Sea of life: having good thoughts is the real big pattern.

Speaking of Mai Jia, many people may not know who it is, but mentioning his Wind, Decryption and Assassination will definitely bring back memories of those treacherous spy dramas we watched in those years, but today I want to talk about a book about his hometown-Sea of Life, which took him eight years to polish for five years.

In this book, he is no longer the narrator of the spy war story, but a homecoming who wants to reconcile with his childhood and hometown.

"Sea of Life" is taken from Minnan dialect, which means "Life is like the sea, unpredictable and ups and downs. But you still have to live well. "

The legendary "Colonel" created by Mai Jia in the book gives me a deeper understanding of the word "sea of life". In the words of the colonel in the book, "it's all fate."

In my opinion, this "fate" depends largely on one's vision, mind and courage, which can be summarized in one word, that is, "pattern".

The story takes place in a remote and old-fashioned mountain village in the south of the Yangtze River. There are many strange people in the village, but the strangest is the eunuch.

He never works. He eats melon seeds, reads newspapers, drinks and eats meat at home every day, and lives more comfortably than anyone else.

He also kept two cats, one white and one black, as a baby, and they ate better than others.

He is also a Kuomintang colonel and the object of revolutionary mass struggle. However, while fighting for him, the villagers tried their best to curry favor with him and went to him for everything.

I heard that something in his crotch was castrated, and everyone called him "Colonel" in front, but called him "eunuch" behind his back. One of the most fierce is the son of the blind guy in the village, who is called Little Blind.

The little blind man has a mother but no mother. When there was a revolution in the village, in order to please the captain, the little blind man took the lead in insulting the colonel, paraded the colonel like a pig and dog, and even beat him up. In order to satisfy his curiosity, the little blind man stripped the colonel's pants while he was asleep.

Seeing that he could not hide his secret, the colonel had to cut off the blind man's tongue and remove his hamstring. And then ran away overnight.

The little blind man was crippled for life, but he deserved it.

On the surface, in order to satisfy his curiosity, he can't wait to tell the villagers the truth, but in fact, his inner jealousy is at work.

From his interrogation of the colonel, it can be seen that he is jealous of the colonel's well-being and even jealous that his cat eats better than him.

What he didn't know, however, was that the "eunuch" in front of him had helped him and his blind father who had told fortune many times. He is a great hero who has made numerous military exploits and a doctor who has saved countless lives. In order to obtain enemy information, he was banned by enemy circles as a legend who was humiliated but still loyal to the country.

The little blind man's evaluation of ingratitude was condemned by the kindest.

The smaller the pattern, the less you can see that others are better than yourself.

When watching You from the Stars, the money was framed by her trusted friend. She was particularly disappointed and said to her friend, "I heard that human nature is like this. Seeing others stay higher than myself, I don't think I want to go there, but you should come to my quagmire. Come down. "

How many people are stuck in the mire now and don't know it? People would rather admit their bad temper and anger than their jealousy.

Many people suffer not because they are mediocre, but because the people around them are better than themselves or surpass them.

Hiding that others are better than themselves is one of the most destructive negative emotions.

The little blind man was thoroughly punished, and his heart was full of hatred for the colonel, so he took revenge even more. He wrote the rumor that "the eunuch is a sodomite" with his feet.

My father has always been like the colonel's brother. Those "dirty words" about father and colonel made grandpa, who was already saving face, fall ill. Grandpa didn't recover until the colonel was arrested by the police.

But I also learned from my grandfather's good friend Chang Bao that it was not others who reported the colonel's hiding place, but my grandfather whom "I" always respected.

On the other hand, the colonel was tortured in prison. On the day of the commune trial, those insidious little people besieged him and tried to rip off the colonel's pants. Just then, the colonel suddenly broke free, ran from the stage to the audience, roared in the crowd and laughed again.

The colonel is completely crazy, and grandpa is completely ill.

Although the villagers have always called the colonel "eunuch" behind his back, many families have received the kindness of the colonel, and the villagers had better miss him.

Everyone in the village hates grandpa, and even "I" was implicated by the school and excluded by teachers and classmates.

My father and grandpa broke up, and grandpa's good friend Chang Bao never saw him again. Even "I" don't want to sleep with grandpa at night.

Finally, grandpa left. He was a sinner until he died.

For a false rumor, for the sake of the family's face, grandpa betrayed his faith and lost his family dignity that he wanted to protect all his life.

Zeng Guofan once said: "Observing a person's appearance is not what he says, but what he does."

Grandpa told me many stories about the colonel, but many of them were also heard from his father or old wet nurse. In his later years, he often told me the truth of life.

In fact, grandpa has never seen the world. Once he endangers the interests of himself or his family, he will betray his faith.

On the contrary, I have been to Shanghai Baobao several times with the colonel, and I know the colonel's experience very well, and I can see through it better than anyone else. Even if the colonel slept with her woman, he could forget about it.

So when the colonel struggled to be caught, he was the only one who stood up and defended the colonel without fear of power.

The more you have never seen the world, the narrower the pattern. The more you have seen the world, the more open-minded you are about many things.

This reminds me of Su Shi, a poet in the Northern Song Dynasty. His life has been ups and downs, and he has been demoted several times. The farthest one was banished to Danzhou, Hainan by a lonely boat. But he still often climbs mountains near water, feels the magic and magnificence of nature, and expresses his lofty wishes through poetry.

Some people say that Su Shi lives like a fire in every cold day.

After seeing the world, you will find out how wide the sea is and how narrow your mind is.

Afraid that my life would be implicated, my father sent me to live abroad, and I was stranded on the streets of foreign countries, suffering from cold eyes. At that time, I hated the little blind man the most and wanted to cut him to pieces.

After more than 20 years, I returned to my hometown and saw the madness of the little blind man, and my hatred gradually dissipated. I gave up my resentment, chose to forgive and helped him.

Good thinking is the real big picture.

I remember when I was a child, there was always some gossip in the countryside. My neighbor is always on bad terms with us because he is always spreading rumors about his parents.

Grandma is a kind-hearted person, bent on making the neighborhood harmonious. When we were building a new house that year, my grandmother went to their house behind my back. When we left, we found in the yard that a new wall between two houses had been dug by them.

The pit is covered with a snakeskin bag. Grandma went in and took a look. The pit is full of water. If you soak in water for a long time, the wall will slowly rot.

Grandma, who has always been kind, was very angry when she went back. She doesn't understand why they treat us like this.

Father said, nothing, the wall can be repaired when it collapses, but it is difficult to repair when people are broken.

Parents didn't go to them for theory, but chose silence. At that time, I especially hated my parents and thought they were weak and incompetent, so my neighbors would always bully us.

Many years later, when we came back from other places and our neighbors came to visit us, they talked about what happened that year and apologized to us. My parents waved their hands and said it was over.

I gradually understand what the book says: people should learn to let go. Letting go is a kind, forgiving others and forgiving your own wisdom.

A thousand people have a thousand lives in the sea.

I especially like a sentence in the book that won't remind me of my own eyes: the newspaper says that happiness is to raise your own heart, not others' eyes.

Choose kindness, not to show your selfless greatness, but to seek a peace for yourself;

Choosing tolerance is not to show off your noble character, but to reach a settlement with life.

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