Chapter 122: , I love you, the latter half of the spring night

Chapter 2o7, I love you, the latter half of the spring night...

——Liu Guozong Spring Diary Thirty-nine

In the latter half of the spring night, there was no starlight, no moonlight, not even a breeze. Nothing at all, my mind a blank. Where did spring go? Did it hide in the countryside, or hide in the city?

In short, on this lonely night, I cannot see your shadow. When I see your shadow, I think of childhood——

「At that time, the rising sun was like my playmate from my games, each morning often bringing a feeling of surprise, rushing into my room and straight to my bedside; at that time, my belief in miracles blossomed in my heart like fresh flowers each day, I was filled with pure joy, gazing at the world's face; at that time, insects, birds, beasts, ordinary flowers and grass, blue sky and white clouds, each had its full, miraculous value and meaning; at that time, the soft rustling of night rain would bring me a dreamlike fantasy. In that twilight, my mother's voice spoke of the meaning of the stars............

「On the morning of the new spring, amidst the birds' song and the fragrance of fresh flowers, I began my day's life...... 」

Thus I walked forward, from boyhood to youth. Then from youth to old age, then from old age into the tunnel of time. My cap was torn, my shoes torn, my robe torn; the more I walked, the happier I became. Seeing off the sunset, welcoming the dawn, from countryside to city, wind and rain all over, I leveled the rough roads, endured all hardships, pressing onward……

Nan Fang this city is very beautiful; although I was not born here, I love her very much, especially in spring. The smiling faces in the bustling crowds are more beautiful than the flowers in my hometown's fields; the rising and falling cries of vendors are more beautiful than the birdsong in my hometown's woods. All happiness is not imagined; aside from the feeling that comes from the heart, it comes from money and color.

I can't recall who said it: happiness is a comfortable job, a cheerful mood.

In the latter half of the spring night, I am very happy, because I have a cheerful mood. Although, at this time there are no stars, no moon, no breeze, it is very quiet.

Nan Fang's city, I love you, not only in the latter half of the spring night, but from the heart.

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