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"Relief Grocery Store" is one of the "Four Great Works" of the Japanese mystery novel Tenno Keigo Higashino, and although it is not a mystery novel, it is more gripping.
Someone once commented:
This is one of the least non-detective novels written by Keigo Higashino. There is no crime, no death, no detective, just ordinary people, ordinary troubles, ordinary problems, and ordinary happiness.
Indeed, the story of "Relief Grocery Store" is very common.
As the three thieves escape, they arrive at the long-abandoned Langya Grocery Store, which happens to be the night of the grocery store's resurrection, and the roller shutter door drops a letter from thirty years ago that consulted the confusion:
The "Miss Moon Rabbit" whose boyfriend is suffering from cancer, the "fish shop musician" who has been wandering for several years without results for his dreams, the daughter of Green River who cannot let go of her mother's choice that year, the teenager Kosuke who has suffered great changes in the family, and the "lost puppy" who does not hesitate to accompany the wine to repay the favor.
The confusion and entanglement of love, career, dreams, family affection and responsibility in the story seem to happen around us, reflecting the lives of ordinary people.
Therefore, if you understand "Relief Grocery Store", you will also understand life.
As Keigo Higashino said, "I find myself thinking about a question all the time, standing at the fork in the road of life, what should people do?" ”
Grandpa Langya in the book gives the answer: if you don't want to live actively and seriously, no matter what kind of answer you get, it is useless.
A good life must ultimately be self-fulfilling.
Even if fate is unfair, even if you are born low, even if you are penniless, none of this matters, it is all up to you.
Life is not elsewhere, but in one's own heart
Standing at the fork in the road of life, people are accustomed to consulting others for help, but is it really the answer of others that really brings a turnaround to confusion?
"Moon Rabbit" is a fencer, but at the time of the Olympic training camp, her boyfriend was suffering from cancer and had only half a year left in his life.
Do you continue training or accompany your lover? The melancholy Moon Rabbit wrote a letter of help.
The three thieves from the future know that Japan boycotted the Olympics that year, so when they reply, they try their best to persuade her to accompany her lover, and even give her the idea of deliberately injuring or pretending to be pregnant.
But Yuetu chose to continue to fight for the Olympics, she said: "You have made me give up again and again, but I have never been able to make up my mind, which shows that my feelings for the Olympic Games are actually very deep." ”
In the end, Yuetu was not selected for the competition, nor did she accompany her boyfriend, but she did not regret her choice, because her boyfriend said: "Thank you for bringing me dreams." ”
Do your best for your dreams, they have no regrets.
When hesitating whether to give up, people's hearts must not want to give up, if they really don't want to insist, they will not be entangled, hesitation is reluctance.
This is true not only of adults, but also of young children.
Just like Kosuke, a teenager who has suffered a huge family change, he is very disappointed that his parents chose to abscond at night after the failure of his business, he can't stop it, but he has been wandering whether to go with his parents.
Grandpa Naya advises him to be with his parents, but Kosuke, who has lost trust in his parents, chooses to run away from his parents and leave alone, because he wants to live a peaceful and stable life.
Therefore, what people are really confused about is not that there is no answer, but that they already have a choice in their hearts, just hoping to hear more affirmations and be sure that they are right.
As Zeng Xiaoxian said in "Love Apartment": "When faced with two choices, flipping a coin always works, not because it always gives the right answer, but the second you toss it in the air, you suddenly know what you want it to be..."
Life is not elsewhere, but in one's own heart.
Only by facing yourself squarely and following your heart can you burst out all your strength.
The final fate is still to come out step by step.
Pain and struggle can lead to growth
Everyone wants life to be smooth sailing, but life always likes to joke with us and push us into one painful struggle after another.
When Green River's daughter was one year old, her mother accidentally fell into the sea while driving and threw her out of the car in a moment of life and death. Growing up in an orphanage, she was distressed that she had no parents and no home.
Later, Green River's daughter discovers the mystery of her origins from an old report that she is the child of her mother and husband, and that her mother is suspected of dying by suicide.
Doesn't the mother love her? Should she have died a long time ago?
What made her feel even more embarrassed and ashamed was that she was the crystallization of unrequited love, so what value was there in living?
The daughter of Green River jumped off the building without love, did not eat or drink after being rescued, did not talk to anyone, and even saw people in pain.
Until I saw Grandpa Langya's reply to his mother: "The most important thing is whether you can make the child who is about to be born happy, if you are not willing to endure anything for the happiness of your child, even if you have a husband, I suggest you do not give birth." ”
Green River's daughter finally woke up: her mother loved her before giving birth to her, and at the last moment of her life, she never gave up on her. The pain and struggle that was once there was nothing but a mediocrity to disturb itself.
As Lu Yao wrote in "Ordinary World": "Fate is always not as desired, but it is often in countless pains, in the midst of numerous contradictions and difficulties, that people mature and become strong." ”
Pain is uncomfortable, but whose life is not stumbling?
As long as there is all the determination to think about happiness, those sufferings will eventually become the most precious wealth of life one day in the future.
Persistence, you will make your dreams come true
Dreams are like a ray of light in the darkness, giving people hope, giving people courage, and giving people strength.
People who have been groping in the night for a long time look forward to the moment when the light comes in. Krone, a fish shop musician with a crazy pursuit of music, is the lucky one who dreams of shining into reality.
Krone gave up his studies for his musical dreams, but worked hard for many years without achieving anything. In the face of his elderly and frail father, it is difficult for him to choose whether to insist on pursuing his dream or to compromise with reality to inherit the fish shop.
Confused, Krone thought of the Langya grocery store, but the three thieves said very unceremoniously: "Eating by music is not feasible, or face reality and be the owner of the fish shop!" ”
Just as Krone was about to give up music because his father was seriously ill, his father pushed him away: "Go and fight with all your might, even if you lose the battle in the end, it doesn't matter, at least you have left your footprints." ”
Krone, who set out again, was more devoted to music, constantly challenging various competitions, participating in auditions, sending auditions to record companies, and even constantly participating in street performances and condolence performances to the orphanage...
But with the exception of an album, Rebirth, Krone remains obscure. And in a condolence performance, in order to save the children of the orphanage, he unfortunately lost his life.
Krone is gone, but his self-created Rebirth has survived, and many people have been redeemed from his songs.
Krone is also remembered by the world, although he was unknown in his lifetime, his dream reached the other side of success in another way, and his persistence also left a brilliant footprint.
As Li Zongsheng said: "There is no road in life, and every step counts." ”
Not only is there no road in this world, there is no so-called no road to go, as long as you are willing to go, as long as you have the courage to stick to it, the place where your feet step will be the road.
As long as you don't give up, don't back down, sooner or later, dreams will always shine one day.
A good life is, after all, self-fulfillment
The last consultant at "Relief Grocery Store" is Harumi, who goes by the pseudonym "Lost Puppy".
In order to earn money as soon as possible and solve the financial difficulties of her adoptive parents, Harumi wants to be a wine escort and a lover of rich people, but she is also concerned about the eyes and comments of those around her.
The three thieves wish the kind Harumi happiness and tell her in the form of a prophecy that the economy will prosper in the future, with computers, the Internet, and phones to carry with them.
The only thing Qingmei has to do is to study hard, thoroughly grasp the knowledge related to the economy, and find a way to save money by herself.
These prophecies were not only unbelievable, even absurd, but Harumi chose to believe them.
Whether it is studying or working, Harumi is very attentive. As soon as she has time, she delvies into stock trading and real estate, and creates top performance in her work.
Kung Fu pays off, and ten years later, she ushered in a life of kaihang.
The German dramatist and poet Brecht once said: "No matter what kind of stilts we step on, we can't do it without our own feet." ”
In the end, the life of Kaihang is also the result of his own struggle.
Even the best prophecy, if there is no unremitting effort and struggle, is nothing more than a blank piece of paper.
Man, after all, has to become himself alone.
As Keigo Higashino said, "It is precisely because it is a blank piece of paper that it is possible to draw a map at will, everything is all in yourself, for you, everything is free, and in front of you is infinite possibilities." ”
At the beginning of life, everyone is a blank piece of paper, and only they know what kind of scenery they want to become and what kind of road they want to take.
Only you are the best and most suitable person to relieve your worries, because your heart is your "relief grocery store".
May you, whether it is a straight and smooth road, or a sheep's intestine trail, you can strengthen your heart and calmly walk through all the prosperity and desolation;
Whether it is dancing lightly in the wind or cutting through thorns in the waves, you can believe in yourself and live without regrets.
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