Notes on Biography of Hulan River (7 episodes)

Cold snow is falling, and the earth is frozen and cracked. The driver's hand cracked with cold, and the tofu seller accidentally dropped the square filled with tofu and couldn't pick it up. The old man selling steamed bread was selling steamed bread in the street, because the snow and ice covered his feet and he accidentally fell down. The steamed bread box turned over and the steamed bread fell off one by one.

When someone sees this scene, the first thing to do is not to help the old man who fell on the snow, but to take this opportunity to pick up the steamed bread that the old man fell on the ground to eat.

The old man can only say sadly, "It's so cold, the ground cracked and swallowed my steamed bread." Passers-by laughed when they heard this.

I have to admire Xiao Hong's delicate description. The simple sentence of the old man tells the hardships and bitterness of the old man and the indifference of onlookers to others.

In Hulan River City, if it rains, the ground will be covered with mud, and a big mud pit five or six feet deep will appear on Dongerdao Street.

This mud pit is extremely dangerous to them. Someone drove the car over and was covered in mud. The horse used to lie in it and couldn't stand up. It drowned. Adults are frightened when they pass through the mud pit, and children are frightened when they pass through the mud pit.

A child fell in and was rescued, but it is said that he had rushed to the temple of the Dragon King, who wanted to drown the child.

The pork sold is cheap. Some people say it's plague pork, and some people say that pigs drowned in mud pits are sold so cheaply.

Children say it's pork, but adults beat it and scold them for their nonsense.

Through every short story described by Xiao Hong, I see the indifference and ignorance of human nature.

The article said that the big mud pit was dangerous, but they didn't want to find a way to solve it. Instead, everything that happened in the big mud pit was treated as a joke, which shows that people escape from reality and are unwilling to face problems. They keep deceiving themselves, comforting themselves and deceiving themselves.

The first chapter of Hulan River City describes people's humble and ordinary life, so the second chapter describes that people regard the worship of ghosts and gods as their spiritual sustenance.

What are the spiritual achievements of people in Hulan River City? For example, dancing to the gods, singing yangko, setting off river lanterns, playing wild table games, and the Niangniang Temple conference on April 18.

Let's talk about jumping the gods first. I heard that the great god can cure diseases. They are wearing strange clothes, and their mouths keep shaking and jumping. They said that after the patient died, he would invite trouble to scare his family members into burning incense and drinking, killing chickens and sending red cloth.

After skipping God, those chickens and red cloth all belong to God. The great gods took the chicken home and cooked it. They dyed the red cloth and wore it as trousers.

God wants to save patients, but what he doesn't know is whether the patients in that family are good or not.

Xiao Hong sighed sadly: "The sky is full of stars, and the moon is full. What is life like? Why are you so sad? "

In fact, in the story of the dancing god, the so-called gods in the dancing god are just ordinary people. They took great pains to create such a grand event in order to cheat money and reality. It aroused people at that time to believe that God could really cure patients.

But where there are great gods and ghosts in this world?

For example, on July 15, Menglan will set off river lanterns and sing a wild stage play. Every April 18, people will visit Niangniang Temple. In fact, these activities are for the happiness of ghosts and gods, not for people themselves.

Now think about it, how ridiculous it was for people at that time to believe in ghosts and gods. But it also shows the superstition of feudal rule in the old society, the backwardness and ignorance of people's thoughts.

Today is * * * reading the third chapter of Hulan River Biography. Through the description in the article, I can feel Xiao Hong's attachment to her childhood and her deep nostalgia for her grandfather.

Xiaohong lives in a loveless family. Her father is indifferent to her and her mother speaks ill of her. Xiao Hong once poked several holes in the paper window of the lattice. Her grandmother poked her outside the window, and she didn't like her either.

The only love for her was her grandfather, who spent a day in the back garden, and Xiaohong followed her for a day. The back garden became Xiao Hong's safe haven and Xiao Hong's only happy paradise.

In the back garden, Xiaohong often keeps company with butterflies, dragonflies and grasshoppers. She is doing what her grandfather did in the garden. When he brought a big straw hat, she brought a small straw hat. Grandpa grows flowers, and she grows flowers; My grandfather pulls weeds, and she pulls weeds; Grandpa shovels, she shovels; Grandfather watered the vegetables, so did she. She stayed in the back garden with her grandfather all day.

Xiao Hong often goes to the storeroom at home to look through old things that have not been seen for a long time, such as small lanterns, printed boards, Qing dynasty hats with tassels, goose feather fans, and the relics of aunts who have been married for many years.

Every day, I simply spend time with my grandfather in the back garden. Simple old things that have been dusty for a long time can make her happy all day, so simple happiness has become Xiao Hong's most unforgettable childhood.

Xiao Hong said in the article: "When I was born, I first gave my grandfather infinite joy. When I grow up, grandpa loves me very much. Makes me feel that in this world, having a grandfather is enough. What are you afraid of? Although my father's indifference, my mother's bad words and my grandmother's acupuncture on my finger are nothing. "

From this sentence, I realized Xiao Hong's sad heart, although her grandfather loved her very much. However, the pain planted in her heart by her parents' indifference cannot be forgotten. Fortunately, grandpa's love gave her a bright light and accompanied her all the way.

Once, Xiaohong was taken to the street by some friends. She saw the traffic in the street and thought, can I go far alone in the future?

Xiao Hong longs for freedom. She wants to break free and fly further.

Xiao Hong's birth reminds me of Su Mingyu. The TV series is quite good.

Su Ming Jade lived in a family that preferred sons to daughters, and her mother was always cold to her since childhood. She has never been kind to her, and her mother is unprincipled in favoring her two sons.

Su Mingyu's two brothers always have ham and eggs for breakfast, but she only has a bowl of rice. Not only that, Su Mingyu has to keep cleaning, wiping the table and helping his second brother Su Mingcheng wash clothes when the college entrance examination approaches.

The eldest son wanted to study abroad, and the money was not enough, so he sold Su Mingyu's house, let his eldest son Su Mingzhe study abroad, and even let his daughter Su Mingyu go to an ordinary university to save money, which ruined her daughter's future.

Finally, Su Mingyu was heartbroken by what her mother had done. Desperate, she ran away from home, rented a house to study, and worked hard until she became the biggest winner.

The original sound family has brought unforgettable brand and pain, but you have to believe in yourself, you can get rid of the epitome of the original sound family and find your inner self.

For example, family of origin's stars Angela Zhang, Ada Choi and Rachel Momo have done it, and they believe they can do it.

If your childhood is also unfortunate, if you are hurt by your family, can you get rid of the epitome of your family?

You can do it as long as you believe. Don't let his family ruin his life. If you owe him from a family, you must win it back by yourself.

The fourth chapter mainly describes the trivial life of Xiao Hong's tenants.

Xiaohong's family is relatively rich. Her yard is very big and there are many rooms. The house on the east wall and the west wall is rented to pig farmers, miller and powder leakage households.

Xiao Hong also often sees the daily deeds of these families. The leaky family rented three shabby huts. The roof of the straw house is covered with moss, which is green from a distance and very beautiful. When it rains, mushrooms grow on the roof.

The family who leaks powder will go to the roof to pick mushrooms, and the neighbors all envy the straw house that leaks powder to grow mushrooms. Whenever picking mushrooms, families who leak powder will make it into mushroom fried powder, mushroom stewed powder and mushroom boiled powder.

People who leak powder are prepared and often bring a big bowl to Xiaohong's grandfather. He will say, "This is not edible. If you eat poisonous food, you will die. "

The straw house rented by the people in the powder room is not strong. Once it is windy or rainy, the house will creak as if it were going to collapse.

People in the powder room can fall asleep when they sleep, and they are not worried about the collapse of the house at all. They seem to ignore their lives.

There are also people who pull mills and raise pigs. They often get together to sing the Shaanxi Opera and play the Huqin, and those who leak powder often like to hang powder on sunny days and sing "Sighing for Five Watches".

Xiao Hong said in the article: "Although they are playing the Hu Qin and clapping their hands and sighing, they are not prosperous. They didn't advance. This is not to say that they have seen the light or hope to see it. These are not. "

These people live in Hulan River City. In addition to eating and wearing warm clothes, they have no hope, no light, only hardship and helplessness.

This kind of day makes them feel very painful, and they can only take pains to go to forget the sorrow. It seems that only in this way can they find a comfort for themselves.

Have you ever seen a 12-year-old girl soaked in a vat and scalded to death by hot water? There is such a true story in the biography of Hulan River written by Xiao Hong.

There is a tenant surnamed Hu in Xiaohong's family, and everyone calls them Lao Hu's family.

There is an old lady in the old Hu family who has been ill all the year round. She has two sons, both married daughters-in-law, and two grandchildren. The eldest grandson belongs to the second son, and the younger grandson belongs to the eldest son.

Although the old lady is ill all the year round, her two daughters-in-law are very kind to her. Every once in a while, they always spend some money to ask the great god to give her a jump.

Every time she jumps out, the old lady will proudly show off to those who come to watch the excitement and say, "My eldest daughter-in-law gave it to me." Or "My second wife gave it to me."

No matter the eldest daughter-in-law, the second daughter-in-law, or the eldest daughter-in-law, they were admitted and became role models for local women.

Sun Xiao's daughter-in-law has been booked, but she can't marry her because she is too young.

One day, the old Hu family brought a reunion daughter-in-law, which attracted people in Hulan River City to be very lively. Men, women and children all came to see what the reunion daughter-in-law looked like.

Xiao Hong also wants to go to Khufu's house with curiosity to see what kind of beautiful reunion daughter-in-law is, and many people are clamoring to see it.

When Xiao Hong and her grandfather went to Khufu's house, they found that the reunion daughter-in-law was completely different from what she had imagined, and there was nothing to see. The so-called reunion daughter-in-law is just a little girl.

Reunion daughter-in-law is twelve years old, but because she is tall, she says fourteen. People think that this reunion daughter-in-law is nothing like a reunion daughter-in-law, so they all say, "I ate three bowls of rice a day after I came to my husband's house." "I sat there straight and walked fast." "I must have lied about my age when I was fourteen."

A few days after the reunion daughter-in-law, her mother-in-law gave her the run and began to beat the reunion daughter-in-law No matter day or night, no matter how far away, she can hear the screams and cries of her reunited daughter-in-law.

Mother-in-law said that she was ill and invited a great god to reunite her daughter-in-law for dancing. Later, the great god danced all winter, and the reunion daughter-in-law jumped sick.

As a result, people have come up with countless remedies to treat reunion daughters-in-law. Some say it's paper-making, some say it's all-wool chicken, some say it's half a catty of pork, and some say it's a "cigarette post" for the Great God.

After smoking the post, my mother-in-law spent fifty dollars, but she still didn't see her reunited daughter-in-law get better. Mother-in-law invited the goddess to jump again, and this time she actually bathed the reunion daughter-in-law in public with a vat.

As soon as this anecdote spread, everyone wanted to join in the fun and witness the eldest daughter-in-law of Lao Hu's family taking a bath with their eyes wide open.

The reunion daughter-in-law was torn off and carried into the vat. The water in the tank is boiling hot water. No matter how tragic the reunion daughter-in-law in the vat is, no one stands up and says a word.

In this way, the reunion daughter-in-law was carried into this vat full of hot water for three days in a row, bathed and ironed clothes three times and fainted once.

After the reunion daughter-in-law was burned three times, she slept in a daze for seven days without drinking or eating, and there was no sign of improvement. Until February, it was dark, and the daughter-in-law who had a happy reunion died.

After reading this story, I feel extremely sad. I can't help thinking, how could someone be so cruel as to soak a living person in a vat with boiling hot water and then die?

I have to wonder if the feudal society at that time was all mental illness. The reunion daughter-in-law was not sick at all, but she was tortured by those people to get sick.

The reunion daughter-in-law was carried into the vat, and no one said that this method was not feasible and would kill people. No one said that she would be sent back to her parents' home, and no one said that she was not sick at all.

No one knows, this is actually just a tragic ending for boredom. If everyone knew in their hearts, how indifferent people were at that time. In order to cover up the emptiness inside, they make fun of other people's lives. They are bystanders and perpetrators.

They just regard this tragedy as a play, a play to kill their boring time.

Reunion daughter-in-law died, not many people care about how she died, but about burying her and giving me food and wine.

The indifference and selfishness of human nature are vividly reflected in Xiao Hong's works. People in Hulan River are indifferent, selfish, ignorant, empty, lonely and miserable. They deserve no sympathy. In a word, "there must be something hateful about the poor."

Feng crooked mouth is a kind and sincere person. His daily job is to make sticky cakes in the mill day after day. Xiaohong has two uncles and grandfathers, who often talk and joke with Feng's crooked mouth next door.

Xiaohong likes sticky cakes very much. Every time she buys sticky cakes, she can't get enough. Feng Biaozi, who pushes a tricycle outside, often cuts a sticky cake for Xiaohong to eat.

Once, Xiaohong went to Feng Waizuizi's mill to buy sticky cakes and found a child in the pit. Only then did the villagers know that Feng Qiaozui secretly married Sister Wang and gave birth to a child.

However, Feng Guaizi's marriage was originally a happy event, but it was ridiculed and indifferent by the whole village. The mill owner insulted Feng Waizui's unreasonable wife and drove Feng Waizui out of the mill to prevent them from living.

It's freezing in winter and it snows heavily. No one helped them in Hulan River City, and no one took care of them. Only Xiaohong's grandfather let Feng Qiaozuizi live in a small house in the south of his house with his wife and children.

People in Hulanhe City have no pity for the hungry newborn children, and they hate Feng's wife and children, and they are humiliated in every way. The villagers' psychology of watching the theatre is even more chilling.

Although Feng and Sister Wang had a hard time, it was quite comfortable to have a thatched cottage as a place to rest.

Unexpectedly, Sister Wang died in childbirth when she gave birth to a second child, leaving only two sons for Feng Guaizi.

Everyone thought feng crooked mouth was dead, his wife must be finished, and everyone around him watched the tragedy happen.

But Feng's crooked mouth did not despair. When he saw his wife's two children, his heart lit up with light and hope.

Feng crooked mouth takes care of two children by himself. He feeds the children with chopsticks. If the children don't want to eat, he feeds them with a spoon. The big ones are fed to the small ones. When necessary, he carries water and grinds them when necessary.

The villagers were surprised to find that the child was not dead. How is that possible? How can such a thing happen in this world?

Feng's crooked child is still alive, and the villagers' psychology of being surprised and scared just shows that Xiao Hong is full of ignorant satire on the local people.

Feng Waizuizi's spirit of facing life bravely even though it is difficult and difficult is worth learning. Suffering seems lonely to him, but the spirit he hopes is unstoppable by others.

Unlike others, he only sees pain. He always seems to forgive and see the light of day. He always believed that as long as he was alive, there was hope.

Yu Hua said: "People live for living itself, not for anything other than living."

What do people fear most when they are alive? Not loneliness, not poverty, not where you will go, but despair.

A person is full of despair about life. Even if God comes to save him, he may not be able to break free from the darkness. And a person is full of hope for life, even if he is bitter and tired again, he will overcome many difficulties from despair and ignite the light of hope.

Biography of Hulan River was written by Xiao Hong, a China writer. Based on Xiao Hong's childhood, this book reflects the social features and human feelings of the local people in Hulan Town.

It vividly depicts the ignorance, superstition, conservatism and indifference of the local people in Hulan town, and mercilessly exposes the primitive cancer of feudal society for thousands of years through the "I" in childhood.

Every story written by Xiao Hong is extremely sad, and after reading every story, it is also extremely shocking, such as "The Big Mud Pit in East Second Street", "The Great Shift of Ghosts and Ghosts", "The Death of a Daughter-in-law after a Long Separation" and so on.

Let's talk about the "big mud pit" on Dong Er Street. Everyone in the local area knows.

The big mud pit is five or six minutes deep. Whenever people pass by, either their horses or cars turn over, or people fall down and get rescued covered in mud. Not only that, those chickens and ducks are often drowned in big mud pits.

The whole city is proud that it won't cause trouble, because this big mud pit has two benefits for them.

First, chickens and ducks often drown in big mud pits, and people often lift bridges and dismount, which makes people watch the excitement and have nothing to say after meals for fun.

Secondly, the pork that ordinary people eat is actually plague pork, but because of this big mud pit, they can feel at ease and deceive themselves.

When Xiao Hong was writing this article, she made her own remarks based on my childhood "I": "I have carried cars and horses on this mud pit countless times a year, but no one said that it would be good to fill it with soil." No. "

Let's talk about "ghosts and gods" The local people are superstitious, and there are many facilities for ghosts and gods, such as Longwang Temple and Niangniang Temple.

Laoye Temple, Chenghuang Temple, and many paranormal, such as dancing to the gods, singing yangko, setting off river lanterns, and performing in wild stage. It seems that only in this way can people in Hulan Town find the reason and fun of life.

The death of little reunion's daughter-in-law is the saddest thing. In order to give the reunion daughter-in-law a chance to escape, the mother-in-law lied that the reunion daughter-in-law was ill and asked the great god to dance, so that everyone could think of various remedies and draw posts.

Later, in an extremely absurd way, she put the reunion daughter-in-law into a vat to take a bath with hot water, undressed in public, and fainted three times, so she was exhausted.

In Hulan River City, the local people are miserable and helpless. They have no hope for life except to watch other people's jokes.

They just want to hide the misery of their lives from ghosts and gods. They don't want to face the reality bravely, so they take ghosts and gods as their spiritual sustenance all day long, so that they can have fun in their sufferings and give themselves some comfort.

Judging from the story of the reunion daughter-in-law, the ruthlessness of human nature shows the darkest side. Superstitious feudal thoughts make them look stupid and ridiculous, and their indifference and ignorance make the reunion daughter-in-law die innocently.

How helpless women were at that time also explained the unfortunate experience of women being bound and bound by the feudal system.

Although living in modern times, independent women have gradually formed, but the feudal thoughts of the old days still exist.

Therefore, as a woman, we must bravely break free and let ourselves have the right to freedom and choice.