A book suitable for everyone? One by one, "Saga's Super Grandma"

My daughter once recommended to me a book written by a Japanese writer - "Saga's Super Grandma". One day before going to bed, I picked it up and read it, and I actually read it in one sitting. I cried and laughed several times in the middle, either for the characters in the book or for myself.

On August 6, 1945, the world's first atomic bomb was exploded in Hiroshima, which completely changed the lives and destiny of many Japanese people.

? The father of the protagonist Akihiro Tokunaga (later renamed Tokuda Yoichi, also the author of this book, a master of Japanese comedy and a writer) was only in his twenties at the time. Although he had escaped the bombing in Saga , but he contracted atomic disease just because he went back to Hiroshima to see the situation at home. His father died shortly after Akihiro was born.

After his father passed away, his mother took her two sons and opened a tavern in Hiroshima. The three of them lived a difficult life relying on each other. One day in the second grade of elementary school, Akihiro's aunt Kisako, who had come with Saga, was pushed by her mother on a train bound for Saga's grandmother's house. Looking at her crying mother on the platform outside the train window, her aunt who was also crying told Akihiro: Guang: From now on, he will live with his grandma in Saga.

Next, the protagonist of the story --- Grandma (Grandma Zhaoguang) appears. This book describes the life of Zhaoguang and Grandma in Saga. Despite the extreme hardship, the optimistic Grandma There are always magical ways to make the days go by and fill your life with creativity, discovery, and laughter! The language in the book is simple and concise, the feelings are sincere and strong, it exudes the brilliance of humanity and is touching.

My grandmother was widowed in middle age. She had to work as a cleaner starting at four o'clock every day to support her seven children. As you can imagine, life was very difficult. For the poor, daily food is the most important problem to solve. Grandma strung a wooden stick across the river in front of her house to catch edible things floating down the river: vegetables, fruits, branches, wood chips, etc. Grandma said the only drawback of this "supermarket" is that "even if you want to eat snacks today, You may not be able to eat cucumbers, because you have to rely on the supply of the market; every year during the Menglan Bon Festival, grandma picked up the boat and took away apples, bananas and other fruits, but she could only put the boat back into the river, clasped her hands respectfully and said to the gods Thank you; I also pickled and ate the watermelon mask someone gave to Zhaoguang...

? The weather in Saga was very cold, so grandma filled it with hot water from a hot water bottle she found. Guang felt that the warm bed was like heaven; but Grandma thought that the hot water bottle could not only be used to warm the feet, but could also be used to hold tea! In order to comfort Zhao Guang, who was suffering from hunger and cold, Grandma said that Zhao Guang was too nervous to go to bed early; Grandma asked Zhao Guang to write on Zhao Guang’s nutritional questionnaire: Eating lobster every day is actually just crayfish caught in the river! He couldn’t afford the protective gear and masks needed to learn swordsmanship and judo, so Grandma recommended him. A good sport: running; you can’t buy snacks in the store, the fruits on the trees are the most delicious snacks; just find some wood materials and make bamboo rafts or something, it is a homemade toy that you will never tire of...despite this life Grandma always faced poverty calmly and optimistically, and said: It doesn't matter, we are poor and cheerful.

Akihiro understood that although he was poor in Hiroshima, he was reduced to poverty in Saga. It is a lower level of extreme poverty, but it is also the beginning of a period of happiness that ordinary people cannot experience!

? Because of my grandmother’s suggestion, I worked hard to practice "free" running, and the results were unexpected! It was unexpectedly fruitful—Zhao Guang was running so fast that he was surprised. Zhao Guang wrote to his mother, hoping that her mother could come to the sports meeting he was participating in. However, Zhao Guang was very disappointed and sad because she had to work hard and could not come. /p>

Because there was no nutritious lunch provided at the sports meeting, in order to prepare an egg box lunch for Zhaoguang, grandma kept shouting "live, live, live" to the five chickens at home. Grandma was amused by her "strange" behavior Zhaoguang, grandma's kindness cheered up Zhaoguang and won first place in the running competition at the sports meeting.

The parents of the classmates brought sausage delicacies to the children for lunch. Zhaoguang hid in the classroom alone, with tears in his eyes. When he was about to open the vegetarian lunch box, the class teacher came in with the lunch box. The class teacher said that he had a stomachache and asked Zhaoguang if there was sweet ginger in Zhaoguang's lunch box. Zhaoguang exchanged with the teacher. Zhaoguang almost cheered when he opened the teacher’s lunch box: scrambled eggs, sausages, fried shrimps...

? From then on, the third grade, fourth grade, fifth grade, and sixth grade At the grade sports meeting every year, there is always a teacher who has a stomachache and wants to exchange lunch boxes with Zhaoguang, but Zhaoguang always eats a lunch box with rich ingredients. If they say they brought you a packed lunch, both you and grandma will feel embarrassed. So the teacher pretended to have a stomachache and wanted to exchange lunch boxes with you. "It turns out that true thoughtfulness is invisible to people.

Akihiro experienced all kinds of care and concern from the people in Saga that were imperceptible: the uncle who sold tofu crushed a piece of tofu in the box and sold it to Akihiro at a low price; he did not accept the treatment fee. the doctor who always makes excuses for not being able to eat this or that and not sending groceries to grandma... Caring that is invisible to people is the real thoughtfulness, and it is also grandma's own creed: Give The thief ate rice balls and persuaded him with great sympathy to go to the Citizen Employment Center; he quietly cleaned the front streets of the surrounding neighbors; uncle Sanlang came to borrow money, but grandma took out five dollars without taking it seriously. One thousand yuan, you can pay it back anytime. ?

Grandma, who lives an extremely frugal life, heard Zhao Guang say that she had become the captain of the baseball team. She suddenly stood up, took out a 10,000 yuan bill from the treasure cabinet and ran to the store before closing, specifying what she wanted to buy. The most expensive pair of spikes ever! I remembered what the author wrote in the previous paragraph: I secretly saw a letter written by my mother to my grandma, saying that she was sorry that she could not send money this month, so Zhaoguang pretended that he was not hungry and did not add food. This was the first time that the strong grandmother was in front of Zhaoguang. Leave sad tears. At this time, grandma spent all her money to buy the most expensive pair of spikes for her grandson. How happy and satisfied she felt in her heart!

?Grandfather and grandson depend on each other for life, and Akihiro also ushered in his last sports meeting in Saga. My mother wrote: I must come to see Zhaoguang participate in the sports meeting this year. My mother, who was supposed to arrive the day before the scheduled sports meeting, never came! After the long-distance running competition started, when Zhaoguang was about to run to the door of his grandma's house, a very loud voice came from his ears: "Zhaoguang, come on! Come on!" It was his mother! Grandma also lowered her head and smiled beside her.

After all, Zhaoguang couldn't do the waving gesture in the TV series, so he just kept his head down and ran forward. Teacher Tanaka shouted to Zhaoguang from the motorcycle: "Zhaoguang, look at your mother! Don't lower your head, run with your head up and chest high!" Zhaoguang waved to his mother and shouted: "Mom! I'm fast! I study. No, but I’m running very hard!” Zhaoguang heard what sounded like uncontrollable sobbing, and when he looked carefully, it was Teacher Tanaka who was crying! "Tokunaga, great! Your mother is here!" Zhaoguang found that his cheeks were also wet and hot!

Every time I re-read this book and read this excerpt, tears will flow away uncontrollably. It seems that everyone can imagine that the relatives around us will also experience partings, reunions, and hardships with us, but they will never forget to cheer each other up.

As the author wrote in the opening chapter: If you don’t have enough money, you can’t travel abroad, you can’t afford brand-name clothes, you can’t live in a good house... Nowadays, people feel unhappy because of these, so they try their best to To pursue the so-called "happiness"; people always say that they never forget their original intention, but they always think about getting more and bigger things immediately after getting something. They have a mentality of worrying about gains and losses, but sadly they don't live as comfortably as the poor grandma. Think about it carefully. Think about it, there are many more important and happy things, right?

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