Chapter 73 Working life among mountain language
The kids and I have a "Father and Son Studio" at home named after the kids.After the name, there is a slogan, they call it: "Materials, materials, tools, tools." This is actually a state, a state of hands-on.We put all kinds of saws, electric planers, electric grinders, etc. in there to make a stool or a tree house or something.This is actually a procedure for training children to do things.When our company went public last year, my 7-year-old child said to his mother: "You haven't finished your listing yet, why is it taking so long to go public? You have to do a project, and this project needs to be done step by step. There are a lot of programs, and you can’t do it if you don’t do the project.” Overseas schools cultivate this from a young age, such as choosing a name, thinking of a slogan, and making up a song.
We also have a "Father and Son Reading Club", just like the "Father and Son Studio" sign, which is written by the children and posted at the door.Reading, we each read our own, that is, we read together in an environment.I think that the improvement of people's language ability and expression ability is not just by taking Chinese classes, but the most important thing is to constantly listen, read and read what others have written.I have read the books written by Yu Qiuyu many times, and all the books written by Lu Yao, and those written by Chen Zhongshi, etc.It turns out that I don't know how to write articles at all, let alone write blogs, and I stutter even when I write a note.You see, I studied with my son, kept blogging, and learned to write articles, so I have the book you are reading now.
We have a house in the mountains, which was designed by designer Zhang Yonghe. We named this house "Shanyujian".Both Zhang Xin and I have a common understanding that we need to be with our children on a regular basis, so we will take our children to Shanyujian every weekend to get away from the busy business operations and return to our daily life.When we went to the mountains, the first job was to chop wood and burn the fireplace after cutting wood.It's rare to see a raging fire in a city, but it's actually beautiful when it's burning.I also buy one or two hundred kilograms of unhulled millet and rice every year to feed the birds.It must be shelled. After removing the skin, the bird will not eat it for fear of being poisonous.Feeding birds is something children especially like. When I took my children to Hyde Park in England, I saw that they all liked to feed swans.British birds never hide from people, but Chinese birds all run away when they see people, which makes people scared.We want to slowly cultivate the closeness of these Chinese birds to us Chinese in "Mountain Language Room". This is the goal of my children and me.In addition, we have opened up a piece of land in the mountains to grow corn, vegetables and so on.
In the mountains, we basically do everything by ourselves.The colder the weather, the greater the contrast you will feel when working outside.It is very comfortable for you to sit in the house, it will be cold to work in the snow outside, and it is very comfortable when you are sweating.This is a different experience in life. You are working, although doing these things continuously seems to be very stressful, but in fact your heart is very quiet.In the city, in the office, I just think about dealing with e-mails for a while, interviews for a while, and meetings at what time. Life is always very hectic.In the mountains, it is very quiet.
Others always say that Wang Shi likes to climb mountains. In fact, anyone who has climbed mountains knows that in that hypoxic state, people have no distracting thoughts. They don’t even think about how much the stock is worth. This is a state of tranquility.The information about the subprime bond crisis at the bottom of the mountain didn't bother him at all, because he was completely quiet.The process that people can experience the most happiness and joy is sitting quietly, but it is very difficult for you to sit in this room without thinking about anything. I don't want to.I understand that this is also the way to clear yourself.
Every time I work in the mountain language, I also have this feeling of being cleared and quiet.