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Chapter 4 The Moon
[China] Xi Murong

The moonlight poured down like mercury on such a clear sky, soaking my whole body in the moonlight, and I felt that my heart became transparent.Youth is like fine wine, it seems that I drank it all in one gulp that night, smoked and fragrant.

Therefore, on that night, when the moon shone into the ancient mountain forest, I must have been deeply moved.

At that time, when I was so young, I always thought that these moments would have appeared and I should enjoy them. I was moved only because of their amazing beauty.But I never thought that there would be such a night, that I could come to such a high mountain in the early spring season, that there would be such a large lush forest, and that there would be such a clear and clear moonlight all night. A rare encounter in the world, a dream that will never recur.

That night, when I stood in front of the winding mountain path, I was just 20 years old, and the moon had just risen from the side of the mountain.

What a month it was!
Before it appeared, the world was so dark, the path looked so deep and terrible, and I hardly had the courage to move.And when the moon rises from behind the mountain, at that moment, all things and things are like the moon, giving me a clear and transparent luster like water, and my heart is also at that moment, Become full, happy and peaceful.

Happiness is sometimes just a very simple feeling.That night, when I walked slowly up the mountain along the path full of ferns, maybe because of the detour of the road, maybe because of the joy in my heart, I didn't feel like climbing at all. of hard work and effort.

Walking to a clearing with sparse trees, there were just a few big rocks for us to sit down and have a rest. When I looked up at the sky, I just felt how those trees grew so straight and so tall.The moonlight poured down like mercury on such a clear sky, soaking my whole body in the moonlight, and I felt that my heart became transparent.Youth is like fine wine, it seems that I drank it all in one gulp that night, smoked and fragrant.

What kind of youth is that!

And not every night can have such a full moon, and not everyone can encounter such a full moon.The beauty and preciousness of youth lies in its innocence and innocence, in that it can be encountered but not sought after, and in that it will never return.

But today, when I look back with regret, besides the surprise and admiration for the arrangement of creation, I also have a deep conviction and gratitude that I couldn't notice in my young days.

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Is youth the bright moon in Xi Murong's works?Like a beautiful scene in a dream, you have touched and felt it, but you can't keep it. Will you give up or be abandoned in the end?

Xi Murong uses clear words and thoughts to bring us into thinking about youth, reminiscing and feeling along the way.Time slips through our fingers, not because we don't want to grasp it, but because the most beautiful things are often beyond our control.Some beautiful things are destined to become memories, so let's not force it, just leave the feeling and throbbing it brought us.The important thing is that precious things are often hard to come by. In addition to being convinced by the Creator's arrangement, we must know how to work hard to cherish the little things in front of us!
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