The latest digital edition of *New Tide* magazine.
It was released on the official app one day earlier than the physical publication.
After the previous "Xiaoduo" incident.
This time, the most attention-grabbing,
On the contrary, it was "Grandpa Namiya's Reply" that had become a regular feature.
Countless readers flooded into the app immediately after midnight.
They skipped the foreword.
Skipping over essays by famous authors,
I headed straight for that warm corner.
Soon, a reply titled "To a Confused Gardener" appeared.
And a brand new story, "The Musician at the Fresh Fish Shop".
It ignited everyone's emotions.
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The original text of the letter was quoted above.
The following is the reply:
[Grandpa Namiya's Reply: To a Perplexed Gardener]
【Hello. 】
[I have received your letter. You said you were anxious watching a seedling absorb what you saw as "poison," and you didn't know what to do.]
This is a harder question to answer than "how to defeat the bad guys".
So, I'd like to tell you a story first.
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The story is short; Lin Que tells the tale of a young man named Matsuoka Katsuro.
He loves music and dreams of becoming a professional musician.
However, they are forced to confront the predicament of reality.
—Inherit the family's fresh fish shop called "Fish Floss".
My father fell ill, and there was no one to carry on the family business.
On one side are burning dreams, and on the other side are heavy responsibilities.
Kron found himself in the same predicament as the "gardener" teacher.
He should prune his "musical" branches for the sake of reality.
Or should we disregard everything and let the tree of our dreams grow wildly?
He wrote to Namiya General Store for help.
The reply from the future gave him an unexpected answer.
Please hold on to your dreams.
Go to Tokyo, go and give it your all for your music.
Even if you end up battered and bruised, even if you prove you lack talent, it's still your own unique life.
Your life map is a blank sheet of paper.
Your only responsibility is to draw it the way you want it to be.
Believe that your struggles and efforts today will be rewarded in some form some day in the future.
The seeds you sow will surely bear unexpected fruit.
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It was late at night.
In Shen Qingqiu's apartment, only one desk lamp was on.
She didn't look at the app, but rather at the document she received from the editorial department of *New Tide* magazine.
That fax copy of the reply from the "profound" teacher.
She looked at the phrase "To a perplexed gardener."
My heart skipped a beat uncontrollably.
He saw it.
He really was answering her question.
Her fingertips traced the warm words on the fax paper as she read line by line.
Her breath caught in her throat when she read Kron's story.
That young man who played guitar amidst the fishy smell, dreaming of going to Tokyo...
And that boy who slept through class, yet whose writing could evoke despair.
The figures gradually overlapped before her eyes.
Lin Que.
This story is about Lin Que.
Teacher Jian Shen actually used such a gentle story...
In response to her question about the devil and the poisonous tree.
She continued reading.
When she saw the reply from the "future,"
When I saw the phrase "Please be sure to hold on to your dreams,"
Her brows furrowed unconsciously.
This goes against her ideas.
Let him go unchecked? Encourage him? Are we just going to watch him slide into the abyss?
What kind of answer is that?
The confusion in her heart was not resolved, but rather deepened.
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