There are many street parks in Paris. There is one not far from our apartment.
One holiday, I came to this small park with a book in my arms and sat on a bench among the flowers. This is my favorite bench, because I like those flowers. This kind of flower is the most common in Beijing in spring.
I turned a few pages and suddenly heard a child's voice: "Sir, are you from China?"
I looked up and saw a little girl of four or five years old standing in front of me with a big doll in her hand. She stared at me intently and cocked her head, waiting for my answer.
"Guess, little friend."
"I said yes!" She is quite confident.
"Why?"
"Because there are many China people in my family, you are just like them." Her crystal blue eyes are like clear springs, shining with joy.
What the little girl said puzzled me. I asked her, "How many China people are there in your family? Do they have dinner with you? "
"no! They don't eat or talk. "
"Why?" I'm weirder.
At this time, a man and a woman came over, all in their thirties and thirties. As she was walking, the lady shouted, "Vernek, what are you doing there?"
The little girl turned her head and didn't answer the adult's question.
"Mom is calling you, why don't you talk?" The man came up to her and said.
"I'm talking to this gentleman." The little girl pointed at me.
"Yes, we are having a very interesting conversation. She said that there are many people in China who don't eat or talk ... "
The little girl's parents burst out laughing before I finished speaking. Mother held her daughter in her arms and kissed her, saying, "This is our child, only four and a half years old. Like her father, he is a fan of China, and now even I am about to become a fan of China. "
It turned out that the little girl's father had been to China twice with the trade delegation. After his return, his home became an exhibition hall for China's articles, such as Guangdong summer sleeping mat, Fujian paper umbrella, Suzhou embroidery and Jingdezhen porcelain.
There are also brushes and abacus that they can't use, a computer invented in ancient China. They even bought something with unknown names. China people who don't eat or talk, as Vernek said, refer to more than 20 clay figurines with different shapes displayed in cabinets.
I fully understand the little girl's language and feelings. It is those China people who don't speak, who bring sincere friendship into the family of ordinary people, take root and blossom beautiful flowers. Isn't the innocent heart of a little girl like a bud in bud?
Villenek's father excitedly told many stories about China, vividly describing the Forbidden City in Beijing, the landscape in Guilin and the Longmen in Luoyang, as if I had never been to China. He was a warm guide.
His eloquence convinced me that he knew both the present of China and the past of China. He said: "China is a great country with a history and culture that we can always be proud of, but now it really needs development. Your country has great potential and no one can match it. "
The little girl couldn't get a word in, so she was so anxious that she called her father several times. I pointed to her doll and said, "Look, the doll has closed its eyes. She is going to sleep. "
"No, she always sleeps with me." She thought for a moment and then asked me, "Do you like dolls? Do you sleep with a doll? "
She asked so innocently that the adults were amused. I smiled and said, "I like dolls, too, but I don't hug her." Only my little daughter holds her all day like you! "
"Where's your little girl? What's her name? Can I play with her? "
"yes. But she is not in Paris, but in Beijing. When your father goes to Beijing again and takes you to my home, she will certainly welcome you. She has many dolls, even French dolls that blink. "
"Can she speak French?"
"Yes, but not much. You can be her teacher! "
"Great!" The little girl jumped with joy. She hugged her father's leg and begged with talking eyes, as if to say, "I want to go to Beijing!" " I want to be a teacher! "
Her father said to me seriously: "I hope she will learn Chinese in the future, study in China and be an engineer at Friendship Bridge!" "
An ordinary French family-a middle-aged couple and an innocent child, how beautiful and innocent their wishes are! People's feelings are simple, and simple things are the most beautiful. It is our common wish to build a long bridge of friendship!
Extended information: The author of Wish is Yan Chunde. 1974 to 1977, went to Paris as a Chinese teacher at the great eastern Institute of Language and Culture. Over the past few years, he has been to many places in France, met people from all walks of life in France, and deeply felt the profound friendship of the French people towards the people of China.
So, he wrote these unforgettable memories into articles and wrote more than 20 essays, which were edited by People's Publishing House and published in a book called "Days in France". The text "Wish" is taken from this book, and the original title is "Willian Nick's Wish".
Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia-"Wish"