In Liu Zhenyun's "One sentence is worth ten thousand sentences", which sentence is "worth ten thousand sentences"

Without further ado, let’s get straight to the point.

"Ding" means "quite" or "within". "One sentence is worth ten thousand words" literally means: one sentence is worth ten thousand words.

But in the context of this novel, I think "one sentence is worth ten thousand sentences" should mean: those useful words are worth many other words. What are "useful words"? In fact, it is those words that can relieve the boredom in the heart.

Therefore, the so-called "one sentence is worth ten thousand words" refers to "if a person is sad, then one intimate word is more useful than many other words."

Let’s give two examples from novels.

For example, Lao Wang had sorrow in his heart (probably because of his little daughter-in-law in Kaifeng), but he had no one to talk to about his sorrow. He told the students, "It is a joy to have friends come from afar." He said that it was precisely because the saint had no friends that he regarded this person from afar as his friend.

His wife loves to take advantage and steal other people's crops. Lao Wang was teaching at the house of his boss, Lao Fan, and his wife actually stole crops from Lao Fan's field. Someone told Lao Fan that Lao Wang's wife was a thief. Lao Fan waved his hand and said, "Be a thief. I have fifty hectares of land and I can't afford to raise a thief?" After hearing this, Lao Wang burst into tears and said, "What do you mean when you have friends coming from afar?" ? This means having friends come from afar."

For Lao Wang, Lao Fan's words were the words of understanding that could relieve his worries.

Another example is Yang Baishun. When he was farming in the county government, Wu Xiangxiang fell in love with him and wanted to recruit him as his wife. Yang Baishun had no one to discuss with him, so he went to find Lao Zhan. Lao Zhan is a foreigner. In the past, Yang Baishun worshiped him as his teacher, and he always argued with Yang Baishun. This time, Lao Zhan spoke frankly to Yang Baishun for the first time as an "uncle".

Yang Baishun felt that Lao Zhan's words spoke to his heart, and he couldn't help crying.

For Yang Baishun, Lao Zhan's words are the intimate words that can relieve his boredom.

Once upon a time, I thought that the few sentences in the novel that related to the characters' inner feelings were the so-called "sentences worth ten thousand".

Everything has a "root". At the beginning, people thought that finding the "root" would open up the knot in their hearts.

For Yang Baishun, after he "married" Wu Xiangxiang, although he had no relationship with Wu Xiangxiang, he and his stepdaughter Qiaoling got along well and had a home to settle down in. But after Wu Xiangxiang ran away with Lao Gao, he had nothing. The child is lost and the home is gone.

He originally wanted to kill this couple, but seeing their loving appearance, he felt that it was useless to kill them. He has never been able to figure out what Wu Xiangxiang was moved by his words when he was having an affair with Lao Gao. This sentence is the root of all misfortune. But even if he found Wu Xiangxiang and Lao Gao, he couldn't "find" that sentence.

Lao Zhan left a drawing with "The Devil's Whispers" written on the back. Yang Baishun wrote below: "If you don't kill people, I will set fire." I think this was what he wrote after meeting Wu Xiangxiang and Lao Gao at the station. Because he couldn't kill anyone and had no one to talk to, he could only write his resentment on the back of the drawing and treat it like telling Lao Zhan. Lao Zhan died with his hatred and grievances. He was better than Lao Zhan. At least he had a "dead friend" to talk to.

Qiaoling was 5 years old. When she followed her stepfather to find her mother, she was abducted by human traffickers to Shanxi and sold to Lao Cao's family. She changed her name to Cao Qing'e from then on. When she was 18, her parents were deceived by Lao Han and married her to Niu Shudao from Niujiazhuang.

She was not happy. One year, she had a quarrel with Niu Shudao and ran away from home. At that time, she was pregnant and had a big belly. She went to the kitchen to cook first, and then went on her way. While she was cooking, Niu Shudao was sleeping. She was afraid of the dark, and no one felt sorry for her. She ran away from home while pregnant and no one stopped her.

Later, Niu Shudao died before her. After being buried, Cao Qing'e sat on the ground and cried. Everyone tried to persuade her, but she said: "I'm not crying for his little grandson, I'm crying for myself. My whole life has been ruined by him."

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When she was 38 years old, she went to Yanjin to look for her stepfather Wu Moses (Yang Baishun changed his name several times. When she knew him as a child, his name was Wu Moses), but he couldn't find him. So she went to Kaifeng to look for him. She felt that Lao You was the root cause of all these things. She especially wanted to ask Lao You what the ten yuan he got from selling her was used for.

However, Mang Mangren. Hai, where can I find Lao You?

The knot between Yang Baishun and Cao Qing'e has never been resolved in their lives.

It turns out that the "root" of the matter is difficult to know.

In fact, even if you know it, you can't solve the problem. I think the author already had a clear hint about this when he wrote about Lao Gao, the silversmith. The third sentence is "Let me say that this thing is wrong from the beginning."

The author wrote: "There are nine out of ten things that Lao Gao has said. Half, there is something wrong from the root. Since there is something wrong with it from the very beginning, what’s the use of talking about it afterwards? "

Therefore, what can relieve the knot in the heart and eliminate the sorrow in the heart is not to understand the "root" of the matter.

So, what can relieve the sorrow in the heart? I I think it was a close conversation.

When Qiao Ling was still in Yanjin, she was not close to her mother, so she could talk to her stepfather

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Every ten days, stepfather Wu Moshe would go to Baijiazhuang for ramen, and Qiaoling would go with him every time. She was afraid of the dark, so when it got dark, she would get into bed and let her stepfather tie up the quilt. Catchy.

Once, Wu Moxi and Wu Xiangxiang had a quarrel, and he left the house and slept on the straw in the warehouse at night.

He asked: "Are you afraid? Black? Why did you come so far to find me? Qiaoling cried and said, "I miss you." It’s time to go to Baijiazhuang Ramen tomorrow. " He burst into tears and took Qiao Ling's hand back home.

Before Yang Baishun died, he missed Qiao Ling the most. He had something he wanted his grandson to bring to Qiao Ling. Qiao Ling, also known as Cao Qing'e, she Before she died, she missed her stepfather Wu Moshe, that is, Yang Baishun, and she seemed to have something to tell him.

It can be seen that at the moment of life and death, it no longer matters what the "root" of the matter is. , I am just the most intimate person. I have lived my whole life, but I just want to have an intimate person who can talk to me when I am depressed.

Niu Aiguo is Cao Qing'e's son. His life was also very unhappy. His wife Pang Lina ran away with someone twice, and he was always depressed. Later, he met Zhang Chuhong. Zhang Chuhong wanted to elope with him. After he agreed to her, she said that she would wait until they met.

But he was a timid person and never dared to find Zhang Chuhong again. It happened that Cao Qing'e was seriously ill at that time, so he returned to his hometown, seemingly wanting to contact her before she died. To find out what his mother wanted to say before she died, Niu Aiguo embarked on a journey of search from Shanxi to Yanjin, Henan, and then from Yanjin. Xianyang. At first, he was looking for it for his mother. Later, he realized that he was looking for it not for his mother or his grandfather, but for himself.

Life is too bitter, but he has been suppressing the pain in his heart and not thinking about it. During the search, Yang Baishun's granddaughter-in-law reminded him that she advised him not to look for it, even if he knew the past, he would not understand it. Don't worry about it. Then he slowly understood what he was thinking.

Looking at the moon, he thought of Zhang Chuhong. It turned out that Zhang Chuhong's words could open up his heart.

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He went to Botou to find Zhang Chuhong, but found that she had already gone to another place. Before going to Botou, he wanted to know what Zhang Chuhong said, but now he understood that even if he found it, that sentence would still be there. The words have changed.

Just like Yang Baishun wanted to know what Lao Gao said to Wu Xiangxiang, and Cao Qing'e wanted to know what Lao You bought for ten dollars, knowing the past words has no meaning.

The most important thing is what he wants to tell her.

Two people once taught him that "life is about living in the future, not in the past." This sentence actually represents an attitude, which means that people should look forward and not dwell on the worries of the past.

He has something new to tell Zhang Chuhong. He must find her.

Although the novel ends abruptly here, we know that the words he wanted to say to Zhang Chuhong must be "worth ten thousand words".