Chapter 18: Love Yourself
In fact, it is difficult to find a love that will last until death.
Even if you have this luck, the final result may be death.
The person who loves you, or you, will die sooner, leaving only another person in the world.
Lonely and lonely, lonely.
More people are the most ordinary marital relationships, plain and bland.
Marriage is maintained for various reasons, but it is not called love.
There are also some people who end up being Lao Yan and flying separately, each looking for the happiness they want.
Then, love cannot give people a lifelong love.
There is also the rest of the love, and there are quite a few kinds.
For example, friendship, sibling affection.
It's just that it can't be a lifetime to the end.
When they grow up and have their own families, friends, brothers and sisters can only go backwards.
In fact, it's more of a friendship, brother and sister like a plastic flower.
To be able to help friends and siblings when they need help, instead of falling into the ground, is to thank God.
Explain that you have found real friends and siblings.
But this kind of love can't be consumed for too long.
The love of friends and brothers and sisters is more about coming and going, and that kind of one-way giving is impossible.
Finally, there is the love of children, which is not very strong.
When they grow up, their children can't wait to fly high, and they still take care of their parents.
Even if the filial sons and daughters gain a firm foothold and take care of the elderly, it does not mean that they can give love to the elderly.
They have to be busy with work, leaving early and returning late.
I don't even have time to talk to my parents every day.
As parents, every time they see their children's tired figures, they can't say anything.
It seems that the old people seem to be loved by their children, but they are just passers-by in another city.
Yes, just passers-by, not members.
Because they are not familiar with the city, and their accents are different from others, they are a little dazed as soon as they go out.
Even because of the rapid development of science and technology, the old people are dazzled.
Unable to keep up with the times.
The old people are clinging to each other, living unhappy, looking forward to returning to their familiar homes, seeing old friends, and walking on familiar streets.
Eventually, they chose to go home.
Therefore, even if you count that kind of love, you can't guarantee that you will never leave it for a lifetime.
The people who were listening thought it through, but they still didn't say anything, because maybe the little girl needed that bowl of chicken soup for the soul.
"Who is it?" said Lulu.
"Yourself, of course. Yu Ying said.
The only one who can love a woman for a lifetime is herself.
Hearing Yu Ying's words, Lulu's eyes widened.
Love yourself?
In her more than ten years of life, no one has taught her that women have to love themselves.
The deepest impression of love she knows comes from falling in love in romance.
In it, the male protagonist falls in love with the female protagonist, or the female protagonist falls in love with the male protagonist, and after the female protagonist and the male protagonist go through some twists and turns, their family lives happily together.
What she likes is the kind of happy love story, sweet.
Of course, the story often ends with the female protagonist and the male protagonist getting married, or adding a baby.
In addition, it is the friendship between the little sisters.
Yu Ying naturally saw her surprise, this girl was definitely born out of freedom.
She looked at her and said, "If you don't love yourself, then how can anyone fall in love with you? β
Lulu tilted her head, and it was a long time before she nodded, feeling that it made sense.
She sucked the juice, rolled her eyes, looked at Yu Ying and said, "So that's the case, I didn't think about this, because no one talked to me." β
Love yourself, it turns out that you should love yourself first.
followed Yu Ying and said: "Of course, loving yourself and being selfish and thinking only about yourself are two different things. β
"That kind of selfish person only thinks about getting more things for himself, only wants to get without paying, and longs for all the good things in the world to be occupied by one person, which is absolutely impossible. β
"Someday, that person will get retribution. β
Speaking of this, Yu Ying stopped, after all, she had said a long time, and she had to take a break.
She looked at Lulu and only hoped that this listener would capture the essence of the part, and not become a selfish person who took it for granted under the banner of loving himself.
So, you should ask her what books she has read?
"What book are you reading now?" asked Yu Ying.
Hearing Yu Ying's question, Lulu's gaze became uncertain because she didn't know how to answer the question.
She had very little ink in her stomach.
During this time, she hadn't even looked at any serious books.
The only book I read is the kind of overlord text.
For the kind of people who spoil the heroine, their little girls are a little happy.
But she wouldn't think that the elder in front of her would think how good this kind of overlord book would be.
"Little girl, you have to remember that even if you don't read your textbooks well, you should read more famous books. Yu Ying said.
"Books are the ladder of human progress, and the life of each of us is limited, so the experience of our ancestors will make us take many detours. β
At this moment, Lulu had the feeling of facing the dean.
Fortunately, the person who spoke was Yu Ying, and she had a much higher tolerance for this, otherwise she was afraid that the little girl would leave angrily.
After Yu Ying said these two sentences, she didn't say anything more, but drank water.
She was giving Lulu a time to think.
Those words of persuasion, don't nag several times, too much, no matter how good the words are, they will be annoyed by others, Yu Ying knows this very well.
"So, what do you think I should read?"
Lulu thought about it for a long time, and finally asked such a sentence.
Speaking of which, she really doesn't know what she should read?
For her question, Yu Ying thought about it for a while, first went through the general content in her mind, and then chose it.
So, Yu Ying first thought of the four classical masterpieces.
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms" tells the story of the Three Kingdoms era of Wei, Shu and Wu, and the above is dominated by conspiracy.
Young girls, especially those who like books, will not be too interested.
The other is "Water Margin", there are no normal women in the book, and all female characters are basically in a state of depression.
Whether it is Hu Sanniang, who has to commit to the bantam tiger, or Pan Jinlian, who does not abide by women's morals and joins with adulterers to kill her husband, they all live extremely aggrieved, but it is a living reality.
The little girl still doesn't need to watch it for the time being.
There is also the famous Journey to the West, the monkey head did a good job at first, but then he had to go west to learn the scriptures.
In addition, the book mainly hides the conflict between the two religions.
So, it's okay to just watch the excitement.
The last book is "Dream of Red Mansions", most of the characters in the book are women, all kinds of women, whether it is Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai, and various characters, all have their own styles.
It's just that when this book was written, the author wrote extremely obscure and buried a lot of threads.
If you don't dig deep into the details in this kind of book, you won't know what is crooked in it.
Just looking at the surface, I only see the calculation and loneliness hidden under the prosperity of the Rongguo Mansion.
In addition, it is the interaction between Baoyu and her sisters and sisters.
And the other hidden places, I don't know what's going on at all.
In fact, all of this has a deeper meaning, but I just don't know if I can see it?
The most important thing is that this book has a tragic ending, and few of those girls can escape the tragic fate in the end, and most of them live very badly one by one.
Come to think of it, these four famous books are not very suitable for Lulu to read now.
It's not bad, it's not suitable.
What Lulu should learn more at this time is to establish some of the most basic three views of women.
After thinking about it, Yu Ying had the heart to suggest that Lulu read "Jane Eyre".
This is a book written by a female author, Charlotte BrontΓ«, and the female pig's foot in this book is a very thoughtful woman.
Although the protagonist Jane is poor and not beautiful, her soul has an indescribable beauty.
In the book, Jane said a famous sentence to the male protagonist: "Do you think that I am poor, lowly, unbeautiful, and small, and I have no soul and no heart? β
Regarding this point, Yu Ying feels that Jane is right, equality between men and women refers to the equality of personality, acknowledging the advantages and disadvantages of their respective genders.
Instead of the kind of imposition of equality in everything, so that women think of themselves as men.
It's not the kind of guy who demands equality but expects men to give way to women in everything.
The new woman should be: self-esteem, self-respect, self-reliance, and self-improvement.
That's why Yu Ying said that the book "Jane Eyre" is more suitable for Lulu now.
The reason why a masterpiece is a masterpiece is because its story has connotation.
Speaking of the author of Jane Eyre's book, it can be regarded as very inspirational.
The three sisters lived in an era in which women were subordinate to men, and the goal of survival was to marry into a wealthy family, and the governess belonged to the lowly people.
It can be said that their act of writing books has been slandered by many men.
But all three of them have left their mark on the history of literature, writing many famous books such as "Jane Eyre", "Wuthering Heights", "Pride and Prejudice" and so on.
"Actually, if you have time, you can read Jane Eyre, and reading this book may help you. β
In fact, reading books is learning.
Even if it is, it usually bears traces of time and society.
It's like reading "Jane Eyre", and the reader can know a knowledge point, it turns out that a certain religion does not allow divorce.
As long as a husband and wife are married, they cannot be divorced, this is a doctrinal rule.
For this reason, the male protagonist in the book, after being cheated into marriage, had to lock his crazy wife in the castle.
And if he wants to get a woman's care and affection, then the woman he gives can only be the status of a mistress.
This is an important part of the plot.
Without this rule, the story would not have happened.
Or maybe it's another kind of plot.
"Jane Eyre?" Lulu repeated, deciding to go back and buy a copy.
At this time, it was already dark, Yu Ying looked outside, and the whole block was already lit up.
She said, "Let's go, you should go home too, a young and beautiful girl should learn to protect herself and not go to dangerous places at night." β
"Can I ......?"
When Lulu said this, her eyes were a little afraid to face Yu Ying, and after pursing her mouth, her voice became a little lower and said, "Know your contact information?"
As she spoke, she glanced at her, and then quickly lowered her head.
At this moment, she was a little afraid that Yu Ying would refuse, and even her grandmother refused to contact her.
So now it's a bit abrupt to ask for this elder's phone number.
But she still wanted to.
Although she was afraid of rejection, she mustered up the courage to say it.
"Absolutely. β
Yu Ying nodded, took out a notepad and pen at the same time, and began to write her mobile phone number.
Lulu on the other side was very excited, she felt that everything was so beautiful at this moment.
She didn't expect that Yu Ying would agree to her request.
After getting the note, she glanced at it, and she could feel that the handwriting was beautiful, so she memorized the number in her heart.
As for the note, she decided to keep it as a kind of mascot.
In fact, before talking to Yu Ying, she planned to be a star.
But now she has given up this plan, just a laughing action, there are so many changes, she really can't do it.
After hiding the note close to her, Lulu was a little excited, because Yu Ying drove her home in the car.
Even watched Lulu walk into the gate of the residential area, Yu Ying drove away.
And Lulu popped up again, watching her drive away at the gate.
In her opinion, today is really a happy day.
She finally had someone to talk to when she walked to a dangerous place alone.
It's all good.
Even just now, she took a photo with the elders she admired the most with her mobile phone.
One serving per person.
She had to hurry back and find a place to save it.
After Yu Ying returned home, she saw some of the dishes that Fei Fei and Nan Nan had deliberately left behind, and they were specially put aside.
"Grandma, come back, see if the food I cooked is delicious?" As she spoke, Nan Nan came up and grabbed Yu Ying's arm.
"Yes! Nan Nan was specially prepared. β
Yu Ying was a little crying and laughing, the two little girls were very enthusiastic today, so they hurriedly went to wash their hands and sat at the dinner table.
"Okay, good, I'll try it, well, Nan Nan's craftsmanship is good. β
"Grandma, I didn't expect you to be so popular. Nan Nan said a little jokingly.
In fact, there are many people among her classmates who envy her for having an enlightened elder.
"Mmmm, grandma is so good, of course it's sought-after. Fei Fei interjected.
Then Nan Nan asked, "Grandma, what are you going to do?"
She naturally knew that her grandmother valued her and Sister Feifei the most, but that Lulu was also a little pitiful, and her grandmother shouldn't care about anything.
"Sure, find someone to help her, but how about her dad first?"
"Well, that's right. In any case, the guardian is the best protection for her. Fei Fei said.
"Yes, let's see, see if this dad regrets doing this?" Yu Ying said.
"Everything will be fine. Nan Nan said.
The next day, Yu Ying began to find someone to find out about Lulu's father's situation, he had been in prison for some years, and he was alive and well in prison.
Although his behavior is illegal, I have to say that many people still admire him in their hearts.
In addition, his strength and skills are good, so he is not very sad in prison.
It's just that Lulu hasn't been to see it all these years.
When he committed the crime, Lulu was still young and didn't know anything about it at all, so naturally he didn't know where his father went?
Later, her grandmother didn't tell her at all, and the family didn't mention it, so Lulu thought that her father had disappeared.
On this day, Lulu's father receives a notice that someone has come to see him.
This big man was not a small surprise, because for so many years, only one person came to see him.
The man had just been here a while ago, and it was impossible for him to come so soon.
So, who is coming to see themselves today?
Or Lulu......
He didn't dare to think about it anymore.