Yu Hua tells you in a book "To Live" that life is about letting yourself go.

When people are alive, they must love something. No matter what it is, at least it will be your motivation to wake up in the morning and the peace of mind to sleep at night.

What will happen to people who completely give up on their own lives?

We can get a glimpse of this from the heroine Songzi in "The Life of the Disliked Songzi". Songzi hoped to be loved by others, but was repeatedly disappointed. In the end, she lived like an ant, her house was like a garbage dump, and she became completely out of shape due to the convenience food day after day.

When we see this kind of life, we can’t help but sigh: Why is it like this?

However, if you don’t experience other people’s pain, you have no right to talk about other people’s pain. Maybe we really can't understand the feeling of "I'm sorry for being a human being".

However, the male protagonist Fugui in the novel "Alive" must have his own understanding and support for living. Otherwise, he would be unable to live anymore if the black veil wraps around the back of his life time and time again.

Fugui is the only son of the Xu family and is a well-known wealthy young man. When he was young, Fugui was very proud of himself. Not only was he rich, but he also married his beloved Bai Yueguang, the daughter of the owner of a rice store in the city. Jane.

Unfortunately, the good days of Fugui's Youtou Noodles did not last long, and all the Xu family's property was lost in his hands.

Fugui's living situation has plummeted. Even if he wants to eat, drink, whore and gamble, he has no capital to do so. The Xu family was forced to move out of their ancestral home and live in a thatched hut nearby.

For Fugui, the house is still the same house and the fields are still the same fields. He can pass by and see them as usual every day. However, overnight everything became someone else's property.

The father of Fugui, a prodigal son of the previous generation, could not bear this sudden blow and died. Fugui's mother and wife were afraid that he would suddenly lose his mind. They were like frightened birds every day, fearing that this pillar of support would also fall.

However, this prodigal seemed to have made up for all the lost growth overnight. The silk clothes were replaced by coarse cloth, and he felt more at ease.

In fact, for this Waterloo-like situation in life, the most unbearable thing may not be the sudden lack of material, but one's own face.

In the past, Fugui had to make a lot of noise whenever he went out, striding with his nose in the air, and even letting the women in the brothel run around behind him. Everyone knows such an absurd rich young master.

The richness of his world dazzled him.

But all was lost in a moment, but at this time Fugui did not snap like an easy branch, but like an actor in life, who was once just a play. , taking off the costume, it is still a day of daily necessities.

I have to say that people should be thick-skinned. Fugui, who suddenly stepped on the yellow soil, didn't think about anything. He fell asleep when he was tired after finishing the farm work. When meeting the man who has replaced him as a rich man, he will bow respectfully and say "Master".

Even if there are all kinds of absurdities in blessings, at least the spirit of finding a direction for yourself in an instant when facing the downturn in life is something worth inviting into our lives.

Perhaps, in our ordinary lives, we will not be like Fugui who soars into the clouds and falls into the abyss, but it is undeniable that we will all face big or bad situations in our lives. Small ups and downs.

Everyone hopes that they will be successful and that all their efforts will be rewarded in the end. But after all, this is not a world composed of fairy tales. Sometimes life has to work against you.

At this time, whoever can be humble will withstand the waves of life.

In fact, not many people are really looking at you. No matter how big a noise you make, to others, it is just a big or small piece of gossip.

No one will dwell on a piece of gossip. The face you can’t let go of is actually an exaggeration of how others see you.

In fact, everyone should read books that describe the roughness of real life, just like Yu Hua's "To Live". Among those absurd stories you think are all kinds of life you have never experienced. .

After reading the book "Alive", you may feel a sigh, and suddenly you will calm down and reflect on your life. People, why do you want to live, especially a man like Fugui who lives like a lonely old man? What is the motivation that supports him to wake up the next day?

When Fugui first lived a hard life, he didn’t think about anything and had nothing. Instead, he returned all his thoughts to his family. He suddenly discovered his mother’s painstaking efforts and his woman’s various kindnesses. .

He wanted to honor his mother and work hard, but his mother died not long after.

His only thought in life is to do farm work with his woman every day so that he can support his children. Fortunately, the children are growing up slowly, and life has its moments of sunshine for Fugui.

However, life has not spared this poor family. Fugui's son, who was a very active student in school and a long-distance runner, died after an excessive blood draw.

Fugui's daughter finally reached the age of marriage and got a good husband, but she died of dystocia during childbirth.

The gentle and considerate Jiazhen, a wealthy woman, also passed away and returned to the West after enduring the pain of losing her son and suffering from physical illness.

Later, Fugui lived with his son-in-law and grandson, but his son-in-law passed away in an accident again. Fugui once again lived with his grandson, hoping that the little baby would grow up soon, but the poor child didn't have much to eat, and was eventually taken away by the beans that suddenly appeared in front of him.

For Fugui, the days are rushing forward day by day, and the people who can accompany him in life are washed away by the torrent of time.

Finally, he counted how many years he had left, so he bought an old cow and still plowed the fields. Unexpectedly, while he was alive, the cattle suffered year after year.

We are always pursuing something, and we are always living for something. But for a person like Fugui, who has reached the end of his life and has been robbed of everything by life, what gives him the motivation to get up, and what gives him the motivation to keep himself alive?

In fact, life itself is a process. Today's clouds must be different from yesterday's. This summer is much hotter than last year. People find their own meaning. If you have the motivation to pursue life, even if others think you have nothing, you can still find fun in life.

Just like Fugui, he talks to his old cow, coaxing him to work like a child, and telling some harmless jokes to the women in the village. These are the materials for his survival.

Written at the end:

When people are at their lowest point, they will have a feeling of being abandoned by the world. They will see happiness on everyone's face, but only themselves are insulated from happiness.

But what we don’t think about is that when we are happy in life, we don’t feel any unfairness.

The feeling of being hit by life is unbearable, because at such times, it is easy to feel desolate in the heart. It seems that everyone can be a philosopher and understand the true meaning of life.

When you are in dire straits, you might as well read "To Live" by Yu Hua. Sometimes, constant loss, continuous connection and loss of happiness, is the original appearance of life.

No matter what kind of life, it is a unique experience.