Chapter IV
The silhouette of the times, the variety of life: ordinary and vivid
Thematic interpretation
Lu Yao wrote in the novel "Ordinary World": "Each of our lives is a world, and even the most ordinary person has to fight for the world in which he lives." "Ordinary and vivid, in fact, are not contradictory, mutual tolerance, mutual hiding, ordinary is vivid. From the perspective of each individual, in ordinary days, as long as you experience it with your heart, you will have a different kind of vivid scenery every day, because "you look at the scenery on the bridge, and the people who watch the scenery look at you from upstairs".
From the perspective of the ego and the big self, every ego in an ordinary position is determined to forge ahead and work hard to condense the surging power of prosperity and progress in this era. The vivid dedication of groups of ordinary people has led to the vivid animation of today's He Qinghai Yan.
Chapter 4 1-1
Viewpoint 1: Make ordinary life vivid and interesting
The poetic life of ordinary people
Material 1: 59-year-old sister's vegetable market "studio"
In a vegetable market in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, there is a special stall: there are not only vegetables on the stall, but also a small "studio". Zhao Weihong, the owner of the stall, paints while selling vegetables, and the cardboard box and a narrow table are Zhao Weihong's "studio". Zhao Weihong, 59 years old this year, creates in the stall every day.
Zhao Weihong has loved painting since she was a child, but she has never had the opportunity to study professionally. In 2004, 38-year-old Zhao Weihong accompanied her son, who was in elementary school, to learn painting, but unexpectedly, his son was not interested, but Zhao Weihong was addicted to it.
In 2014, because of family changes, Zhao Weihong had to shoulder the burden of life. She came to work at a vegetable stall in the vegetable market, got up at 4:30 in the morning every morning, and rushed to the vegetable market before 5:30 to work. The pressure of life made Zhao Weihong temporarily put down the paintbrush in his hand, and it was not until 2019, when his son grew up and the living conditions at home were getting better and better, that Zhao Weihong picked up the paintbrush again and moved the "studio" to the vegetable market.
Although it often takes a month or two to complete a work in the market, it often takes a month or two to complete a work, but this has not affected Zhao Weihong's enthusiasm in the slightest.
She is usually reluctant to eat and wear, and she is not distressed at all when she buys painting materials. "As soon as I started drawing, I was able to forget about the things I was unhappy about. "Deriving the enjoyment of life from painting is the meaning of painting.
Material 2: "Grassroots Diplomat" Zhang Jianna, a sanitation worker, Zhang Jianna, became popular on the Internet for her fluent English conversations with foreigners, and was affectionately called "grassroots diplomat" by netizens.
Zhang Jianna is in charge of cleaning up the Sanlitun embassy area in Beijing. Once, a foreign friend asked her for help, and she was at a loss because of the language barrier. In order to serve better, the 40-year-old is determined to learn English well.
If there is no teacher to guide them, they will follow the children's learning, and if there is no fixed learning time, they will use the fragmented time to accumulate money. After nearly 10 years of perseverance, she has saved more than a dozen notebooks and can communicate with foreigners in English without barriers. "I have become more confident after learning English, and I am very happy to serve everyone and prove my worth," she said. ”
Editor's Comments:
Wang Zengqi once said: "People, you must love something, just like the love of plants and trees for time." "Do you look for the happiness in the subtleties of life? a steaming meal, an easy-to-read and interesting book, a good night's sleep until dawn, someone who can make you feel comfortable and quiet. The sense of happiness that is busy in the fireworks in the world is really contagious.
There is a hot comment in Mao Buyi's song "Ordinary Day": "When I was a child, I wanted to live a brilliant life, but when I grew up, it was so difficult to live an ordinary and simple life." The clouds are light, the wind is light, there is no bond, an ordinary day, I am willing to exchange everything. "As long as a person is willing, he will find the love of his heart in ordinary life.
Isn't life like this, there are always a few when it is vigorous, and what we need to learn is to live an ordinary day fresh and interesting. Life is ordinary, and no one can escape. Giving birth to children, birth, old age, sickness and death, family, friendship, love, every ordinary little thing that is closely related to oneself carries the most real temperature of life. The fragrance of herbs in spring, the fresh air after the rain in summer, the brilliant sunset in autumn, the bright and warm sunshine in winter, and the calm time in the long river, small ripples also contain vivid happiness.