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Chapter 71 If You Want To Be A Wintersweet

[China] Zhao Lihong

Why are those seemingly thin and dry branches full of dense flowers?Why do those seemingly transparent, delicate and weak pale yellow flowers spit out such an elegant fragrance?

Sure enough, you like those wintersweet plants, my friend from the south.

Your admiring gaze stayed on my desk for a long time, on the few wintersweet plants that just started to bud.You are wondering: Why are those thin and dry branches full of dense flowers?Why do those seemingly transparent, delicate and weak pale yellow flowers spit out such an elegant fragrance?The fragrance is not static, it is flying, floating, and flowing soundlessly, like a magical poet, reciting an invisible but extremely beautiful poem with no rhyme.The fragrance of wintersweet permeates the room, filling my small world with the breath of spring, even though the wind is still howling outside the window, and the dripping water turns into ice.We are all deeply intoxicated by the charm and fragrance of wintersweet.

You stared at Lamei for a long time, and suddenly burst out laughing.

If I want to become a plant in my next life, I want to be a wintersweet.How about you?
You said and left with a smile, but it made me think about it for a while.What would happen if you really became a wintersweet?I stared silently at the few wintersweet plants on the desk, and they seemed to be looking at me silently.If the flowing fragrance is their language, then they may be answering me.

Well, let me try to translate their language, you listen-

If you want to be a wintersweet, if you are willing to be a member of our family, then you must be persevering, tenacious, and dare to fight the blizzard with your naked body.can you

When the north wind howls and rages on the empty and lonely land, when the ice and snow mercilessly freeze all the plants rooted in the soil, when countless lives are avoiding the severe cold with passive hibernation, you should be awake and stretch out without fear. The bare branches, and I want to condense my whole life's painstaking efforts on these bare branches, condensing into countless small buds, which are shaken by cold wind, wrapped by severe frost, and wrapped by snow. Covering... There is not a star and a half of green leaves to shield you from the wind and cold!Can you bear this torment?Perhaps, any joy and beauty come from pain and have experienced desperate struggle, but not everyone in the world understands this truth.

If you want to be a wintersweet, you must have the spirit of sacrifice, and you must dedicate your hard work and the crystallization of life without complaint.can you

When you go through untold hardships and finally bloom your little flowers against the wind and snow, you must cherish these beautiful flowers of life very much, but disasters often come from this.For your unique flowers when all things are dying, for the fragrance of your spring message, people's knives, axes and steel shears will fall on you mercilessly. Can you bear this sacrifice?Perhaps, when you enter the human hall with the scars of knives and scissors, and silently complete the last movement of your life in a white porcelain bottle or a transparent glass bottle, you will give birth to endless sorrow, although many people smile Appreciate you and send out heartfelt admiration after another.If people tell you that it is a great happiness to give and give, do you agree?

If you want to be a wintersweet, you must endure loneliness and get used to being forgotten and neglected by people for a long time.can you

Remember, the only days in your life when you are budding and blooming are the days when the world notices you.Even when the flowers are in full bloom, you are alone, and no other flower will bloom with you, not even a cluster of green leaves.The adage that a good flower must be supported by green leaves has nothing to do with you.When the ice and snow melt, when the warm spring breeze greens the world, when the colorful flowers are set off by the watery green leaves, your flowers have already faded away.At this time, people will forget you, and the waltz of spring will not be played for you.

If you ask me: Then, why do you need to bloom?

I want to answer you this way: we bloom, not to show off, nor to flatter, but to show the world our strength of character and integrity, and our understanding of the meaning of life.Of course, there is also a gentle humility in our pride, and a strong passion in our silence.All this, people may not understand.How about you?
I told you all the luck and misfortune, joy and pain of being a wintersweet.Now, please tell me, do you still want to be a wintersweet.

Oh, my friend in the south, I have written everything that Lamei revealed to me here.When you read them in the warm wind, I don’t know if you will still think of the few wintersweet plants on my desk with nostalgia.At this moment, the north wind is knocking on my window, and my wintersweet plants are still blooming silently there, silently exhaling the quiet fragrance...

Heart mark notes
Lamei is tenacious and tenacious, not afraid of sacrifice, and can dedicate the crystallization of hard work and life without complaint.Wintersweet endures loneliness willingly, and is used to being forgotten and neglected by people for a long time.But there is a gentle humility in its noble character, and a strong passion in its long silence.Zhao Lihong made a monologue for several blooming wintersweet plants planted on the desk, not only expressing his respect and emotion for the "light yellow flowers" that are not afraid of the severe cold and herding the spring, but also vividly expressing that "the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold" philosophy of life.If we want to be a wintersweet, we must first have the spirit of wintersweet.

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