Meng Qiguang took out an old book with many marks on it.
"These are some things that I have recalled intermittently over the years. I'm afraid that one day I won't be able to remember them anymore, so I wrote them all down. If Director Li is interested, you can take a look at them together."
Li Yi looked over and Meng Qiguang turned to the first page. There was an old family photo on it, showing a family of four.
"This is me." Meng Qiguang pointed to the youngest child in the photo.
"This is my brother." Meng Qiguang's eyes couldn't help but turn red as he caressed the older child inside.
"I remember that my brother was good at everything since he was a child. He was very good-looking, performed well in school, was very talented in sports, and always won the championship in competitions. I was quite naughty and mischievous when I was a child, and my teachers didn't like me at school.
.....
In order to eat the mooncakes given by my mother, I sold postcards at school to make money. Although my mother misunderstood me later, it was probably the most delicious mooncake I have ever eaten, right?
I was really happy at that time, very happy.
Later, my brother could no longer run because he was diagnosed with leukemia. The doctor told him that he could no longer run and needed to rest more.
Just resting couldn't make my brother feel better, so he left anyway.
After my brother left, I missed him very much. I remember my grandma said that as long as you throw your most precious things into the sea and fill up the sea of suffering, you can meet your lost relatives. So I gave my stolen "treasure"
"Thrown them all into the sea, but still can't see my brother again..."
Meng Qiguang turned over a page, which only contained some fragmented paragraphs.
Meng Qiguang took the trouble to tell the story of his past.
Li Yi, Mu Qing, and Chen Han couldn't help but have red eyes as they listened.
And a movie also appeared in Li Yi's mind, "The Thief of Time". Although it is different from the story told by Meng Qiguang in some places, coincidentally, it also has great similarities.
"I can't do it now. I just always hope to see these things put on the big screen in my lifetime. I wonder if Director Li is interested in these past stories of an old guy like me?" Meng Qiguang looked at Li Yi and asked.
"Yes, of course there is. In the changing life, time turns out to be the biggest thief. How about calling it "The Thief of Time"?" Li Yi said.
"The Thief of Time? The Thief of Time!" Meng Qiguang was suddenly stunned.
"Yes, I stole everything I could to give to my brother, but my brother's life was stolen..." Suddenly, Meng Qiguang burst into tears.
After leaving the Centenary Ceremony of Light and Shadow in Hong Kong, Li Yi looked over and over at the notebook of Meng Qiguang's memories.
It is confirmed and compared with the movie "Thieves of Time" in my mind, and it is an incomparable fit.
Maybe it's because of destiny.
Of course, "Thieves of Time" and Meng Qiguang's story and experience both took place in a relatively long time ago, and Li Yi was not familiar with many of the things in them.
Because the story takes place in the 1960s, not to mention Li Yi, even his father was not yet born at that time.
"Still watching "Thieves of Time"?" Mu Qing came out wrapped in a towel after taking a shower, and sat next to Li Yi. Seeing that Li Yi was still reading the book, she couldn't help but smile.
"Yeah, but it's been a while, and I don't quite understand a lot of things in it, such as the Diocesan Boys' School, the Mooncake Party, etc." Li Yi said.
"Times are indeed a long time ago. How about we go look for these places tomorrow and see if they are still there? Ask some old people to find out?" Mu Qing said.
Li Yi nodded.
However, the next moment, Li Yi quietly closed the notebook.
It’s mainly about Director Mu at this moment, how should I put it?
She has a mature and intellectual temperament that is unique to a woman of this age. When she lowers her guard at home, the sexy charm she exudes can always make Li Yi intoxicated.
She can be said to be a ripe peach, full of water, plump and round.
"Have you seen enough?" Director Mu asked softly.
It's just that cute and charming appearance, how can Li Yi hold back?
...
After a long time, the house became quiet, the night was like water, the lights outside the window were dim, and there was silence.
Li Yi glanced at his tired wife who was sleeping deeply, but he couldn't sleep anymore. He gently took out his hand from under her white neck, got out of bed, walked out of the bedroom, came to the balcony, and clicked
A cigarette.
Looking at Victoria Harbor at night, this port city indeed has its own unique charm.
After Li Yi finished smoking a cigarette, he couldn't help but walked in and took out Meng Qiguang's notebook, sat on the balcony, opened it, and continued reading.
"The Romance of Fairy Wood"
Some things have their own unique charm.
For example, Mu Qing, Li Yi and she have known each other for so long, and they have become extremely familiar with each other, but every time Li Yi can still find something new about her that attracts him.
For example, in this book, although the things recorded in it were all fragmentary, Li Yi could think that they were some fragments that Meng Qiguang suddenly remembered and then recorded casually.
But he could read the other person's childhood memories between the lines.
Many things in it were full of freshness for Li Yi and were full of unique characteristics of that era.
This is probably something that people living in this era lack.
The next day, Li Yi and Mu Qing set out together, taking the notebook and going to the places recorded in it according to Meng Qiguang's memories.
Many places have changed long ago, but Li Yi and Mu Qing can always find some "old people" to chat with each other about their past stories.
Everyone has their own story, which may be ordinary, wonderful, or ups and downs.
For example, Meng Qiguang mentioned the mooncake party.
For us today, many people don’t even eat mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival. After all, our era is rich in materials and mooncakes are more of a symbol. However, mooncakes were a complete luxury at that time, especially for the lower class people.
It is a high-quality product, and it is difficult to buy it. This is something that people in our era can hardly imagine.
In the 1960s and 1970s, every year before the Mid-Autumn Festival, many families would raise funds to make reservations in installments, so that they could buy one. For example, the Luo family of four in "The Thieves of Time" originally planned to pay half a dollar per person.
Moon cakes, and the half box of double yolk lotus seed paste moon cakes that Luo Jin Er secretly ate, may be the Mid-Autumn Festival moon cakes for several families.
Therefore, this kind of movie, which is full of contemporary sense and full of regional characteristics, may make many young audiences today half-informed. Even Li Yi himself would be confused if he did not understand it seriously.
It was actually not easy for Li Yi to make such a movie.
It’s not that the props and scenery are not easy, but the emotional cognition and understanding of that era.
