Later, after finishing the movie, I went looking for the ebook to give it a read.
The story is about a little boy named Tokuhei who is fostered at his grandmother's house after World War II.
In the beginning, Tokunaga felt so poor in Saga, even poorer than he was in Hiroshima, I guess he was still a little bit uncomfortable, after all, Hiroshima is a big city, right, in Saga, he lived in a thatched hut near the river, when he first arrived, his grandmother did not have pleasantries, did not show a lot of warmth, and took him directly to the kitchen, taught him to build a fire, cooking. But later, after slowly contacting his grandmother, he felt that she was his mother in Saga.
Grandma was a thoughtful person, born in 1900, and lived to be over 90 years old, and I guess the longevity had something to do with the way she looked at things.
After her husband's death, she raised seven children on her own and waited until she was old enough to raise her daughter's son. Fate played tricks on her, but she didn't compromise, instead she worked several jobs on her own during the hard years, she worked as a janitor in several schools, and after work every day, she bolted magnets to herself so that she could attract the metal to her while walking and take it to sell it for money, this way used to be a favorite activity of Tokuyong's young friends, choosing their own way to work for their own goals.
The family is poor, can not afford to buy vegetables, she put a bamboo pole in the river next to his home, and then the upstream market do not want to intercept the vegetables, she said that those small, unattractive vegetables, the taste with the sale of the same, so gradually Deyong also followed to this "super market" to help, and sometimes also meet the complete! Fresh vegetables, and at the time of the Bon Festival (similar to the Chinese Qingming Festival), there will also be tributes floating down.
De Yong wanted to learn fencing, judo, but there is no money, so she recommended him to run, and then he has been insisted, although the other languages those are not very good, but sports are full marks, to participate in the school games is also a prize it, in the school organization of the marathon, but also broke the school record, set a new record, and, at the same time, also got the recommended to go to the public school of the quota.
Whether it's a movie or a novel, I see my own mom in it.
My mom wasn't as great as Grandma, raising 7 people on her own, but those sparkles in her have held up pretty well up to now.
1.
My mother likes to sing and dance, although the singing is not so good, the body is not so perfect, and even a little fat, but she began to dance from the beginning of the rise of square dance, until now, she is taking the grandchildren, until the grandchildren went to bed, she ran to dance again, used to follow other people to dance, and then on their own in the cell phone under the APP, they feel that which looks good to learn, and for this reason, even bought a small, but also a small, and the dance is very good, but it's not good. She even bought a small TV, plugged in a USB flash drive and danced along with them, and then managed to attract the other amahs in our yard to dance with her. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do this, but I'm going to be able to do it myself.
Of course, it is also possible that it is due to the inculcation of art, from her body can not see the shadow of rural women.
2. Have a curious, learning heart.
My mom was a rural woman in the 60s, but she was always curious about new things.
When I was in college, my brother bought a computer, and then she learned what excel. ppt. word and so on, (although I do not know how to learn it now) and then point that penguin, slowly figuring out, and then one day I saw her message to me in the space:
Mom is great, mom is not stupid, right? Love you, baby
I was so happy that my mom knew this. Then WeChat came along, and she'd pick up video with me from time to time, but less so now because she's got grandkids to bring up.
But she can't seem to stay idle, and lately she's been reading the questions for her driver's license every night. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do that, but I'm sure I'm going to be able to do it, and I'm sure I'm going to be able to do it.
This is not a hot mom, this is a spicy grandmother.
3. Be optimistic and look at the bright side of things.
My mom said, talking to your dad, I feel bad about my whole life.
Why?
My dad encountered a loan, he would think, ah, so much money? How many years do I have to pay it back? My dad would think, "How many years do I have to pay it back?" He'd have given away all the money from his work.
My mom thinks it's not bad to use tomorrow's money to fulfill today's dreams.
At work, I sometimes get distracted by things at work and complain to her.
She usually puts herself in my shoes and analyzes what would happen if it were like that, and what would happen if it were like that, and then I don't get upset. After all, the road is one step at a time.
4. Kindness.
My grandmother belongs to the TV series that kind of son is good, the daughter-in-law is not good for the kind of mother-in-law, although my mother will suffer some unfair treatment, such as having a good meal is not shared with her to eat, and good things do not share with her 。。。。。。 She will still take care of her and honor her.
There was a time when my grandmother was sick and hospitalized, and my aunt went to the hospital to see her, accompany her, take care of her, but she named my mother to go, involving money are over my mother's hand, because she knows her.
5. Good at brainstorming
My mom is a hothead, so she does things on the fly. But she likes to use her brain.
When I was a kid, I never went out to eat breakfast in the morning, because every morning my mom would get up and boil the water, and then wait until the middle of the water is boiling, then cook the noodles, and wait until the wash is finished, the noodles are also good.
The grandson of the family, due to the age of small, like to stick to adults, but she has to cook ah, so the summer, that is, in my nephews a few months, she is picking vegetables will put the baby in the basin, and then placed in the place where he can see my mother, watching her do things, and then the baby does not cry, on the contrary, but also look at a lot of fun.
I just talked to my roommate about how my mom takes care of her grandchildren during the day and studies at night, and she found it so inspiring, and then she immediately went to do what she was dragging her feet on.
Hopefully with the influence of a mom like that, I'll get better too. Hehehe
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