Reflections on The Passage of Little Doudou

On September 7th, I came across this book in the borrowing room above. Originally, I only knew "Little Doudou by the Window", but I didn't expect a new story. So I borrowed it decisively and enjoyed it slowly. This book tells the story of Xiao Doudou entering the NHK workplace. The style of writing is still as humorous as "Little Peas by the Window", which makes people smile involuntarily.

? In fact, the author of this book, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (that is, Xiao Doudou), was over 50 years old when he wrote this book, which was written in 1984. She was born in 1933, and now she is 83 years old, but she is still active in NHK TV programs. The program "Celko's Room" hosted by her has been played more than 1 10,000 times. I searched the video of this program on the Internet. The old lady is hale and hearty, wearing a kimono and wearing a lot of makeup. There's no telling that she's 83 years old. However, with the vague pronunciation of false teeth, she mercilessly exposed the fact of aging. But where is the vitality that the old lady in her sixties and seventies can't even compare with the young people around us? There is a saying that some people are buried in graves before they are 30 years old. Many elders around me also hold the idea of "learning this at such a big age" and grow old with their grandchildren.

Little Doudou's real life is really enviable. But her childlike innocence is not only out of nature, but more importantly, she has a mother who is extremely open-minded, extremely tolerant and respects her nature. Just give two examples.

Example 1: When Xiao Doudou was a child, he transferred to many schools because he could not sit quietly in a chair like other children in class. She is always attracted by all kinds of novelty things outside the window, and can't help leaving her desk and wandering around. She was expelled from school for "disturbing the class order". But her mother never told her that she was expelled from school, which made her feel a psychological burden. But to find a school suitable for Xiao Doudou. Finally, Xiao Doudou was able to enter the Ba Xue Garden founded by the famous educator Kobayashi. In this free campus, Xiao Doudou's nature has been protected, and he spent a happy childhood here. The Little Doudou by the Window mainly describes the warm and interesting things in the Eight Snow Gardens.

According to the understanding of ordinary adults, such a child must have problems and obstacles (she went to Ba Xueyuan on the first day and talked with President Kobayashi for four hours ... she is really not an ordinary child). But her parents don't beat and scold, but guide them with understanding and love. Finally, she can become such a lively, optimistic and brave little Doudou!

? Example 2: Xiao Doudou has never been married. I wonder if she was right by a fortune-teller I knew when I was a child. The fortune teller said that she would get married very late in the future. Who knows, maybe she married herself at the age of 90 ~ but when she was young, Xiao Doudou almost got married!

Here's the thing. Xiao Doudou's parents are free to fall in love and get married, so I hope Xiao Doudou can get married because of love like them. Xiao Doudou enthusiastically asked her parents to arrange a blind date for her, which was arranged three times in total. Xiao Doudou began to contact the boy who met for the third time. The other family is extremely satisfied with Xiao Doudou and often gives him various gifts, which makes Xiao Doudou very embarrassed. Xiao Doudou felt very happy with this big family, and the other parents urged him to get married. But she always felt something was wrong in her heart, as if she didn't particularly like this boy. She said to her mother, "What if I come back from the wedding and meet the person I really want to marry?" Mother said understandingly, "That's true." . Xiao Doudou is very troubled and the other party is very enthusiastic. It's really embarrassing to refuse at this time, but Xiao Doudou still can't go against his heart. Her mother gave her great courage in this matter. She knew it was hard for Xiao Doudou to refuse, so she silently ran before and after and refused the marriage. In her mind, the happiness of children is more important than getting sinners.

Although it was more than half a century ago, it is admirable that Xiao Doudou's mother has such an open-minded attitude. In contrast, even in modern times, how many mothers personally ruined their children's happiness! Some people, even if they don't do it themselves, always urge their children to get married early, which brings great pressure to themselves, and some result in hastily choosing a partner to get married. However, whether children are really happy or not, and how many parents really understand ... most of us don't have such an enlightened mother, and of course most of us don't have such a clear nature. So read Xiao Doudou's book, even for a short afternoon, to let you return to your clear and transparent nature and enjoy the peace and joy that really belongs to childhood at that moment.

PS: Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's mother's name is Black Liu Chao. She is a caring and interesting mother, such as this year 100. Together with her daughter, she wrote a book called A Chaokuai 100 years old, which recorded the fun of growing up with her daughter. I haven't seen it yet. I am looking forward to it!