Chapter 7 seven

The raucous social season is drawing to a close, and everyone I know is busy preparing to leave Chengli.Mrs. Strickland planned to take the family to the Norfolk seafront, where the children could swim in the sea and the husband could play golf.We said goodbye and agreed to meet again in the fall.But on the last day of my stay in London, just coming out of the Army and Navy store, I met Mrs. Strickland with her son and daughter; London sold out the last batch of things before.We are both hot and tired, and I propose to go to the park and have some cold food together. I suppose Mrs. Strickland was delighted to have me see her two children, and she accepted my invitation without the slightest hesitation.The kids are even more adorable than they look in the photos and she's justifiably proud of them.I am also very young, so they are not restrained at all in front of me, they just talk about their own affairs happily.Both children were very beautiful, healthy and lively.Resting in the shade of the trees, everyone felt very happy.

An hour later the family piled into a carriage and drove home, and I strolled idly by myself to the club.I may feel a little lonely, and I look back with envy on the happy family life I have just glimpsed.The family seems to have a very harmonious relationship.They told little jokes that no outsider could understand, and laughed like hell.If a person's intelligence is measured purely from the perspective of eloquence, Charles Strickland may not be considered intelligent, but in his own environment, his intelligence is more than enough, which is not only a result of successful career It is a stepping stone, and it is the guarantee of a happy life.Mrs. Strickland was a charming woman who loved her husband very much.I imagined the life of this couple, free from any disasters and disasters, honest and decent, and the two children are even more well-behaved and cute. They will definitely inherit and carry forward the status and traditions of this family.Unknowingly, the two of them are getting older and older, but their children are gradually growing up. When they reach a certain age, they will get married and have a family—a beautiful girl who has already made promises and will give birth to lively and healthy children in the future; The other was a handsome man, obviously going to be a soldier.In the end, the couple retired, loved by their children and grandchildren, and lived a prosperous and decent old age.Their happy life was not in vain, and they didn't bid farewell to the world until they were very old.

This must be the story of countless couples in the world.This mode of living gives people a sense of serenity and intimacy.It conjures the image of a placid brook, winding its way through lush green pastures and shaded by lush trees, until at last it empties into the misty sea.But the sea is always so calm, so silent, so still, that you suddenly feel a vague uneasiness.Maybe it's just a quirk of mine (and it haunted me even in those days) that most people go through life like this, as if something was missing.I recognize the social value of this life, and I see its well-ordered happiness, but there is a strong desire in my blood for a wilder journey.There seemed to be something about this peaceful and peaceful happiness that terrified me.My heart yearns for a more adventurous life.As long as there is change in my life--change and unforeseen excitement, I am ready for rocky cliffs and reef-strewn beaches.