Chapter 66: Facing Fear
"Smashing your feet?"
Tong Jianian, a girl who eats cakes, looked at her sister's feet in a daze, "Does it hurt?" My sister will take off her shoes and show you every year. ”
The concerned Tong Yan provoked the two people present to be stunned at the same time, and after being stunned, they both raised the corners of their mouths and laughed.
"It's not really a smashing of the foot, this is a common saying, which means that I originally wanted to harm others, but I ended up harming myself, which is a metaphor for people who suffer by themselves. Sister Fang is joking with Sister Hetian. Tong Jiayan lowered his head and patiently explained to Tong Jianian.
"Oh, I see."
Tong Jianian nodded slowly while pondering.
"yes, that's it." Tong Jiayan touched her little head, took out a handkerchief and wiped her mouth and hands.
Later, Tong Jiayan tried to ask Tian Jiaojiao about the situation in the past few days.
"I'm not afraid to tell you, since the last time I fell into the water, I'm scared when I see deeper water."
Tian Jiaojiao recalled the situation after falling into the water last time, and her eyebrows furrowed deeply.
"At that time, the cold water of the lake poured into my nose, mouth and ears from all directions, and as soon as I inhaled, I was directly choked on a mouthful of water. My throat hurts, my nose hurts, my ears hurt, there's nothing that doesn't hurt. And the feeling of pain......" she shook her hand, "I still can't describe it." ”
She continued: "I desperately called for help, but every time I shouted for help, water choked into my mouth, and my throat was choked with pain. I could only scratch and kick everywhere with my hands and feet, but the water was not like land, my hands and feet were not strong, I didn't feel safe at all, I felt my consciousness draining from my mind little by little, and my eyes were getting darker and darker, and finally I really thought I was dying. ”
Now when she talks about this, she is still terrified.
"I still can't forget the feeling I felt at that time, the hopelessness, powerlessness, and pain I have never felt before."
A hand gently rested on her back and patted it gently.
"I understand."
A voice rang out beside her.
With the power to calm people's hearts.
Tian Jiaojiao turned her face.
The corners of Tong Jiayan's mouth were upturned with warm calmness.
"When I first learned to swim, I often experienced this feeling." "The guy who taught me how to swim told me that people don't just have seven emotions and six desires, and fear is just one of the most common psychological emotions. If you want to defeat it, you must first face it. ”
Tian Jiaojiao tilted her head curiously, and even Tong Jianian curiously put down the water cup in her hand and tilted her head to listen.
"When I first started practicing breath-holding, I needed to take a deep breath and bury my face in the water. I often give up in fear as soon as I bury my face in the water, less than two seconds. Tong Jiayan looked at Tian Jiaojiao seriously, "Just like you said, I feel that water is pouring towards me from all directions, and I can't breathe because of the oppression, and I don't even dare to open my eyes, I'm very scared." ”
"And then?" Tian Jiaojiao couldn't help but ask.
"Then it was a repetition of the exercises day after day, from less than two seconds at the beginning, to three, four, five, and even more, and then I learned how to breathe in the water." Tong Jiayan smiled slightly.
"That's amazing!" Tian Jiaojiao sighed with admiration, her eyes lit up, "Then how did you overcome the fear in your heart?" She was curious.
"Look directly into your own heart, recognize that fear itself is not something unseemly, tell your fear to others seriously, and keep trying to overcome it little by little. To try, that is, to dare to face it, in the process of trying, confidence will also accumulate little by little. ”
Tian Jiaojiao stared at her without blinking.
Tong Jiayan continued: "In fact, fear is a threshold in the heart, and if you cross it, you will find that it is nothing, because the most powerful existence is the human heart itself. ”
Tong Jiayan's words poured into Tian Jiaojiao's heart like a hot current.
No one has ever said such a thing to her, although everyone cares about her, but everyone will only say that it is good to take medicine and sleep, even her mother once secretly asked her grandmother when she was asleep, if she was entangled in some dirty thing in the water, and grandmother also mentioned Mrs. Hui'an of Haoyuean.
She felt her brain buzzing, her limbs began to become hot, and a bold and unprecedented rush rushed out of her mouth, and she grabbed Tong Jiayan's hand: "Can you teach me well?" Can you teach me how to swim? ”
She was extremely excited, and her eyes were fixed on Tong Jiayan's face for a moment.
She saw that the corners of her mouth were slightly upturned, and an intoxicating pear vortex rose on the side of her cheeks, as if there was a psychedelic magic, attracting people to fall intoxicated.
"Okay." She replied with a soft and deft smile.
"I'm going to learn too!" The little man next to him immediately raised his hand not to be outdone.
"Okay." It's still the same sweet and gentle voice as it was just now.
Tian Jiaojiao held the Jinpa in her hand, covered her heart, her body suddenly relaxed, sat down, and suddenly smiled again.
Tong Jiayan turned his head.
Tian Jiaojiao and her looked at each other and smiled.
Lu Wu took out the brocade box that had been prepared early in the morning.
"What is this?" Tian Jiaojiao asked.
"Tranquilizer, for sleep."
Tong Jiayan opened the brocade box, and there were five incense sticks in the box, light purple.
She added, "You can order one at night before going to bed." ”
"Thank you." Tian Jiaojiao picked one up and put it in front of her nose and smelled it, "Well, it's so fragrant." ”
Tong Jiayan laughed at her: "It's too exaggerated, the taste of this incense is very light before it is lit, and the hidden fragrance will slowly come out after it is lit." ”
Tian Jiaojiao wrinkled her nose, pursed her lips, and rarely showed the coquettishness of a young girl: "Okay, okay, don't demolish me." ”
The maids of the Tian family laughed happily when they saw that their young lady's face had regained its vigor for the first time in these days.
Even when she was having dinner at Tian's house, Tian Jiaojiao also affectionately pulled Tong Jiayan to sit beside her, and from time to time greeted her which dishes were delicious, she didn't care about eating by herself, Mrs. Tian and Mrs. Tian looked at each other in surprise, it was rare to see her so close to a lady, and she was someone who had only met once.
Mrs. Tian said: "I didn't expect Jiaojiao and Jiayan to fall in love." ”
Tian Jiaojiao said: "Sister Yan and I hit it off at first sight. ”
Tong Jiayan said: "Sister Tian is kind and sincere, and takes care of us very much. ”
Seeing that his daughter was popular, Xiao Ji was the happiest: "Since everyone gets along, we can move around more in the future." ”
Tian Jiaojiao took the opportunity to say: "In the future, if I often go over to find Sister Yan to play with Nian Nian, Mrs. Don't bother me." ”
Xiao Ji immediately said: "Of course not, it's too late for me to be happy that you can come." ”
Mrs. Tian reprimanded: "Jiaojiao, don't be unreasonable." ”
Tian Jiaojiao stuck out her tongue at her mother, and apologized to Xiao Ji: "I'm too excited, don't be weird, wife." ”
Xiao Ji shook his head happily: "No blame, no blame." ”