Lotus Lake" is Sun Li's masterpiece. In the context of the fierce and cruel Anti-Japanese War, which was related to the survival of the nation, the novel selects a corner of the small Baiyangdian to express the gentle and sentimental, yet firm and brave character and spirit of rural women. In the flames of war, the love between husband and wife, love for family and country, pure humanity, and noble character are as beautiful and brilliant as the lotus blooming in Baiyangdian.
1. Characters
The most prominent character in the novel is Sister Shuisheng. Her character has both the traditional virtues of Chinese women and the progressive characteristics of women in the anti-Japanese base areas.
Hard-working and kind: She weaves mats quickly and well, which shows that she is capable and diligent; her husband is a guerrilla captain and the person in charge of the party, so she has to bear most of the housework. She has to serve her father-in-law at first and raise her children at next. She is a typical good wife and mother.
Gentle and considerate: When her husband came home late from work, she first "stood up to serve the meal", which was virtuous and considerate; when her husband said he wanted to join the army, her "finger vibrated, thinking it was a scratch on Wei Meizi" "Hands off" shows her attachment and concern for her husband. A few days after her husband joined the army, she missed her husband secretly and secretly visited her husband with her friends. She was deeply devoted to him.
Knowing the righteousness: She did not hold her husband back when he joined the army, although she did not want him to leave. When her husband went to do mobilization work, she kept "sitting blankly in the yard waiting for him" and wanted to listen to her husband's "instructions." My husband said, "Don't let the enemies and traitors capture you alive. If you do, you will fight them to the death." She showed her loyalty by tearfully agreeing.
2. Love between husband and wife, love for family and country
Although the novel describes the Anti-Japanese War, it does not directly describe the fierceness and cruelty of the war, but focuses on the Ordinary people's love for husband and wife, love for family and country. These kind and innocent people shined with the brilliance of humanity in the war environment, showing the people's mental state of not fearing violence and defending their homeland. War of aggression is anti-human. The people who resisted the invaders have spiritually defeated the invaders with their pure humanity and noble personality. This is the spiritual source of victory in the Anti-Japanese War.
In the novel, Shui Sheng and other people who joined the army care about their families. They entrust Shui Sheng to do the work for their families, which shows their sincere feelings for their relatives; although women such as Shui Sheng's sister-in-law tactfully express their love for their families, The husbands were reluctant to leave, but they still packed their luggage for their husbands without hesitation and sent them to the battlefield to fight against the invaders. In the future, women would emotionally visit the conscripts, share tasks for their husbands, and participate in battles. The love between husband and wife would be elevated to the love of family and country.
Only when you have a country can you have a family. On the contrary, only when you have deep love for your relatives can you have loyalty to the country.
3. Growing up in war
The cruel war environment also promotes the growth and maturity of people's thoughts and characters. Take Shui Sheng's sister-in-law as an example. She is a traditional and kind-hearted rural housewife who does her best to support the family and not let her husband have any worries. Although she felt embarrassed when she learned that her husband was leaving home to join the army, she still supported her husband's choice. At this time, her psychology had not changed significantly. She still thought like a good wife and mother, and she was more habitually obedient to her husband. Starting from visiting her husband, her mentality changed. Her personal experience of the war gave her a deeper understanding of her husband's anti-war cause. So she also joined the ranks of the Anti-Japanese War and directly participated in the sacred cause of defending her home and country. Her thinking and personality also made a big leap forward.
4. Language Features
The language of this novel is simple and concise, but also rich in connotation.
For example, the part where Shuisheng told Shuisheng’s sister-in-law that he joined the army:
Shuisheng whispered: “I will go to the army tomorrow.” - Shuisheng signed up to join the army without consulting his wife. , I was afraid that my wife would blame me, and I felt a little uneasy, so I spoke in a "lower voice".
The woman's fingers vibrated, thinking that Wei Meizi had cut her hand. She put a finger in her mouth and sucked it. ——The psychological reaction of Mrs. Shui Sheng’s wife when she heard that her husband was going to join the army was not directly stated, but from the subtle action of “asking Wei Meizi to cut her hand”, we can get a glimpse of her inner fluctuations.
Another example is a passage about a woman discussing a visit to her husband:
"I heard they are still here and haven't left. I don't drag my tail, but I forgot a piece of clothing." - indicates She didn’t want to hold her husband back, but she had a “sufficient reason” to visit her husband.
"I have something important to say, and I have to tell him." - There is no reason, it is an "important thing", and of course it must be told in person.
"I didn't want to go at first, but my mother-in-law insisted on asking me to go and see him again - what's the point?" - Knowing that the words of the first two people could not "justify themselves", I had to think of another way. I used "mother-in-law" as an excuse, and at the end I didn't forget to add "What's there to see?" to express myself, which sounded a bit like "there is no three hundred taels of silver here".
The author expresses the character's personality implicitly and euphemistically through such life-like character language.
2. The language of this novel is very distinctive. Cultivate students' sensitivity to language through specific language analysis.
1． (1) Shuisheng said: "...I was the first to raise my hand to sign up." The woman lowered her head and said, "You are always very positive.
"——"Lower your head" expresses the character of Shui Sheng's sister-in-law. She is a traditional and virtuous rural woman. She is very submissive to her husband. She said: "You are always very positive. "There was a hint of resentment, but she had no intention of objecting to her husband being the first to raise his hand to sign up.
(2) The woman did not speak. After a while, she said: "You go, I won't stop you. . What to do at home? "——First of all, he expressed that he has no objection to his husband joining the army, but "What should I do at home? " showed her attachment to her husband.
(3) The woman's nose was a little sour, but she did not cry. She only said: "It would be good if you understand the difficulties at home. " - Although Shuisheng's sister-in-law is reluctant to let her husband leave her, she supports her husband's behavior. Shuisheng said that she knows her "difficulties" (actually her husband's attachment), she has "some soreness in her nose" and is considerate to her husband I felt relieved.
(4) Shuisheng came back when the rooster crowed. The woman was still sitting in the yard waiting for him. She said, "If you have anything to say, please tell me." . "——"Dumbly" shows that Shuisheng's sister-in-law is still unable to bear her husband leaving her to join the army.
"There is nothing more to say. I am leaving. You must continue to make progress, become literate, and produce. "
"Yeah. ”
“Don’t lag behind others in anything. "
"Yeah. what else? "——"Hmm" and "Hmm" show the gentleness and suppleness of Shuisheng's sister-in-law.
"Don't let the enemy traitors capture you alive. If you catch them, fight them to the death. "This is the most important sentence. The woman agreed to him with tears. - After listening to her husband's most important "instructions", Sister Shui Sheng shed tears. "Crying" does not express the cowardice of Sister Shui Sheng, but rather expresses her character. "Promised with tears" is her promise of loyalty to her husband.
Comrade Sun Li is a writer who has his own artistic style in novel creation. This short masterpiece describes a joyful story that took place in the Baiyangdian area during the Anti-Japanese War. Seven rural youths joined the army. Because they left in a hurry, they had no time to say goodbye to their families except Shui Sheng. Their wives were very missed and wanted to see them. Look. But they didn't find it. On the way home, their boat encountered the Japanese invasion force's transport ship. Fortunately, their husband's team was ambushed here and gave the enemy a head-on attack. He met her husband by accident and achieved the feat of luring the enemy into the encirclement.
This short story fully reflects the distinctive characteristics of Sun Li's creation. Here are three points I want to talk about.
First of all, the author. He is good at using concise pen and ink to write about the rich inner world of the characters, especially for women.
Please look at the first part of the work, that is, Shui Sheng signed up in the district and returned. A description of a meeting with his wife at home:
The woman raised her head and asked with a smile: "Why are you back so late today? "Stand up and go to serve the food.
Shui Sheng sat on the steps and said, "You have finished eating, so don't go and get it. "
The woman sat on the mat again. She looked at her husband's face. She saw that his face was a little red and he was a little out of breath when he spoke. She asked: "How many are they? ”
The struggle situation was very tense at that time. Her husband came back so late and his expression was abnormal. The woman noticed it immediately and worried that something had happened. She saw that only her husband came back, and none of the other six people. I came back, so the first thing I asked was: "How many are they?"
Shui Sheng did not directly tell him about joining the army, but simply replied: "Still in the district." "Leave a buffer, and then asked his father and son Xiaohua. When he knew that his father had gone to bed, he was relieved and prepared to do work for his wife first, and then do his father's work.
The woman was very alert and was not satisfied with her husband’s answer, so she asked closely: “Why haven’t they come back yet? "
Shui Sheng smiled. The woman noticed that he didn't smile as usual.
"What's wrong, you? "
These places all describe women's delicate emotional activities. As soon as Shui Sheng showed up, she noticed that something unusual was happening. She asked her husband, but the answer was unclear and hesitant, which further aroused the woman's She was suspicious, so she continued to ask, hoping to get to the bottom of it.
When Shuisheng replied: "I will go to the main force tomorrow. "Description of the work: "The woman's fingers shook, thinking that Wei Meizi had cut her hand. She put a finger in her mouth and sucked it. ”
There is no direct description of the inner activities of the characters, but in fact it is described implicitly. It not only shows that the woman cares about her husband very much, and listens to her husband with all her attention, but does not pay attention to the eyebrows in her hands; It describes the shock caused by the news of her husband joining the army. But women are aware of the general situation. She restrains her feelings of attachment to her husband and does not let this feeling be exposed too much, so she does not say anything about it. The work writes that she " "I put a finger in my mouth and sucked it." Such a delicate emotional activity was vividly expressed through a simple detail. This was the direct reaction when I first heard the news that my husband had joined the army.
< p>When the husband explained the situation in detail and the county party committee decided to set up a regional team, "I was the first to raise my hand to sign up," the work describes: "The woman lowered her head and said: 'You are always very positive.'"
A simple sentence contains rich and detailed emotional activities, which is worthy of our careful understanding and in-depth understanding. "You always..." This tone originally expressed dissatisfaction. Speaking in a dissatisfied tone is to show the woman's attachment to her husband. "Always very positive", so this sentence. It expresses a woman's satisfied mood in a dissatisfied tone and describes a woman's complicated thoughts and emotions. Although this ordinary working woman is still a little reluctant to leave her husband for joining the army, she understands the general situation and does not feel reluctant to leave. In fact, when her husband explained in detail the situation of the struggle and his experience of joining the army, the first sentence of the woman's formal reply was. , is to support the husband's actions. This kind of support is not expressed in a big way, but through such a simple daily life language. This is a very concise sentence, but the emotion it contains is very delicate and profound. Rich.
Shui Sheng and the others joined the army and left. The work goes on to describe: "The women are somewhat disconnected. Two days later, four young women gathered at Shuisheng's house and discussed going to visit their husbands. "Lotus roots are broken and the threads are tied" is a common idiom, but when used here, it is very appropriate. It is full of local color and the flavor of Lotus Lake. It also expresses these women's longing for their husbands very accurately. When they get together, they talk about their husbands and want to see them. However, they live in the environment of the revolutionary base area and grow up under the education of the party. They are positive, motivated, and have strong self-esteem. Moreover, the men have just left, but they feel embarrassed to tell them clearly, so they find excuses for themselves: "I heard that they are still here and haven't left." I don't drag my tail, but I forgot a piece of clothing. "Some said: "I didn't want to go at first, but my mother-in-law insisted on asking me to go and see him again - what's the point?" Although they are all excuses, everyone understands that they are tacitly understood. Such a simple couplet In just one sentence, they are vividly connected, fully expressing the complex and delicate emotions of these young women at this time. Their reserve and shyness are finally no match for the longing for their husbands, so they "secretly sit in a bed." On the small boat, we rowed to Mazhuang opposite."
Writing novels in the language of prose poetry is another characteristic of Sun Li's creation. This gives his novels a strong lyrical flavor. Here For example, he writes about labor and battle.
At the beginning of the novel, the author describes the labor scene as a complete poem. :
The moon rises, the courtyard is very cool and clean, and the ragged eyebrows are moist during the day, just in time for making mats. The woman is sitting in the small courtyard, with silky fingers wrapped around her fingers. The slender Wei Meizi is thin and thin, jumping in her arms.
In the first three sentences, the author points out the time, space and object of labor. Same, concise, pleasant, and beautiful. It not only describes the environment, but also reflects the diligence and neatness of the owner of the environment. This is a working place, but it is very clean, and all preparations were done during the day: now Wei Meizi is moist and ready to make mats. Next, she writes about women's labor. The author doesn't say it directly. He just writes about the scene of women making mats in two sentences. It was completely visualized: the silky and slender eyebrows were twisted around her fingers and jumping in her arms. These two verbs were used so well. He not only used the word labor. The scene is vividly written, and the woman's good craftsmanship and diligence are effectively depicted.
Especially the following paragraph:
Soon, the woman edited the table. It formed a large area under her body. She seemed to be sitting on a piece of white snow, or on a piece of white clouds. She sometimes looked at the lake, which was also covered with a silvery white world. A thin layer of transparent mist, the wind blows over, carrying the fragrance of fresh lotus leaves and lotus flowers.
You see, what was originally laboring suddenly turned into "sitting on a piece of pure white snow." "Sitting on a white cloud". Doesn't this completely poeticize and beautify the scene of labor? The description of the snow-white world of Baiyangdian caused by "She sometimes looks at the lake" not only allows readers to see a complete poem. The transformed image smelled the "fresh fragrance of lotus leaves and lotus flowers", and also felt the woman's inner movements. Why did she "sometimes look at the lake"? Because she had something on her mind: it was so late and her husband hadn't come back yet. , while she is working, she is waiting for her husband to come home. The character's thoughts are not expressed in the narrative way of ordinary novels, but are depicted through the brushwork of prose poetry, which makes it poetic and fascinating.
Look again at the scene describing the battle. Let’s first look at the description of the Japanese big boat chasing after them before the battle started:
Fortunately, these young women grew up in Baiyangdian, and they made the boat go very fast. The boat looked like a jumping barracuda out of the water. They have been dealing with this small boat since childhood, and it sails as fast as weaving and sewing.
This scene is written very concisely and vividly, and it is a very realistic picture.
The description of the speed of their boat is: "like a jumping pike out of the water." They sail the boat "as fast as weaving cloth and sewing needle." Three metaphors are used in two places, both of which are It's fast to write. The jumping barracuda describes the speed of the boat. Weaving and weaving, and sewing needles through, describe the characters' quick and skillful movements. These metaphors are well used and are appropriate to the situation at that time and to the identity of women. At this time, I only heard "water rushing loudly on both sides, rushing, rushing, rushing!" Using such onomatopoeia to write the sound is really colorful and vivid, which also reflects the calmness, bravery and ability of these young women. .
They rocked the boat into the lotus lake. Several descriptions of Lotus Lake are as follows: "The endless rows of densely packed lotus leaves stretch out against the sun, like a copper wall. The pink lotus arrows stick out high, they are sentinels monitoring Baiyangdian!" This can be read as a prose poem. There are only two sentences here, one about lotus leaves and the other about lotus flowers. Not only are the images realistic, but they also express the author's strong feelings. Here are lotus leaves and lotus flowers, as well as copper and iron walls. They are sentinels to monitor the enemy, and they are also the battlefield where the enemy is buried. Using these two sentences as the end of this part also implies that the last part will be a battle to eliminate the enemy. Therefore, these two sentences are also very meaningful and effective from the structure of the article.
Look again at the scene describing the battle below. The author does not use the writing method of ordinary novels to write about the battle, but uses the style of prose poetry to describe it. Our common way of writing novels is to describe the war situation between the enemy and ourselves in a more objective and concrete manner. This is not written in this way, but through the personal feelings and experiences of these women.
The author’s pen followed their boat into the Lotus Lake, and began to record the visual and auditory experiences of the people at that time: What they saw in the Lotus Lake was “several wild ducks fluttering and flying, screaming in surprise, It flew away across the water." What they heard was "a volley of guns rang out right next to their ears!" After the exchange of fire, they almost didn't write a word to the enemy. What the work formally describes is what the women thought, heard, and saw:
They thought they were trapped in an enemy ambush and were going to die, so they turned over and jumped into the water together. Go inside. Gradually it became clear that the gunshots were only directed outwards, and then they picked up the boat and showed their heads. They saw not far away, under the fat lotus leaves, there was a person's face, and the lower half of his body was in the water. The lotus flower turned into a human? …
This is entirely the character’s feelings. This is a tense battle, but the author is writing "The lotus has turned into a human being?" and writes that these women are looking around, looking for their husbands. Doesn’t this completely poeticize a war? It effectively expresses the tense and joyful emotions of these women that turn from surprise to joy. Describing through the characters' feelings and experiences is often the way poetry is written, which is conducive to rendering and strengthening the emotional color.
Of course, there are some objective descriptions of this war, but there are only a few lines of text, which is obviously not the focus of the description. The focus was on winning the battle and salvaging the spoils of war. Although this focus is an objective description, it is full of poetry and painting, filled with the characters' playful mood and joyful atmosphere. It can be read as a prose poem.
Most of Sun Li's novels describe the lives and struggles of the people in central Hebei, especially the Baiyangdian area. He focuses on drawing materials from working women, which is the biggest feature of his creations and also forms his unique personal artistic style.
In this novel, it was originally about seven young men joining the army and their first victory after joining the army. According to the general writing method, it seems that these young people who joined the army should be the main ones. But the work focuses on their women. The treatment of the subject matter in this work is very noteworthy. We can't just understand it from the perspective of personal artistic hobbies and artistic habits, but we have to look deeper. In the old society, working women were suppressed at the bottom of society, and they urgently demanded liberation. The extent to which they are liberated is often a standard by which we measure social liberation. Therefore, it is very meaningful to focus on describing the lives and thoughts of women and describing how they stood up step by step to participate in social struggles to reflect the lives of the people in the liberated areas and the tremendous changes caused by the revolutionary war in the people's spirit. Therefore, we believe that the style and characteristics of Sun Li's creations have profound reasons for the times and society. "Lotus Lake" is only five thousand words long, but from here we can clearly see how the working women in the base area stood up step by step to participate in the social struggle, and we can clearly hear their footsteps moving forward. At first, we see that these women still have the characteristics of ordinary housewives. Due to social and historical reasons, they all guard their narrow families and hope that their husbands will not leave. However, the education of the party in the base area and the education of everyone in the revolutionary war have enabled them to understand the general principles and righteousness. They have positive demands. They understand that it is honorable for their husbands to stand at the forefront of the national liberation war and should be supported and should not be due to Personal feelings and life reasons hinder them. They supported their husbands in participating in the Anti-Japanese War.
Later, by chance, they saw war. After going through hardships and seeing the world, they knew that war was not difficult. In their own words: "As long as you don't panic, no one will lie down and shoot." Yeah!" "If it sinks, I can also fish out things. I can manage water better than them. I'm not afraid of it no matter how deep it goes!" This means that after experiencing a battle, they have increased their knowledge and know what men can do. If you can do it, women can do it too. Experiencing a war arouses women's self-esteem and their ideological awareness that they believe they can fight like men. When she heard Shuisheng criticize them as "a group of backward elements," a woman put it well: "When we first joined the army, we looked down upon us. After two years, we were even more worthless. No one is behind the other." How much!" So they formed a team. This fall, they learned to shoot. When the enemy came to "encircle and suppress" them, "they cooperated with the soldiers to fight, going in and out of the sea of ??reeds." In this way, the novel truly reflects how women in the base area, due to the education of the war, gradually broke away from the small family circle, got rid of the idea that women were inferior to men left over from feudal society, and step by step stood in the ranks of social struggle and national struggle. . With their practical actions, they cheered up Chinese working women and brought glory to the Chinese people.
You think, if even the women with the least status, the most oppression, and the lowest consciousness are rising up, can the victory of China’s revolutionary war still be far away? Of course it's not far. Therefore, this work, which focuses on reflecting the struggle life of the people in the base area from the perspective of women, is also very educational.
(Selected from "Reading and Appreciation·Modern Literature Part 2", Beijing Press, 1981 edition)
2. "Lotus Lake" - a pure and beautiful song of war novels The swan song (Hao Yumin)
For Sun Li's famous short story "Lotus Lake", previous interpretations have mostly focused on analyzing its ideological and rational themes, so as to explore its political significance and ideological value as much as possible . Therefore, the research on "Lotus Lake" over the years has basically been fixed on a roughly unified conclusion. It is always believed that: "It correctly handles the thoughts and feelings of loving your husband and loving the motherland through Shui Shengsao and others. "The contradictions in the story depict the fierce, brave, determined and optimistic fighting style of the majority of women in Baiyangdian, reflect the historical process of their training and growth in revolutionary practice, and praise the great struggle of the people of Baiyangdian to unite and defend their home and country." "Lotus Lake" is a hymn for working women" and even "reflects the great power of Mao Zedong's People's War Thought and the great unconquerable power of the Chinese people" and so on. This kind of analysis is obviously too simplistic and relies too much on the rational meaning, and it is too obvious to extremely expand its rational meaning, so it cannot help but ignore the full grasp and further understanding of its artistry.
In fact, what is the real artistic value and artistic pursuit of "Lotus Lake"? What is the eternal artistic charm of "Lotus Lake"? Judging from years of communication practice, what is the most profound impression left on people after reading "Lotus Lake"? Of course, it cannot be a thrilling battle story, nor some lingering love plots, nor even one or two specific, living characters. Because none of this is very clear in the novel, and it is not something that the author focuses on and expresses deliberately. The author has fully downplayed these things that are regarded as the basic structural model and the focus of thinking in traditional novels. Therefore, the most profound aesthetic impression left by the novel in the minds of normal recipients is mostly just that area full of vitality, vitality, and symbolism. The beautiful and magnanimous lotus lake is composed of lotus flowers and leaves that reflect people's beautiful pursuits and wishes. This is a pure and beautiful picture. The lotus and lotus leaves are the main body of the picture. The characters just blend into the picture and the essence of the lotus and lotus leaves. This is the true artistic charm of "Lotus Lake". This is also the crystallization of a highly artistic and aesthetic approach to life, which cannot be done without a generous hand. Many scholars at home and abroad have pointed out that Lu Xun's short story "Showing the Public" is a purely technical novel, and its rational theme is deeply hidden in the deepest part of the writing techniques; in my opinion, "Lotus Lake" is a novel of pure technique. A purely beautiful novel, its artistic focus is to create a unique meaning of beauty. Similarly, its rational meaning is also deeply hidden behind the beautiful picture.
First of all, according to the usual research perspective, we have to admit that "Lotus Lake" is a war-themed novel. However, in terms of the entire artistic thinking and discourse operation of the novel, this is another completely novel. A war novel that has been de-warified. That is to say, in the whole process of its discourse expression, this novel completely eliminates the original war characteristics of the war theme itself through the violence of language, so as to focus more on discovering and expressing the cruelty and ordinary nature of war itself. It’s just the original beauty of life that is ignored and obscured by the traditional model that is accustomed to thinking about war as a cruel reality. This novel is a war novel not only because it is based on the war years and has war as the overall background, but also because the central event on which it is based is a fierce gun battle. Moreover, it can be said that the work depicts the battle scenes completely from the front.
However, due to the author's intentional non-war control and treatment, the entire battle scene, that is, the battle scene that is the central event or usually the inevitable climax, is only a few strokes in the novel, understated, passed by, and completely avoided. The usual tragic scenes of smoke, bullets, and blood flying everywhere even completely omit the fierce battle and confrontation between the two opposing parties. In a few words, the battle is over like a myth and victory is won. When you read such a novel, it seems that you have not experienced a war through this artistic expression at all, and you have not gained any war experience at all. All characteristics of war are deconstructed here, and the novel does not recreate a war or represent a war through artistic means, so it is completely non-warlike. Although it is indeed based on a life-and-death war.
Secondly, this novel not only covers up and eliminates the characteristics of war, but also removes all contradictions and conflicts in life, thus highlighting the pure and pure natural form in social life. This may be the result of the author understanding war and grasping the subject of war from a completely new perspective. War is undoubtedly cruel to everyone and extremely destructive to the entire society, so it will inevitably bring more disasters to people. However, when war occurs, due to the clear front lines of the two opposing parties and the single determination of the antagonistic relationship, either you die or I live, therefore, the interpersonal relationships in the entire society will appear clear and simple, and the complex and subtle relationships between people in peacetime will become clear and simple. Conflicts and entanglements can easily be temporarily shelved, and those trivial daily conflicts or emotional conflicts will be naturally or forcibly canceled by the fundamental interests and general principles of unity with the outside world. At this time, family relationships, neighborhood relationships, and even class relationships will all naturally or consciously obey the front lines drawn by the war, and people's emotions can only use this as the source of rhythm. It is precisely based on this kind of grasp and feeling of the reality of war that "Lotus Lake" boldly downplays people's emotional conflicts, psychological conflicts, and conflicts in daily life, leaving only a highly pure and tranquil beauty. . As the main story of the novel, the wife sends her husband off to the battlefield. There is no longer the sadness of parting or the sorrow of being abandoned. Even this sudden farewell does not arouse the slightest dissatisfaction and resentment in the wife; the same is true for the family members of cadres. , the same is true for everyone else, everything seems so simple, and it is in this simplified artistic relationship that the novel leaves readers with a warmth like the fresh "lotus flower and lotus leaf fragrance", It is the ultimate form of pure beauty.