Xiao Hong is the most valued female writer of Mr. Lu Xun. He once commented on Xiao Hong: "Xiao Hong is the most promising female writer in China today. She is probably Ding Ling's successor, and she succeeded Ding Ling much earlier than Ding Ling succeeded Bing Xin." It can be seen that Xiao Hong has great potential in writing, but later, it was fate that made her wander all her life, leaving few works.
Among her few works, Biography of Hulan River is deeply loved by readers. Biography of Hulan River is a detailed description of what Xiao Hong saw and heard in childhood from the perspective of a child, which allows readers to interpret the amorous feelings of Hulan River from their own perspective and make Hulan River appear to the world through their own words.
As can be seen from the first part of the Biography of Hulan River, one old man and one young man (Xiao Hong's grandfather and Xiao Hong) have deep feelings for everything in Hulan River. My grandfather is a kind and gentle man. He is very kind to everyone. He has never seen him lose his temper. Xiao Hong's childhood was not loved by her parents, only her grandfather regarded her as a treasure, so Xiao Hong only liked to play with her grandfather and catch ducks with him.
The first part of Biography of Hulan River is a relaxing part about Grandpa and the scenery of Hulan River. Later, the part about Hulan River villain began to suppress sadness. Those little people who are not respected rent in Xiao Hong's yard and live on a little money at hand. No one cares about their mood, and no one values their life and death. Only they keep their loneliness and struggle through life.
The part that impressed me the most in the book was little reunion's wife, a lively girl. She had all the beauty a child should have, but in the end she ruined her young life because of this beautiful existence and the ignorance of feudal spectators at that time.
Before little reunion's daughter-in-law appeared, Xiao Hongxian described little reunion's daughter-in-law's husband's family. Little reunion's husband's family is clean and tidy, cautious and filial, respectful, and has a good relationship with her mother-in-law and neighbors. In rural areas, no one says they are not good. From this point of view, this is a kind family. The villagers often say that a family like this will be prosperous in the future.
Little reunion's daughter-in-law has a sister-in-law, who is the grandson of this family. This grandchild's daughter-in-law has gone back to her parents' house. Her parents asked her about her husband's family, and she said that everything was fine and she would be rich in the future. How conscientious my uncle is and how hardworking my father-in-law is. Grandma and mother-in-law, aunt and mother-in-law. Everything in the husband's family is not good and completely satisfied. Such a husband's family is really hard to find.
Although her husband also hit her, she said, what about the man who doesn't hit women? So I am not satisfied that this is a defect. It can be seen from here that the concept that men are superior to women is deeply buried in people's hearts at that time. Even in such a harmonious family, it is inevitable that men will be regarded as superior.
Little reunion's daughter-in-law is the daughter-in-law of her second grandson. A small marriage set from an early age is also a growth in which clothes reach out and clothes reach out. On the day little reunion's daughter-in-law came, the whole village went sightseeing. They went to the Hujia Courtyard with great interest, vying to see the reunited daughter-in-law. In Xiao Hong's view, little reunion's daughter-in-law is not a daughter-in-law, but a little girl slightly longer than her:
Reunion daughter-in-law is careless and shy when she sees people. On the first day when I came to my husband's house, she ate three bowls of rice. When she was twelve, she became a big girl. For fear of being laughed at, she said she was fourteen.
A few days later, the reunion daughter-in-law was beaten badly, and the crying could be heard far away. The neighbors all talked again and said that it was long overdue. That reunion daughter-in-law is not shy at all. She sat there, walking straight and fast.
Her mother-in-law said:
Since then, Xiaohong's yard has been crying every day, crying loudly and crying at the same time. Xiaohong's grandfather went to Khufu's house and told them not to hit her again, saying that children know what they know, and it doesn't matter if they make a little mistake. It became more and more serious, day and night. When I woke up in the middle of the night to read a poem with my grandfather, I heard crying in the southwest corner.
Little reunion's daughter-in-law cried for a long time. In winter, the crying is gone.
When she was ill, the old Hu family began to dance with the gods, beating gongs and drums: Little Ling Hua, the Hu family asked her out ..., "Little Ling Hua" was a little girl; "Hu Jia" is Hu Xian; "Hu Xian" is a fox; "Going out" means being a great god. Great God jumped for almost a winter, and little reunion's daughter-in-law jumped out of the predicament.
So many people gave advice to his family. How can a person get out of destruction? So good people help. He said he had a folk prescription, and she said she had an evil prescription.
Some advocated tying a scarecrow to her and burning it in the south pit.
Some advocated stabbing a paper man named "body double" to death in a vegetable shop, burning or replacing her.
Some advocated painting her face, and invited the Great God to come home and show it to the Great God. Because she is so ugly, maybe she won't be arrested as an apprentice, so you don't have to go out.
Some people advocate giving her a chicken with full hair, eating her legs and hair together, choosing a night when all the stars come out, and covering her with a quilt after eating to make her sweat. Don't let her out of the quilt until the cock crows the next morning. She ate the chicken, and she sweated again, so there will always be a chicken in her soul, and neither ghosts nor Hu Xianhuang dare to fuck her. It is said that ghosts are afraid of chickens.
Someone made a folk prescription, saying that coptis chinensis is two liang and pork is half a catty. They chopped coptis and pork, baked them with tiles, pressed them into noodles and wrapped them in red paper into five bags. One pack at a time, specially used to treat fright and loss of soul.
So the reunion daughter-in-law and her mother-in-law reluctantly gave up what one favours and bought half a catty of pork to make remedies for the reunion daughter-in-law and give her a post. My mother-in-law told this story in front of the recipient:
The poster frightened her mother-in-law, saying that God would set off those who abused the reunited daughter-in-law. She began to be afraid, and she was willing to take out the money she had saved to buy half a bottle of safflower oil or even a piece of tofu to "cure" her reunion daughter-in-law. The reunion daughter-in-law was scolded by her mother-in-law In the dream, her mother-in-law beat her, and her only wish was to go home. Her mother-in-law put away all her thoughts and went to exorcise ghosts.
The khufu family is distracted. It's really amazing. Bathe the reunion daughter-in-law in a vat, and do it in public. The great god beat the drum and ordered the reunion daughter-in-law to return her clothes, but she refused. Her mother-in-law forcibly stripped her naked. Looking at the plump figure, the girls and daughters-in-law are embarrassed. The vat was full of boiling hot water, and she was so hot that she cried and jumped and shouted for help. The onlookers shouted: water with hot water, water with hot water. Finally, the reunion daughter-in-law did not cry and fell into the vat, and those "kind" spectators left tears.
As soon as the reunion daughter-in-law fainted, she was carried out and poured cold water on it, which made the onlookers miserable. Just now, she advocated "water it with hot water! Water it with hot water! " People, now also heartache. Mother-in-law covered her with a cotton-padded jacket: What a shame to be naked! How ironic this is.
Little reunion's daughter-in-law woke up and was carried into the jar, pressing her head and pressing her head. The person who poured hot water poured hot water, and the spectators resumed their enthusiasm for "watching the play". She was splashed with hot water three times in a row that night and fainted three times. After coming back, she slept for seven days and her condition got worse. The family began to look for body double to burn for her, and she appeared bright, and the long, black big braid also fell. Soon, the daughter-in-law who had a happy reunion died. Soon after, the Hu family broke up, and the family was ruined ... The spectators chatted for a while and started another topic. An originally harmonious family was destroyed by feudal thoughts.
Looking at the story of little reunion's daughter-in-law, I was indignant and sad at that time. Whether it is ignorance and kindness under feudal ethics or indifference, it is a reflection of human nature.
The reason why little reunion's Daughter-in-law is such a sighing story is partly because Hulan River was still a feudal remnant town at that time, and the feudal atmosphere was still very strong. People were not exposed to new knowledge outside, which led to their lack of cognition. They think that if they are sick, they can be cured without seeing a doctor. This is a feudal foolish thinking.
Part of the reason is the distortion of human nature. In a closed environment, there is no external impact, and people's heart is an empty state. They are eager for novelty and do not hesitate to take the pain of others as their own perspective. Therefore, when the reunion daughter-in-law came to get sick, they were actually eager to see this farce happen, so instead of stopping it, they put forward many ideas to increase the excitement of the farce.
In addition, there is kindness under ignorance. Little reunion's daughter-in-law kept torturing and abusing her daughter-in-law while thinking about the good reunion. This series of actions is not because she is vicious, but because she is ignorant. She didn't know that her actions would cause physical and mental harm to such a healthy child, but she thought that it would make her more in line with the image of a reunited daughter-in-law, causing these ignorant injuries, and finally ruined a home because of these ignorance.
These ignorance and indifference can also be reflected in our present life. Many people have been hurt by the ignorance of people around them, and many people have hurt people around them under the banner of love, or some people have hurt others because of ignorance. The so-called kindness to you is just doing harm in the name of kindness.
The latter's indifference is the most common in the internet and entertainment circles. Before the storm started, many people couldn't wait to lift it with all their strength. When things developed viciously, they began to feel the kindness of the Virgin Mary again, wandering repeatedly between spectators and saints, and using ignorance as a sword to hurt others.
At the beginning of life, human nature is good. May we read more useful books and do more friendly things, and don't go astray on the road to goodness!