Chapter 23 eleventh

A lemon tree and life A few days later, my uncle said to An Like in his garden: "Arico! I love the earth, the earth is the mother of all things, and the last friend of all things. The earth holds us in its warm arms forever. I wrote in my will: Do not cremate my remains, give I'm in the lovely soil. Really, if you're not afraid, if you're not loathing, then you'd better bury me under that big lemon tree. I love lemons, especially the one I planted by hand, There are many memorable things. It was a very small plant when it was first planted, but now, you see, it has grown so big. Sitting under that tree, you can feel the fragrance.

"Anico! Love the earth, planting trees is a very meaningful thing. For example, if you plant an apple tree now, the tree will grow bigger than you in the future. It will live a long life and will use the shade of the tree. Flowers and fruits make your children and grandchildren happy. You will also tell your children and grandchildren about the painstaking efforts you have made in cultivating them. "I worship the earth and am intoxicated by the fragrance of the earth. Whenever the good rain hits after a long meeting, and the trees pour out their greenery and fragrance, I brave the rain and go outside to see it. It seems that the woods are full of beautiful poems. Back to the beginning of the general.

"I was moved by the eloquence of the earth, and sometimes I persisted for a long time. The earth is a living creation, and the roots of countless plants and trees coiled in it are like the veins of life. I can listen to the pulse of the earth and discern the pulse of the earth. words. The earth tells me its wishes or demands! Sometimes it says it needs water, sometimes it says it wants food. I water the water like crystal beads with a watering can, and the earth sucks it in with joy. When the soil is turned over, it jumps up in the sunlight, absorbs new life, and sprouts lovely sprouts.

"The earth takes everything and purifies it for us. Turns the rot into nourishment, and then turns it into lovely rose petals or tendrils of grapes. Although animals and people only scatter their dirty excrement on the ground, the earth has a The sacred function of this purification. "Not only that, in addition to purifying all impurity and turning it into fragrance and nectar, the earth also uses the green leaves to purify the air. People who are tired in the dusty city, when they go to the countryside, they enter the earth In the embrace, the body and mind will be refreshed, as if awakened. As long as one is kissed by the healthy mother of this earth, anyone can restore a fresh feeling and a pure heart.

"Just think about it. France was defeated by Germany and had to bear a huge compensation of five billion. The defeated country had to pay a huge sum of five billion. Why didn't it perish? This is because France has farmers who love the land. Now The city-drunken crowd flocks to Paris, Marseilles, or Lyons, but millions of peasants love the land, and hold the plow and hoe for love and conscience, so France will never perish. "But what about us in Italy? There is no one in Italy who loves this land, the mother of life. Who loves the most fertile land that God has given us, the land that has provided us with bread and wine for many centuries!

"The earth gives us health and poetry, and it also provides wealth incessantly. We must love the land. The earth is very generous, and it often pays a hundred for one. "Alico! Come and sit under this lemon tree too. It smells so good! Among all plants, I love sour fruit trees, especially lemons. Lemons are full of elegance and have a constant fragrance of life. Although slow, the growth is very strong, the leaves are evergreen, and the roots, leaves and flowers are all fragrant. "Among the plant-based sourness, lemon is the best. Because the fragrance is so good, it feels luxurious to eat. If you travel to the Mediterranean coast in summer, you will know the fragrance of fresh lemon It's cute.

"Lemon has many advantages. It blooms for life, bearing green fruit and ripe fruit. This is different from other kinds of fruit trees. Other fruit trees only bloom once a year and bear fruit once a year, while lemons are not tired all year round. Always happily and exuberantly decorated with fragrant green clothes, with thorny fruits hanging down. If God asked me before I was born: If you were born to be a tree, what tree would you like to be? I would answer this way: I May it become a lemon tree. Really, I love lemons the most! "The work of a person is the same as the fruitfulness of a tree. It takes a long time for a person to work and for a tree to bear fruit. The cultivation of a tree is called cultivation, and the cultivation of a person is called education. You are fourteen years old. Use a tree as a metaphor , It is the time when flowers are about to bloom. Flowers bloom for hope that will bear fruit, and hope is what establishes a life-long plan.

"People must have a life plan. No matter what kind of big plan they make, there is no limit to the plan itself. In the world, there are people who spend their whole life in the plan, which is just like the grass flower that only blooms but does not bear fruit. "A wise man makes a big plan for the future, pours all his thoughts and energy into this plan, and directs all his attention and love to this direction. However, like a lemon-like fruit tree, there are still some fruits that are not yet ripe. This is because there is no power to mature it. "Therefore, Amrico! You must first have the flower of hope, which is the poem that makes your heart shine. Second, you must bear the fruit of full ripeness, which is equivalent to the full implementation of your own plan. But only This is not enough, you can feel at ease when you have accomplished one plan, and you are an old-fashioned person. If you have accomplished one thing, you have to implement the second plan, just like the order of lemons. Like a person who can do this at any time It has the joy of youth, a strong spirit and a happy consciousness.

"However, lemons, which bear fruit all year round, also bloom the most in spring. Although a person often needs to bloom the flowers of hope in his life, the flowers that bloom when he is young are the most beautiful. Therefore, you must bloom the most beautiful flowers when you are young Come, manifest the spirit of piercing force and fragrance. This force, this spirit, is what will yield a hundredfold fruit and comfort you. "Having said that, even if you become an adult or an old man, you still have to open new flowers like lemons. A person who loses hope and poetry in old age is a useless person. The flowers that bloom by people are as cold as ice. After death, in fact, it can last a hundred years to benefit the majority of people. Life 2 Flowers——yes, the poems of life are the things that can make people happy. Without this, life is like dead wood. We In order to bear the fruit of infinity, it is necessary to collect the essence of the universe and continuously develop new flowers."

All men should be poets Seeing that his uncle used lemons as a metaphor to describe a person's life, An Like said; "Uncle, you would be better off being a poet than a captain." "Well, well." Uncle nodded several times and continued "Everyone should be a poet. People follow their wishes, some are farmers, some are fishermen, some are factory workers, some are sailors, and some are mechanics. But no matter what job you do and if you want to A beautiful flower of life cannot bloom without the heart of a poet. "The reason why people can sweat and be willing to work hard is because there are beautiful flowers of life smiling at each other. If life is dirty and hopeless, how can people sweat and work hard courage?

"The history of mankind can be said to be the history of poetry. Poetry is something that everyone has sung for thousands of years. In the age when there were no ships and trains, no, even farther back than that, when humans used stone tools, Poetry has been sung long ago. Poems from two or three thousand years ago have been handed down to this day. Poems from five or six hundred years ago have been handed down and satirized. The best poems, no matter how many hundreds of years have passed Won't go away, still loved by people of the new age. "When poetry dies, the country also dies. When the people are the bravest and most upright, it is the time when the best poems are produced. There used to be a poet Dante in our country. Dante is the quintessence of Italy. If there is no Dante, Today's Italy may be more depraved than it is now. But Italy in the Industrial Age was really prosperous. At that time, Italy was the center of world civilization! "Anico, our country must produce another great poet. A great poet has a great spirit. He can sing the heart and strength of the people and make people all over the world shine. "Why can poetry rejuvenate the country? It is because if life can be full of hope, poetry will be born. People are suffering from heavy burdens, unable to lift their heads, and there is no hope for the future, so there will be no poetry. "Dante's Italy at that time broke through the troubles of the dark and gloomy age in the Middle Ages, and found a light for mankind. This is the Renaissance. Today's Italy, no matter from the spiritual or economic point of view, is very sluggish. The country. But just as the Italians aroused great strength from great distress and gave light to the hearts of the world, we must once again release the light of the world to rescue. "So I charge you: Don't be discouraged about everything, hold on to hope, and move forward vigorously. If you encounter difficulties, you should regard it as a harbinger of new victories and look forward to its future. Also, in the right things, you must be a hero. .In order to show the spirit of beauty, you should not be afraid of anything. If you do this, you will understand why poetry can save the country." When my uncle said this, he folded his hands and fell silent in thought.