Chapter 120: What is the Definition of Living?
Chapter 120: What is the Definition of Living?
Chao had been in the Bai Ze Pavilion before, and he knew about the rat man, and if you want to say who has been in the Bai Ze Pavilion the longest, the answer must be the rat man of 407.
Shioya knew that they had been living here since the establishment of the Shirasawan Pavilion......
"That's ...... Is it also considered alive? Chao asked.
The red clothes had already cleaned up the dining table, and the landlord and the tenants in the former Bai Ze Pavilion looked at each other across the table. Although they were only separated by a table, in this case they had a disagreement that made their hearts very far apart - just as the distance from the earth to the sun is the same.
Grandma thinks the ghosts of the small town of Hammer are still alive; And the tide thinks that they are dead, dead people. Moreover, Chaoya thinks that waiting like that is just a bad thing, and it is also a kind of happiness to be relieved early.
Chao smiled bitterly: "I remember that because of this problem, we broke a good relationship."
Grandma made a gesture of one yang finger to Chao in the form of her middle finger, "Don't beautify your memory, my mother was already married when you lived in Bai Zeguan!" ”
"Yes, that's a pity, otherwise we can definitely spark love......" Chao smiled bitterly.
"You're going to die!" Grandma's fingers turned into two hands and released, "Please wipe it against the **!" ”
"Grandma, let's take a sip of tea." As she spoke, Hongyi brought her grandmother a cup of tea.
Chao was stunned and asked, "Don't you have my share?"
"Nope! Hum! The red dress stood firmly behind the grandmother, not wanting to look at the tide.
"Okay, let's get down to business." The frivolous and casual attitude before the tide was swept away, and it was replaced with a serious expression, "Do you still think those rat ghosts are alive?" ”
"None of us is in a position to deny the definition of someone else's life." Grandma said solemnly: "Death is not liberation!"
"So what is the definition of being alive?" Chao asked, "They're already dead!"
"But, they are alive and dead!" Grandma retorted, "Even if they can't get too far from the room, they are still alive!"
"That kind of waiting will only cause them more pain!" Chao said, "What if that person doesn't come back?"
"Wait!" Grandma said firmly, "Wait until he comes back!"
"How do you know he'll be back?"
"How do you know he's not coming back?"
Grandma and Tide stared, and they both thought they were right. Grandma felt that the rat people were still alive and should not have killed them, and out of respect for life and out of pity for them, Grandma did not allow the tide to kill them. And Chao feels that living like that is more uncomfortable than death, and sometimes death is relief for those who have died once.
"This kind of thing...... I think it's better to let them choose? Red-clad asked, trying to stop the argument between them.
"That's not right!" Grandma glared at Red, "Just as we would have a disagreement on this issue, so would the rat people in the room!" If some choose to die, others who choose to stay will have to accept the fact that they are dead and continue to wait with this pain! That's why I don't allow the tide to talk to them! ”
"You're just thinking about it from the perspective of a living person! If only they wanted to! Aren't those of us who are alive supposed to live with the pain of their deaths? The tide suddenly became a little sad, "The living are the ones who bear the pain......"
"I know! But what is the difference between such an approach and a seriously ill person saying that you can choose euthanasia? Grandma was very emotional, but she also showed the same sad look as Chao, "I still think it's right to let them live and continue their waiting!" ”
Grandma seemed to be tired, she said a little tiredly: "Even if I am not there, the Bai Ze Pavilion will always be open, and they can wait here......"
"Is it really good to do that? They are dead, ghosts with grudges...... For them, early liberation is the most important thing. Chao still supports his views.
Chao's words reached grandma's heart, and grandma was also tired, she lowered her head and didn't speak. She was indeed a little selfish in this matter, and it was not necessarily bad for them to know that they could choose to die......
They were waiting for that man's return because they didn't have a choice, and now they have a choice......
But grandma really doesn't want them to leave in this way, I've known them for most of my life, even if it's one person...... I always felt like there was going to be something missing.
"I'm thinking about it......" Grandma seemed to compromise, she looked up, her eyes still sharp, "but I also have to be responsible to my tenants...... Those rat people died at a very young age, and even though they are now in the body of adults, their minds may not have grown much...... After all, they've been following the piper who killed them, and what they've been through is so shady that I'm really worried that the people who stay behind won't be able to withstand the pressure......"
Grandma's words are also very right, the companions who accompanied him day and night suddenly disappeared, so what will the people who stay think, what if they regret it one after another in the future? The tide will not always be in the Shirasawan Pavilion.
"Think about it, I'm the same as you, and we both see them as living beings......" Chao said with a smile.
Both of them argue out of respect for life, they both care about the tenants in room 407, and the starting point is good!
Outside, with his back to the wall, Rondy listened to their words. "It's because they pay attention to rats that they are so annoyed...... Rong Di said helplessly: "It's no longer a question of who is right and who is wrong, whether it's grandma or Chao...... The one who makes the choice always has to move on with the pain. ”
"Am I going to meddle in their business?" As he spoke, Rong Di, who was talking to himself, lowered his head in shame, "I...... Let's go get something to eat. ”
Rongdi escapes this reality, and the escape is shameful but sometimes useful. He walked up the stairs to William's room, where the three tenants were still watching a movie. Rong Di asked them for a bag of French fries to eat, and accompanied them to read it.
The name of the movie is "The World After Death Is Not Beautiful", the film is adapted from the novel of the same name by Color Mo, which itself has a good popularity, and the director and screenwriter are solid, and it has been praised as one of the must-see movies in life.
The story is simple, about a man who is desperate for life and wants to end his life, but his suicide is unsuccessful and he just enters a state of suspended animation. Therefore, his soul wanders in the world after death, bringing a strange and bizarre world to the viewer, and there is also the heavy thinking about death.
The movie seems to ask the viewer: what does it mean to be alive?
The end of the story gives a not-so-standard answer – to live is to live. This is the subtitle at the end of the show.
Rong Di was already confused by the quarrel between Chao and his grandmother, and after watching this movie, he felt that his brain was simply not enough. Literary movies always ask many questions that have no standard answers, and now Rong Di's mind is full of such questions - what is alive? What is the meaning of life? Is death really a relief?
"It's annoying...... Rong Di said bitterly.
"What's wrong with you?" Bliss asked, "Would you like some cookies?"
"No, my mind is ...... messed up," Rong Di said with remorse.
"What upset can you say to make everyone happy...... William smirked and gave Jimmy a happy high-five. Foreigners seem to be playing high-fives when they get high.
Although these guys are some old bad people, they are some good people, and maybe they will give some meaningful advice when you share this with them. Rong Di thought so, looked at them and said, "What do you think of the rat people?"
The rat people are the longest-serving tenants in the Bai Ze Pavilion, and William knows about them, but how to look at them is another matter.
"They look weird, but they're good people." Jimmy gives a pertinent assessment.
"Poor man, poor man who can only wait for that person to come back." William said the same.
But Bliss said, "They are all people who can scare crying children......
This fat man really didn't know how to look at the atmosphere, and everyone thought of a piece together, and looked at him with reproachful eyes. The latter smiled awkwardly, "I'm not kidding, by the way, Rongdi, why did you suddenly talk about this?" ”
"Grandma and Chao are arguing because of this......"
As he spoke, Rong Di told what he had overheard, and the three tenants also showed the same expressions as Rong Di, and they were also distressed.
Looking at them like this, Rong Di couldn't help but smile discouragedly, and said in his heart: "They are really some kind people."
"I think it's still necessary to talk to them!" William suddenly said, "They're dead!" And they're not alive if they're locked up in a room like that! ”
Bliss said, "The tide is talking about killing them, can I understand that it is beating the rat people to pieces?" Or is it a kind of excess? Is it the way to let their souls rest? ”
"This ......"
Everyone in the room looked confused, they really didn't know what kind of Elysian was talking about.
"It's better to ...... Let's ask. Rongdi said.
"Well, that's all there is to it."
With that, the four of them walked out of the room together, who knew that Grandma and Chao had just come down from upstairs.
The first person to be anxious was actually the fat mage who had just made a joke about the rat man, and he asked, "Hey! You're not going to kill them, are you? Answer me! Did you say 'kill him' to overpower them or beat them to pieces? ”
Hearing this question, Chao and Grandma were stunned for a moment, and then smiled at each other. Their smiles were relieved, not the slightest bit of distress. Grandma smiled and said, "You can go up and have a look."
When people are in a hurry, the most annoying thing is to meet this kind of guy who is still selling off. The fat mage snorted and shouted, "Teleport!"
Thunder suddenly rang out! The four people who had just come out of the room had disappeared with the thunder, and they had gone to the fourth floor.
Seeing this, Chao smiled and said, "It's really an acute child, but I don't hate such people."
Seeing that the atmosphere suddenly became gay, grandma smiled evilly: "Can I brush YOOOO?"
In the blink of an eye, Rong Di and the others came to the door of room 407, and the fat mage hurriedly knocked on the door. A lazy voice came from inside: "Who?"
"It's me! Open the door! The fat mage shouted.
"Squeak~" This is the sound of the door opening, accompanied by the "squeak" of those rats in the room. The rat man who opened the door looked at the four people outside who were very anxious and asked, "...... you guys What's wrong? ”
The four of them took a closer look at the inside - there were still so many photos on the walls, as if there were not a single one...... It's weird, didn't the tide kill them?
Seeing something different from what he thought in his heart, the fat man mage was very surprised, and he couldn't say a word with his mouth open. Rong Di couldn't help but ask, "Did Chao say that he wanted to kill you?"
"Got it." The rat-man replied.
"That'...... Your answer is......" Rong Di didn't finish his sentence, waiting for him to continue!
"We're going to keep waiting! Because BabyBaby The rat-man laughed.
"Huh~" x4
The rat-man could see their concern, and smiled slightly, his smile still so distorted and terrifying. But this did not affect Rong Di's good mood, and he continued to ask: "Did the tide say that he killed you to make your soul fly away or to overtake you?"
"It's a soul that flies." The rat-man smiled, "If there is no news of that person when Baby comes back, we will seriously consider whether to end our lives in the way that the tide says."
Hearing this, Rong Di and the others also showed the same expressions as their grandmothers and Chao. That's good, at least they know they don't have to wait.
What does it mean to be alive? There is no answer to this question at all......
Looking at the rat man who also laughed, Rong Di thought of the last scene of the movie he had just watched - to be alive is to be alive.