Ni Ping: Grandma is a great philosopher

Once, the narrator of "You Shu" told a joke:

A philosopher went to visit a friend and walked to the gate of the community. The old man at the gate asked him casually Several questions made the philosopher fall into deep thought.

Is the uncle a "sweeping monk"? What enigmatic questions were asked? It stumped even a great philosopher.

Actually, the question is very simple, nothing more than a daily inquiry: Who are you? Where are you from? Where are you going?

But this is precisely the basic proposition in philosophy, also known as the "Three Ultimate Questions", which has touched the speculative soul of philosophers and made people "stupid".

Although it is just a joke, it should not be taken seriously. But it also reflects the fact that philosophy is all around us.

Ni Ping said in "Grandma's Quotations": Grandma is the philosopher in our family. No scholar in the family can live as clearly, soberly, and meaningfully as she does.

Ni Ping, this well-known name, has long entered people's hearts. Her kind, generous and simple hosting style has influenced several generations.

Kind and loving, elegant yet dignified. She is an excellent program host who has acted in movies, plays, and TV series. She can also write books, draw, and calligraphy, and has won many awards.

And all of this, she said, was taught by her grandma, who was her lifelong teacher.

Grandma has never read a book in her life and cannot read a single big Chinese character. But this does not affect her ability to live a transparent life.

Grandma has a savings card, which stores kindness, tolerance, love, persistence, giving, suffering, giving up, gratitude, open-mindedness, cheerfulness, tolerance... too many, here Have the spirit we need to live.

The sun is so nice today. Let me take out the items in my grandma’s savings card and dry them in the sun to prevent them from becoming damp and moldy.

Grandma often said: "When there is no one around, take out your brain and bask in the sun. Your whole body will feel lighter."

Bask in the sun and smell the smell of the sun. , our life will be more fragrant.

1. Kindness - the duty of being a human being

Grandma is getting old and dozing off all day long. Ni Ping is really afraid that grandma will fall asleep one day, so she starts to find ways to make her fall asleep. Not idle. Classifying and folding newspapers earns me fifteen yuan a day.

When I heard that there was money to be made, grandma suddenly became energetic. That was the first salary my grandma received in her life. She was so happy, even happier than us winning a big prize.

She wants to give the money she earns to those she wants to help.

Although grandma has no shortage of new clothes to wear, she is always reluctant to throw away old clothes, because frugality is our traditional virtue, and grandma has always been an excellent keeper.

How to get grandma to throw away those old clothes? Ni Ping thought of another way to recycle old clothes in the name of environmental protection.

100 yuan per item will be given back. The grandma who is "money-minded" has become more active this time. Not only did she pack away all her old clothes, but she also mobilized relatives and people in the village to sell her old clothes. Grandma was happy now, but Ni Ping was miserable.

"Grandma, we can't talk about the company everywhere. The company takes care of us and can't collect that much."

But grandma said: "When you have good things and think about others, others will always think about you. When you have good things and don't think about others, you only care about yourself. In the end, you will be alone, and there will be no communication with you. The good things a person can do in his life are limited, and they are over when they are done. The more people there are, the more good things will happen."

Ni Ping's parents divorced early in life, and her grandmother was particularly distressed because she was afraid that her nephew would not receive his father's love.

In my grandma’s eyes, my father was upright, kind and noble. She would secretly call him to tell him about the family's situation, so as to comfort the father's missing children and fill in the father's love that the children lacked.

Grandma nourished the wounded hearts of our family and warmed us with love, kindness, and tolerance.

In the early days of liberation, my grandma also encountered an extremely irritating incident: a rich peasant family hid more than a dozen horses in my grandma's house. As a result, they were reported, but my grandma refused to admit it.

She said: They gave it to us because they trusted us. If these dozen pieces of cloth were classified as landlords, her five children would suffer, and their bright future would be ruined.

Who knew that a few years later, the family would come back and expose grandma. Grandma was angry, but she finally forgave her.

Because grandma said that she understood her, it was all forced by form, for the sake of her children. Don't hate her, it's enough for her to hate herself.

Grandma said: "Those who retreat will suffer temporarily. Giving others a way is equivalent to finding a way out for yourself."

Grandma is always kind and tolerant. Always think of others.

2. Giving - the magic weapon of happiness

Grandma has a magic weapon for happiness: she said that giving to others means happiness, and owing others means suffering.

My grandma’s family is going to build a big tile house. On the day when the beams are installed, many people from the village come to help. According to custom, the girders of the house should be erected at noon. Grandma got up as soon as the rooster crowed and started steaming steamed buns. There are more than a hundred big steamed buns, and grandma will make sure everyone who comes has a delicious meal.

Everyone knows that in order to build a house, my grandma's family ate sweet potato noodles for a year. Grandma said: "It's better to save the noodles than to save the lining." From the first year, he started to prepare wheat noodles, and every steamed bun They are all saved from between the teeth. No one wants to eat it.

"Without beams, the house will collapse sooner or later. If there is no one to help, no matter how hard you are, you won't be able to survive!" The beams were put up, but none of the steamed buns were moved. Grandma cried. In the evening Carrying Xiao Lou on his arm, he delivered her from door to door.

When her son was young, Ni Ping also taught her son through words and deeds to become a caring person. When his son was in school, he would give large and small bags of food that he could not eat at home to the grandparents who were cleaning up the trash cans.

The New Year is here, and I asked my son to give each of them a hundred New Year's money. But the next day, grandpa came holding a huge toy airplane. This toy must cost at least more than 200 yuan.

At this time, I remembered what my grandma said: "You will be happy when you give things to others."

Grandma has a theory: money and things must be circulated. , otherwise it will be blocked. Of course, this circulation must also be measured. This is our human relationship.

Ni Ping’s grandma is also everyone’s grandma. When new things come on the market, everyone rushes to buy them for grandma to try.

Once, a white man thought he had nothing new to take, so he took a bundle of colorful towels. Grandma felt like she had found a treasure, so she gave one to each person and kept two for herself. She cut them into squares and sewed the four sides together with needle and thread to use as small handkerchiefs.

"Grandma, that's not the case. If you need small handkerchiefs, let's go buy a bunch of them. There are plenty."

"Go buy them and try them. Where can I find them? This is Where can you buy Brother Bai’s heart?”

“If you have a bowl of rice for others to eat, but you are hungry yourself, this is called helping others; if you can’t eat a pot of rice, give someone a bowl of it?” , then ask others to help you.”

Some people always ask: Why don’t you donate materials or money? Many people will say: To help those in need. Actually, you are not asked to help others. It's about helping others use things that you can't use.

Grandma often said: "You shouldn't let others know about doing good deeds. If people know about it, the good deeds will change. Doing good deeds is something you should do, just like if a person doesn't steal, you still praise him?"

3. Wisdom - Grandma’s Political Debate

On the cliff of my grandma’s house, there was a wild strawberry. It was green at first, then turned yellow, and then turned blood red. It all turned dark towards the end, so dark that it was scary.

Legend has it that a fierce woman jumped off a cliff and died after being tortured by men. He was wearing red clothes when he died, but turned black when he was taken out of the water.

In order to satisfy her curiosity, Ni Ping went to the cliff again and again to see if the wild strawberries had changed color. She also wanted to try the magic of the water. She deliberately let her clothes get soaked to see if the wild strawberries had any color. How red.

But in an instant, her basket of delicious food disappeared.

Ni Ping cried all the way back to her grandma's house. Her grandma said with a smile: "Okay, the ghost is greedy. She won't eat you after eating the dumplings. It's a good idea to exchange a bowl of dumplings for a little nephew." !”

Little Ni Ping believed it. Only when I grew up did I realize that this was my grandma's dialectics. She could solve any problem smoothly. This was my grandma's wisdom.

Ni Ping often said: The ordinary is the truth, which is quite right. Don’t expect to be rich. We ordinary people do not have the ability to withstand major disasters. A peaceful life is a good life.

I thought grandma would agree, but she said: If you don’t have the ability, just do it. If you have the ability, why not go to the top of the mountain and have a look? What’s the point of wandering around in a ravine all your life? What you see at the top of the mountain is different from what you see at the bottom. Everyone has one lifetime, but the people on the top of the mountain live several lifetimes as the people at the bottom of the mountain. Didn't you settle the accounts?

Grandma said that the top of the mountain is a unique way of living. A person's life must use all his strength to climb to the top of his mountain. If you can't go up to the big mountains, go up to the hills. You can’t go to distant mountains, but you can also go to the mountains at your doorstep.

Grandma is really energetic.

She said to Ni Ping earnestly: "You are not only at the top of the mountain, your mountain is also a big mountain. You can see everything on the mountain. You have everything and you are satisfied. My child, it is windy on the mountain. Climb up." It’s not easy, if you work hard, you won’t have to regret it in your life.”

4. Happiness-Grandma’s little happiness

Ding Zhen has become popular recently, just because of one person. The innocent smile went viral. Without any background or strength, he just became so popular.

Meditating on the mystery, people discover the smile from the bottom of their hearts that they lack. Ask yourself, did you smile today? Are you happy?

Many people’s answer is definitely “no”. They are so busy every day, so busy and annoying, how can there be any time for happiness?

At work, the boss makes things difficult and colleagues plot against each other. In life, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are at odds with each other, the children are disobedient, the partner is not pleasing to the eye, and there is no money to buy bags or travel. How can there be any sense of happiness?

We are all counting what we lack, but not what we have.

"Grandma, your happiness index is too low. Just say that as a woman, you have been lacking too much in your life. As a woman, you have never worn high heels or skirts in your life. "Sorry?"

"Why are you not wearing an apron?"

Grandma said: "Don't be too small if you are happy, two will add up." Come on, try adding one hundred. You can’t always think about one hundred happiness a day. How many hundred happiness can you encounter in your life?"

" Big happiness and small happiness come one day at a time.”

5. The savings card of love—Grandma’s endless gold card

Grandma has been busy taking care of the family all her life. , I didn’t get my first salary until I was ninety-seven. She was so happy and proud.

Grandma was really too poor before. Buying a red headband for my nephew has to wait for countless times.

Although her daughter would say every month that she needed money to send her. But she just didn't say anything.

Grandma always said: "If you live in the city, you can't live a day without a penny. In the country, you can live until the end of the year without a penny. If you work hard and quickly, you can fill your stomach and dig baskets." You can also eat steamed buns with wild vegetables. It’s not easy for your mother to make money!”

But when she had money, her generosity was different from the past. She would go back to her hometown and buy this for her neighbors in the countryside! The one who gave it as a gift felt happy and refreshed, not to mention very excited.

Grandma has never been to school in her life and is illiterate, but her abacus is very slippery. Grandma has two abacus, one is in the drawer, left by the ancestors, and the other is in the heart.

Grandma’s view on money is: Money must be spent in useful places to be valuable!

When she donated money to a water-scarce project in the west, she just started making money and received her first advertising fee. Ni Ping decided to donate one million.

Are you afraid of people knowing about donating money, because your relatives at home need money, and there are also letters of help from all over the country? Ni Ping was helpless. No one could discuss such a big matter.

"Don't worry, grandma knows your difficulties. My child, you have spent your whole life using small money as big money and big money as small money." Grandma said: "The balance in my heart is The same as yours."

When Ni Ping's niece was studying in Beijing, apart from normal daily expenses, Ni Ping never gave her any pocket money.

My niece was admitted to three universities with excellent results, and she chose the Directing Department of the Central Academy of Drama. Unexpectedly, a teacher questioned: "Ni Ping's niece, hang it up first."

In fact, Ni Ping has never had a relationship to go through the back door. She hopes that her niece will realize her dream through her own efforts.

Unexpectedly, my niece was not in the spotlight but was implicated. Ni Ping was very angry and wanted to seek justice from the principal.

Grandma stopped and said: "Child, remember, God is fair. Whatever he gives you, he will definitely take away. You see, a person carrying a burden must be equally heavy at both ends in order to go far. One head is heavy and the other is light, do you want to try? If you can't walk a few steps, you have to stop. Xiaoni is your niece. I don't want to take advantage of you. Shouldn't I be aggrieved?"

Ni Ping also wants to be like her grandma and want to give her niece a life gold card that stores kindness, beauty, tolerance and diligence!

6. It’s getting dark - grandma is gone

Grandma said: “When it gets dark, you will encounter an unstoppable disaster, and you have to accept your fate.

Resigning to fate is not giving up, it is gritting your teeth and holding on until dawn. Dawn gives you hope, so get up and move forward. God will tell you how far you have the energy to move forward. Help you.

Don’t waste your energy in the night, and you will have no energy at dawn.

Kid, remember, good things come in advance. Say hello, bad things will hit you on the head immediately, and you will never be notified in advance!

The more capable people are, the stronger they will be, and the less capable people will be knocked down at once.”

The sun cannot hang in the sky 24 hours a day. It also has to go back and take a rest. No one can stop this.

Grandma said: Chairman Mao is very capable, right? His son died on the Korean battlefield, wasn't there anything the old man could do? Smoking one cigarette after another, waiting for dawn.

Everyone understands the truth, but not everyone can do it. The pain of a loved one's illness tortures and engulfs our hearts, and we can only swallow the unspeakable pain.

Grandma repeatedly warned: Children, remember, if you don’t fall, you can get through anything; if you fall, no one can help you.

Everyone’s life is not smooth sailing, and we always complain about the hardships in life.

But grandma said: "You have to suffer when you are born, so don't complain. Complaining is also bitter, and not complaining is also bitter. Don't you educated people say that 'life is to live after birth'?... What is sweetness? ? It’s sweet to be free from illness and disaster, it’s sweet to have no arms and legs, and it’s sweet to know a person who can’t read. ”

What a simple philosophy of life!

Grandma’s sky is dark, but grandma’s spirit is like a bright light, illuminating our hearts and our way forward!