What is the significance of the tragic ending of chef Gui?

I think the tragic ending of Chef Gui satirizes the social corruption of that era. Brave and kind, Xiao has always opposed Xiao Xiao Li Zi, a cute little flying saucer. These characters have unique personalities and are very touching. How do you feel after watching this animation? I don't know if you know the author Yu Hua and his work "Living". The whole article of "To Be Alive" is very depressing and full of the sadness of reality. However, Yu Hua is the literary director of the comic book Little Chef.

The story of chef Gui happened when Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China. It was an era of war and turmoil, and many people had no future. But our hero, little grandpa, was put in prison for some reason. In order to save grandpa, Fu Gui Jr. had to take out 18 pieces of gold kitchen utensils to save grandpa. Little Fu Gui is actually a tragedy. Perhaps a small life, from the moment his grandfather was arrested, was doomed to be a tragedy. However, the early plot of this animation is very relaxed and humorous, and it is even more tragic in the later period. It can be said that the first half of the animation is for children and the second half is for adults. The ending of this animation has a profound irony, which deeply satirizes the social corruption, court corruption and the suffering of people's lives in that era.

We have been taught since childhood that evil will not oppress justice, but in this animation it is just the opposite. Finally, Fu Gui Jr. finally got 18 pieces of gold kitchen utensils, but still failed to save his grandfather. Later, he tried to use 18 pieces of gold kitchenware to help Guangxu out of Yingtai, but it was still useless. Finally, people found that the so-called gold kitchenware was just a joke, a tool used by bureaucrats to control villains.

When Fu Gui Jr. learned that his grandfather had died in prison, Fu Gui Jr. finally collapsed, so he left the court to look for a UFO. Another person in the cartoon thinks that Xiaolizi has done a lot of things that are sorry for Fu Gui Jr. in order to meet his parents. As a result, his parents died long ago. All this is a beautiful lie of the king, and it is also a small means. Therefore, I think the tragic ending of the expensive chef satirizes the social corruption of that era.