I met my future self on the street

Last year, the writer Liu Tong, published a new book, about the 36-year-old protagonist, back to his 17-year-old year, he is still 36 years old, became the intern class teacher, face to face with the 17-year-old self, he already knows the future of this young teenager in front of him, knows the luck and misfortune he will experience, he wants to change all this. However, even if he turned back the clock by chance, his life did not have the opportunity to start again. If it were you, if one day you also met your former or future self, what would you say to him? What Xiaoying wants to tell you today is a dialogue that spans time and space.

Tired body and mind, boring summer, tired face of me, to say that this is the appearance of youth? Don't I want to admit that the book doesn't say that youth is beautiful and carefree Everyone's face is filled with an innocent smile? In my current view, the synonym of youth is more of an inexhaustible formula, an english that cannot be understood, and only this old street by the river that has been played since childhood to a large can temporarily give me a little free air.

It's magical, this place seems to have a magic that preserves the carefree laughter of childhood, and every time you come here, you can vaguely feel happy. A man came up in front of me, I had never met him, but inside, there was an incomparable sense of affinity, he smiled at me, as if they were tacit with each other, he tried to chat with me, to talk about the young and crazy that only we knew. I sat side by side with him by the river, hanging on my feet together, like an old friend, in fact, I was going to talk to him, and I was still a little nervous in my heart, because I didn't know how he was doing now, a friend who had a good time, was he still around? My parents are all well, have they fulfilled the promises they made when they were young, have they gone to the places they once longed for, I have too many questions to ask, but my heart is more and more afraid, I am afraid that the answer I hear is too far from what I imagined.

He spoke first, and he asked me, are you happy? I replied without thinking, I am not happy, there is no end to the homework every day, I am too tired, suddenly, he is like a very old man who has experienced a variety of life, touched my head, smiled and said, silly boy, life is very tired, you are not tired now, you will be more tired later, I did not react to this sentence, just can't wait to ask him about the current situation, suddenly a trace of sadness between his eyebrows, seems to tell me that he has many things that he did not have time to do when he was young has become a regret. At that moment, I was a little flustered, he seemed to see through the tension in my heart, and took me to a place that I hadn't been to for a long time, wasn't this the playground of the elementary school? Although it has not been taken care of for a long time, the outline of the runway is still clear. I remember that at that time, running with my classmates, for a bag of imported chocolates fell to the knee bleeding, but also tried my best, clearly projected on that mottled old wall, I smirked at myself at that time, very cute, his voice came from behind, now I remember, when I first took the first bite of chocolate, how delicious, I know that it is not because of imports, but through their own efforts, to get what they want, I think the most beautiful thing in the world is this.

It is rare to blow a few breezes, blow the tree next to it, disrupt the image on the old wall, wear glasses, whisper the text, this is the primary school to junior high school when I, a little age, so late did not sleep, this serious look, looking both painful and proud, he said, you said you have to study hard, live up to the hopes of your parents, these years you have indeed worked hard, but you have been doing well, whether it is for your parents, or for your own better future, you have not stopped moving forward. He came over and put his arm around my shoulder affectionately and said, I don't know if I will have the opportunity to meet you in this life, the other day I saw a very happy sentence, thinking that if time can really go back, I will definitely give this sentence to my young self, everyone is the same, we are all in our own way, rejecting boring life, all persistence, will become a miracle. With reluctance in his tone, yes, he was gone, I was back in the old street, and nothing had changed. Hot summer, the sky is very blue, the sun is very high, the green world, the vibrant look, this is like enough of the portrayal of youth, the future self, thank you for coming to see me, those who want to ask you questions, stay until the next meeting, I will make up my mind to listen to it, I think the answer I hear when the time comes, it will be yes. Because I believe that in the future, I will have the courage to change some of the established reality, in order not to let you have regrets, I will always keep motivated and kind, and I hope that at that time, we will have no regrets and no regrets, boldly choose a life that we want to live and stick to, this is a great life.

When we know, the other name of youth is ignorance, we have grown up in ignorance, missed will not be able to come again, in Liu Tong's novel, 36-year-old uncle, met a 17-year-old teenager, when the world met the hot blood, want to change everything, it is not so simple, Xiaoying hopes that the people who are watching, do not be at the age when they should work hard, stagnate, what the future is like, go hard to know.