It took four hours in the afternoon to finish reading Keigo Higashino's Worry-Free Grocery Store. It's raining heavily outside, as if I haven't fi
It took four hours in the afternoon to finish reading Keigo Higashino's Worry-Free Grocery Store. It's raining heavily outside, as if I haven't finished reading a book seriously and quietly for a long time. In this fragmented era of chicken soup flooding, it seems that more and more "dry" chicken soup is coming, and less and less such simple story-telling and meaningful books are for free readers to ponder. It is prudent to read this book review a second time before writing it.
? Worry-Free Grocery Store is the first book written by Keigo Higashino that I have read. Time is a gentle but not cruel line, which strings these seemingly trivial stories together and then presents us with an indelible world.
? Worry-free grocery tells several seemingly unrelated stories, which are linked by two places: Langya grocery store and Marukong Garden orphanage. The timeline spans nearly half a century. When life is gradually changed by technology, only "human voice can never be ignored".
In Qian Qian, there are 10,000 kinds of worries in the world, but right and wrong can never be easily judged. It seems that everyone has to experience the loss of standing at the crossroads, but there is no direction sign.
"They all have a hole in their hearts, and important things are gradually losing from that hole."
There are great similarities in the stories of "Moon Rabbit" and "Matsuoka Crown". When they encounter a bottleneck on the road of their dreams, there is only one reason to forgive them, whether it is "my wife is terminally ill and I need company" or "I need to inherit my ancestors and take care of my parents", just like saving the world and saving people around me. These two troubles are answered by the "thief trio", and their sharp answers from their respective angles just hit what these two people are gradually losing. They have lost their attachment to their dreams, and it happens that not only the "thief trio" but also their lovers or parents-those who see through their cowardice and don't want them to be their deserters. The lover of "Moon Rabbit" or the parents of Krone, while filling the loopholes in the hearts of "Moon Rabbit" and Krone, also got heartfelt happiness.
From this minute on, I was reborn.
The third chapter mainly talks about the origin of the grocery store and several short stories, all of which revolve around Grandpa Langya's "the voice of people can never be ignored". Whether it is a prank, a child's unconstrained question, or even a blank letter, he chooses to give a reply after careful consideration, and none of them are perfunctory. During this period, he once doubted whether his practice was correct or not, and whether he would point out the wrong direction to the consultant. Xindu, with a fantastic color, also reflects Grandpa Langya's sincere and kind heart from the side, and he is more active in other people's lives and more sincere in thanking others. Perhaps for those who have holes in their hearts, what matters is not the answer to the question, but a place to listen and answer. It is precisely because of this kind help that Grandpa Langya has the motivation and happiness to face life again in the second half of his life.
? Letters spanning thirty-three years and watches that lose five minutes every day.
What impressed me most was this story about Hirosuke. He is the only one who didn't tell his real choice in his reply after 33 years. In the case of sudden changes in his family, he felt disgusted and no longer trusted. At that confused age, he chose to run away from his family, just like the Beatles in his eyes, and parted ways and never looked back. After years of believing in his choice, he found that his parents committed suicide to protect their identity and find the meaning of family. In his reply to the letter from the grocery store, he wrote the opposite reality, but it was his truest inner feelings. From losing confidence in human nature to re-believing, he had a different mood and looked at the world from a different angle.
Even if the dissolution is imminent, can you still find the feeling of going there together?
Finally, it reveals the relationship network of the whole novel, just as the reader's evaluation of this book is "both harmful and helpful, and people are always closely connected with other people's lives inadvertently." Including the love that Langya, the manager of Langya grocery store, and Xiaozi, the founder of Marukong orphanage, missed 40 years ago. The trio of thieves is inextricably linked with the stray dog Teng Wu. Although they are occasionally impatient in the process of answering questions, they still want to give strangers even a little help for the sake of consultants and the future. While sketching maps for others, they began to find what they had been taken away by the cruel reality.
After they threw a blank letter into the grocery store with a tentative attitude, the end of the story was the answer that Grandpa Langya gave them and my favorite answer:
The following passage is addressed to an anonymous friend.
As an old man, I have wondered why you sent a blank sheet of paper on purpose. Because I think this must be a very important matter and I can't answer it casually. I used my confused brain to think and think, and finally realized that this means there is no map.
If people who come to me for advice are compared to lost lambs, they usually have a map in their hands, but they don't look at it or know where they are now.
But I believe you don't belong to these two situations. Your map is a blank sheet of paper, so even if you want to decide your destination, you don't know where the road is.
The map is a blank sheet of paper, which is of course nerve-racking. Anyone will be at a loss.
But from another angle, it is because it is a blank sheet of paper that you can draw a map at will. Everything depends on you. For you, everything is free, and there are infinite possibilities in front of you. This is a great thing. I sincerely pray that you can believe in yourself and burn your life without regrets.
I don't think I will answer any more questions. Thank you for asking a valuable question at last.
Langya grocery
I like the worry-free grocery store because you have your own shadow in the intertwined stories. In this era of accelerating time, what is often lost is the simple goodwill and sincerity between people.
We are strangers in this world, but we walk around in reality and become guides in each other's lives.
May this little kindness and sincerity fill your sadness with a little warmth.