What does it mean if wine is sold as nothing?

This is an old song that has been around for a long time, but it seems to have been sung to this day as if it has endured forever. In fact, it is a very touching song, but it has gradually become more original as the singers cover it. First up was Su Rui, who sang pretty well. And now Dick Cowboy has become more and more like a simple rock song, without the tear-jerking feeling.

Men, women, old and young in southern Fujian and Taiwan will all sing a few lines at the top of their lungs, "If the dried wine is sold for nothing, if the dried wine is sold for nothing...".

This is a Hokkien phrase, which probably means "Do you have any wine bottles to sell?". People in southern Fujian and Taiwan buy discarded empty wine bottles and sell them to recycling bins to make a little money. They walk around the streets while shouting "If you sell dried wine, you can't sell it." If anyone has empty wine bottles at home to sell, they will stop the waste collector.

When I was very young, I often shouted this song - "If the dried wine is sold for nothing, if the dried wine is sold for nothing...". I never knew who the original singer was, I just thought it was a popular folk song; I never knew how to sing the complete song, I only knew this most popular line.

When I got a little older and went to elementary school, I could listen to songs, I knew the lyrics, and I knew that the person singing the song was a female singer. But I have never been able to figure out what the vague lyrics in my impression have to do with the phrase "If the wine is dry, it will be sold without". Just listening to this sentence, I always thought it was just a powerful rock song, but I didn't expect that there was such a sad story hidden behind it.

I don’t know if that story is true or false, but after reading that story, I can’t help crying every time I listen to this song.

That is a movie about "If the wine is dry and sold for nothing". The title of the film is "The Wrong Ride" - maybe I am stupid, but until now I still don't understand the connection between this title and the content of the story. But what is touching is the film, regardless of its name.

That time was more than ten years ago.

At that time, there were few VCDs, so what we watched were rented video tapes.

At that time, I was still in elementary school. So regarding that film, I can only pick up the fragments that remain in my memory.

The story is about a deaf-mute man. I don’t remember what he does for a living. I just remember that in his home, the walls were made of empty wine bottles laid flat, with the bottles stacked on top of each other. of. The entire so-called "wall" looks like the round bottoms of glass bottles. green. Neat. Rudimentary. Now that I think about it, his profession should be to buy empty wine bottles. No wife or children. No friends. I had a vague impression that because he couldn't speak, he seemed to have replaced the cry of "If the wine is dry, it will be sold without" with another sound, such as knocking and beating.

A poor deaf-mute man picked up an abandoned baby one day. It's a girl. With a smile on his face, he happily took her home. You can imagine the hard work that a single and impoverished deaf-mute man must feel raising a baby under one year old. He is busy every day, but watching her grow up little by little, his hard work turns into joy on his face.

The baby girl finally grew up. Well-behaved, filial, cheerful, and graceful. The man finally grows old. Wrinkles, gray hair, thinness, age.

What remains unchanged is that the old man is still kind and kind, his family is still not rich, and the walls are still covered with wine bottles.

In this way, the man raised a person with the little money he earned every day.

The girl loves to sing and has a good voice. She later met a young man who was handsome and talented. However, his talent was not recognized and he was just an unknown songwriter.

They are like-minded and like each other. They often get together, talk about music, and sing together.

The girl was not in good health. One day, the old man bought a puppy and planned to kill it for the girl to eat so that she could replenish her health. But the girl couldn't bear it, so she kept the puppy and raised it, probably naming it "Wangcai" or something like that. Let’s call it Wangcai for now.

The young man often goes to the girl's house to help her, feeding Wangcai and teasing Wangcai with her. The young people almost become part of their family.

Time flies and the old man’s temples are as frosty as time flies. The little puppy that survived that day has become a mighty big wolfdog.

The girl sang better and better. Later, she finally became famous. From poverty and simplicity, it becomes bright and dazzling. But I am so busy that I have no time to go home, no time to accompany the elderly, and no time to be with the young people. The girl and the young man even had a quarrel. The distance between them is getting farther and farther. Until the end, the girl became a popular female singer, while the young man was still writing lyrics and music anonymously.

The girl became famous, but lost her freedom. Her agent did not allow her to go home, not allow her to interact with young people, and did not allow her to meet the deaf-mute old man. Because, how can a big star have a poor family, a boyfriend with no future, and a disabled old father? That way, it would affect her image in the eyes of fans.

The young man persuaded the girl not to abandon the old man who had worked so hard to raise her, but the girl fell out with him.

One day, the girl held a press conference, and the young man took the old man to see her. After not seeing her for a long time, the old man looked at his daughter with a trembling and excited smile, eager to see her call him dad again. The girl's manager was standing by to prevent the girl from getting to know the shabby old man. The spotlight shone brightly, and after some painful struggle and hesitation, the girl determinedly denied that the old man was her father. Although the old man couldn't hear it, he knew that his daughter didn't want to recognize him. The disappointed eyes and muddy old tears can make people fall into the abyss of eternal destruction, and make people's hearts tighten tightly.

The dilapidated home suddenly became silent. Without the girl’s laughter, there was only an endless void. The lonely figure of the old man moved slowly on the roadside. Following beside him was Wangcai, who had been raised for many years. He also lowered his head, as if he knew his master's heartache.

Suddenly, a motorcycle sped over. Because the old man was deaf, he couldn't hear the roaring sound of the motor. Wangcai ran at full speed, threw himself behind the old man, and pushed the owner to the roadside. He was hit by the motorcycle, ran over him, and was crushed from his stomach. He turned over and lay on the roadside with his belly heaving and all over the ground. It's blood.

To this day, I still wonder whether that shot was real and whether a motorcycle really ran over the dog's belly during the filming. That shot was so real, it really made me worried.

The old man took Wangcai home. The veterinarian shook his head, meaning there was no hope.

Wangcai was lying on the table, covered in blood, breathing rapidly as his body fell up and down, and his eyes looked at his master sadly and painfully. The old man burst into tears. It is going to die after all, and it is better to let it die happily than to let it endure the pain. The old man raised a stick in pain, hesitated, and then hit Wangcai's head hard...

Everything became more desolate. The old man has nothing left. Then, came the illness. The old man is terminally ill.

On one side, there is the coldness of the ending; on the other side, there is the hustle and bustle on the stage.

On the one hand, it is the desolation of the end of the song and the departure of people; on the other hand, it is the excitement of the opening of the show.

On one side, there is the sadness of loss; on the other side, there is the joy of success.

Father and daughter never saw each other again. The girl's success blocked their connection. So much so that the girl knew nothing about her father's illness.

The girl is not cold-blooded, she is also struggling and contradictory in helplessness.

The girl is going to have a concert. The day she held her concert happened to be the day the old man entered the operating room.

In order to awaken the girl, the young man wrote a song for her. The title of the song is "If the wine is dry and sold for nothing". The young man sent the song to her before the concert and told her the news that the old man's time was running out. Maybe, if she still persists, the young man will be disheartened.

The girl cried bitterly after reading the lyrics, and all the scenes of her father's hard work raising her came to her eyes.

She kept learning to sing that song, and at the end of the concert, as the finale, she sang "If the wine is dry and sold without":

"What a familiar voice/accompanying How many years of wind and rain have I experienced/Never need to think of/Never forget/

Without God and land/Without land, there is no home/Without home, there is no you/Without you, there is no me/

If you had never raised me/give me a warm life/If you had never protected me/what would my fate be/

It was you who raised me up/accompany me to tell you the truth In one sentence/You gave me a home/Let me own it with you/

Although you never said a word/You can better understand the black and white and the true and false in the world/

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Although you never expressed your true feelings/you devoted your passionate life/

Your familiar voice came from the distance/reminded me of your kind heart/

When will you come back to me/Let me sing with you again/

If the wine is dry, it is sold for nothing/The wine is dry, if it is sold for nothing/The wine is dry, if it is sold for nothing/The wine is dry, if it is sold None..."

The fans in the audience listened quietly. By the time the song was finished, the girl had tears streaming down her face.

After the concert, the girl hurried to the hospital without removing her makeup or changing her costume.

The old man lying on the hospital bed was dying. When he saw his daughter, he worked hard and moved his lips to reveal a smile.

The girl was by the old man’s bedside. She no longer cared about reporters, media, agents, or fans. She kept calling “Dad——” and cried with guilt, regret, and despair. ...

After that, I was finally able to match the plot of the film with the lyrics of the song bit by bit, and finally understood the meaning expressed in the lyrics. Perhaps, this may be the true story of the original singer himself.

That’s the story. Although these fragments in memory are incomplete, they are unforgettable. After writing these words, I actually shed two lines of tears. Because I didn’t fully understand the film from more than ten years ago when I was a child, I’ve always wanted to watch it again, but it’s hard to find any trace of it. If you have seen "The Wrong Ride" somewhere, just borrow it home and read it. After reading it, you will feel moved and have tears lingering in your eyes when you listen to "If the Wine Is Dry and I Sell Nothing". And I will continue to pursue its traces, hoping that one day I will have the opportunity to be moved and cry again.