Tomatoes in summer are very healing fruits
Han Haoyue
Summer is the season to eat tomatoes. After returning home from the hot outside, I grabbed a tomato, washed it under the tap, and took a big bite of it. It tasted sweet and refreshing. It would be better if the tomatoes were frozen in the refrigerator. Cut them and put them on a plate. Sprinkle a handful of white sugar on the cut surface of the bright red tomatoes. The sugar color is as frosty as cream, making the appetite move.
"Watermelon, air conditioner wifi”， It is considered to be a must for summer. In fact, tomatoes can compete with watermelons. They are also suitable for watching movies with the air conditioner on at home. On the big screen, there are many close-up pictures of tomatoes. With the magnification of the projector, fresh and plump tomatoes are always bitten between the actors' lips and teeth, which is particularly eye-catching. It turns out that tomatoes are the most suitable fruit for conveying feelings.
There are three domestic films released in recent years, with tomato scenes, which left a deep impression on me. The first one is Fragrance: Suizi, played by Zhong Chuxi, gives her a lunch box with two tomatoes in it. Suizi holds the lunch box with one hand and takes out a tomato with the other hand. He takes a big bite and hooks the juice out of his mouth with his little finger, But it is extremely beautiful - beautiful youth and ignorant love seem to be condensed into that tomato.
Director Feng Xiaogang admitted that he has a tomato complex. In Feng Dao's opinion, "there is innocence and naturalness in tomatoes, the appearance of mother when she was young, the summer when she was young, the throb of love when she was young, and the age of simplicity..." His statement can really represent the impression and view of the past generations on tomatoes. The sour and sweet taste of tomatoes will indeed make people's memories long and beautiful.
Tomatoes also played an important role in the emotional transmission of Feng's other film, Tangshan Earthquake. When the adult sister finally accepted that the mother could only save one between her and her brother, she chose to forgive. In order to welcome her daughter who came back to the family, the mother washed her daughter's favorite tomatoes early. After seeing her daughter, she said the first sentence was, "You have washed all the tomatoes. Mom didn't cheat you.". It turned out that before the earthquake, the siblings had to eat the only tomato at the same time, while the mother chose to give the tomato to her brother and told her to "buy it for you tomorrow". Twenty or thirty years later, the mother apologized to her daughter with a basket of washed tomatoes. Her daughter ate the tomato and burst into tears. Feng Dao, who filmed this scene, also wet his eyes in front of the monitor. Even if we look back on this episode now, as an audience, we can't bear tears - the affection carried by tomatoes is so thick and warm.
Zhang Jingchu, who played the role of sister in Tangshan Earthquake, in her famous work Peacock, there was a scene of buying tomatoes. It was considered that her acting skills were very popular: her sister met a parachutist in the street who had a crush on him when she was young. The handsome young parachutist had become a common middle-aged man. When her sister came forward to meet him, He asked her without expression, "What's your name?". In the last scene, she just told her brother that the man still remembered her and loved her. The elder sister squatted in front of the vegetable stall, while selecting tomatoes, she sobbed silently. Her life, there is no possibility of choice. The tomato in her hand is her youth and dream that has become a thing of the past
Tomatoes like sunlight and are sun plants. The fierce sunshine in summer accelerates the ripening of green and astringent tomatoes rhythmically. The energy of the sun enters the inside of the tomato, giving it a unique taste of soft glutinous and crisp. When we eat tomatoes, we actually eat the "energy ball" made by the sun indirectly. It not only contains rich nutrition, but also contains the function of giving people joy and comfort.
Therefore, it is true to describe tomatoes as a kind of fruit with curative effect both on and off the screen. As we recall our youth, we can't help smiling. When we hold a tomato in our hand and fill our eyes with its plump and lovely appearance, there must be some subtle cracks in our heart and they will slowly start to heal.
