From that day on, she would look at the painting of the sycamore tree every day when she went to bed and woke up, and would also take a look before going to bed.
In fact, this scene is familiar to many people. When everyone was a child, there was always something they particularly liked, but when one day it disappears or disappears, they will miss it just like Julie.
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Stephen Lee wrote the name "Tom" in his notebook. It was a hamster he raised when he was a child. Later, he died. He also built a monument for the hamster in his backyard.
Therefore, when he saw this scene, he was particularly able to understand it.
"It wasn't until I could look at it without crying that I saw something other than the tree and what climbing on it meant to me! My view of the things around me was also changing. Likewise, I also started to think,
Do I still have feelings for Bryce?"
On the screen, Julie was lying on the bed thinking.
This is the context of growth, the context of Julie's growth.
In fact, for many people, there may have been a node or critical point in their growth at one time or another. After something happened, their thoughts began to change.
The interesting thing about "Pumping Heart" is actually that the movie keeps switching perspectives. Dual-line narratives are not uncommon, but dual-line narratives like this are still quite interesting.
Speaking of which, the simple truth is that looking at the same thing from different perspectives is often completely different.
From Bryce's perspective, an egg appears in the lens.
The background music melody also became cheerful.
"I never really liked eggs. I didn't care whether I ate them or not. Until one day, I had a new definition of eggs in the garage!"
It turned out that a classmate's house had a snake, and Bryce saw it for the first time, and it turned out that the snake could actually swallow eggs.
Because he witnessed the process of snakes eating eggs with his own eyes, Bryce began to have a shadow of eggs.
Just at this time, Julie sent a basket of eggs and told Bryce: "My chickens are hatching eggs!"
Julie participated in the science and technology exhibition, successfully hatched chicks from eggs, and she successfully became the focus of the science and technology exhibition.
This made Bryce very jealous. Although he didn't want to admit it, Julie was indeed dazzling at the technology exhibition.
Because of this, Bryce was very resistant to the eggs sent by Julie, and Bryce's father had always looked down on Julie's father, as well as Julie, and the eggs she sent.
He said: "How do we know if there is a chick inside the egg?"
Grandpa said: "When I was a child, I always ate fresh eggs from the farm. They were super delicious!"
But Bryce's father still didn't like it. He also gave an example: What if when eating eggs, a dead chick is eaten?
Grandpa is wise: "Do they have a rooster at home? If not, the chicks will not hatch!"
The family is divided into two groups. Bryce's mother and grandfather think eggs are good, but Bryce's sister and father don't like them.
Bryce's mother asked Bryce to ask Julie directly.
But Bryce did not ask Julie. Instead, he and his classmates secretly went outside Julie's backyard to see if there was a rooster.
But Bryce's friend didn't know how to tell the difference between a rooster and a hen.
After returning home and being exposed by his father, he suddenly realized that his best friend didn't understand chickens at all.
But I still figured it out, they should all be hens, which means the eggs are fine.
But Bryce didn't know why, he just didn't like those eggs, or anything from Julie.
Many viewers couldn't help but feel happy.
The arrogant boy was given the spotlight by Julie at the science and technology exhibition, which made him a little jealous and angry. This is actually human nature.
He began to explain that the chicken backyard was full of hay and chicken poop, which was not hygienic at all.
His father asked him to return the eggs to Julie, but Bryce didn't have the courage to do so.
So he threw all the eggs into the trash can.
The euphemistic reason is that I don’t want to make Julie sad.
But a week later, Julie came to the door again and delivered another box of eggs.
Bryce insisted that his family liked it very much, but turned around and secretly threw the eggs away.
Once, twice, three times...
Although Bryce has been explaining and revealing his mental journey, such things still make many people frown.
Especially since Bryce always made excuses for himself, saying that he was doing it solely to prevent her from being sad.
Switch to Julie's perspective.
The reason why she did the experiment of hatching eggs was because she liked watching the process of birth of life.
Because she hatched the eggs seriously, on the day of the science and technology exhibition, all six chicks hatched, which earned her the grand prize at the science and technology exhibition.
In order to raise chickens, she overcame difficulties because her mother didn't like them raising chickens.
She did it, raising chickens, feeding chickens, cleaning and so on.
Her efforts paid off. The chickens began to lay eggs, so many that her family couldn't eat them all. The joy of harvest made her extremely happy.
There were too many eggs, and the house was full of eggs. Fortunately, at this time, the neighbor's wife proposed the idea of buying her eggs.
This allowed her not only to solve the problem of too many eggs, but also to make money by selling eggs.
She also thought of this and sent eggs to the Bryce family.
She chose to give it away, not only because of Bryce, but also because Bryce's mother was very kind and often helped their family.
It can be said that the boy's perspective and the girl's perspective look at the same thing, but the results are completely different.
Of course, the director definitely prefers girls. At least at this moment, all the viewers feel that Julie is obviously much more likable than Bryce.
No one would dislike such a sensible girl!
Similarly, the more this happens, the more unacceptable Bryce's actions and the meanness of Bryce's father become.
What is the saying? No matter you are a good person or a bad person, you definitely like to be friends with good people. In fact, the principle is the same.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But paper cannot stop the fire. How can you walk by the river without getting your shoes wet?
Julie finally discovered that Bryce had to throw away the eggs she gave to Bryce's family like garbage.
"Why? Don't you want it?" Julie couldn't understand.
"No, it's my dad who thinks it's not worth the risk!"
"What adventure?"
“Unhygienic!”
"What? Are they afraid that the eggs are poisonous?" Julie couldn't understand their thoughts at all.
"Julie, look at your backyard, it's a mess, there's chicken droppings everywhere!" Bryce tried to defend.
"No, I clean it every day!" Julie shook her head.
"We just don't want to make you sad!" Bryce knew he couldn't explain it and had to use this to explain.
"Do you throw it away every time?" But he didn't know that doing so would only make Julie more sad.
Bryce lowered his head and said nothing.
Julie understood. She grabbed the eggs and said, "You know, Mrs. Doobie and Mrs. Thomas both spent money to buy my eggs! How can you do this!"
"I'm sorry!" Bryce apologized!
But this time Julie didn't accept it: "That's weird!"
Obviously, what he did made Julie really sad.
The camera switched to Bryce's perspective.
He stopped on the roadside on his bicycle and looked at Julie pulling weeds not far away.
Julie was angry because of the egg thing, but Bryce felt that it would be a good idea if she didn't come to him when she was angry.
"She ignored my attitude and kept reminding me that I was an asshole!"
Because Julie no longer looked for him as often as she used to, but began to ignore him.
Apparently Bryce has also begun to grow up and reflect on himself.
Suddenly one day, he saw his grandfather talking to Julie, and they actually chatted for an hour.
This makes Bryce very angry, or rather childish!
"He has said more to me than he has ever said to me in all the time he has lived here with us!"
"I'm sure I've never seen him smile so happily! What are he and Julie doing?"
Suddenly, the boy's image and personality became more three-dimensional.
In fact, everyone has forgotten about Julie's maturity and sensibleness before. Bryce and Julie are actually still children.
At night, Bryce's grandfather knocked on the door and came in looking for Bryce.
"Julie told me about the eggs!" Grandpa said.
"You know, Bryce, a person's personality is determined when he is a child. I really don't want to see you get out of control!" Grandpa looked at Bryce and said.
"What?" Bryce was a little surprised.
"The point is honesty, kid. Sometimes a little uneasiness at the beginning can save a lot of pain later!" After that, he closed the door and left.
Bryce was thoughtful, and he was obviously guilty of what he had done.
"Julie Baker is awesome when it comes to holding grudges. I've been trying to get close to her at school all week and she always finds a way out of me!"
"Whenever she was in the yard, grandpa would accompany her."
"Finally, on Saturday, I got my chance!"
On this day, Julie was watering the yard, and her grandfather was not there. He took the initiative and said, "It looks really good!"
"Thank you, Chait (your grandfather) did most of it!" Julie said.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry for what I did before!" Bryce apologized.
Julie turned off the watering machine and said, "I really don't understand, why didn't you tell me?"
"I don't know, maybe I'm stupid? I shouldn't criticize your yard! That's wrong!" Bryce said.
"Maybe that would be better. I mean, you can learn a lot from your grandpa. You are so lucky. My grandpa is no longer here!" Julie said.
"I feel sorry for him. He misses your grandma. Do you believe it? He said I remind him of her," Julie added.
"What?" Bryce looked shocked.
"I know, I had the same reaction at the time!" Julie understood Bryce's shocked reaction very well, because she had been like this before.
"But he didn't mean any harm, I think he was referring to her spirit, right?" Julie explained again.
"Then I wish you success in planting!" Bryce said as he didn't know what to say.
Bryce was very happy. He didn't expect Julie to accept his apology. In fact, the egg matter itself also bothered him.
Seeing this, everyone suddenly didn't seem to hate Bryce so much anymore, because he was indeed just a child.
Everything seems to be back to normal.
At this time, a plot involving the Bryce family was interspersed.
Bryce's father didn't like her sister's friends, and he didn't seem to like Bryce's grandfather either.
He also made a sarcastic comment, saying that he was so energetic that he could make friends with a strange girl, but he had no time to play baseball with his grandson.
Bryce said: "It's because she reminds grandpa of grandma!"
Bryce's father scoffed.
Grandpa finally couldn't help but said: "Do you know why the Baker family doesn't repair the yard?"
"I know, because he is painting those useless paintings and has no time!" Bryce's father said disapprovingly.
"What would you do if you had a severely disabled brother?" Grandpa asked.
"What does that have to do with this?"
"Julie's dad has a mentally retarded brother!"
"So what? He must be a gardener, right?" He even laughed out loud at this point.
This made his wife unable to stand it.
"It's just a joke! Others have family troubles and still clean their own yards. Such homeowners have no self-respect at all!" said Bryce's father.
"That house doesn't belong to them!" Grandpa explained.
"The yard should be tidied up by the homeowner. Baker's extra money was used to take care of his younger brother!" Grandpa added.
Bryce's mother asked doubtfully: "Shouldn't this kind of thing be handled by government agencies?"
"Maybe he thinks a private institution would be better for him?" Grandpa said.
But Bryce's father mentioned that it was their genetic problem, which completely pissed off his grandfather. Julie's uncle was born because the umbilical cord was wrapped around the neck and there was a lack of oxygen.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Only then did Bryce realize that he was once almost like Julie's uncle, but he was even more lucky that the doctor solved it for him in time.
Grandpa invited Bryce to go for a walk together for the first time.
Bryce asked: "What would they do to me if I did that?"
"This kind of thing cannot be assumed!" Grandpa shook his head.
"According to my father's words, they will throw me into a lunatic asylum?"
"No, that's not fair. You can't blame him for something he didn't do!" Grandpa said, shaking his head.
They walked and came to the school bus station, where the sycamore tree was. But at this moment, it was bare.
"She is a good girl!" Grandpa said.
"Some people are shallow, and some people are just beautiful but their appearance is ruined. One day you will meet a person who is as brilliant as a rainbow. When you meet this person, you will feel that everyone else is just a cloud."
But Bryce seemed a little unable to understand his grandfather's words. He always thought that Julie was plain-colored!
Suddenly he picked up the newspaper that Julie was in.
"She talked about the feeling she had climbing that tree, being held up high on the ground and being blown by the wind!"
This made him feel cool. No middle school student could say such a thing.
This also made him start to face it!
Julie never thought there was anything shameful about where she lived, and she never thought about money seriously.
She knew that their family was not rich, but she did not feel that anything was missing.
Until Bryce said their house was a mess!
But in fact, the atmosphere in their home is indeed completely different from that of the Bryce family.
Although she is not that rich, her two brothers sing and the whole family applauds, which makes people feel very warm.
She proposed repairing the yard, something that wouldn't cost too much.
She wanted to use the money from selling her eggs to do these things, but her father shook his head and said, "That's your money!"
Julie finally revealed the reason why she suddenly thought this way under her mother's gentle persuasion.
