The "Amateur Fisherman" of "The Story of the Sahara"

Amateur means "ordinary people". Amateur fishermen are people who work on weekdays and fish on weekends. Ordinary and ordinary life does have a different elegance, revealing the pastoral poetry of "picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence and leisurely seeing the southern mountains".

China's urbanization process is rapid. In the past few decades, farmers have left their land and moved into big cities. The big cities once gave them unlimited imagination, and their material life has been greatly improved. According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory, physiological needs are the most basic. So this group of farmers who had met their "physiological needs" suddenly discovered that material improvement did not bring about spiritual improvement. The city is too noisy, and life in the city is also accompanied by food problems such as "melamine", and there is also the "disease of affluence" in the city. Compared with cities, rural areas have green mountains and green waters, the air in rural areas is fresher, and life in rural areas is fulfilling and happy. In recent years, "farmhouse" projects have mushroomed like mushrooms after a rain. City people go to work on weekdays and go to the countryside on weekends. Perhaps they can be called "amateur farmers."

Sanmao and Jose work to make money on weekdays. On weekends, they drive thousands of kilometers across the Sahara Desert to fish on the west coast. The original purpose was to "make salted fish to save money on food." Jose's salary is very high, but the cost of enjoying a slightly better life in the desert is very high. As far as fishing itself is concerned, you can not only enjoy the excitement of "adventure" but also taste rare fresh fish. It is really two birds with one stone.

However, driving back and forth would cost a lot of money, so they thought of selling fish to make money. It is indeed difficult for people who are accustomed to being noble to stoop down to sell fish. No one dared to shout when selling fish for the first time. With the help of colleagues, Sanmao sold out all the fish.

No one expected that when the boss came over while they were dining in the hotel, Jose seized the opportunity to pay the bill. When he got home, he found that the order sold to the hotel during the day had been shredded in the washing machine. The end result is that you work in vain and make no money at all. Sanmao sat on the steps, "crying and laughing at the same time."

I cried because I worked hard all day and made no money; I laughed because I experienced extraordinary fun, and my mood throughout the day was as exciting as a roller coaster.

After we get used to city life, we will indeed have the idea of ????"escape". Cities are nothing but products created by humans, including reinforced concrete and lamps and glass cups. Drunk and dreamy, extreme entertainment, pursuit of excitement and pleasure. Rural areas evolved naturally, were created by God, and are more in line with human nature. This earthy smell and fragrance can make people relax their vigilance and feel relaxed.

Returning to the countryside means returning to nature. This kind of fun is just like swimming and bathing. We come out of the water, and the contact with the water can make us feel intimate.

Return to nature, life will never disappoint kind people. All we can do is maintain our original intention. The famous Japanese entrepreneur Kazuo Inamori said, "It is enough for our souls to be cleaner than when we were born." This "cleanness", or "purity", requires constant practice and cultivation.

Life itself is a practice. We are all ordinary people living ordinary lives, so-called "amateurs". However, we can choose our own lifestyle. Maybe "fisherman" is good.