The novella Field of Life and Death is a classic of this book, with 17 chapters. It is Xiao Hong's famous work. The novel was written in September 1934, with Lu Xun as the preface. It is one of the "slave series" compiled by Lu Xun.
In this novel, Xiao Hong describes the tragic life of rural farmers in the north, especially the tragic fate of women, with her delicate and compassionate words.
First, about "life"
Whether it is survival or life, it is so difficult.
Because Lao Wang's husband's family had no money to pay the rent, she sold her old horse to the slaughterhouse, and the three tickets she got were only enough to pay the rent for an acre of land. Her family can grow, sell and harvest wheat every year because of the existence of the old horse, but with the departure of the old horse, her family also stopped this kind of farming. For their livelihood, husband Zhao San began to take his son Pinger to the city to sell chicken cages. The more chicken coops are sold, the happier Zhao San is, and he keeps knitting chicken coops at night. Pinger followed her father to the city to sell chicken cages, and witnessed and experienced the life in the city a little bit. Her little heart was full of longing for the city life. After every family has prepared all the cages, the cages piled up at home make Zhao San angry, and life seems to have returned to its original state.
At the little girl's ignorant age, Jinzhi married her neighbor. Because I was pregnant, the good times didn't last long, and the beautiful love vanished. Due to the pressure of life and the noise of the children, Jinzhi got angry with her. In a rage, she fell to her death. The two separated from each other. Later, Jinzhi went to the city to find a way out, but life was not smooth. She can't adapt to the survival skills in the city and wants to become a nun, but the temple where she wants to become a nun is empty.
Second, about "death"
Some people long to die to get rid of it, some people are ready to die to escape, and some people die because they are framed. More people are full of fear of death. Even if life is difficult, they will live and make a final struggle on the brink of death.
Yue Ying in the village is the most beautiful woman in the fishing village, giving the impression that the whole village is very gentle. After marriage, she was paralyzed. At first, her husband prayed for her to burn incense and went to the earth temple for medicine, but her illness just didn't improve. In the future, her husband feels that he has done his duty, and Yue Ying's illness is getting worse and worse. Her husband was very sad, quarreled with her, and then simply ignored her. She sits every day, just like a living dead, in a terrible way, in an environment unimaginable to ordinary people, and finally dies in pain and misery.
When the bandit's son was shot, Wang Po was about to commit suicide by taking poison. When everyone was waiting for her to leave this world, she miraculously came back to life. She walked past the gate of hell once.
Because Japanese devils entered the village, half of Ber Ber's wife and son were killed, and many villagers were killed. The villagers live in fear every day.
Third, about "livestock"
Livestock, as a part of farmers' life, will be very sad and sad to each other whenever they are separated from their owners or leave. For the owner, it will even be kicked out of my mind.
The description of livestock in the novel is true and simple, vivid and touching.
Old Wang Po sold his horse to the slaughterhouse and went home crying, his sleeves were completely soaked, as if he had come back from a funeral.
The sheep in the second half of the family really disturbed the heartstrings of the second half of the family. At first, I thought the sheep had been stolen, and I was anxious to find the sheep. Later, the sheep found it. Two and a half miles away on the eve of the revolution, ready to kill sheep, the old sheep saw it and walked beside him, itching between his legs. He felt ashamed after touching the sheep's head for a long time. When he started, the old sheep followed him. He had no choice but to entrust it to his neighbor. Two and a half miles of hand bid farewell to wool, and his tearful hand touched wool at the last moment.
Fourth, about "production"
Bad environment, simple appliances, painful waiting, everything is going on. For women, the day of delivery? , is the day of torture.
Aunt Wu's sister suffered a lot when she gave birth to a child. If there is poison around her, she will spit it out.
The same is true of Jinzhi. She tasted all the pains during childbirth and was busy in the hospital for more than ten days.
The two-and-a-half-year-old wife scolded her husband for being heartless during childbirth.
With the birth of children in the village, I don't know whose pigs and cows are also producing.
In the countryside of the old society, people were as busy as animals. ......
Verb (abbreviation of verb) about "Anti-Japanese"
They don't know what true salvation is. Subconsciously, they think their home has been destroyed, so they should try to stop it and take action to fight it.
Small village? Before the Japanese came, it was poor and quiet, and everything was going step by step. But since the Japanese devils entered the village, the land and people here have been persecuted.
The whole village was full of terror, and the political life in the village began to come alive. Men spontaneously get together for a meeting to make suggestions and do their part for the anti-Japanese activities in their hometown, running and shouting.