There is such a work:
Without any marketing publicity, it became the top seller of the Spanish book sales chart in 2011 thanks to word of mouth.
The work was quickly translated into nearly 30 languages and distributed worldwide.
Writer Xu Kun once commented on this work, which can be called "Gone with the Wind in Spanish".
This mysterious work is "The Stitch of Time" from Duenhas, a doctor of Spanish literature.
The whole book tells the story of the heroine Sheila from an unknown little tailor to transform step by step.
In the ups and downs and suspenseful storyline, many people seem to see the self who has encountered the trough of life countless times, but has risen countless times.
When you read Sheila's story, you will understand: at no time should you lose hope and courage in life.
Because the difficulties of life are often another fulfillment of fate.
Source: Panorama Vision
In life, there is always a difficult road
One summer in 1911, in a small town in Madrid, Spain.
Sheila, a girl, dropped out of school at the age of 12 and studied tailoring with her single mother in a fancy clothing store.
At the age of 20, Sheila fell in love with Igonacio, a civil servant.
When the two are about to enter the marriage hall, a printer changes the direction of Sheila's life.
The clothing store closed down due to the war, and Sheila, who was unemployed, prepared to learn to type and test for civil service at the suggestion of her fiancé.
While buying a printer, Sheila meets the personable manager, Ramiro.
She couldn't help Ramiro's seduction, didn't listen to her mother's obstruction and persuasion, and didn't care about the eyes and criticism of the people around her.
She resolutely abandoned her fiancé and threw herself into her passion with Ramiro.
Sheila, who fell in love, accidentally received a large amount of money from her biological father.
Under the demagogy of Ramiro, Sheila decided to use the money to start a business, and the two came to Daniel to prepare for a big career.
However, after coming to this strange country, Ramiro lived a life of singing and dancing every day.
When he learns that Sheila is pregnant, he not only ruthlessly abandons her, but also defrauds her of the little money and jewelry she has left.
Even, he left her with a huge debt and the intimidation of being chased for debt.
Sheila hastily escaped from the hotel and boarded a bus bound for Tetouan.
Due to excessive shock and exhaustion, Sheila miscarried halfway through and fainted to the ground.
After treatment, Sheila was detained by the Tuan police chief on various trumped-up charges such as fraud and theft and temporarily stayed in an inn.
In order to pay off her debts, Sheila had to find a job, but the depression caused by the war made her hit a wall at every turn.
Sheila is stranded alone in this strange city, and there is darkness in front of her.
Missing her homeland, guilt for her mother, her feelings and miscarriage of children who have been toyed with, as well as huge debts and theft lawsuits, make Sheila's life desperate.
Michel Farber said in The Rain Will Fall:
"In every life, some rain is bound to fall, and some days are destined to be dark and bleak."
Whoever lives has not tasted a few bites of an overnight meal that is difficult to swallow;
Whose life has not gone through a few muddy bumpy roads.
Instead of self-pity, it is better to let go of the knot, face the pain, and walk the road under your feet step by step.
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The more difficult the time, the more you have to survive it yourself
No one expected that Sheila, who was once abandoned by scumbags, would be able to break free from the quagmire of fate and let her life be defeated.
All this stems from Candelalia, a landlord forced to buy and sell due to war.
One day, while Sheila was sewing clothes, her craftsmanship shocked Candelalia.
So she wanted to open a clothing store with Sheila.
Since opening a store requires start-up capital, the landlord takes the pistols that customers have thrown in the store and sells them.
Unexpectedly, when she went out of the city, she was blocked, so she had to return to the inn and see that the police were about to search her door.
Sheila was scared, but she knew she couldn't sit still.
In no matter what, the best years of your life cannot be wasted in this broken house.
She had no choice but to pick herself up and walk forward.
Sheilahun was strapped with 19 guns tied up and down, put on a fat robe, curled up, his head bowed and dragged his steps, carrying heavy baggage.
She escaped the guards' search, escaped the drunken harassment, and was about to complete the deal, but was suddenly attacked by patrol soldiers.
In a hurry, she jumped over the high wall and followed the instructions of the guests, running desperately in the dark along the railroad tracks.
The shoes fell off, and the bare feet did not dare to stop; Stumbled and didn't have time to catch my breath and keep running.
She endured the pain in her feet and risked her life to travel through exotic cities until she delivered the goods to their destination with perfect accuracy.
As the book says: "To live is to work hard, and not to let sad fate drag us into the mud." ”
The more difficult the time, the more you have to survive it yourself.
Sheila decides to leave her heavy past behind and reinvent her life.
She took the original money she bought with her life to open the long-dreamed clothing store.
Her daily job is to mark the fabric, carefully cut it, put it on the model, measure, lock it, sew it, take it apart, sew it again, and sew it until she is satisfied.
With fearless courage, I don't know how many nights I stayed up, and handed over satisfactory answers to the picky guests.
In particular, the "Delphis" evening gown allowed Sheila to gain a lifelong friendship with this customer.
On that day, the guests who rushed over urgently needed a dress for the dinner party that day.
It takes at least three to four days to complete a dress, and looking at the customer's lost look, Sheila decided to challenge herself.
She seizes every second, boiling water, dyeing, soaking.
Breaking the traditional process, the fabric is twisted into a thick rope, then dried, burned, dried and cut.
Finally, a gown of "Delphis" was created for the guests.
This customer was Rosalina, the lover of the Spanish governor of the reserve.
She later brought Sheila's mother from war-torn Madrid to Sheila through various connections.
Sheila, who is reunited with her mother, has paid off all her debts with the income from the clothing store.
Sheila can finally stand up and challenge her life, save herself from the ruins, and begin to take control of her life.
See this sentence:
"If the past was a wilderness full of thorns, then weeding in a planned way, pruning spikes, opening a road, and setting out again in the light."
The more you are born in the wilderness, the more you have to overcome thorns; The more you are in the dark, the more you have to live as a light.
If you are brave, the world will make way for you; You have no fear, and fate will yield to you.
In the face of life's desperate situations and troughs, life's challenges and pressures, only by bravely facing you can you embark on the road of redemption in the true sense.
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A good life comes out of suffering
Chekhov said a phrase:
"Suffering and torment are for man a hammer that hits a blank, and it should be a fragile iron filing, and a forge of sharp steel."
If a person has not gone through the trials and tribulations of life, then life will lack a sense of heaviness.
A tenacious life is tempered from thousands of hammers.
After reuniting with her mother, Sheila thought that she would live a peaceful life from now on, but who knew that the hand of fate pushed her into another turmoil.
After the Spanish Civil War, the authorities became increasingly close to the German Nazis.
The newly appointed Spanish Foreign Minister Juan, however, has always remained neutral in his political stance.
In Madrid, he helped the British set up an intelligence task force to curb Nazi madness.
At Rosalinda's invitation, Sheila returned to Madrid to join the secret British Civil Intelligence Unit.
As a senior costume designer, she broke into the circle of wives of the German aristocracy.
Using clothing stores as covers, daily information is collected and transmitted secretly through fine stitches on paper patterns.
Because of her special status, she must hide herself.
Because of the special nature of her profession, she has to betray the past and the deceased, and endure all kinds of fears and difficulties.
How many times has she become suspicious and resentful of the organization and wants to end this adventure game quickly;
How many times she was anxious all day and night, and she couldn't sleep alone in the dead of night.
However, as soon as the day dawned, Sheila was full of blood to face the challenges of the new day.
A new task is here.
London discovered that Dasilva, a wealthy businessman from Portugal, was establishing business relations with the Nazis.
Sheila was assigned to Portugal to approach wealthy merchants in the name of purchasing textiles in order to capture more reliable information.
During this period, Sheila became more calm and confident, both in terms of image and mentality.
With her innate ability to empathize, she opened the heart of the female secretary, obtained the list of assassins of the British, and learned about the tungsten ore deal that rich businessmen and the Germans were plotting.
With her social charm with German customers, she hacked into dinners hosted by wealthy businessmen for Germans and quietly stole detailed data and information about tungsten ore transactions.
However, the ruthless Dasilva smells Sheila's abnormality and carries out an assassination plan against her.
Fortunately, British journalist Marcus came to the rescue, and she escaped.
Sheila returned to Madrid safely, where the amount and grammage of tungsten ore she provided were recorded in detail, hidden in the dense stitches of the garment's paper.
This completely exceeded what British intelligence expected of her.
With her superb adaptability and fearless courage, Sheila overcomes all kinds of dangers.
Unafraid of the wind and frost, she stood against the wind and eventually became a heroic and resourceful warrior who helped the country to disintegrate the power of the enemy country.
At the end of the story, the journalist Marcus, who rescued Sheila from gunpoint, turned out to be a senior intelligence officer of the British Intelligence Service.
The two loved each other in the midst of hardships and hardships, and eventually spent the rest of their lives together.
There are always some people, although they have not been favored by fate, but they have forged ahead, using sweat and hardship to forge a way forward.
As Lu Yao said: "Human vitality is strengthened in the torment of pain." ”
When you have endured the hardships of life, you will find that the sufferings and pains you have suffered are all blessings of fate.
One day it will make your future,
It will enable you to have a more confident and determined life.
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Mandino said in Eternal Change:
"The sun will rise when it sets, and there will always be an end to unfortunate days. It was so in the past, and it will be so in the future.
The unpredictability of life tells us to have hope at all times. ”
Every bump you encounter may contain a new path;
Every setback you experience may contain a new opportunity.
Beyond the hill you will understand that the difficulties of life are often another fulfillment of fate.
In the dark night, see the stars; Under the crisis, hide the turnaround.
Life is to keep falling, keep getting up, constantly break through yourself, and constantly strengthen your heart.
No matter how traumatic you have, you have to learn to cross yourself, be fearless in the dark, and persevere in the wind and rain.
Carry it and everything will be beautiful.
Author: Su Xun'er.