Chapter 41 letter to daughter

Qiqi: You wrote in your letter that autumn is getting stronger in your place. You remember to be covered in a sweater in the library every morning and evening in class, and you also remember to eat more fruits and vegetables. I am very relieved.In fact, I am very relieved to receive your letter, not to mention that you said in the letter that you will take good care of yourself!Knowing that you are so old, of course you have learned to say something according to my heart to make me feel at ease, but you wrote these two or three sentences at the end of the letter, and I am so relieved!People, it's not too difficult to deal with, is it?When I sent you to school a few months ago, I was really reluctant, and I really couldn't make up my mind, but I couldn't let you know, for fear that you would be even more sad, because it is said that a father can't be without a mind.Those nights, what I said to you in the hotel sounded like comforting and encouraging you, but it was actually comforting and encouraging myself.I still remember very clearly what you said at that time. You said: "It would be great if you and your mother took me and my brother to London like back then. You were working in London, and my brother and I were studying in London!" I Don't know what to say.People have to grow up; when they grow up, they don't have to stay with their parents all the time.You said in this letter that you don't know how good your home is until you are no longer at home.This is the truth, I know; I lived in London with you for so long, and I really wanted to go back to live in a place with a lot of Chinese people, so we moved back to Hong Kong.This idea is actually quite ridiculous.

When I went to see your school with you that day, I thought for no reason of "The Orchid Lost Root" in Mr. Chen Zhifan's "Little Notes on Traveling to America".Your school is the same as the small university in the suburbs of Philadelphia he went to. "The campus is as beautiful as a poem or a painting. It is surrounded by hills and trees lined with shade." No wonder he thought of the flowers and plants in Beiping Park, "Mr. I feel that these flowers should not appear here. Their background should be Laijin Yuxuan, the Garden of Harmonious Interests, palace steps, or pavilion fences."Didn't I tell you that this campus is a bit like my campus in Tainan?But you actually said that it is very similar to the campus of your middle school in England, and also like the campus of your middle school in Hong Kong.You see, when people feel nostalgic, their memory will be dishonest, and their eyes will be deceiving.Your grandfather visited Nanyang for a long time, and he can't forget the mountains and rivers of Tangshan. There are a few words in his "Swallows and Qiji": "The swallows in the house are no less than a hundred; when the sun sets, When the smoke is everywhere, I feel like a tired bird thinking about returning. We are far away from home and have been away from home for a long time. Can we not feel sorry for the tired bird returning to its nest!... "Do you remember the little print at our London home?I saw it by accident in a dilapidated shop diagonally opposite the British Museum. Since the engravings were a few flying swallows, although the engraving was not very good, I still bought them and hung them at home, because my grandfather liked swallows when he was alive!Believe it or not: "Nostalgia" is a habit, which will be passed down from generation to generation, not as if it is preached, but as if it is contagious.You said that you bought a lot of canned Chinese shellfish and preserved eggs in Chinatown for supper in the dormitory. Grandpa must be distressed and happy to know: "Although she smells like camphor in Victoria's closet!" He would Say.Grandpa is the most unreasonable thing about this kind of thing; you probably don't remember.To be honest, since the love of family and country is "love", "reason" can't be taken care of.He has been visiting different places for a long time, and although he knows how to say "probably peace of mind is home", his heart is helpless as Mr. Chen Zhifan said: "Flowers move to the United States, we don't like it; people move to the United States, the same is not good." Be at ease!" This is also self-torture; the worst thing is that this torture is really a bit of fun;You said that you like the sentence that your brother wrote to you: "If you miss home, you can cry, and you will be happy when you cry." My brother not only understands politics, but also understands psychology.Homesickness, homesickness, patriotism, and nostalgia are caused by psychology, not necessarily by politics.During the Second World War, the British government put up posters everywhere to encourage the strong to serve the country. On the posters, some British women leaned against the door to bid farewell to their husbands and lovers. It said: "British women say: go!" There is no need to express patriotic arguments , Attack the heart and break it with one attack!

By the way, don't waste your time and energy in class and textbooks; spend more time making friends and hanging out more.Traveling all the way to a foreign country is not to get a diploma and come back to see me.Student life is harder than getting a diploma.To know how to live a happy life, you must know how to live a variety of lives.Don't worry about being useless in Chinese; it is enough that you can understand my Chinese letters.As for Chinese history and Chinese cultural traditions, it seems that you have also acquired your grandpa's understanding, and you can't change it no matter where you go.If you don't believe me, just wait and see.This isn't some fucking philosopher shit.Two Oxford professors were chatting while walking, and one of them said: "There is a child in the neighbor who wants to meet Napoleon very much. I said: This is impossible. He asked me why, and I said that because Napoleon is an ancient man, and you can't." Lived from 130 to 40 years ago and still not dead. He doesn't believe it; I say because it doesn't make sense, just like we can't say: You can live in two places at the same time or you can go back to ancient times. Kid So he said: "Since it's just a question of what doesn't make sense and what makes sense, can't we just change it? How do you say I should answer this kid?" Another professor said: "Let him try it, try it. Go back to ancient times. It's not illegal to try. Let him try and see what he comes up with." You see, it doesn't matter what you say; try it yourself and you'll know.Every generation of Chinese people is trying to go back to ancient China, but they can’t be persuaded; pickled vegetables and preserved eggs have been spread to foreign countries in this way, and grandpa’s swallows; don’t worry.

I forgot to tell you: the exlibris that I bought with you in the United States that day has been framed and hung in my study: Dr. Johnson is the real murderer, he made the old bookseller tremble, wonderful!This kind of thing cannot be bought here, only in foreign countries.Oops! dad November 16, 1983