Border Town: A exhausted love, you can go home slowly.

This is the last sentence written by Mr. Shen Congwen in Border Town. When I read this sentence with the expectation of the final marriage between Cui Cui and Raul, I don't want this book to end, leaving an intriguing ending for readers to guess and supplement. This is the end of a story, and it seems to be the beginning of another story. Whether the story is beautiful or sad depends on everyone's thoughts.

Border Town was written by Shen Congwen 1934. This article describes the quiet life and simple folk customs of a border town that is almost isolated from the world and just like a paradise. People here not only value righteousness over profit, but also keep their promises. Cui Cui, who is 14 or 15 years old, lives with his grandfather in the White Pagoda by the stream. Every day, he lives as a person crossing the stream. Grandpa and Cui Cui will often go shopping in the busy Xiaohe Street in the city and meet friends to watch the fun. And Cui Cui's love also started from going to the city to watch boating during the Dragon Boat Festival.

Cui Cui said this to her grandfather when she heard Tianbao's parents singing to the stream. In the prime of life, Cui Cui longs for love. She is the one who can sing for her highest cliff in the middle of the night, let herself fly with the voice in her dream and sing for herself for three years and six months. Cui Cui's desire for love is so simple and beautiful, without any impurities.

Grandpa Cui Cui made the above request to test whether the elder really likes Cui Cui. Tianbao didn't understand Cui Cui's worry, so he left the car and asked the matchmaker to bring gifts to Cui Cui's house to propose marriage. Cui Cui still remembers the person who was willing to sing for her for three years and six months, so the elder who chose to drive by car naturally failed.

But sending parents away is different. Parents dare to express their love for Cui Cui clearly with their brothers, and also dare to compete fairly with their brothers to win their love. My parents chose this road, willing to be the one who sang songs for Cui Cui for three years and six months on the high cliff of Duixi. Cui Cui was naturally moved by her parents' songs.

However, fate is changeable and unlucky everywhere. Tianbao got on the water boat and went to the beach. Something happened. He drowned. Parents were angry with Grandpa Cui Cui and Cui Cui, and felt that Grandpa Cui Cui should be responsible for his death. Cui Cui's upcoming "Beautiful Love" was also banned. Then, grandpa Cui Cui passed away quietly on a rainy night. Only lonely Cui Cui stayed by the stream that Grandpa had been guarding for fifty years to take the ferry. Then, quietly waiting for the young man singing in the moonlight, let Cui Cui gently floating singing soul in his sleep. But in winter, he hasn't come back yet.

Maybe he will never come back. Maybe he will come back tomorrow.

Love in Border Town is not as complicated as feelings in idol dramas and emotional dramas. Cui Cui's love is only linked to the intangible fate through subtle clues. Like a gentle song, like a breeze, it soothes people's anxiety and leaves a touch of warmth in their hearts.

At the end, I accidentally remembered a sentence in the letter from Mr. and Mrs. wuyue: "A exhausted love, you can go home slowly."

This sentence depicts another beautiful love story. Wu's wife is a fellow villager. Because she misses her parents, she goes home for a period of time every Spring Festival. Once, his wife went back to her hometown to live for a long time, and King Yue of Wu wrote her a letter. It says, "The flowers in the field are blooming, so you can enjoy them and come back slowly. I will wait for you at home. "

Cui Cui's love should be like this. Her beloved is on her way home. May your love be the same, and those who love you will come back sooner or later.