The days passed so easily, but 1958 became another disaster. In 1958, the People's Commune was established, entering the era of large collectives. Every household handed in their iron pots and went t

The days passed so easily, but 1958 became another disaster. In 1958, the People's Commune was established, entering the era of large collectives. Every household handed in their iron pots and went to the canteen to eat together. There is a joke that goes like this: At that time, except for the wife and children who were one’s own, everything else belonged to the commune. It doesn't sound very elegant, but it truly describes that chaotic era to us.

The people have become puppets on strings, marching in the direction indicated by the flag.

Fugui was lucky. The whole family successfully survived the famine, but Jiazhen suffered from rickets. Fugui shouldered this responsibility for the family. In my opinion, he finally grew into a man and became a hero.

Although Youqing is naughty, he is still quite good at sports. After winning first place in a running competition, Fugui felt proud of having this son for the first time.

When I read about Youqing’s death, I was as angry as Fugui, as if he were a giant fire-breathing beast that wanted to burn away the unfairness of the world and light up the darkness. . For the sake of heroism, a living life was lost. But so what, we are just a grain of sand in the desert. Wherever the wind blows, we will go. In that big net that covers the sky, we are just a dehydrated fish, quietly waiting to die. We are as powerless as Fugui, we can only tear our throats and cry hysterically. When he found out that the county magistrate was Chunsheng, Fugui could no longer hate him. How could he hate the brother who fought with him, how could he hate the brother who braved the hail of bullets to find Big Pie.

"Chunsheng, you owe me a life, please give it back to me in your next life." It's hard for me to understand Fugui's mood when he said this. Is it hatred or forgiveness? Yu Hua always makes me want to hate but can't. One second I was still angry about Youqing's death, but the next second I couldn't feel angry anymore. Maybe this was his mood when he wrote this article, full of disgust for the world, but helpless.

Soon, Chun Sheng’s life was also lost. Another dark era emerged, that of the Cultural Revolution. In that era, there was no black and white, no right and wrong, and human hearts became the toy of careerists. Persecution, death, and madness became the bywords of that era. The ugliness of human nature was also infinitely magnified in that era, so magnified that it was scary. Fugui said to Chunsheng: You traveled all over the country and fought so many battles. Is it easy for you to survive? Yes, so what, there was no shortage of young people in that era. Mr. Yu Hua did not have much description of this paragraph. I know that he said a lot, so much that a book could not be finished.

Later, Fengxia died, Erxi also died, and even his grandson Kugen died. Fugui lived a careless life with an old cow. Mr. Yu Hua was extremely cruel to Fugui. The hardships of life failed to defeat this hero, but loneliness has been tormenting the old man. Unfortunately, Fugui's desire to live has not been quenched in his heart. He wants to live more than anyone else because he has experienced too many deaths.

Xu Fugui’s life has been full of suffering, and his memories bear the deep imprint of China’s past decades. Fugui's life was made up of one misery after another. The death of his parents, wife, children and friends created a human tragedy. The transience of life and the unrest of society are the causes of this tragedy. It can be seen from this that the people at the bottom of society in that era were so tenacious. They could not escape hardships and disasters. They could only survive in the cracks like a small grass. As Mr. Lu Xun said: A true warrior dares to face the bleak life and face the dripping blood. After experiencing all kinds of things in the world and parting with life and death, Fugui seemed so indifferent. He could still get along with the world in a friendly manner and tell his stories to strangers calmly. Perhaps he is the one who sees it most clearly and lives it most clearly. Mr. Yu Hua kept using Fugui's life to warn us: how to withstand tremendous pressure and how to survive tenaciously under pressure. At the same time, it also reflects his philosophy: people live to live. The essence of life is suffering and endless pressure. We should swim against the current and not be cowards.

The whole text is filled with despair and death. Maybe the author did it deliberately, so that people can feel the preciousness of life more. Human life is so fragile. Some people can't escape the emotional waves, some people can't stand the setbacks of life, and finally some people choose to end it. I have also been troubled by this and felt confused: Why is the weight of life less important than the difficulty of fate. Perhaps only those who have experienced death and hardship know how difficult life is.