The reason why they choose to live in seclusion is also romantic. When I was young, my husband, an architect who loved sailing and sailing, wanted to fulfill his wife's pastoral dream. So he took his wife to the place where they lived, built an idyllic wooden house for her and opened up a vegetable garden orchard. There are more than 50 kinds of fruits and 70 kinds of vegetables in their garden, 180 trees. They have lived there for more than 40 years.
The film recorded many details of the couple's life. I think these details show the best appearance of love, that is, the two sides are independent but interdependent.
For example, in the documentary, the husband only eats traditional Japanese breakfast, including seaweed rice and Japanese kimchi, while the wife likes western breakfast, including bread jam and butter. So my wife cooked two different breakfasts every day, and even after her husband died, she insisted on doing so.
What warms people's hearts most is the attitude of husband and wife towards life. For example, the husband will write at least ten letters to people he has never met, including the young man who sells fish in the supermarket. When the wife goes to buy fish, the young man will show the letter written by her husband to her, which is really enviable.
The couple not only treat people like this, but also attach great importance to everything in life. For example, they write signs for each plant, and some brands will write some warm words:
"This house must be a jewel box of life."
"All the answers are in nature."
"The more serious you live, the better your life will be."
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After watching the movie, there is a feeling that life is nourished. There is not a word "I love you" in the whole movie, but you obviously feel that it is full of the whole movie and permeates in many moments. This is a small fortune in life.
A film review summed up the attitude of life conveyed by this documentary, that is, the length of life should not be calculated from birth to death, but should be accumulated by the moments when you feel happy and worthwhile. This is the life of human beings.
The biggest inspiration that this couple gave me was to take things slowly and not be impatient. In the words of the husband in the film, it is "slowly and firmly doing what you can."
Finally, read a poem from a documentary:
The wind blew away the dead leaves.
Dead leaves nourish the soil.
Fertile soil contributes to fruit.
Grow slowly and firmly
Zhu Qiuan.