Listen to the voice of silence

Recording yourself is the real history of individual life. What is more important than these is that the history of individual life already contains the history of ethnic groups, nations, and human beings, rather than vice versa.

An old rural lady who is not very literate begins to write articles. Can she write well? Not from a professional point of view. An old lady in the countryside who can't draw begins to draw. Can she draw well? Not from a professional point of view.

If we look at it from another angle and use natural notes, her writing and painting can be established.

The author of the Sky of Flax (published by Zhejiang people's Publishing House), like tens of thousands of ordinary people, lives at the bottom of life all his life, and how many people will listen to the silent voice of ordinary life?

The author of this book, Grandma Xiuying, began to write, inspired by her son and daughter-in-law. Led by her, her sister Qin Xiuping also joined in.

What they say and draw are incomparably simple and simple, that is, the relationship between the two rural old ladies all their lives with plants and animals, including, of course, with people and with changes in the outside world. In short, it is an individual life that has dealt with the plants and animals around it.

These dealings have objective records, emotional outpouring, and memories of some philosophy of life. For example, farming depends on stubble, and taking a wife depends on root; for example, eating rice is better than eating noodles, and visiting relatives is better than staying in a restaurant. These sayings and jingles are listened to in their twenties, that is, sayings and jingles; if they are heard again after the age of fifty, they are full of the wisdom of a nation's life.

Of course, for the history of their lives, the natural notes presented by Granny Xiuying and Ms. Qin Xiuping may be superficial but only the appearance of their life, the appearance of their feelings, and the appearance of their relationship with plants and animals (including human beings). If an individual life is a sea, they are still talking about the spray on the surface of the sea, the eddy currents and undercurrents hidden at the bottom of the sea, have not yet had time to say, or do not know how to say, or are embarrassed to say, or do not know when to say it.

I said, when said. If you don't say it this time, you can talk about it next time; from shallow to deep, it's a good start.

What I want to say more is that if more silent lives are taking such natural notes, if their songs of life form a chorus, they will roll across the sky like spring thunder. More importantly, recording yourself is the real history of individual life. What is more important than these is that the history of individual life already contains the history of ethnic groups, nations, and human beings, rather than vice versa.

Author: Liu Zhenyun