyong's heart, her mother never left a trace of resentment against the suffering life, leaving only a beautiful face and a beautiful song. She made Tokunaga understand that poverty is also worth having good.
His mother's unreserved love gave Deyong enough security, and those beautiful displays of reality made him full of expectations for life, so that Deyong could confidently and bravely move towards a better life when he grew up.
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People who are spiritually rich will always silently help others
In psychology, mental poverty means that the mind is solidified, for the sake of the self, not for the sake of others, in short, selfishness. Fortunately, in the environment in which Deyong lives, although there are many poor people, there are very few people who are poor, and these people always silently help Deyong.
For example, Deyong's class teacher always exchanges his bento full of chicken legs and sausages with Deyong on the day of the annual sports day on the grounds of stomach pain. These fragrant dishes not only filled Deyong's stomach, but also made him feel love and encouragement.
There is also Tokunaga's first favorite girl, Yoshinaga, who always eats a bowl of noodles for the reason of pointing wrong and ordering too much, so that Tokunaga, who can only afford shaved ice, eats a bowl of noodles.
Even the uncle who sells tofu is very kind, and he takes the initiative to poke the intact tofu in order to make Deyong feel comfortable and buy at a low price.
These well-meaning people always go to great lengths to get Deyong to accept help without embarrassment.
There is a dialogue in the movie "The Biography of Shakyamuni Buddha": Those who have the hearts of others are spiritually rich people.
People who are lacking in their hearts usually think only about themselves, and the occasional help is only to label it as charity, never giving or not, whether others want it or not. The well-meaning people that Tokunaga met made him understand that people with rich spirits would always put themselves in the shoes of others and give people sincere help.
Confucius said: Living with good people is like entering the room of Zhilan, and not smelling its fragrance for a long time; living with bad people, like entering the abalone, for a long time without smelling its smell.
Tokunaga, who lived in the "good man pile", also became a spiritually rich person in the subtle way, for example, later he would gather everyone to work together to earn travel expenses in order to let the equally poor Kubo participate in the graduation trip.
It has been said that as long as it can be given, it is not poor. Material scarcity is not terrible, terrible is spiritual scarcity, and those who are willing to sincerely help others are the truly rich people.
At the end of the story, Tokunaga is admitted to Guangling High School because of his excellent baseball skills, and he finally returns to his mother's side. But that period of living with his grandmother created the spirit of Tokunaga's wealth and made his beautiful life.
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Yu Minhong once said: What is poverty? I think poverty not only means that a person has no money, no food, no clothing, but also that a person is not rich in thought, only willing to stay in the same environment or the same state, not thinking of making progress, not working hard.
It is not terrible for people to be poor, but to be afraid of being poor in heart. As long as we are optimistic about everything, have enough expectations and confidence in the future, know how to love ourselves and love others, and are spiritually rich enough, no matter how poor the starting point of life is, we can eventually fight back perfectly.
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