"What is the common people?": The common people should treat each other kindly

What impressed me deeply in the first part of "Naples Story" was that the two girls were about to graduate from primary school. It was not a matter of course to finish primary school in Naples in the late 1950s. s Choice. Among them, the protagonist is determined to enter a higher school, and goes to the primary school teacher's house to study Latin and related courses for the middle school entrance examination. Lila, the protagonist's friend and the smartest in the district, cannot continue to study. In fact, it was also her parents' decision, but the teacher was very angry. I don't care about Lila anymore - one day the protagonist showed it to the teacher because she admired the story written by Lila. The teacher did not respond to the story itself, she only asked the protagonist: "Do you know what the common people mean?"

What are common people?

Immediately, I was shocked by this sentence. I can imagine how shocked the eleven-year-old protagonist or the author himself will be when they hear this question from the teacher? (Actually, she should have just recited the definition in the dictionary at first, and didn't know the teacher's good intentions) How to answer is not important. In literature, the teacher used a very simple question to separate the gap between the two girls , the shallow lines are: " You still have to read Latin, you will continue to read, and she will only be a commoner. "

The teacher asked an eleven-year-old girl in the Latin definition. On the surface, she asked her a language or sociology question. In fact, she reminded the protagonist in the harshest way that you and your friends will have a different life. life. After the novel, there have been several turning points related to "common people". Personally, I think this term can be said to be the most important factor in the novel. The author's statement is actually the life of the common people.

Later, when the girl entered junior high school, she once received a letter from the local homeless library, saying that she was among the top five readers who borrowed books, and the library would hold a simple ceremony to reward these five readers. Even the protagonist's mother who is a commoner—she was a slightly fat, inconvenient footed woman in her early thirties who had only read the second grade—knowing that her daughter was rewarded by the library, which meant she "did a good job." , she gave her daughter her most important silver bracelet and said, "You're doing well, aren't you? You can wear it to church or something like that later!"

But don't get me wrong, this mother is very affectionate. She usually treats her daughter in a complaining way. Her daughter reads too many books, she is not good at discipline, and she will not always help with housework, and it costs money to read... But As a reader, I feel that this is the greatest encouragement and support a commoner mother can give her daughter.

Back at the award ceremony in the library, the heroine only found out that she was the fifth place, but she was actually the second most borrowed book in the city, because the top four were all Lila and her family. Lila borrowed so many books by herself, but because of her life situation, she did not continue to study. With such a thirst for knowledge, and she took the initiative to find books to read, can she be called a commoner? But what are the common people?

On the same day, the protagonist walked out of the library with a boy who was a few years older than her. When she met an elementary school teacher, the teacher looked at the boy with contempt and said to her in the girl's ear, "You know what? He's a mason and his father is a murderer, remember, you didn't go to high school to hang out with these people!"

This passage is the second time I realize the importance of the "common people" factor in the novel. There is no royal family in Italy, where are the common people who are not common people?

In those days, people who wanted to read also had to get out of the world or region they lived in. Those who read books would naturally be respected in the community, and neighbors who seemed to be fierce and mafia-related might politely seek the opinions of readers. . I also thought of an old aristocratic lady in a short story by Chekhov who was scolding the origin of a doctor. Her son immediately said, "If someone has something in his pocket, he is a noble."

Before the end of the first episode, during Lila's wedding, the woman's relatives were dissatisfied that the wine on her table was worse than that of the man's relatives, and seemed to be treated like a beggar. At this time, the author wrote: "What are common people? Common people are at the wedding. Zhonghui argues that his own wine is worse than others!”

Recently, I also have a great feeling that I am a commoner, especially after knowing that I have a tumor, the things I care about are completely people's livelihood issues.

Be kind to those around you

In other words, this is still a miscellaneous talk, so it has to be related to life.

We announced about a month ago that the dessert shop was going to move to a new house. No matter what the reason, customers really only care if it will move too far and when? Yesterday afternoon, while I was sorting things in the store, I saw a person at the door poking out his head. He was a little hesitant to come in. Later, I opened the door to say hello to her. It was a familiar girl who was not a regular customer. She hesitated for a while. came in.

I went to the refrigerator to have a look, then went to the dessert cabinet to have a look, and then (in tone) said embarrassedly, "Are you guys moving?" At first, I thought it was the person who wanted to take over the store. Wanting to tell her the contact information of the landlord, the other party continued: "Can I ask why? It's not to discuss gossip..."

I could hear her nervousness, so I quickly replied, "It's okay, I won't gossip."

As a result, the other party said a lot, and it was another story worth sharing. She came to visit us when we first opened the store, but after the epidemic, her income also decreased, so she didn't have the budget to buy desserts often, but she always remembered that our desserts were very special (she thought they had value) and also mentioned It made her feel good until we chatted for a while, and when she saw the post about us moving, she worried that we would not be able to survive, and kept thinking about finding another opportunity to see or chat with me.

But she kept apologizing without saying a few words yesterday: "I'm sorry, I don't want to bring negative emotions to you. In fact, I'm not a pessimistic person, but I've been really disappointed recently!" I asked her what happened recently. What serious matter? Invite her to have a cup of coffee and chat, but she insisted: "No, you guys are in business, I will buy what you want to eat!"

She said that she ran three stores in a row, which had always been a good business, but closed because of the landlord's price increase. She was wondering why everyone lives in the same city, the citizens don't help each other, and the small store owner has worked hard to report the epidemic The low tide of the landlords did not reduce rents, and now it seems that the price is gradually going up and prices are going up again.

In fact, this matter is the "suffering" that business people have to face, and this customer has a highly sensitive personality, just because others encounter injustices and can't stand it, he feels that society is about to collapse. Later, she said that she graduated from a music college in Taipei, taught piano in Taipei for a few years, and then moved to Yilan to start a business and saved a little money. Two years ago, she wanted to live in Zhubei, but everyone said that The mood developed here... She said that she just wanted to live here well, because she did not buy a car or a house, and her job was mainly PT. Consume and hope to support local stores.

She is older than me, and I am also surprised that there are people who put other people's affairs on their shoulders, and have been comforting her: "It's okay, we will survive, and our store will not close!" I suddenly felt I have a pressure, not only to live well, but also to do a good job in business so that people who worry about us will not worry.

Finally, she said that she felt bad just now when she went to a convenience store. The store manager had a bad attitude towards the staff, but turned around and bowed to the customers. Everyone was not friendly to the people who worked with them, but they were kind to passers-by. This also made her intolerable.

Before she left the store, I kept thanking her for taking us so seriously. She also responded repeatedly: "It's nothing, we all live in this city, and we should help each other!"