"It seemed like a very heartwarming slice-of-life story." Bai propped up her chin and gave her impression of the film.
Life in the countryside was always gentle and unhurried, its rhythm colored by the changing seasons.
Yet Xiao Qiu, the protagonist, was wrestling with a question—a very important question.
Was the place where she lived really the countryside?
Childhood fantasies, coupled with precocious thoughts, instantly made the audience feel close to the character, as though they too had lived through such youthful days.
Xiao Qiu was the youngest child in the entire village.
There was only one school here, and only one teacher at that school, who was also Xiao Qiu's older sister.
The students were all children from the village, and each was in a different grade.
On ordinary days, classes mainly consisted of self-study. The sister serving as their teacher found all kinds of textbooks and exercises for the students to study on their own.
"Ah, this kind of life feels so wonderful." Gu Yunxi let out a long sigh. "I want a childhood like that too."
"How did you spend your childhood?" Shinkai Seiko asked casually.
"I just kept studying, studying, studying. There were all sorts of lessons to finish every day." Gu Yunxi had no desire to reminisce. "I couldn't even sleep properly every day. I don't even know what I was learning so much stuff for."
"Then do you think it was useful?" Shinkai Seiko asked a soul-searching question.
"Mm..." Gu Yunxi fell silent for a moment, then lay down on Jiang Wanshang's lap beside her. "Useful, it was useful... But if I had to choose carefully, I'd definitely choose the kind of life in the movie."
Free and unfettered every day, enjoying peaceful moments, with all kinds of novel and interesting things in nature.