... A little story.
No bullshit, no cheating.
She looked back at Jingle Canal again. The swaying aquatic plants on the shore and the dead branches and leaves floating on the water seemed to become less annoying in an instant. It was the time and the weight of time that Jingle Canal existed here that made everything that passed by it become lovely, including people.
Out of the sensibility of a liberal arts student, Wenxin said almost instinctively: "Are there many, many people like me who once stood by the Jinngle Canal... Thinking about problems."
She originally wanted to say, "I'm thinking about my thoughts by the Jingle Canal." When she realized something was wrong, she immediately stopped and changed her words.
The old man smiled: "Hahaha, the little girl is very good at making connections. Most of the people facing Jingle Canal are ordinary people. What they think about most is probably crops, three meals a day, and life."
Jiang Yue: "How boring that would be!"
The old man turned to look at her with a loving smile: "You are still young and don't understand yet, but in my opinion, three meals a day are the most important. However, it is a good thing that you don't understand. You are only seventeen or eighteen years old, so you should be more unscrupulous."
After speaking, he turned around to leave. After taking two steps, he stopped and said to Wen Xin and Jiang Yue with a smile: "But your task now is to study hard, learn to be excellent, learn to be strong, and become ordinary but outstanding people."
The two people watched the old man leave. After the old man completely disappeared from sight, Jiang Yue clicked his tongue twice and said, "What this grandpa said is contradictory. Who can be ordinary and outstanding at the same time?"
Wen Xin: "I don't understand it very well, but maybe there is a reason for it, but we don't understand it yet."
Jiang Yue: "You can only choose one between ordinary and extraordinary."
Wen Xin: "I... Um... Let it take its course."
Intention: Growth is not about suddenly realizing something one day, but after stumbling, sinking yourself into ordinary days and living seriously.