In 1943, Mr. Zhao Shuli's novel "Little Two Black Marriage" won people's popularity as soon as it came out, and was frequently adapted into scripts, plays, reviews, etc., and performed in many places. The comedy "Little Two Black Marriage" is deeply loved by people with the ending of the afterlife of the talented and beautiful people who are popular with people.
But under this veil of comedy, there is an unexpected tragedy - the archetypal protagonist was beaten to death, where did this tragedy come from?
Zhao Shuli
Love arises from circumstance, and I don't know whether it is fate or iniquity
As the founder of the Yam Egg Pie, Mr. Zhao Shuli from Shanxi created his masterpiece "Little Erhei Marriage" in 1943. This book describes the story of Xiao Er Hei and Xiao Qin, in pursuit of true love, fighting against various factions, and finally getting what they wanted. Although the two faced many doubts, they struggled for a lifetime together, leaving a taste of happiness in people's hearts.
Xiao Erhei is the leader of the militia, he is young and courageous, not afraid of sacrifice, heroically kill the enemy, only to defend the villagers of the same village. He undoubtedly became the hero of the whole village girl. But Xiao Erhei was not so heroic and courageous since childhood.
He had a father who was convinced of the theory of fortune telling—the erzhu ge ge who had to be counted as a god who had to count everything. As a child, he was also convinced of his father's theory of the elephant.
Erzhu Ge
Once, just after a major drought, in order to eat a hot meal as soon as possible, it was necessary to start farming as soon as possible. If you miss the mango planting season, the family will not be able to open the pot at that time. But this is a truth that all three-year-olds understand, but his father resolutely opposes it because he sees the four big words "not suitable for planting" on the yellow calendar.
Under the persuasion of his mother, Xiao Erhei reluctantly stopped and could only watch the hard work of his fellow villagers. It was not until later, when the villagers' fields grew tender green seedlings, that the Little Erhei family had just begun to dig the ground.
Xiaoqin was young and beautiful, and she could not find a second beautiful girl like her in the same village. Xiaoqin is not only beautiful in people, but also in her heart - she actively participated in the logistical preparations for the War of Resistance and contributed her own modest efforts to the War of Resistance.
But Xiaoqin also has a mother who is nagging. Xiao Qin's mother, known as the "Three Immortals", cheated money by jumping the big god. She coveted vanity, prided herself on money, and was a woman with a bad reputation in the village.
Three Fairy Goddesses
Although Xiao Qin's father really loved Xiao Qin, his honest and cowardly personality made him oppressed by the Three Immortals for a long time. Even though there were always many complaints in his heart, he did not dare to resist, let alone oppose the relatives that the Three Immortals had found for Xiao Qin, and could only persuade Xiao Qin to accept.
But they didn't know that Xiao Er Hei and Xiao Qin had already exchanged their hearts. Lang has affection and concubine intentions, and only need the opposition of their parents, they can justifiably marry and spend the rest of their lives together. But they were strongly opposed by their parents on both sides.
In Xiao Erhei's family, his father Er zhuge calculated on the one hand that their fates were not harmonious, on the other hand, he had to find a child adopted daughter-in-law suitable for his fate for Xiao Erhei to raise in the family early. But Erzhu Was greedy and cheap, and even asked for a girl from a fallen refugee who had fled to the village. Without spending a cent, I arrived at this little girl who was only eight or nine years old, and she was considered a "white daughter-in-law".
Xiao Erhei's mother was a feudal woman who took her husband as the mainstay. She knew she didn't have the right to speak at home, and she didn't dare to fight for it.
Unlike Er zhuge ge, Xiao Erhei's mother objected on the grounds that the village tyrants had threatened that if Xiao Qin and Xiao Erhei were together, they would find Trouble for Xiao Erhei. She was afraid that her children would be hurt, and she was even more afraid that her family would cause bad luck because of it.
But Xiao Er hei did not listen to her advice. Therefore, she could only summon up her courage to go to Xiaoqin to persuade her to leave.
In Xiaoqin's family, although Xiaoqin's father has no right to speak, he likes Xiao Erhei, a brave and resourceful young man, plus Xiaoqin is in agreement with him, why not be happy to see it succeed?
Little two black
But Xiao Qin's mother hated Xiao Erhei for having no money, and was afraid of the bullies' revenge, hoping that Xiao Qin could fill in the house for an old officer as she wished. Although the old officer had nothing to offer, but it was expensive to have money, Xiao Qin's mother would not hesitate to pretend to be a ghost to oppose this family affair.
Bullies are the cancer of the village, bringing an indelible shadow to this small village. They exploit their fellow villagers everywhere, and they covet the beauty of Xiaoqin, and even want to force Xiaoqin several times. But XiaoQin will not obediently obey. After taking several losses on Xiao Qin, the bullies began to pour dirty water on Xiao Er Hei and Xiao Qin.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the old feudal ideas were still deeply rooted, let alone in such a small village. Coupled with the fact that the villagers who bully the soft and fear the hard are afraid of this group of ugly tumors, they will not hesitate to help and abett the abuse in order to save themselves.
Fortunately, the district chief was deeply influenced by revolutionary ideas. As a rare intellectual, he has embraced new ideas and experienced new cultures. In his presence, the villagers recognized the importance of unity, and the bullies learned their lessons. He broke the feudal marriage concept of the two families and helped Xiao Qin and Xiao Er hei to marry each other.
Finally, with the precedent of the wind of freedom, the free love between Xiao Erhei and Xiao Qin has achieved a satisfactory result.
It's the winter solstice, when will it spring back?
But what few people know is that the story of "Little Two Black Marriage" has a realistic prototype - a real case in a small mountain village in a democratic base area of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in North China.
As a model work of literature in the Liberated Areas, "Little Two Black Marriage" vividly reflects the change of state power, what kind of waves it has brought to the traditional countryside, and how it has led to the collision of the old and new views of love and marriage.
Unlike the talented and beautiful ending presented to us by Mr. Zhao Shuli, the reality is often cruel. The real -- "Little Two Black" is called Yue Winter Solstice, who is 20 years old. As the leader of the militia, he was brave and promising, but at a village meeting, he was accused of "flirting with women".
In fact, this is just an excuse, the girl who Yue Dong solstice "flirted" is named Zhi Yingxian, who is as young and beautiful as "Xiao Qin", and is a standard beauty embryo. She was hospitable, influenced by new ideas and new knowledge, led by example to abandon feudal ideas, and began a free love affair with Yue Dong solstice.
Yue Winter Solstice Old House
But at that time, the woman's position was still very weak, and even if her practice seemed very normal today, it was regarded as a very radical practice at the time, not only did not win the hearts of the people, but it caused a flurry of gossip in the village.
In the old society, Yue Solstice was a man with a family, how could a husband with a wife associate with other women? On the other hand, Ji Young-hyun's family has already received a dowry from a wealthy businessman, and can be regarded as a married woman.
However, Zhi Yingxian and Yue Dongzhi still maintained a relationship of frequent meetings, which caused dissatisfaction among Zhi Yingxian's family. However, the opposition of the family did not hinder the in-depth exchanges between the two of them, who knows, the rumors became more and more serious, and finally caused the disaster of killing for Yue Winter Solstice.
On the second day of the village meeting, the Yue family saw Yue's winter solstice in their cattle shed, which had been dead for a long time. The last to come into contact with the deceased were four village cadres who naturally became the subject of investigation.
Yue Winter Solstice Old House
It turns out that Ji Young-hyun's personality has led her to associate with many men and is loved by many unmarried men. Three of the four village cadres were unmarried and had intricate relationships with zhiyingxian. In the end, the truth came out, and the spirited Yue Dong solstice was beaten to death.
Coincidentally, Zhao Shuli of "Little Two Black Marriage" participated in the investigation together at that time. But in the eyes of a writer who is deeply influenced by new ideas, this is not only a love killing, but also a struggle between new and old forces. It is just that reality is not as simple and beautiful as "good will triumph over evil", and the success of the old forces is also accompanied by the withering of life.
In the end, Ji Young-hyun married away because of this accident and never returned to the village. Zhimu is worried and sick, and seeks short-sightedness. Some of the four village cadres sought death, and some held on to this shadow and panicked all day long, until they were relieved of their deaths. The child brides of Yue Dong solstice's family also married far away from a hundred miles away, leaving this place of right and wrong.
epilogue:
Sometimes I can't help but wonder to myself how many people's blood can be gathered in such a free new life. For five thousand years, feudal ideas have long taken root in everyone's heart and have been passed on from generation to generation. 70 years ago, we were also troubled by this decadent idea, imprisoned by this deep-rooted concept of love.
Women have been greatly oppressed since ancient times: the feudal idea of male superiority over female inferiority prevailed, women did not have a trace of autonomy and choice for a long time, were bound by the shackles of "three from four virtues" for a lifetime, women were "married" into high-gate households like commodities in the eyes of men, and lived a hard life that was inferior to even livestock, without the slightest freedom.
With the advent of the Xinhai Revolution, a new generation of young people began to become enlightened and began to learn to hold the throat of fate and control their own destiny. The process is extremely difficult — they have to face the incomprehension of their parents, the malice of their fellow villagers, and even the scorn of the world.
Today, we can't imagine how great these resistances are, but they have tried so. It can be said that they only have one such opportunity in their lives: success is a happy love and a happy life; failure is the separation of parents, or even the loss of life.
The education of new ideas is the liberation of human nature, and what we now have is what the forerunners have worked hard to create, and what we want is not just love, but love that can be chosen independently. The ancients said: "Life is precious, love is better." If it is free, both can be thrown away. ”