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Chapter 80 show mommy that shirt again

mental gymnastics 刘心武 1408Words 2018-03-18
I went to Hong Kong for a short-term summer vacation to sign a book. I stayed at the Xinle Hotel on Nathan Road. Kowloon Park is not far south of the hotel. shop.Because I have been to Hong Kong many times, I have no interest in shopping, so when I passed by that day, my steps were hurried and my eyes were not squinted.Just when I was about to finish that section of the road, I met three tourists head-on, who looked like two middle-aged couples and their son.The son was well-nourished, he must be a high school student, although he was tall and big, his face was full of childishness.We could have passed by, but the father stopped suddenly and asked his son, "What are you going to do in that store?" The son said with a strong body language, "Show Mommy that shirt again." Ah!" Then the mother's face lit up.I stumbled upon this brief scene by accident.After pausing for a few seconds, I walked around them and walked forward without looking back, but I recalled the most ordinary scene in this bustling world for a long time.

That tourist is from which province in the south of the mainland?Anyway, it was a so-called petty bourgeois family.Probably, after they visited a lot of shops with great interest, they shopped around. In the end, the son felt that it was better to encourage his mother to return to a certain specialty store in Baililang, and buy the Chinese shirt that he liked very much but was too expensive at the time. Down.Is this kind of petty-bourgeois thinking, style, and sentiment too vulgar, trivial, and insignificant?Originally, it was natural for their own family to have these small expressions of affection, but being seen and heard by a cold-eyed person like me, it seemed that they not only peeped into the keyhole of another house, but also put the keyhole into the keyhole. I was ashamed for them even if they weren't ashamed themselves.

I remember reading a novel "Mr. Pan in Difficulty" by Ye Shengtao before. I forgot all the details, and I can't repeat its profound ideological connotation. I just left an impression that Mr. Pan's petty bourgeois style is very Humble, makes readers feel embarrassed for him.Now it is not "Mr. Pan is in trouble", but "Mr. Pan is in blessing". He and his wife and son are traveling to Hong Kong during the summer vacation.Is Hong Kong's retail industry shrinking?Is its status as a "shopping paradise" still solid?How to make Hong Kong continue to prosper... There are some more serious and grand topics, but the "Mr. Xiao Pan" shook his well-developed body in the street, stomped his feet and said coquettishly, "Show Mommy that shirt again!"

Since the 1950s, I have been strictly educated to criticize petty bourgeois sentiments.I remember when I was in middle school, every summer vacation, the class cadre of the class I was in would always mobilize the whole class to engage in activities. They either concentrated in the classroom to study politics, went to construction sites for voluntary labor, or played military games.These activities are of course very meaningful, and I try to actively participate in them. However, summer vacation is summer vacation after all. My sister goes to college in Harbin and returns to Beijing during the summer vacation. I always want to play alone with my sister. She made bragi (Su-style dresses) by herself, and I stood by and laughed, and felt very comfortable.A few times I didn't participate in the group activities that were said to be "voluntary participation", and stayed at home to play with my sister. As a result, I was severely criticized by a class cadre: "Typical petty bourgeois sentiment! Do you want a sister or a revolution? "I thought to myself that I want my sister and the revolution, can't I?

The revolution is not to make people die, but to make people live; not to make people's lives uncomfortable, but to make people live comfortably; revolution is not to despise production and despise consumption, but to develop production and promote consumption.Today's revolution is synonymous with reform and opening up. During its journey, the super-rich should be restrained, and the poor should be gradually relieved. The petty bourgeois "Mr. Pan" has a stable job, reliable medical and pension insurance, There are vacation days that cannot be violated at will. For example, the whole family travels to Hong Kong for shopping during the summer vacation, and his son who has no memory of hunger will show his filial piety to his mother for buying a piece of expensive clothes.Such social groups should be expanded, and their thoughts and emotions should be fully respected and understood, including their seemingly humble sorrows and joys, and the trivial joys of life dissolved in daily existence.

After all, who should be ashamed?Why should you be ashamed?After returning to Beijing from Hong Kong, I sometimes still think about the scene in front of the Baili Shopping Gallery and think deeply.
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