I have always been uninterested in novels, narrowly believing that novels are not just a pastime for people to pass the time of boredom, and otherwise do not bring any value to the reader.
When I opened the book, I was deeply attracted by the plot of the book, so I read it in one breath, and then I felt that reading it again was not fun, and I read it again.
Keigo Higashino, the author of "Relief Grocery Store", is one of Japan's famous speculative novelists, and that book also has an element of reasoning, but it mainly makes people feel love and redemption.
The novel has two main lines, one line is Marukoen and the other line is the relief grocery store. Among them, the founder of Marukoen is Akiko Minzuki, and the founder of the relief grocery store is Yuji Nanaya.
Akizuki is The first love of Yuji Noya, they once fell in love with each other, but Xiaozi's father was very opposed to them being together, and in desperation, they planned to elope, which ended in an attempted elopement.
Xiaozi never married, Anda Yuji Nanaya married each other, and although the two could not be together, neither of them resented each other, but missed each other for a lifetime.
At the beginning of the novel, Atsuya, Yukihei, and Shota run away in a stolen car, and on the way, the car breaks down, and in desperation, they hide in a grocery store, which is a grocery store. Later, while searching the grocery store, they found a letter in the milk carton on the roller shutter.
This letter was written by Yuetu, who was about to participate in the Olympic training camp, her boyfriend was terminally ill, time was running out, and she was embarrassed before choosing the training camp and accompanying her boyfriend, so she wrote this troublesome consultation letter.
Later, he received a letter from Krone, who wanted to become a musician, and he hesitated between insisting on the path of music and returning home to inherit his father's fish pine shop... Kawabe Midori is pregnant with a child with a husband, this man will not divorce for her, but Kawabe Midori wants children very much, but she is worried that she will not be able to support children without financial foundations... Kosuke is a big fan of the Beatles, and there are a lot of Beatles records in the family, so it costs a lot. He hoped to go to the Beatles concert, but at this time his father's company went bankrupt and owed a lot of money, so he decided to abscond with his family. But Kosuke doesn't think his father's choice is right, in fact he doesn't want to go... After the death of Harumi's parents, she was sent to Marukoen and later adopted by her aunt Hideyoshi Tamura, but now that Tamura's family is poor, she wants to make more money and let her aunt live a happy life in her old age, so she wants to be a wine escort...
Each chapter of the novel looks like a scattered pearl, but the essence is that there is an inextricable connection between the characters.
The people who came to the grocery store for consultation were all from Marukoen, Tsukito's real name was Shizuko, she was a good friend of Kotomi, Shizuko's boyfriend died, because the Japanese government boycotted the Olympic Games that year, so that the Olympic Games were canceled, but nevertheless, Shizuko felt that she had gained something more important than participating in the Olympic Games.
When Kelang was fighting Mizuhara's younger brother in the fire in Marukoen Garden, He sacrificed Mizuhara Kore to be grateful to him, so he became a singer and sang Krone's song "Rebirth", which was deeply loved by fans. Green River's daughter is The Agent of Suwon Parsley.
And Kosuke's mother, Sang, who met at the bar, was the sister of a classmate who bought records from him at a low price.
The most shocking thing is that the trio of thieves steals not from anyone else, but from Harumi, who finds a letter in Harumi's bag, which is what they wrote to the lost lamb (Harumi's pseudonym).
They recalled what happened in the grocery store, wrote five letters before and after, felt the warmth and beauty of the world, love and redemption, and decided to turn themselves in after dawn.
The kind Grandpa Langya answered every letter seriously, and even if a child wrote a prank letter, he kept a serious attitude to treat it.
The plot of the novel has ups and downs, a thousand turns, the letters read with anger and intestines, and the character image is portrayed very clearly.
At the same time, there is no empty preaching in the novel, but the philosophy of people's lives through the description of details.
The story of the moon rabbit tells us to think in empathy; the story of Krone tells us to chase when we have dreams; Kawabe Tells us to find someone who loves you, not the person you love; Kosuke's story tells us that kindness is far more important than money; Harumi's story tells us that effort may not be important, but it can affect the people around you.
As for the reasoning part, it is interlocking, there are too many Aha moments, which is also the high point of Keigo Higashino.
The only way in life must be taken, but when you encounter troubles, pain, and overwhelmed, there must be a relief grocery store waiting for you, and this grocery store may be your heart.
There are no obstacles that cannot be crossed and rivers that cannot be crossed, and when your heart is open-minded, then all problems will be solved.
So, if you think life is too hard, you may wish to check out this book!